Show TO THE DESERET sews NEWS ih tw t ua W dro rayh raph GENn GENERAL nAL ral general order nu niler 41 head quarters of the army i signs general schofield to the coln coin maud of the military division of the ibe til iti P pacific elfie the department part ment of alaska will be discontinued after the clr first t of july and the territory is attached to the department of the columbia major general canby commanding A new department is created styled the department of arizona embracing arizona and southern california general stoneman commanding general pope popo is assigned to the command of the department of missouri when vacated by schofield head quarters at leavenworth the department of the lacea id is enlarged BO so as to embrace the frontier as far east as lake labo champlain chani plain and general cook is assigned to the command after june first virginia is annexed to the department of the E east ast and is commanded by general Mc mcdonald donald Donalo and the department of the cumberland is dis discontinued the troops within the latter will be attached to the department of the south gen terry comman commanding dlug diug BOSTON the will of george peabody was admitted to probate in essex co yesterday that public benini cence absorbed all his property except about a hundred and fifty thousand thoua and dollars which he bequeathed to his relations SIDNEY sidsey atatim STATION i esteb 14 some indians cut the stringers on a bridge three miles east of or antelope station and threw throw fourteen carlof freight train off the track at about one this morning all the train men mon except one brakenman bra kenaan kenan got on the engine gine and run to the next station after the they left the indians broke open a number of cars the remaining brakeman fired upon them from a box bos car a fe few w times and then they left avest A west ern bound passenger train wai was delayed at sidney bix six houra hours waiting for the wreck to bo be cleared i it wab waa Stated las last t evening that aioo men b the the city for faor the Canid canadian laii squads of avent twenty nive five or thirty to prevent their being arrested on suspicion each squad was under the charge of a subordinate officer but a superior officer had charge of the expedition traveling in cog with them arms ammunition and provisions were taken inthe inae shape of baggage it Is bald said that other bands went becore belore and more will follow at once to the place of rend e is kept secret but it is supposed to be west of buffalo it is thought as many of the men seemed to be sailors the expedition tion has hag been formed for the purpose of entering canada by cros crossing 8 ing the lake and that the blow would be struck in a quarter where it would be least expected it is certain that there is somo some fenian movement on foot there is a prospect of a further movement in the san ban domingo matter at the present time in favor of putting annexation through by a joint resolution butler seems at length to have given up the idea he has talked a good deal about of sending to the island another commission for investigation 1 as bo he has not yet done anything in that direction some new york gentlemen interested in san domingo have been here this week and talked to the president all ail and A today to day it is given out in the white house circles that the treaty is by no means dead CHICAGO three inches of snow enow fell here last night public business in congress was never before BO so far in arrears no one thinks of ending the session before the first of july noth nothing ing whatever has bas been done here towards opening reopening re the alabama claims question our government will probably await the moy movement ement of great trita rrita britain ln off official lelal information has been received of the approaching fenian designs on canada but nothing on which the government can act A letter from gen sanborn san Ban born of the indian commission explains the cause of the recent raid up the road by the dakota indians indiana in which he says that fears of a general indian war are seriously entertained COLUMBUS both houses of the gen eral era assembly held a stormy session last night the house adjourning at midnight and the senate at five am in the house the democrats offered a protest against the provision ratifying the amendment the speaker pro tem iem ruled the protest out of order and containing language disrespectful to the members during the discussion mcvay and para raboth Pa both democrats got into an altercation during which one attempted to strike the other the speaker cunningham made thade an effective speech defending the vote for the amendment during hiss his speech bech darber called him a liar and sus SUN shook his fist in his face the excitement was intense the decision of the speaker pro term tern was sustained 49 to 41 in the senate the democrats attempted to defeat the confirmation of the Gover governors appointment for manager of the soldiers and sailors orphans home honie the R republicans e public ans delay delayed 1 the matter uil hll a na w when en senator gath can cad caday canay up from xe xenia a giving the republicans a majority bority at t three the democratic senators left the chambers in a body in order to break up the quorum one of them was captured and returned to make male up the quorum the appointments were ethen then conf confirmed armed delong minister to japan threatens to resign unless congress makes the mission first elass class during the recent storm in the sierra nevada mountains two feet of snow fell fall but the 0 P R B R trains have run on time all winter demonstrating the fact that the r road oad can be kept open at all seasons beecher preached a powerful sermon last evening against official corruption and handled bandied the legislature with its late charter dickering without gloves he characteristically remarked that not in fulton market is meat hung up and sold more I 1 openly than men are quartered and hung up corsale for sale saie in albany the particulars of the ridiculous scare of the canadian authorities and people over the imaginary fenian invasion are published it is hard to realize the existence of so much excitement over over tho border the canadian papers are flaming with monster display heads double leaders special dispatches orders for volu volunteers n to as assemble and troops to move light march ings orde orders rs the tite female brokers Woodhull claflin eco aco co are about starting a weekly paper to advocate womans comans suffrage and in support of woodhull for the presidency i 6 1 fi T 0 hundred emigrants departed parted panted arted front this city yesterday fofi corcan can pan ada per steamship medway mcd Med icay bome BOMB nearly bishops voted for the constitutes de fide no votes were cast in opposition MADRID the republican journals demand the se separation par atlon of church and state and that all nil priests or bishops refusing to take the oath to the constitution be sent to rome borne MONTREAL there is great activity among the regulars in the gar garrison rhon troops and stores are being located at most convenient points parties on the canadian side have been invited by their friends on the american side bide for protection as an invasion is imminent the country about huntington is considerably sider ably flooded hooded which will suspend military ODe one operations rations on either side the call to nims aims arms was reb res responded to with much promptness by ail all all ali the volunteers Gen ONeil reports that although doubtless an extensive movement is being made by the on the eastern frontier information from that quarter causes the belief that they will proceed no further owing to the precautions which have been taken i OTTAWA the militia department has called out two volunteer companies at barrie half a battery of artillery has also been sent from london to sarnia barnia LONDON the underwriters commenced settling today to day for the steamer city of boston as a total loss DUBLIN A gross outrage was perpetrated last evening A man named kernan hernan overseer of the haly cross caven company was assassinated there is no clue as to who is the murderer TORONTO preparations for the bed red stiver expedition are being vigorously pushed supplies tents horses wagons and other things necessary for transportation and commissary purposes are already ordered and a steamer has been chartered to leave on the ad of may with men to work on the road to be traversed by the troops |