The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-06-09
RESUME OF THE WEEKS SEws.


Eern. a :, 49, - , IetS w postponed. Mr..
Means Committee, cor, >crrod rrifb SenaTor
9 Davis, lac Chairman or the Appropriation
Senator Davis reps -, ,t r 49, rscartiS.
Expressed In the y ,aSsse tfat a majority of ms
the 10Th or n, IhtQOngress could adjourn by
however, that tss VAS n snd Msans Commit,
esne S COZ seat to so early adjournment,
Control OF eS tie tarltf reforrners now have
No rafS fk5stCOmmiJtee.
,ba yly1-" Fence whatever mas yet been made TO
Sac /" = ~ taker case IN the Cabinet.
r, sref AIRY Evarts' re. olution on the Fortune
49, ogdtrege will be reported upon favoraoly
y, Z majority of the sub Committee OF the
Jozn rnfttee on Foreign Affairs at a meeting of
the latter, and Secretary Evarts Will address
the committee.
The Senate yesterday ordered an inquiry
int the constiIutionality OF Consular Courts,
and passed the river ana harnOr bill, after re-
fgsing to alter II materially from the form in
which 1t was reported by the Appropriations
Committee.
Tire House finished the consideration of the
gensrsl deficiency bill In Committee of the
Whole, most o. the discussion being upon The
question Of providing storage accomin Nations
Tor silver com. A proposition To pay the Dep
uty Msrshals for work at elections was re-
jected.
The Committee on Foreign Afairs met on
Thursday and considered the resolution of
Secretary Evarts on the Fortune Bay and
fisheries question. Tile Committee Will maze
two reports to the House. he majority re-
port is in favor OF requesting the President TO
announce by proclamation an imposition of
the duties on fsh aud fish oil i'm .Orted from
the British Provinces IT also authorizes the
President. upon the conclusion of a satisfsc-
tory arrangement between Great Britain and
the United States, TO revoke tois action and
again enforce the provision of the fisheries
article RENTING the duty ON Canadian fish
and fish Oil. The minor ty holds that this ac-
ton is uexpedient at Tins time. They are in
faVcr of attempting further negO' iatiOn with
the pre-, ent English Government before abrO-
gstirg the Il cay, and the taking of more de-
cided action ouly IL dress is refused.
The Senate passed bin on Thursday appro-
priating 81, 100 TO erect a monument TO General
Herkimer at the batllefield OF Oriskany.
The House dill allowing goods imported to
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and certain
entry, the duties to be collected at the point OF
destination instead OF aJ the port Oh enuy,
was taken up In the Senate on Thursday, anu
after the abortion of sight amendment was
pas sed. The Eaton Tariff Commission bill was
also taken up, and after rejecting Mr.. Gar
lands substitute was passed by 81 to Is.
The House resolution providing for an adj
ournment on June 10 was referred by the Sen
ate to the Committee on Appropriations. The
House passed the resolution TO adjourn June
10 by lUo to S.
The House took up the Senate amendments
TO The PostOffice apr opriation bill. The SEN
ate amendment Increasing the approximation
for inland mail transportation s3oO,O0J was not
cOncurred in, but the amendment striking ont
the proviso for reletting the star route con-
tracts was agreed TO- Inc general deficiency
bill as reported from tbs Committee of the
Whole was passed,
Admiral Ammen has received a cable mes
sage from Engineer Menocal stating that the
NIcaTaguan Congress has confirmed the con-
ceSsiOn recently made by the esident of that
construction of an iIter-oceanlc ship canal
across the Isthmus.
Colonel :. G. AudenTied, of General Sher-
mans staff, died at Washington.
General Singleton, of Illinois. who is Chair
the absence OF Mr.. King, has prepared speech
on the subject of the canal, ana will take the
earliest opportunity to bring up the Monroe
doctrine and Clayton Bulwer resolutions for
discussion in the House.
The Senate adopted a resolution on
Friday Friday con I,II1ig The the Wallace Com
izing IT to sit during the vacation.
The House bill authorizing the appointment
Solicitor and Judge Advocate General with
the rank aud pay OF a Captain in the Navy, or
aColonel IN the Marine Corps, was passed.
The House on Friday voted TO lay on the
table the motion to reconsider the vote of con-
curing in the Senate's amenfmet striking
out the Proviso relative to reletting the Star
routes.
Mr.. F. Wood gave notice that he
would not call mp the fur ding bill before the
first Wednesday of December.
A bill repeating the act extending the Noel-
ter patent for the wood pulp process was laid
on the table, having been adversely reported.
Another attempt will be made to pass the
sugar bill In the House.
General Singleton, OF illinois, made an
attempt to get the HO1se to consider the Inter
oceanic Canal resolutions on Saturday, but
owing TO misuudeI standing On the part of
the other Democratic members who had been
waiting. an opportunity TO clear away the
accumulation OF bills on the Speakers table,
he was % ICED to defer action till next week.
The Senate on saturday passed the bill
making the co npensatiOn of night inspectors
OF customs IS per night Instead OF 81 The btu
appr0priating t26,OD 20 reimburse the Creek
orphan Fund was also passed.
In the House, on Saturday, large number
OF small bills were passed, and the Speakers
table was cleared OF everything except the
deputy naTsnals hill, the electoral count
re<o ution an the election supervise, IS blI.
Congressional and Washington news is
rather dull and unattraciive, as the Chicago
Convention seems to be absorbing universal
interest.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES.
The Empress of Russia died on last Thurs
The Grand Jury of Pennsylvania has recon-
mended tn re establishment of the whipping
post In that State.
The house of jacob UIlery, one mi'e west Of
Goshen, Ind, was struck by lightning Satur.
day afternoon and seriously damaged. Loss,
Evander Wiltshire. an old and well-known
killed Friday evening while telling a tree
which fell upon him.
Montgomery Todd. living near Fort Wayne.
Ind, died Saturday from the effects of . pistol
ball shot into him by a tramp last April. The
tramp has not been apprehended,
The Seminole Indians have found a verita-
BILE witch All old woman and her dog. She
has been lawfully tried and fOuLd guilty of
witchcraft, and will be executed mt MusKogee,
1T.
During the month Of May 6,9l2 head of cattle
and 500 head OF sheep were shipped from
Montreal to Great Br1tian, an increase of 800
per cent over any previous month since the
exporting of cattle began.
over $4,000 Immigrants arrived at New York
during the month OF May, the largest number
recorded for any one month. The total arTi-
walls since January were rs 900 against 1900
during the same period last year.
Albert Anderson, of Madison. Ind, was
struck with piece of timber on Saturday by
Harrison Robbins and seriously Injured. The
odenss OF Anderson was his refusal 10 marry
an orphan girl. a relative OF Robbins.
Writ County, West Virginia, has band OF
reguia tors VINO, on Saturday,, took a woman
named Corder and her paramour TO a tree and
administered q severe lasbing, after which
they we're released and ordered TO leave the
County.
A barn belonging to Smiley Scott, near
WaynesbuTg, Ina. burp ed Saturday morning.
The barn contained a reaper, mower, hay and
45U bushels of wheat, all OF when were con-
sume1- Supposed to be the work OF an in
cendiary.
Heavy failures in mercantile circles are be
ing reported now quite frequently. Charles
W. ScEo6eld, a large iron merchant of New
York, failed for over 100000 on Friday. and
on Saturday Crawford & Son. Of New York,
Wholesale tobacco dealers, failed for $4,000