The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-04
NIGHT DISPATCHES!
An Interesting Budget Of
Washington News.
Proceedings of the National
Silver Convention.
The Adoption Of a Solid Set
of Resolutions.
Objects CT the Dynamiters'
Meeting in Paris.
San Francisco Babies Sold to
Cinnamon.
Speaker Carlisle Visits Pres
ident- elect Cleveland.
Speaker Carlisle Visits Pres
ident- elect Cleveland.

WAsHINGToN, Jan 3O.-A Conf
rence was held In the treasury de
partment Of the country as afflicted
by the alleged depreciation of silver
There were present Secretary Nc
Culloch, Treasurer Wyman, and AS
slstant Treasurer Acton of New York
and Messrs. VIM. Dowd, Geo. Coz
and Vermilyear, bankers of New
York. The secretary said in refer
ring to the conference, that the views
of all were In harmony on the gen
eral question; that the State and ma
tional finances do not call for any
change in the present policy of the
administration. There is no cause,
he said, to apprehend any Interrupt
ton in the material business pros
perity of the country, nor anything
to justify depreciation in the value
o: silver certificates.
Senatar Fair to-day sent the fol-
lowing telegram In response 10 an
Invitation to attend the National Sill
yer Convention at Carson City.
WASHINGTON, January s0th, 1885.
Mr.. ROBr. BRIGGS, Chairman of the
Carson CITY Silver Convention:
Your invitation to attend the Silver
Convention at Carson City, just re-
ceived, and regret my inability to
respond In person. Please extend
to the convention the assurances of
my hearty sympathy in the move
ment. Let the friends of silver
stand unite d, firm and true and our
silver, the savior of our national treas
ury, in time of need will again take
Its just and equal rank with gold in
the commercial channels of the
world. (Signed) JAS. G. FAIR.
Secre tary Chandler in response to
the house resolution for information
concerning the business upon which |
the Tallapoosa was engaged at the
time of her loss says: She was then
on her customary freightiDg cruise !
but had been at times used to enable |
the secretary of the navy to visit |
naval stations or vessels or for the |
president to inspect ships or squad
rons. 1.-THE Dispatch and Tallspoosa"
says the secretary, "while reasonably
serving the purpose indicated are not
the m ,st suitable vessels. They
should be replaced by other and
better ships whenever the recon-
struction .of the navy, In &C.
cordance with modern quire-
IL ents, has sufficiently progressed
In response to the senate resolu-
ton calling for information In re- !
spect to the proposed opening Of the
Oklahoma lands to settlement the
secretary of the interior says: While
the lands retain the present status
they will continue to be the scenes
Of trouble. He can ste no good rea-
son why the inme n se tracts of un-
occupied lands shall be held for In
dians to roam over as they are de-
sirable for settlement, but until the
existing state of affairs has been
changed the agreement with the In
dams and the integrity Of the treaties
should be maintained. Memorials
from the Indians protesting against
opening the lands to settlement ac-
company the communication.
The president appointed John
Charlie ton member of the board of I
Indian commissioners, vice Agnew ,
declined.