The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-02-18
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.


he handed to him. 1t was reply to the offensive
article published that morning, and Mr.. Barton
refused to receive it, referring Mr.. SOteldO TO the
editor, Mr.. GOrham. An alteration then ensued
and all three became involved in hahd-to-hand
struggle, during which several shots were fired the
result of which that Mr.. Barton was slightly
wounded in two places and Mr.. SoteldO fatally shot
in the neck the bullet fired by his brother Mr. A. NJ
Soteldo's weapon was found with the chambers all
loaded and but barrel of Mr. Barton's revolver
was discharged, while Mr.. A. C.. Soteldo is known
to have fired several shots. The last named was
placed under arrest, while the victim of the unfOr-
tunate affair was removed to the Providence Hos
pital. The physicians pronounced his hopeless
from the first, but he fingered attended by his low
ing wife, until shortly after ten o'clock Saturday
evening, when he expired. He was conscious the
greater part of the time and bore himself with
manly fortitude, blaming one-but himself for
the unfortunate occurrence.
THE Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee
has rendered OpiniOn-twO out of the five judges
dissentlng-pr the new three per cent.
funding bill unconstitutional and void, on the
ground that the Legislature could not make valid
| a contract making coupons receivable for taxes
for ninety nine years. The decision not Ottcl
ally made known until the 10th inst, but it leaked
out, somehow, in advance, and the State bonds de-
clined heavily, doubt to the material advantage
of the wel-pOsted stockholders who sold short"
The decision is hailed with delight by the repudia
ton party in Virginia as well as Tennessee but it
| bodies good for the unfortunate persons who
bought Tennessee bonds in good faith, believing in
| the honesty of the Commonwealth.
! THE Greenbackers are meditating another
| national convention. The New York State Com
mittee has been called to meet on the 22d instant
| to consider the matter. Shermans funding
bill is the exciting cause of the rag babys latest
| spasm.
| Mr. BLAINE's diplomatic policy continues TO be
the leading topic of discussion in political circles.
/ NO dove IS 10 Mt
! his letter of instructions to Mr.. Morgan, United
States Minister to Mexico, touching the request of
Guatemala to the President of the United States TO
interpOse his good offices to procure settlement of
| the boundary dispute between that republic and
! Mexico. Mr. Blaine gives historical sketch OF
| the events that left province between the two
countries over which both claim jurisdiction, elab
CRATES his favOrite theory of Union of all the
American Republics, and then delicately suggests
! that the President would not decline to act as
! mediator between Mexico and Guatemala If the
| st-named power would concur in the request.
Mr. Mareschal, in his reply insists that the title OF
! Mexico to the disputed province is so plain that
there is really nothing to submit to arbitration,
unless it be the line which divides this region from
territory which Mexico does not claim. 1t becomes
daily more evident that Congress is going TO take
up the issue between the President and Mr.. Blaine,
and there will be a pretty row when the full cor
respOndence is reported TO that body.
FIVE railway labOrers were run and instantly
/
! the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company
which passes entirely under the city of Baltimore.
| A train was approaching them on either track and
! there was no escape for the poor fellows. The
cOroners jury censured the company for not taking
proper precautions TO protect the lives OF their
employees, and there, we suppose, the matter Will
end.
| THE advisory committee of the trunk lines have
organized with Senator Sherman as chairman and
will shortly begin to hear the complaints of
| chants and shippers in the leading cities.
THE immense tract of land set aside by the State
of Texas to pay for the erection of State House
has been transferred by the State during the past
few days to Abner Taylor Hon. c. B. Farwell, and
John V Farwell, of Chic lgO and A. c. Babcock, of
Canton, Ills. who will furnish the necessary funds
for erecting the building. This domain is larger
than the State Of Connecticut, and five times larger
than Rhode Island. 1t is the northwest corner of
the State, and the survey extends south distance
of 1877 miles with an average width Of 81 miles.
! Two railways are already projected thrOu gh this
section of the State. The transfer of these lands is
probably the largest sale made to private ind
| Yiduals and the purchasers are the largest land
owners in the world.
| A DEMOCRATIC caucus of the House decided on
Saturday last to support the Buckner bill as sub
stitute for the Banking and Currency Committees
bill ON national bank charters. 1t proposes to sub
stitute Treasury notes, redeemable III coin on de-
mand, for national bank notes and extinguish the
banks. There Is small Danger Oh passage, III
cuts down the redemption fund to fifteen per cent.
| leaves way open for its increase, and while 1T
pretends and aims to fix unalterably the amount OF
paper mOney-in fact leaves this to every Congress
to increase or decrease the amount as it will, and
thus opens the door to perpetual lobby OF specula
tors desiring for their sinister purposes to effect an
increase decrease of the currency and consequent
artificial fuctation in prices.
IT Is of interest to note that Peter Cooper cele
brated his ninety-frst birthday in New York on
Saturday last and is more than entitled to be
called - the venerable Mr.. Cooper" Hamilton Fish,
| VIM. E. Dodge, John Bigelow, A. s. Hewitt, and
| other distinguished men among his callers.
! Mr.. Cooper ascribes his longevity to his regular
| habits and his diet of milk-of human kindness?
| ONE of the most curious attempts at fraud of
cent occurrence is that Just made by Mayor Nayin,
| of Adrian, Mich. He managed to place S15O,OOO OF
city water bonds the issue of which had never been
authorized, with prominent New York banker at
a premium, received the money and deposited with
the Union Trust Company, and it only by acct
dent-through an informality in draft drawn by
him. on account of which it had to be sent back to
Adrian-that the swindle was discovered. What
makes the affair especially mysterious, is the fact
that the Mayor did not decanp with the cash when
it was paid to him although possibly, he managed
to draw against it in some way-and that the
trusted agent of the New York broker who was
sent out recently to Adrian in advance of the pay
ment to see that everything was " all night, re-
ported that it was. Mayor Navlns whereabouts
are at present unknown.
PROPOSED NATIONAL GRANGE BUILDING.
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