The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-25
VERY LATEST NEWS
A Record Of Important Events
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.
REPRESENTATIVE KEIFER presented a
minority report in favor of Washburn,
in the case of Donnelly VS.. Wash burn,
on the 18th.
JOHN B. HAwLEY, assistant secretary
of the treasury, resigned on the 18th,
owing to his candidacy for the Office of
governor of Illinois.
THE house committee on judiciary
took up the subject of trade marks, on
the 18th, and agreed upon bill to be re-
ported to the house which will carry out
treaty stipulations with foreign coun-
tries.
TIE comptl oller Of CUR ency, on the
10th inst, declared dividend of five
per cent. in favor of creditors of the
Central National bank of Chicago, max
ing total in all Of sixty per cent.
| The house committee on public build
ings and grounds on the 10th, agreed to
recommend the erection of public
building at4;St. Joseph, at a cost of not
to exceed 100000; also public build
ing at Altoona, Pa, at a cost not to ex
ceed 100000,
THE senate committee on privileges
and elections decided by strict, party
vote on the 16th, to report to the senate
two resolutions, on the Kellogg.Spoford
case; first that Kellogg is not entitled to
his seat; and second, that Spofford was
duly elected.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 18th
gives the total value Of exports Of petro-
leum and petroleum products for Janu-
ary 1880 at $685. 528,070; for January 1879
81 ,897, 1902; for seven months ended Janu
ary 31st, 1880, $26, ,014, ,179; and during
the same period of 1879 $27, ,453, ,673.
| The president has requested the resig-
nation of Mr.. F. W. Seward, the United
States minister to China, says dispatch
of the 18th, and it is understood that if
the resignation is not forthcoming Mr..
time the settlement Of his accounts with
the department of state is suspended.
| HON. LUclus FA1RcH1LD, United
States minister to Spain, will represent
the United States, at the conference to be
held at Madrid to arrange with the envoy
of Morocco, rules. relating to the protcc-
tion by foreign powers of Jews and other
subjects of the Sultan of Morocco, says a
Washington dispatch of the 18th.
SAYS a Washington dispatch of the
18th: The three Ponca chiefs, Jacob
Esau, White Eagle, and Standing Buff
falo, who have been in attendance before
the senate committee Investigating their
affairs, were paid off to-day their witness
fees and mileage, receiving about $3.50
each. They are old chiefs from go to 70
years of age. Quite a crowd gathered
| or011n1 tho financial dash octho ao,, 70
to see them receive their money. They
did not seem exactly to know what to do
with their money after they got it, but
no doubt their white friends will take
care of it for them. Jacob Esau was able
to sign his name, but the others made
their TX" with grunt.
The secretary of the Interior having
received information that a large num-
Der 'ot trespassers were stalking out
placer claims on the Ute reservation, a
conference was held with Ouray and
another Ute chief then in Washington,
on the 10th inst, at which it was decided
that the chiefs should leave for their
tribes at once in order to influence their
people against hostilities. The following
order was issued:
DEPARTMENT OF TIE INTERIOR,
WASHINGTON, March 16.
! 1t having been brought to the attention Of the
interior department that persons are now enter
ing the Ute reservation In the state Of Colorado.
| TOR the purpose Of locating ranches and mineral
claims, notice is hereby given that such locations
ana claims WILL not be reAognized by the interior
department, as the lands embraced within said
reservation are not public ,lands OF the United
states, and no location made thereon can or will
be recognized as legal, except those made after
the lands shall ihave been regularly rec tored to
| the public domain.
! (Signed) c. scHuRz, Sec'y
The house committee on foreign af
fairs, on the 18th, disposed Of two long
pending matters known as the Chinese
indemnity fund and the Japanese in
demnity fund. Representative Wilson
was authorized to report to the house,
his bill, which provides that the Chinese
indemnity fund, now under control of
the secretary of state, be paid over to the
government Of China, except that sum
shall be retained sufficient, in the opin.
ion of the executive, to pay the amounts
which may be awarded by the court of
claims to the owners of the bark Coldera,
and such further sum as may be neces.
sary to indemnify the owners Of the ship
Forest Belle for plunder and destruction
of said ship. Representative Cox was
also instructed to report his bill to the
house with favorable recommendation
The bill directs the president to pay to
the government of Japan $785, 900 in
gold, now under control of the state de
partment, with interest.
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