, 1880-12-31
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W
Welch at Fort Scott, Kansas, Oh lhe -o'il'
Domestic trouble the cause,
Chadwick of Connecticut has resigned
from the Board Of Government DIRECTORS
Of the Union Pacific Railroad
On the Goth the senate passed the bill
refunding the eight-per-cent. District OF
Columbia certificates into lhree-per-cent.
ffty-year bonds.
Five firemer lost their lives in burn
ing building on the evening of Dec. lth.
Their names were Thomas Cooling, VIM,
Kelly. David Love, Edward Parker and
Andrew Barnett.
Henry Enders, formerly Spanish consul
at Chicago, later in the estate ana poot
business, is discovered to have approprl-
ated trust fund Of 5000 belonging to d
family of his countrymen in Michigan,
who intrusted it to him for payment on
some property.
Papers we're presented containing cor
respondence between Gen. Schotleld ana
Major Gardner relative to the tlt2 John
Porter case, and also the recommendation
of the secretary of the navy for an ap.
propriation of S29,0OO for centennial
map of the United States and territories.
The house committee on public lands,
after thorough discussion andarguments,
refused by a vote of to to equallze
homesteads. Many objections to the bill
on the part of the majority OF the COM
mittee was that the benefits, If any, would
inure to land spectators, and not to bona
fde settlers under the homestead entry.
The supreme court of the United
States has decided that an individual
shareholder of an insolvent national
bank cannot be compelled to pay more
than his full proportionate share OF the
banks liabilities, in order to make good
the deficiency caused by the inability Of
other shareholders to pay their proper
tionate share.
Ten men have been arrested in New
York being part of large gang Of
connterfeiteIs whose operations have
been very extended, their work being
mostly in silver coin of which large sums
ave been made by them. They are
part ofTom Ballards gang, who is serv'
ing out thirty years term ia the New
York penitentiary.
Congressman Cox Of New York has
been driven home by a severe cold. He
is chairman of the house census COM
mittee, and Gen. Walker, superintend-
ent of census, had assured him that by
Tuesday the census districts would be
ready for congress. 1t vas CoK's inten-
ton TO put his committee Immediately at
work upon them. There is some anxiety
here to know of Cox's intention in case
the census lists should be delivered on
Tuesday, as promised.
Senator Bayard says respecting the let
ter from Boutwell, Arthur and Conkling,
published in the Philadelphia Press, that
the statement therein attributed to him
came to his knowledge first on the 9th
of November, and that he then declared
that he had never made such aststement,
and resented the imputation. The state
ment referred to was what the writers
had with special agent Jayne divided
S267 900 received from Phelps, Dodge &
Co., for alleged customs duties.
Thomas Dilley, an old resident and
wealthy farmer was fouly murdered near
Coloma station, Iowa, on the night of the
lIth. His wife was also fatally injured
by the murderers. They were found in
bed by the neighbOrs, the man dead and
the woman unconscious. There was
quite sum efmoney in the house which
was not touched. IL is believed that an
old grudge and law suit in which Dilley
came out ahead were causes of the deed.
Two young men, Clement and Albert
Gallon, are suspected, and the police are
on their track.
The house com mittee on Indian affairs
in view of the urgency and Importance Of
legislative action upon several bills re-.
ported from the committee. and nov
pending before the house, instructed the
chairman tn request passage by the house
of several matters pertaining to Indian
affairs Chairman scales WAS also in
structed to offer an amendment to bill
now pending upon the house calendar
which provides for the allotment of lands
in severalty to Indians. The object of
the amendment is TO extend to Indian
holders of those lands already allotted the
same benefits and privileges as are pFo-
yided in the proposed bill. House com.
mittee on public lands agreed to- day to
report favorable upon Represe entative
Belford's bill making grant of public
land for the purpose OF establishing a
cemetery at Leadyille, Colorado.
In the L. S. house OF representatives.
on tue -UlH, l0lHL IesOluilOU was lhtrO-
duced providing that lands in the Indian
territory to which the Indian title was
extinguished, and which are unoccupled
by Indians, are public lands OF the
United States, and are hereby declared
subject to settlement under the home-
stead and pre.emptiOn laws; also, bill
lU repeal the tax OH bank checks and de-
posts; also, 70 abolish lhe government
directors of the Union Pacific railroad
company; also, to prevent fraud and cor
ruption in the election of president. vice.
president, senators and Representatives:
also, providing for double, or return. pos
tai cards; also, TO make the president in.
eligible for a second term; also to amend
law relative to the immediate transfer of
dutiable goods. The majority of the COM
mittee on elections reported on the Mas
sschusetts case, declaring Loring enti-
lied to the seat instead Of Boynton.