The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-14

,dtAOil ~ N1ltVDEAd l1MIdHS now IN the \
lily, is 70 secure q rehearing of his Tur- /
le mountain decision their visit will be
! failure, As he finally passed upon that
question aud opened up the country for
settlement
The comptroller OF The treasury to-day
extended the corporate existence of the
First National bank of Kalamazoo,
Michigan, 10 December 18th, 1902.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE BILL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The finance /
OF the senate to-day began a
of the internal revenue |
bill. The committee Will hold daily |.
sessions with a view of perfecting The /.
bill and reporting il to the senate at an /
early day. 1t is learned from undoubt- |
ed authority that no objection has been |
raised by any member Of the committee |
TO the plan proposed by Sherman of ap-
pending as an amendment to the bill a /
TO revise the tariff, and that !
so far as disclosed by the discussion |
this morning differences of opinion as |
10 the character of the revision and |
measure of the tariff reduction were
such as arose from personal and indi- |
yidual views rather than from party |
prejudice,
THE SUPREME COURT
rendered a decision today in the Ne
braska land case affirming the decree of
the circuit court. 1t holds that when
the appellant, Van Wyck, made his entry
and obtained a patent, the title had
passed from the United States and con-
seqGcntly no right could be- conferred
upon him This opinion is decisive of
q large number of cases besides the one
to IS, 600 or 10000 acres of land in Thay-
er county, Nebraska.
THE JEANETTE INQUIRY.
Before the Jeanette court this morn
ing, Seaman Ninderman testified that
Collins was always treated like gen.
tleman and an officer Is far as he knew.
He then described the little difficulty
which he (Nindermsn) had with Capt.
belong, Sept. 90, 1881, but said it only
amounted to his being placed under ar
rest for an hour His examination has
been closed, and it is expected that the
court will be occupied several days in
reading the testimony.
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
The following is the vote on Browns
motion to postpone indefinitely the
bankruptcy bill:
YEAs-Brown, Barrow, Call, Camden,
Cockrell, Coke, Davis of West Virginia,
German, Groome, Harris, jackson, John
son, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Maxey,
Morgan, Pugh, Ransom, Saunders, Sla-
ter, Vance, VanWyek, VOORHEES,, Walk
er and Williams-26.
NAYS Aldrich, Allison, Anthony,
Bayard, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cam
eron of Wisconsin, Chilcott, Conger,
Davis of Illinois, Dawes, Edmunds, Fer
ry, Frye, Garland. George, Harrison,
Hawley, Hill, Hoar, Ingalls,. Lapham,
Logan. McDill, Mcmillan, Mcpherson,
~ Caiif.HRzia A1illar nf Nnvu
York, Morrill,, Pendleton, Platt, Rollins,
Sewell, Sherman and Windom-A.
The following is the vote substituting
the Lowell bill for the committees
bankruptcy bill:
YEAs-Aldrica, Allison, Anthony,
Camden, Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
Cameron, of Wisconsin, Chilcott, Con,
ger, Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry, Frye,
George, German. Groome, Hale, Harri-
son, Hawley, Hill, Hoar, Jackson, Jonas,
Lapham, Logan, McDIll, Mcpherson,
Miller, of California, Miller, of New
York, Morrill,, Plat, Rollins, Sewell,
Windom-34.
NAYs-Barrow, Bayard, Beck, Brown,
Call, Cockrell, Coke, Davis, of Illinois,
Garland, Harris, Ingalls,, Johnston,
Jones, of Florida, Lamar, Mcmillan,
Morgan, Plumb Pugh, Ransom, Saules-
bury, Sawyer, Sherman. Slater, Vance,
Van Wyck, Vest, Voorhees,, Walker,
Williamson.
WASHINGTON, Dec 12-The ways
and means committees to-day discussed
the schedule of the tariff commission
item by item, reaching No. 20 in list
of 1885 items, not counting the full
list. But few changes were made.
Some items among them were reserved
for further consideration. Flax-seed
i Il Ii NfAn
the commission suggested a rate
of twenty-five cents per gal
lon, were restored by the committee
10 the old rates, 35 cents. The work of
the committee is still on the schedule of
chemicals.
The house committee on military
affairs to-day agreed TO report favorably
on Holman's resolution calling on the
secretary of war fer information con-
corning the operations of the act pro-
posing TO relieve certain soldiers OF the
late war from the charge of desertion.
The space on the southwest corner OF
the government reservation at Hot
Springs, Ark, is selected as the site for
the army and navy hospital, for which
congress appropriated 100000.
In the star route ease the question
came up as to whether counsel had
lIlc IIRuB u lutSIIOSdiC DC4OOAo
called as Jurors. The Judge had decided
that counsel with first challenge should
give cause and state grounds of chal-
lenge. A two hours argument ensued
during which Ingersoll admitted that
he did not pretend TO know anything as
to the law In force IN the District, nor
neither did any one else. II any body
did pretend to know they did not
remain long of the same opinion.
There was a combination of truth
and sarcasm in The remark and ELECTED
amused assent from the Judge and
counsel The judge adhered to yester-
days ruling, and the defense were at
length forced into the challenge of
Juror Barrett. The juror was dis
charged.
Thomas Walsh was called, but not ac-
cepted. Isaac Eicher was accepted as a
first juror.
James Sheridan, of New York, recent
ly appointed pardon clerk of the de-
partment of justice, has declined, and
Mr.. james L. Stanton, OF New York,
clerk in the department, has been pro-
NOTED to fill the position.
The Cabinet o-dAy directed lis time
to the consideration of the report to be
made to congress by Secretary Lincoln
on the subject of the last river and har-
Dor bill.
1t is understood that Postmaster Gener-
al Howe, in anticipation of the adoption
of the bill proposing reduction of letter
postage TO two cents has taken prelimi-
nary steps for the manufacture of two
cent stamps.
The military academy bill reported TO
the house today apprOpriBtes $305, GOO,
which is $31 200 less then the aspiration
for the current year.
The Roberts National bank at Titus.
vile, Pennsylvania, has been authorized
to begin business with a capital Of
100000.