telegraphic NEWS HEWS HO HOOKSETT N H DC 19 A gang 1 of ef eleven men were repairing a railroad bridge across the merrimac river which to la swollen when the lee ice begin to move and threw down the bridge throwing the men into the water and over the falls three taree were drowned and the others injured BALTIMORE md bid dec 19 charles E F mayer his has been elected president of toe the baltimore othio railroad fiall road it is ie understood he will inaugurate a vi gerona policy such as charac characterized tia prized ilece garrett arced management inducting including an entrance to new york bay via sta staten ten tand lar cincinnati 0 ohio 0 dec lO 19 lefief fief iaac errett of th christian 0 moot of the th ebest best known divie tills morning at a very advanced advance 99 age he be was a lifelong life long friend 0 t and editor th standard 7 LoN bow dec 10 A dispatch 1 it from roig auckland Auck imad says news N retired ret tred ed from roin samoa says the samoan der ma his otsa caama succeeded ip in ca capturing t r most 08 t bt 01 I 1 annl atte after r a long b battle atle witt wita T taia v aneses forces the losses included 10 lot killed and several hundred aundre wo ed ROCKLAND maine dec 19 ca CM smith matt kate smith and cook D A K 01 i uke the steamer almira ahnita have been b brox here on december their el took fire at sea they are the a I 1 livors being picker tup dup in a 40 a days afterward ift erward the acao alle two children aud and twe twelve ve JP perished the aldica sailed from alir aham for england december a cargo of red wood thre thore were on an board twelve sailors captain smith his wife and two children the cook and two mates on the night of december when eighty tive miles off halifax one of the crew barele carelessly A sly threw down a lighted pipe ju in the forecastle lost instantly antly the floor took fire and the flames soon eoon cpr spread b beyond 0 ad control owing to the comb eid tible ably condition of the woodwork ir ich was saturated natu rated with oil the captain two wo mates and the cook took to attie the boats and were picked up three da vs later with the except exception iop of the cook who died from froia exposure by a schooner and brought bere kLO dec 19 countess costs costa was stabbed to death in her carriage here today by a captain in tl earmy wao ano then committed E 04 0 4 ing himself with a rev revolver ul i er jt j CLEVE CLEVELAND dec 19 earlay r th morning ate caps zore tore d th tl saloon of fagi at babson hancock y pouring th 0 r into them wey they left a warn warning ing for the a saloonkeeper saloon oan keeper notto not to resu resume e business r 1 i I 1 SA CHICAGO dec 10 19 thi tae dwy news special from cairo illinois list last night at ParaO paragould Para gould arkansas as officer bryan attempted to serve a warrant on OB john williams for illegal liquor selling el williams Vi lliAms resisted resist ed arrest arre st and a id owed which william I 1 at cers we new maw 0 e caal to toe the 1 if 8 says s AV T deertz I 1 tweed the phe whites and 0 0 oil of f vt fh place cebre are not DO 6 settled and erl r trouble and much bloodshed are acre acl 16 follow low it is known that in the alenty tour lour hours at least two wand perhaps 1 more wole were killed maled 1 later thre of the negroes have been captured and six more are hedged in 10 so 0 tha pe seems impossible T tae crisol T rs are at a dilapidated frame building called the white house bouse ten miles f from h here er e on the brow of one of the hi hiet pt ranges of of hills in the neighbor 0 0 they are under a muong guard sno and the next twenty four hours will determine their tate late dec 1 athe house committee oo on marine and fisheries is expected d to meet to today 1 I lay to investigate the A alaskan seal fisheries eries and possibly take u charges sato as to the treat ment of f indian d tab women in afia ka T the he sergeant at arms of the rii anse use hab furnished the following I 1 list an of witnesses summoned and all are understood to be in the employ of the al askan commercial com company y for I 1 H H rot randolph Bandol Dh vt thomas morgan groton conn E 0 Warde pittsburg pa lieutenant nichols san francisco for january ard geo P tingle eugene kirk J C Redpa tn san ban francisco J H nolten bowden halme maine H A gladdin Gl eddin albion X NY Y joan kW pall Jall JB Johnson and dr lutz yan francisco the house committee on fisheries began Us its investigation regarding the alleged OUR f IN ALASKA wm gaultt 1 special treasury agent to ithe the seal islands testified that the alaska at st georges island respect neither the laws ol of god nor man among other things he said th abw furnish liquor to prostitutes in an underhand underhand manner witness said the whole island was a place of prostitution from one end to the other an agent of the company had declared he would break a mans head bead it he refused to bring his the mans wife to him witness said further wat teat he would rather serve a term la in the penitentiary thin go through again what he be and ald his bis wile wife experienced there in conc conclusion ruslon he admitted he did not know of any criminal assault by the agents of the alaska company george wardman special agent on the island ol of st george from 1881 to ltv said areld he never knew of a woman or girl on the island to be outraged or man or boy to be abused abased by any of the companas comp anys agents nor did he be ever know of native women living in the companas comp anys houses WITH THU AGENTS ile he never saw ady anything thing which would lead bead him to the companas comp anys houses bouses were converted into houses of tame fame tr L reilly another special agent of the government on the island of st george from 1885 to 1887 attributed the lack of discipline and the loose morals of the island of st george partly to the improper conduct and neglect ot duty of government agents which was in turn imitated by agents of the corpany cona coa pany witness formulated rules forbidding females on the island from visiting the companas comp anys or government houses but tingle his a superior u brior officer had declared such rule buyl null it was impossible to imagine what influenced him alm to do this as the order was issued in the interest of law and decency adjourned THE HOLIDAYS this evenings indications are that an agreement will be reached by tomorrow by the senate on the question on of the holiday adjournment and in connection therewith an agreement as I 1 to 0 the length of the debate un the tariff bill the democrats held a cacus after the adjournment this evening aud and au an carnu ana bedl to 10 propose to and sherman bli erman representing the republicans a proposition em foe following provisions g erss a adjourn J ourn friday next till january ath as need by the house and a reso lutt luti t 0 bold daily at 11 and coutin uin at least till ac 5 un til the ataria tariff bin bill Is ai dis a e a and to finally aute on thebie janavry anu ry 80 30 abi Is impractical in republican consi bation save in the matter of giat sessions ACTS APPROVED the th Preal president dent has approved the act banting granting the use of certain lands in pierce berce county washington territory to abe city of tacoma for the purpose sew of ft a public park and the act to 1 I 1 a land office at folsom N bf ca A caucus of democratic senators will be held this evening to decide upon the proposition concern ng the holiday re to be made to the republicans tomorrow proposition to the democrats to agree to the holding of a recess contains apro a proviso tuat the democrats name a day on which they will agree to vote on the passage of the substitute for the bassage mills ills bill th thi is the oe sticking point between the two sides the proposition agreed upon by republic republican ku senators touching the holiday recess was that an adjournment be taken until january ard 3rd rd in case the democrats should agree to vote on the passage of the tariff blit bim on the of january ANOTHER of the conferees will be held at th this is afternoon aNer noon the imar impression assion prevails that the democrats will accept the proposition 1 the president bassant has bas sent to the senate the nomination of ot thomas stthomas burke barbe of washington territory to be chief justice of the supreme court of the territory vice charles E boyle deceased A favorable report was nade made in the senate upon the bill to pay AH swineford the amount ot salary due as governor of alaska from july lot lat to sept se pt lath 1885 I 1 t amasa C paul the administrator of the estate of the late prof ed C paul today entered suit against U 8 senator cullom of illinois for dam a m J agea esthe thae suit growing out of the death e th of prof paul who was ridden down 0 war and fatally injured by joseph chase a negro coachman in the employ of the 8 senator THE ADmS StON BILL y the committee on OB bries decided to call up the na of representative baker for the adU admission assion ot of south dakota on january ancier a resolution resol ot of the house honse making the question after a special order from day to day after bakers bill is taken up it is proposed to substitute for it the omnibus bill agreed on by the democratic caucus and bring the latter up every day until it is finally acted upon by the house the committee decided to give a hearing january ath to all persons interested teres te in the bill for the admission of utah ill dec 19 the taking of testimony in the IQ Q dynamite trial was closed today and states attorney Hanchett of aurora began the opening argument before the uty jury the principal testimony before the p bec eec be began g a was riven en by henry T tilman ai ir an the expert who te testified t eifle he bad ad c carefully examined the exhibits of letters and checks alleged to be in Bauer eisens handwriting and in his bis opinion two and possibly three persons ers 0 n S wrote proe th them em A microscope was brought in slid and the letter sere examined by counsel and the juryman jurymen jury men soon con after which the speech making began dec 29 4 before dawn this morning the british manrot war starling and an egypt tian steamer moved up the chast with orders to cover the rebels at han ban dauo at daybreak the forts opened fire upon the rebel trenches ad the troops 8 advanced to the attach the black brigade of the right flank cavalry and mounted infantry infant t cavo covering glug abe r scottish borderer ensti the welsh regiment and the egyptian brigade occupied an embankment banki ban kment nent between the forts the british infantry were held la in reserve the forts shelled the trenches keeping up terrific firing the enemy held the ground with intense courage until the black brigade charged the trenches which fell after halt half an hours hard bard fighting the rebels forgat fanatically and bravely two of the guns were captured the naval brigade did splendid work the scottish borderers border barder ers are now at work entrenching tren ching the rebel position the enemy are retreating towards dasheen and tamar the british force numbers THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT an official dispatch from Grea greabell Gr entell fell dated shakim 1125 a m says the ene loss is the hus sars are still pursuing the arabs the trenches are partly filled and two temporary re doubts are being built the joint forces are entrenched they will bev bivouac OB the field toni tonight glit the naval detachment with the machine guns remaining in the Lr trenches enches I 1 have sent the manol man ol ot war starting starling and all available steamers mers to anchor off handout in ia order to prevent the force from handout coming in 1 on us during the action the dervishes were severely punished we expect to have a quiet night THE STANDARDS DISPATCH LONDON dec 20 standards sua man klor at this morning the manof man of war pincer bacer opened the battle by shelling ane eremya trenches the ships up the coast followed suit auit and landed parties who lighted fires and placed dummies in position this had bad the te effect of deceiving the enemy coming from handout Hando the whole force moved toward the left flank with the naval detachment with machine guns cavalry and mounted infantry scouting and protecting the flanks a and nd rear two lines comprising battalions in double companies rushed towards the left corner of we the trenches the british infantry and egyptian reserve lining the embankments between the water forts general era I 1 grenfell Gen fell an and d staff occupied is ia position to the left ot the water forts from 6 5 heavy salvos of guns end and mortar from every fort bore on the trenches THIS the hussars hussary who followed the freeing arabs returned they closed the enemy em y to within four miles of handout Han doub the enemy are still flying PITTSBURG PiTTS BURtt dec 20 members of the congressional committee on pauper immigration are arranging the preliminaries re limin aries for an investigation here ere tomorrow congressman ford says bays that the immigration laws are persistently violated the committee will recommend the following remedies that the work of inspection be taken out of the hands of the s tates and put under federal control that foreigners be examined on the other L ide tide before they board ships either by our consuls or Inspect inspectors drs appointed forthe for the purpose that steamship companies be furnished blanks on which shall be printed certain questions quest ioas which the a licanto tor for pas passage 1 I eb be compelled com ea led a answer these blackb blacik will willbe e ear examined 41 ed on this side before la lan d ii 12 a n 4 it Is found that perjury has b been een committed 0 bitted the person to be prosecuted it it the steamship companies do with these conditions it ns and prohibited immigrants are fou found on t vessels they will be ca compelled belled t to otake ke them back free of charge QUEBEC dec 20 the most ser serious loyas re pu sequences of edthe the storm were felt in 1 act county vill villages crops have been bad od and hemmed hemm agea in I 1 by snow many man y I 1 milles families are suffering tor for the actual necessities otliffe of ot life farmers are killing 11 tock stock cardinal taschereau and the premier are appealed to they held a the cabinet last evening and decided to ask the government to send immediate aid to the sol guf febers HOUSTON tex dec 20 A con coa st ruction train on the arkansas pass road was wrecked yesterday taree killed four seriously hurt hort washington dec 20 senator quay returned this afternoon from hil visit to indianapolis 1 LONDON dec SO 20 orders to send reinforcements of troops to the mediterranean meal are countermanded