The National tribune., 1884-04-10
PITH OF THE NEWS.
Capital Topics--CrimeS and Casualties.
Personal and Political.

The committee appointed to investigate the
charges made against Gen. Boynton by ex-
Speaker Keifer made report to the House on
the LIST inst, in which they unanimously acqult
Gen. Boynton The majority of the committee
emphatic in discrediting the witnesses
Garfield and Elder, who testified in support OF
Keifers statement and they say that the charge
itself is in conflict not only with the facts
brought out in the investigation, but with all
the probabilities of the case. The two Repub-
lican members of the committee make sepa-
rate report, in which they unite in exonerat-
ing Gen. Boynton and depreciating Elder and
Garfield, but speak less emphaticaly as to Gen.
Refers position. They hold that the issue
has resolved itself into a question of veracity
between Keller and Boyntou alone, and the
burden of proof being on the accuser, the charge
is not made out The minority report claims
that the seven witnesses who testified to
Keifer's visit to Boynton's Office after Boyn-
toms alleged corrupt proposition must have
been mistaken in the date.
Gen. Grant hobbled on his crutches into the
hall of the House about o'clock on the after
noon of the I'd inst He was met at the door
by Mr.. Randall, who moved recess of fifteen
minutes so that the members of fhe House
could pay their respects. The motion was
carried unanimously. Gen. Grant then took
position in the circle in front of the Speak
er's desk, where the members all passed In line,
shaking him by the hand. As Mr.. Oates, of
Alabama, who was an officer in the Confederate
army, passed, he extended his left hand, his
right one having been shot off Gen. Grant
asked him where he lost his right arm, and
Mr.. Oates told him in front of Richmond in
1864. The reception was very enthusiastic.
There are those who say that Gen. Grants visits
to the Senate yesterday and the House to-day
are part of movement to secure the passage
II L Al lsrS nf
the army. His friends, however, deny it, and
say there has been no bill of the kind offered
so far, and will not be any offered this session.
The funeral of the late Minister Hunt took
place on the afternoon of the Sth inst. from st.
Johns church, Washington, Rev. DR.. Leonard
officiating. The remains were buried in Oak
! Hill cemetery, Georgetown. At the request OF
! the President and Cabinet, the funeral was
military one. The pall-bearers were Chief
Justice Waite, Admiral Porter, Rear-Admiral
Rodgers Mr. Blaine, Senator Gibson, Judge
Bancroft Davis, Judge Peabody, of New York,
and Mr.. Thomas L. James. A detachment of
sailors from the United States steamer Dis
patch, at the navy yard, were the body bearers
! The Marine band, a battalion of marines, and
| the Regulars now stationed In Washington
formed the escort.
In the case of William Astor against Collector
Merritt, of New York, the Supreme Court has
decided that to constitute wearing apparel in
| the meaning of the section which exempts
wearing apparel from duty, it must be in a
condition to be worn without further manu-
facture by the passenger returning from abroad !;
must be intended for his own use or that OF his
| family who accompany him as passengers and
not to be given away must be suitable for the
season of the year, and must not exceed in
| quantity or quality the ordinary character OF
his apparel, or what is reasonable in view of
4 Isc ar,Jc +a No t:cIa
1 however, have been actually worn.
The investigation by the Springer Committee
| of the House, of the charges against Governor
| Murray of Utah, was concluded on Saturday.
| Among those who testified to his good char
acter were Speaker Carlisle and Justice Har-
lam Judge Harlan said: "There is no man
| in Kentucky for whose integrity, both as an
officer and a man, the people of that State,
| without distinction of party, would more
| readily vouch than for him. He has secured
the enmity of some in the discharge of his
duties, but beyond that very few people would
question his integrity" The report of the Com
mittee will be a complete exoneration OF
Governor Murray.
The statement sent to the Senate by the
Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the
| war tax of 1861 shows the following States and
Territories to be still indebted to the United
States in the sums named: Alabama, 1922;
Arkansas, ST. ,803; California, $6,597; Colorado
$21 ,3S8; Dakota, 1921; Florida, $33, 902
Georgia, s512,959; Louisiana, sll7,371; Missis.
sippi, 1885,, 342; North Carolina, $4,000
Tennessee, s2SI ,775; Texas, $225, O98; Utah
S26, 932; Virginia, 1913, SOL Washington Terri
tory, S, 4S7; Wisconsin, $51, 145.
On the LIST instant when the trade-dollal
bill came up in the House for consideration
MIR. Bland moved to trike out the fourth
section, which provides that the trade dollar
recoined into standard dollars shall be deducted
from the amount of bullion required to b
coined by the reconciliation act, and the bill
as thus amended passed.
The Chief Justice announced TO the bar OF
; the afternoon of the 18th inst that the United
States Supreme Court would adjourn for tn,
term on the first Monday in May, and would
hear no arguments after April %.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A dispatch from Loyalhanna, Pa, states tina
four persons, all women, have died there from
trichinosis within the past two weeks. Abou
a year age Christian Schiller, his wife Emme
line, and daughter Bessie; Hans Gale, hi
wife Catherine, and daughter Marguerite, AM
Edward Clapton, young friend of the Schilt
zers, came to this country as emigrants. The,
were very poor and had little to eat. Tw
weeks ago they bought part of a fat pig, whcl
they ate at single meal. Mrs. Schiller diet
: after suffering violent pains in the stomach an,
curious creeping and singing sensations in he
: limbs. A local physician was called in who di,
| not seem to understand what was the trouble
MIR. Schiller, however, who had served in th
: Prussians army. and had seen cases of trich
inosis, suspected the existence of this disease
| and pound of flesh from one of his wife's leg
was taken TO Pittsburgh for examination. Al
e analysis disclosed the presence of millions O
: minute pin-shaped worms, with pointed heads
: | which had burrowed into all the tissues of tn
/ unfortunate wchfan's body. Alive with thes
r hidden vermin, Mrs. Schiller had at las
i died of strangulation, mass of the worm
being found to have crawled into her throa
and stopped it up In the meantime all til
others who ate of the pig had been Frustrated
n Christian Schiller, Gale, and another daugh
4 ter younger than Marguerite, not now ex
! pected to recover. They suffer terribly, an
y Sebiitzer's arms have been eaten away unit
4 only thread Of the muscles remains.
e The steamer Daniel Steinmann, from AM
y werp for New York, struck about 10 o'clock o
s. the night Of the Sd inst, on Mead Rock sloa
r twenty miles from Halifax, about 200 yard
W distant from Sambro light, during terrif
s. gale and dense fog. She Immediately backe
D off, and the next moment struck on Gardne
shoal. An immense hole was knocked in he
bottom. She speedily flied. and within a fe
minutes went down. About midnight the me
N at Sambro Island observed boat making fl
the shore, and guided it with the help Of torch,
q around to Calm Cove, where the occupant
q seven in number, landed They were five
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