Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-14
TELEGRAPHIC.
osLlalNa A PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
COMPANY.
ANNUAL REWEIcHINc OF THE
MAILS,
At a Cost Of a Quarter Million Of
Dollars.
Urging the Forfeiture Of a Land
Grant.
THE CAMERON INTEREST IN PENNSYLVANIA
TO Bf AHTAeoRIIED.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

ton special says that Postmaster General
James, to oblige his friend Charley Smythe
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
asserted to the request of the latter for an
annual r~eweighing Of the mails. The pro-
cess which. when applied to all other
roads in the country as it must now be,
will cost something like q quarter OF q
million of dollars extra per year. The rea-
son Of this is, that the mails are
usually weighed only once in four years,
and the weight taken is a basis for pay
ment. If they are weighed oftener the
railroads get the benefit of the increase
which comes every year in the amount of
matter transported. James sh~rewdness
seems to have given way, IN order that he
might oblige Charley.
A BiII for she Election OF President
and vice.President.
WASHINGTON. April 13.-The House
Committee, on the law respecting the
election OF q President and Vice-Pres-
ident. agreed upon e bill to carry into
effect the provisions Of the Constitution
respecting the election Of President and
vice-President OF the United States, and
directed the Chairman to report the same
favorably. The bill provides that electors
shall be chosen on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November in every
fourth year, except in the cases specified
in sections lat to 149 Of the Revised Stat
utes; that electors shall vote on the third
Tuesday in December following their ap-
pointment; that between the day Of
| choosing electors and the day they are to
vote, title to the Office OF elector may be
determined, which, if made by the high
est judicial tribunal OF the State having
jurisdiction, shall be conclusive; that Con-
gress shall be in session on the second
Wednesday in January next after the
meeting of the electors, and count the
votes; that upon reading the certificates,
the President of the Senate shall call for
| objections. which, if any, shall be made
in writing, and shall state clearly and con-
| cisely, with argument, the ground thereof,
and shall be signed at least by one Sena-
tor and one member Of the House of Rep
r~esentatives before the same shall be
received. In that event, controversy in
any State as to the appointment or elegi-
bility of electors, the decision thereof
by it's highest judicial tribunal having
jurisdiction shall be conclusive, and the
vote shall be counted in accordance
Herewith, unless reversed by both
houses; that if there be more than one
judicial decision, the two houses shall de-
termine which shall be received: that
where there has been q controversy in any
State, and no certified decision has been
transmitted, or, when two or more certi-
fed decisions have been transmitted, con-
tested votes from such State shall not be
counted, unless both houses concur there
in, and il there be several electoral certih-
Gates from any State, and no such judicial
decision, the certificate held by both
houses to be executed by proper authority
shall be conclusive; that II the result is not
reached before the fifth calendar day sitter
further recess shall be taken by either
house; that Notwithstanding the decisions
and declarations mentioned, the title to
Office Of any person declared to be elected
President or Vice. President, and the title
Of any claimant thereof may be tried and
determined by action in nature Of quo
w~arranto, and the action may be brought
prior to actual entry or u~surpation, and
must be commenced within 10 days after
declaration Of the election of the defend
ant In the Circuit Court OF the United
States for the district in which the defend
ants, or either Of them, reside.
John r. Skaters Fund.
NORWICH Conn.,, April is.-John F.
Slater Of this city signifed his intention
TO create q fund Of Q million Of dollars. to
be known as The John +. Slater Fund"
for the education Of freemen. The fund 10
to be vested in Q board Of trustees, which
includes ex-President Hayes, Chief Justice
Waite, VIM. E. Dodge Of New York. Gov
ernor Colquit Of Georgia, James P. Boyce
Of Kentucky and VIM. A. Slater, donors.
Mr.. Slater explains that its general object
is the uplifting Of the negroes and their pos
terity, by comforting the blessings Of
Christian education. The disabilities
formerly suffered by this people. and their
singular patience and fidelity in the great
crisis Of the nation, established q just
humane and patriotic men. I cannot but
feel compassion. due In view Of their pre-
vailing ignorance which exists, because Of
no fault Of their own. II, after 80 years,
t~hree-quarters Of the Trustees shall for
any reason agree that there IL no further
use for the fund In the form instituted,
Slater authorizes them to apply the capital
to the establishment and foundation sub
sidiary TO the existing institutions higher
education, 80 ss to make them freely acces-
sible to colored students. Under the pres
emit institution Of the fund, he especially
wishes that neither principal nor Income
be expended in land or buildings, for any
other purpose than that Of q safe and pro-
ductive investment for the income.
Fugttivea from Justice.
New YoRK, April 13.-George N. Irwin
and James Fisk. the St. Joseph city bond
men. were arraigned this afternoon. The
Mayor. Regis.er and Marshal Of st. Jo-
seph were present. The Register and
Marshal addressed Fisk by the name Of
VIM. SCOTT. They had with them q re-
QUESTION from the Governor Of Missouri,
and q verified affidavit OF the Register
charging the accused with being fugitives
from justice. The prisoners were recon-
mitted to the 22d inst, TO comply with the
legal formality.
A Land Grant Secured by Bribery.
WASHINGTON, April 1s.-The House Ju-
dietary Committee has received . letter
from James A. George. urging the for
fixture OF the land grant to the Texas Pa
cifc Railroad, which has lately been sold
TO the Southern Pacific. The grant was
made to secure a competing line to the Pa
cinc Coast, and solAprises about Is. O 900
aoSes. and not Q mile Of the road has been
built In the region covered BY the grant.
Nj. George declares that the grant wa 80.
cured BY bribery, and asks 10 be called ~
Q witness.
Gossip I'm Political Circles.
WASHINGTON, April ls.-There Is CON-
siderable gossip in political circles about
the apparent determination Of Senator
Mitchell TO a~ntagonize the Cameron inter-
est In Pennsylvania. It IL said that
Mitchell has pursued q conciliatory policy
since he has been in tho Senate. hoping to