The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-04-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Telegraphic Items-Foreign ana Do"es'i0

CONGRESSIONAL AND WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Senate ON Tuesday further debated the
Hill 10 authorize a retired list Tor non-connis.
stoned officers, and the proposed agreement
WIN In the the House the naval appropriation bill
was reported, and the army bill was expiaineo
an T ssnate i'm executive session, after long
discusslon, rejected the mountainous 0i eA
Congressman John r. Lynch ana JONI ~ Dds
ron as Supervisors of the Census In Mlssis-
sippi. ,..oo Of tho Honse. Mr..
Manning urged In ya,T ssaS case should
be made public, and the CommiI'ee . nmany
decided to remove the Injunction OF secrecy
only as regarded the past. MI flniey pun
lis6ss statement denying the charge that ne
wrote the anymous letter TO Mr.. springer.
The Ways and Means Committee Estenea 10
dnced by Mr.. Wood, at the request OF the new
TorE Chamber of Commerce, providing for
change in the system OF collecting customs
a snb. committee of the Ways and Means
Com mittee has agreed upon bill on the sugar
tariff question similar to that proposed Dy MI.
IL Is claimed by those opposed to Secretary
Schurz's agreement with the Utes that the
s a11l in the House Committee on In
dian Affairs that 1t can not pass.
MT. Thurman was on Wednesday elected TO
preside over the Senate Ia chs subiects dis
cnssed we're the proposed removal of the
santees from Nebraska 20 the Poncas' old
ment with the Utes. The latter was so
amended as to make the payment OF the
money to the Utes contingent upon the sur
render of the guilty Indians.
In the House Mr.. McCoOk offered resolu-
ton calling on the Secretary of War for In
formation regarding the alleged Outrage at
West Point, but Mr.. Aiken objected. The pro-
posed amendment to the army Dill regarding
the employment of contract surgeons was re-
jected and the result was scene oec WI. q
Language for which the Republicans proposed
to censure him. He ultimately, however,
Withdrew the unparliamentary woras,
A Washington dispatch reports an interview
with Mr.. Gorham, formerly Secretary OF the
Senate, In witch he gives his estimate OF the
s Sasss for q the ana scos at the
claims of the friends OF Messrs Blaine ana
Sherman.
The senate on Thursday further discussed
the bill to ratify the agreement with the Utes.
The House spent nearly its entire session in
Committee Of the Whole In consideration OF
whether the amendment TO the army bill for.
bidding the presence of soldiers at the polls
was in order. The Chairman decided the
question in the affirmative, and was sustained
The Subcommittee of the House Committee
on Pacific Railroads voted unanimously
NoFtsegn Pacc Road but suspended
action on the matter at this point, to allow
further consideration of the subject.
r.
House Elections. Committee asking for an in
vestieatlon OF Mr.. Sprtngers charge that the
latter's famous anonymous letter was written
with his knowledge and consent.
In the Senate, on Friday, an animated de.
bate took place on haZing and the treatment
of colored cadets at West Point, In which
Messrs. Voorhees,, Bruce and Hoar took the
chief part. The Ute agreement was further
discussed, and the amendment Of Mr.. Dawes
Iegarding the Of the ste and
The House spent the entire session In the
consideration OF private bills.
two gentlemen associated with him for the
negotiation Of treaty with China nave been
confirmed.
House is called for 10 take the evidence Of sew
eral gentlemen experienced In Central Amert'
can matters, and 1t Is also said that q resolu-
ton Is speedily to be reported from the For
eign Affairs Committee for the absolute abro
CATION OF the Bulwer-Clayton treaty:
The Exodus Committee listened 10 testi,
mony regarding the feeling in Kansas toward
The Canal Committee heard argument In
oe tn. canc1s Of Semocra1ic senators decided
as a compromise measure to postpone the
Spofford-Kellogg case until the Geneva award
believed, win have the effect of postponing tn
matter until the next session.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
There was q snow-storm In Northern Geor'
gia Friday.
Mrs. Taylor, of Evansville, charged with
COMPLETELY in the Alice Bruce abortion, has
given bonds In $1,000 to answer any indict-
ment the grand jury may find against her.
Mrs. Emily Douglass Forrest, widow of the
late Commodore rench Forrest, Of the United
states and Confederate States Navies, died
suddenly in Washington on Friday night
aged seventy. -
The failures In New York for the first three
months of this year number 400, with liabili
ties aggregating sl2 cog, 600. Last year, during
the same period, the failures numbered $500
with liabilities of S48, 0e0,000 isf-
A Saturday special from Reading, Pa, says
an explosion of dynamite at Dowfngton killed
John Powell and Robert Taylor and , severely
wounded were quarry men,.
Returns from 327 voting precincts scattered
through sixty Counties In Michigan give the
2i, $40; Grant, 6.Og7 sherman, $40; Washburne
100; Edmunds, 3e5; scattering, l,773.
Senator Ingalls, makes an interesting state
ment IN relation ,bs 70
liberal Nation In this respect on earth. The
amount paid for pensions last year was &c..
100000.
cused with having vaccinated number OF
persons OF that town with virus taken from q
small pox patient, causing the rapid spread
of the disease. He jumped the town In q
hurry.
A telegram from Singapore confirms the re-
port of the murder of Walton by natives OF
Sunatra while on a scientific mission for the
French Government The Government OF
Acheen has gone with troops to recover the
body and effects and punish the murderers.
The pedestrian match for O'Leary's belt
closed in New York Saturday night at 8 80
o'clock, with the following score: Hart, SIS
miles; Pegram, 543T miles; Howard, 5345E
miles; Dobler, 53l miles; Allen, 525h miles;
Krohne, 5l6 miles; Williams, 5O956 miles; Han
wacker, 450H miles.
One of the wheel. mills of Kings Great wes-
tern Powder Works, near Fostoria, Ohio, blew
up about 4: 30 Saturday afternoon, seriously, II
not fatally, inluring p, Creamer. who was It
work in the mill at the time. Two hundred
and fifty pounds OF powder were burned.
Damage to the building light.
A Constantinople correspondent telegraphs:
"The elections In England have produced q
profound impression, and at the Palace almost
panic. Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians and
Christians rejoice at Beaconsfeld's fall" The
more sanguine assume that Gladstone will
turn the Turks out of Europe, "bag and bag.
gage" ~
Owing to a GOODNESS between the members
of the House Inter Oceanic Canal Committee
ana i bss Ssen no meeting of the committee
for a fortnight or more. Now that the Chair
man has gone to Louisiana, the Committee
met saturday and heard severed arguments on
the subject.
Hon. william II. Howard died in Washing
ton City, Saturday. He was from Michigan,
and was the man who led the breaK In favor
ernor Howard was appointed Governor of
Dakota In 1878. but has been In poor health
for some time.
Petroleum Center, once famous but now
played out Pennsylvania oil town, was swept
bv fire Saturday afternoon. The IRE started
in the cid McClfntock House, and burned all
the buildings on the east side OF town, per-
Loss, about sl50,0C0; insurance, $500. Mrs. III
nj. warner, aged sixty i've, was sick In bed,
and was carried out dead, a. supposed. How
ever, sne revived, but can not live. -
Cured in Louisville for a number Of years
TOOK place Saturday morning, on Eieyenth