The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-05

CONGRESSIONAL AND WASHINGTON NOTES.


with Nicaragua for the adjustment OF claims.
Majority ana minority reports concerning The
were presented and discussed by Messrs. Davis,
ingalls, and Dawes. The consideration of the
Indian appropriation bill was continued, and
the amenoment restoring the provision for the
Board OF Indian Commissioners was agreed to.
In the House resolutions We're reported and
take steps to secure Indemnity for the sufferers
oy The Fortune Bay outrage and for the early
aorogation OF the fishery treaty of 1871. The
bill smendlng the internal revenue laws was
considered in Committee OF the Whole, and an
evening session was held to discuss the bill TO
establish municipal code for the District.
The Communities TO investigate the author
ship OF the Springer anonymous letter began
Its Sc sions Wednesday.
The Senate on Thursday refused TO make
any appropriation for an International Sani-
tary Conference at Washington. Mr.. Allison s
amendment to The bill to astEoriZe a retired
list Tor non commissioned officers, providing
that the President shan appoint two colored
cadets eacn year 10 West Point, was discussed,
The Indian appropriation bill was passed with
several amendments and the report of the
conference Committee on the Immediate
denciency Dill was agreed 10.
The House also agreed TO the Conference
report and 10 the senate amendments to the
post route bill, A bill permitting the names
IF vessels to be changed was also passed The
rest OF the Sc ssion was spent in the discussion
OF the bill to amend the internal revenue laws,
To which large number of amendments were
offered. There was evening session, at
which the bill To create court of pensions
was discussed.
A caucus OF Democratic Senators considered
Mr.. Morgans bill for the punishment of
United States officers who shall attem pt ID act
joint resolution 10 govern the electoral count.
Mr.. Springer and Mr.. Finley made state
ments on Thurs lay before the Committee in
Nestlgatlng the authorship OF the anonymous
letter.
The Ways and Means Committee adopted,
that Mr.. Wood in presenting the Hurd bin TO
the Comnit' ee. acted IN accordance with the
wishes OF the members of the sub Committee.
The Committee also adopted bill imposing
duty of IS per cent ad valorem on hoop iron.
A Washington special says that Hendricks
and Bayard are the favoriteS of Tennessee
Democrats, and that Tilden is the last in the
race.
IL is suthoritatively announced that the
local authorities ia Costa R.ca assisted the
commanders OF the KearsaTge and Adams in
ESTE bllshing naval stations on their coasts.
The Washington Democrats are reported as
in very good spirits over the result of the
Pennsylvania Convention, and hopeful of car
rying the State.
The Senate on Friday further discussed the
West Point question, and passed the Naval
appropriation bill. Mr.. Vance began speech
IN very plain English on the Spofford-Kellogg
In the House Mr.. King gave notice that he
would cali up the Monroe doctrine resolution
on Wednesday, and II is believed that the res
olutlon for the abrogatlon OF the Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty, presented by Mr.. Cox for the For
eign Affairs Committee, will then be pressed
in connection with Mr.. Kings resolution.
1t is thought that the President will sign
both the army end immediate deficiency bills
in spite Of the "riders," Secretary SheTman's
friends being Just as anxious to avoid a veto
as the Grant people are 10 secure one.
Ex-oe nator James a. BayaId, father of the
present Senator; Colonel VIM. Hemphill
Jones, to whom General Dix sent his famous
"shoot him on the spot" message. and Colonel
Joseph Segar, a Spanish Claims Commission
er. are dead.
The Tsrif sub Committee of the Ways and
Means Committee has decided TO report
general bill, substantially the same as that
originally presented by MIR. Tucker.
Postmaster General Key has been offered,
aud hes accepted, the vacant United states
Mr. King made fresh charges of trickery
against Mr. AclIlen, on Friday, in the judi
A wsshine ton dispatch represents that only
two members of the entire Kentucky deleea-
tton are In favor. OF the denomination OF 1ir.
The House, on Saturday, further discussed
and amended the bill 10 amend the internal
revenue In VS., and Mr.. Garfield made a stale
tion, denying that he had prevented the House
from being allowed a chance to vote on the
subject.
The Kellogg case was again the subject of
discussion IN the Senate on Monday. No con-
clusion was reached.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
Major General Samuel p. Heintzelman died
in Washington Saturday morning.
The submarine telegrap ph cable from Singa-
pore 10 the Philippine Islands has been laid.
The number of hogs packed in Chicago, from
March to date, is 656,0O0 against S52 900 for the
Same period year ago.
Mr.. william a. Vanderbilt, his wife, son and
daughter sailed for Europe, on Saturday, in
the steamship Britannia.
Crop reports from Alabama are TO the effect
that they are several weeks behind last year.
The weather is still unreasonable.
AlonZo V. RagSdale, OF Bedford, Ind was
arrested Friday, charged with attempting TO
blackmail b. +. Carter, of Mitchell.
Seventy houses burned at Radvonyst, Gov
ernment of Tchermigoff, and 1S0at Nemerof,
Ia Podolia. Upward of 90 families are home
less.
In the pIgeon-shooting match at st. Louis
between Captain Bogardus and Fred Ero. the
former won, killing eighty-siN out OF lOO birds
10 Erb's eighty-three.
Coinage at the mints during April: Double
eagles, 81 $4,000: eagles, sS,l73lC0; half eagles
a23l7 6U silver dollars, 3 100; cents, 81 ,iOO
total coinage, 50 9,l3l 900.
David Robb, a wealthy farmer living near
Hszleton, Ind was robbed of $3.50 Wednesday
night. The money was stolen out OF room
in which seN eral persons were sleeping.
The visible supply OF grain in the States and
Canada on the oates named was: April "A, 81
g4 900 bushels; April IL, ,95l 100 bushels; APP
rll 10, "A 276,o0O bushels; April 3, 45OilUOs BUSH
els.
A committee, headed by the Due De La
Rochefoucauld, Legitimist N member of the
French Chamber OF Deputies, bas been formed
to raise fund for the defense OF religious lib
erty.
Reports from localities in Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky say there was a heavy frost Friday
night, which destroyed much OF the early
vegetables and, 1t is feared, injured the wheat
crop.
The clearings of the Chicago banks for the
past week foot up total OF sSl ,Ul9 6&3sS, being
IS gO6, 1856 10 more than for the corresponding
week last year, and S., ,SSS 4SS.4S more than last
week.
Emphatic denial is given the story that for
eign Jews are being exp PEELED from Russia. On
the contrary, regulations against the residence
of Jews in several provincial towns have been
suspended.
Grants friends now claim Az delegates to
the Chicago Convention, Blaine 1888 and Sher-
man 23S. AS these totals aggregate 9oo votes,
and there are only 1856 in the full Convention,
somebody must be doing some wild figuring.
At Omaha, Neb., Saturday morning, fire
broke out in q block of stories on Tenth street,
ON the North Side. The Union Pacific Track
Building and contents are almost a total loss.
Margaret Shalls boarding house, in the rear.
was also destroyed. Loss estimated at s2o,COO
or more.
Colonel Thomas A. Scott's physicians have
assured him that the possible restoration OF
hts health, which has been failing for consid-
erab,e time depends upon entire relief from
the cares of the railroad presidency. He ac-