The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-28
Tom Scott's Subsidy Shelyed for the
Session If Not forever.
Senator Edmunds Blocks the South
W.. ern Claims Raid on the
Treasury.
Postmaster Key Calls for Supplementary
Appropriations. HollOwness Of
I'D Democratic Economy
Exhibited.
General Sitting Bull RanVs His War Cloud
on ihe Border:.-The Cabinet on the
Ragged Edge Of Anxiety About
the Gathering Clans.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
g PUrTER BEaiNs TO CIPHER.
WASHINGTON, D. O., January 27.-The
Potter Committee to-day began the in
yestigation Of the "cipher kilograms"
r zASEsvILLE's NEW POSTMASTER.
The President has nominated William
5. Harlan as postmaster at GAINESVILLE, o.
SITTING BULL. CASTS ms SHADOW OVER TIE
BORDER.
The Department ofthe Interior received
information to-day tending to confirm the
reports that Sitting Bull has crossed the
Canadian line, and that there Is apt to be
a large gathering OF hostile Indians in his
vicinity. Immediate hostilities are, how:
ever, not feared, hut the matter Is deemed
Of great Importance and will be subject
OF eonsiderationsat to-morrows Cabinet
session.
FERRY's MILITIA BILL.
The bill introduced by Senator Ferry
to-day proyides, that all able bodied male
citizens between the ages OF IS and 45
years, resident within the respective
States and territories, except such as may
be exempt by law, shall constitute the
militia. The militia are to be divided into
two classes 10 be known as the National
or State Guard, as the Legislature Of each
State may prescribe and in active duty to
be known as the reserve militia. The bill
proposes to appropriate $l,0O0,000 for the
purpose Of providing arms, ammunition
and other ordinary and quartertnaster
stores for the active militia.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ON THE CHINESE QuES-
TIoN.
aA'jSint Democratic caucus Of Senators
and Representatives was held in the hall
Of the House tonight, Mr.. Blackburn pre-
siding. The principle object Of the caucus
was to take action on the question Of Chi
nese immigration. Mr.. Wiggington Of
fered two resolutions, the first de-
claring that Chinese immigration
should be restricted, and in favor OF
O. modification Of the Burlingame treaty
I'M accordance 'witht this design, and, sec
ond, urging the passage OF the bin report
ed from the Committee on Education and
Labor by Mr.. Willis, OF Kentucky, which
prohibits the landing in the United States
OF more than so Mongolians by any one
vessel.
The resolutions were adopted without
division.
THE posTNAsTER GENERAL WANTS DRFIcIES.
ctEs MADE VI.
A communication from the Postmaster
General, asking appropriations TO supply
deficiencies in his department, Sas laid
before the Senate to-day, The following
are the principal items: For compensa.
ton OF Postmasters for the fiscal year end
ed June S0th, 1873. So4l, ,72l, To be paid
out OF the postal revenue OF that year; for
printing and binding for the fiscal year
ending June 90th, 1870, $4,000: to pay
balances due for transportation Of mails
by railroad during the year ending June
30th, 1878, and the previous year, Sis, 100.
The Postmaster General accompanies the
request with explanations, saying that ID
his last annual report attention was called
to the insutficielcy'o of the appropriations
for compensation TO the Postmasters and
for the transportation ofmails by railroads,
to enable him to meet the positive require.
ments .of.thelaw in regard to them.
THE U. 5. VS.. TIE, U. r. R.. R.-DEcIsIoN IN
PAvoR'oF THE us.
The case, OF the Union Pacific Railroad
Company. against the United States, ap44
pealed from the Court Of Claims, and
known as the five per cent case, was de,
cided by the United States Supreme Court
Eto-day. It's held thatthe road was com.
pletet Din November. 1850, rs The govern.
meut maintained that allpordinary1 and
and useful expenditures for repairs and
improvements be deducted from the gross
feciepts Inc computing tthelnet eirnings,
but not the interest on Its bonded indeb-
tedness, except, that on first mortgage
bonds, to which the government volUn.
tariIy suhordinatel Its claim, ont OF The
not earnings OF each year since 1909; tho
company, Il Is held, must .tlrst pay tho In,
tarest on its first mortgage bonds, 1fattOr
so doing q surplus remain, that surplus SO
tie 1--WE pei cent claim oi tie Unitel States
and must be SO applied Justices Strong
and Harland dissent from opinion as t6
the priority to be given the interest on the
first mortgage bonds.
sE0REGA Rf5 i s4ERNtAN's crRcuLAR-nINr.
lg III ~ .A6ovr $40 Roxns, 90, 32 ] ,lf
n The Secretary OF tho Treasury ha!
issued CIRCULAR to tho holders Of the
United States Q per cents s 20 bonds, ID
which ailsr calling stteptiopytot act oi
Congress just approved entitled san act L
facilitate the rcfnnding Of the Ma
lional debt" he says, under proyi
! ssqgs ri this act tho Department
will exchange 4 per cent cohsols O
the United States for an equal amoun
\ Of any outstanding and uncalled 0 per cen
$50 bonds OF the United States. In addl.
ion the Department win pay to thu
4 holder OF the per cent bonds, interest
accrued and additional finterest for
period q three months, also commission
| on same as for sale ot bonds under th,
1 GttlllSt qf fJS9gsry lst 1891 i'iaiF
The Secretary OF tic Fre4slary In an
swer to inquiries concerning tho amoun
,oi4 per cent bonds, that can be issued 10
.Nretunding purposes, states that under tn
l aestegatS S9Moan 81 ,sge, ,eol e00I I6nds !,
pef issued .tot. that purpose, and that -thef,
khas already been Issued Of 5 per cen
Bonds $500, ,0O0, 900; OF ~ ,por cents, SIS
9Qe, ,egl, and ot pssr CENTS Sl8S, 200, 900; Il
alll'SSSS ,990q' qQQ, lsa ayiIgo ot thS 4 pei esHtl
| Stilli it6 be Issued " 70 S90, ,QQq tthe bond
at present redeemable, there Is now otlI
stqHalag s99s0ls ,ot 'lS, So, ,QS5, $50; Of 81
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