The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-05-15
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The house committee on foreign affair
| appointed sub committee consisting Ol
Messrs. Wilson, King and Robson to con
slider the practicability of entering into
additional treaty relations with Mexico.
Official news from the Indian territory
| states that the raids have come nearly to an
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The president regards with great solici
tude, the situation of affairs in the Indian
Territory. High army officers, llowossr;
agree with General Sheridan in anticipa'
ting no difficulty in executing the orders
of the war department.
The military force for service has been
Washington, May 9.-Subscriptions to
the four per cent refunding certificates
since yesterday reach $936.56O. Owing TO
the demand being greater than the supply
the treasury department is conn elled to
regulate the issue of refunding certificates
to repositories. The sales in this city
were getting out of all proportion to the
amount OF certificates which repositories
elsewhere could receive and to-day no
in certificates. , ~ .as,
The committee has agreed upon bill
extending to the endof the present session
the salary Of the late Representative
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The senate committee on epidemic dis
eases today agreed upon amendments in
the nature of q substitute for the bill re-
Gently committed to them concerning the
national board ofhealth and the proposed
establishment Of national quarantine regu-
lations. The amendments confine the re-
quirements cf the bill to vessels coming
from foreign ports where any contagious Of
lnfacfIn1a dioeaca avsSfc ooA <,r~
ring, as in the original bill, to vessels COM
ing from any foreign port, and provide
that the quarantine regulations framed by
the national board of health shall, as far
as possible, be merely supplemental to the
regulations prescribed by state and munic-
ipal authorities, and be confided to
them for enforcement, if they will SO
undertake.; but in case of refusal or
failure to do SO, the president may de-
tail an officer for that purpose. The
section of the bill explicitly providing
authority for the board of health to estabr
llsh quarantine stations on railroad or
river lines of interstate commerce, and TO
detain goods and passengers for disin-
fection, is stricken out. The sections
authorizing the same body to investigate
the general subject of cattle disease and to
cause inspections tOsb made of all ami
mails arriving at or exported from the
different shipping ports in the United
States are also omitted from the amend
ment. The measure and amount Of the
appropriation asked by the original bill
for the expenditures by the national
board of health to carry out its provisions
is reduced from $3.50 900 TO 100000.
Washington, May 9.-There was sharp
discussion in the senate to-day over Nc
Donald's bill to commission young Bra
den. of indianapolis, as an ensign in the
navy. Half dozen senators warmly op-
posed the measure, taking the ground that
it was unjust to our midshipmen at the
naval academy. and especially to- nine
young men who were passed midshipmen
and were only waiting for vacancies to
occur to- receive commissions as en-
signs. IF the bill passed, Braden would
rank them all. 1t hass also trans
pired that Braden's naval educa-
tiOn in England would have entitled him
to place only as warrant ofiicer, and
not to rank as q commissioned officer.
Opposition to the measure in naval circles
is so active that it is doubtful whether the
bill can pass, although Mr.. Mcdonald and
Mr. Voorhees,, who usually hunt ia couples,
have been indefatigable in their personal
efforts in Mr.. Braden's behalf, It Is not
thought that there would be any opposi-
ton to providing for Mr.. Braden's appoint
ment as an ensign after passing the regu-
lar examination at the naval academy with
the present graduating class which is now
at sea. 2@ - - -
Senator Williams to-day introduced
Joint resolution to make appropriations of
March 3lst, 1877, for the payment of anti
bellum southern mail claims practically
available. i9 s,sizsssT.s3
Washington, May Subscriptions to
he four per cent refunding certificates
since yesterdays report, $3.50 Total
10 date, I'll ,165, ,090' -, si''s 'isssA f.t
The house. committee On banking and j
appointed IBackner, Ewing and
Price a subcommittee to examine all bills
to the substitution of United
States notes for those Of national banks,
and report 4 --4zr ~ 81.
The president to-day received the bill
10 prohibit military Interference at cleo
ions. There is good reason for stating
hat he will Ieturn the bill with another
vetO message. 81 f.ss
Washington, May 1.-The Alabama
delegation in congress, accompanied by
Senator Houston, waited on the attorney
general, yesterday, and requested him TO
grant acontinuance of the pending cases
or the violation Of election laws In that
,tate because the farmers interested COM
plain 4lieir crops would be greatly dam
aged If they are forced to attend courts -
lefendents and witnesses in the trials.
The attorney general declined to grant the
In all the cases but said he
would instruct the district attorney TO try
)nly such cases as would be attended 10 at
his time and to notify parties in other
,ases not to attend court
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