Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-18

Congressional Proceedings.
MEASURES CONSIDERED IN BOTH HOUSES.
Anew Bullisn Preposisien.
WASHINGTON, May IL.

Senator Bayard il understood to hole
the following views on the proposition Il
use diplomatic means to induce European
nations to join the conferences to regulate
the silver difficulty: Congress ought to b
pressed to appropriate $40 200, he believ
| ing that the Northern. and even the Latir
nations of Europe, will suggest something
| aud the President to have the discretion Of
entering any European Congress that may
be called or suggested, during the absence
Of Congress. 1t is stated that NO objection
exists to this appropriation. Jones, Of
Nevada, is understood to be its promoter
Regarding the amount Of funds thai
could be made available monthly, for the
payment Of arrears due upon pensions a.
lowed prior to January Is, 1879, the Score
tary Of the Treasury states, that including
the amount already paid, So, 500, 900 will be
available prior to July /, 1879, and 50, 0O0.-
900 monthly thereafter. At this rate,
nearly the whole Of tho next fiscal year
will be required to complete the payment
Of these arrears. The Commissioner Of
Pensions, in view of this, has issued . cir
cular letter to applicants for arrears, say
ing that . comparatively small number Of
cases only can be adjusted monthly, and.
therefore. some delay may occur in the
settlement Of claims, but settlements will
be made in such order as to distribute pay
ments equitably among the several Pension
Agencies as near as may be.
Consideration Of the Legislative, Execu-
tive and Judicial Appropriation bill was
resumed, and among the amendments
agreed to, was one offered by Voorhees,,
from the Joint Committee on Library, ap-
p~ropriating S., 600 for the purchase Of
works Of art. An amendment, recon-
mended by the Finance COMMITTEES, appro-
priating $40, 900 for the diplomatic and
consular services, to be expended at the
discretion Of the President Of the United
States, was agreed TO-. The reason for this
amendment is that there is now q move
ment in Europe with q view to arrange for
. bi-metallic standard, and it might be
thought advisable to send a representative
thither to take part in the proceedings.
In the House, during the morning hour,
consideration WAS resumed Of the bill to
amend the law relative to the transfer Of
cases from the State to the U. s. Courts,
and McLane concluded his argument in
favor Of the bill. Urner opposed the bill
on the ground that one Of the sections
proposed to be repealed, was virtually the
Judiciary Act of 1879. which gave force
and effect to that clause of the Constitu-
ton which authorizes the U. s. Courts to
pass upon questions in ~constoversy be-
tween citizens of one State and citizens Of
another State. The morning hour expired
before Urner had finished his argument
and the bill ven over till Tuesday next.
Consideration was then resumed of the
bill to amend the statutes relating to the
gold and silver coinage and coin aud bull
lion certificates, the question being on the
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The first amendment was one offered by
Bedford, confirming the privilege Of free
coming to silver mined in the United
States. The House rejected Belford's
amendment-yeas, 81; nays, 100. Ewing,
Of Ohio, offered an amendment to
S~prague's amendment, providing that the
Secretary Of the Treasury shall issue and
deliver to the depositor Of silver bullion,
certificates to an amount equal to the
value of such bullion and that the silver
dollar coined from such bullion, to the ex-
tent Of 40 per cent. Of such certificates,
shall be held for the redemption thereof
and the remainder applied to the payment
OF the principal and interest Of the public
debt, the certificates so issued are to be
received at par for all dues to the United
States, and in payment for the current ex-
psnses Of the Government, and are to be
redeemable in standard silver dollars. The
market value of the bullion is to be de-
termined by the average market price of
silver bullion in the cities of New York
and San Francisco during the week pre-
ceding the deposit. The amendment was
adopted-yeas, LOG; nays, 105-the Speak
er casting the deciding vote.
The Double Observation-Disclosures
Of COrruptiOnists im B~rooklyn.
NEW YORK, May II.
The Herald" to-day thinks the condi-
ton Of England highly favorable to a BIZ
metallic currency, and that public senti-
ment is rapidly Fastening its adoption. 1t
is perhaps due in part to Williamson's rep
reservations that it was decided in Cabinet
meeting at Washington hat Evartr should
make communications to our diplomatic
representatives, with a view to a new Sill
yer Conference, or direct negotiations for
the general restoration Of a double stand
ard. There are excellent grounds for hop
ing that this new movement in further
ancc OF GENERALIZATION may be successful.
Bayard, Chairman Of the State Senate
on Finance. favors an additional
appropriation for diplomatic purposes to
the expense Of the new effort. We
understand that Evarts is sanguine in his
belief that the time is ripe for the ~restora-
ton Of silver to its old place in the cur-
rency of the great commercial nations.
The Brooklyn City works Commits
Flaherty and Bennett. were last
night convicted by q jury of conspiracy in
maintaing upon the pay rolls, about cleo
ton time, . large number Of laborers with
work for them. Walter Purveyor
Milne was acquitted. The Commissioners
Counsel will move for . stay Of proceedings
Shot by the Authority OF Law.
SALT LAKE, May II.
The execution OF Wallace Wilkerson, for
the murder Of William Baxter, at Romans
Vile, Utah, took place at Provo to-day, at
u o'clock, noon, in the Courthouse yard.
He was stationed fourteen PAGES from the
Neutrality-suspicious. in number, who were
behind q screen-and was seated
On . chair with . white target pinned over
bis heart; behind the doomed man were
rails, piled as high as his head.
At the command Of the United States Mar
shal, four shots we're fired, and Wikerson
raised to his feet, threw out his arms and
Iell, e~xclaming. my God! MY God! They
missed it," but did not expire till 81
after. Three shots entered the
paper, one near the center and the other
on the edge about an inch apart, while
fourth struck his right arm and broke
It. Before the execution he made q partic-
MAR request Of the Marshal that his execu-
should aim at his heart and make
no bad shots. He also requested that he
should not be biind-foided, which was
granted, and he faced the guns with stolid
Indifference. He was q Mormon, and died
the faith. After the surgeon had pro-
nounced him dead the remains were
turned over to his wife and friends, who
look them to Payson, Utah, where thew
will be buried to-day. This is the second
execution by shooting in this Territory,
he first being John D. Lee, for the Noun
tain Meadows massacre.
The ssTlmss'' On Life in San Fran.
cisco.
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