Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-10
TOPICS At THE CAPITAL
ruytsAL or REPRESENTATIVE HART
RIDGE.
Serious Illness Of Congressman Sehleieher
Chinese lmm grafton IransPOrta-
tonofSiyer Bullion Visit OF Ned
Sims 10 The President
man Suffrage Convention
.,neraI services OF representative Hart
ridge.

r..IH| UUuIyh o. thr hrtieirI
" NsHNGpoN, January9.
Tine House has rrasScmblc,l lor Hon.
uaurd.r's funeral \ great many oi
tL,. di,tn.uishrdmcn ui the country are
ru altrnduur. senator's first, in prooes-
s..n. followed hy the Justirrs oi the
supreme Court aud thy President and
,,hiurt. wrrc rs,urt,,l in, Stats loT the
President and cabinet and supreme
Iul,,s were uruuscd ia scmi-circle
fronting the Speakers desk. ASH1
th,. corpse. ruyt-edin an elegant Casket,
,,,,urt "a hy the JOINT committee, was
trn ia ami placed in front OF tie
>,,uk,r The services were condnctelby
~. Harrison, Chaplain ct the House,
,,, a hy SUNDERLAND, Chaplain oi the
senate. The .ryiccs were solemn ami
impressive In hls funeral sermon Dr.
HARRISON, Az speaking ot the high |
character uu many excellent quail |
u,r, ui the deceased, impressed upon
ht, Distinguished audience the laot ai
r,, certainty ~ kath even 20 |
yrrat m,u The galleries were crowded |
Wit p,uplr ot bath sexes. The Wo-
uru', Rights hnveution adjourned 10 |
ar,,uI luy -cN .cys. After the ceremO-
ulr, Wrtoyrrtho caskethd was pmoye,l /
auI q final hook at the deceased was
hal by Tie members AMI senator's a.
they Ia,, a out. The remains were
th.u escort Il 10 the depot 10y the mem
h.., 90 both houses in carriages, in
chars. uI Joint committee, which will |
leave herr. ipr Georgia AZ hall past five
u.,uyk
transportation OF silver Bullion.
NN,uINuru>, January a. Secretary
sherman asked the Appropriation Com
mrtrr tu-,lJy tur SiOOOO loT expenses
90. transporting silver bullion from the
rlrhr r,s,St a. New FORK the remainder
ufth,, fiscal YEAR The Secretary also
20, sd Iu annual appropriation Ot SljO,-
UII iur the same Purpuse. lu the course
ul ul- remarks the Nrvrrtary said that
Ih uIltuJd companies were changing
,.> ,rhiJuut rates lur their services, and
su .rstrl that the committee recon-
m.ld legislation limiting irrightago and
compelling a reduction ol rates.
Chinese Immigration,
NN,uINGroN. January o. Tho House
Committee uu Education AMI Labor
90 Ity authorized Representative Willis,
cd kentucky, tu rrpurt tomorrow the
biI hyrgtDiurr agreed upon hv the com
u. .tr... providing that uut more than
ui .ru Chiur,y shall hc admitted To this
,tlutry uu auV one vessel with a re-
vu., tuu the House specially assign
th earliest Ip.,-tblr d1y Tor H. cousid.
,ruuh. The committee all" "hahg,N
IL .hi,I ~, az, tu provide that the day lor
a ur,ru into rllyrJ shalt hc the first at |
next July.
Woman Suffrage Convention.
N,,u.>,tuN. January g. The Elcy- |
tuIu NuuuJl Convention at the No-
m.u, ~uiluE, Association assembled
u .b,, Mauy ui the ladies prominent
iu tho alyus,,v ui female suffrage were
uu th,. Iatlpru. hut the audience Was
small Address, were made, papers
u.tI anil 20 cummiitcru three appointed
t.,l.t uImu thr President md inform
h,n thai There Urrr .nUOWO women
u thr uity,l states, hr having lgnoTed
Jhlt eyt m ht, recent message, and that
% Nuuld Do, wise tu make some mention
ui thym ,u Iuturr messages.
Illness Of Congressman Sohleioher.
W,,I>GruV, January O. Represent
at.,r Srhlriyhcr Is i'm critical condition
lran, rr,-iprla- AMI partial paralysis at
the lower limbs In consequence, the
Foreign \llirs Committee postponed
%, ~r-SIuu.
W,,ut>DruS, January III is hard
ly pu--ihl, that representative Schlal.
cher can last many hours, fyPhoh /
lover hayIOg appeared together with
rrySipclas.
MN,mNDruN, january 0-rho dis /
ia ,Sluu at the sugar question Was ne
Sumrd tu-,Il, hcinrr House committee, |
Hitch. au importer at sugar from brAkl |
AN the Philippine Islands, opposed
the proposition a. establish ono rate oi
duty un SUGAR up tn sixteen Dutch |
stmuard arguing that It Wouh |
wholly destroy the trade ON low |
pruIr sugars. uy refining these |
su.a,rs the pure article could he pro- |
,u.,,l equal to No. lG, Dutch standard, |
which could be- suld cheaper than the !
refined SUGAR, of any foreign planters !
m the world u Was ialElCy To depend |
uu foreign planters Ia give us pure |
su.s,r., Whrn We can produce them our
~,lycs. Foley, Thompson \ l1role, oi
Eutim0rc, aslyONtei sptcihc duties on
the various grads
Walking Match.
WASHINGTON. January 9.-Ihe TWEEN
ty.,,.yrn hour walking match between
Nm. CraWiurl, ut this city, AMI Miss
Ma, Marshall. ui ChirSg,, Was CuuClud-
,4I tonight, after the contestants walked
tN.nt,-~ix hours Crawford walked
IuO miles and Miss Marshall o.
Big Iujuns Can on the President.
WAsmSaroN. January 9.-Charles
Thompson. principal chief VI the Cher-
ukr,. nation. delegates H. III. Ross, SaIh-
u,I smith. ". A., Adair and J. u. Down
iu.. ui the Cherokee nation, Ill. Porter
AMI n IIndgrs, at the Greeks and ten
,riI R. r. OyrTtun, ui the ChlCkasawS,
r.,llei en- the President to-day. Chlet
Thompson and Porter mute bret
sperrhrs, stating that their people were
in "A prnspernus condition and were OPP
passed Ia the transfer oi the Indians Ia
The War DEPARTMENT. The President
replird that hc Was exceedingly glad to
hear that the Indians We're doing so
will and wished that they would CON
tuue to prosper aui cultivate the arts
and sciences at civilization and all
vance in the various branches Of ednca-
tion. The points presented by the dele
CATION Wera nov icing cnASlder'd py
the government, and that 80 Tar as he
was concerned he would ia all he eonh
10 have the views and wishes ot the
Indians carried cut. Above all he
would see that the treaties with the
Indians should he faithfully observed
hy the government. Secretary schurE,
Commissioner lloyt aud inspector
Hammond were present during the
interview.
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