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Show GENERAL. Pomtroy'l Innocence. Washington, 19. In tho Pomeroy investigation to-day, Frank Bacon, a member of the Kansas legislature, testified testi-fied that judge Horton, counsel for Pomeroy in the investigation, oflered. to pay bis campaign expenses to vote for Pomeroy, saying it was for the interest in-terest of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa San-ta Fo railroad that he bo elected. Witness Wit-ness said his-expenses were about$2,0U0. Horton wouldn't pay that but would pay $1,0U0. Subsequently Dr. Boec-backer Boec-backer urged him to vote for Pomeroy and said J"i,000 was ready for him. Witness refused. W. II. Bond, member mem-ber of tho house of representatives testified tes-tified lhat Horton oflered to pay bim to vote for Pomeroy and asked him to name tho sum. Ho said it would be considered as defr&vine exoenses. Asa Low subsequently urged him to vote for Pomeroy, intimating that $2,000 was ready for him. Air. Paine said there was money in Topeka and he could havo some. "Witnes. said he didn't want it - Paine eaid it was stolen from government, and bo might as well have it as anybody. Attempts were als.a made by several other parties to bribe witness to vole for Pomeroy. Tharo being no more witnesses lor tho prosecution at present, nor likely to be to-morrow, the commiuoe adjourned till Friday. Wktlilugtou Advleca. Washington, 19. Oakes Ames testified testi-fied before tho senate mobilier committee, commit-tee, to-day, that ho first heard of the $10,000 given Harlan, from Harlan himself, him-self, who told him Alloy said tho money camolrom the Union X'acitic. Harlan seemed greatly worried, and said ho wanted to pay the money. President (iraiiL was at tho President's room, in the senato wing, this forenoon, accompanied by secretary Fish. As it is known tbat the President is opposed to an extra session of congress, it is inferred from thia fact that ho was for some timo privately engaged with speaker Blaine, and general Gaitield, chairman of tho house committee on appropriations, that the object of hii visit was in reference to tho condition of public business. He also had a conference with the members of the senato committee on foreig n ro-lat ro-lat ona. Tho House ' Tmmittco on-' public pub-lic buildings, havo agreed lo report re-port that tho present Executive Alansion, is unsnited as a private residence resi-dence for the President, but may be used as otlices for the Executive. Thoy havo also agreed to report in favor of building a new piesidential residence. Kallroada ud UoTcromcnt, Tho house committee on appropriations, appropria-tions, to-day, considered tho legislative, executive- and judicial appropriation bill, and agreed to the senate amendment amend-ment revealing iho 9th section, amending amend-ing tho senate amendment, lo read as follows: "And tbo secretary of the treasury is directed to wiinhold all payments to any railroad company, and its assigns, on account of freight or transportation, over their respective roads, of any kind, to tho amount of the payments made by tho United Stales for interest upon bonds of tho United States issued to any such company and which shall not havo been reimbursed; reim-bursed; and any such company may, bring suit in the court of claims to recover re-cover so much of tho prico of such freight and transportation, as shall have been withheld; and in such suit the right of such company to recover the .same, upon the law and facts ot the case shall be determined, and also the rights ot tho United Stales upon tho merits of all points presented by it in answer thereto, by ihum; and the. jurisdiction juris-diction and power of said court in any such suit shall bo tho same as in other actions Ihoroon, and its judgment therein there-in and transcript thereof shall havo the same force and eilect as in the other cases of claims against government in said court; and either party to such suit may appeal lo tho supremo court, and both said courts shall givesueh causo or causes precodonee of all other business. Tlie Cincinnati Flatforui 1'et. : Hartford, Conn ,19. Tho Democratic Stalo convention mot hero, lo-day, and nominated Charles H. lngorsoll for governor, Uoorgo Still, Liberal Republican, Repub-lican, for lioutonant-governor, Martin H. Sanger for secretary of State, Wm. E. Raymond for treasurer, and A- K. Goodrich for comptroller. A long sot of resolutions was adopted rea dinning the Cincinnati platform, welcoming Spain to the sisterhood of republics, and demanding further legislation leg-islation on behalf ot the laboring classes. StUl Credit SloUIIIer. ' (- Washington, 19, In tho Poland com" mitlce, to-day, ox-senator fowler, of Tennessee, testified that ho had a conversation con-versation with AleCotub, and understood under-stood from him that Ames had cred-it mobilier stock to bo distributed. He had been o tiered credit mobilier stock by Amos, but declined to receive it, because ho understood from an explana tion ot Ames lhat the stock might bring his private luleresl into conllicl with his public duties. In tho Poland ciinnitlr, Colfax, after af-ter reading letters from Nesbitt, stated that the first ruiitiitnoco in April was expre;jly for per-onnl use. The Ihom-and Ihom-and dollars in Juno whs for political purposes, as was tho check in July. Coilax then produced tlio draft tor a thousand dullard, dated Juno -id, the day he deposited the tl'JM cash, which draft he sent to the chairman cf tho Indiana In-diana Kei'Ubiic.iu committee, ai.d "mother "mo-ther draft for iho same amount to the same person in July. Colfax also pro- 1 dueed au sfTUavit from an old neighbor neigh-bor in South Bend, te-litying lhat Colfax Col-fax told him of N e.-bill's generosity toward to-ward him, and lhat ho had sent the money to tbc Indiana committee, Stn York Intelligence. New York, 19. General Thomas T. Eokert, general superintendent of tho YY esfrn Union telegraph company, sailed for Liverpool in tho Java, ihis morning. A. Y. Fenno, a well-known actor, was found dead in his room, this afternoon, after-noon, supposed to he from heart disease. He played at Booth's theatre last night, and appeared in usual good health. Caldwell's Senatorial Shoes. Leavenworth, Kar.'as, 19. Among the candidates for the succession lo Caldwell aro governor 0!ora, Phillip, Phil-lip, Harvry, and L. P. Lew. T rlrli In ie YI liable JSegroe. C'.ove'.ard, O., I1.' S-voral cases of triehir.i' are reported in a famiiy of 7 -e-on, named Kr-.j.T. F.'ur aigrvea prop, -e to sua E'.is'.cr, of :ho Ar.il.-my .: Mu-.c, to recover i"l danii--''s, for being ejected from the d-f .-;r, 1- Atiollier Kftllrond "Accident." I Little Rvlt. Ark, 1.'. On the F.vt S:uun rui-oad t'r.:. i.: rnig, a? the we-t bur.d n-.aii lrin v r. -j n .1 1 r. g a c.irve two nv:i-s ei cf Plumer station, sta-tion, be m ;'.y mi. es from ibis city. the rer ear, in wn;ch were trurly-two passengers, pas-sengers, run o:i' th" lr,t "k. ar.d turned . I over down the emtiar.k:ne:.l. ll was a , box ear, ci. sed on b 'la s.des, leaving no chance for the p ii-.T. gri lo escape, 1 and no bell rope u lead troaa the cm to the engine, eons-;uenty no alarm could bo given before beir.e turned over. The car was dragged !0 yard before th'1 train st-pped; tweV.y-fur out of the thir:y-two pass-t-r.f-rs are injured, in-jured, and one is rp-Tied kii:-c rl -accident is attributed to tbe 'eckls rate at which the train w$ runnr-g. |