Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-24
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Meeting Of the Cabinet.
A NEW PATENT COIN PRO-
POSED.
THE LOUISIANA CONTEST.
Railway Indebtedness with h
Government.
THE LOUISIANA CONTEST.
WASHINGTON. Oct. %.

WV. ~.
The long discussed question OF the
New York Custom house appointment
WAS settled in the Cabinet To- day. by a
final determination to appoint Theo-
dore Roosevelt Collector, Merritt Sur
veyor, and Prince Naval officer.
Among the bills introduced in the
Senate to-day was the following by
Wallace: TO provide a lawful note
and coin currency for the United
States. Wallace said he did so by re
quest and without committing himself
to the bill. The bill provides for the
coinage of four hundred million dol
lars in value OF a coin metal patented
by w. II. Hubbel, OF Pennsylvania.
called goloid, and consisting of gold.
silver and copper in proportion OF one
pound, twenty fou pounds, and
three quarters of a pound. expressly
to be paid for by issues OF four per
cent. bonds redeemable in ten and
pa yable after twenty years, and to be
paid out in exchange for bonds paying
a higher rate of interest, as the latter
are retired. Goloid coins are to be in
Interchangeable with United ST ates
notes. The bill also requires the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury to cause to tie
issued four hundred millions of legal
tender notes in exchange for those
now outstanding and To keep at least
three hundred and fifty million dol
lars of new issue out of the Treasury
in circulation.
The Communities of Privileges and
Elections met this morning to hear the
arguments in the Louisiana Senators
case, and agreed to allow each contes-
TAM Or representative one hour to pre-
sent arguments. @.
Shellabarger, tor Kellogg, opened
the argument. His principal point
was that the Presidents decision as
to which WAS the legal Governor of
Louisiana was subject to review n
revisal by Congress. Spnfford asked
leave to present his argument to NOR
row., which was granted. The Com
mittee then adjourned.
Jay Gould representing the Union
Pacific Railroad and &. p. Huntington
the Central Pacific, are here for the
| purpose, it il understood, to induce
the Secretary of the Treasury and Sec
| rotary of the Interior to recommend to
Congress the plan heretofore submit
ted by the companies for the lIquida
ton of their interest and Indebtedness
to the Government, viz Annual pay
ment to United States Treasury of a
half million dollars by each company,
to constitute in connection with their
earnings for Government tiansporta-
tion, a sinking fund to repay the inter
est advanced by the Government
woods Chicago Museum Destroyed.
CHICAGO, Oct. %.
Woods Museum caught fire this
morning at 6 o'clock, and the portion
containing the Theater was completely
Quilted. Chaplin & Gove's liquor store
was badly damaged by water. The Mu
scum animals all died from suffocatiOn.
John II. Walsh is proprietor and Tony
Denier lessee of the Museum and Thea
ter, the loss on which is estimated at
SIS 900 TO $4,000. Chaplin IL Cove es-
innate their loss at sc. 900. The insur-
ance on all the property injured is two
or three times the of the loss.
The Theater Is the first one built after
the great fire, and has had a precarious
existence ever since.
The Dime havtmxs Bank.
NEW YORK, October %.
DepositOrs OF the Union Dime Saw
ings Bank called this morning to with
draw their money. but were informed
that the law requiring 60 days notice
was in force. The bank department
has been making an examination the
past four weeks, and the examiners
say the cash Is still all right and the
securities among the best.
Another tome where the wOodbine
TWimeth.
PIrTsBURG, Oct. %.
The Manchester Savings Bank Of AL
leghany closed its doors this morning.
Its liabilities and assets are not vet
known. The bank is = long estab-
lished one and the depositors are hope.
ful.