The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-04

| WARRINGTON, May b-Mr. McMlllln,
of the senate judiciary committee, to-day
reported favorably the house bill intro
duced by Mr.. Raymond, providing for
two additional judges for Dakota. A
similar bill was reported adversely by
the same committee some time ago.
WASHINGTON, May 36-Frank Hurd is
quoted to-day as saying that no tariff leg
islation will be undertaken this session,
beyond motion to place lumber, salt
and a few other articles on the free list
urder suspension of the rules. Secretary
Folger has expressed his approval of the
administrative portion of Hewitt's tariff
bill.
The Crawford county bank at Denison,
Iowa, which has been considered one Of
the strongest in the western part of the
state, closed it's doors yesterday. The
assets and liabilities are unknown.
The schedules of Rufus NJ. Brundier,
china dealer, New York, who has assign
ed, show liabilities $S7 600 and nominal
assets the same as actual assets, $4,000.
WASHINGTON, May 26-A distinguished
party left Washington at noon for Anna
polls. 1t included the president Of the
senate and the speaker of the house,
members of the senate and house COM
mittee on naval affairs and appropria-
tions, Admiral Porter, General Sheridan,
the ministers FROM England, Russia, Ger
many, and France, and the Maryland
| members of congress.
GREEN BAY, Wis, May 26.-Strong's
bank suspended this morning. No def
mite statement of the assets or liabilities
can be obtained now. The directors are
looking over the accounts and getting
business in shape to settle. They will be
able to pay IS to 80 cents. Business is
not effected bv the failure. President
Strong went east Saturday night. The
bank had capital of $4,000. It was a
private institution and the main part of
the stock was owned by Henry Strong,
president, and Louis Neese. cashier
ST. LOUIS, May 27-When the case
Prentice Tiller, tn, , express robber, was
called in the criminal court to-day, his
attorneys pronounced themselves ready
to proceed. The indictment was then
read to the prisoner AMI he was asked to
plead, and to the astonishment of the
court, Tiller answered, without mo-
ment's hesitation, "Guilty. your honor"
There was a sensation succeeding this,
but presently the judge, Van Wagner,
turned in his chair and ordered the pris-
oner to rise and sentenced him to five
years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
This is the full penalty of the law for
grand larceny.
CHICAGO, May 26,-Preparations are
rapidly making for the national republic
can convention, which commences next
Tuesday. The Hon. John o. New and
the Hon. John A. Martin, of the national
coli mittee, have been busy since their
arrival in giving instructions for the COM
pleting of the arrangements for the press
and telegraph companies. The space for
the press being limited, provisions can
only be made for the daily newspapers,
and such papers only as require work to
be done. The representatives of such
papers should be sure to come armed
! with credentials from their home office,
as the Associated press is prepared to
make verbatim report of the roceed-
ings, and with liberal descriptive matter
the press will be thoroughly supplied in
the regular way. The headquarters of
the subcommittee of the national COM
mittee are at the Palmer house.
WASHINGTON, May 28-The house COM
mittee on elections by vote of nine to
one decided to report in favor of seating
J. H. Chalmers, in the contested election
case of Chalmers vs. Manning, of Mis-
sissippi.
In the case of Massey VS.. Wise, the
committee agreed to report in favor of
WISE An effort was also made to agree
on the report in the contested case of
Campbell VS.. Merrick, of Ohio. Six dem
ocrats voted in favor of Campbell
Adams and Cook, democrats, and five
republicans refused to vote, thus break
ing the quorum. 1t was said by those
who refused to vote that they were not
acquainted with the merits of the case.
| An amendment was offered in the sem
ate to-day by Senator Dolph to the bill
to reimburse the State of Georgia for ex-
penditure in the common defense, and
to provide that the secretary of the treas
ary be authorized to pay to the state of
Oregon $35, 40, and to the state Of Cal
ifornia $495 for expenditures incurred in
suppressing the Modoc Indian hostilities.
Representative Bagley was instructed
by the house committee on invalid PEN
sions to-day to prepare favorable report
| on Representative Laird's bill regulating
the proof required in pension case.
The collections of internal revenue for
ten months of the fiscal year were $685.
164, ,745; decrease, s19, ,9OS ,627 as scompared
with a corresponding period of the pre-
vious year. The principal decrease was
on tobacco. There was increase of s12,-
ACC. .564 from spirits.
Delegates to the Good Templar con-
vention called on the President to-Lay
"Want me to tell you who is going to
be nominated for President by the re-
publican national convention Well, l
can do it," remarked Assistant General
Passenger Agent Davis, of the Northern
Pacific, to Republican representative,
fthe man is General Sherman. l have
travelled through most of the States of the
Union during the past few months, and
I tell you there is deep under current in
favor of Billy Sherman. What cam
paign he would make! How the old
soldiers would rally under his standard
Backed, as he would be, by the solid SOL
dier vote, Sherman would carry every
doubtful State with a whoop. And he
would make as popular President as a
candidate. The little South American
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