The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-16
CAPITAL KEYNOTEs.
ZREW EXAMINED.

ZREw EXAMINED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IA. John NJ.
Zrew, Of Durango, Colorado, was ex-
amined as witness before the grand
jury to-day in the star route cases. He
was instructed to bring all letters re-
| ceived by him from S. w. Dorsey, J.
w. Dorsey, j. r. Miner and NJ. A.
Reidell, or any of them in relation to
| the mail service in Colorado since July
l, 1878.
4 QUESTION INVOLVING TITLES TO LANDS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE srnate
committee on public lands discussed al
| length the resolution TO instruct the at
| tOrney general u defend titles to west
crn homes:eads which are claimed by
railroad companies to have been includ-
ed in laad grants to them. This resolu
ton involves directly the lands included
i'll the recent decision of Judge Miller at
| Omaha, but indirectly it touches the IL
ties of many other homesteads. The
question is whether entries made upon
lands included in railroad grants before
that land was formally and finally with
| drawn by the government are good or
not Senator Plumb stated that he
knew u least five hundred cases where
| this question entered into titles, and that
there were hundreds of other cases.
| The committee did not come to any con-
clusion.
A GENERAL. SURPRISE.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 1.-THE
nomination to-day of Jno. c. New, of In.
diana, TO be assistant secretary of the
treasury was a general surprise. 1t is
said New could have had foreign mis-
sion but preferred place in this coun-
try.
FILLEY TO BE PROVIDED FOR.
1t is now rumored that Filley, of St.
Louis, will soon be provided with good
place.
TESTIFIED IN THE STAR ROUTE CASES.
Levi johnson, of Utah, Anthony JOS
eph, of New Mexico. and Pedro J.
Karamlllo, OF New Mexico, presented
| themselves at the clerks office this
morning, were sworn in and went be-
fore the grand jury 10 testify in the
star route cases. By subpenas they
were ordered to bring with them all pa
pers, books and letters relating to the
mail service in Colorado since July 1,
1878, and all letters received from and
signed by S. w. Dorsey, J. w. Dorsey,
J. r. Miner, NJ. c. Seidell or any of
them. On the back of the subpenas
was written as follows: ION arrival re
port 10 P. H. Woodward, postoffice de-
partment. Talk TO no one"
The examination showed that the
subp9nas were signed with the name of
the clerk of the court, but the sigma
lures were not that of the clerk. The
presumption is they were issued by
parties connected with the conduct Of
the Investigation without taking the
trouble to have them properly signed
by the clerk of the court. How m my
have been sent forth in this manner is
unknown.
THE FIRST sTEP.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. 1.-THE
house judiciary committee took the first
step to-day towards considering the
bankruptcy bill, by referring it to a sub
committee consisting of Humphreys,
McCord and Manning.
AGREE TO REPORT FAvoRABLY.
The house committee on postoffices and
post roads have agreed TO report favora-
bly, Brigham's bill increasing the pay of
auxiliary letter carriers from $400 to 5000
and providing for a subsequent advance,
upon promotion, to $500 and 81 900. The
regular carriers are IT, come from this
class, the new men serving first rs aux
iliaries.
LONG MEMORIAL.
A memorial is here more than five
thousand feet long, and signed by mer-
chants, manufacturers, mechanics, farm
ers, taxpayers and others in nearly ev-
cry state in the union which will be
presented to the ways and means COM
mittee. 1t asks that the tax on bank de
posts and two cent stamps on checks
and drafts be abolished.
THE CAMPBRLLccANNoE CONT EST.
The committee ON elections of the
house tonight considered the Campbell
Cannon contest, and have another ses-
sion appointed for tomorrow morning,
at whIch 1t is hoped decision will be
reached. The opinion generally ex-
pressed is that the committee wall re-
port in favor of sending the election
back tn the people of Utah. 1t is doubt
full if such 4 report Will be accepted, but
in the honse many of the best lawyers
of the body are agreed on the fact that
Canuon's poiygamy record is not a
ground upon which the house can ie-
gally deny him admission. While it is
quite within the province of the house
to eXpel him on this account, IL is urged
that should he now 60 back to the peo-
pie he would undoubtedly.be reelected
by large majority, as before, and the
result would be rather TO add to his
power and popularity in the territory. |
Should he, however, be first seated and !
then by a two-thirds vote be expelled, |
he could not be again admitted to the |
present house, if precedents are fol- |
lowed. nor probably TO any other subse-
quent house.
THE PoLYGA1IY BILL.
Representative Willets, of Michigan, |
today submitted to the house the bill /
heretofore agreed on by the house judi
ciary committee TO prevent persons liv- |
ing in bigamy or polygamy, from hold
ing any civil Office of trust or profit in /
any territories of the United States, and |
from being delegates in congress.
FROM CHRIsTIAHcY 10 BLAINE
Among the dispatches of forthcoming /
diplomatic correspondence is one form /
Minister Christiancy to Mr.. Blaine, in
which the former says: And am en-
tireiy confident that the government of
Peru, whatever that may turn out 10 be,
as WE'LL as all her intelligent, if not all
her citizens, would welcome a protector
ate of the United States, and I think those
of Bolivia would do the same. As q
matter of opinion, sustained, / think, by
9 majority of the intelligent Americans
here l win go further, and say be-
lieve the people of Peru would be glad /
if their country could be annexed to the
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