The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-28
wAsHrSeroN VIKINGS.
Doines at TIE national Capital.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Duripg the
roll call in the house on adjournment
White, of kentucky, repeatedly inter
ruptsd with points OF order. and Speak.
er pre-. ;enpore. Page finally refused 10
recognize him: causing much merri-
ment
Senator Plumb says he viii, as soon
as possible after the holidays, call mp
his bill 70 constitute bureau Of agricul-
ture Separate from the department
Edmunds says If quorum can be re-
tanned the senateswill complete the civ
EifserHice bill today and a6journ Til
"Wednesday.
The president to-day nominated Var
mum B. Cochran, OF Michigan, to be
register-of the land Office at Marquette
Fine receipts Of national bank
notes for he week ending to day, are :
81 g.0G0 bonds held by the treasurer
to secure national bank circulation,
1885,, 363 Csc; 10 secure public suaonies
ia naiioBalsiaRk depository, Sl99 40,
Csc bonds deposited to secure etfculA-
ton during the week, So, 514, 150; 10 ST.
cufe circulation Withdrawn during the
week, z $s224z,150; national bsnk notes
pntstsading 1856. so e99; lawful money
on desposl i 20 redeem notes of rational
banks and reducing circulation s., 39I.-
49,, $50; liquidating banks, $I,351 ,724,
40; failed banks, $le6 SIC, 220.
Red Cloud called on Secretary Teller
to-day.,. Commissioner Price viii call
to talk business on Tuesday. -
: Fhe navy, interior and post office de.
paTInenfsiclosed at noon.
ohas. Cook, the Yankton Indian ar
rested at Yankton Agency for cheating
Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, borrowed
five horses 10 bring in goods To trade
and sold the horses.
The unpublished correspondence be-
tween the attorney general and the dis
tricI attorney on the subject Of ex-Mar-
sinai Henryis dismissal and copy of
Henry's letter To the president protest
ing against his removal and insisting on
9 rigid investigation of his official acts
were sent to the senate to-day.
The Dickson case was continued un
til Tuesday next.
A contract has been signed by the
secretary ofpubiic works OF the Mexico
i Tehauptepec railroad, satisfactorily
adjusting the difficulties growing out
of the action of Mexico in declaring the
road grants forfeited.
An illicit disuI!ery in Cumberland
county, Tennessee, has been captured.
INDIAN MOVEMENTS.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 22,-The
IGdian commissioner received the toll
lowing to-day: Pierce, Dakota, Dec.
21,- The Indians on the Cheyenne
River agency signed the agreement II
day. We are on our way to Yankton.
(Signed) j. H. TELLER,
Secretary Sioux Commissioners.
RAILROAD LAND GRANTS.
Hon. VanWyck to-day reported to the
senate his bill agreed upon by the COM
mittee of public lands, which proposes
to compel railroad companies TO pay
taxes on lands granted by the govern
ment. itprovides that lands for which
companies are entitled 20 patents on
payment of the expenses of surveying,
and yet refuse to take patents, shall,
within one year after the company be-
comes entitled To patents, be forfeited to
the United States and made part of the
public domain. The Union, Central
and Kansas Pacific are said TO be the
companies principally affected 10y this
measure, the amount of lands involved
approximating fifteen millions of acres,
located in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado,
Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California.
THE DICKSON CASE.
There were many stormy passes be-
tween counsel in the Dickson sase to-
day, brought ON by the cross-examina-
ton of witnesses. The general tendancy
of the discrimination was TO strength
en- the testimony already given by Dick
son. The court intimated that he would
conhne his decision to the simple ques-
ton Of whether or not Dickson wrote
on improper paper in the jury room.
AMERICAN ECONOMIST.
4 meeting was held last night at
which an association of American Econ
omisis was organized. The object is
the gathering OF facts and statistics
bearing upon commerce and finance,
and the wide dissemination of economic
knowledge. The officers elected were ::
President, Hon. William Lawrence
FIRST vice. president, John c. New; vice
president for Ohio, G. Delsno; tor Hi
no;s, David II. Mason; treasurer, j. p.
Dodge; secretaries, DIR. Z. Young and
d. Daniel. The ASSOCIATION intends to
hold meeting in Washington next
month, when the possible effect of the
pending tariff and internal revenue leg
islstion upon the general interests of the
country will be considered.