The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-23
Great Surprise Caused in Rail
road Circles by Decline
in u. p, Stocks.
Anxious Arthur Angling for An
other Administration in
America.
Tremendous Times--Tilden
Triumphant--His Nomi-
nation Certain.
Eleven Chinese Killed in The
Snow Sheds on the Gen.
trail Pacific.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.-Wilson
offered the following preamble to res
olution which at his request was permit
ted to lie on the table to be called up in
| few days for reference to the commit
tee.
WHEREAS. The constitution delegates
to congress the power to regulate COM
merce with nations and among the sew
eral States, and with the Indian tribes,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is competent for con.
gress in the exercise Of the power so del.
egated to provide by law for such reg
ulation of TRANSFORMATION and commerce
among the several states as shall include
a system Of maximum and minimum
rates of charges for time, for free compe-
tition within t.: g limits so fixed; for pro-
hibition of dl..rri' .ination of any kind
whatever, either II favor of or against
cities, towns or OF .er localities, whether
the same be competing or non-competing
points; for applying the same principles
to transportation for individuals, firms,
associations or corporations, in all mat
tiers relating to commerce among the
states; for preserving and enforcing the
rights of shippers to select lines and
points or lines over which their ship
ments shall pass to the end, SO that ship
pers may avail themselves of the rail, or
part rail and part water routes Ct the
country; for the prevention of such pool
ing agreements to keep from just compe-
tltion as may tend to impose unreasona-
BILE burdens upon such commerce between
states; for protection of such commerce
against unjust exactions based on class
securities commonly nominated, watered
stocks, and the promotion of the true in
terests both of the corporations employ
ed in such transfer and the people and
localities arranged in such commerce by
the enforcement of the principles herein
before stated, and thereby induce har-
mony and stability in the affairs of such
corporations. people and localities.
The senate went into executive session.
and when the doors are opened Cockrill
introduced bill to provide for the APP
pointment of Missouri commission to
carry into effect plans for the improve
ment of said river from it's mouth to it's
head waters.
WASHINGTON, April 17-Mr. Batement,
the banker who yesterday furnished a
copy of his charges against Gen. Swain,
says this afternoon that the $1,000 due
bill mentioned having been returned to
his firm and the suit against them based
upon by parties to whom it was trans
ferred having been withdrawn, he has
written to the secretary Of war as fol-
lows.
DEAR SIR The suit against our firm
on the due bills mentioned in my charges
yesterday, against General D. G. Swain,
having been withdrawn, and the differ
ences between General Swain and my
self satisfactorily settled, 1 hereby with
draw the charges contained in my letter
of April 10th against said General D. &.
Swain, he claiming they were made I'M
der misapprehension of facts, which
concede. Very truly yours,
A. E. BATEMNN.
The DALEs, Ore, April 1.-THE demo-
cratic State convention met to-day. A
platform for forfeiture of unearned land
grants, regular interstate commerce, and
a tariff for revenue, limited to the neces-
sites of the government, was adopted.
The delegates to the convention are L. L.
w C Cook, Hogan, V r
Strobe, A Z Waite, T L Porter; presiden-
tial electors, L B Json, w D Fenton, A c
Jones, John Myers; they were nominated
by reclamation. Preferences, Tllden and
Hendricks.
WASHINGTON, April 17-The secretary
Of the navy issued to-day, in accordance
with a resolution recently adopted by
both HOUSES of congress, proclamation
offering $4,000 for the recovery and res
cue by any private person or vessel Of
the artic signal service, the party of Lieut.
Greeley.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-At a meeting
Of the house committee on public lands
to-day, Henry, Oates and Strait were APP
pointed on the sub committee to prepare
a bill to repeal the presumption and tim
Der culture acts and so amend the home
stead laws as to prevent fraudulent laws.
Representative Rosecrans prepared an
amendment to the pension appropriation
bill providing that the paymasters of the
army be detailed to act as pension agents.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 19.-The secre-
tary of the American National Agricul-
tural Association, having addressed a
letter to Gen. James S. Brisbin, COM
at Fort Keogh, Montana, re-
luesting his views regarding the holding
Of great cattle show. the general in his
replies urges that the show should be
held, and suggesting at the same time
hat a national convention of cattle
breeders and stock growers should be
held, at which all stock associations
throughout the country shall be repre-
'ented. He takes strong ground against
interference with the cat
lie trade, and says there are no cattle
diseases in the country worthy of notice,
much less of national legislation.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, April 19-In the
lanes trial to-day Alfred Hill stated that
he day before the robbery he entertain
ID three men at his house at Green Hill,
out did not identify Frank James. Hugh
Rilev, who at the time of the robbery
was saIoon-keeper at Muscle Shoals,
estifed that three men came to his sal
Jon; did not identify James. S. H. Fields,
l detective for the defense, testified that
he knew James in Nashville in 1873,
1880, and 1881; that he James) was at
hat time hauling lumber for Nashville
firm; was known by the name of B. J.
Woodson; he saw James In Nashville on
he 18th and 18th of March, 1881; several
times on both Of these days; he knew