Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-02-22
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NEWS GOBBLED FROM ALL
OYER THE WORLD.
The Evidence All I'm, and Rene to be
Acquitted--The President Approves
Lieut.. Jerome's Sentonce--C Congress
sioDal--- Numerous ConflagratiOns--
miscellaneous News.
Especial Dispatch to the Tribune.]
THE RENO CASE.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb 23.-The evidence
in the Reno case is before Judge Advo-
cate General Dunn, and 1t is believed he
will acquit Reno of any blame in Gus
ter's fate.
SENTENCE APPROVED.
Lieut.. Jerome's sentence, given by the
court martial recently held here, has been
approved by. the President It is a dis
mlssal for drunkenness and questionable
financial operations
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate committee on pensions
CAAS
bill which provides for the appointment Of
corps of sixty surgeons who are to exam
ine every pensioner on the rolls, and if
any are not entitled to pensions they are
to be dropped. The effect will be to de-
crease the amount due for pensions by
millions of dollars.
In the Senate Mr. ingalls, offered an
amendment to the pension appropriation
bill, providing that the applications must
be made before January 1st, 1880.
A number of bills Oh the calendar were
passed yesterday, among them the Senate,
bill to amend the revised statutes in rela-
tion to transportation of ANIMALS. The
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL
was then taken up. Several committee
amendments wore adopted. Pending the
discussion of the amendment striking out
the army reorganization sections, memor-
ial speeches were made upon Williams, of
Michigan, and the Senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE
effort to proceed with legislative approp-
riations was antagonized bv advocates Of
the morning hour who were finally sue
cessfuL and private bills We're considered
and several bills fer the payment of war
claims were Killed by striking out the
senactin g clauses. Tho amendments to the
army appropriation bill adopted in the
Senate were an increased pay appfopriia-
ton for officers to $4,000, 0,000;t striking
out the clauss allowing officers elevenaol-
! lars instead Of ten dollars per room for
comnlutation Of quarters; forbidding com
mutation for servants quarters; allowing
officers on the frontier mileage other than
railroad travel and repeating SO much Of
the act of 1876 prohibiting mileage for
travel over reads on which troops etc,
were carried free. The clause authorizing
railroads to transmit kilograms for the
Government and public at rates TO be fixed
by the Government, was adopted without
discussion.
The Atlantic knitting mills, Cohoes,
N. Y, burned last night; loss $60,0o0
Morris Oil Cloth Works, at Salem, N. j.
burned last night; loss $4,000. The
opera house at Columbia, Ind, burned
last night; loss SIS, ,000.
PERSISTED IN THE FLAMES.
An old man named Reddington, of
Bloomington, Ills, perished in the flames
yesterday trying to rescue his wife from
a burning mad house.
a DEFAULTER ARRIVES.
Angel, the Pullman Palace Car Co., de-
faulter, arrived in Philadelphia yesterday
a lEcELIsANEoUs. Fa
The heavi ,st snow storm for years now
RACES in Nova Scotia ID
The Chinese IA Merchants of San Francis
co do rot think 1he Chinese bill will have
the least effect on their China trade.
The President is besieged by persons
anxious to know the fate of the Chinese
bill. The pressure pro and con is very
great s3
The U. s. revenue cutter Woolcott left
for Sitka with large amount of supplies
and arms for the white residents, those
who are in danger of famine and nassa-
ere.
FOREIGN.
The French Deputies have passed the
amnesty bill for communists, as proposed
by the government.
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"A Slight Blaze. IN
A cry of fire Thursday night created a
commotlon about town and caused few
people to rush frantically up and down the
streets in search of the cause of alarm.