Show GENERAL NEWS by WV to L rire nl wind jan 27 A destructive prairie firo yesterday swept over tho valley twenty miles north of this place burning five hundred toni of nay and leveling several to the ground A heavy gale of wind prevailed yesterday doing anich damage in deadwood gulch og houses uprooting trees and blow ng down fences A prediction CHICAGO jan 27 the prediction M mada that since the pool on freight from western points to tho seaboard winch was lately BO carefully elaborated haa been ignored by most of tho that it will become entirely inoperative by alie first of february bull to the front washington jan tary of tho interior has reports confirming tho crossing of sitting bull and a number people tho subject alio a tendon of the state department as well as that of the interior and war departments the information i meagre but it is the opinion in official here that this indian lul vance suggests trouble in the spring and measures arc already being taken to prevent it A plan lias been agreed settling the relations of alie govern ment with these indians but its details have not yet been made known lg of bill washington jan 28 the time for the discussion of the chinese immigration bill was limited by arrangement ran gement of the democratic caucus to one idour and wallis gave one half of liia hour to townsend of X Y the only republican known to be willing to speak against lie bill tho purpose of these tactics was to obtain for the democrate Demo crata lie largest possible apparent credit for the bills passage townsend declined to share his time any republican except page and yielded only five minutes to him during aage argued mainly to shiow tho bill did not in fact alie burlingame treaty as tho latter provided in its fifth section for iho restriction of immigration on side to certain specified purposes and eliat alie chinese immigration against which alio bill legislates is not immigration in alio true benso townsend made an car nest but somewhat rambling speech arguing eliat clieaf labor is desirable that the chinesa are valuable to alio country and that against them w simply a repetition of alie efforts made a few years ago lo 10 exclude or discourage the immigration of irish he also claimed that it is an outgrowth of spirit which in pant ages incited alie of alio jews in europe ilia throughout was bared upon the brotherhood of man sentiment and he d inmany sarcastic references to alio story of bill ayo and alio heathen chinee luttrall made a five nu nuten doroted mainly to an attempt to khow that the republican party haid obstructed legislation on this subject by to adopt alie amendment offered by him to an appropriation bill to prohibit the employment of chinese in the navy yard he did not state eliat this was ruled out because it was new legislation and under the rules of lie house williamr of oregon before luttrell spoke had today to day endeavored to a amendment to this bill but the demo arata objected to hillh made a calm forcible pc ech recapitulating alie arguments of bin report and laying the unanimity of pacific coast sentiment on subject and upon the fact that all other countries where the chinese had emigrated had been forced by similar to adopt restrictive measures amendments were od by conger exempting chine so students from tho restrictions of alio bill and by garfield providing that formal diplomatic notice should be given the chinese government of the termination of alie treaty before alie bill goes into effect but ill amendments were excluded by the demand for alie previous question and alie bill parsed on a yea and nay voto as above stated NEW dohk jan 28 the investigation by the congress committee of alie doings L davenport V is and chief supervisor of the recent election ans begun today to day it wan decided to make alio inquiry very edwin J denning in AT etore testified to his arrest attempting to vote upon natu papers of W and characterized his arrest and treatment ax a grom ou trag lorn alio remains of buvard taylor on arrival lipec will bi sn state in tho room city hall until their removal to pennsylvania tb ix vl ath ron lUny CHICAGO jan 28 journal washington the democratic senatorial caucus was harmonious alie di auf nion showed eliat about liala the democrats will vote with conkling to reject alie new york custom house nominations wt senator christiancy has reconsidered and lias notified tho president that ho will accept alie peru mission salary united senator from michigan tho probabilities are that chandler will succeed him thing the democrats leem to derive much from general bradys before alie potter committee thoy nay it conclusively eliat alie president and were at work in florida and Loui tiina to prevent tho democrats from getting tho electoral of states arudy lie went to florida tn watch tho count at tho request of tho president and secretary schurz alio ditc itc publicans public ans do not think his testimony damaging in the least tornado jan 28 A tornado struck alio town of lock port on sunday evening demolish nig forty lioluca lio iuca including churches court couo and masonic hall A child waa killed and several biilly BRADFORD apfl jan seven thiet evening the boiler of a locomotive making a trial trip over the elevated railway exploded between and babcock station four miles from brud instantly killing john vaughni engineer John adds lali find fatally injuring aco conductor C L A shoppard assistant superintendent perin and mike areman hr eman seriously injured thos auby oscar AI and paterson Pc terson dant Df nt washington jan 28 general maks a very lengthy reply to general letter alie chief point of which have already been published aie lie have no difficulty in satisfying the senate that if communication muni cation contains all that ean bo said against hk his gus pension was directly contrary to all alio professions grille tion and in violation prin ciple of justice arthur ful examination of the testimony taken will show eliat it wholly foils to bear out tho sweeping and general allegations of tho jay commission commin sion jan 28 this morning arrived bringing S W hall a prominent attorney of olympia washington territory whom they arrested ass geo II 11 holli on requisition from the governor of illinois for defaulting as a cou nty clerk it however proved a wonderful caso of mistaken identity an the citizens immediately discovered that ho was not the man wanted hull FT LINCOLN jan 28 runners from sitting bull have arrived at standing agency bearing a distinct proposition from the chief to return and surrender his guns and ponien lie says his people are hungry and cold and his spirit is broken th bill washington jan 28 the chinese bill as pa makes it a misdemeanor babio with diio and imprisonment for the master of any vessel to take on board at any chinese or foreign port moro than fifteen passengers whether male or female with intent to bring bliem to the united states the act to fake deflect from and after alio firt of july 1879 writ of error D T jan 28 alio territorial court having granted 11 writ of error in the case of M L conk alio was sentenced at alio last term of the district court to be hanged hero today to day alio execution ia delayed pending lie decision of the supreme court which wiy be rendered at alic next cession BOSTON jan 28 alio woodburg rv machine patent case in litigation over thirty years was brought to today to day judge lowell deciding that he patent could not be the patent covered nearly all alie machines in tho united states valued at from thirty to forty th jan 28 the teller today to day win bliley colored republican from testified the night before the election ho was taken from hiis house by n bad of white and colored men tied to a tree and severely beaten because ho was a republican ned knox colored republican from the same county testified that lie was assaulted by democrats at A meeting at blackville october alio insisted on a division of time and that a colored ard at congressman who wat also prevented from leaving tho place night on the kotlier side thomas II 11 mosca a colored democrat testified eliat the majority of alio colored ale in tho thickest colored sections of alie county acro democrats J E steedman white democrat testified that here was no disturb unco at tho BLick villo meeting eliat smalls consented to a division of time and that on election day everybody voted freely L J eselar mayor of blackville confirmed this testimony and testified that alio republicans endorsed the democratic ticket except two candidate for the J bellinger colored democrat testified that william riley wa a notoriously bad alio lie would not believe on etith Orang ebury county wass next taken up sandy keitt colored can deputy marshal tc that at alio republicans were delayed in voting that lie saw ft democrat stuff democratic tickets in to the box and eliat ho was arrested for insisting on gaititi alio polling room to witness the count alie election ho had been assaulted saul ted and ii afraid to go back to ili biome E A webster white republican testified that two meetings acro broken up by democrat and that at the election tho republicans were moro united than ever before W L white democrat testified thathy had printed different kinds of democratic ticket for election including bamo bomo of tin sue ticket fi adjourned until tomorrow to morrow alien alie committed teo will probably close tho investigation clr jan 28 in tho billiard tournament tonight to night baat daly 13 inning WO to ca ill closing alio run the audience insisted eliat cr continue the run and ho made lie largest ever shown an public |