Show summary tile the contested delt reeder needer and whitfield of kansas after having occupied much time lime has been temporarily disposed of by the appointment of a committee by mr banks speaker of the house to proceed to kansas and take the evidence evidence necessary to determine the question the tile committee are campbell campbeli Cain carn of ohio howard of michigan and oliver of missouri Mif ouri ar found in the occidental messenger riger of march r 9 it I 1 is ald aid said that have been appropriated to defray the expenses of their investigations covent garden theatre london loudon was consumed su med with nearly all its contents by fire on oil the ath of march the alene Is 8 stated to have llave cost emigrant aid Socie tifF loth north and south are busily in forwarding forward ng to kahsai kansa v the free sittle kansas karsas convened at topeka on the ath of march and afier afler a short abort sessil session on during which they the heard beard gov Robill robinsons soll soil 8 message and elected reeder needer and lane to con Cor congress gress adjourned to the tl e ath of july the tiie peace conference comme commenced Us its scission session at t paris oil on the of feb secrecy is is ei joined upon the hoce ail all that had lad transpired of their heir 1 proceedings roce edings edins cp up to latest dates was tile the understanding blat tl at they tiley had formally accepted the five propositions propositions as the lasis basis of their deliberations A fire in st martinsville Martins ville louisiana feb 17 destroyed property valued ot at tw lve persons were killed ly L all an explosion of gunpowder ill in one of tile the some sixty persons lost thir their lives lues by the burning buru of a u philadelphia and comden ferry boat on the evening of the of march |