The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-01-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Teleprapbic Items-Foreign and Domestic

The conference with the Piute lnu1ans iIOm
Nevada has been satisfactorily ended Inc
sscrerarv of the anterior has signed a treaty, /
with winch Winnemucca ana assocl"'es On
pressed themselves highly pleased.
The president has nominated James Euss M
Lowell to be minister to England, John W.
~ ster to be minister TO Russia, Luclus TAI
child. now consul general at Paris, 10 be mill
lister TO Spain, and Pnilp ID. Morgan W "0
minister to Mexico.
Democratic members of the commlttee on
vavs and means in Congress nave nau con-
sultstion and have agreed tnat II W MI the tsrtf
fhis session This action Is In opposition 10
the opinions of Fernando Wood.
In the House, on "Wednesday Mi ri, US c1t,1G
the fact that famine now exstea IN iasia I,,s
mat 200 900 men, women and cnildIen are SUI
rerino for food and that IL became the nuty OF
this 1;oyernment to relieve the suffering II III
can. The bill concludes by appropriaeihhg
$4,000 toward tn mat ipection of the secretary
of state. 1t was referred TO the committee on
appropriations
The House committee on appropriations
took up the deficiency APPROPRIATE, Dill on
Wednesday for the pay OF United states mar
shals and their deputies, and after discussion
aoreed upon and ordered the chairman 10
Pe ~ enacted. etc That the sum of s6o0,O90 is
hereby appropriated for the payment duripg
the fiscal year ending June 90, i 81, s
81 al deputies but no part OF the money Is APP
oropriated to pay any compensation ices OF
expenses of marshais OF tnenr sippS the reoIs.
trations or elections under any OF the proVis-
IONS of title Is OF the revised statutes OF the
United states.
Almost the entire session OF the senate on
Eridav was occupied by Mr. Beck In speech
aaaInSt MIR. Bayards legal tender resolution
In the House the Fitz john Porter rePoIes
were presented and the closing sP e;II We're re
made by Messrs. Lounsoerry, Iownsnenn,u ls anu
Ruckuer. A scene occurred between Messrs:
Townshend and Chittenden. The revision OF
,ha niles was discussed In committee OF the
whole. The House banking anu curIencF
committee has refused TO postpone tne , Eon
FENDER quality of the gree II back until next De
cember. Mr. Wall, the colored presioent OF
the washington aid society Sbs Nero exodus
on Friday.
In the Senate, Mr.. Platt OF Connecticut, IN
troduced q joint resolution requesting t .he
president to invite REPRESENTATIVES, ,e -. with
the Government OF the United states con,
carning a route for an interoceaHic canal, anu
Mr.. Bailey OF New f9rk, insroIpc Of Missouri
presented q petition from citizens OF -. LOUIS
requesting the president 70 in Vie 81 NET I'm
tiyes of other maritime countries 10 meet IN
Philadelphia, July 4, to consider plans Ior a
canal at BARREN. Mr.. Vest of Missouri, IN TO
duced bin In the senate 70 and Mr Wells,
of Missouri introduced In the House Dill 10
Incorporate the Interoceanic transit COLI III
nc
sOciates The bill to prevent Cruelty 10 am
~eis I'm transportation was taken up, and
after discussion, allowed 10 go over
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
ExGovernor Westcott, of Florida, aged 80.
died in Montreal few days since.
General George will succeed senator bruce
as limited states senator from MISSISSIPPI.
Rruce was the only cOlOred man In the oenate'
rna srrvtvors of the Andersonville prison
during the war have established an organlza
tion and elected Colonel George Hastings as
president.
states Senate by the Democratic caucus OF the
IOuisiana Legislature, on wednesday nlShl,
TO succeed Kellogg.
The walking cane OF PIeslaent ,heota,
on the night of his ASSASSINATION, has been re
covered In Troy, N. Y.
sixty.seyen convicts were discharged Iroui
the Kentucky penitentlarv on rrluay, Oh ac
cnnnt Of iIl-heaith and the bad sanitary con-
ditto of that institution.
The friends of Charles w. Angel who Is IN
Joliet, Ill., penitentssiT;yni0oro ays at work try
man Car companyoi SlZO'vo,aro as "oiA "'
ms TO seure his pardon.
An old man by the name OF Gray, hVine
uear Bloomington, Ind was purner o up WOO
his mouse last week. DE Was on SooiS o wv
decrepit TO save himself
Commodore Horner G. Blake, OF the navy
,;e6 IN New York on Wednesday, OF malaria
disease contracted during the war, anu HIS ie
cent cruise in the Asiatlc squadron.
There 70 An effort being made to hold tne
next Democratic National convent 10, IL
Washington city. The Natioh a Thrna w
viii decide the matter on the Z2d Oh feDruaiS
snecial from Trinidad, COL. says: "Seyera
hundred cowboys from the pan-hanoie
Texas are said to be between here ana La
Yeas Fifteen of them entered Las ega'
Tb1rsday night, KILL, d the city marshal an'
two citizens, and wounded two others.
Naw York never before had so many vessels
lying In the naroor awai.ins ca ~ Of al
grades and for all destinations. vi u Sn sss,
were steamers, 102 ships, 43l DaIques 81 Drigs
s,aanation in trade, especially In the gran
anG nrovision markets. The depression In III
flour market Is unexampleo.
ma river commission adjourned at 81
Louis Saturday noon, 10 meet annoinfe,
two or three days ago on the report 10 Ion
gress and on plans and estimates nave near. :.
ccno nleted their reports, and Will De stDie
o.Pa,,, before the commission on its reas
samhiine at Washington. No Information
what these reports will contain can oe ascer
tanned.
.,o,, N o'clock Saturday night as Mayo
<,9,9e ~ Columbus, o., was on his wa.
Nonoe two men suddenly jumped out from
church door at the corner OF Inlru stLe s,s an
1roadwav one grabbing the mayor from pe
Find while the other placed pistol at ~
head and ordered the CHIEF maglstrs.e " nu -,
his hands high, which ne 1l reI,eyed of a vaiu
able gold watch and a sun OF money
nennis Kearney said to a Chicago interview
a. Satnrday that unless the labor candlaaI
Tor president IL elected this year, oioou W, ~
Now rom one end of the country 10 the otnei
Ie 10 in favor of abollshing the law requiIIlln
officers elected to give bonds Tor the iaaShi !,
yarformance OF their duties, because, as n
pa IN California last year the men electe'
we're unable to give bonds wltnout goiSs ~
capitalfsts, who demanded con1oi vi '
patronage for their service
The czar's condition, judging from ais
orlQ
Patcn, - sent fear of assassination. Mental
and nhysically he Is wreck, aau - ~
wonl6 be the greatest blessing thas couiu
visited upon MIN.
Two negroes, named Fent ;a., " Zach othe
CnaI Tarrtsori street, Chicago, about y o cIpo
ssatnrCiay night. Canpbell's nat was knocn n 8
oG and ne ordered Beatty TO PICK ~ uP1 81 10.
on, az toIIoWed. when Campbell shot Beatt
in the abdomen, causing oeaen IA aroht
TamnpelI fled, but was asterwaro Caught
Sarah Armstrong, a venerable colore
woman, the history os avn wn institution in Ne'
LINZ aw died. January 81, at the nome Oh ne
55eno6ter. As riington street, NewaIrnAa' 80 On
was, as near as can DC ssw sso Weeks ago. she r.
oeJ remarkable mental and Pny slcai acI u
- Her complexion was very Diae A. sl anu "'
had was covered with snow-"hi'e iooA''
oararal Adams and the Ute chiefs. VINO lei
x.,tngron aturday night for Coiorsdo' al
Wasnins - aacure the surrender OF the II L u
Sapended by the Hatch commission. Ii
confidently believed isas sne adams carrie
pe .s - rino the ultimatum of the Governmen
sInrsed by Ouray and the otner cnieis DO
here. Ouray had ano sav afternoon. but IN
conference was strictly private.
unprn. Ian. 2.-The Liberal states Tn,