New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-21
IN AND OUT OF conc hEo"'
HARRISON ARGUES "A
CASE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT

ONO CONGRESSMAN TO GIVE A BANQUET 10 SEN
,roR SHERMAN MISUNDERSTANDING "''hh''
sr,,,prs THE CUSTODY OF HIS DAUGi-
TER-A PACIFIC RAILROAD hE""
1NG-ANoTHER NAVAL ENGI-
>rrR FREAKS DOWN.
Washington. Jan. 2c-The presence =, s,mced
| do,, Harrison I'm the Supreme court 'o""' .
% keen the chamber fully occupied by '''.o' ,,or
~ C,ni,ol who found therein greater a''''
'he '"po n senate or House furnished to the
- s;gbtseer General Harrison was aSsoc'
,a yi,b his former Attorney-General an" IA"
mariner W. II. II. Miller. In the pie' '., ,bo
case involving the Indiana statutes ree"S .,.
annexation OF territory by cities anu Wv ,ho
c,o,e The litigation begun In 1891 ""e" ~,
,,. 90 tI,mmond i'm Lake County. lnd' practi'",s
a,o,n;rg Chicago began proceedings TO annex ~"
acres of contiguous territory MIS- O",o 49,
Forsvthe owner of go acres OF the iaho oo'e -,
benr taken into the city, and fough' 'ie ,,
the way TO the Supreme Court OF the 0' ~ ~,
defeated at every stage. Failing 10 ma 'e'e' " Wv
STATE courts she appealed to the Federai cou,.
suing for injunction to restrain ~" Collect e 800
OF ans on o her land The Circuit Court united with
the State courts in deciding agaIns, nneal. when
reversed the Circuit Court the first decision i'm
able Mrs Forsyhe ThersuPT nr rne of the United
states for OF certorar to the tNu re o and II
peas to Srhs SR 1e ' r. Ac Chicago x
opposed ms 9'd reprsscnting the
city Of Hammond The argument Was Sps dv eS
Mr. Miller who spoke an hour Mr. Aldrnrn ~ I'm
mond and General Harrison occupied the last Fore ae
naming hour of the session IN pehah Vi Wiz
sythe.
The Ohio delegation in Congress VIII give pan
ouet in honor OF Senator Sherman In the last week
| Of February The moving spirits in the AFFAIR are
will be attended by the entire deiegat ln,n, wbo
specve OF political Affiliations asn 6r nrssen To
NAV be I'm the city at the time VIII also Dc present
Miss Edith WILDER. daughter OF Representative
ard Mrs David F. WILDER. OF Oneonta. \. y" was
to-day taken from the custody OF her mother anu
bv :, decision OF Judge Cox In the CIRCUIT court
awarded TO her IA Their who IS the defendant In an
action for maintenance brought recently by his wile
The decision was based the fact that Congress
~ Urine Of an order Of the Surrogates Court of
Now-York. and that the mother hSn reSoi .eu w.
women's school in this city. The daughter. when
produced in court: expressed desire TO accG I ny
her mother but this did not change the decision OF
the Court.
Tn. commissioner of Navigation reports that
American vessels built and documentod in the first
six months OF the fiscal year number 3St. of ll35'2
tons compared with 32s. OF $500 tons. for me nrst
,h S a9resi annual omtpu within the last fourteen
years, except that OF 1880 and 1881
Thomas A. Phelan Samuel Lee and W. P Roome.
OF Ncw-York. representing the tea importers OF the
United States addressed the Ways and Means Com
mttee TO-DAY IN suppor, OF the nilI n,rodnCed oy
Mr.. Qulgg of New-lork 20 prevent the importa-
ton of impure tea
J. C. Coombs OF Boston. the general counsel for
the Credits Communication Company of Sioux city.
Iowa the association Of Sio banks which has taken
so prominent a part in opposing the Powers Fund
ing BILL appeare before the House Committee on
Pacific Railways this morning, the hearing being a
continuation OF the one OF last Thursday Mr..
Coombs opposed the Sioux city and Pacific bill.
which the Chicago and Northwestern Ralr, Dad
Company IL urging the committee to report to the
House. The bill provides that the Secretary OF
the Treasury shall make such settlement Of the debt
of the Sioux city and Pacific Railroad Company to
the @ a. dhs to De best Tor the IN
the recent the Powers bill. and showed that
the FROM the v ph hr of Se
had voted almost solidly against the bill and that
because the committee had refused to accept the
amendment which he had proposed. which would
provide for the new road from Sioux City to North
Platte
Major Horatio e. Lowry staff quartermaster OF
the Marine Corps. has been severely reprimanded IN
public orders by Secretary Herbert thereby escip-
ing court martial A court Of inquiry recently in
vestigated the contracts let by Major Lowry for
the laundry work Of tho Marine Corps. and found
that although they were let TO the lowest bidder
rate having been s. ~ a hundred, compared with
81 the year previous. A man named Belford who
was not aundryman. secured the contracts at all
the navy yards. and then sublet them at an enor-
nous profit. the conditions and prices in the Wash
mouth. y. H.. Philadelphia. BROOKLYN. Norfolk Bos-
ton and Annapolis. The Court iecided that Major
tary~Iierbert concluded not convene a court
able that any further evidence can be- sH pro nG
the evidence now before IL is not sufficient. when
ac,er of Major Lowry. to justify the conclusion
ihat he has been corrupt or guilty OF anything else
Replying to a resolution OF the House. the Navy
Department estimates $1,000 the cost of repair
ING the frigatee Constitution, the Ports
ington for use as naval museum. There Is a bal
ance OF $3.50 available for this purpose
Mr. Fischer Rep.. " " introduced in the House
to-day bill authorizing the President to appoint a
board OF three Army engineers to examine Romer
Shoals. Ncw-York Harbor, with a view Of asccr-
tanning whether or not this is suitable site for the
erection OF fortications and seacoast defence
works 10 consist Of three revolving turrets Should
the site be found feasible the Secretary of War Is
directed to prepare plans for the erection Of the
works Five thousand dollars is appropriated TO
defray the expense OF the investigation
Mr.. Livingston dem. Ca introduced in the
House to-day bill which provides that every per-
son who by violence enters postofice car or will
FUZZY and malciously assaults a railroad postal
clerk while In the discharge OF his duty shall be
punishable by fine not exceeding 81 900 and i'm
prisonment for from one to three years
The annual meeting OF the Supervising Inspectors
Of the Steam Vessel Inspection Service began here
to-day. General Dumont the Supervising Inspec-
tor-General presided. The session was taken up in
hearing representatives OF the International Navi-
CATION Company and the Netherlands American /
Line OF steamships In favor OF n modification OF the
existing rules concerning the number Of lifeboats
required to be carried 10y modern steam vessels /
with suflcieni Materllgh. cOmpa rtments Ii was |