Show SPECIAL TO ME THE DESERET NEWS t washington the commissioner of the revenue has decided that no tax shall be levied uvon upon sales or loans to building asso associations ciati clatt 0 lis memphis captain geo gift girt left last night for san francisco and china for the purpose of bringing chinese immigrants for a new company recently formed here selma the reports are confirmed of the appearance of miter caterpillar pillars sin in the cotton fields in the northern part of the state captain joseph sutton the well known commander of the pacific mail steamship berv service 66 died in this city yesterday cleveland 0 25 it is stated that powerful combinations of manufacturers haye been formed at cleveland clevelano youngstown and elsewhere in the state for the purpose of testing the validity of bf the new boiler inspection law boston shortly after leaving the dock this morning the east boston ferry boat lincoln was discovered to be on tire she was immediately put back and the passengers safely landed the damage done aone to 0 the boat is estimated at eighteen or twenty thousand D C the secretary of th e treasury tred sury is in ofa letter ietter from the collector of customs at new orleans covering the communication of wm mccreery relative to importing coolies into this country asking for instruction of the department he replies that mccreery McCre ery mistakes in stating that the act of 62 prohibiting american citi zeds beds from engaging in in the coolie trade has been abrogated and that on january nath lath 67 resolutions were unanimously passed in both houses of congress expressing the abhorrence of the people of the United States for the coolie trade tracie in conformity with this resolution secretary mcculloch addressed the collector at new now orleans a letter on the of august 67 of which a copy is enclosed in addition to this article five of the treaty between the united states and the chinese empire which now awaits the action of the emperor reprobates any other than voluntary emigration and agrees to make it a penal offense offence to take chinese subjects from china without their free and voluntary consent the department of state by the circular of the of january 67 addressed to the ministers and consuls of the united states directs that the Con consul at every er by pore port where coolies may embark be e required to certify after a full examination that such embarkation was not procured by fraud but voluntary and further requires sueh such mini Uini ministers and consuls to use all the authority power and influence at their command towards preventing and discouraging the carrying on of the traffic referred to in any way such being the facts in the case the collector collectors is authorized and directed to use all his vigilance fir the suppression of this which the Sec secretary says is is a new modification odthe slave trade the fires in the woods in washington terri territory are raging with renewed violence 0 memphis 26 A severe shock earthquake was felt here at two this morning several large meteors fell during the night chicago wm weber from ft russell dakota was found dead in his bed at the sherman house yesterday the cause probably heart disease helas he was on his bis way to visit his friends in indiana chicago A man named thomas wilson formerly an nn officer in the british army brutally murdered his wife yesterday on fourteenth street wilson for years has been a drunken wretch and abusive to his wife who wasa was wab a woman of uncommon personal attractions and evidently eviden evidently tl y superior to her present station the murder was committed when wilson was drunk he be is in jail jall memphis mike daughrty efcy a laborer at elmwood demetry was shot and killed by another laborer while attempting tenn tern pt ing to prevent the latter shooting mr E hills lils liis Ills superintendent of the aeme tr try y the murderer fled new york the anglo american telegraph company the gross receipts from the Atlantic cable table since the landing ortho orthe first on one july 27 07 66 is upwards of six hundred aed abd forty pounds sterling the rumber number of messages is steadily dilys from a daily aver jage ageos 29 under the 20 tariff to during the last month the farat of the xa 2 tariff while the daily average of dispatches to june 69 ia Is more than double that to june 68 ios under the za 5 59 tariff the daily average of the receipts shows by the same comparison an increase from in june 68 to 1531 1521 in june 68 Lou louisville laville A A singular and terrible accident occurred near princeton ky on the an immense mill stone weighing nearly a ton was half rolled off the wagon on which it was being hauled along the side of a steep hill and rushed with fearful velocity down a hill into a farm yard at its foot crossing through the fence over several bee hives into a pasture beyond where it ran over and killed two calves and a horse the bees attacked some children playing in the yard and stung them so severely that one has since died and two others are blind and speechless and not expected to survive ex governor hahn of la has had an interview with secretary boutwell Boutwe ii during which he remarked that the sugar frauds at new orleans were a great injury to honest importers and sugar planters in his state and should therefore be severely punished but the people of new orleans did not believe that the investigation ansome in some cases had been prose prosecuted and the cri crl criminals brought to justice on account of their high position and that some of the officials were implicated secretary boutwell replied that the parties would be tried on the evidence presente presented d and that no compromise would be accepted even should more money be offered by them than is due to the government that the suit both civil and criminal would be pressed with rigor with the determination that the guilty parties be exposed should there be no conviction it will be owing to the corruption of the judge an and jury djury the commissioners of internal revenue have decided that the usa use by collectors of a jac fao almi bimi simile le of the die to impress their names on stamps fordis tilled spirits cannot canuet be allowed hereafter the regulations requiring their actual signatures st louis wm shot and killed ernest on the street last night both are germans and had been intimate friends the improper intimacy of with Plo egers t wife is the alleged cause dr P anderson yesterday was dangerously gerou sly cut by a woman who accused him of giving her medicine to produce abortion x fortress monroe an immense 20 inch gun made at pittsburg weighing fifty seven bevera tons tona was landed here today Boston James L dempsey who lost an arm in the engagement between the year Kear kearsarge sage and alabama At and was the last survivor of the wounded in that fight died last night washington postmaster general cresswell met with an accident yesterday at his home in maryland A chair broke under him and he fell and dislocated and broke his left arm troy the mills at waterford with 10 or 15 barrels flour and several thousand bushels of grain were burned today to day loss 80 86 Ch chicago leago the tribunes Tribu nels wash washington in ato n special says the result of boutwelle Bou administration m ni appears in a proposition from a german house at frankfort to loan the government three hundred million at five per cent which the secretary is of course obliged to decline he thinks we may within a year borrow all the money we want at faur or certainly at four and a half percent per cent and he will probably recommend such a loan next winter for the purpose paying off the nive five awen twenties ties A private letter from irom a well advised source in england expresses the opinion that a loan at four and a half per cent could easily be negotiated within six months san francisco the committee ways and means left for the east yesterday after a thorough investigation they express satisfaction i with th the management of federal afna afra affairs tirs on this coast the past few daya of their stay were devoted to obtaining information with regard to the alaska fur far trade the representatives presenta tives of the two leading chinese companies compau ies of this city have accepted an invitation of the chicago commercial party to accompany them to chicago as guests afterwards they will visit new york and other eastern cities and will thence proceed to the southern states to give their attention to the chinese question since the secretary of tile treasury directed the collector at new key orleans tou to use all ali his hia effort efforts sto to prevent coolie trade his hia attention has been called to this port where it is alleged alleg edthe the ladof law of 1868 prohibiting the importation of pers persons 0 ns of color who vrho are held for service or labor and that of 1862 against the coolie or slave trade has been totally disregarded it is also suggested that a society be organized here to procure the enforcement of the above laws key west admiral hoin hoft with his flagship and two gunboats gun boats arrived at santiago on the lith great excitement prevailed the people supposing the squadron had come for the purpose of bombarding the place the admiral exchanged correspondence with the governo rafter which visits were interchanged the admiral made a thorough examination of the circumstances attending the murder of americans the governor stated that he could not resist the clamor of the volunteers for blood and consented to their execution on the ground that the late captain general dulces proclamation de declared beclar clar ciar d pirates admiral hoff severely condemned their execution wi without th trial and made a sharp protest against it the governo governor agreed to allow hilow prisoners to be tried in future but orders will be bb issued to the Span spaniards lards not to bring in prisoners hereafter but to kill them on the spot chicago A dissat dispatch h from omaha says that james W davis and his associates socia oc lates tes and sub contractors have brought a suit in the state district court against oliver dilver ames and others contractors on the TJ P JR JL it fo for gai pie amount due foi fot g or k p per er forb fori formed hied fied ardd wid money exp eap expended n ed and add breach of contract defendants allege that the claimants and their associates are already overpaid by fifty seven thousand dollars it is ahat thad ther mlis mits lly liy information at the treasury department that the counterfeiting afu ofu of U S securities in some european countries is being carried on tt tb some extent washington the enforcement of the revenue laws in at lea iea least at a portion of the state of georgia appears to be a matter orsome of some difficulty if not danger three gentlemen have declined the appointment as assessors in one district and have abandoned the field to disorderly parties the district complained of is known as the third georgia district comprising 23 counties in the central and eastern part of the state collector beecher has forwarded to commissioner miss loner ioner delano his last appointee wm win E haccord Hay cord witha statement that he found it impossible to discharge his duties owing to threats of intimidation and actual violence three unsuccessful attempts had been made to assess property in tuese these counties the matter will be brought to the attention of the president on his return and if necessary the military will be used to enforce the law bankers and others are warned to take the necessary precaution against counterfeit coite coupons which purport to have been attached to the one hundred dollar 5 20 bonds issued in 16 67 fourth series received by gen spinner today and paid in new york the paper on which they are printed printer is bf a poorer quality than that used by abd tbd government A close examination shows it is merely a well executed photograph st louis the second deposit in the match between mccoole and alien allen was put up on saturday night alien allen took quart quarters erg erh today to day at west home four miles from this city where he will wilt be handled by coyt coyne ne his trainer mccoole is going to training ra ning under tom kelly near fair grounds in a few days gallagher is training at the sik six mile Blile house fora for a fight with allen alien on the of august he assaid to be in fine condition san francisco 28 william wililam H seward arrived at victoria vancouver island july 20 his reception was enthusiastic sia sla spastic he was escorted to the saint george hotel where the principal citizens headed by the mayor called and presented an address of welcome seward visited the acting governor and was receive received dint dirt in a be becoming cowing manner in the evening he was serenaded and returned thanks closing his speech with expressions of friendship to great britain after visiting parts sound he proceeds to alaska and returns in about three weeks A destructive storm passed over jacksonville oregon yesterday it commenced with thun thunder iler iier and lightning accompanied by a tornado which leveled fences sheds and trees afterwards an immense body of water rushed down the creeks carry carrying irig away bridges and gardens garden and in some instances cuttle cattle the supposed water spout burtt buri in avest place admiral dahlgren dahigren has bas been ordered to the comman command dior of the washington navy wavy yard august loth the fire astill burning in washington territory the smoke is so dense at monticello that objects fifty yards distant are hardly discernible the secretary of state has appointed a committee to select a site for anew a new state department to prepare plans for the building the commission consists of the secretary of the navy the secretary of war clark the architect of the capitol mullett mullett architect of the treasury and general michler superintendent of public buildings the members of the miners union of treasure city nevada yesterday visited the principal mines in the white pine district and compelled the men working for less than five dollars a day to stop work using violence in some borne cases even those laboring under contract were compelled to desist anttio and no one was wa allowed to work vork in the ebe ete hart mine in any capacity charleston A negro riot which at one time threatened very serious consequences occurred last night on the occasion of the departure of the visiting base ball club from savannah the club was accompanied by a brass band hand composed of colored men who were said to be democrats As the club was leaving in procession for tho savannah bo boat atthe the members were attacked with sticks stones and brickbats brick bats by a mob of several hundred men several shots were fired on both sides mayor pillsbury was powerless to quell the riot and was compelled to call on major oglesby for the assistance of the troops the club was escorted to the boat between platoons of the etli infantry followed uy by a large crowd clowd of yelling and infuriated neg negroes roes throwing stones and compelling the ol diers to occasionally face ia threaten n t to nire fire several persons abas were wounded mostly members of the colored band wm A sy sylvis wn sl president of the national labor union ddn died suddenly at philadelphia this morning of congest bonges i tion of the bowels white sulphur springs at a meeting held here today to day composed principally of southerners resolutions were unanimously adopted expressing the gratitude of the southern people to george peabody for his lent gift in the cause of education in the south resolutions will be fo formally presented tomorrow to morrow the chicago republicans special says several colored rioters who interfered to prevent the conservative negroes from voting at the recent city election at washington have been sentenced to twenty years ina irA imprisonment |