Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-02-23
Washington Notes.

Washington Notes.
Washington, Feb. 23.-The house COM
mittee ON coinage will report q bill pro-
viding that silver coin Of the United
States shall be in dollars, halves, quar-
tels aud dimes. Dollars to contain 412115
grams of standard silver and to be the
unit of value. Holders Of gold or silver
bullion may deposit the same at any sub
treasurary branch mint or assay office.
and receive the market value therefor in
silver certificates of not less than I've
dollars, and of corresponding denomina-
tions with national notes. These shall
be receivable for customs duties and in.
ternal revenue tax, but shall not DO L.
gal tender for other obligations.
General Rucker, lately appointed Q.
M. general, U. s. A., was placed on the
retired list to-day and Gen. Rufus In
gals appointed in his ploco.
The house committee on naval affairs
agreed to recommend the immediate ap-
preparation of ten million dollars to be
given for the construction of new
navy.
The vaccine virus bill OF Representa-
tive Smith, of the Bloomington, Ills,
district. providing that the government
shall distribute pure vaccine virus
through the surgeon general, will pass
tho house, amended to make
the distribution through the
state and municipal authorities and ply
sicians. 1t has already passed the sen.
ute.
Mr.. Smith recently lost child by
the use Of impure vaccine virus.
The senate committee on naval Affairs
this morning voted to reject the nomina-
tion of Watamough to be paymaster gen.
eral of the army, and Stevens as pay
director. Some days ago the committee
agreed to report adversely or Wata-
mough. but held back the report in order
to give the president time to withdraw
the nomination if he saw fit. The COM
mittee waited until to-day and not re-
ceiving any communication from tie
president, formally adopted an adverse
report and ordered it reported to the
senate. The nomination of Stevens was
then taken up and motion to report ad-
versely adopted.
Mr.. VanWyck has introduced bill in
the senate to compel railroads to pay
state taxes on patented lands donated
them by the government.
In the house Chalmers stated that IN
consequence Of tie overflow OF the Mis-
| slsslppi river, thousand colored people
were starving, and introduced q bill for
the relief of the sufferers. Referred.
MIR. Page reported back the resolution
directing the secretary OF the treasury to
| give all the information III his Office con.
cerning unseaworthy steamers. Adopt
ed.
1t is rumoyed that nomination for
supreme court Judge will be made to-
day or tomorrow aud that he will be a
New York man. 1t is said that the
president ut one time decided to nomi-
nate Senator Edmunds, but the pressure
from New York has been SO great that he
cannot resist it.
The senate naval committee agreed to
report favorably on the nomination Of
Theodore Withone, of New York, TO,
Chief of the bureau OF Daval construc.
ton.
Senator Bayard has offered substi
tute for the bill to retire Grant, provid-
ing that pensions for all the ex- x-president.
vii! be equal annually to one-fourth the
amount OF his annual pay whils presi.
dent.
Representative Hawk, of the 9th Hi
nois district, has prepared an amend
ment to the Hennepin canal bill to pro
tect those of his constituents who enio,
water power from the river in Whitesids
county, below the feeder which is t.
supply water for the canal. Mr.. Hawk j,
earnestly in favor of the canal, but per
sons having large Investments in facto
ries, ETC., on the rive
claim that the drawing til,
of water will injure them and demant
protection. To meet the loss he will pre-
sent an amendment, creating a commits
sion to examine into the condition O
dams and report to congress what sums
if any, should be paid these persons 70
damages. The commission vii
consist of three competent persons, on
appointed by the secretary of war, on
by the party offended. and the third b,
the two. Mr.. Hawk does not want t,
stand in the way of the courts, as he j
distinctly in favor of the project, bu
fees that he must protect his constitu
ents.
Tho Standard Coal OIL Company.
Harrisburg, February 23-The suits O
the state receiver for taxes alleged to b
due from the Standard oil company Q
Ohio, came up this morning. Volumin
ous statements wac made by the defens
denying that the company were liabl
. for taxes in this state, and deposition
tending to show that foreign corpora
tions having part of their capital invest
ed i'll the state had never been taxed TO
the full amount of their capital stock.
European New..
st. Petersburg, Feb. 23-Lieutenan
Harden and Master Schutze. o. s. nav,
left to-day for Jakutska. via Orientbura