Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1878-01-24
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EXTRAORDINARY DISCUSSION.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 23.-In the Senate pro-
ceedings, yesterday, in accepting for the
national gallery the statue Of William
King, the first governor of Massachusetts,,
Blaine renewed the history of the conflict
of opinion which attended the separation
of the district of Name from Massachue-
sets, and the organization of the new
state, drawing responses from Dawes and
Hoar who, in attempting to rebuke Blaine,
provoked him to reciting the facts of
Massachusetts, opposition to the war
1872 and the conflicts in commercial and
fishing interests in which Massachusetts,
had injured Maine through the national
legislation and treaties. This extraordin-
ary discussion was much enjoyed on the
Democratic side.
THE HOUSE
passed the bill authorizing Admiral John
J. Almy to receive the decoration from
the King of Hawaii; also allowing Samu-
ell F. Baird, of Smithsonian Institute to
receive from the King of Sweden the di-
ploma of the order of St. Olof.
INDIAN BUREAU.
The committee on Indian affairs have
agreed to report and recommend the'pas-
sage of the bill introduced by Mr.. Scales
providing for the transfer OF the Indian
Bureau to the War Department. The bill
SUPPRESS GAMBLING
in the army will probably be reported ia
vorably. Burnside's bill aboIishing the
race and color distinctions IN enlistments
meets with considerable opposition.
CAPT. A LANG,
comm:ssary at Washington, went home
at the usual hour p. m, had brief con-
versation with his wife, and Immediately
passed into an adjoining room and shot
himself near the heart causing almest inn
mediate death.
In reply to a communication from
Glover's committee regarding investiga-
tons, the President has authorized Glover
to assure the employees and officers that
their testitying before the committees
shall not operate to their prejudice.
RUSSIAN DISPATCH
says Gourko with light loss fought Sulue-
man Pasha all day on the 18th, finally
driving him into the Rhodope mountains
with loss of four thousand killed, eight
thousand prisoners and forty-nine guns.
THE FAILURE
of numerous houses in the Morocco and
goat skin trade is reported from Phlladel-
phia yesterday.
An effort is being made in Wall Street
to get
UP a PANIC
in city bank stocks.
The grand jury, of Ramsey County, IN
d,cted Jerry Mccarthy and Samuel Dear
ing for improper and illegal acts as judges
of election; also censuring OConnor.
city clerk, in connection with the fact
that over five hundred
FICTITIOUS NAMES
were addeded to poll books Of '76 and
checked so as to be copied on the lists OF
II. O'Connor's ofense is not indictable'
Petitions for impeachment of
JUDGE PAGE
were presented in the Minnesota House
yesterday and referred to the judiciary
committee with power to act. Page is
accused OF tyrannical and abusive con-
duct in securing indictments and refus-
ing trials, etc.
WM. H. VANDERBILT,
of New York, appeared at the coroner's
Office yesterday morning and was placed
under bonds to appear at the inquest on
Matthew Reilly who died from injuries
received by being run over last Noven-
Der by Vauderbilt's team.
AGooD YIELD.
ST.. PAUL, Jan. 21.-The first clean up
from three days crush on the Reno
mine ore yielded two hundred and fifty
ounces of gold
OIL 'CRAzE.
People from all parts of the Hills have
secured claims in e oil regions. Near
Jenny's Cockade fifty-two claims have
been located with cabins.
SALT, TOO.
Ten miles north of the oil springs six
salt springs have been discovered.
SUNDAY EVENING SIX INDIANS
undertook to stampede the horses from
Fletcher's rancho, seven miles from Crook
City. One inmate scared the Indins of
nv confi1uOIlS firing and saved the horses