Show SPECIAL TO ME THE DESERET NEWA news u SENATE the senate toda today to da day confirmed J pink dham U S marshal marshai for fon idaho chas H hempstead attorney attorney for utah J I 1 ir stevens minister to uruguay edeve eid did evelett evetett register of the land office at santa banta xe ife also several beveral consular and naval appointments point ments cole from the postal committee reported a bill increasing the subsidy to the mail line from san ban francisco to china and japan upon the increased service sherman introduced a joint resolution authorizing the president to furnish a steamer for a voyage to the arctic regions under the control of captain hall and an appropriation of to pay expenses referred to the foreign committee nit tee A bill was introduced for the reduction of the army and to fix the pay of officers and men it reduces the army to men and authorizes the president dent to discharge any officer applying for such discharge before september and having served t tn w years to receive two yearl years yeara pay those having served more ohp than five years and less than ten years t receive to one oue and a half years pay those having served less than five years to receive one years ip pay by it also authorizes him to relieve on application any officer who has served thirty years it abolishes the offices of general and lieutenant general when vacated by their present incumbents cum bents and reduces the num number berof of major generals to three and brigadier generals to six it also contains many other provisions howard called up the bill to fix the point of junction for the union and central pacific railroads located northwest of the station at ogden and within the limits of section 36 township 7 range 2 and situate northwest of the principal rin cipal meridian and base line in the territory of utah the bill also grants the companies six additional sections one section of land in each township being reserved for the benefit of the schools of utah these lands are to be paid for at the regular government price per acre HOUSE Clark weather introduced a bill bili for pensioning the widow of gen mower referred the consideration of the polygamy bill was resumed after a debate by sargent waid ward awid acid ad axtell schenck moved to recommit the bill as couta containing tal tai ta provi provision ioni ions inimical lui mical to every principle of common law and sections under which war wat might be made walker moved to strike out sections lii ill 1114 14 30 31 and 32 cullom opposed its and avowed a desire to strike out the eleventh and amend the fifteenth section motion was rejected 75 to 89 as was also the amendment by fitch to extend the provisions of the bill to all the states and territories where bigamy polygamy or concubinage is practiced eu walkers motion was adopted and section eleven making the lawful wife of the accused a competent witness against ast him and the fourteenth providing vid that the statute of limitation shall be no bar to a prosecution the thirtieth authorizing the confiscation of the property of persons convicted and the thirty first for the temporary relief of persons reduced to destitution by the enforcement of the act and the thirty second authorizing the employment of volunteers were all stricken out and the bill passed 94 to 32 without yeas and nays logan from the military committee made a report on the subject of cadet shi ships s he stated that the committee had haT taken evidence in many cases and found that many irregularities exist in appointing cadets cabets outside of their districts by members and that in several cases money had been paid by parties negotiating for auch appointments but except in the cases acted on none appeared we eared to have been paid to members he said that the facts proven were not sufficient to warrant the committee in reporting the cases the committee having discharged their duty f fatefully fath fully and impartially asked to be relieved from the further consideration of the subject the committee also reported a bill making ing two yea years is residence ce of a cadet in the district from which he be was appointed P hinted requisite they also recommend e n the adoption of a resolution requesting the secretary of the interior to remove gen from the patent Office for acting as a medium through whom the sale efale of h a cadetship had bad been made and directing the speak speaker er to exclude from all privileges of the floor committee rooms cloak rooms or the galleries of the house any person who has been or may be proved guilty of directly or indirectly attempting to bribe any member for any purpose also aiso a resolution that the evidence showing that commander upshur of the U K S navy placed a sum of money in the hands of M D loudon london with a view yiew of procuring an appointment for his son to a navy academy will be b e sent to the secretary of the navy with a re quest to convene a court marshal to try upshur the amendment by garfield to the resolution about upshur requesting the convening of a court martial to ascertain whether he had been guilty of like ilke conduct was defeated and the resolution was adopted as it was reported munger requested logan to state whether the committee had any evidence affecting his character logan replied that if it had it would certainly have reported the fact McNeely from froin the committee on education reported a bill to authorize the legislatures of the ter territories ri tories to pass general acts of incorporation for educational cat ional purposes passed the house went into a committee of the whole on the tariff bill GENERAL NASHVILLE numerous building contracts at nashville are suspended on account of the fi al interference of the government it is stated that governor benter senter declares th that thab athe he is opposed to such interference ele ile called upon the president for military aid merely to be prepared for an emergency leavenworth A man named haucke hauche was killed in a row with sold jers at fort leavenworth last night the leavenworth coal company reached by a shaft last night an inexhaustible haus tible be bed d not exceeded in quality by any west of pittsburg there is great satisfaction among the citizens and the manufacturing interests thereat eat CHICAGO 23 the funeral services of J G burnett a veteran actor were held yesterday at trinity church and were very impressive there was a large attendance of members of the profession and others the times washington special says it is the general belief that the polygamy bill will be amended in some particulars tic ulars and then passed the opponents of the bill denounce it as a war measure the president is said to doubt the propriety of stationing troops through the southern states as no good result is likely to follow the president today to day told certain southerners it was his intention as soon as texas was admitted to send a special message to congress recommending a universal amnesty by the removal of all political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment iuis LISBON bon Box 23 A commercial panic is prevailing r e ailing at buenos ayres several pa failure i lu shave occurred and it is supposed that others will follow philadelphia generals Gene rails ralls sheridan pleasanton custar davies torbet and other cavalry leaders are consummating plans for organizing a cavalry society all cavalry officers and privates are invited to meet in a convention called for the esth of april to meet in this city CONI CONCORD vord gORD N H A train on the connecticut and river railroad was thrown from the track today to day by a broken rail rall two cars went down the embankment and ten passengers were injured but none were killed worcester A fire last night destroyed a large building owned by D goddard and occupied by a number of firms the loss of the building amounts to aggregate loss to the occupants 25 louisville an extensive stable used as the louisville city railroad stables with a number of adjoining buildings occupied as saloons ond boarding houses were burned this afternoon loss insured NEW YORK 23 the steamer merrimac from rio kio janeiro brings some information about the dreadful condition of the paraguay country it is said gaid to be one vast ruin of towns dekop uland the people are literally starving there are thousands living on roots and whatever fruits they can find twenty thousand thousand widows are ha hanging nging about the ascunsion vainly striving to procure a passage to buenos ayre ayres or montevideo deserters are prow prowling filli through the country robbing and murdering lopez is safe in the mountains he is succored by the indians indiana but the Brazil lians hold possession of of the whole country with that exception the hon mahlon chance of ohio who has been appointed U S consul to nassau will leave eave this port for his consulate in iii the steamer missouri ants Arts tomorrow washington A caucus of there the be publican senators was held this thia morning in reference to the of the senate some efforts havi having in been made to effect the removal of ehg the e present incumbent this movement does dods not however involve any question whatever connected with his official duty A committee was appointed to examine into the subject and report at st an adjourned meeting NEW YORK 24 the regular steamer from san domingo which arrived arnved here yesterday morning brings a bearer of dispatches to the authorities at washington with further details of the elec tion tiou on the island among the passengers by the steamer was Hart mount who went out on her last trip for the purpose of making a tender to baez of a hundred and fifty thousand dollars as t loan upon negotiations tiati ons through him with lawson co of london he reports the positive refusal of baez to accept the money because of his obligations to this government pending the treaty of annexation the worlds san domingo correspondent writes that the vote in favor of or annexation was wab large but the tho government has las apparently facilitated the stunning stuffing ng pf af the ballot box balts by its agents and that ith fth there ereis is a strong feeling against against baez tand sand the annexation in san domingo in lapite spite of the reports in fayon favor of the chame scheme As far as appearances on the surface the active search for bailey is practically abandoned and unless he is betrayed or voluntarily surrenders himself it seems beems more than probable that he will not be seen been again in this city the tribune of the proposed message recommending a gen eral amnesty soon in georgia and texas that it is a message which the country will gladly hall and the result of or which will be far reaching and beneficial and that the senate should show its disposition to welcome the measure by at once admitting the only two states which remain unreconstructed NEW YORK several of the canvassers of the election in brooklyn charged with fraud have pleaded guilty but their sentences have been reserved A fire at williamsburg today to day destroyed ulue niue line nine stores and dwellings loss captain forsythe of the steamer manhattan denies the report that he refused to assist the samaria he says he passed on march a steamer under full fall sail but did not know it was the samaria he ele saw no appearance of distress the testimony given by the officers of the bombay before the court of inquiry at Yo kahama is received it goes to show that no one on the bombay was aware of the he condition of the one oneida ida while there was much alarm for that of the bombay and it was deemed necessary to make for shallow water with all speed the patterson press says that some of the engineers of the city of lod bob bos oston visiting that city before sailing on her last voyage said bald they the con condition of her propeller necessitated the running of the machinery at a third faster speed than usual whereby the danger of fire was increased and for that reason precaution had been taken on board in the organization of a brigade in which her officers were enlisted and obliged to do duty ALBANY wm tweed announces that he has not resigned his office of deputy street commissioner for new now york and has no such intention he says he has made sacrifice and labored to prevent divisions in the democratic party and those individuals who have inaugurated the present troubles must be responsible and suffer the consequences quen ces he bides his time ALASKA late advises advices say that gen davis davia arrived at sitka on feb L C cowan was killed at sitka on the uit by a drunken soldier who had been dishonorably discharged he quarrelled quarrel led with col dennison and fired at him but the shot missed the bullet taking effect on cowan killing him instantly ST louis the leading men connected with the railroads centering at st louis have perfected arrangements for building a great union depot e en po 0 04 the river front and in connection I 1 on t to have ve a transfer boat capable of carrying sixteen card gara para at a trip to connect with the roads roada on this side and especial lythe pacific road whose track will be extended to the river on this side in about two months washington the president has withdrawn the nomination of bf G N X hand as secretary of dakota A table has been officially prepared at the treasury department showing that a sinking fund of twenty fi five ve millions per annum will cancel the national debt in twenty three and a half years and that a sinking fund ofa hun hundred drell millions will do so in less than ten y years ears the president at hn an interview with several republican members of the virginia legislature in speaking odthe municipal controversy at richmond sald said that canby would have llave beef been bla if he had not done what he did to prevent riot rit and bloodshed the senate postal committee has agreed to report a bill subsidizing the pacific mail co for service between san francisco and china and to extend to the company a million per aarum annum for semimonthly semi monthly service col M H alffman of the U 8 army will vill be relieved at his own request from may next 0 eugene schuyler has been confirmed secretary ecret ary of legation for st petersburg baltomeo the steamer dolphin from philadelphia for richmond was burned to the waters edge near patuxent maryland the crew barely escaped vite gite with their lives SAN sax FRANCISCO 23 the late intelligence from the san diego gold oid old field fields is somewhat unfavorable although though a number of good leads have hane been discovered they are said to require capital to developed dev elope lope them the weather at the mines is cold and stormy and the mines are unprotected consequently prospecting is slow work CHICAGO the supervisors yesterday by a vote of 42 to 4 passed a resolution for the expulsion of their late president kearney associate justice bradley was sworn in today to day and took his seat on the bench the senate substitute to the military bill prohibiting the fitting out of df expeditions here was defeated in the ahe committee by one vote the question on reporting the bill was carried earned by 6 yeas to 3 nays hWillard Ort and Ambler W will iii ili join in the minority report judd who was absent will also sign the minority A jamaica correspondent notes the arrival of united states consul phillips from santiago de do cuba with a statement that he fled to avoid threatened assassination by the spanish volunteers un the government being confessedly fes sedly unable to protect him jacok Gobel living at Charlesto nInd was waa killed today to day by the accidental discharge of ofa a pistol in the hands of his son the Tho senate was engaged this afternoon for four hours and a half considering the san domingo treaty sumner opened the debate in opposition to ratification occupying the floor till the tile session adjourned but giving way 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