McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-10
Mclaughlin, the millionaire in California,
was acquitted in San Francisco by the police
court nudge
WASHINGTON.
court Judge

treasury has completed plans for govern
ment buildings in Quincy and Peoria, Ills,
and will soon advertise for proposals. for
| their construction. '-~ '--~~-' - - 81
The total receipts of internal revenue
for the six months of the fiscal year ending
the 3lst, was $61, 126, POI; receipts for De-
cember, So, S55, 7O6; issue of silver dollars
for the week ending December Goth. $780,
49S, against 81 oil 900 for the same time last
year.
| Congressman A. j. Holmes, of Iowa,
will introduce bill apprOpriating small
sum for the education of Brave Kate
Shelby, the fifteen year old girl who saved a
Chicago g. Northwestern passenger train
from destruction at Moingona, july 9th,
1881. The medal to be presented to her by
the Iowa Legislature has already been pre-
pared by Tiffany, of New York.
The committee on public lands ex-
pect 20 reporta number OF separate bills
when congress reconyene3 declaring for
feited lands granted to certain railroad
companies. The companies most interested
are those in the northwest and south. The
| amount Of land involved reported by Chair
man Cobb is between fifty and one hundred
million acres.
Chairman Bland, of the committee
on coinage, weights and measures, OF the
house Of representatives; will have earnest
support from of least one of his fellow
committeeman in his opposition to Jud &c
| Dr. 4 oS = h.
standard silver dollars. Congressman Bel
ford thinks 1t could not be possible for one
to go further wrong on the silver question
than the Pennsylvania protectionist has in
his proposed bill. Judge Kelley hopes by
virtually stopping the coinage of the stand
ard dollar to force England to unite with
France, Germany, and the United States in
restoring silver TO its true value OF 60 pence
per ounce by the re-establishment Of BIZ
nettalism by international treaty.
A letter signed by the heads CT the
| various bureaus Of the navy department has
been addressed to the secretary Of the navy,
expressing confidence In the present chief
of the bureau of medicine and surgery, p.
S. Wales, and urging his reappointment at
the expiration Of his present term. Secre-
| tary Chandler requested that the letter be
withdrawn, as he wished to be entirely free
in his action in regard to the reappointment.
The letter was accordingly withdrawn with
the explanation that the signers had merely
intended to express their confidence in DR..
Wales.
Secretary Chandler received the fol-
lowing cable message from Minister Hunt,
st. Petersburg, on the 2nd: ''Harber tel
egraphs from Tonsk OF his arrival there
yesterday. He expects to reach Orenburg
on the 18th inst. HARDER has in charge the
bodies Of De Long and comrades and is
bringing them home via St. Petersburg.
At Orenburg Harder will strike the rail-
way that will take him to St. Petersburg
in two days. He should reach New York
February -
The funeral Of General Humphreys
took place from his late residence on the I'd.
In accordance with the wishes OF his fam
lily there was no military display. The Sec
rotary OF war and their families, and many
Representative Bland had az inter
view with Burchard, director OF the mint,
in regard to the number of trade dollars
now in circulation. The latter expressed
the opinion that between FIVE and six MIL
lions were out and in the hands of the
tradesmen and people generally, instead Of
in the possession OF spectators. The re-
mainder OF the $50, 900, 600 originally coined
he thought had been exported or reInelted.
Bland says it is questionable whether the
government, having issued the trade dollar
with the stamp Of the government upon it,
could not be required to take it for govern
ment dues at the nominal value Of one
dollar.
Lindenkent, Lieutenant Garlington's
counsel, made agrument before the Proteus
court in defense OF his client, and asserted
that great wrong was done Darlington by
the authorized publication Of the supple
mentary instructions as part of his order
from the signal office, and its failure
promptly to correct such error through the
public press when it was discovered. They
were not part Of his instructions. General
Hazen, chief signal officer, then read long
statement defending the signal service and
himself against the charges Of igno-
rance and incompetency brought out in the
evidence before the court of inquiry.
The commercial agreement between
Spain, and mentioned in London dispatch,
J, 81 A,+l,,
On the I'd inst.
The committee appointed under the
act of March 8, 1873, to devise plan for re-
adjusting the railway mail service has sub
mitted its report. A majority Of the rail-
roads want the existing system of compen-
'sation changed.
Employees of the postofice depart