The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-28

seen by Admiral Luce at Bermuda. fly
Inc the British flag. Littlepage also
speaks OF q certain powerful Clyde
built steamer and rams built for the
government, and also
stated to parties who recently visited
Captain Sinclair's that its linen. crock.
ery. cutlery. etc., bore the letters &c.
s. NJ which are supposed to have
come from Texas. He adds that two
new Clyde-buiik steamers, City of Peters
burg and The Old Dominion, which were
built for the Confederate government
and pad for by it, are now running b.
tween Liverpool and Dublin.
Little Page files an itemiZed state
ment of confederate property unrec0v-
cred by the United States government,
amounting to 80, 900, GOO. most of which
Is in English hands. He estimates
theirs are Sc coo, GOO worth in the United
States, not lnciading the value OF many
millions of dollars worth of cotton be-
longing to the confederate government
shipped from Brownsville, Matamoras
since the war.
INTER STATE COMMERCE.
Although the House committee on
commerce has already made report to
the House on the Senate bill to amend
the interstate commerce act, the sub
iect was reopened this morning for The
purpose of enabling Representative
O'&eill, of Pennsylvania, TO offer
an additional amendment providing
tDat after ninety days from the pas
sage of the act, it shall be unlawful for
any common carrier to engage in the
transportation of passengers or prop.
srty between the several States and
Territories of the United States or be
tween any place in the United States
and q foreign country over the route
which includes as part thereof, q rail-
way or water route outside of the United
states, without having procured IL
csnse. This is the amendment which
was intended to counteract the
effects in. the Interstate Com
merce Law on Canadian routes. AT
ter a long discussion the amendment
was rejected by o vote OF 6 to 4.
MILITARY AFFAIEs.
The House committee on military
affairs has decided to recommend the
Inconvenience in the Senate amend
ments to the army appropriation bill.
Phe committee is disposed to adopt the
HaWiev amendment (th9 ,fOrtiGcation
.o.ll Wnicn is similar In scope to the bill
reported by the com mittee to the
House some time ago, but as it feared
that considerable opposition would be
entertained ia the House if motion
were made 10 concur in zig particular
amendment, the committee decide that
the matter could be bettsr arranged IN
conference.
oBE PAID IN GOLD AND SILVER.
Senator Palmer to-day introduced,
by request, g. bill providing that the
fuad held for the redemption of United
States notes shall be composed of gold
and silver half in gold coin and gold
bullion and half In silver bullion, equal
10 value to the gold half.
1t provides that the fund now held in
gold coin o. ii gold bullion IL the Urea
surv for redemption of United States
Treasury notes. aud that which may
hereafter accumulate shalt hereafter be
composed OF half gold and one-half OF
silver, namely: One-half to be gold
coin Or old bullion, and one-baif silver
bullion, of standard fneness, equal
in yElue to the gold half
fhe Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized to purchase $1,000 0UC
worth OF silver bullion per month, SAID
bu hon to be the product of the United
States mines. ana have it prepared in
lngots of suitable form aud weight
paying for It with gold coin from the
redemption fund. This silver bullion
shall be substituted in the redemption
land for geld coin Withdrawn there
from. These puschaSes ere to continue
until the present amount o. gold coin
and gold bullion in the rede p,ion tunC
shall be reduced to $4,000, GOO
ANY holder OF United States notes
| holding United States rotes, shall bt
psid half in gold coin and half silver
or standard silver dollars. II paid IL
silver dollars, then there shall be coine;
| from silver bullion in the redemption
tund enough bullion to produce stand
ard SILVER dollars equal to The number
| of silver dollars paid out. These shall
| be placed in t1e general treasury funC
| in the place OF those withdrawn there
| from. Wnen the normal ratio of silve
to gold, about 1914 TO 16 Of silver TO
of gold. she'll have been restored, tht
silver bullion in the redemption fun(
shall be coined into standard silver dol
lars and half OF the redemption funt
shall be held in standard silver dollars
TIE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
Townshend {luincisl from til
committee OF military affairs
reported back the army appropriation
nill with the Seuats amendments. cit
it was referred TO the committee on tn
| whole on the private calendar.
RANDALL IMPROVING.
Randall continues 10 improve rapid
| in health. According to the presen
arrangement he will leave for Wayn
postoffice (near Philsdelphia) tc
| morrow morning.
KILLED.
o L. Prudeu, Assistant Secretary t.
the President, received intelligence to.
day that his only son. aged 16. was kill
ed this morning in an accident on hi
farm IN Virginia.
Tha TnrF