Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1884-04-11
The News of q Day as Received in
Last Nights Associated Press
Dispatches.
Quite an Interesting Budget Of Con.
gressi0nal Proceedings and
Washington Gossip.
Business II OubleS Between the MedOra
& Black Hills Freight and Trans
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p0rtatiOn Company. .
A Fatal Quarrel at Niagara Falls Be-
tween Two BrOthers.in-Law-
Northern Pacific Earnings.
THE WASHINGTON BUDGET.

THE WASHINGTON BUDGET.
WASHINGTON, April lO.-It was agreed when
the senate adjourned today that it would be till
Monday next. The chair laid before the senate
communication from the secretary of the
| treasury urging the necessity for q new revenue
| cruiser in the Alaskan waters, and recommending
the appropriation Of $175,O0o for that purpose
Miller, of California, presented as a memorial
| the joint resolution of tho Legislature Of Cali
forria, urging the adoption by congress of the
| bill introduced by Sumner in the house relating
to the postal telegraph. Wilson, from the COM
mittee on postofioes and postroads. reported an
amendment to the postofice appropriation bill,
to take the place of the bill referred; that the
committee intended to provide for the settle
ment of poatmasters' salaries under the act of
March 8, 1883. Bills introduced and referred:
By Platt. by request, for the better protection
of the citizens in their rights and property, and
to punish infringement Of patents. Bowen, to
protect employees of railroads engaged in inter-
state commerce. The committee ON postofices
and postroads reported favorably the original
bill for postal telegraph system. The naval
bill was debated again, and the inevitable Con
troversy over the conduct of the secretary of the
navy arose.
resolution was introduced instructing the
committe on commerce to investigate the alleged
evils attending the transportation of cattle.
After long struggle the house voted, instead of
considering the Oregon land grant bill, which
was in the order of unfinished business, to 60
into COMMITTEES of the whole on public building
bills. The house considered the bills for the
erection of buildings at Keokuk, Iowa, and
was waged between Messrs. Mills of Texas, and
Buckner of Missouri, democratic members. No
final action was taken and the house took a
recess until to morrow morning.
STAR ROUTE MATTERS.
P. Fl. Woodward, of the post-of1ice depart
ment was examined by the Springer committee
today in relation to the alleged star route
frauds. He described the interview at the
White House between President Garfield and
Postmaster General James and himself, as
stated by James in his testimony before the
committee, aud continued: ''Shortly after
the engagement with w. NJ. A. Cook, as special
counsel in the cases, I received summons from
President CART. Id to be at the White House at
the designated hour. Without much preface he
said that he had sent for me to ask if could
obtain information az to how the appointment
came to b. made. That day, before Judge of
was the most disreputable man in Washington.
and the selection was disgrace to the admin
istration. ,
MINNEAPOLIS AND ABERDEEN.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-The postmaster gen.
eral has ordered the Minneapolis and Millbank
Dakota, mail route to be extended to Aberdeen,
Dakota and to be known as the Minneapolis
and Aberdeen route
WASHINGTON, April 9.-Hill, from the COM
mittee on postofices and postroads, reported
favorably the original bill to establish postal
telegraphic system. Hill remarked that the
committee were unanimous as to first clauses
of the bill, which relate to doing the work by
contracts with existing companies. The pro-
vision relating to the liability of the contracting
company for failure to correctly and promptly
transmit messages has been amended by limit
ing such liability to 500 times the amount paid
for transmission. Two new features have been
added to the bill; first, authorizing the con-
tracing company to employ a postmaster as
its agent and operator at any postal telegraph
Office where the telegraphic receipts are insuff-
cient to pay the salary of an operator, and to
pay him commission of not over so per cent.
of the charges on messages transmitted from
such Office. Second, it requires the postmaster
general to secure provisions in the contract
which shall protect postal kilograms against
discrimination in the order of transmission in
favor of kilograms received at such of the COM
pany's Offices an are not operated under the pro-
visions of the bill. The contract system re-
mains the most prominent feature of the bill and
is not WIDELY different from the scheme of the
postal telegraph company, except it empowers
the postmaster general to receive bids from any
telegraph company for collection. The pro-
visions relating to the establishment of govern.
ment system, pure and simple, in the event that
no satisfactory contract with the companies il
secured, are features of the Hill and Edmundi
bill. The senate then resumed consideration
of the naval appropriation bill, and Vest con.
tinued his remarks.
Penneil and Jones.
ST. PAUL, April 10.-Joseph Pennell and T. J
Jones are here today. Mr.. Jones had an inter
view with some of the Northern Pacific official
| in reference to the Medora and Black Hill
freight route. It appears that an unpleasant