Fair play., 1880-03-13
NEWS SUMMARY.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


The Senate Committee on Territories, afts
having heard arguments from represent
atives Of the Cherokee Nation i'll oppo>itio
10 the bill providing for the establishment q
a United States Court in the Indian Terri
terry, decided to adhere to their previous ac
ton, directing the measure to be Reported
with recommendation for passage.
Mr.. VIM. ii. Vanderbilt Il few days az
senr 10 the Treasury Department for registr.
S3,Ioo,0ro in four per cent. bonds, making
total Of S1I,J0,N'0 that now stands in hi
name on the Treasury books.
/ The United States Supreme Court ha
given decision in the ease Of Taylor
Stronder, plaintiff in error, versus The Stat,
of West Virginia. The question involved
was the constitutionality Of the act OF the
| West Virginia Legislature excluding col"rcG
! citizens from jury service in the courts o.
| that State The Court holds that when
| co!ored citizen is tried for his lite by jurN
! from which the citizens OF his own race ar,
! by State statute expressly excluded he is de-
MED the equal protection OF law guaranteed
7 by the third clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution, and that
itit ''N.''' Staih'' hhh Th'ii ii- ~ a.
repucnant to -aid constitutional provision.
Judgment Of the supreme Court of Appeals
OF West Virginia is reversed. Justice Strong
delivered the opinion, Justices Field IN
Clifford dissenting.
Rev. Edward Cowley, eX-manager of the
Shepherds Fold" in New York City. con-
yicted of cruelty TO children, has been taken
10 the State Penitentiarv. The reverend
convict WAS nj one time Chaplain to that in
siitution.
The President has withdrawn the name q
Z. Il. ;. Pinchhack As Naval Officer at New
Orleans, thus leaving Lewis, Incumbent. .un-
disturbed.
Surgeon General William Maxwell Wood,
L. :. Navy. died at hi> residence near
Baltimore. Md. on the 1>t, aged seventy
two.
Gems. Grant and sheridan. on the 2l. re-
viewed the troops stationed in the City Of
Mexico. Ii was gala day in the Mexican
capital.
J. W. Mackay has purchased from J. c.
Flood the lat;cr'S entire in'cres, in the Com
stock mines and mills, valued at something
over -, 900, 900.
Mr.. Parneil had grand reception in st.
Louis on the evening of the 4th.
The Kansas Democratic State Convention
will he held at Topeka, MAY III.
Count Litta, First Secretary Of the Italian
Legation AT Washington, is dead.
The National -nion Gre"nllack- Labor Con-
vention was held in ST. Louis on the ith
Ssme us delegates were present, represent
t1f, Iul,,. II
lave, Of New Jersey. was nominated
for President. and B. J. Chamlrer>,
Of Texas, for Vicc-President. The
platform of March 4, 1879. was substantially
readopted. A Committee OF Conference
with the Chicago National Greenback CNn-
vention was appointed, and all adjournment
Of the Convention to Chicago on June car
ried in the face Of considerable opposition.
The Senate, on the 4th, rejected the nom-
nation Of Gen. Mcneil, Of st. Louis. a>
United States Marshal for the Eastern Dis
trict N Missouri. The vote stood seven
for confirmation and tlirty-two for rejcc-
ton.
James Russell Lowell has left Madrid for
London to assume his duties Is Minister to
the Court Of st. James.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
The Union Pacific Railway Company, on
the 18th, by order Of Jay Gould, took forci-
bic possession Of the telegraph business
along their lines, by abruptly severinr the
Western Union = connections at all principal
points and maxim" connections with
heir own offices. The Ameri-
.an Union Telegraph Company, of
which Mr.. Gould is the principal pro-
The courts decide that the Western Uni II
Company own the lines. as claimed bv them, !
hv virtue OF their contract with the |
['nion Pacific Railway Company. The |
Western Union Company had already oh |
aimed an injunction restraining the Union I
Pacific Company from interfering with their t
ines. and an almost endless litigation seems |
likely TO result from the proceedings al !
-eady taken. |
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail- |
-oad Company have obtained from the Mex /
can Government a franchise for the extern |
ion Of their line through the state Of So !
nora. 10 the port of Guayma>, on the Calf |
" California. The Mexican division Of the |
pad will be known as the Sonora Rail- /
way. Guaymas is about 600 miles in |
IN air line from Santa Fe. The |
.oute has already been mostly surveyed. and !
he work will he pushed Is speedily as pos
ible. The rails for the Mexican division /
ire being purchased in England. and will he /
anded At Guaymas duty free. GHaymas has .
commodiouS port and enjoys a large coast /
a..
less from Australia, New Zealand. and .
south and Central America can reasonably |
,e expected 10 center there when the trans .
continental railway is completed. /
The public debt statement for March .
hows a decrease of the debt during Fehru-
nv Of S5.6..2.0l9 cash in Treasury, $780,
81 .63; gold and silver certificates. So. A.
30: certificates Of deposit outstanding.
II ,4S5 900: refunding certificates. Sl.SS3.-
80: legal tenders. S:;i6. .4o,2.l: fractional
currency, S15,G3l, ,3il0S.
Jay Gould, accompanied by number Of
lis business associates. left New York on the
Sth for visit 10 the Southwest. II is said
le will spend several weeks in looking over
lis railway and telegraph lines in Missouri.
Kansas, Colorado and Texas.
At Lowell. Mass. there has been n cener-
/ advance in wages by all the leading cor
,orations within few weeks, and several
establishments have Joined
q the increase, which was agreed 10 OF their
'art with out petition or other movement Of
Several OF the leading railway
ompanies have advanced the wages of all
he lower grade Of employees.
The Committee on Ways and Means have
irtually decided against any revision o. the
ariff laws at the present session. The vari-
rs propositions for the reduction Of the
utie> on sugar. steel rails. paper. ETC.. We're
AIKEN up and >Iieces>iyely laid on the table.
here was no party division on any 81 the
ote> taken.