Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-26
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
THE SITES FOR THE SAVANNAH
RIVER LIGHTS SECURED.


The Porter Relief Bill Sure to be
Passed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Mr. Nichols
has received a letter from the Secretary
Of the Lighthouse Board relating that the
titles foB the sites for the Savannah river
lights have been all secured. The ma
terial for constructing the lights will be
transported from Charleston at once, and
the work of erecting them commenced i'm
mediately.
COLQUITT APPOINTS HIS BROTHER.
Senator Colquitt has appointed his
brother WellbOrn his Private Secretary,
under the resolution passed by the Senate
yesterday.
EXTERAIINATING PLEURO
The House Committee on Agriculture
has agreed to report a bill prepared by
the committee of cattle men, with amend
ments, making an appropriation of $780,
GOO, calling upon the States to appropriate
amounts equal to those appOrtioned
among them, for the extirpation of pleuro-
pneumonia from among cattle in this
country. The bill is virtually the same
as prepared by Representative Hatch
and introduced by him at the
last Congress. 1t will be
reported to the House tomorrow. A num-
Der of memorials from live stock associa-
tl0ns will accompany the bill, and also
communication from DR.. d. E. Salmon,
Veterinary Surgeon Of the Department Of
Agriculture. The communication points
out the dangers to the West by the ex-
lstence OF pleuTO-pneumOnia among cattle
in the East, and reviews the ex-
tent of the disease in the latter
section of the country. DR.. Salmon in
his communication says that the greater
portion of the cases developed in this
country were found in Maryland. Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and New York,
principally in the neiehbOrhOOd of Balti-
more, Philadelphia and New York cities.
In Virginia there are stables from which
animals have recently been lost with
symptoms of this disease, but none
OF these could be secured for eXamina-
tion, and therefore we cannot be positive
in regard to the nature OF the disease.
Nowhere in the country outside of the
small strip of territory stretching from
Connecticut to Virginia and east of the
Alleghaney Mountains, have any cases
been found bearing a close resemblance
to pleurO-pneumOnia, or lung plague.
If 1t were the result of climatic
causes or improper food and
care, then we should certainly find il dis
least i'll all those parts of it where similar
conditions exist. Substantially the same
conditions, manner of stablng and feed
ing cows, etc, exist near our Eastern
cities as in Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit,
Chicago, st. Louis and other Western
cities, yet no veterinarian has been able
to find similar cases Of the disease there,
although special inspections have been
made.
KEIFER's FAVORED NEPHEW.
Benjamin Gaines, a nephew OF ex-
Speaker keifer, was to-day examined bv
the House subcommittee on Accounts
investigating the removal of EMPLOYEES of
the last Congress. Gaines was appointed
to fill the position OF stenOgrapher made
vacant by the resignation Of c. W Tyson
on March 3d Of last year. He testified
that he was a confidential clerk to the eX-
Speaker at the beginning of the Forty
seventh Congress. About the middle of
the first session he remarked to Dir. Keifer
that the positions occupied by Dawson
and Tyson were very desirable places,
and if things could be brought about he
would like to have one Of them. Gaines
said "there was a tacit understanding
between himself and his uncle that he
should have one of the positions. At
about the close Of the last session, ne con-
tinued, Dawson and Tyson made Drono
$100 a month if l would allow them to re-
tam their positions. | refused, and a few
days later told my uncle Of the offer. He
said, Have nothing to do with the promo
sition.' With 5000 ] could have hired
assistance and done the work performed
by both Dawson and Tyson during the
last session of the FOrty-seYenth Congress.
and with $1,000 could have done all the
committee work Of the stenOgraphers
| which cost the government over S20,0 ,000"
EX-Speaker keifer was to have appeared
| before the committee to testify under OATH
He pleaded fatigue after the delivery of
his speech on the Fitz John Porter case,
and asked to be allowed to appear to-
morrow. His request was granted
BLAIR's EDUCATIONAL BILL.
The Senate Committee on Education
took up the Blair educational bill to-day,
and approved, with slight amendment.
all the features except that relating to
the manner of distributing the money to
be appropriated. Upon this point the
Southern members of the committee urged
that the fund should be distributed
through state authorities instead of by
the Federal authorities, as stated in Mr..
blaIrs bill, Senator BlaiIeeXpressed an
o,,-.~iety 10 have the bill reported. and a
wiiiinoness to modify this feature of
his bill. He was thereupon author
the committee to draft a provision cover
ing this feature Of the bill, and report it
to the Senate early next week, the men,
bers of the committee reserviug the right
to amend the new provision if it did not
suit them The bill as it will be reported
provides for the appropriation of $15,000,-
600 the first year, decreasing one million
each year thereafter for ten years. The
provision of the bill which authorizes the
III ~S,Ff,, Il 1-
to be established has been so amended as
to make it mandatory when practicable.
Any State not accepting the provisions of
the act nor acquiring or retaining the
right to dispose of its allotment, the same
shall become a part of the general fund,
for distribution among the other States
and Territories.
GOLD AND SILVER DEPOSITS.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
sent to the Senate to-day a reply to the
resolution offered by Senator C0ckrell on
January IL, directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to report the amounts of gold
coin and bullion deposited IN the Treas
ury, sub-Treasuries and other designated
repositories of the United States, in eX-
change for silver certificates, and for
which silver certificates have been issued
during the calendar years from 1878 to
1SS3 inclusive, and whether there has
been any refusal to receive such
gold coin or bullion for silver certificates,
and if so, the reason for such refusal.
Tho acting Secretary,in reply to the last in
quIry Ill tile resoIu GiUn, says tilaG IL II not
known that there has been any refusal to
receive such deposits or to make such eX-
change, except when the amount of GER
titicates outstanding reached the le-
gal limitation. He submits
a table showing that the total deposits of
gold coin in exchange for silver eertifi-
Gates during the calendar years of 1880,
1881, 1882 and 1888 were SIS, 900, of
which SIS, 1S5, 900 were for certificates paid
out by the Assistant Treasurer at New
York, and $59, 1863, 900 for certificates paid
out at other Treasury offices. OF this to-
tai sum, Sl3, ,95S, 900 were deposited in 1880,
1885, 600 in 1881, SIS, 125, 900 in 1892 and
$20, ,S39, 600 in 1888.
PORTER SURE TO BE FORGIVEN.
1t is evident that the vote on the Fitz
John Porter bill will be had earlier than
expected. The House Republicans. du-
ring the debate to-day, showed that they
know that the bill will have a large ma
iOrity, and that discussion of il is useless.
Their leaders wanted an arrangement bv
which, after one more speech on either
side, when the bill next comes
up, there should be vote. This arrange
ment would have been made had it not
been for the fact that a number of men,
beTs are loaded with speeches on the sub
ject and cannot rest long until they are
delivered of them. 1t is now thought that
there viii be nearly hundred majority
in favor of the bill.
THE THIRTEEN CONTESTED ELECTION
CASES.
The legal phases OF the Poole-Skinner
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