Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-11

indiscriminate admission to domicile an
citizenship Of paupers, outlaws and turb
lent persons from other countries.
By Mr.. McKenna, of California: Autho
izing the purchase Of tools for the Nal
Island Navy Yard.
By Mr.. Thompson, OF California: Fc
the development of silk culture in tn
United States.
By Mr.. Symmes, of Colorado: For th
erection of custom house at Denver.
By Mr.. Springer, Of Illinois: Proposin
a constitutional amendment prohibitin
polygamy.
By Mr. Anderson, OF Iowa: A preambl
and resolution, reciting that the Pacifi
Railroad companies have persistently re
fused to comply with the various acts O
Congress passed for their regulation. ant
that the act of 1878 provided that if tn
companies failed to perform all the re
quirements OF that and previou
acts, the Attorney General shoul'
take steps for the forfeiture
of all the grants. privileges and franchise
devised to them by the United States ane
directing the Attorney General to report tt
the House what steps had been taken by
him to secure judicial enforcement of tht
forfeiture, and il none had been taken hi
reason for not proceeding as directed by
law.
! By Mr.. O'Donnell, of Michigan: To re
peal the duty on sugar and to provide FOL
the payment of bounty of $4,000, 900 a
year for two years for the cultivation o.
sugar in the United States.
Further call OF the States was then post
poned until tomorrow and the House ad-
journed.
THE LAMAR NOMINATION..
The Senate judiciary Committee further
considered this morning the nomination OF
Lamar. The time was chiefly consumed by
Senator Evarts i'll opposition to confrma-
tion. He was rather sharply questioned by
the Democratic Senators and retorted in
kind. All the members OF the committee
we're present except Wilson, of Iowa, and
Vest, who are paired. All the members of
the committee having expressed themselves
on the Lamar case in committee, no doubt
is entertained that there will be ma jority
and minority report with a division upon
party lines, the majority report OF course
being adverse. It is in contemplation since
the resignation of Lamar to proceed with
the cases of Villas and Dickinson without
respect to that of Lamar.
THE LINCOLN CONTEMPT CASE.
Decision was rendered by the Supreme
Court to-day in the habeas corpus case OF
the Mayor and City Council OF Lincoln,
Neb., who are now in custody of United
States marshal there for contempt of an
order of the Circuit Court. The Court, in
long opinion by Justice Gray, holds that
the United States Circuit, sitting as a court
of equity, has no no Jurisdiction wha atever
the
or removal of municipal
officers. The proceedings OF the Federal
court in Nebraska, therefore, were from
in the nature OF usurpation OF
the functions OF law, were beyond it's juris-
diction, and were null and void. The de-
tention of the Mayor and City Council OF
Lincoln in custody is illegal and they are
entitled to discharge.
DoCroRED WINES.
A decision was also rendered in the patent
case OF Benjamin Dreyfus VS.. Sophia Searle,
executrix. An appeal from the United
States Circuit Court, for the district OF
California. This was suit for alleged in
Iringement OF patent granted July IL,
1865, to John Searle for an improved pro-
cess of imparting age to wines by means OF
steam heating. This court holds that the
application - artificial heat for the pur-
aflSe JdhhIolU JdhI olUpnefe Was IN, tn Wuges was Pld
cess. The decree of the Circuit Court is
and case remanded with direction
to dismiss the bill.
PosTMAsTERs' SALARIES.
A decision was also rendered in the post
masters salary case OF the United States
ex. rel. j. X. Mclean VS.. VIM. F. Villas,
Co,
writ OF mandamus to compel the Postmas-
ter. General to readjust the salaries OF post
masters of the lower grades in accord
ance with the acts OF July l, 1864, June
IL, 1866, and March 3, 1885. This court
agrees with the Postmaster General in his
and construction OF them,
and holds that Congress did not contem-
plate a readjustment OF salaries of any OF
these officers oftener than once in two
years as legal duty or right on the part OF
the Postmaster-General. The judgment OF
the Supreme Court of the District of Colum
bia denying the writ is affirmed.
THE MAxwELL-PRELLER CASE.
The Attorney General Of Missouri sub.
mitted a motion to dismiss for want OF
the case OF Hugh Watram
Brooks, alias, W. H. Maxwell, who is now
in prison in St. Louis under sentence of
death for the murder OF Chas. A. Preller.
The Attorney General maintains that the
case does not present a Federal question
and that the court cannot take jurisdiction
over it. Counsel for the prisoner argue in
a voluminous brie! that the case does pre-
sent Federal questions. Many OF the reas-
ons given are similar to those which were
urged in the case of the Anarchists. The
motion OF the Attorney General OF Mis-
souri has virtually the effect OF bringing
it's merits and if the motion to dismiss be
granted it will OF course be equivalent to
an affirmance of the sentence OF death pro-
nounced by the State Court. The court
will adjourn on January 20 until the 18th
OF March.
NOMINATIONS.
Among the nominations sent to the Sen
ate to-day was that OF c. w. Price, Post
master, Fort Benton, Montana; c. A. Wus-
tum, Billings, Montana; Sarah Hodgeon,
Deering, Wyoming; j. L. Clark, Glenwood
Springs, Colorado.
CAPITAL NOTES.
John B. Wright, OF Tennessee, was ap-
pointed Chief OF the mineral division of the
general land office, vice John l.. Barnes
A conference of the fisheries negotiators
was resumed at the Department OF State
this afternoon with all the members in
The Committee on Territories this morn
ing instructed it's chairman to report
for the division OF Dakota and
admission of South Dakota as State.
A NEW YORK FAILURE.