Show GENERAL NEWS by to he I philadelphia dec 18 tho committee of the legislature to whom was referred tho bonds after tho session since last june have completed their labors and havo prepared their report which is today to day given to alio governor washington dec 18 the full text of the bill introduced in the senate today to day by dach W va relative to indeli nito appropriation is as follows be it enacted etc that all laws hereto fore made for the appropriation of money from the general treasurer for permanent specific permanent indefinite and permanent annual objects except so far as they provide appropriations for the finking fund for the payment of interest premium or principal of the public debt or of the bonds issued to the pacific railroad company be and the idamo are hereby repealed to take effect on and alter june ahli asso and it shall bo iho duty of tho head of each department of tho govern ment immediately pon tho passage of tins aatto transmit to tho ua way estimates of the i mounts required for expenditure appropriations tor the next fiscal year and thereafter to include in alie estimate sub cuilli d to anress on ress such anio unis as may bo required for subsequent years cd lio nothing hall be construed to interfere with any provision of law relating to public building or to prevent illa bics tics to lilians received and held in nature of tho for tho purpose or for which the ie to be or lor excess of duties which have been paid into alic treasury 11 bour nn AGO dec rin kirsons kir lons de electives lec tives yesterday arrested thomas wall an employee of the southern ff company at new orleans in ho stole a package containing at time wall was taracad to boiton ew york asin francisco and chicago since itis theft has been taken to new orleans E F Pilla burg answering a delegram from alio editor of the A eaf telegraphs froan today to day long delcnia of the action of the maine returning loaid tho apparent republican minority mijo rity for members legislature ana by wholesale whole sule systematic and fraud cluro ros a majority for governor in o the in many giving a fusion for governor alie cans lel in etting majority tor mem beri ol 01 tho legislature by trickery and other the and council have not based fraud in anny in alani e nol havin jurisdiction but they have strictly followed tho con ution and thrown out such returns a were fi finally lally hor republicans publicans re or democrats in borao counties more democratic than republican returns leavo been thus rejected the republicans have been in lie habit for a olivo republican o alie town fuei g for correction but look ft drant ego of the defects in democratic returns during years of republican rule they lauve never lost an officer ly reason of lucli infects whilo alie have lost n ora or leis nearly every year this ha served to make own officers careful and tho b awa cameles ca reles alio present and council leavo hold republicans public ans to hn strict letter of the constitution and laws tho result is an anti republican majority in bogli branches they leave in no a traveled outside of alio precedent L established by abo o the melves and in moett asai their action opinion given by of alic court for the judges gave an opinion in 1875 that the governor and council could not count tho votee returned for william U smith and W II 11 smith for the same PC as leaving been gen and the edoo pl applying this rule uil year changes tho result in a largo number of the return from ho city of Jo riland were fatally detective not complying iab abo riving the names of voicu for with the number votes against each name SOUK W votes wro returned as spattering hua changing the on aul leaves bacan cea in the house in lewiston aco bull and by tho minority only of tho aldermen the law requires the aholo number of ballots to given in i the returns and abero are abundant precedents for rejecting h returns arni in I dec 18 oa 01 do aien of the nade by ho inor aal alio if the following wilts in the senate i lie fusion W aft civan twenty ati republicans II 11 lo 10 alio tte fusio 78 republicans 01 cities viz portland bath kliston Kw iston and saoai Sao ap without fai owe thu be l short at its the astuni re uli of election to murn changed by the ril WM a senate republic o 19 12 bouse republican 90 01 net cbanta in ho duft in the by t no election returns laiu republicans and a majority of w on a joint bullot ae counted by lb governor and fusion have ballot ahe a o iho joint 19 mft od thi were on grounds the 10 aa bopre altia ent out by mail 10 fy jhn county of ficera efta A committee ian cil i cne aal i count etaco lt Aco dec the Trib met 11 udho a a the icil aued the ta jhc ea aad oo a h for a bat adl n ue iba lenly u anted out althou gli there aa a a error n ati of alie con relora ilij no aag to sor ct ere aa many ot town of elected as ere re cowna in llie lit cloro received in thrown out because anen sa s1 ani divita that fraud J sah bcd lcd n the eico iton 01 eisan icho a coee 10 the wll ao 10 liia were 1164 tt iltis longer one way anellier doctor brook of ira t brur ved ll 11 was iid that in norway bitou to l ciui tiui loo cities deprived of haayo the havo luicir signed by two or three of their select men there was is good cause for rejecting augusta portland but it was altogether too near tho sent of warT bartlie lie edart seemed to elo coun tout alie remote town cut democrats anre beginning kotcon damn tho whole they see it will be alie ruination of lie party T amnion ami dac rint biad an interview today with admiral ammen on canal project nothing nito to the Oene rala intentions can be learned but remarks made by ad ammen to personal friends are construed into a eliea oil ii part that general grant will accept the presidency of the canal company Cani fron washington dec 18 alie executive committee of the nation lican committed commit teo has cli airman cameron to issue a call for the next national convention ando the names of the members of the executive committee senator cameron left this morning for new york firla ST dec 18 A fire in bismarck dakota thia in orning snarled fri a restaurant fant on slain street and burned twelve stores and building the w SS wed with difficulty joss insurance email w too much mock SAN FRANCISCO fcc 18 lis from virginia nevada says eliat the bink of virginia lias suspended the cause is carrying too much mining stocks which have fallau greatly during the last month i |