New Ulm weekly review., 1880-05-19
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
Congress.

terNeneO since MS former eStlm0IeS were maze
render 1t certain that these estimates are inad-
equatc, and, In orderto provide for the pay
ment Of pensions which will fall due prior to
July !, it must be considerably increased The
pensions, ~, ,ooS: pay and allowance, $4,000;
600 % over his estimate Of March ' 5. The % CON-
missioner invites attention to the condition of
the appropriation made March 3, 1878, for the
estimate upon which that appropriation was
made set down the probable number of PEN
siGers entitled ot to funds from & this 30 "PPr9 es
which leaves a balance of *l,4s9: :47i. This un-
expended balance. the Commissioner says,
in the estimates that he deems it prudent, in
order that there may not occur any suspen-
sion of payments because Of lack Of available
ton of $50O,OO for arrears of pensions. Mr.:
HOar spoke ut considerable length on the SpOf-
for.i-kellogs case, and Mr. Hill took the floor,
but postponed his remarks until the l1th. The
report of the Conference Committee on the
Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill
was adopted. Bills were introduced in the
railroad subsidy limits; to extend the time for
the completion of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road: to reclaim waste and arid lands; to reg
ulate commerce by railway between the States.
The joint resolution requiring the President
to call on international Sanitary Conference
to meet in washington, d. c., was passed. The
alton bill (S16, 93D was reported from the
Committee on Appropriations ordered print
ed and recommitted. The Curtin-Y ocum con-
test was further debated.
The Senate on the 18th concurred in
the House amendment to the joint resolution
authorizing the President to call an Intcrna-
tional Sanitary Conferences; the amendment
includes, in the countries from which dele
gates are to be invited. those subject to chol-
era. Mr.. Hill spoke for over two hours on
the ke!lOgg-SpOffOrd resolutions, advocating
Spofords claim to the seat. In the House
three tariff bills were reported from the
Ways and Means COmmittee-tO regulate the
duties on hoop, band and scroll iron; to
regulate customs duties OH sugar. and to regu-
late customs duties on certain articles therein
named. The Pennsylvania contested election
case of Curtin vs.. Yocum was further debated,
and the minority resolution declaring that
Seth II. YOcum is entitled to the seat, and that
Andrew 6. Curtin is not entitled thereto, was
adopted-l3 to Is. Tho Legislative Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill was reported
and considered in Committee Of the Whole
SEVERAL bills were reported in the
Senate on the 18th, among them the Post
office Appropriation bill. Mr.. Hill concluded
his speech ON the Spofford-Kcllogg case Ho
read a number of alleged translations of
cipher telegrams to and from, Mr.. Kellogg and
reviewed the legal aspects of the contest at
great length Among the bills introduced in
the House WAS one by Mr.. Hooker, aboIishing
the Indian Commission ana one, by Mr.. Wise,
from the Committee on Railways and Canals,
upprnprui ing Sli,UNO for the survey OF a suita-
bic wafer route to facilitate transportation be-
tween Lake Erie and tn" navigablc waters Of
the Wabash and ohio Rivers. The Legislative,
Executive an judicial Appropriation bill was
further considered in Committee Of tho Whole.
In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Hamp-
ton sp'k.' '.'l the Kcllogg-SpoTo,d case oppos
ing tht unS..ating of Mr. Kellogg, and argued
that the Senate having once finally passed on
the 10, !si.,na contest the question could not
hc rccUnsi'lcred. Mr.. Carpenter followed in
l"gn: argument against the claims OF Mr.. SpOf-
ford. Senator Blair, In behalf of the minority
into the alleged frauds, etc, in the recent
elections, submitted II report, taking issue
with he findings OF the majority As present
cd by Senator Wallace, in regard to
alleged intimidation of voters in the States
Of Nh 'sach,lsetts and Rhode Island. The
minority Of the Committee deny that any allie
gNliun OF fraud, misconduct, "buli-llOZinx," or
Intimidation or attempted intimidation or po-
liticul mis'an,lucr of any kind on the part of
any Republican or any employer or manufact-
or Of Pay either in the
proven before the Committee. a resolution,
submitted by Mr.. Voorhees,, was adopted di-
rec,!nS r., the Secretary OF the Interior to report
rtions in the United States to whom grants
Of Land have been made by compliance with
t%c tine Of thht.,, the grants within the
bcr of acres OF unearned lands claimed
by each OF such railroad corporations, and the
period Of time when their right to them ex-
pired under the Limitation contained in said
grants. The bill abolishing all tolls on the
Louisville 4 Portland Canal after July l, 1880,
and authorizing the Secretary of War to draw
upon the Treasury for the actual expenses of
operation and repairing the same, was passed.
mfr. Cobb introduced bill in the House
appropriating $4,000, coo to supply deficiencies
In the appropriations for the payment of PEN
sions for the present fiscal year. The Lrgisla-
tive, Executive and Judicial Appropriation
1il was fu! debated in Committee OF the
Whole. and several sections and amendments
were uisposed of.
Domestic.
FOUR men were killed by the explo-
sioh of boiler in the Merchant Iron Mill at
Rome, N. Y, on the 10th.
FAYErTE, O.. the present terminus of
the Chicago & Canada Southern Railway, suf-
fered severely by fire on the 9th. Forty
buildings were destroyed, causing loss of
$75,OOO.
A DECISION was rendered by the
United States Supreme Court on the 10th to
the effect that rs Government is organized
partly with view to the preservation of pub
lie morals, it cannot divest itself OF the power
to provide accordingly. The Court held lot
teres to be Gemorazing in their effects, no
matter how carefully regulated; they are
species of gambling, and are bad in their in
fuences. The giving of charter to lottery
concern, then, is merely permit subject to
future legislation or constitutional control
or with travail.
THE Cabinet ut Washington has de-
cided to appoint Il committee Of experts to
prescribe a method for preserving the original
copy of the Declaration Of ln:lcl cntlcnce.
SEVENTY THOUSAND barrels of oil
were consumed in the re 'cnt e in the vicin-
ity Of Bradford, Pa
A BALTIMORE junk-dealer on the 11th
bought some condcm, cd shells at Fort Nc
Henry, and, having conveyed them to his
store, proceeded with some others to break
them on an anvil With Il sedge- ge-hammer. One
of the shells exploded during the operation,
and six persons who were in the vicinity were
instantly killed
A COLLISION between the United
States Marshal's posse and large crowd OF
settlers on railroad lands in Tu.are County,
California, on the 11th resulted in the killing
Of several of the latter and the wounding of
two or three of the officers. The settlers
were banded together, and all attempts to
dispossess them would be resisted to the last
extremity.
AN explosion of five barrels of giant
powder at Central City, near Dcadwood, on
the 1ltlh caused the death of three persons.
The powder was stored In blacksmith's
shop, and fragments of the building were
strewn on the ground for miles around.
A WEST POINT telegram of the 18th
states that Martin l. Townsend, United States
Attorney for the Northern District of New
York, had withdrawn from the Whitaker
case. He expressed confidence in the colored
cadets innocence.
AT a meeting of the Western Mai
Association, held at Pittsburgh on the 12th
1t was resolved to suspend work in all the
mills represented two weeks out of the ensu
ing three. A further reduction in the card
rates was made from a to s. 25 per keg.
FIRE started again on the afternoon