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Show i toMirtnsi. Ilrport on lire Lam! Forfeiture Dili Ailoptrd. WASHIMrrox Sept. 25. The conference con-ference report on the Land forfeiture bill was adopted, also the report ou the bill authorizing the entry of public lands by Incorporated cities fur cemetery and park purposes, lite bill for tile relief of rettlers on Northern North-ern Pacific Indemnity lands, and the bill granting a pension of $10O a month to the widow of General Hartranft. Khloe (Tenn.) offered a resolution reciting that It W alleged the postmaster post-master of thu House, J. I. Wheat, whose duty it Is to let contracts lor carrying the malls, let a contract to onertaniuelCulbertfotifcT $jQ00 a year, on condition that Culberlson rttyhlm (Wheat) jtfiO rer month out of the money received from the government, and that hodld receive that amount for five months, and directing an Investigation of those charges and other matters pertaining pertain-ing to Wheat's administration. Caswell (Wis.) said his information informa-tion w-s that this practice on the paft cf thu postmaster had obtained ob-tained during several Congresses. Postmaster Broom? was satisfied that this money was not a proper and legitimate perquisite and therefore there-fore had covered every dollar Into the Treasury. Hopkins offered an amendment extending tho investigation into praetiics of the postmaster of the Fiftieth Cougnss. A Iter some debate this was agreed to, and the resolution as amended was passed. Payne (N. Y.u chairman of the pevial committee on the Silcott defalcation, de-falcation, called up the. bill defining defin-ing the duties cf the Sergeant-at-anns, and It was passed. It is framed to guard against any possible repetition of the defalcation, and it is only when payment is nctuall) made by tile Sergeant-at-arms to members that any recompenratlon be required. His compensation Is limited to the present salary. A bond of Jo0,tc is required. A bill was passed appropriating jl,000,0 to enable the Secretary of the Navy to purchase nickel ore or matte for the manufacture of nickel steel armor. Adjourned. The IU In Knst lildlAi IO DON, bepL25. The tTtromc&'J Calcutta corresdoudent: The troops InGoaare committing tho wildest excesses and shooting people, indiscriminately. indis-criminately. Several popular lead-irs lead-irs were shot. The residences of others aro besieged and a lively fusllade proceeds. The governor-general governor-general Is hiding in tho palace and is deaf to entreaties from the inhabitant". inhab-itant". Mauy women and children who Tire hurried there for protcc tion were bayoneted by the palace guard. Several dynamite bombs were thro-rn into the palace by citizen citi-zen soldi!?. The governor Justifies the action of the troojison ttie ground that a revolution was declared. It Is estimated esti-mated that SOU tirsons have been hilled atrl wounded in Die two days' lighting Wilson Itrnomlualed. TacOMA, Wash., SopL 25. Tho republican re-publican btato convention renominated renomi-nated John L. Wilson for Congress by acclamation. Ureal ItsllrJitit furcliaws. Ctticaoo, spL 23. Tlio ftcmna JonrMtt asserts that tho svanta Fo of-tleials of-tleials admit that their corroratioa has purchased tho 'olorado Midland road and will also Lavd control of the Bio Grande ealern. While tho nc-otin-lions for tho purchase of the latter may result In failure to seenro direct ovrnerihip, tha Jonnml asserts that thero is no doubt that the svinta lo will, In conneciiuit vntb the .Midland, operate It under a long tinta lease. fjMiitalltx Car the Irish. Cltcl.-itVTf.Sept. Ok The) news of the attack of tha polieo upon the peoplo of T1 pcrary.in which Timothy Harrington received a wound and that John Morl-y narrowly escaped death, aronsed intenso Indignation ainoni: the na'Innal conncll '' Ihe Irish League, now hi session in Cin-LlnnalL Cin-LlnnalL President FltzscraM sent a cablegram cable-gram to Harrington expressing )m.-Itlhy )m.-Itlhy nnd he rror at the deed and the admiration of the council for Morley. The I'uiie Cortlpllmrnls the neen. Iotuos, Sept. 25. in n Interview with an Knsllah Catholic iiobleraaH the Pope said he fervently hoped for a renewal of permanent dlploma."e relations rela-tions In i ngland under the beneficent rule of Victoria. lis said tho church enjoyed throughout the IlrliUh empire em-pire substantial liberties. He had the deepest personal regard for ' be Queen, whose Ihougbtfnlnesa fortho poor and sutfering had won golden opinion, throughout the world. Discos eresl In Time. LisnON.bept. 25. The polieo bate discovered the authors of the circulars circu-lars distributed ye-terday assailing tbo stabqilv of well-known banks, wi'h tho object of creating a politico-financial politico-financial crista. vrisbllo Death. Lrxixoro-r, Va. Sept. SL Intense excitement prevails over a fatal prlze-flsht prlze-flsht at tho Mate Military Institute CaletTalUfrroof Virginia, n;ed 15, and McConnko of Texaa, ajteil , quarreled and decided to settle by a nst flghl. Thirteen deapera'e rounds were fongb". rwo boars Uler Talu-fefro Talu-fefro was dead. McConnlco tried to snicklo but was placed in jail. Ilcrlln nils. IlEnux,SpJ,2S. Herr Imnehnrg, a aoetalist, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment because he remarked re-marked that Bmperor William himself him-self would in timo become a socialu. The itMl announces that (.moral Lzrvnskl will be appointed minister of war to succeed Vernola. In a duel at Uetzburg today between Lieutenant niethslatser and Uenten-ant Uenten-ant Goilor, tha former was killed. The duel was the result or a quarrel in a restaurant. A 1'role.sae Cone. Norm Dime, Ind., bept, 23 Arthur Ar-thur J. S aie. professor of civil en-paneering en-paneering at "Notre Dams University, died this evening, l'rofeaaor Mace was born in busaex. Lngland, In 1S.13 and lias been counseled with the Uul versify of "Notre Dame sines H60. He achieved distinction as a poet, lltera-teur, lltera-teur, humorist and mathematician He sras one of the Commissioners lo Ihe Tans Imposition In 183. The Klrlke Continues. Du-tvi-n, Sept. 2S There is little change in the awitehmens strike in Ihe Union Pacific yards todav. The company com-pany la working thirty-nee new men and seven engine and declare that under Hams they have todar moved more freight than the v did before with 115 men and thirty engines In the same length ot time. one-of the strikers signified a desire to retnrn. an 1 It ia probable that all their place wilt be filled by no w men, and It is likely atsa that theSwitchmen'a Brotherhood will refuse to take np the fight. TrleSrapbers Htrlke. Cittciooept.25. Tha telegraphers andsta'ion agents on the Chicago t Cistern Illinois Railroad between Eransville and Tens IUnte. link, and on Ihe Peoria. Decatur A Evansvlils road, struck this morning demanding an advance In wasss to the standard firices. heveral offleers of the system n this city have gons to ths s-eno of the strike to effect, It is said, a compromise. |
