| Show to unk rui DESERET NEWS tg la p V sv SENATE f A concurrent resolution directing an enquiry into the effects of the fifteenth amendment upon the indians was adopted A joint resolution authorizing the northern pacific railroad to issue construction bonds segur securing ing the same bame by moyt mortgage gage with amendments fixing the price of the the additional lands at two dollars and a half per acre and reserving wg them to actual settlers came up owell howell argued against the railroad monopolizing an policing pol poi izing lands stewart defended railroad and land grants as conducing to the prosperity of the thel country without disposing of the bill the income tax bill was taken up as amended by the tho finance committee scott offered an amendment to obviate what whal he termed the injustice of the tax collected through bank dividends to persons having less thana than a thousand dollars income the amendment was rejected by 16 to sumner spoke against abolishing the income tax sherman presented a memorial from a hundred and thirty seven colored citi eizens of ohio stating that last tuesday in the election of off omm meers officers for that state they were prevented from voting notwithstanding the amendment the off omm meers officers whose duty it was to allow them to vote declined to serve and their places were filled with irresponsible persons leaving them practically no redress the memorial ests want the law enforced and their rights protected hereafter referred to the judiciary committee edmonds chairman of the pension committee in reply to enquiry as to when the report on the bill for the relief of mrs lincoln might be expected stated that the case had been decided and would bo be reported in the course of a week he deel deci declined bled bied to state the decision in irk advance pomeroy introduced abill a abill to tracil transfer per ier the cherokee and creek indians to t the tha h western district of arkansas giouse the credentials of H W barry member elect from mississippi were reported correct and he was sworn in adjourned BOSTON Bos ios los row the house committee on suffrage reported in favor of a resolution submitting to the people an amendment striking out the word male from the constitution NEWARK ir N J A strike occurred ye berday aday at the broomfield turnpike sto stone e quarry on account of a reduction of wages some bome of the men went to work at the reduced rates but thie strikers stoned them rendering the interference of the police necessary it is thought that the strike will spread to other quarries but nothing serious has lids yet occurred NEW YORK yore 6 james gibbons fre president of the penlan fenian senate has issued an off omm lelal official notification to the Br brotherhood other othar warning them not to pay any at to the reports they may receive to attend the coming congress at chicago which is to be held on the lith hist lust as it will be only a limited representation sen tation of the fenian organization general michael kerwin ren ker win fenian secretary of war has resigned being dissatisfied with gen ON inells ells eils late proceed 1 ings A convention n was held of the workers of the woman suffrage movement this afternoon for the purpose of devising some measures to effect a union of the several Buff suffrage rage associations throughout the country the constitution of the Amer american foan loan female suffrage organization is to be submitted toa future meeting theo til tilton ton was chosen president and anna dickinson first vice president bishop ames presided at the last session of the new york episcopal church during the present bit sit sitting the bey rev horace cooke cook e the eloping parson will ili be tried on t the charges preferred against him it is understood that cooke will make a defence of temporary insanity the postmasters of this city and williamsburg are defendants in the suits brought by fictitious persons to recover letters detained by the postmaster general the real work of the ghe trial commenced this morning it was evident from the deep attention with which the aud audience lobee listened to the ahe that the fact was dul vi appreciated preserved the same bame same Bame i calm composure which has nirh marked e d his demeanor piece the beginning of the trial triai As sool BOOI as the jury roll was called district attorney gardner iller filer proceeded to open the case on the part of the people ho he charged ohp jury that tha t unless the prisoner pil could show that he was justified in the act he was waa guilty of murder in the first degree and such should be their verdict at the suggestion of the defense the district attorney ordered all the witnesses for the prosecution to retire except the first one to be bel called the firsa firsts witness geo M king was called the prosecution examination began by the district attorney the witness king was employ edin the tribune office count ilig ing room he te knew richardson and mcfarland his testimony recounted substantially the facts lating relating xe to the shooting of richardson as they have fre ire frequently been given to the public c mr graham conducted the cross examination A diagram of the publication office of the tribune was exhibited to the witness who indicated the positions tIong occupied respectively by himself hihi hihl seif self deceased and the prisoner at the time the shooting occurred he could not remember having seen mcfarland make any motion that indicated his intention to use a weapon ho he saw mcfarland with a pistol 1 stol afterwards at the astor house ab bub but ut never heard him boast offis of his bis skill shill with the pistol the next witness was daniel Freeman who recounted the circumstances of the shooting substantially as known he knew mcfarland was armed and saw a revolver at atthe the astor house after which richardson had previously upon his person e ho he bee seo a pistol in richar Richard richardsons pd s sons rison roson hand at tho the time of the shooting EJ corner the third witness for the prosecution was one of the tribune mallin mailing g clerks his evidence in the main was a corroboration of that of the previous witnesses he heard a pistol shot and saw two inen men leave the office but he did not see tee whether they were alehard richardson any and and mcfarland captain allair testified co to arresting the prisoner and to richardsons Richard sons identification of him as 03 the man who shot him dr swan gave evidence as to the character of the wounds their treatment and to the deack death of richardson the last meeting of the american an antislavery anti antl ti slavery society was held at apollo hall today to day and evening wendell phillips presided he delivered a short address in which he congratulated the members on the dawn oca ofa of a day which hard hardly any believed they ever would letters see letters were read from sumner Boutwell Colfax Alcorn of mississippi whittemore and others resolutions were adopted that tho the ratification of the fifteenth Amlen amendment dment was the ful filament of the pledge made by the society to the tho colored population of N Y expressing confidence in the integrity and ultimate intelligence of the newly enfranchised and pledging themselves to continue their labor to remove the hateful hateful prejudice which still tarnishes and disgraces our dur legislation remarks ivere yvere were made by ired fred douglass mrs lucretia mott and others resolutions re disbanding the society were adopted after long tong ong discussion in which stephen S foster and a few others opposed disbanding but there was only one ono negative vote the society was organized at thirty seven years ago and closed with the proceed proceedings ingi of today it was stated that there was not then a single member present who attended the first meeting three hundred acres of woods recently purchased for a cemetery at hempstead L I 1 I 1 by Ste Bt stewart warf ewart were burned yesterday advices advises from the darien expedition to march 28 say that several miles inland had been explored but no elevation of the land had been discovered the expedition had consequently accomplished nothing more laborers were being baing obtained at aspinwall asp Aap inwall and nip bie sic chili was sending troops to depose the seif self appointed king in araucania and it was thought that a big battle would ensue as some thousand indians will oppose them the yellow fever at rio janiero was rapidly decreasing the deaths averaging only forty a day the north wall of the mammoth iron building at and broadway owned by wood brothers as a carriage warehouse fell with a tremendous crash at two this morning nobody was hurt damage jack reynolds the murderer was hanged this morning in the tombs prison yard george johnson hason Jo the possessor of considerable property living 1139 alone in the cicero seven miles from syra syracuse use was discovered in ju his this house bouse basl night insensible andl andi hla hia skull broken with some heavy inspru ii hent he died during the night hight the house was robbed and the P pockets dockets of the murdered man rifled some parties in the neighborhood are suspected and rind an investigation is iii in progress poughkeepsie sherifa sheriff kenworthy today to day served another attachment against the boston hartford and enie erie i railroad to satisfy a claim of eighty thousand dollars this makes one million one hundred and four thousand dollars worth in claims made by the sheriff WASHING washington ton TOx A virginia delegation was at the executive mansion today conferring with th the president relative to the appointment by that state of dr hayes rayes ahe the arctic explorer who was wag here at the instance of the senate foreign committee in reference Mience xe to the propriety bf a new expedition to the pole WHEELING the colored people cele th the tho 0 fifteenth amendment today to day by theli thell the ring firing of a salute and parading the streets with music musie and banners louisville 6 connected with the murder of george off has been sentenced to bo be hung on the third fit june NA NASHVILLE suvILLE 7 preparations are making here for the twelfth in honor of general thomas the railroads railroad jwill swIll carry passengers at half fare MEMPHIS the large dry goods store storo of howell wood re read head d has been forced to bankruptcy by their philadelphia creditors there are rumors of a ta disagreement among the agents of the principal gaii railroad lines westward Ye stward and aud there will probably bo be a reduction in freight and passenger rates during the bummer eummer months tho the erie eric aud other railway companies are making arrangements for cheap eurs excursions lons ions to kansas and nebraska and negotiations are progressing for reduced rates on excursions to san francisco A warrant waff wann issued today to day for the arrest of a custom house of officer fleer charged with complicity in the recent smuggling cases but the detectives are not able to find him the loss to the government by the recent smuggling is to estimated at a million dollars the tribunes washington special says that a dispatch to the south carolina papers shows that whittemore I 1 is earnestly canvassing his district for his return to congress speaking about three times a week and explaining the sale of his cadetship to the colored people aa as a ahng about which chehad been very unjustly treated several speakers are in the field against him the government tion has not yet ordered a ney nev new elec the peace conference between spain on the one hand and chi chill 1 peru and bolivia on the other will wil meet here about the end of this mont h our government is to act as me mediator d lator laton luthe lathe in the matter mis mrs james tuck tack chief of police was shot and killea killed by henry sizer P this morning the affair is shrouded in mystery the new postal treaty with the narth german union takes effect on thi the D I 1 st of july captain john E blaine of pennsylvania haat haaf been appointed special agent for the treasury department the reports from the national banks in u response to comptroller hubbard come in slower than usual owing to a change in the day upon which they were required to tobe be made lee igee of wyoming Wyom Wyo ralpg ipg made mader argument before the house committee on territories in fayon favor of a resolution endorsing the big horn mining expedition charges have been bieu filed against the off omm lelal official integrity of howe marshal of wyoming territory NEW YORK yorm the green valle vaile valley vailey flour ing mill N jand J and a large quantity of corn were burned today to day loss oss eleven thousand seven hundred emigrants have arrived here including germans A wallet cinta containing ining coin notes and papers to the tho value of was found in the attic of an out building on the corner of third avenue and street it is supposed to have lain there thero for years and contains the proceeds of a robbery CLEVELAND mrs wing was horribly burned by the explosion of a kerosene can yesterday while mile pouring out oil into the fire I 1 cincinnati mra mrs beading an sri insane saner sane woman at newcastle indiana indians yesterday put her babe in the stove adda arid closed the tho door the father eime came ina lna in a tew few seconds after but the child sis vis was vas fatally burned and died shortly the tribunes Ne newyork keyork New York special bays says 4 W jt loany tod aywas was tho the ilie most mosi interesting of the mcfarland trial as it developed uil tin e line of defense the counsel of mcfarland managed very skillfully to introduce a plea of insanity along with the testimony to shew a conspiracy to break up his family the court adjourned immediately after the introduction of a letter from richardson to mrs mcfarland after alter her final separation from flom her husband several other letters jerelin produced trod and identified but will not riot be read till monday mornin morning the prosecution claims to have evit ovit evidence rice tice that will completely rebut the testimony introduced by the defence relating to the ali ati alk lebed conspiracy the crowd around the court room was very large but very few were admitted who had nothing to do with the case CHICAGO chica oo A horrible murder occurred near colona III ill on tuesday ni night 9 lit A K R mumford a farmer and his wife were attacked by two ruffians while in bed and murdered with a club the mans head was afterward severed from his body the robbers secured 1600 dollars in cash A little boy was also beaten with a club and left f or dead but he recovered A omaha special says the officers orl oil of the U P B R E R deny the statement telegraphed from cheyenne that the creditors of the road had applied to the courts of wyoming for the appointment of a receiver for that road they assert that the company owe owes jao 0 authenticated or ascertained delpin deb isrin nebraska wyoming or utah that it has paid and will continue to pay all indebtedness debt edness when due dr hayes the arctic explorer it is is said is urging his hia appointment to the th command of the proposed expedition the tribunes new york special gayb in case an appropriation is made by congress for another voyage to the north pole polet it is probable a large subscription will be raised here to assist the enterprise the geological society will hold a meeting on saturday to consider the project and will appoint i a committee to examine the plans plaus of hall bent hays and others 1 I 1 ronEt Gig LoN lompon pON 9 in the telegraphic ser sen service wite with india yndia india cid via suez to toj bombay direct the cable promises to meet the expectations of the most ban san sanguine gubie messages are coming through promptly by the rates now in force messages of ten words between now new york and bombay cost only seventeen and ahall 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