Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-01
TO BURIXE.
A Racy Telegraphic Correspond
ence.
ratification Of the samoan Treaty.
RETRENCHMENT IN THE DIPLO-
MATIC SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81.

/ i our DSOitIi ahSuhSO III idISo
| charges against me leave Dodoubt about
your identity, and therefore repeat
| INV inquiry about the Worinley's Hotel
conference: Were you present, was a
memorandum made and will you
make it public?
(Signed) w. e. CHANDLER.
MIR. Burke's reply:
New ORLEANS. Jan. 80.
To w. Z. Chandler, Washington:
| The statements in my telegram are
true; they can be established, and hay
ing admitted their application to your.
self, it is evident that your rast con
nection with the Louisiana affairs has
been such as to justify me in declining
any further correspondence with you
upon that subject.
(Signed) E. A. BURKE.
w. E. Chandler again:
WASHINGTON. Jan. 81.
To Major f. A. Burke, New Orleans:
Please make public Immediately all
proofs of your charges against me, to
gether with the memorandum you
have of the Wormley's Hotel confer
ence.
(Signed) w. T. CHANDLER.
A resolution to investi gate charges
of official misconduct in the United
States Western District Court of North
| Carolina, was referred; also a bill re
ported from the Committee on Post
| offices, fixing the pay of higher class
letter carriers in large cities at 81 600,
| and>o of lower class carriers at $500 per
mum.
Senior Zamisona, special agent from
| Mexico, TO. day paid a second install
ment of $500, 900 IN %account of the
award made by the joint American
and Mexican Commission in favor of
American citizens.
The Senate, in executive session,
yesterday ratified the treaty recently
concluded by Evarts, between the
Government of the Samoan Islands
and the United States. The treaty l.
| one of friendship and commerce. IL
accords the American navy and com.
mercial vessels free liberty o enter
and trade in any of The ports OF the
Samoan Islands. the Samoan Govern
ment to charge no tonnage duty in ex-
cess of one halt of one per cent. per
ton, actual measurement. The treaty
is to continue for ten years.
The House Appropriation Commit
tee has determined that there is no
need of having any diplomatic repre-
sentatives at the Courts of Belgium,
the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece or
the Swiss Republic. Democrats also
propose to cut down the salaries of the
Missions to Great Britain. France, Ger.
many and Russia, from Sl7 800 each TO
SIS, 900; of the Missions to Spain, Aus
tria, Italy, Brazil. Mexico. japan and
China from Sl2. 900 to SlO,0 and oil
the Missions to Chill and Peru from
$40. 900 to s., 200. The salaries of the
Missions to Sweden, Turkey, Venezue-
la, the Hawaiian Islands, the Argen-
tine Republic and the Unit1d States ol
Columbia are fixed at $500 each,
The salaries of the Consular Generals
at London, Paris, Havana and Rio ia
Metro will be reduced from $4,000 &c
S., 900. The Republican will make a
determined opposition to this reduc
ton.
Traae Dollars Refused In New
YOrk-S-nsatiOnai stories About
the ..VisitinG statesmen"
NEW YORK, Jan. 81.
Postmaster James has addressed thu
following telegram to Postmaster Gen
eral Kew: The Assistant Treasurer Of
the United States, at New York, re
fuses to receive trade dol airs on de
post from this office, and | am there
fore com PEELED to refuse them from tn
public, which causes serious annoyance
and com plant.
The Times has a Senatorial dispatch
from Washington to the effect that con
sternation, amounting almost to I
panic, prevails among Republicans
because of ruimors on all hands ant
from all sources, that prominent Re
pubIican statesmen who visited New
Orleans last November, are TO be in
dicted at New Orleans for persuadin.
the Returning Board to falsity the re
turns. 1t is asserted, says this CORES
pondant, that LOuiSianans are disposed
to make serious trouble; thai Nichols
intends to pardon the Returning
Board when convicted, provided they
will give up certain records; that j
Madison Wells is hiding subject to thu
orders of the prosecution, and VII
turn States evidence. Those who vii.
be indicted are Stoughton. Sherman
Garfield, Matthews, Kelly. Hale
White, of Pennsylvania, and Job. Stew
enson, of Cincinnati.
Yesterday afternoon Garfield re
ceived a private dispatch in the House
stating that be, Sherman and Mat
tbews had been indicted. The new
gave him a attack. The dis
patch il, however, believed to be pre-
mature, but it is believed that indict
ments will be found. Consultation
among the parties concerned are nu
merous. Anderson il understood Il
be in Washington with a bundle o
documents and demanding projection
from the Administration.
The Greenback And Labor Party
fn Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 81.
At q meeting OF the State Contra
Committee OF the United Greenbacl
Labor party, held to jay. delegate
we're appointed to the the Toledo Con
yeption from districts Of the State. l
was decided TO call a State Convention
In this city on June 5th. The Chair
man of the committee stated that th'
party is gaining in strength. He hat
not the least doubt that it would holt
the balance Of power IN the next LEI
islature.
Great snow storm I'm Ohio.
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 81.
! One of the heaviest snow storm