The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-05-29
RESUME OF THE WEEKS NEWS.
CONGRESSIONAL AND WASHINGTON NOTES

RESUME OF THE WEEKS NEWS.
CONGRESSIONAL AND WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Senate on Wednesday referred the |
House adjournment resolution to the APP |
Committee. only two OF the Dem
ocratic members OF which favor It's adoption:
one of these even conditioning his support OF
it upon the pass age OF several important oiiis
before May 81. falo
Mr. Butler made a speech against upseating
Mr. Kellogg, and the debate on Mr.. Bayard's
bill regarding deputy marsha was begun,
Messrs Conkling, Carpenter and Edmunds
: ffering such objections aad amendments as
A report rejecting severely upon the con-
duct or the Receiver of the Ocean Bank was
presented in the House, and the agricultural
bill was amended and passed.
The remainder of the session was spent IN
an attempt TO reach action upon me tsrin
Wood Conger and others the time was wasted
until the hour OF adjournment arrived, al
though ma1orfty wore T his io' INC
Senator Gordon has resigned his seat and
ex Governor Joseph Z. Brown has been ap-
pointed to succeed him. The President has
nominated General LOngstreet as Minister TO
Turkey.
authorize retired list for non commissioned
army officers, h svt. =, u-st - j c.ed all the
amendments affecting the appointment of ca
diets to West Point and adopted one providing
GERS to be Second Lieutenants. Mr.. Garland
made q speech in favor OF unseat1ng Mr.. kel-
of retaining his seat. A motion by Mr.. Bayard
to lay aside the Kellogg matter and take up
MS bill regarding Deputy Marshals was re-
sisted by the Republicans, but carried by
party vote and that bill will therefore be regu-
iarly before the senate until disposed of.
The House passed the District Municipal
Code bill aud bill relating to the Usage In
dams and, after a contest over the order of bus
ines. took up bills reported from the Public
Lands Committee spending most OF the time
over one in regard to trespassing on the pub
lie domain. AT the evening session MI. wright
made speech IN support OF his Dill 10 iend
500 to any peron taking advantage OF the
homestead laws, but II was laid aside in Com
mfttee of the Whole to be unfavOrably report
ed to the House special r,en dispatch SaSa
expostulated with him on his course In OBJ.
structing the,tarif reform bills and that he will
he means to employ his official posi- ion to
subserve personal ends at the expense OF the
public interests. The news of Senator Cor
dons resignation is received In washington
with general regret, and public meeting at
Columbus, Ga has denounced the selection by
Governor Colquitt of j. E Brown to succeed
On Friday, after Messrs. Edmunds and Hoar
had given vent TO their objections In the Sen.
ate to Mr. Bayard's deputy marshals bill, and
two or three Republican amendments had
been rejected, the Democrats passed the meas
ure without discussion The APPROXIMATIONS
Committees amendments TO the legislative
bill were adopted, and the bill passed. In
spite of the objections OF the Republicans, II
| take up next Mr.. Morgans resolution regard
| ing the electoral count.
The House amended end passed the bill re
| garding trespasseTs upon the public lands. A
| humber of bills reported by the same Commit
tee and several private bills were also passed
The Duty Mason contested election was de- s,,
civil bill was reported. The exercises were en-
| livened by a passage between two Pennsyi-
special dispatch points out that Mr.. w God IS
| zeal Tor the funding bill. with which he OBJ
structs the tariff reform measures, is OF very
At the Cabinet meeting II was announced
| that the British Government favOrs the plan
| of an International Sanitary Convention al
In the Senate on Saturday MIR. Morgan made
| an exhaustive speech in support OF his electo-
raj MI ME- onRin 9e afSued
| that the measure ought TO De Dill instead Oh
| a joint resolution.
| for the sale OF leaf tobacco, but all attempts to
pass bills for the erection Of public buildings
were prevented by the persistent flibusterine
| rolling tactics, by which some T,tO0.OOO would
| be voted away at once.
The Negro National Republican Committee
| issues an appeal in behalf of Mr.. Bruce for the
| Vice Presidential candidacy.
| Assistant Treasurer HillhOuse cells attention
to the rsPd aSe p4oSa6S 81 that re- viii
| soon be no more room Tor IL.
The Morgan electoral count resolution was
passed by the Senate on Monday
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
| Heavy floods are reported from Georgia.
| The Nebraska Republicans elected Blaine
| delegation.
The amount of silver in the Treasury is s2s.
100000, and weighs 500 tons.
Saturday William Baker, aged ninety two
| years, died near Salem, Ind.
The death is announced of ex Governor
| FoOte, at his home near Nashville.
Betting In New York is slOO to $50 that Grant
| Will be nominated on the first ballot.
Fourteen deaths occurred from yellow fever
| in Havana during the week ending Friday
| eve ming last.
Beethoven's Miss a Solen MS" was performed
| for the first time In this country at the Cincin
| natl Musical Festival last week.
| Captain Hooper, of the Arctic Relief cutter
| Thomas COrwin, received his sal Ing insruc
lions from Washington Friday morning, and
| went to sea from San Francisco saturday.
| Friday night, while Mrs. Kate Brown,
wealthy lady living near ScipiO, Ind, was
! working among her flowers, she was stricken
with paralysis, and died almost instantly.
The rumor which is abroad in the land that
| Secretary Sherman Is DESTROYS OF being con
| sidered a candidate for the second place on the
Grant ticket is stoutly denied by his friends.
There was a split in the California Work
| ingmen's Convention, the Greenback element
organizing a separate Convention and electine
| a delegation, including Dennis Kearney, tC
| the National Convention.
In the suit of Major John p. Harold against
the New York Elevated Railroad Company tC
| recover 500 U damages for injuries In col
Iision on the Elevated Raj road a verdict wai
| rendered for the plaintiff in $4,000.
The Chicago Bank clearings for the pas
week foot up total of SU,SS5,0lS75 being
about sl0,0OO,UO0 In exc SIS of thoSe of the CORE
spending week last year, and 81 ,059, 300 90 IL
excess of those of the week previous.
The body of the wife of Emil Briermann, o
5l2 East Sixteenth street, New York, wa
found ia bed Saturday with her throat cut
and on the table in the room was a note from
her husband, saying he killed his wife, sh
being unfaithful.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher delivered al
address last week, at the Brooklyn Academy
of Music, for the benefit of the children of
murdered policeman. The house was full an
, l.0UO people were turned away. Some 81 w
The visible supply of grain in the Unite
| States and Canadas, on The dates named was
May 10, 35,593Ol0 bushels; May 8, 49, O,OC
bushels; May Il, 3 ,067 90 bushels; April q
81, COO bushels; April IL, 40 ISL 900 bushels
, April, l04 276,O 600 bushels.
a The Tennessee State National Greenbac
Convention was held In Nashville on Satul
!, day with q slim attendance, representing
limited portion of the State. The speake,
q and resol ut1ons favored Reputation OF ali M
State debt except about S2,0OOOOO. :.
A fire broke out at Edenburg Penn. ga
y urday evening, i'm q hotel near the depot TIL
d flames swept down Railroad street, taking a