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Show liBXEIlAL, eiintorlnl Corruption. St. Louis, 13. A Topcka special, referring re-ferring to the senatorial bribery investigation investi-gation now going on there, says there is sufficient evidence beforo the coni-miliej coni-miliej to justii'y the legislature inlaying inlay-ing tho mutter before the U. S. senate and a.-king that body to order an investigation in-vestigation with a view to unseating Caldwell. Fire in XaahvllU'. INnshville, lo.-Tlie book bind.-ry am composing room of the Alethodi;t bonk concern in thi city, wa.- burned atmid-night atmid-night la.-t niht, together with all tin materials of both di-puriiuem.-; a!o th( tcroiype foundry u:;d mi eitensive library. li-brary. Los.i about -'ii.ivvl. "u in.-uranc except on building, the losson which wa. Kdlitcxltd lo llcalgn. Savannah, Ga . 1"., , di?pit. h frr n Talalia.-e says the ascmbly of FioriU; on Wednesday aUernwn, by a larc majority, re.-'-ivnl that U. r-. .-enal'-Of borne be requited to re-in, t.-iln,. among oilier reasons that the appoint menta to oriice made ly his recomnK-n dationt were obVruotioiis to repubhea: governmint. New York Xvws. New York, 1".. In the Oyer an . Terminer court this mornii.?. cvidetic was continued in VohV.f of M-'ks as t ill irrfiruiai itios in ein!ar.nfiiir,g lb j A special di-oateh i'r.mi Charie-loi j S. C-t caya Uiul CuoirmaA'jr Luviuu : flopping in that city under the name c Ja nes Harvey. Tlie Albany assembly has adopted ; proviso to the New York city charter prohibiting appropriations lor seetariai schools. Fifteen thousand dollars worth o silks were burglarized on Washinglor street this morning. Tho thieves escaped es-caped but $lo,C00 worth of booty woi recaptured. West Indian intelligence reports the 'uicidc, at Kingston, Jamaica, of tin ltev. llosenfeidt, a convert from Judaism, Juda-ism, who was sent there to christianize the Jews. A Halifax dispatch is severe on the New York papers for publishing a thrilling account of tho execution ol two alleged murderers in Newfoundland, Newfound-land, the parties not having yet been tried. In the Stokes case, tho district-attorney does not traverse tho various allegations allega-tions as to the irregularities of the grand jury, but simply avers they were good and lawful men, and on that issue he will go to the jury. The trial of the present issue will probably end to-morrow, C. Irlcsky, the accomplice of Jones, tho tire burgler, confesses to fireing the building on .Morris Ave., Klizabelh. N. J., and the stove manufactory on Eld-ridge Eld-ridge St., and that he received part of the proceeds of the insurance, except the last made, which occurred before they became partners. Washington Intelligence. "Washington, 13. A Philadelphia delegation, to-day, appeared before the committee on public buildings, urging urg-ing an appropriation of a mdlion dollar.-for dollar.-for public buildings in that city and half a million for a site therefor. Kcpresentalives of tho brewers were before tho committee on ways and means to-day praying for a modilieation of the present tax law and the adoption of the stamp system for taxation. The PresiJen's last levee of the season was held this evening. The attendance was tho largest sf tho winter. ,Tho senate in executive session today, to-day, conlirnud Grata Washburno, son of minister "Washburne, as assistant secretary of legation to Franco; and Sam. C. Wing'ard, U. S. attorney for "Washington Territory. The New Orleans select committeo have returned to Washington and will soon present their report. The QnllBon the Pacific Railroad. In accordance with the resolution offered of-fered by Casserlj- and adopted by tlie senate, calling for information with regard re-gard to tho detention of the California mail on tlie Pacilic railroad, the postmaster-general sent a communication U tho senate, in which ho states that m formal contracts exist for the transportation transpor-tation of tho mail on the U. P. and C. P railroads, tho service being paid for b the department, under orders issue quarterly. Tho postmaster-general further fur-ther states there is nothing in the usua contract stipulations which can be construed con-strued locompel tho railroad companies in circumstances like tho present one, U provide for tho transportation of mail: by any other means than their owi trains, or any other rOule than theii own. Maine for "Woman Suffrage. Augusta, Mo., 15. Tho legislativ committee on legal reform has agreed tt report a bill t allow women the rigli of suffrage at the Presidential election Monetary and Stocks. New York, 13. There were IU proposals propo-sals for bonds t"-day aim unting to '', 1 70, 'J50, from Hf.1. U5 to 1 10. '. 10. Th t advertized for purchase was l ,000,000 if taken it will be at 10'.U)-3 to 100.30. Gold strong; sterling, 01; governments govern-ments strong, with good homo and fail foreign demand. Stocks dull and lower; low-er; W. U.T., 00i; tjuicksilver, O-Ji; V F., 001; Pac. Mail, 37. London, 13. Consols, money, P21; account, ac-count, O'JS. Decrease of specie in tin bank of Jingland i-jOi.000. |