The Morning herald., 1878-12-18
TELECRAMS
LATEST NEWS.
THE CONDEMNED MoLLIEs.

JACK KrHos's FATE sEALsp--THR BOARD
or rARDeNs REFUs1 TO REOPEN THE
CASE.
HARRIssyRe, Dec. 17.--Jack Kehoe
must die. Tho Board Of Pardous has re-
fused to reopen the case. Il
MEMORIAL FROM THE FRIENDS on INTsR-
HArrpHAL ARsrrRA1IoE. Il
A memorial OF the Society Of Friends on
the subject Of international arbitration; u
D .tition of citis sas of Now Haven, asking
onpress 10 help the victims Of the famine
Ia China: and the memorial Of certain pre>a
: ,mptively Grassy individuals, who desire
1 oneress to approx leriate, money to build .
road through Centr.I AFRICA.
MR.. xEHaxex's RErLr 70 BLAINE.
Mr.. Msrrimon, Of North Carolina, read
prepared speech in reply TO that Of Mr..
Elaine of last week. he spoke In favor Of
psace, harmony, and th Q breaking down OF
I'll sectional feuds, t
GOVERNOR HAMrTs.S's ILLNESS.
Senator Butler, ofsouth. Carolina, has
received no information co rroborating the
alarming reports frem Colu .mbia concern
ily the state of Govern or aampton's
,slth. Mr.. Butler believes tt at the chances
iances are in favor OF MS trecoVr
tiy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IT, The House
Committee on Public Lands e-dsy post
oned until January Is, the he hearing OF
..euments in regard to the M eGarrsnan
, i'm, the attorneys of the New A-arla MIl>
jig Company, who oppose it., MOT oefng
\, I the committee after the date mseBtisIaed
!, give the matter continuous hear inga un.
III it shall be dispoeed of finally.
MARTIN BRRGIN~ REsPITED HNTH.g JANU-
AIRY 16. re- y
HARRISBURG, Dec. 17.-Msrtini Bergin
T. IS been rsspited by the Governor until
.nuary 1o, 1879, iu order to How bis
counsel to test the consti4utionalisE OF the
sct OF 1877, In regard to wrHs III error.
Bsrgin was to ewing with Kehoe 1o'mor>
row.
CoNKL1Na NOT PRESIDENTIAL CANDI>
DATE.
NEW YORK, Dec ia Washington spe
c,al to Graphic which that paper In Its lead
er says is undoubtedly cSTsect, states tnat
friends of Senator Conklin e nave recently
peen in conference there an in New fotk
On the subIeat of his nonluasNn 10 the
Presidency, and that he wish es IL unoer7
ssood that he is not candIdste,-, ana Will
MT again enter into the contest. Ibis st>
titude is supposed to be due, acco Tulpg 10
thn
eJncentrate on Grant >
UNBORN STANDARD OF VALUES.
The House Committee on Banking nd
Currency to-day heard Representatil e
oram s. Hewitt, OF New York In advoca
cy of his bill to secure uniform standard
OF value. A general discussion was indulg-
ec in by the members of the committee,
AID it was finally decided to conclude con-
81 Ieration Of the bill TO- morrow, at which
time ihe the various other bills pending be-
fore the committee will be disposed of, In
Guiding the proposition of Representative
Phillips, relative SO postal saving fnstitu.
tons, The bill OF Mr.. Hewitt, which was
under discussion to-day, provides that the
gold and silver coius of the United States.
which are full legal tender ,sha all hereafter
either for the other upon the demand of the
holder thereof, ttke ONCE OF the Assis-
tant Treasurer IN the city of New York,
when pres snt.d In sums Of 500, or any
multiple thereof, leaving the amount ei
silver to be coined to the discretion of the
Secretary of the Treasury.
TIE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT Oh
CLAIMS.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 1.-THE Hous'
Committee on Indian Affairs at their meet
ing to-day instructed Representative Throck
morton, of Texas, to press for passage al
i.e first opportunity bis bill extending the
trisdiction of the Court of Claims to al
aims growing oat of treaties between thu
United States and Indian tribes and th'
Jaws pertaining thereto.
THE RoBEsoN CASE.
1t was decided by the House Com mite
onNayy Affairs to-day that the majorit
reDort of the committee in the case of ex
secretary Robeson should be withheld TO
the present, In order that that gentleman
aud others implicated In the testimony tax
en- in the investigation shonld have 40 or
porturity to furnish proof, as desired b
Them, to show that the charges preferre
are false.
The time granted for this purpose o.
tends until January IA, four weeks irol
day, and 1t is understood that tn order I
allow fall opportunity for the intoductlc
of new evidence the committee Will no
sessions during the holidsy recesa.
HIGH TIDES AND TIDAL WAVES.