Iron County register., 1880-04-29

of the charges was promptly made, which
resulted in the removal of the Com
mittee named, and their commissions
have been revoked by the Mayor. A
branch of the Kansas Relief Association
has been established in St. Louis, for the
purpose of paying the expenses of all in
digent colored immigrants until arrange
ments can be made to send them to other
States. Is is said numerous applications for
colored iaborers have been received from
Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan and
Ohio, and an effort will be made to induce
them to go to those States.
THE bill for the appointment of a
Commission to investigate the question of
the Tariff, reported by Senator Bayard from
the Committee on Finance, provides for the
appointment Of q Commission of nine
members, to be appointed from civil life by
the President, and with the advice of the
Senate. The frst-named will be President.
The Commissioners will receive $40 per day
each during the period engaged in
active duty and actual travelling and 9TH
er necessary expenses. It shall be the
duty Of the Commissioners to take
into consideration and thoroughly investi-
gate all the various questions relative to- the
agricultural, commercial, mercantile, manu-
featuring, milling and Industrial interests Of
the United States so far as the same may be
necessary to the establishment Of a judi
cious tariff or revision of the existing
tariff upon scale of justice to
all interests; and for the purpose Of
fully examining the matters which may
come before it, such Commission is empow-
cred to visit such different portions of the
country as it may deem advisable. They
shall report to Congress the result of their
Investigations and testimony taken from
time to time and make final report not
later than the first Monday in December,
1881.
THE Georgia Central Railroad and
Georgia Railroad have leased to the Louis
vile & Nashville Railway that portion of the
Western Railroad of Alabama extending
from Montgomery to Selma, giving the Louis
Vile e. Nashville Railroad the option to pur-
chase the same. The purpose and object
the Louisville & Nashville Company in
leasing this short branch is, it is understood,
to exclude from Montgomery all competition.
BY this means, business which has gone from
st. Louis, New Orleans, Vicksburg, and
other points to Montgomery will now be
shut out, and an immediate advance in rates
to Montgomery by the Louisville and Nash
VILE will probably follow as q natural Sc
Quence to this movement.
THE Chicago, St. Louis and New Or
leans Railroad will, it is reported, construct
. new line from Jackson, Tenn, to Nash
Vile, to join there with another line to be
built to that point from Danville, KY, by
%o 4ff< H.
Louisville & Nashville, which is trying to di-
vert all the Southern business to its own
Zines.
In accordance with an order from
Judge HaIlett Of the United States Court
at Denver, the Western Union Telegraph
Company has taken possession Of the wires
ON the Denver Pacific and Kansas Pa
cific Railway and branches, and resumed
business with all points on these roads,
which has been interrupted more or less
or transmitted through the American
Union Telegraph. Company since Febru-
aTy 27.
THE Massachusetts Republican State
Convention was held on the 10Th. Two sets
Of delegates at large were presented, one in
favor of Senator Edmunds for President, the
other in favor of Gen. Grant. The Sherman
men joined hands with the Edmunds forces,
and the Blaine men supported the Grant
delegates. The balloting resulted in the
choice of the Edmunds delegates, the high
est of whom received 100 votes out of total
OF ], ,O6O votes cast.
The Chicago Grant meeting, held
on the night of the 10Th in Central Music
Hall, was addressed by Senator Logan, Mr..
Emory A. Storrs, Hon. Leonard SWEET and
others. The hall was packed to its greatest
capacity.
GEN. GRANT had an enthusiastic re-
was a procession, followed at night by
banquet
THE bilk introduced in the Senate on
the 14th, by Mr.. Wallace, requires the Sec
retary of the Treasury to purchase and ex-
tinguish all outstanding 8 per cent. United
States bonds to the amount of not less than
s. ,OO0, 900 per week. The bill further pro-
vides that the amount of these and Of all
other purchases of outstanding obligations
Of the United States to be made by the Sec
retary in each successive week shall be ad-
vertised by him the Monday of the week |
preceding.
IT is reported that q conference of
leading Grant men recently held in Wash
ington. the name of Gen. Key, Postmaster |
was considered favorably in con-
nection with the second place upon the |
Presidential ticket.
THE Iowa Republican State Conven- /
lion, held at Des Moines on the 14th, elected /
D Blaine delegation to the Chicago Conven- /
lion and instructed the delegates to vote as |
, unit. zt f1sF -
THE Kentucky delegates to the Chi /
cago Convention are instructed to vote as !
nnit for Grant. 81