Show SPECIAL TO THE DESERET NEWS washington D C ia in the senate williams from the committee on pub lic ilc lands reported iab an amendment a bill to aid the construction of a railroad and telegraph from the columbia river to great salt lake in the house under the rule a large number of bills was introduced and referred the senate today to day confirmed john titus chief justice and charles A tweed tweed associate justice of the supreme court of arizona general Butler proposes to to the house a bill abolishing the income tax and instead thereof assessing nive five per cent of the interest paid on all invested capital including the national and state bonds on all loans running longer than a year on the dividends of bank and insurance companies railroads etc and on mortgages leases rents one per cent on successions to legacies and deed deeds and gifts drifts rifts other than for charitable purposes and aud nd when the property falls to one of the next blood not of a collateral branch three per cent when to one of a collateral branch and five fave percent when a stranger or corporation tic u etc all these collections are to be made by stamps it also proposes es to tax manufacturers on the sale of spirits and fermented liquors to abolish the ito office of assessors ass assistant stant assessors internal revenue collectors and establish such other offices for the collection of the tax on whiskey and tobacco as may be necessary and to repeal re eal eai all other internal taxation NEW YORK the tha usual curious crowd assembled this thia morning when the mcfarland mcfarlan d trial was resumed the number of women present was unusually large spencer reappeared as one of the counsel for the defence the testimony was a resumption of the statements in regard to mcfarlands McF arlands mental condition and contained nothing of interest junius henry browne formerly of the 0 tribune abune and thos W knox of the sun have been summoned as witnesses for the defence intense excitement was caused by the calling of mrs mcfarland but it proved to be only mrs owen mcfarland whose testimony was unimportant graham offered fo to prove that mrs mcfarland had exulted to this lady that mcfarland could not nob become a drunkard for if he got drunk three times she would lea lead leave 6 him the question was excluded the evidence of nicholson formerly amanuensis of richardson was to the efrece that he took from the latter the night he was shot a certain certai n memorial in regard to the disposition of his property ropp this evidence was excluded the evidence of thos W knox and whitelaw beld reid was unimportant mrs mary maron testified that she lived at seventy two amity street the prisoner and his wife lived there three or four months she never knew mcfarland to be out of evenings he would go lutat out at eight or nine in the morning and return at four in the afternoon mrs mra mcfarland Mc farland Forland was usually at home in the day she never knew mcfarland Farland Me to be in liquor while he lived in her house she never saw any harsh treatment of mrs mcfarland on the part tart aart of richardson SAVANNAH A heavy frost last night did great damage to the crops of corn and vegetables CHICAGO jameil jamea ramsey bamsey living near morris was waa arrested Sa turdy saturday night charged with violating his own daughter while being conveyed to jail the mob seized the prisoner and hung him the lyn chers were recognized by the officers it is believed that ramsey bamsey poisoned his flis wife two years ago A communication from general sherman relative to the bontem contemplated abed big horn expedition was received at sherl sheri dans head quarters today to day bherman sherman stated that ho he is now authorized by the president to say thau that the expedition will be permitted to start from laramie or cheyenne provided the leaders sign an agreement with the commander of that military department not to trespass on the reservation of the isbone shoshone and snake indians and not to go north of the boundary line of wyoming nor eastok the tho big horn mountain range it is also stipulated and understood that the expedition must not expect any military aid or protection for lile the settlements which it may establish nor for the mines it may open waverly N Y freshets fresh ets are stopping trains on the erie and pennsylvania and now new york railroads land slides have occurred on the latter road schenectady the mohawk is higher than ever known and part of the city an and the flats bordering the river for mile miles 3 are submerged the people are going into upper and have to use boats when they leave their houses the schuylkill at rose ten feet yesterday one house was washed away and a man drowned tho lower stories of mills are flooded the damage is not serious the lehigh and susquehanna are also high the latter rose twenty feet but no serious erious damace damase has occurred CONCORD N H the merrimac and other rivers are greatly swollen bridges have been carried away and the railroads are damage damaged all over the state the arrival of irish emigrants in this city yesterday was large and the number passing through castle garden is greater than on any one day since the beginning of the year the following named steamers all from liverpool eacil each brought 11 the number of emigrants annexed F france danec 1168 lugs cedy guy of manchester 1121 city of washing ton 1125 colorado 1208 making a total of the silesia from hamburg brought emigrants who landed last even evening hig making the total number arriving at this port yesterday BOSTON the remains of burlingame Burlin game gamo have arrived and tomorrow to morrow will bo be deposited in farwell hall which will win bo be open on friday to the public A guard of honor will pay military respects the toe funeral will take place on saturday freshets Fresh ets are reported in the merrimack saco and Ros loggin Rivers doing considerable damage and partially interrupting railroad travel FOREIGN OTTAWA A hundred chippeway Chipp ewas have offered their services to the government in the northwest north west HALIFAX X the newfoundland assembly has protested to earl granville against the withdrawal of troops from the colony tho the prince edwards island legislature has rejected the resolutions favoring confederation with canada by a vote of 5 DUBLIN A large lot of powder was seized by the authorities of the village of cornell on the limey litey yest yesterday erd supposed to have been collected V by feniane Fen ians MONTREAL the volunteers are on parade as usual but there is no fenian excitement the papal have offered their services to the government the prince consorts own rifles to which prince arthur is attached form a part of the red river expedition the tho daily news om the transfer of the northwest territory to canada canad a is completed great britain guaranteeing the peaceful transfer and possession BERLIN the count bismarck is very ill at his country house in a consultation of physicians has been summoned |