The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-10-04
Congressional Dolngs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-Ihe treasury
department to-day purchased 1O5,OOO
ounces of silver, paying $1.13 for 10000
ounces and $1.13A for $4,000 ounce The
amount offered was 10000 ounces The
total purchase of silver to date, under the
new law, is 7,277, 900 ounces. The treas
ury department has notice to-day that the
government has purchased all the silver
authorized by law for the present month
and that no further offers will be cOnsid-
cred until after the 1st proximO.
BISHOP sHANLEY's PROTEST.
Bishop Stanley, bishop Of Jamestown,
N. D., called on the secretary of the interi-
or to-day and protested against the action
of Indian Commissioner Morgan in abol-
ishing one day school and one industrial
boarding school at and near the Turtle
Mountain Indian reservation in North Da-
kota. Bishop Stanley strongly, protested
against the arbitrary action of the commits
SiOner in this matter.
POPULATION OF IOWA CITIES.
The census bureau to-day announced the
populations of cities and towns in Iowa as
follows: Council Bluffs, 21,38s; increase,
1926. Creston, 7,195; increase, 2,ll4. Des
Moines, 5O,O67; increase, 1853.
TIE TARIFF CoNFEREEs REPORT.
Representative Mckinley presented the
conference report on the tariff bill late this
afternoon and it was ordered printed in
the Record. He then gave notice that i'm
mediateIy after.the reading of the journal
tomorrow he would call up the report for
consideration and final inspection. Before
recess Mr.. Mckinley offered for reference
a resolution for the final adjournment of
congress on Tuesday next at 2 O'clock.
THE RESULT OF THEIR LABOR.
The committee had to deal with >464
amendments, many of them involving car
dinal differences of principle in treatment
and many the subject of bitter controversy
between conflicting interests. In the more
important items of this kind, the result of
the committees action was as follows: The
date when the bill is to take effect was
made for October 9th. February 1st next
is fixed as the ultimate day upon which
goods deposited in bond before October LIST
may be withdrawn at the old rates of duty.
In case of a sugar conference in place of
a uniform bounty of 2 cents on grades of
80 and above provided by the house, in
cluded maple sugar and adopted other pro-
visions for bounty free sugar. under the IL
dutch standard and the free admission OF
machinery for making beet sugar. On
binding Irvine tho rate is fixed at 7-lO of a
cent on the best. On other MANILA cord
age the rate is advanced from III to 1Mper
cent. per pound more than was agreed
upon by either house. On pyrites,
the senate rate of "a cent
per pound on contained copper is
retained. On boiler and other plate iron
and steel new grades are established,
valued at 2 cents or less per pound, on
which rates run from 6 5 100 to s $40 cents
prices. In the case Of tin plate, the house
rate of "a of a cent per pound above the
sheet iron rates up to July LIST next, and
2 2-1O cents after that date. is retained.
The senate rate of a further additional
duty of IS per cent. on manufactures of
tin plate is replaced by an absolute single
duty of IS per cent.