Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-20
WASHINGTON.
The Fraud Investigation Postponed An
other Observation-Disclosures and Con-
firmatiOns-TwO High-TOned
Weddings-"POsse Conf
tatus' Orders to
the Army.
Important Changes Made i'm the Civil
Appropriation Bill by the Conference
COmmittee-The Memphis Gus
tOmhOuse Appropriation
Unchanged.


tOmhOuse Appropriation
Unchanged.
WASHINGTON, June 19-Subscriptions to
the four per cent loan, $4,000.
NOMINATION..
The President to-day nominated Woodbury.
| Fl. Palleys, of New York, United States con-
sui at Barbe-1oes.
ANOTHER PosTPoNEMENT OF THE INvEsTI-
| CATION.
Owing to the postponement of the adjourn
| ment OF congress until to-day, the Potter in
vestigatlng committee has further postponed
| its meeting until tomorrow.
| ALL NIGHT LONG.
The committee of conference on the sun
! dry civil appropriation bill was in session all
| night and until SIX o'clock this morning,
when a recess of few hours was taken, and
after reaching an agreement on only about
| one-third of the items In controversy. The
| committee at half-past twelve o'clock to-day
| was again at work.
| A DEAD LOCK. ~
At three o'clock this evening the commit
| tee of conference On the sundry civil appro-
priation bill found themselves at dead lock,
| and decided to report to their respective
| houses that they are unable to agree.
| SPECIAL CABINET SESSION.
| A special cabinet meeting was held this
afternoon for the purpose of giving attention
| to the bills passed by congress in the last
hours of the session.
! BEGINNING THE SUMMER PROGRAMME.
President and Mrs. Hayes will leave this
evening, after the marriage of Miss Platt, for
/ Princeton, New Jersey, to attend the COM
| mencement exercises of Princeton college.
| Secretary Thompson and Admiral Scott,
| with party of ladies and gentlemen, will be
present at the graduating exercises of the
| Naval academy. Secretary Thompson will
| address the graduates.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
| The senate has confirmed the District of
| Columbia commissioners and justices of the
peace, but rejected the nomination of Samuel
G. Reid, of Alabama, to be United States
| marshal for the middle and southern district
of Alabama.
AN AGREEMENT AT LAST.
The conference committee on the sundry
civil bill reached complete agreement this
evening at eight o'clock. Their report will
undoubtedly be adopted by both houses. In
order to allow time for the enrolment of the
bill, the session will have to be extended
some hours, probably until midnight.
THE SILVER COMMISSION.
There was considerable debate in the ex-
ecutive session day concerning the nomi-
nations of Reuben E. Fenton, William E.
Groesbeck and Francis A. Walker COM
Eissloners to represent the United States IN
the coming conference on the silver question.
Finally the nominations of Groesbeck and
Walker were confirmed, and that of Fenton
rejected.
The President tonight sent to the senate
the nomination of Charles b. Lawrence, OF
Ohio, to he a commissioner to the interna
tlonal monetary congress, in place of Reuben
+. Fenton, rejected.
WEDDING AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
The wedding of Colonel Russell Hastings
and Miss Emily Platt was soemnized at the
Executive Mansion this evening, Bishop Jag
gar, of Ohio, officiating. The ceremony took
place in the blue parlor, which was tastefuiy
decorated with flowers. The wedding was
very quiet one, only the immediate friends of
the President and his family, and of the
bride and groom, being present
ARMY ORDERS.
Secretary M Creary will issue an order to
the army citing the section OF the army bill
which prohibits that branch of the service
being used as posse comitatuS In any OF the
States, and directing its enforcement in the
future.
THE LATEST CUT OF THE sUNDRY CIVIL AP-
PRECIPITATION BILL.
The sundry civil appropriation bill, as
agreed upon by the committee of conference
and reported to both houses for passage to-
night, contains a senate provision for the
payment of the fisheries award of the Halifax
commission. The senate amendment pro-
vidiug for ante beliuns southern claims is
stricken out. The items for continuing the
work upon the public buildings at Boston,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago and st.
Louis, which were made 100000 each
: by the house of representatives, but
were increased one-third by the senate, are
compromised by the conference committee |
at $500, 900 each. The senate amendment of
1927, 800 to construct building in Wash |
ington for printing and engraving bureau
is retained, but the senate provision for the |
purchase of the Freedman s bank building is |
stricken out The senate item of $500, 900 |
for commencing the north wing of the new |
state, war and navy departments Is agreed to, |
after reducing the amount to $780,
900, and the amount for continu-
ing the work on the east wing is
compromised at $325.OOO. The other items
for public buildings are, as finally fixed in |
the bill, as follows: Evansville, Indiana,
5000; Grand Rapids, Michigan, $47, 900; |
Lincoln, Nebraska, 81, 500; Topeka, Kansas, |
Rock, Arkansas, $50, 1000; Helena, Montana,
$4,000; Nashville, Tennessee, $35, 900; San |
Francisco, California, $102, 600; Parkersburg, |
West Virginia, $4,000. The senate provisions |
for continuing the Hot Springs commission
are retained, after being amended in sundry |
matters of detail. The senate amendment |
authorizing the President to detail an en-
gineer officer for service as commissioner of
the District of Columbia, without regard to
rank, is stricken out, so that the requirement
of the recently created law providing for a
permanent form of government for the Dis
trict, that such officer shall not be below the
rank of captain, remains In force. This will
exclude Lieutenant Hoxie, the present Dis
trict engineer All the senate amendments
providing for an increased number of life
saving stations and for the salaries of the
experimenting officers created under the
Cox bill, are retained. Inc senate amendment
which appropriates $4,000 for a lighthouse
at Racine Point, Michigan, is retained. The
senate clause authorizing commercial rates to
be paid for government advertising since
April TO- 1877, and hereafter, is retained.
The senate item of $4,000 for the purchase
of the Washington relics is stricken out The
conference committee agreed to an amendment
appropriating $40, 900 for erecting the Amer
lean building at the Paris exposition. The
senate item of $4,000 for a military tele-
graph line from Bismarck, Dakota, to Fort
Ellis, Montana, Is retained. The senate ap-
preparation of S25O,OOO to indemnify the
States for enrolling and equipplng troops
during the late war Is stricken out. The con-
ference committee agreed to the senate pro-
vision for the payment of Captain Eads for
Improvements at the South pass of the Mis-
slsslppl river. The senate provisions for the
construction of free bridge across the Missis-
sippi, near Fort Smelling, Minnesota, are all
retained. The senate item of $4,000, to
commence the construction of dry-dock at
League Island pass was wholly stricken out,
and a similar item for the Mare Island navy
yard is reduced to $751; 900. The senate APP
preparation of SIS, 900 for the completion and
development of water power at Rock Island
is retained. The conference committee
agreed to the senate amendment providing
for a report by the secretary of the interior
as to the value of the lands adjoining the
capitol grounds, with a view to the
selection of a site for the proposed
new congressional library building. The
clause authorizing the secretary of the inte-