Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-26

The Boiler of a Steamboat Ex-
- plOdes Killing Seventeen
People.
CAPITAL MITES.

3stas THE DANvILLE INVESTIGATION.
Washington, Feb. 26-Stephen Long,
(colored) testified before the Danville
that he was in hardware
store the day before the fight and saw
two white men loading about one hun.
dred and twenty-five double barreled
guns; went to another hardware store and
there found white men loading double
barreled guns. ~-,s, ,--.--sz1-..-ss :
Rufus Hatehell, colored, heard white
man at the postofice say that the white
folks were goingsto run this town if they
had to kill all the niggers. sa0s nj
THE BANKING AND CURRENCY coMM1TTER.
At this mornings meeting Of
the committee on banking and currency,
Buckner moved to substitute his bill
providing for insurance Of treasury
notes to take the place Of bank notes for
all bills concerning bank circulation,
that had been considered by the COM
mittee.AS T. Tho substitute was rejected
three to nine. Buckner, Yaple and Miller
voted in the affirmative and Ermentrout,
Potter, Hunt, Chandler, Wilkins and
Dingley voted in the negative. The
committee by vote OF eight to four au-
thorized Wilkins to report to the house
the MCPHERSON bill as it passed the SEN
ate. Buckner, Potter, Miller and Yaple
voted in the negative. ,af
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CON.
H. tle5 PANY. .,... ...
When Marvin Green, president OF the
Western Union Telegraph company ap-
peared before the subcommittee of tie
senate committee on postoffces and post
roads today. Senator Hill asked that oil
contracts with the press associations be
laid before the committee. Green re-
quested that the question of furnishing
the subcommittee with copies of the
contracts with railroad companies, cable
companies and press associations be re-
ferred to the whole committee. He
claimed that neither the subcommittee
nor the whole committee, nor the senate
had power to require witness to pro.
duce said contracts, beside copies Of
them cannot be made without the con-
sent of the board of directors, nor could
they be produced without the consent oi
other parties in the contract.
Green declined to furnish information
concerning the receipts from the Gold and
Stock Telegraph company, from cable
contracts. He said there was nothing in
the contract which he was not willing the
committee should know, but he declined
to answer on the great principles that
inquiries were inquisitorial in their
nature.
Senator Hill said-You ore q public
corporation, are you not? Congress has
the right to Ieglslate in the matter, has
it not?
No sir, not tue least in the world, re-
piled Gvynn, counsel for Green.
Senator Hill-Do you deny the right
OF congress to regulate your interstate
business?
Gwynn-No. but congress has nc
right to interfere with the Management,
of our private business.
Senator Hill cannot agree with yor
on that, I consider the question peril
nent.
Gwynn-very we'll, We will try that
with you any day.
Mr.. Green here said he had just re
ceived atelegram from Mr.. VIM. Henry
Smith, general manager of the New
York and Western associated press asso
oiations. Green was reported to have
said yesterday that he asked the commit
tee to ask Mr.. Smith to appear in person
before the committee as that would be
better than to 1eceiye telegram. .is-