, 1881-01-21
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
RY TELEGRAPH TO Date.

There is dead lock in the Indiana tate
legislaturewhich cannot organize.
Geo. b. Carpenter Of Chicago leading
musical man died in that city January 9Th,
The president has nominated Nathan
Got, Jr., of West Virginia, secretary of
the navy.
The senate confirmed Gen, GotF as Sec
retary of the navy without usual reference
TO committee.
McKinna & Geary, prominent hay and
grain merchants of san Francisco, sus-
pended on the 5th.
The democrats in the California legis-
lature have nominated eX-chief justice
Wallace for US. senator.
The election of Eugene Hale as United
States senator from Maine is considered
certain, Frye having withdrawn.
The treasury department on the 9Th
purchased 2b5 ounces of fine silver for
delivery at the New Orleans mint.
Employees of the Webster and Pembroke
Cotton mills at Suncook \. Ii have struck
and some erlotousproCcedings are repOr. I'd.
There were no cases of smallpox re-
ported at the health office in San Fran.
cisco, on tue jth, being the first 2i hours
for week in which new cases had not
been brought to light.
Certificates of the ELECTORAL votes of
Colorado and Louisiana have been deliy-
cred to Vice President Wheeler by spec
isl messengers. Duplicate certificates
have now been received both by mail and
messengers from each of the states in the
union.
The house committee on poStofices on
the 9th instructed Representative Money
to report favorably To the house this bill,
which provides that the rate OF postage
on second-cass publications deposited in
letter carrier Offices for delivery by car
riers of the Office shall be uniform at two
cents pound.
A bill introduced in the senate by Ker-
man to regulate the coinage of standard
silver dollars, proposes that instead of the
present coinage OF two to four million
monthly, that the secretary of the treas
ury shall hereafter coin only such amount
of silver dollars as he may find necessary
to meet the demand for them.
The bill introduced in the house by
Representative Townshend of Illinois, to
amend the statutes relative TO tie retire.
ment of army officers, proposes to chance
the law to read as follows: When any
officer has served fifty years as a commits
stoned officer, or is seventy years of age,
he may be retired from active service at
the discretion of the president.
The senate has confirmed VIM. II. Still
well of New York associate Justice of the
supreme court of Arizona; Washington +.
Piddrick OF Pennsylvania, secretary to
the French. American claims commission;
U. S. consuls-James I. Dubois o. Penn.
sylvania at AK La ChNpelle; Samuel s.
Packman of Pennsylvania at Munich; ii,
j. Crouch of Pennsylvania at St. Helena;
G. Henry Horstmann Of PennsvlvanIa at
Nuremberg, George w. Roosevelt ofPenn-
sylvania at Matanzas.
Senator Slater on the 9th presented to
the senate resolutions Of the Oregon leg
islature and memorials of the Portland
board Of trade and Astoria chamber of
commerce praying liberal appropriation
for improvement of the bar at the mouth
of the Columbia. An official report on
the subject Is shortly expected from
Major Gillespie Of the engineer corps, and
upon receipt of this supplemental report,
Slater will introduce bill to be based
upon its figures.
The Chicago Tribune'S New York spe-
cal, commenting on the Morey matter,
says When Lonergan, the detective,
decides to tell his story there will be o
shaking NJ such as has not been before
heard of in connection with the affair.
Hehas chosen foreman silent until jayne
should make some de6nate charge, and
now ,hat the insinuation has beeu thrown
out 1t IS quite probable there will be an
airing Of the question that may not be to
the liking Of some who have endeavored
to fasten the guilt on outside parties.
George M. jackson, one of the Ockla-
hama colony leaders has returned to st.
Louis and says that when he left there
were 100 colonists still in camp, and q
new plan has been adopted, to be put in
force as soon sthe weather made it prac-
ucable. The Idea of going Ell masse has
been abandoned, and the colonists pro-
pose to break up in small squads and
move in by-a score or more ofroutes. Af-
ter they reach the public lands they anti
cipate no trouble. Colonists are beginn.
ing to strike In from different points and
the military have been forced TO split up
detachment having just gone to Arkan.
sas City to intercept a party.
The New York Posts financial SAYS
We are informed that foreign and domes-
tic subscriptions to the $20O00,OO0 bonds
of the n, ?. r. Il. Co., recently offered
exceed S5O0O0,00J, by far tho larler part
ofthe subscriptions having been made in
London. As .ei 'road loan negotiation
this is success Hi hort parallel. The
money received from these bonds will. it
is expected, enable the company to com
plete a system OF about 300 miles where
it now has less than 100. As at present
there is no organized speculation in shares
of the company, knowledge Of the success
OF the loan has bad very little influence
on the price of either preferred or com.
mon stock, which now represents only
the present mileage, but which will also
cover the road built with the nroreeds of