Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-21
CAPITAL GLEANINGS.
LIVELY HAIR-PUILls6 IN THE HOUSE.
De La aatTs financial Panacea-Sher-
maR and the Syndicate-Trsas-
uY Circular - Stephens
Bill-Chief Moses.
Proposed Finaneial Rshst.


tive De La Matyr to-day fled petition
to establish greenbaek cur
rency, and TO relieve the fnan-
eial distress of the country by granting
aid 20 certain companies incorporated
by State authority for works of in
ternal improvement. II provides that
the Secretary of the Treasury be re-
quired 10 have prepared notes and obi
cations OF the United States to the
aggregate amount of ten hundred mil
lions of dollars, and 10 be known as
greenback currency, for general circula-
ton, in the amounts and form as the
ball provides, which notes or obligations
shall constitute legal teRder for all
debts, and be receivable for all United
States Government dues. These obiiga-
tons shall De .Ssued in notes of 5, 10,
~, loo, so, 1000, 5000 and 10000 dol
lars each, in such relative proportions
as NAV be found necessary 20 meet the re-
Quirements and convenience OF business
wants Of the COnntry. The Secretary OF
the Treasury Is authorized To loan from
such greenback currency, % corpora
tons, providing ther file their bonds
PAYABLE fifty years from date thereof,
and bearing no interest for FIVE years
from said date, but at the expiration OF
five years the bonds shall bear interest
az three per cent. per annum. legal ten
der money. interest 70 be paid semi
annually. The following are the cor
pOratiOns mentioned, that,,sha have at-
vantage of the loan:
James River and kanawha Canal Com
pany. SO 10000; Atlantic and Great
Western Canal Company, So, O,OOO, 600;
Florida Coast Canal Company, $1,000
coo: ~. Phillips Canal Company, Sl0,-
100000; for a railroad to connect the
waters Oi the Mississippi with the Pa
ci6c, blank amount;l Rock Island
and Hennehin Canal Company, Sl3,-
600 600; OswegO Canal Company, S25,-
10000; Lexington and BIZ Sandy Rail
road Company. $4,000 and Niagara
Ship Canal Company, Sl40OO,OO0
ChiefMoses at the White House.
WASHINGTON. April l9-Chief Moses
ani other Indians called at the Execu-
tive Mansion, to-day, and werS> pre-
sented 70 the President, who said 70
them: Il am glad to see you, my friends.
| hope the Secretary referring to Secre-
tary Schurzl will make a settlement
with YOU that shall be satisfactory. We
are friendly toward you, and want 10
deal with you with exact justice. |
hope Won will always be our friends
SCme UmatIlla Indians, this morn
Ing called at the office OF the
Secretary Of the Interior, and expressed
their dissatisfaction With the terms
agreed upon Yesterday. Chief Moses,
however, stands % the contract.
The Secretary Of War has addressed
letter 20 ,ieneral Sherman, directing
that in case Sitting Bull or any OF his
followers cross from the British posses
siOns they be held as prisoners OF war
until further orders from the Presi-
dent. In view Of this action Sitting
Bull and band having voluntarily sub
iected themselves % the authority OF
Great Britain. and ceased to be subjects
OF the United States, they will not now
De permitted, even with peaeeable in
tentiOns, % rycrUss the frontier.
John ChAmberlin-
WASHINGTON, April l9.-JOhn Cham
berlin, the celebrated New York sport
ing man. was elected to-day as keeper OF
the House restaurant. The cry will be
raised that % this extremity does Con-
Tolerate Congress come At last; but the
sting will be somewhat neutrallzed by
the iact that John Is a Republican, and
Il given the place solely because he
knows how to cater to the gustatory
tastes Of Congressman.
False Preterses.
WASHINGTON. April l9.-Just before
the House adjourned to-day White, OF
PENNSYLVANIA, male a motion 20 adj
iourn till Tuesday; and the Repubi-
cans. 10 be consistent all voted for the
motion by a rising vote. But they had
no idea Of carrying II, and when II
was defeated they did not attempt
further resistance or ask Tor yeas and
nays on the question.
stephens Bill
WASHINGTON. April 10. - stephens
bill for the interchange OF subsidiary
silver coin for legal tenders came up IN
the House again TO-DAY, but it was not
disposed IL when the morning hour eN-
pired. IL can not come up again until
Tues.iay, and then a large number OF
amendments which were offered to-day
will have % be considered, unless they
shall be ruled out on points OF orier.
The only material change made IN the
bill TO-DAY Was an amendment making
fractional silver a legal tender for so
instead OF for SO as proposed IN the
billas reported
Treasury Circular.
WASHINGTON. April l9-The circular
issued Yesterday by the Secretary OF the
Treasury in relation 20 the sale OF re
funding certificates has been amended
a. follows.
The peuartuent's circular No. %, OF
April 10. lS19. i hereby res~indei, all
the four per cent. bonds therein offered
Tor sale haYing been sold. The ten dol
lar refunding certificates viii be issued
for lawful money, IN sums MOTTO exceed
500 AZ one time, by the Treasurer and
assistant tr,-asurers Of the United States
and bv al the public officers bonded for
that purpose. They will not De issued
hereafter upon certificates ot any
Nati jnAl bank depository. Commissions
on such issues heretofore or hereafter
maize will Dc allowed AZ the rate al OF
l per cent on the aggregate OF u 90,
without regard % the PERIOD IN
which such changes are made. This
circular will remain in force sixty days.
or until the 1910 bonds nov outstand-
ing are covered BY sales, and no longer.
II i the desire Of the department %
give every citizen Of the United States
an opportunity to invest in limited sums
his savings in these certificates al par.
and the accrued interest AZ The end OF
sixty days. to-Nit: az the close Of busl-
reSs on the 18th OF June The offer al
ready made for four per cent bonds, II
sufficient % cover the 1910 bonds then
outstanding. II anY, viii be accepted.
/ The department' circulars Of March Il
i.