The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-12

"' numbers in the relative ranks of captains
- infantry.
y 1t is understood that the court-ma
n tial which tried First Lieutenants W. Clar
-, OF the Twenty third infantry, and j.
Cummings, Of the Third infantry,
:, charges Of duplicating pay accounts, fou
IL them guilty and sentenced them to he di
~ missed from the service.
The funeral of the late Brigade
General A. A. Humphries took place c
. "Wednesday.
81 The supervising architect of til
! treasury has completed plans for govern
ment buildings in Quincy and Peoria, Ills.
and will soon advertise for proposals 70
their construction.
I The total receipts of internal revenu
for the six months OF the fiscal year endin
} the 31st, was sol, 126, POI; receipts for De
cember, 50, s55, 706; issue Of silver dollar
for the week ending December Goth, $297,
49s, against 81, OIL 900 for the same time las
year.
Congressman A. j. Holmes, of Iowa
will introduce bill appropriating a small
sum for the education OF Brave Kate
Shelby, the fifteen year old girl who saved q
Chicago Il Northwestern passenger train
from destruction at Moingona, july 9th,
1881. The medal TO be presented to her by
the Iowa legislature has already been pre-
pared by Tiffany, of New York.
The committee on public lands ex-
pect 90 report number of separate bills
when congress reconvenes declaring for
feited lands granted to certain railroad
companies. The companies most interested
are those in the northwest and south. The
amount of land involved reported by Chair
man Cobb is between fifty and one hundred
million acres.
Chairman Bland, of the com mittee
on coinage, weights and measures, of the
house Of representatives, will have earnest
support from at least one Of his fellow
committeeman in his opposition TO Jud ge
keley's scheme to limit the coinage OF the
standard silver dollars. Congressman Bel
ford thinks it could not be possible for one
TO go further wrong on the silver question
than the Pennsylvania protectionist has in
his proposed bill. Judge Kelley hopes by
virtually stopping the coinage of the stand
ard dollar to force England to unite with
France, Germany, and the United States in
restoring silver to its true value of 60 pence
per ounce by the establishment of BIZ
mettaism by international treaty.
A letter signed by the heads OF the
various bureaus Of the navy department has |
been addressed to the secretary of the navy, |
expressing confidence in the present chief |
of the bureau of medicine and surgery, Z. |
S. Wales, and urging his reappointment at \
the expiration Of his present term. Secre-
tary Chandler requested that the letter be |
as he wished to be entirely free
in his action in regard to the reappointment.
The letter was accordingly withdrawn with
the explanation that the signers had merely
to express their confidence in DR..
Wales.
Secretary Chandler received the fol-
lowing cable message from Minister Hunt,
st. Petersburg, on the 2nd: ''Harber tel
egraphs from Tomsk of his arrival there
He expects to reach Orenburg
On the 18th inst. Harber has in charge the
bodies Of De Long and comrades and is
bringing them home via st. Petersburg.
At Orenburg Harber will strike the rail-
way that will take him TO st. Petersburg
II two days. He should reach New York
February -
The funeral of General Humphreys
ook place from his late residence on the ID.
n accordance with the wishes of his fam
ly there was no military display. The Sec
etary OF war and their families, and many
prominent people were present.
Representative Bland had an inter-
Jew with Burchard, director of the mint,
n regard to the number OF trade dollars {
low in circulation. The latter expressed I
he opinion that between five and six mil
ions were out and in the hands of the
radesmen and people generally, instead Of
n the possession Of spectators. The re- (
nainder of the $50, 900, 900 originally coined !
lie thought had been exported or remeted.
'land says it is questionable whether the
overnment, having issued the trade dollar
'ith the stamp of the government upon it,
ould not be required to take it for govern
1ent dues at the nominal value of one
ollar.
Lindenkent, Lieutenant Garlington's
ounsel. made agrument before the Proteus .
ourt in defense of his client, and asserted
hat great wrong was done Darlington by ,
ne authorized publication of the supple
,entary instructions as part of his order =,
'om the signal office, and its failure
romptly to correct such error through the
ublic press when it was discovered They
Tere not part of his instructions. General
Iazen, chief signal officer, then read long
atement defending the signal service and
imself against the charges OF igno-
snce and incompetency brought out in the >
vidence before the court Of inquiry.
The commercial agreement between 4
pain. and mentioned in London dispatch,
as signed by direction of President Arthur
n the ID inst. :,
The committee appointed under the a
It of March 8, 1873, to devise plan for re- e
ljusting the railway mail service has sub r
itfa1 its raport A ,natoritv ~ ha rail | 1,