The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-03-27

clared. Thurman and David Dudley
Field are credited with the authorship
: Of the bill.
Doorkeeper Polk is making q fight
| for retention, and il is stated that he
has champion in Foster of Ohio.
No attempt will be made to reopen
Corbin cases until Sharon takes his
seat, which he is expected to do within
two weeks. Conover is said now to be
ready to vote 10 unseat Hamburg But
Ter. If 80 Butler will lose bis seat
The consideration of the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill Was COM
pleted by the Senate Committee on APP
preparations this morning. and it was
subsequently reported to the Senate
with numerous important amendments.
The effect Of these amendments as gen
orally stated is to restor. salaries of all
diplomatic and consular officers from
the reduced amounts proposed in many
cases by the House to amounts pro-
vided by existing laws.
READING, Pa, March 24-Hon. John
Clancy Jones died here tonight, aged
si1ty-six years. He served in Con-
gress, with only brief interruption.
from 1850 to 1853. He was also Aus
trian Minister during Buchansn's adj
ministrstiop.
SYRACUSE, Y. Y. March 2i.-Mrs.
Lucy L. Day. en- old woman aged so.
was murdered on Saturday at Cicero, in
this county, by her daughter Cause.
old feuds.
NEW YORK. March 25.-$25O,OOO in
silver bars received from Europe on
Saturday aave been forwarded to the
Philadelphia mint, ana $4,000 sddi-
tional in silver bars was forwarded
from the assay Office for subsidiary
coinage.
NORFOLK, Va, March 24.-Sixty-
three bodies of the victims of the Huron
disaster have arrived here They will
be taken to Annapolis.
FINDLAY, O., March 25.-The Citi-
zens Savings Bank of this city suspen-
ded this morning for sixty days; assets.
about $3.50, 900; liabilities, about $780,
900.
CHICAGO, March 25.-The Tribune's
special from London says the feeling Of
anxiety here is very great, and warlike
sentiments are becoming general. The
two leading conservative newspapers
are very violent indeed, demanding
war without further parley. Russia
has not yet made her expected commu-
nication to England relative to the
presence Of the English feet in the Sea
Of Marmora, but she has decided to
postpone the withdrawal Of her troops
from the vicinity of Constantinople so
long rs the English fleet remains inside
the Dsrdanelles.
WASHINGTON, March %. - Senator
Howe's speech in the Senate, attacking
the administration. or rather, as he face
tiously termed 1t, "explaining the rea-
sons why he has not given cordial sup
port to the Presidents policy" attract.
ed very large audience. but Oh the
whole was much more interesting and |
effective than his auditors expected. A
great portion of it was d voted to
the oft-repeated and tiresome story
of Louisiana affairs, and an attack on |
Schurz of . personal nature. 1t seems
to be generally understood that Hows's
speech was designed to draw forth
some defense Of the President and to |
be one Of O number of similar demon
STATIONS which are intended to drive
the President into the arms of Demo.
Gratis. or force him back into the ranks
Of his former party friends. The DEM
ocratic Senators have determined to
keep silent, and leave the Republicans
to quarrel.