The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-06-02
RESUME eff THE WEEKS NEWS.


Brown was sworn IN as the successor to Cen
era GORDON, and the pension deficiency bill
was amendf a by the addition of a number OF
Items anc ysssed MesSis. Rollins, Teller and
Otner KEEP dblicans made campaign speecnes
ermsof against the PHI 10 nd h ,r9
.ney d al talked themselves out The measure
was T Assed.
TT e House agreed to the Senate amend
me nts to the Carlisle internal revenue bill,
b al got halfway through the sundry civil
ill In COMMITTEES of the Whole, the most I'M
portant action upon II being refusal 10 In
crease the appropriation for the National
Board of Health and the adoption OF an
amendment providing that the money eX-
pended under the bill should be In silver coin.
Mr. WarHer made vigorous protest against
the appropriation for the washington Monu-
ment. -,
ming next week, he Will buy four and four
and half per cent. bonds, as wei as ponos OF
other clesses. "a,
rotary Schurz to urge the profound importance
OF immediate action by Congress on the Ute
agreement
in IT'S present form of Senator Conkl1ng's bill
regarding the obstruction OF New YORK
waters.
fuI minority reports in The Senate on Friday,
this time on the abridgement Of suffrage In
Rhode Island. Mr.. Butler submitted resoiu-
ton relating to the Governments claim
against the New York Central Road. The bill
in regard TO the cancellation of the bonds OF to-
baccO exporters was pdkStOs anu tue uinCuS-
sion OF the Eaton tariff commission bill was
continued by Mr.. Bayard, who favored the
bill as il now stands, and Messis Thurman
and Beck, who supported Inc Garland suosu-
The House finished the consideration in
Committee OF the Whole OF the suncTy civil
bilI. the surveys, the purchase of the Confed-
crate postoffice records and the expenses OF
contests for seats being the chief subjects of
discussion. An amendment was adopted pro-
X,iding for the payment for 1880 81 of Marshals
and their Deputies, except for election SER
vices.
that Speaker Randall has set up for himself
against Mr.. Tllden, while others say that the
latter's stock, fixtures and good will are In
the end to be turned over t. Judge Black.
Much opposition is shown among Demo-
cratic Senators to the CONTINUATION OF Mr..
MAYNARD on account of his bitter psrtisanship
and hostility to the south when In Congress.
a dispatch SAYS that the majority of the
Mississippi delegation TO Cincinnati will vote
for Mr. Bayard from the first.
garding the abuse of the civil service In Rhode
Island.
Secretary Sherman told the Cabinet on
Friday that the proposition of MIR. Downey,
the Wyoming poet, that the money apprOprt-
ated by the sundry civil bill should be paid out
in silver, was feasible enough.
: The Senate on Thursday briefly discussed
the public building question, and Mr.. Gar
land made speech upon Mr.. Eaton's tariff
commission bill. The agricultural appropria-
tion bill was passed aftera discussion and the
adoption of the Appropriation Committees
amendments.
civil bill, the chief discussions being over the
provision for buying the private papers OF the
late Generals Polk and Brsgg, and over the
snnoinfment of managers f0r the soldiers
Home. = Republican attempt to elect Gem
eraI Butler as one of them failed.
A dispatch has been received in Washington
from Consul General Farman announcing
that the Alexandrian Obeiisk has been placed
on board OF the steamer designed for 1t, and
that the voyage to New 1orK Will begin IN
The Pacific Railroads Committee of the
House, IL is SAID, has decided in favor of eX-
tending for six years the time in which the
Northern Pacific Road may earn its land
grant but adversely TO the similar request of
the Texas Pacific Company.
Postmaster General Keys nomination as q
United states District Judge has been con-
firrned, but some opposition is displayed TO
Mr.. MaynardS appointment as Postmaster
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 1t
is said, will in its report exonerate Mr.. Acklen
from improper motives.
The Secretary of the Navy has sent COM
munication to Congress advocating the COM
pletion OF the four unfinished monitors.
Senator Mcdonald, OF Indiana, msde an adj
dress be fore the Thomas A. Hendricks Club, at
WASHINGTON, on Saturday night.
Senator Blaine, it Is announced, viii not go
to Chicago.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
Kansas and Mississippi Democratic Conven-
tions were held, and uninstructed delegations
were elected in both instances.
Colonel Fred Grant says his father will not
withdraw as a Presidential candidate, and that
he will be nom1n ated and elected.
A total of thirty people have been poisoned
i'm Brooklyn, N. Y, by eating lemon meTingue
pie. Several are still dangerously sick.
The Secretary of the Treasury has instructed
Assistant Treasurer HiIlhOuse to purchase
limited States bonds to the amount of So O0V 900
for the sinking fund.
Its estimated that the total catch of the
Newfoundland seal fishery will not exceed
~ 10 run former
reach from 10000 TO 6I,OOO.
An antl-Grant meeting was held i'm Chicago
q few nights since, and resolutions protesting
against the recent action OF the Illinois Re
publican State Convention. were adopted.
Nearly eighty persons have been killed by
Indians in SorOco County and the Mogullon
Mountains, in New Mexico, this month. Some
settlements viii have to be given up until the
Indians are subduec.
Mrs. Sarah Clark, who has acted as house
keeper for q. w. Wagner, a wealthy and we'll
known citizen of indianapolis, Ind, for sew
eral wears past, has instituted a suit against
him, claiming $500 damages for breach of
promise.
The Missouri Democratic State Convention
met at Mo5erly on Medne ne day An attemp
but they were referred TO q Committee and
were heard of no mere. The delegation was
uninstructed.
Messrs. Rutter. NewhalI & Co., who were
compelled to suspend payment week ago
owing to the failure OF the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron and Railroad Com
panies, nave settled with their creditors and
resumed business.
The friends of Mr.. Joseph B. Cumming, OF
Richmond County, Ca, will present him ) a
candidate to succeed Senator Gordon at the
meeting OF the next Assembly, Ex-Governor
Browns appointment not being satisfactory to
many Democrats In that stale.
Hermann Levy has been arrested in New
York City for the forgery OF 5000 Ia Chicago.
He was formerly clerk to several eminent
lawyers in New York City, and swindled them
out Of thousands OF dollars by collecting and
appropriating fees. He Is very fluent lin
gufst. He will be sent to Illinois.
Thomas Boyd, Of Kentucky, jumped from
the middle of the suspension bridge, at Gin
cinnati into the Ohio River, distance of
ninety -four feet, turned twice in the air and
struck the water with his head and shoulders,
but was picked up unhurt, though his shirt
where II struck the water was badly torn.
Representative Russell, of Massachusetts,,
has Introduced a bill in the House authorizing
the Secretary Of the Treasury 10 pay to Charles
Watson. of Lowell, Mass, $500 f Ir meritorious
services rendered by him to Union officers
and soldiers in Libby Prison and the Pest
Hospital for contagious cases at Richmond in
1868 and 1854.
President Hayes, Secretary of War Ramsey,
Attorney General Devins, Assistant Attorney
General McCammon and congressman Kelly
and Bingham arrived in Philadelphia Satur-
day, and were received by a Committee of the
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