The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-04-22
VERY LATEST NEWS
A Record of Important Events
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

WAsHNGTON.
Hon. VIM. 4. HOWARD, governor of
Dakota, died in Washington on the 10th
inst aged 81.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of April 10th
says it may be considered as settled that
no application for extension Of patent
can get through congress. The, house
committee on patents have brought in
two bills this session, for each of which
q very strong case was made out, but
both have been rejected.
Col. HATCH telegraphs from San An.
drens, in relation to his recent engage
ment with Victoria band of Indians on
the 18th inst. that Capt. Carroll and seven
men were seriously wounded, and that
the Indians were so severely punished
that it will probably have the effect of
bringing them to terms.
A. G. SOLOMON. and Simon Wolf, repre-.
senting the organization of the Union of
the American Hebrew Congregations,
presented to the secretary Of state, on
the 18th inst, remOnstrance against the
Cars alleged recent cruel discrimina-
tions to the injury of Russian Jews, and
asking that the minister OF the United
States at the court Of St. Petersburg be
directed to inquire into the matter.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of April 18th
says the receipts from the tobacco tax for
the first six months of the present fiscal
year, compared with the corresponding
period of the last fiscal year, in all the
districts which returned $4,000 and up
do $ho To- ~, n
total increase of $776, 200.
The secretary of war informed the
cabinet at its meeting on tho >14th that
Gen. Miles was in Washington and
states that the Sioux Indians desirous
of surrendering themselves to the govern.
ment is comparatively few, and it is not
anticipated that there will be more
Indians surrendered than can be proper
ly fed. Those who present themselves
will be received as prisoners of war, and
cared for accordingly.
The house committee on foreign af-
ia irs on the 18th, ordered a favorable re-
port to be made to the house upon the
house joint resolution authorizing the
president to open such negotiation with
France, Spain, Austria and Italy as he
may deem advisable, with view to re-
moving the restriction on the importa-
ti0n of tobacco into these countries, and
securing to our citizens an open market
therein for the same.
A MEMORIAL in favor of the reservoir
system on the Upper Mississippi river,
which is signed by all the republicans
in congress from the states in the Mis-
sissippi valley whose districts are affect
ed by commerce on that river, says q
dispatch of the 18th inst, has been pre-.
sented to the house commerce committee.
The greater portion of the Representatives
from the following states have signed
the memorial: Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. s.,.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of April 18th
states, that the Vermont friends of Sena.
tor Edmunds suggested to a representa-
accept the leadership of. the Vermont
delegation to Chicago, in order to present
and press the name of Edmuads for the
consideration of the convention. This
gentleman said to Edmunds, "If you de-
sire it will CO." my only wish," re-.
piled the Senator, "is that if you do 20 it
shall be to make it known that my name
not to be presented to the convention" ;"
The feeling with respect to Whitaker
is fast taking shape says reports of the
18th inst, in the senate in favor of max.
ing no appropriation for West Point un-
til it becomes perfectly apparent that
the colored cadet has been treated with
fairness. The military academy bill is
now in conference committee, and sew.
ersl republican and democratic senators
have agreed among themselves that
nothing shall be done with it until the
Whitaker case is fully understood by
the senate, and nothing then il it shall
not clearly appear that just and hon
'orable course has been pursued through.
out in this matter by the authorities
of the academy.
SEN. RoscoK CoNKL1Na introduced in
the senate, on the 10th inst, bill r
the establishment of new bankrupt
law. The bill was drawn by Judge
Loring, Of Massachusetts, Of the United
States district court, and has been sub
mitted to, and approved by a great many
lawyers and judges. The bill is very
long-too long to be printed in this con-
nection, and no abstract could be made
of its contents 50 as to give just idea of
the bill. II is now pending before the
judiciary committee Of the senate, and is
understood to meet with almost unani.
nous favor. The necessity Of some uni
form bankrupt law has been urged upon
congress by the merchants Of New York,
Boston, Chicago, and other cities, and
the appeal has come from such influenti-
al quarters that congress will doubtless