Show GENERAL NEWS th the pix NEW feak A story cal on creditable authority that alio Rout heni railroad instead of seang forward across texas it to be rapidly southward to aubac tubac bosico Mo sico and thus reach and control adargo mexican trado this binds to contus the rumor eliat alio te diw pacific railroad havo been and harmonized tair A terrible tragedy occurred at kage illinois night E phiys his difo and wr brothw mr into liis drug store nd after drinking bot mn dr exl ciui a shot gum the doctor fled but WM found by alie con tables but aby boum get iain to mob of sixty liim and jibing im 80 alio llio limb of a tree the clehr arv fob alio rot tor kiib the cipher began work yesterday siva to conclude their special work on saturday all alio members of lie were present weed of now york was alie first witness and testified to go tig to north carolini Car under instructions received at the house jestion well now sir tell ua if yon hare any knowledge of those dispatches as in the kaw york pa perti A I had alio cipher when I left hero I biad the cipher which I used ft conr both north and south carolina I have written a statement which will refresh my memory if you will permit me either to submit or have it read mr rood objected and said it would be better to have his recollection on the subject alie chairman ruled that the witness should proceed said he destroyed the key and copies of tho dispatches but thought those published in alie new york tribune were nearly correct lie said lie met cox in south carolina at columbia lie met wado bampton and others it was admitted that the state ha d gone in the interest of the democrats mr suggested to tho chair manthai man that witness give the names witness said lie was asked to furnish tho names and telegraphed to kew york asking if money could be furnished Mr Hunton have you got that telegram witness I have not I propose to give the bones of alio transaction to this committee the dispatches between myself and the only ones I finally an arrangement or rather a definite proposition was handed to me saying that forS OOOO or the south carolina canvassing board would make bilings all right for the democrats I had not as biad been stated telegraphed that the stale had gone for bayes eliat the county returns showed a majority for the republicans lethe present return showed majority for tho democrats I left columbia for baltimore representatives senta tives of the canvassing board harry sullivan and others were on the train to nuke mattere short arill state that I positively declined to receive tho proposition made by the canvassing board to liand alio state over to the democrats A number of telegrams submitted to witness who said aliey we re not his he recognized one in book marked no 28 dated baltimore nov and addressed lo 10 gen J B gordon columbia it matters tea buy london agent inform spain and J nowa signed W biti bess I never scat any such telegram the translation of the telegram is however given matters arranged by the returning board ahe agent will inform Hafi kell and telegraph alie news Chair manOh alio same dato was another telegram sent from this place and from the same person reading having bath hold on alil cuba till york or april or slay be delay si gnad W this telegram I know nothing about jthn KEW TORK ft b mr springer of alie potter committee baass gov tildan lias not been subpoenaed I hava my doubts whether ho will bo chihon not make any material difference for in any casa we ahall give him an opportunity of appearing before alie committee and it m not lie will miss alie golden eliasco ial know him right after further proceedings of nature lui afoo Cin CACo feb anh ington of readies alio conclusion that christi foncy will ref iga and accept the ceru mission and chandler is in tho legisla anre lil succeed him in ithe reno court today to day various testimony waa deduced educed one atrain packer swearing that ilono holding a bottle of whiskey in lia liand y slapped um annl alo chii lccy flew out of alie bottle on both of them he would call a man in the condition of rono very drank as iio vas obliged to hold on the and lean against trees to keep his fact alicki feb tha report en alaska jilt made by major win agent of the treasury department ana received by alie senate from tle seft rotary of lie and ordered to bo printed it la a lengthy document comprising at least n thousand page of manuscript and ia copiously illustrated with map and ketches of the country the import lt iery anil pre a great number of details regarding the resources ofilio to chow that it ia very far from being a worthless country major morris report that ia amplo evidence of the of mines of gold alvor and copper in alaka although their location cannot bo given lie furnish nd an extended description of lie fisheries and timber cw territory devoted of alo boundary line between alaska and ariti ali columbia and after reporting a mass of information wt the subject w mado that congre should taka the mew amry step to ali dispute with ercul britain by of a joint commission tiie arc betit chaotic of affairs in alimia w fully tt forth ind alie of tonito rort of civil government for the territory earno illy ng ui oa aro presented to show that the US government now receives an virally from alaska a amount oqual to four per cent upon tl imil coit of alk atory wh ich wan hero today to day that mr moorehead and other cattler men wore killed by indian oi tho ippa ranges northwestern nebraska jan hat head of battlo were runoff kassler Kc who murdered a inan named near seward neb aal then robbed him was convicted last evening of murder ii ho first degree at bitic aiau charles alias douglas were brought in from north this and lodged ait here to await tho cors from texas where they arc bogli under indictment for murder bottaro Bo tharo noted killed two men and at autin texas in a fight last september and three thousand dodam reward was for his arrest dorelas Do uelas killed tarco soldiers Bol diers at fort texas in a fight after they itta killed his partner bill bawl whom they were trying to farroat crop SAV feb crop reports from all parts of tho state show eliat in the southern counties ami in ull alie const countiess sj indications favor a fine crop joaquin valley pacts arc bad especially in the upper portion santa alaraj valley will likely produce less than alio sacramento valley will probably bo not up to the average the foot a rood yield feb the seere tiry of the rca sury lias a circular to collectors of customs instructing ting them that in no case will live animal be permitted to be shipped from their respective ports until after inspection with to choir condition ociana feb an emigrant en route from to allm creek kansas while laboring under a temporary attack of in fanity jumped from the eai t bound J P emigrant train this a m near columbus neb and was run over and instantly killed hinitt HI oiTt CHICAGO feb evidence was introduced in the biodgett inquiry this afternoon showing eliat the judge borrowed money of the assignees of two bankrupt estates in one case paying five per cent interest and in the other probably nothing except alie principal the fourth charge eliat lie had oppressed citizen by the arbitrary use of power was fortified by evidence eliat ho had directed the construction st of an elevator in the lion ore building which is in litigation in his court through the room walker although lie protested and that ho treated the protests ina contemptuous manner the fifth charge has fire specifications it accuses the judge of favoritism and of the bankrupt law in various particulars he puts in a specific denial of alio charge NEW feb discussion on the produce exchange and in financial orders as to the effect likely to bo produced on business interests in this country by the ravages of tho plague in southern rumia tho of a military cordon around the infected district and the measures heing taken by other european powers for the prevention of a spread of tho disease are spoken of aa laying an embargo on the export of russian grain and other products tho dread of alie plague in the infected districts is also thought likely to prevent the towing of seed for n future crop cheso elements of the situation are canvassed and as far as yet observed tho opinion on change hecim general that from these troubles will spring an extraordinary european demand for cereals of the united states and a consequent rise in prices and a brisk blo business in their from tho ewt to the seaboard ri YORK feb tho writer predicts retaliatory measures by china as a result of the passage of the anti chanc io bill and disastrous consequences to california lie rays alio half educated congressmen of california may look upon thin with but the business men of the slate if at all far sigh tod will eo in it a check to the i ofSan francisco toward tho proud position as central regulator of tho groat trado between the cast and west |