Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-15
The Silver Bill.

The Senate will vote on the silver bill today
MI ingalls, was the first speaker on the bill
this afternoon, and Mr. Allison will conclude
the debate. 1t is not known that there will be
any other speakers on the main bill than the
two gentlemen named above. In addition to
| the amendments to the original Bland bill
made by the Senate committee on finance,
limiting the coinage to not more than four
millions nor less than two millions per month.
ana striking out The Tree coinage clause of the
Dill, there are ten other amendments. In their
regular order these amendments are as fol
i0WS:-By Mr.. Allison, proposing an interna
tiOnal monetary conference to establish com
mon ratio of legal tender as between gold and
silver, 1or the purpose Of establishing interna
u0nay the use of hi-metallic money. BY Mr..
Bnrnslde limiting the legal tender value of the
silver dollar to sums over 500 for the payment
OF private debts only. By Mr.. Eaton, to coin a
silver dollar of 42O grains By Mr. Chrstiancy
to coin silver dollars of 434 grains legal tender
Tor all public and private debts, except where
0thefWlse provided by law or contract. The
rs passage, unless reenacted by Congress
by MI. Morgan, allowing bullion owners to
asRosit the same at Z: s. Mnts 81, in Quantities
change therefor the officer of the mint shall
issue coin certificates. The Secretary of the
treasury IS authorized to pay these certificates
By Mr.. Booth, that the holder of coin author
lied by the act may deposit the same with any
U. treasurer or assistant treasurer, and re-
ceiye therefor certificates of not less than ten
dollars each; said certificates to be receivable
for customs, taxes, and all public dues. By
MI. Beck, directing the Secretary of the Treas
ury TO buy silver bullion at the market price.
not less than three million dollars per MONTH
and as much more as can be coined at L. S.
mints. and coin the same into silver dollars;
the gain from coinage is to 90 to the treasury
Hereafter all silver half dollars, quarter dol
lars, and ten-cent pieces coined at L. S. mintS
shall contain the same relative quantity of
| pure and standard silver as the dollar of 4l2h
grains Amendment, in the nature of a sub
stitute, by Mr.. Christiancy Aproviding for the
coinage of silver dollars of@4l219 grains: the
| gold coinage of the United States is to be the
standard Of value, bnt after the present year
| subsidiary silver coins shall be a legal tender
iQr AL , sums not exceeding ten dollars, and
| after the passage OF the act the silver dollar,
| together with subsidiary coins now authorized
| by law, and silver bullion in bars, stamped at
any OF the Y. ). mintS, together with the trade
dollar, shall be a legal tender for all debts, ac-
| cOrdng to the market value as aScertained
| and declared in the manner provided IN the
blil, OF sue such silver coins and bullion as com
Tar Tasea dtt wIth got tG at rs standard value is
uTy. at the first of each month to
declare the value of silver coins and bullion.
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to
exchange any silver coins, in sums not exceed
ing $l0O, for an equal amount of L. s. notes,
said notes to be retained and cancelled and not
again replaced by other notes. The Us. notes
redeemed under this act shall be held to be
part OF the sinking fund. The mintS may issue
certificates of deposit of silver bullion the
certificates to bepayable in silver bars bearing
issued. BY Mr.. Blaine, TO coin a silver dollar
of i25 grains. Deposits of silver bullion are to
be. paid Tor i'll auth0rized silver dollars at such
price per ounce of bullion to be fixed by the
director OF the mint. the rate to correspond
with the market rate. Any gain or profit from
coinage IS to be covered into the Treasury.
bearing the stamp of any coinage mint or ASSAY
office shall be exchange BILE for coin certificates
in denominations of L. S. notes not below $40
| i'll the same manner as coin certificates are
| now issued by gold coin.
HIS Own HANGMAN.-August Neumann. of
80 east i"th street, was told by his landlord.
MI Jacobs. on Saturday, that he would have
to vacate his rooms unless he paid his months
rent. Jacobs obtained a dispossess warrant
against Neumann on Monday. Neumann
| then became respondent because he could not
| get another house for his wife and three little
children. He cked himself i'll his room yes
| rope, fastened one end to the tranSOm IF the
| inner door, placed the moose around his neck.
stood On chair and then kicked it from
| under him. He was dead when the door was
| pried open. He was 45 years of aye. He had
| leen employed in Steinways piano manufac-
| tory.-lN J. Sun. 18th.
| DYING ALONE IN HER HoUsE.-Catherine
hmtzer, aged IS, who lived alone in a small
! was found dead in bed yesterday She had
been dead fer several days,-LN. Y. Sun, I'm.
! Young JOHNSON, who recently attempted
| to Kill his wife in Brooklyn for presuming to
leave him because he ill-treated her, has been
sent to the Bloomingdale, Asylum, by his
| TRENDS, but that it is no indication that he is
insane. The, establishment is famous as
| place OfinvOluntary of secusiOn for any trouble
some member of family.-[N. Y. Stn.
DEATH FROM HEAD-BUTTING. - William
| Train0r, lad aged IL years, residing in Amity
township. Berks county, Pa. several miles
northwest of POttstOWn, while at school on
! Friday engaged i'll play at noon that result
ed fatally to him. He was fOolishly butting
iS hnn Infr nir,ctf tt,o
who could stand the most. He resumed his
place in school in the afternoon, but towards
evening, when at home, complained of dizZi-
ness, and soon afterwards became quite sick
| His sutferings continued to grow worse until
death ensued. The family physician said
afterwards that blood vessel in the head had
| been ruptured.
| A REMARKABLE CAsE.-A special telegram
from Dubuque, Iowa, February 3. says:-Phy-
sicians pronounce the recovery alive of Thos.
| Alsop. the buried miner, as one of the most
! remarkable cases on record. He was covered
Tor 56 hours with SO feet of earth, impossible
| 10 move an inch, lying with his head lower
| lhan his 1eet, with neither air nor food, and a
| decaylng corpse almost against his face. When
rescued his impression was that he had been
there only few hours. He is still in very
| weak condition, but slowly recovering The
son was buried today by the Odd Fellows.
A WOMAN CONVICTED OF SHOOrING-In
the county court of Clarke county, Va, on
Monday last in the case of Mrs. Pope, indct-
d IL.
1all, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. i'm
posing fine of 800 and twenty days impris-
onment. Judge Page Overruled motion for
new trial and pronounced judgment, but the
execution of the Judgment was suspended to
permit the defendant to apply for writ of
error and supersedeas, and the prisoner bailed
in penalty OF 500.
Mr. BLAIR's RESOLUTIONS ABOUT THE
PRESIDENCY.-In the Maryland Senate yeSter-
day, the unfavorable report Of the committee
on federal relations on the memorial and res
0lutionS in reference to the presidency offered
by MIR. Blair, was called up, and Mr. Blair
spoke in cOndemnatOry terms of the report
and in favor of his resolutions, arraigning the
methods by which Hayes was seated Mr..
|andiver also spoke in favor of Mr.. Blair's
memorial and resolutions, and MeSsrs. John
son and Merrick in opposition, after which
the subject was postponed until Thursday
next.
RAILROAD OFFICERS PLEADING GUILTY.
In the court OF quarter sessions at PhiladeI-
phia yesterday, John Morton, ex-president.
and Samuel T. Huhn, eNtreaSurer of the West
Philadelphia Passenger railway withdrew
their pleas of not guilty to charges of making
a false certificate of stock and publishing the
same to defraud. and pleaded guilty. tech
nlcal difficulty arising as to the right of the
state to present to the same jury other bills
against the same prisoners, charging separate
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