Show BY TELEGRAPH fory fony SIXTH coly cali chres chrtt I 1 I 1 I 1 washington 27 randolph from the committee committed on military ry affairs fal fai rs re reported reporter po r ted a bill already p published 1 a or t the 4 0 relief ot of Fitz jobu eor for ter edmunds of flared offered a resolution which was agreed agree to instructing the tho committee on judiciary toan to jn quire quiro whether in tho thu settlement or adjustment between the united states and the railroad mentioned as provided for in the act of feb to provide for settlement with certain railroad companies compan les lea any discrimination or difference of treatment has haa been made by united states officers in favor of one or more buch euch companies as against others and if BO so what further legislation if it auy any on oa tile the subject la Is expedient bayard spoke in favor of the resolution 0 pendleton Pend toton loton 1 ingals ls and aud cmeron C meron presented a petition of ex soldiers and ballora for the tha basiaga ot the weaver bill to pay sueh such persons persona the difference in value between green backs aud and gold cameron desired to say in presenting the petition that he believed every oje oae of the toe signatures was forged allerby tt request to regulate indian affairs albirs iellar kellar said tue tuu bill was drawn by a gentleman conversant with indian affairs but he teller dissented from u considerable portion of it adjourned aai aal eri erl OA N the senate during today to dayd day executive session finally disposed of the longstanding long standing subject of contest by confirming norman bucks nomination as one of the united states judges for idalio idaho to succeed associate justice park who was nominated aa as his own eue tuc successor cessor nearly two yearb years ago and then confirmed by the tha senate but whose commission was waa withheld by the president by reason of certain charges brought to light immediately after date of hid hia confirmation the case was bufore the senate in tho the icat congress and aud was discussed several timen but went over irom rom one ona bauo or ancher until today to day when it was finady finally fettled thu the secretary of the Trea treasury sury tury has been invited by the senate finance committee to give his views on the subject of fun funding cling A dispatch from washington C reports that the house com committee commil tee on territories has refused refusal by a vote of 3 to 1 to change the political status of the indian territory cerri Corri tory the recent publication to the effect that grants nearest friends ate ale authorized to announce that he ba is not a presidential candidate are aro known to have been impelled by the hope of eliciting contradictions contradictious of the fact act from certain gentlemen this expectation has failed but it oan cau be bet baid said on good authority that soon after the general reaches mexico one of his friends will make a ii state statement meint in his behalf which wu iii definitely settle grants granta status as a factor in the coming colim presidential struggle the consul general at melbourne ne writes the sate state department doc dec 1 that several companies comp inies intes have been formed to develop the production of petroleum found in large quantities of good quality in various parts ot of the colony the trade of tha theu united states with australia is only four pen par cent of the total trade of the hitter latter with all countries with great britain it is Js over 70 with the united sates batos it is less lesa than the supreme court justices Just ices icea today to day set forth their reasons in la answer to the tho questions for declining to recognize me too fusionist fus lonist legislature they bay eay while not admitting even by implication that any buy legally organized body has submitted to them questions yet they would ba lachan lacking in duty if they should fall to give kive tho the he reasons which may guide in a pursuing their duty as tap loe toe su riu p preme r e me court must mutt eventually tu n cases like the present pass the laws which so called or legislative bodies pas pac pa c it is proper that that tribunal should con aider sidor it at t once with or question which ia is the one and legislature of the two claimants the court says a large portion this question has boen been decided in answers to governor Garce garcelon questions by these answers it an appeared that governor garcelon Garc elou and alid the council in issuing certificates of election to certain men as senators and representatives who did not appear to ba be elected and declining to jasue issue to certain others who did appear to be elected were in violation of their legal and aad constitutional obligations and duties they cannot ignore the fact that garcelon disregarded the opinion of the court given in answer to his ques tion ha he omitted to revoke the summonses illegally issued to men not elected nor did ha he iesue issue alsum sum bum monses menses to men who were elected the officers who presided in the fusion branches of the legislature recognized men as members who were unlawfully introduced into them by unconstitutional means and refused to recognize certain men who were lawfully elected it cannot be claimed that thai the fu sion slon housa house ever had a quorum without counting men whom tills this court had declared not elected and therefore tha they cannot recognize the fusion house ai as a legal body the hame game is true of the senate they then considered whether there thero is ia in existence a legal legislature and conclude that in the organizations made peaceably on the of january Ta nuary the republican doyse douse house hoube and benato were mado made by a majority of the members appearing to ba be elected they th ey traverse the point raised that the republican organization was vas Ill ili illegal egil because no notice of the intended action was given the minori minority tybo tyso so as to enable them to participate and bay eay the minority were not excluded the organization was waa publicly made and arid the want vant of notice did not invalidate tho the organization although the tho manner was irregular yet the voice of the people is not to be stifled on that account bof the tho government fail to bo be maintained full quorums were present and the houses were therefore legal bodies the justices concluded by saying they only performed their duty in deciding that the senate presided over by joseph ar A locke and athe ithe house presided over by geo goo E weeks are the legal and constitutional legislature of the tho state all the justices signed the decision casion the Theun sun base says the electric light in menlo park looked yellow in contrast with the light of the rail full moon last evening as aa yellow as gaslights appear in contrast with electric lights lighte A number of globes tha been up loo too and hours have been found to be cracked where the wires pierce the glass and have been taken down their places have been filled with new lamps none of which have yet cracked edison said eaid last lait evening that these new lamps gave him good reason to believe they would not crack at all he h has had as now 82 lights aglow on the circuit thia thib is the largest number yet used three new buildings bru are now DOW in course of erection 0 on the laboratory grounds one is for the alasa glasa blowers the second for or 14 11 dynamo machines by which edison proposes to start starl lightb lights and the third is the machine machin eshop shop CHICA CHICAGO 06 27 murat halstead telegraphs to his paper from washington as follows respecting preci precis dennial prospects there is every prospect that the grant presidential boom will not last more than two weeks longer it promises to end peremptorily and finally at the pennsylvania state stata convention next week halstead also quotes jonas R young a grent great man as saying that hermn herma hermin nas has been doing stalwart work in his own campaign and aad has alarmed blainer Bla bia ines inea followers and supporters and that it is expected bluing will devote himself to getting the grant voto vote should grant be withdrawn from the cari catI canvass vass the times new orleans special says the topic of conversation tonight at tit the hotels and public places is the forthcoming duel between bbate treasurer major JB H burke burko and und major IT J hearsay bucko burke besides being state treasurer ia Is the editor of the new now orleans democrat the organ of democratic party hearsay Hea rhay was wa few montha months ago editor ot 01 the democrat toe too difficulty arose a newspaper discussion the contra contract qt for city printing which was wag awarded to the democrat major burke was by hearsay and the promptly accepted yesterday seconds were engaged in the details of the duel the is arr arranged angea to take place to morning of the affair Is regarded as I 1 impossible new now orleans 27 the duel was wag fought this afternoon at Meta irio irlo ridge near the city with pistols distance 10 paces after firing two shots each the friends later latex interfered ered and arid the difficulty wab wag adjusted CHICAGO 27 11 the Journal journals 8 washington special saye the action of the senate finance committee to today day in agreeing to report tay fay favorably fai tai upon the nomination of I 1 john M morton to be collector of internal revenue at san francisco is a great groat surprise to the california delegation which confidently expected an adverse report the confirmation fir of morton Is now assured washington 28 tao hecate has confirmed E H murray of kentucky as governor Oo vernor ot of utah territory and norman buck aa as associate justice of the supreme court of idaho A telegram bearing date santa fe january 25 wab waa received by the adjutant general today to day stating that major morrow who is pursuing vl Vistor las laa band of apaches wai forced to go into ojo call enke enko eno ebo from the san ban mateo mounts a for rations the command hui been in the mountains without rations for two days and were fig tig fighting h ting dally in the lait two days fight Major Morrow captured horses and bud mules the indians indiana abandoned large quantities of property in mexico bolts of calico cotton clothes etc major morrow is report reported td as having punished the indians severely it is thought j judging from the number that the dand band la Is composed of all indians who have been living in mexico the mountains are spoken of as being very rough the loss of troops occasioned by the horses becoming disabled has proven quite severe general sherman has no official lu information formation regarding ing edg the alleged killing hilling of chief victoria he says however he has no doubt it is isa a fact the western union recently introduced trod here the method of applying mechanical I 1 fores for the generation of electricity discovered by stephen D field of ban san francisco it iti is claimed there would be a saving of fifty per cent in the expenses during daring behe bhe absence of the keeper from the lunatic asylum on blackwell blackwells island one inmate killed hilled another antonio aatonio giovanni cucarolo Au carolo convicted of inveigh ting ling seven boss boys from italy has heet beet deen sentenced to five yearb yeara imprisonment this is the first conviction here hero under the act edward timon was arrested today da y on suspicion of being implicated in the murder of annie downey he was fully lully identified by mrs schmidt a colored servant girl in the house where the murder was committed and after a searching examination was committed to aw await awalt alt ait the inquest on thursday the prisoner at last says that he has baa something to tell about the murder it ia Is surmised he is we man who on the evening before the murder J was with annie downey in he her r room and attracted attention by speaking loudly about pistols one other mn man now je ze mains to be caught he is believed to be the principal prin elpa cipa bradford pa 8 in the case of mrs cora B myers who died from the effects of an abortion on saturday the coroner coronet adry ju ry today to day returned a verdict implicating chab chas J myers her husband mrs mra C B S heath her mother rila ella her slater sister and dr ii G reed who has fled others are implicated the following folio wing press dispatch from new york is a fair specimen of the thy the lies told about the latter day saints by the lecturers of the day who attempt to speak on the L bub tub lub eject J J hawkins Haw kini until last a high priest among the mormons cormons Mor mons lectured here last night he said if utah is made a stute state the will be to drive out all outsiders means of this is great desire of the mormons cormons Mor mons then they will have a mormon legislature mormon judges and rule generally they favor a democrat for because they that more quickly through that party they can obtain control rhoy phoy are rapidly getting the under their control co atrol for their ia Is that the indian is in the to fight their battles for them al ready their influence la is widely extended tended over several tribes this the mormons cormons are arms and ammunition continually this is done through the instructions of their bishops they now plenty of firearms the mor mons have a population of and they can muster a force of able bodied men NJ NEW w ORLEANS 28 A dispatch from captain gager of the stranded steamship stearn ship louisiana says gays they have thrown overboard tons of the cargo and can only use lighters if the weather should be calm the propeller is broken the passengers were sent bent to port eades eldee the ship will be saved CHICAGO 28 the ater oceanna omaha special says hanlon a detective of the union pacific R EB R has returned from san ban francisco bringing a prisoner john ii moor formerly agent of the Van vandalla dalli line at ban san Francl francisco sto A few weeks ago moor went to san francisco on a pass issued to W P mitchell heli bell by sidney dillon on the application of congressman ellis qt of louisiana it was suspected at the timo time that the holder of the pass was not Mitchel mitchella MU chell lj but moor protested he was waa the right person an and d signed mitchells mitchel mite bells ia I a n name ame moor is in unmarried man mad about 40 years old and lived in fine tine style in san francieco Franc leco with hia hla aged mother whose whore heart was nearly broken by the tho arrest of her son the railroad will prose prosecute cute cuto the case strongly and anti moor will probably be two booked for a it long iong penitentiary term BOSTON 27 vm wm H brewster one of the proprietors of the travel ter died at newburyport newbury port last night he fie has been in ill III health forgone for some time nev NEN newark vAnic yanic N jl J 28 A republican convention is called for may ath to elect delegates to the chicago convention syracuse 27 ellas Geb gebhart bart aged lg ig 16 clerk in a hardware store wab waa instantly killed by a customer while buying a pistol the toe revolver contained three balls and was not known to td be loaded NEW HAMPTON iowa 28 the bay who was believed to have been murdered by his hid father elder buck the adventist is alive in an adjoining county whither he fled after the beating his hia father gave him NORFOLK va chief chiet of police benson killed himself in his private room early this cause domestic trouble va 1 28 29 telegrams received here this morning state that internee excitement prevails in shenandoah count yin conee consequence quence afan of an apprehended collision between white and black laborera at columbia furnace near edinburgh jn that county governor halladay received a telegram from the sherill sheriff of asking ashing the assistance of troops to aid in quelling the riot also from captain macgruder of woodstock military company stating that 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