Show BY TELEGRAPH a AMERICAN NEW WENY YORK 20 the times chicago special says gen brisbin of the second cavalry writes from dort port ellis ellia montana a long com corn plaint which will be brought under the notice of the secretary of war in id regard to the depredations committed in tho national barkby park by vandal tourists be he bays says every year much damage la is done doue by them in the national park in montana and unless maea uaea measures are axe soon taken to td put a stop atop to the destruction the park ivill not belong be iong long worth wurth preservation the ge general recommends that irined immediate late action be taken to prevent depredations by tourists the tho game and terraced borders of the pools he thinks should be fee protected tho the entrances are easily guarded and a sergeant and four men meil should be placed there on the virginia city side and an equal eual number on the bozeman side it is ii also tilso recommended that a soldier be sent with each party of visitors entering the park to take note of the damage done and report the report of brisbin is endorsed by go gen ia terry and gen sheridan the recommendation made that all practical means may be employed empl empi byed to put an end to the destruction of this public property washington 20 reviewing the tho congressional work of the session which terminated amid scenes of excitement and confusion this morning moin hig nig the most noticeable re sult from a pacific standpoint of local lodal interest have been the action taken on the chinese questions es the earge targe appropriations for r a multiplicity of important objects in the pacific states and territories which have hate been already reported in iii detail in these dispatches the enactment of the silver bill the passage of laws providing 0 forthe for the sale of timber lands the postponement of the california nia congressional election until next year and the enactment of the pacific railroad sink sinking liag fund bill among the measures which made considerable progress but which go over until next winter with greatly diminished chances chanced of becoming laws J brethe are the texas texa s pacific bill the northern ballf bill specie re to sump dump tion bill and the he bill for the iss issue kwof of silver bullion cert eert certificates besides these which are of national interest the following of more local application also go over without completed netlon action sargents Sar gents provision for negotiating a treaty with Corea ai i a bill or 01 the relief of the at au atles in id frauk frank Soul soui fea eba ebs bonds boothia bill restoring lands to euhe othe market on the line of the pacific railroad and bt blanches branches reser reserving ying the waters of op lakes and streams on the public lands from salesi bales sales declaring forfeitures of railroad grants in certain cases providing for the repayment of fees on cancelled entries of public lands and opening lands bear camp independence I 1 dependence to preemption pre emption bills relative to io gold note banks ardd arid for fot the relief bt bf tue the ca california i I 1 bivings savings banks banka for discriminating for the relief of settlers on the forfeited railroad lands for the sale of the fort eort yuma reservation fob for the purchase of a reservation for tha mission indians for theeres thee the erection rec of a public building at sacra imen mento and to make oakland a port of delivery and those of other the the worlds washington has the following on the closing ft dOnCA of the rouse house during recesses in the eari earl early ji hours of bf the morning quite lute a number e r of the members anu and some I 1 I 1 house employee gathered on the democratic bide side of the hall and matlo malle the old oid chamber ring with sweet bye and bye neater my god to thee rhee 1 11 whoa emma sweet AP and kindred airs A stink r mischievous lov los q page unnoticed during one ope of these mohga took the speakers chair and brought the gavel doyn with ith such a thud a as s to instantly stop the hilarity when ho added with cioe mock k that there thare was too much noise QU an the he right of bf the char chair etwas it was a moment before the of singers vered afat th at awas U WAS neither the idt act noy e of the speaker A L remarkable instance of quick work works in 16 congress occur occurred this morning a teil few minutes before the final adjournment sel Sei senator pator sargent as chairman of the committee on an naval affairs lAira af has taken great interest in the bill iii providing for a it commission to r report on the expediency of removing the naval ob to a a belter teller and more mord healthful location thin than washington which passed the sein seln senate ate some soine weeks ago but passed the house only this morning and was not received in the senate for the signature of the presiding officer of that ba body alc y until just nive five minutes before 7 lock the hour fixed for the final adjournment sargent however was prepared to save it having had a consultation with the president during duling the night as to who should be bd selected as the com corn mIss loners their nominations were made out in advance and sent to the senate together with the presidents approval of the bill three minutes before 7 an executive session was therefore ordered at sargents Sar gents instance the doors were closed the nominations nemi nations were confirmed and the doors doom were reopened at one minute before 7 in time for the announcement kno Uno by the pre siding of officer fleer in open session as the clock struck 7 and the senate stood adjourned sine die CHICAGO 20 four hundred of the coopers in this city went on a strike today to day for an advance on wages the rate fixed last february and prevailing since then is 30 cents per barr elThe Coopers Union nion tonight to night voted to assiat assist them in their strike 20 pearson and Sadler who it is supposed outraged the person of mra graves near mitchellville Mitchell ville may taken from the springfield jail jall at I 1 this morning by a hundred armed aimed men masked to a place three miles from town and hanged doubt existed as to their guilt both protested their innocence SAN sax FRANCISCO 20 A silver sliver city dispatch says maj egberts five companies of the twelfth infantry numbering eight officers and aud men arrived here at 10 a in hiving having made forced march across t the 0 country from cornucopia averaging 30 miles a day remained here two hours and departed for camp lyon about 50 miles distant on the oregon and idaho line an art outbreak of the indians at duck valley reservation is antici antiel at paradise valley and quinns river trouble is also anticipated among the indians NEW YORK 21 dispane dispatches lies lles state that rus bus sian have shave arrived at san stefano from odessa and the russians are concentrating at shamia and varna the english government Rovern ment is sending bending heavy reinforcements to the cape of good hope aeo ai martin for several years clerk of the registry depa department 0 the post onaca bere here waw waa we w e wr wc c t this nis als robbing registered letters they were all in transit between distant points A berlin dispatch says schou has informed the congress that russim russia has determined to stand on the anglo russian agreement and will not treat on any othel basis nor make further concessions washington wl 21 0 f the potter investigation com core met today to day morrison pr hiding in the absence of potter captain thomas A jen jenks of or N new ew orleans Oi leans was elaml examined ed b by y representative reid raid he testified that in 1876 his bis residence reaid reald enea enca was in east feliciana feil Fell clana ciana pariah parish held the position of united states deputy marshal was appointed by marshal pitkin the republicans in jn the parlan had told witness they were afraid to register their haats names on account of intimidation witness produced a letter by james jamea E anderson requesting that lie he forward anderson andersen the orl ori original 9 inal list bat given by witness to general auger of the th 19 murden cam com committed bitted in east fell Feli feliciana clana ciana par fah ish anderson andersen told witness that he was attacked by denio denlo democrats crates and afterwards erid eaid 40 he thought his clerk P C butler butier had something t to 0 do with it the matthews senate committee was in private session two hours and a half to day when tho the doors we were opened reopened james E Ap amderson jerson was sworn but buh being refused counsel helhe be said be he had no stat to make nor questions to answer the tiie committee went into private session for the third time washington 21 the witness thomas A jenks was shown several letters which he identified as being in the be handwriting of oad D A AL weber and then he was shown the signature of weber to the tho theander ander son weber contract aud and was asked if he be believed it was genuine he replied that ho he did not think it was that weber always signed his name in a back hand that lie he h had d never seen him sign it as this pei pet A per was sl signed ned nod that it might bo webers signature but bui it was not his usual signature he had never seen that anderson weber contract before witness testified about the MO which anderson had received la in baton bouge rouge and said it was paid on a draft drawn on the democratic candidate for district judge by the chairman of the democratic state committee in new orleans it was intimated tedi however by mcmahon that the draft in question was signed by governor kellogg and endorsed by the state supervisor mr hahn the cross examination elicited the fact that jenks was tax collector of east eeli Fell feliciana clana elana in 1869 and 1870 I 1 that it was since claimed that th there re was a deficit of in his accounts and that an indictment had been found against ii B jenks his hia deputy who got off by pleading the statute of limitation li B jenies was a candidate on the republican ticket in 1876 for P parish arish ju judge dge of west Fell feil feliciana ciana clana IN witness atness know when he went to new orleans iu in whose behalf he was subpoenaed judge jurige told him on his arrival at washington that it was on the republican side aide the witness in reply to questions repeater repeated the direct evidence that he he never heard until the ath of january of sherman being connected with any letter or document and never suspected from anything that passed between his wife and himself that she knew know of such a letter he said his wife said she abe had the sherman letter but said anderson claimed to have a copy of it which was in his lawyer lawyers le hands witness identified ader sons sona signature to the original anderson weber agreement but failed railed to identify webers adjourned jour ned the committee went into private session for the third time when the door was again opened anderson was informed that he should answer the questions the committee might see proper to put and was asked his age and occupation anderson replied that be he had bad no desire to throw obstacles in the way but senator matthews was a lawyer and was here looking after his own interests the questions were repeated also whether bedad placed any papers in matthews possession and irso what whar but anderson declined to answer senator whyte you mean simply to say you set at defiance the will of this committee 1 it t to too 6 strong I 1 simply wish to say I 1 decline answering I 1 have to propose that it if senator matthews will go before the potter committee I 1 will te testify Y another consultation of the com corn cittee followed anderson in private says he made the proposition that matthews the vvs appear before the potter committee thal thai he might ask him ques lions ho he could not ask him before the senate committee and further that the senate not heing being in session he could hot bo be punished as a regu sant wit witness nesb when the doors were opened aldersea andersen aider alder sen sea was informed by the chairman that the committee had decided they would require his testimony before the committee he ht then asked anderson are you now willing to answer such questions as may be propounded to you anderaon anderson replied 1 I am not chairman then on refusing to answer any question pertaining to the matters of invest investigation gat olig you set this committee at dennalee defiance senator whyte in the absence of the senate we have bave no power to punish for con contempt and therefore I 1 move that the committee now ad adjourn jo urn uru I 1 subject to 0 the ae call ol 01 the chair map the motion modon was agreed to and the committee accordingly adjourned ST JosE JOSEPH pir pit mo 21 A robbery of nearly was waa perpetrated rated on the first national bank today to day shortly after noon some parties entered the bank to make deposits the ca cashler cashier ahier ahler being abouo at the time thue after they had bad left the cashier went to the vault to place som some 0 money therein and discovered that tha t three packages of each had been taken smaller packages amounting to were wore also mis sing slug the cashier is certain the money was in the bank when the days business began there is no back entrance to the bank and no suspicious characters have been seen about during the day the bank had bad a surplus fund of 2000 and the loss will nob not embarrass it in anyway auy way 1 1 the tho young merl men at spotted tall talla a camp are just concluding their annual sun dance and the barbarous festival has been one ono of more than ordinary success forty eight candidates passed through the terrible ordeal of self torture and are entitled to full diplomas as warriors of unquestioned bravery the candidates for honors cut two longitudinal slits down each breast one end of a lariat is passed under the strip of skin and the flesh left between the incisions and tightly tied and the other end is made fast to tle the the top of a high pole the candidate tot t then en throws himself backward with his hes weight upon the lariat and the dance goes on until the flesh gives way should be he fall fail to break joose loose in the manner prescribed or should be faint during the operation he is fo liever forever disgraced the sun dance just closed was held about 50 miles back from the missouri river and was witnessed by about indians and 25 whites old spotted tail tall was master of the ceremonies and from the manner in which he performed his incantations and nourished ouri shed his mystic wand from which he dangled the scalp of a white woman one would not suppose him to be the civilized red man who is carried upon the government pay rolls once a year spotted tail tall has his fun the sun dance has close dand spotted tails talis indians are how BOW ready for the government to move them to a new agency SAN sax FRANCISCO 21 A silver city dispatch says the stage road between here and winnemucca is clear of hostiles ho stiles jerry winnemucca and other friendly who have been in the hostile camp recently say the Ban banh bannocks nocks claimed that they had bad then killed thirteen whites and had three of their own indians killed three white men were killed and buried in a cabin near steins mountain recently the malheur malteur reservation indiana indians were behaving worse than the bannocks Ban nocks slaughtering every animal that came within their reach gen howard is still at malheur malteur city A boise city dispatch saya saye parties from fort hall and lembi via wood river and big camas prairie report baving having been seen indians on wood river eiver about miles east of this who olalla tobe tobo friend ly and on their way to the fo fort eort rt hall agency these indiana amatea that jaw jaa t A dempsey a white man who has an indian wife and who has lived many years with the indians and who wha was |