The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-05-28

MINNEAPOLIS, May 21-The Journals
Winnipeg SPECIAL says: Private advices
from President and General Manager
Van Horn, OF the Canadian Pacific, say
that no new branches of the road will be
built Or extensions of the present BRAN
ches made this season. He says Stevens
has failed in securing money in England
for the extension of the Manitoba
Southwestern.
New York, May 2l.-Ferdinand Ward,
of the firm of Grant 4 Ward, was arrest
ed this evening in this city by deputy |
marshal in suit brought against him by
Nelson J. Tappan, City Chamberlain.
Ward is held in $780, 600 bail, the amount
fixed in the order of arrest. He has not
yet been lodged in Jail, but is in custody
of the sheriff Bail has not yet been
furnished by Ward.
WASHINGTON. May lS.-There was a
lively fight in the house committee on
appropriations over the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill.
The democratic apostles of economy. |
Randall and Holman, were badly defeat
ed, and bill was agreed to by the COM
mittee much more liberal than could
have been expected from a democratic |
house, determined upon crippling re-
publican administration by insufficient ap
preparations. The bill, which appropriates
over $20OO0,0OO, is larger by over $780,
600 than last year, when the house was
republican. Holman is chairman of the
subcommittee in charge Of this bill.
Cannon, of Illinois, is the minority Of the
subcommittee After the full committee
had finished the bill and changed many
of the items according to Cannon's re-
commentator, Holman walked up and
down the room, wringing his hands and
saying he did not care to take charge OF
the bill in the house; that it was Can
mons, and he should take charge Of it.
1t is said Randall and Holman will op-
pose many items on the floor.
WASHINGTON, May l9-The house COM
mittee on appropriations have given fhe
senate severe slay in the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill re-
ported to-day, by inserting provision to
the effect that no money appropriated by
the bill should be used to pay for clerical
services for any senator or representa-
tive. As will be remembered, the sena-
tors not long ago passed resolution giv-
ing themselves private secretaries, to be
paid 81 900 year each out of the contin-
gent fund of the senate. An attempt was
made to get similar measure through
the house, but it was not successful. The
money for the contingent fund, out Of
which the secretaries are paid, is appro.
priated by the legislative bill, and if the
house adopts this provision it will vir-
tually discharge the clerks who are do
ing the correspondence of the other body
The bill makes an appropriation of $780,
1886, an increase of SSS,19O over the
current appropriation. The bill provides
that the assay Office at St. Louis be abol-
ished, and reduces the number Of inter-
nal revenue districts from 90 to 63.
WASHINGTON, May 22-The Blaine
men have about given up all hope of
nominating their candidate. The boom
has ended, and the great mass of dele
gate which they have claimed has melt
ed rapidly away under what Mr. Tilden
would call "the keen sunlight of pub
licitv." Blaine is now looking around
for a candidate he can boss, and he has
decided upon Harrison of Indiana as the
most available dark horse, and he will
endeavor to cast his full strength for him.
But he cannot do it, In the first place,
Harrison has but twelve of the thirty
delegates from his own state, and that
number is not enough to command at
tention in the convention. In the Sec
ond place, as soon as the Blaine column
breaks, the delegates will scatter. Sem
ator Miller of California says that Blaine
will receive the votes of that delegation
as long as he is candidate, but he can
not transfer them. The plan of nomi-
mating dummy whose administration
he can control is almost hopeless. and it
is plain to every one who has studied the
situation that an attempt to transfer the
Blaine delegates will result in the imme-
diate nomination of some one Of the
other candidates.
WAsH1xGroN, May 2O-The finance
committee of the senate has postponed
for one week the consideration OF the
resolution for the investigation of the
causes of failures in New York banks in
order to obtain further information. 1t
is thought that congressional investiga-
ton will not be ordered.
1t is reported that Mr.. Upper, of Can
ada, who visited Washington recently
was endeavoring to secure the extension
of the fishery clause of the treaty OF
Washington, and open the way for the
reciprocity treaty.
The treasury department to-day re-
deemed one-half million of three per
cents. embraced in the 18th call. They
we're received from the Savings bank OF
Baltimore.
The house committee on military at
fairs instructed Representative slocum to
report favorably his bill providing that
honorablv discharged soldiers or sailors
shall be preferred for appointment tf
civil offices when found to possess the
business capacity necessary for the proper
-.-.harge of the duties Of such office.
dis ,->tary of the interior to-da.
The sec.> ->-actice the following
disbarred from y. II H. Thorn, o
pension attorneys: Rolal> Matthew:
Lexington, Kentucky; VIM. H.. =
of Cincinnati, and WIN. c. Berringer, v-
Pittsburg.
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