The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-02-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Telegrapbic Items-Foreign and Domestic
CONGRESSIONAL AND WASHINGTON NOTES

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copies of ali recent correspondence with
foreign Governments on the SUBJECT OF an IN
teroceanlc CANA. anu the house a 81 @uop .t
resolution calling on the secretary OF tue
treasury Tor commercial and maritlme status
tics bearing on The subject. The senate also
discu sed the bill regarulI g miillary lanu war
rants without reaching actlon.
The HOUSE rejected the proposition 10 give
the committee ON Nil sissippi ievees juIisuic-
ton over the tributaries OF the river, and
finished The consideration OF the rule rsgaiu-
ipg the duties OF committees, ana also nine
Ia executive session, the Senate rejected all
of the nominations for supervisors OF the
census In Oaio, aud a number in other states,
on tine gTouud that the president had ignored
the claims Of the Democrats To 0ecent rep
resentaiion. ,.,
was informally discussed in the Senate on
Thursday, and Messrs. Mcdonald and Thu
man spoke on the military lanu warrants
me session of the House was spent in
spirited discussion Of the Old rule Ia regard 10
amendments To- general appropriation Dllls
A Democrat, Mr.. Speer, OF Georgia ana sew
eral publ, ans offered anu supported
amendments forbitdlng tue emp o. ment OF
political riders. ana fiueIiy one offered by Mr.
Warner. modifying that OF Mr. Speer, was
adopted.
ne ways and means committee has finally
decided 10 report bill providing for the issue
OF a 80 pr cent bond, To run 70 and 40 years,
authority b. ing also gwen u secretary oi the
treasury to i-sue S40OW0t00 of per cent. cell
tifica es To run not more Than five years
The House Thursday agreed 10 a r. solu-
tiou offered by Mr.. Frye, calling upon the sec
retary of the navy for any information I'm his
possession touching the international canal
Question: IL also passed the additlo ual Indian
appropriation bills. but refused To IaAe up Tie
Fitz John Porter bill as IA special order.
Tue House canal committee heard yesterday
the arguments of General Burnett civil en-
gineer, and General fie, formerly repre-
Sentative of the United States i'll NeneZuia, In
favor of action by the United states iooking
toward the speedy construction OF caral by
the Nicaragua route.
upon a substitute Tor the Reagan Interstate
commeIcs bl.
IL il intimsted that the 70 'eign relations
committee will find Mr.. Hcxen guilty of mis-
conduct alton To 1T, and viii leave the
House 10 take such action as IL snail see NJ.
I'm the House, ali important resolution call
ing on the president Tor copies OF ALI CORE
spOndence IN regard To the INT r-cceanic
canal, which may have passed between this
Government amt foreign governments, was
unanimously adopted. The Hot Springs bill
WAS passed by the House. Mr.. ConRiing pre-
scented in the Senate memorial from the
New York Chamber Of Commerce, ask1t an
Increased appropriation for the Qualifications
of New I0rk haTOOr.
The bill To adm duty free all contributions
for the re isf OF the coicred people who have
emig al ed from heir homes Nas pa sed Dy Inc
House. Mr. BeitZhOover introduced la the
House bill providing for general a,nnes.y.
The caoineJ has determtLed to allow Major
Reno to resign his position In the army. The
House cOmmittee on appropriations has de-
TRIMMED to prepare "a e. neral denciency Dill
ments Bills were Introduced in the House
aud Senate on Friday 10 define the terms Of
the arrest of election officers on election day.
The oil lntr duced ny Mr.. CODkling In the
Senate relative to me seizure ana lorie
favorably reported Irom the Senate finance
committee.
The last card reception of the season at the
White House was given by the president and
Mrs. Hayes on Wednesday evening.
On Saturday the senate adjourned, ana tne
days aud yesterdays sessions We're not par
tlcularly impoi tant.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS
A John sherman club was organized by
merchants In New York City Saturday night.
Eight people were killed at the burning Of
the Iheater Royal, In Dublin, Ireland, lasi
week.
John Rice the only survivor of Perry's Lake
Erie victory, died In shelby, o., last week
aged IS
The wagon makers. in National convention
at Chicag last week, advanced prices OF wages
10 per cent.
Baroness Burdett-Coutts, It is reported. will
donate $4,000 10 the amelIoration of dlstre IS
In Ireland
A formidable labor movement, embracing
all the important trades, has developed al
Denver. Col.
The city Hall OF Albany. y. Y. burned last
week. Loss SlUD, ". Several hremen
crushed when the dome fell In.
The city directory of Louisville for 1880, just
issuet, says In It's Introduction: "LouisvlIle to-
day has 2o,L0 houses, and a population OF IA
Co.,"
The governors of Colorado and New Mexico
have applied to- the president for additional
troops "a means OF protection against Indian
raids.
The brass founders and fDishers of st. LOUIS
are on a strike, and the c. binetmaKeIs will
strike To day for an advance OF 10 per cent OF
wages.
The people OF 10 va will vote on an amend
ment io their State constitution prohibiting
the sale aud manufacture of alcoholic drinks
In that State.
Scott Cooper a stock dealer, was robbed in a
hotel at Brookvile, Iud.. last wees, of 800
He found in his room tied to the bed,
gagged and chlorOfoImed.
Mrs Ipgersoll has been he'd In S5,0oO, at Of
seq, ". Y, FOR passing counierieit coin, max
ing seven of the gang of couni erfefters now In
prison. Ibis sang has passed ever $4,000 of
Counterfeit coin recently, and 5000 In coun
terfeit bits. The la ter were mostly on the
National State bank OF Troy.
Three burglars entered a bank at Knoxville,
H., last Friday nisbt, and sc izing the presi-
dent who's eeps In the building, they burned
them the combination of the time lock. They
did not gain access TO the vsuts but carried
off 1870 which had not been locked up.
At New Albany. Ind Saturday, two boys.
John Brown and Max Palmer, touched
fire to he mouth of a fire cstern. hich was
filed wirh gas from leaf. pipe that passed
through 10. The result was an explosion that
biz W of the top of the cisterD, aud flung the
boys % fe.t into the air, badly burning and
brulsing them.
A freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio
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ton, near ONO Pyle FALL, saturday morning
with fatal result. The engine lett the track
and went down an embanKment 10 ieet, into
the Youghicgheny river, carry ing with 1t the
fireman. The engine was badly wrecked. The
engineer and brakeman were seriously in
jured.
George LoneIgan, % years of age. employe ell
In the capacity OF a bTakensn on the Wabash
railway, was instantly HI led at Antwerp, o.,
Fri ray night, while coupling Gals wbi the
train was moving. by slipping on ice. falling
across the rails, five passing over his
EFa.zr a IN Ia ElFf o.
where he was the only support OF widowed
mother.
Blaine club" at Washington City, saturday
evening, with Congress smsn Hiram Price. of
Iowa, a PRESIDENT ana r. score OF vice presi-
DENTS including Senator Blair, of New Hamp-
shire: senator Booth, Of California. and Rev.
Dr. j. f. Rankin, who was present and
opened the meeting with prayer. Will
liam Chandler il one of the executive commit
tee, and j. w. Bartlett, of Winchester, Mass,
secretary.
The recent discoveries made beneath the
Egy ptian obelisk destined for the United
Sfstes have stimu ated beyond all prece
deDt the interest taken In those mOnume nts
which remain. The khedfve has Instructed
Marietta By, the famous french Egyptolo-
oist Tar resume his work of Invest CATION upon
Tne obeIfsks of Luxor and Karnak, which are
exnected to wed archaeological curiosfties
fully as rare as those that have yet come TO
light
A Denison (Texas) dispatch says: "For the
past two years traine on the missouri, Kansas
Ind Texas road have been fired at JUST aIier
dark near Caddo, Indian Territory. Cab win
dows have been smashed, caooOses perforated
and employees wounded. United states Mar
sinai Ayres csught a white man named Meyers
afelv aid Meyers resist arrest that Ayres snOt
hin, Ii times before he succumbed."