Show TO cne THE ape DESERET NEWS 1 ty 1 caw ota mak SENATE the pacific railroad committee have bave completed a bill for the construction of a railroad to the pacific on the thirty sec see ond parallel it grants the usual amount of jand land to about forty corp orators in the eastern and southern states and ignores the Free and elpaso party the senate confirmed john 7 ap as judge in the U S cour court t of the eastern district of texas howard from the pacific railroad committee reported a substitute for the marshall and san diego railroad bill which authorizes a railroad from mau man bale texas to trinity river thence to elpaso on the rio grande thence through the territories and across the colorado river tu to san diego the bill grants twenty alternate sections of land on each side of the line hue in the territories and ten sections in any state through which the railroad passes the bill was ordered printed and recommit ted an evening session session bession was ordered for thursday to enable cragin to speak on the utah polygamy bill the house bill passed to allow honorably discharged soldiers soldier 8 and sailors to enter under the homestead act ter sections of land in alternate sections on the public domain along the lines of railroads aud and other ather public works to which public lands have been granted HOUSE rouse the house judiciary committee have agreed on ah an important bill regulating the mode of determining the ratification of an amendment to the federal constitution based on one introduced by bingham the first lectia makos makes it the duty cluty of the state executives to forward the certificates of ratification to the state department where they shall be on file the second declares that after all certificates of ratification have been given it shall be unlawful for any state officer to certify any repeal unless congress shall have proposed to repeal and if such certificate of repeal is received the state department shall make no record of the same but it shall be void and of no effect the third section declares that I 1 after three fourths of the states have ratified any amend ment persons attempting to repeal either by color of any state law or ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a anis misdemeanor and on conviction be subject to fine and imprisonment schenck hom h om the committee on ways and means reported a bill repealing the tax on legacies and successions the gross receipts 0 railroads and ani corporations except on lotteries theatres theartres the atres and places of amusement also aiso taxes on sales except of liquors all special taxes except dealers in liquors rectifiers rs and manufacturers of stills and breweries tobacconists banks and bankers brokers foreign insurance agents claim agents patent rights dealers gift enterprises terp rises bowling alleys billiard rooms it reduces the special tax on hotels and modifies the income tax by increasing the amount of exemption to fifteen hundred dollars but leaves the rate a five percent per cent recalls the tax on barriat watches ac also on gas on grind ing of coffee and spices and sales of or manufacturers the total reduction is pa it imposes a fine on foreign e agn comfere commercial lal lai brokers and und on deposits t a of government money in banks at the rate of three per cent annual annually and abolishes the use of stamps on ordinary country contracts bingham from thea the judiciary clary ciary committee reported a bill to enforce the rights of citizens of the united states to vote in the several states of the union who hitherto might have been denied that right on account of race color or pre condit conditi condition idu of servitude which under the suspension of the rules passed to 44 julian asked leave to present two petitions against stephen J field a justice justlee of the supreme court of Og denand hoffman HofT man mau judge defalto de facto of the united states for the district of california and praying for articles of impeachment to be e presented against them banks objected julian thereupon presented them under the rules and had them referred to the judiciary committee G LA lil CROSSE while the steamer bagle eagle was lying at the wharf at one this morning a boy with a lantern was passing a leaking barrel of kerosene on the lower deck dege when the bottom of the lantern dropped off and ano the fire communicated with the oil the steamer was soon enveloped in flames and was entirely destroyed with the entire cargo the milwaukee and st paul railroad depot also caught fire and was completely destroyed with a large amount of merchandize merchandise dize there was a report that the steamer bad had a large quantity of powder on board it was impossible to get near enough to 10 extinguish the hire the pas passengers engers jumped from the hurricane deck into the river but two far as known are lost CHICAGO 13 A st paul special says that the report of the concentration of Fenian sat duluth ia is confirmed by the duluth capers papers the st paul press has news of the mustering of at various parts of the state and of one party now on their way to red river overland A singular accident occurred here yesterday A colored boy witnessing a game of base ball was struck in the stomach by the bil ball from a bat and instantly killed FORT SCOTT the most diabolical affair that has ever been recorded occurred on tuesday night at the town of la LaDore dore a afew few miles sout lof here six men either texans or outlaws from the indian territory went into the house of one roach to stay all night but were refused admission on account of their drunken condition they then knocked roach insensible went to the bed occupied by his two daughters aged 12 and 14 years and ravished lavished ravi shed them during the entire night using a knife to accomplish their purpose roach finally recovered but feared to stir as he knew th enst at he would be killed he described the cries of the girls during the entire night as heartrending heart rending A quarrel arose among the demons and one was shot dead while in the act of ravishing one of the girls they then fled to the woods taking one of the girls with them and leaving their dead comrade the town was roused and parties started in every direction the party 80 boon soon captured one of them with the glar girt they hung him to a tree the others were subsequently captured and hung on the same tree J 31 board general hatfield and others county agents sued the city of hoboken to recover for each of the large number of volunteers were not forthcoming an expedition of cubans with five captains and seven thousand rifles and other arms uniforms and equipments of powder left yesterday as us regular passengers on a steamer for san domingo en route for cuba the rho rhe silk manufacturers of patterson N J ure are beginning an enterprise with california for growing their raw silk in that state the enterprise engages most of the prominent firms who are aie engaged in thu thy silk business buS iness iDeSS NEW tork YORK 16 governor hoffman has bus vetoed the tho arcade railroad bill afi add and has hay written a clear and concise statement of the reasons that have influenced his action and named thirteen objections to the bill while conceding the necessity of some improved railroad communication for the theaty th eity elty ityl he insists that the bill passed by se we legislature is insufficient and unjust to property holders A large dunber of mormons cormons passed through throng h the city yesterday for the west they were from the south many rumors are afloat this morning regarding the departure from the city for various routes northward and west bof of parties of men inen supposed to be beniacs Fen Ben hen ians lans from the best authority that can be obtained it is an undoubted fact that several hundred men connected with the fenian henian organizations have left this city on the war path within the past forty ei eight ht hours the 2 tribunes paris cable despatch says paris gives on the vote for the nominally a fifty thousand negative majority but counting abstentions really one hundred and thirty thousand Roche forts forta district following his counsel to abstain ab gives five thousand yes and sixteen thousand no twenty thousand abstentions the cities next in rank vote ll 11 no without an exception the emperor expected that at least eight millions would vote gye lye yes as t hey they did in 1855 there are one million more electors but the number voting yes yes yea is six million smaller while the number voting no is greater the whole vote is yes yes yea no blank biank abstentions not reported the vote of the army was managed with great care no sold soldiers lers were allowed to attend a political meeting and the whole army voted in baracks baracka the colonels presiding every mans vote is known an appo vote puts a black mark against hla hia name stops promotion and is surely surety to be followed loll owed by punishment of fewer than votes th thare ere pre are noes the navy gives noes and yes yea 11 some regiments give an actual majority ot of noes two rein reir regiments at vincennes Vincen nea followed boehe boobe forts forta advise and refused though they were threatened with being shot for holding an unlawful meeting in the garrison in paris the defection was eo so fc erious that gen Lebo croff wanted to march several beveral regiments out of the city but the emperor refused on the ground that it would betray fear after a short delay the severest beve seve rest reat measures will be taken with those regiments who took part in the disturbances of paris the pretended scheme of assassination is pronounced as fictitious the revolution sham disturbances in the streets were a make believe and the barricades were police devices to frighten timid voters into the ranks of the emperors party and have only excited the derision of the well weil informed poughkeepsie the last fire that broke out in the mountains threatens to be more disastrous than those that have been burning for several weeks past the indications now are that an immense amount of valuable property will be destroyed and some loss of life is ap pre ended bended desperate efforts are being made costay to stay the course of the flames hon L W pierce of the fifth mississippi sis sippi congressional district has appointed michael howard colored to a west point cadetship young howards father is a member of the mississippi sippi house of representatives ST LOUIS about two thousand colored persons living along the pacific railroad celebrated the ratification cation catlon of the amendment at sedalia sedalla yesterday and adopted resolutions opposing suffrage and office holding amendments to the state constitution declaring that they will never vote with enfranchised rebels until the word white is stricken from the constitution some indians yesterday killed P Dud Dad lequear Rit Bit caison calson in colorado BOSTON A wooden building adjoining the watertown arsenal Ara enal was destroyed by an explosion on saturday nobody was hurt ST LOUIS 16 the office the kansas and pacific railroad confirm the report of the indian raid on their road an attack was made on their working parties between kit hit carson and willow springs a distance of forty miles ten men belonging to the grading parties were killed this was the first appearance of the indians in force on this section and the workmen were not on their guard arms have been distributed among them and troops sent to various points for protection there will be no delay in the work on the road cincinnati the recent order of the chief of police closing the front doors of liquor saloons elgar cigar stands and confectionery stores on sunday went into operation today to day in some cases it was openly disregarded tomorrow to morrow some of the most prominent establishments will be prosecuted COLUMBUS 35 the caruer stone of the new jewish temple was laid here today to day with masonic ceremonies the rev kev isaac M wise of cincinnati delivered the oration governor hayes the city officials and beveral several thousand citizens were present DF DENVER NvER advises advices say that yesterday indians supposed to be sioux made attacks at nine dif dlf different points within a distance 50 miles along the line of the construction of the kansas and pacific railroad ralli Baili oad between kit carson and the lake the tile last attack was made by indians at a point 4 miles east of the lake and occurred at eight this sunday morning the construction men resisted them at each point and attacked them with a loss as far as ascertained of 72 killed and 70 wounded one hundred and twenty mules and horses horbes were driven off the indians retreated in I 1 n the direction of the republican with the captured stock SAN BAN FRANCISCO A detachment of the squadron with admiral hornby arrived at victoria yesterday from yokohama arizona there were 9 known indian murders in the territory the last week in n april the new now mines are as yet undisturbed by indians mining in the vicinity of prescott is suspended for the want of water over a million and a quarter of dollars will be saved by the order of the secretary of war discharging employees and for the sale of surplus property the germans of this Di district laid the cornerstone corner stone of a monument to stuben today there was much commotion among newspaper men yesterday on account of the president ident calling a special cabinet meet meeting ing lug and a thousand startling speculations were afloat as nato to the cause it turned out however that the president convened it in order not to interfere with the presence of himself and cabinet at a lu in ch party given by mrs niro grant today to day I 1 NEW ORLEANS an au attempt to introduce colored children into the public schools was made today to day the demand was refused for want of instructions from the superintendent trouble is anticipated DES dies moines the U S circuit court of iowa rendered a judgment 0 0 the amount of against des dea moines johnson and seven other counties in iowa with the cities of burling ton and iowa city for railroad bonds guaranteed by them and in regard to which there nas haa been an immense amount of litigation NASHVILLE in the tennessee legislature today to day the senate passed a bill 0 its first reading prohibiting the intermarriage ter marriage of whites and blacks the decoration of the graves of the confederate dead in the city cemeteries took place yesterday several thousand persons were present and there was wag an imposing demonstration ST LOUIS 16 the coroners jury today to day rendered a verdict an the recent collision on the missouri and pacific railroads near eureka that it was caused by the disobedience to orders and culpable negligence of W odor the conductor and joseph tracy the engineer of the extra freight train an order has been issued to arrest tracy but BO so far he has eluded the officers odor was previously confined in the gen pope has haa received a dispatch from gen woods at fort wallace stating that be he has sent pent some cavalry in pursuit of the indians phd attacked the working parties on the kansas and pacific railroad rall Bail road on saturday the tribe of indians is unknown they went north after the attack taking about head of stock with them they were about two hundred strong CHICAGO at centerville Cent erville illinois yesterday yeat erday james jackson a colored republican was elected alderman the 2 tribunes abune 18 washington despatch says the internal revenue bill reported to the house yesterday received general favor and there are indications that it will be pushed through rapidly the weather throughout the west is extremely warm for the time of the year the mercury here reached 85 in the shade crops are universally forward and there have scarcely ever been any better prospects than thoe those of the present season beason A new nev trial has been granted by the supreme courtin |