The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-03


iciency sn "open. defiant and shameless in
! traction of solemn statutes"
| In the Senate on Friday eulogies were pro-
nonnced upon the late Senator Houston, of
IN the House, Mr. Warner presented resolu-
tons reaffirming the Monroe doctrine, and
declaring that the control OF the inter-oceanic
canal must be kept under the protection of the
| United States. The star route deficiency bill
was discussed, amended by further reducing
the amount placed at the disposition of the
postmaster general and passed. all the amend
ments proposed by the advocates OF star route
| service extension being rejected
| The secretary of the treasury recommends
| the passage OF bill giving the manufacturers
| of articles in The composition of which spirits
| are used the right to use such spirits without
| paying a revenue tax thereon.
| Mr. Morrison introduced in the House on
| saturday, bill modifying the tariff, but the
| members OF the ways ana means committee
| are represented as not expecting any tariff
changes, except in relation to sugar will pe
| recommended at this session.
The Senate committee on Indian AFFAIRS on
saturday agreed upon an entirely new bilI to
cover the whole range of the Indian question.
On Monday the senate discussed the Fltz
John Porter case without coming to any con-
clusion, and numerous bills were introduced
| into the House.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS
The coinage at the Philadelphia mint for
| February amounts 10 S5,l2s ,96a.
Brewery ii. Morton, young man about p
years of age, was arrested at Louisville, Satur-
| DAY afternoon. for robbiDg the mails.
Thirty four indictments have been found
| AGAINST the comptroller, treasurer and CLERK
OF Elizabeth, n. j., for conspiracy to defraud
! the city.
IN the burning Of two dwellings and a bak-
cry at PIttsburg, Friday, boy Is years old,
| who slept in the loft OF the bakery, was burned
| TO death.
The Indiana Republicans, in their District
conventions last week, elected delegates TO the
Chicago convention. Most OF them were in
structed for Blaine.
The Vicksburg (Miss) Herald expresses the
L = m he
South now than there has been at any pIevi-
Gus time since the war.
Four Repub ican State senators, of Louisi-
| ana, have been ordered under the custody of
the sergeant alarms tor alleged contempt, for
| signing the kellogg memorial.
A call has been issued 10 all citizens OF
| OF a ship canal from Lake Michigan to the IIli-
nois river, TO meet al Ottowa, March l6.
One hundred and forty-two young doctors
graduated last week at BELLEVUE College, in
y New York, including IL from New England.
| indianapolis Medical College graduated 70 last
/ week.
| The New York Republican convention in
| Utica last week, Instructed its Chicago dele
| gates to vote for Grant for the next presidency
at the National Republican convention in
| June.
| resolved 10 hold conven ton there in Sep
| tember in commemoratiOn of the five hun =
dredth anniversary Of the Wickliff translation
| of the Bible.
| A light oscillatory shock OF earthquake was
felt at san Cristobal, Cuba, Monday night. and
| on Wednesday morning there was another
| and violent shock accompanied by q noise
| like an explosion.
The German Government is about TO revive
the scheme for cutting canal, navigable for
| war vessels, between the Baltic sea and the
German ocean. The scheme is warmly su o.
| ported in military circles.
A most inhuman child murker was discov-
ding OF on the e Boulevard Voitaire, stTansIed her
| new born child and cut of its head. The re-
mains were found by scaveDgers.
The exports from New York texclusiye of
the Value of se ssl. or sea7 5e less fhan the
value OF the exports OF the preceding week.
Thus far they have footed up ei2,45l sos.
The supreme court of Massachusetts, has
| set aside the verdict of manslaughteT in the
case of Charles II. Hartwell, conductor OF a
| freight train, which Ii was alleged caused the
| Wollaston disaster, on the Old Colony road, in
| October, 1873.
Mr.. and Mrs. Addison Fraz!er, OF Staunton
| Va, are to celebrate on Monday next the six
| tieth anniversary OF their marriage. Deacon
| Joel X. Peck and wife, of Palmyra. Wis, cele-
| brated the sixtietb anniversary of their we'd
| ding on the 2Sd iHst.
Ii is announced that the Govern menJ Of
| Germany has resolved so far to retrace It's steps
| on the question OF reconciliation of silver as
| to increase SILVER circulation to II marks per
| head for the entire population OF the empire,
| or TO about the gross amount of l29,0OO,O0O.
Bismarck is still indisposed, and is confined
| to his bed. The emperor conferred with him
/ It y.
| enforced his demand for the appointment of q
1 colleague by suggesting that If his work be
| not thus lightened he be allowed tore ire alto
| gethtr.
The Cleveland Anzeiger al ways Republican,
| contains editorial wherein it stated that
| under no circumstances will il support Cen
| eral Grant for the presidency. II Grant is
nominated it would repudiate him, but sup
port the Republican county, State ana con-
| grcssional tickets.
A Maine paper says that $4,000 tons of Ice
have been stored the present winter from the
| Kennebec river, between Hallowell and Mer-
| rymeetfng bay, and below the bay about 200.-
600 tons more. At the mouth of the river ice
| is being taken from the water and shipped
| direet to Southern ports.
Captain Morse company ,of the Sixteenth
| United States infantry, at Fort Riley, has been
| ordered to Coffeyville, Kan, to prevent the
OF the Fourth cavalry, from Fort Hayes, are
| also ordered TO the same place. The infantry
| viii leave Fort Riley to day.
South Caroliplans interested in the celebra-
| ton of the centennial of the battle OF Kings
| Mountain on the 7th of October next COM
mennorated the anniversary of Washington's IS
| birth by meeting there in large numbers, lis.
tening to an eloquent and patriotic address
from Colonel Thomas Hardeman, Of Georgia
| and hoisting on the highest elevation of the
mountain a large United States flag TO wave
| there until the October celebration.
! The secretary of the navy has been cabIed
| from Montevideo that the United states
steamer Marion had arrived there from Rio,
and that six OF the officers and 10 men had
I been. down with yellow fever. Lieutenant
Wallace died the 2Sd, and Rogers, apprent tice,
| the 10th. All the officers except one (Midship-
man Wike) were well or convalescing. The
-officers and men were ashore on Flores Island-
1t is supposed the fever originated at Rio Will
| the vessel was coaling.
An inquiry into the fall of the bridge over
the Firth of Tay, on the night of December %,
| by which many lives were lost, Ii proceeding
| at Dundee before the Board OF Trade. Several
painters who painted the bridge last summer
| testified that they saw numerous bolt holes
| empty, found bolts in holes wnere there should
have been rivets, and found rivets without
| heads, and bars loOsened and nuts unscrewed
| that one of the supporting columns of the
high girders was cracked from top to bottom,
and held together with four hoop bands: that
| sometimes the oscillation of the bridge was so
great they feared it would fall.
There has been falling off in bank deposits
in Ireland for three successive years, amount
ing to f3 3699,00. In the similar crisis In 1903,
the falling off was less by over 1000. There
has been further decline of over fl 900, 900 of
| the bank note circulation, which shows that
the savings OF notes OF those too poor to keep
t.ow. Il k.~~r Hxa-~