Show SPECIAL lad rAL TO till tirl THE DESERET lav S ar a nv I 1 per IVES feun FERN A i mu i congressional 8 1 numerous petition petitions a were presented from individuals for the removal of political cal disabilities and one by stewart irom the western miners asking ashing for protection P i against railroad corporations which are claim claiming Dg their lands by virtue of alleged congressional grants sherman presented a communication enclosing the opinion of the at regard to expended balance cole presented a bill encouraging the development of the mineral wealth of the united states and the incorporating of the united states mineral school and metallurgical academy referred to the committee on education and labor corbett from the committee on commerce reported and asked present consideration of a bill to incorporate the japan steam navigation co the bill provides for no subsidy but al simply imply t the lie lle organization of the company morril of vermont offered a resolution which was adopt adopted eq directing inquiry by the finance committee as to the expediency of imposing a tax of one dollar upon each application foran for nor an official position having a salary of not less than 1000 and the same upon each signature made to the president or made to be presented to any of the executive departments and where the salary ia is of 1000 an additional tax of fifty liftik cents on motion of sherman the senate took ook t b u up and passed the bill amendatory of the funding act of last session au theorizing thor izing an increase of the issue of nive five fl ve per cent bonds from two hundred millions lions to nive five hundred million sand mak wak inythe interest on the same Pame payable quarterly guinner Su S inner r resolution for information for up an the tha san domingo vea wil adopted wl without phout objection I 1 HOUSE r the bill reported by morril before the holidays to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of american independence by holding auf arf international exhibition in philadelphia in 1876 came up as the f first busi nessin teis in order in the morning lour bour out put sargent prot protested eded eAdd against burd bard burdening ening the states treasury for any such purpose as an international exposition on vote it appeared there was no quorum present 1 badr burke ke chairman of the commit committed tee tea on foreign affairs gave notice that the committee would ask the house to consider the tho san domingo resolutions on Bl monday next nest 4 mr sargent reported the annual indian appropriation bill which was made the special order for wednesday next it appropriates two mil lions less than we the act of last year several bills were veto introduced and referred one by smith of oregon for the removal removal of the obstructions in the navigation of the Cb colorado lorado river wood asked leave to offer a resolution calling upon the president for information regarding ean ban domingo orth objected to the resolution banks asked to have the senate joint resolution regarding the same subject which was still on the speakers table referred to the commit committee tee teo on foreign affairs wood ob jewed fitch gave notice of amendments to the tho senate joint resola tion in regard to san ban domingo extending its application to cuba the house then at half past one obe adjourned CHICAGO 3 aa A fire yesterday destroyed a block of wooden build buildings lson on south canal street occupied as ai ison shops s Ps and dwellings loss 2000 0 insurance 1 the illinois legislature meet tomor to morrow the senatorial contest is exciting grbac interest and the capitol is crowded with politicians NEW york YOEK 2 the stand pipe through which the water was forced into the belleville N J water vater waterworks works fell on an saturday night in consequence com sequence of the of ice on the reservoir several aceta elapse before it can lie be alid and in III the tho twe The antime the apply arater or ater vili viii vill be cut off from jarsey city efi and hoboken the loss is at t 11 sol bol bolema nigh high ma mash was celebrated pe aeb ra tm 11 rt at Iricks patricks Pa cathedral for the repose of choul of archbishop 6 hughes n RICHMOND 2 th ganji of laborers engaged in clearing out the ruins of spottswood Spott awood hotel have discovered portions of other bodies which cannot be identified I 1 MEMPHIS Mm ipHis 3 two cars of the passenger train on the mississippi and tennessee see bee railroad were thrown from a high bridge ten miles below here by the breaking of an axle div negroes were killed and one white it is reared le redway was fatally wounded SAN FRANCISCO 3 alfred mathematical instrument maker committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart with a pistol yesterday no cause is assigned in a note left on bis table S G earley formerly receiving clerk of the western union telegraph office san francisco shot himself through the lungs luuga at sac Bac sacramento yesterday ays with a pistol he pretended to wish to buy in a gunsmiths gun smiths store the wound is probably fatal the notorious red red bed mike was stabbed ed probably fatally by thomas carry in in a ft quarrel about outside lands lauds last night washington 3 the sub commit tee of the committee on appropriations has summoned numerous witnesses preliminary to the examination of the alleged frauds in the purchase of indian goods the examination however will not begin until the return of commissioner parker from the indian country as it is considered but burjust just jubb he should have a full knowledge of all the proceedings col robert C buchanan bachanan and lt col coic 0 P kingsbury have been released from active service at their own request major lyman bissell has been retired on acco account tint lint of injuries received in the service col alios W sheridan has been retired upon the fall rank of major edjor general and first lieutenants robert averyard Ave robert C herry upon the full fuli rank of lieutenant colonel those being the ranks held by theril when wounded the debt statement shows a reduction during the month of december of the tho coin coln balance is SO including in coin certificates the the currency balance is lV special london 2 our correspondent at berlin bays the court of berlin believes tha that t paris will soon capitulate there is a significant interchange of courtw courtesies esles between berlin and Wilhelm shohe shoho the thel emperors Empe roris con aident restoration I 1 li l I I 1 the empress eugenia enle enie gave a recep thonon t 14 n 0 a nev new N la w years yearb yep yeu arl dayto the french exiled 1 among the gueits guests wele were the duke duk de er signey marquis da la Va litte ar M and many other distinguished men of the empire Lo londos LONDON 2 the constituents of mr gladstone have signed a petition asking him to resign because his policy has reduced them to paupers haupers pau pers the government of bordeaux has designated jules favre to represent france at the conference ghe the right eight honorable mr cardwell in ina lna a speech today to day eulogized mr bright for his services to the country he re fated the report of the inefficiency of the army and contrasted the armaments of england prussia and the united states the british government he declared was resolved to transmit to its successors an unsullied inheritance and uphold the honor of england and the queen LONDON 3 advises advices from paris to the state that the parisians Pari urge trochu to make a sortie with enormous force as now their thel r artillery is BO so enormous and the weather i is moderating M after a battle between faidherbe herbe herbo and Mante maute sent a message to trochu that the army of the north was annihilated trochu paid no attention the telegraph announces that the british demands in relation to the colliers is in a fair way of adjustment A severe engagement preceded the german evAc evacuation nation of groy the reported german retreat from gien glen is confirmed A portion of force is strongly posted now near vendome yen dome for a week ee past engagements along the loire have been a success for the F french rench neneh near chartres Un artres 1300 prisoners were taken by the th eFrench french A prussian column trying fo co cross the loire on the ice ide I 1 t three hundred drowned NE NENN YORK A fall bench of the court judges ingraham barnard aly act gardoza Card ozar ozay doday dodsy today roday to day decad decided e d that US U S bonda bouda could not b be e included in anyta proper tty aty y for local ana an and d state taxation lewis tuman thwan lh fiu fin ti si sia sla a lu very reformer ra riner finer was struck with ith paralysis 11 while on a new yearn visit to his bis daughter and his recovery is 13 very doubtful this being the second attack ALBANY both houses of the legislature were organized today to day the governors message was read the governor expresses the hope that the session will be much shorter than usual ele he says it will be a relief to the people to have the volume of legislation diminished especially private schemes A special dispatch to the herald dated versailles says baya it is reported that the tha grand duke dake of mecklenburg was dismissed summarily from his command by moltke for not keeping the french at a respectful distance it t is probable that general and will assume the offen offensive vve lve annd arid attack prince frederick charles and perhaps with success the seine ia Is frozen sufficiently to bear men and guns the french are plucky about here and may do something of an astonishing nature shortly TOLEDO A fire today to day destroyed St everds everis and co cos gos Is ws warehouse I 1 together with adjoining buildings occupied by smith and co commission agents andrew brown timber merchant and the fish house of crowell loss Logs insurance NEW ORLEANS in the legislature today to day J pinkney smith democrat was elected warrant clerk there was quite a 9 contest for this position and the election of ofa ora a democrat was the result of a combination of democrats with governor War mouths party which will it disbelieved is believed secure the election of gen J A west U S senator to succeed senator harris harrisburg both houses of the legislature organized today to day the house elected republican and the senate democratic officers PITTSBURG PiTTS BUBa bura the city is infested by a jarge large gang of seem to coine cuine from the west and have flooded the country with dangerous counterfeits of the merchants and manufacturers national bank new york city philadelphia the germ german aa fair closed last night the estimate estimated d net receipt receipts exceed the recent french fair netted about LANSING 3 the town is overflowing with poil poll politicians from all portions the state senatorial question absorbs the attention of all till jacob W howard william A howard austin kustin blair and thos thoa W terry are here each supported arted by a powerful powerful and active lobby although it is admitted admit fed that W H howards prospects are somewhat some somewhat whai brighter this evening the general feeling is that tile the main maln struggle lies between blair and terry tery both appear confident of success jacob W howards chances are considered sli bil it be found impossible to concentrate enough votes on either blair or terry in which case the two howards will come forward with the chances in favor of jacob at present terry is decidedly ahead of all A senatorial caucus will be held tomorrow to morrow night ATLANTA the official election ejection returns are still inco molete but is known to show that the democrats have carried the second and seventh congressional districts and the republicans the third and fourth judge 0 A cochrane coeh Coch rane rano is appointed chief justice of the supreme court washington A prominent member of one of the committees on military affairs says congress will do nothing with the army the present session further than make an appropriation for its support gentlemen connected with this branch of public service however are hopeful that the next congress will consolidate the commissariat quartermasters and paymaster generals departments part ments and thereby save a large amount of money CHICAGO the Journal journals 18 washington special says in a dispatch to the state department that minister wash burne expresses the opinion that the surrender of paris will not terminate the war Thep the rench french have at no stage of the struggle evinced a greater determination mi nation and he thinks they will not submit so long as they have any men or money left the same special says it is 19 stated that the president has tendered horace greely a position on the san domingo committee with a view to securing the influence of the tribune in favor of the annex annexation allon aLion MEMPHIS 4 mcdonald has withdrawn from the contest in the arkansas legislature for the united states ator ship aud and publishes a card critics ing governor Clay CI aytona tons course very severely his withdrawal lilure insurer clayton 7 lal las election to the senat senate 4 deon don on monday last seven business houses in Sedal sedalia lw iIo mo lio llo abre were bu burned nin fin ed with a total loss of insurance CONCORD 4 the republican con bention today today to io day nominated james pike for governor by acclamation SAN baan FAAN FEANCISCO cisco 4 the legislature of nevada organized yesterday the house stands 23 democrats 21 republicans and two independents robert E lowry democrat was chosen speaker governor bradley was sworn nin in eight valuable horses horbes and ten stages with ather property were burned at sissons stables stockton yesterday NEW YORK 4 col L al dayton who served on general shermans Sher mans staff has resigned his position to go into private business at cincinnati he gives as the reason for the step at this time that he desires to give an opportunity for the being filled by some worthy officer unassigned who otherwise would be mustered out judge blatchford atchford BI in th the united states Distri district dt court this morning issued an iu junction against the boston hartford erie B R R rr co with an order to show cause why they should not be adjudged bankrupt the order older is returnable on the dinst washington 4 the army examining board convened under the act of july 1870 section 11 of which general hancock was president was dissolved today to day by special order from the war department and the generals composing it are ordered to their respective commands the board has reported unfavorably upon twenty five cases and favorably upon twenty one CHICAGO 4 the globe a new theatre recently started on the west side was taken possession of by the sheriff Sli sll grift yesterday the illinois legislature met at no noon on today to day the house organized by the elec election tion of wm win M smith of tazewell county speaker and daniel shepherd pf af cook clerk washington in response to a resolution offered by senator sprague Sp ingue iague the secretary of war today to day transmitted a report to the judge advocate general an fn n relation to alleged unlawful traffic with rebels in texas during the war by one hoyt W sprague and others the report gives evidence that hoyt and another party were engaged in the affair which tends to show spragues complicity in operations for getting out dat cotton from the south during the war the report says without g going into details it is sufficient to remark that cargoes of goods were sold in texas and the eeds invested in cotton a part of which appears to have been gotten out while some portions were werta seized by our blockading cruisers cruiz ers W sprague has written several letters toge to general dix 1 in regard to the case in none of which ch does he admit and in one of which he denies all knowledge of hoyt and the details of operations such as indicated by letters from him found on hoyt who expressly |