Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-07

Saturday, Apail 7, 1883. ~
HOME AND FOREIGN NEW
! A COMMITTEE u examiners was on
the lst engaged in counting the cash in the
United States Treasury.
The Illinois Supreme Court has rem
dered decision declaring the Pullman
Palace Car Company common carrier.
THE Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad earned over $4,000, 900 in dividends
last year and carried $75O,0OO to reserve
fund.
THE Massachusetts, House of Repre-
sentatives has passed bill providing for
biennial election of State officers and bien.
nial sessions of the Legislature.
REPORTS that the whites were organ
izing to exterminate the male Apaches on
San Carlos reservation were said to be
given credence in the Southwest.
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The Jeanette Board of Inquiry con-
vened at Washington on the Goth, and three
of the late arrivals Of the crew appeared
before it. They had no complaints to make.
ADvICEs on the 1st regarding the
winter wheat crop, all sections considered,
were reported not encouraging. The pros
pect varied greatly with locality, but as a
whole was unfavorable.
SECRETARY FOLGER's health was
much better on the Goth than it had been for
several days, and it was hoped by those
about him that within week he would be
SO far recovered as to be able to take trip
to Bermuda.
IT was announced on the Goth that
the work Of cleaning out the Braid~ood
(lll.) mines would be abandoned. No bodies
were discovered the day before, and it was
estimated 5000 carloads of material re-
manned to be removed. The mines would
be closed.
DR.. OTTo WILHELM STRIVE, Direc.
Tor of the Imperial Observatory of Pulko
wa, Russia, was in Boston, Mass, the
other day to test the object glass made tt
order for the Russian Government, tn.
largest ever constructed thirty inches il
diameter.
The British Home Secretary, in re-
ply to questions asked by Captain O'Shea
Member for Glare, said the inquiry by tn,
Police into the alleged attack upon Lady
Florence Dixie had been futile. He con
firmed the statement that a man, carrying
q box containing explosives, had beer
arrested at Liverpool.
COMPTROLLER LAWRENCE has rem
dered decision that the salary of Con
gresham Ochiltree, of Texas, must be pait
TO himself, notwithstanding his indebted
ness to the United States, on the ground.
that his office is constitutional one, an(
that if his salary was withheld he would b
deprived of the means of support and hi
constituents Of representation.
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The statement of the United States
Treasurer showed gold, silver and United
States notes in the Treasury on the 3ls
ult. as follows: Gold coin and bullion
S184, 1924, 800; silver dollars and bullion, SLOT
170,G94; fractional silver coin, $27,SO2, 422
United States notes, $44,536, 262-total
$685., 500, 73S Certificates outstanding: Gold
$42,l79,91O; silver, $70,59S,49O; currency
$0,GsO,0O0. afea. sg1
The business failures in the Unite
States and Canada for the seven day
ended March 30 numbered 1872, as agains
1876 for the week previous, distributed as fo
lows: Western States, So; New England
IA; Southern States, 80; Middle States, %
Pacific States and Territories; Is; Nev
York City, 8; Canada, 80. The number q
failures for three months were 2,So6, gains
a,i27 for the same period last year. lyk
JUDGE H. G. MCCoMAs and wife,, q
st. Louis, Mo-, were murdered ON the cot
by Apache Indians at Thompson Canyon
eighteen miles east of Lordsburg, N. N
Their son was with them and it was SUI
posed was captured. A rumor prevaile
that troops and hostiles had an engage
ment in the, MILESTONE Mountains and thu
the troops were worsted. The citizens wer
urging the Government to adopt a vigorou
policy.
THERE came near being another dil
aster at the Braidwood (Ill.) mine on tn
LIST. A party of six men had gone into tn
mine to bring out bodies which had been di
covered, and when they started back the
found their way cut Off by fall of stone
the roadway. After much hard work the me
were rescued, but one of them was so ovel
come by the sickening stencil he had bee
obliged to breathe that he had to be carrie
home on stretcher. After this adventul
other miners refused to enter the mine, an
it was thought the search for bodies woul
have to be abandoned.
ALL the Executive Departments
Washington were closed on the 18th, Il
day Of the funeral of Postmaster-Gener
Howe, their flags draped in mourning al
flying at half-mast. The pillars of the Pos
Gag placed at half.mast Business was su
pended In the afternoon. At Chicago Il
Custom.house was draped in mournin
The funeral services at Kenosha, Wis, we
exceedingly simple and appropriate, al
were attended by many distinguish
officials and others. The body was taken
Green Bay in the afternoon for interment
Woodlawn Cemetery.
THE Grand Jury of the District