The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-12
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
The Court of Appeals Bill Stin BE.
fore the Senate-.A Final Vote
on the Same to be Taken
Tomorrow.
Little of Interest Transpires in the
Observation-Disclosures of Yester-
day-.-Washington Notes.
Proceedings Of the Southern Methodist
Conference, in Session at Nash
vile, Tennessee.
New York Post on Futures ... The
Stock Market.
"United Ireland" on The Situation.
COnilagratiOns.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Forty-Seventh Congress.


WAsHISGToN, May 1.-THE chair submit
ted the resolution of the bar association of
New York in favor of the pending bill for
intermediate appellate courts.
The bill for the payment to l.. Madison
Day of the amount paid for property pur-
chased in New Orleans at the sale under
order of Judge Darrel's court, but to which
the government failed to give clear title,
was passed-27 to %.
The chair announced his signature to the
tariff commission bill.
The bill for intermediate appellate courts
was further discussed, Mr.. George resum-
ing and concluding his criticism upon the
measure.
Mr.. Jones, of Florida, offered an amend.
men. affecting appeals from the district 10
circuit courts, but this and several amend
ments offered by MessrS. Jones and Morgan
were lost by nearly the same vote, the
democrats voting aye and the republicans
with Mr.. Davis, of Illinois, in the negative
An amendment was adopted on the mo-
ton of Mr.. Davis, of Illinois, providing
more explicitly that the jurisdiction of the
circuit court shall be neither enlarged nor
abridged by the bill
After an Intellectual effort to dispose of the
bill, unanimous consent was secured for a
final vote on it tomorrow.
The conference report on the Indian APP
preparation bill was submitted by Mr..
Dawes, who said the total had been re-
duced by conference, si5,525. Concurred
in and the bill passed.
Adjourned.
Sherwin, Of Illinois, from the committee
on education and labor, reported a bill to
aid in the support of common schools
Ordered printed and recommitted.
1t provides that for the next five years
there shall be annually appropriated the
sum Of $40, 900 600 to aid in the support o
free common schools, which amount shall
he known as the common school
fund, and which shall be ap
propriated to the several states
and territories, according to the number o
their illiterate population over ten years o.
age; an amount not exceeding 8 per cent OF
the sum apportioned may be used for the
education OF teachers in public schools.
| The house then resumed consideration Of
the Geneva award bill.
After II long debate the previous question
was ordered on the bill, but without further
action the matter went over.
The speaker laid before the house a com
munication from the secretary of war in re
sponse to the house resolution calling fol
information as to the expenditures OF I'll,
signal service. Referred,
The expenditures are rs follows: 1878
S455, ,2s6; 1876 $A067S; 1877, Si24, ,702; 1873
Si95, $40; 1879 $50i 002 1880, S535, ,53l 1881
S593, ,S44 The expenditures previously re
ported the secretary states to have been
erroneous.
Tillman, of South Carolina, introduced {
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