| Show special TO tins 4 DESERET NEWS new sj ae BLOUSE i there was a fearful expose in the house yesterday of the dark ways and corrupt practices of the lobby and its influence on congress T the he house appropriations committee learned last week that the treasury department was to pay a draft on its current appropriations by the post postmaster master general for nearly half a million of dollars to pay a claim of geo chorpenning Cher penning for an ancient mail service which had been repudiated by the post office department for the last ten this led to the passage of a resolution asking for a suspension until an hinves ti gation gatlon could be made by the commissioner this investigation proved the most remarkable state of aings that one of the counsel of claimant was ex first assistant postmaster general cresswell that the joint resolution to pay a claim was put through the house by cessna of pennsylvania under a suspension bension of rules without report or debate ate that it passed the senate the same day and was sign signed ed boon soon after by the president comprising in all but eighteen hours that earle submitted what purported to be a report of the lf house postal committee to cresswell oress Cress weil well in favor of this but which proved to be without the slightest foundation no such report was waa ever made by such committee or ever discussed by them cresswell Cress weil well instead of waiting for an application to pay the claim drew a draft against the general fund for it and it was p paid lid on its face the report P generals brown holt blair blain randall and himself had no foundation in law or equity these and many other facts brought to the attention of the house rouse by dawes and ae beek beck eke produced r 0 deuced buch such consternation that m members em r s generally left their seats and gathered around the speakers when they concluded a resolution was unanimously ani passed repealing the joint resolution to pay the claim even cessna who pushed the job originally sat in his seat and never said a word GENERAL GEN eral EnAL bourbakis ls army and the fortress of belfort Belfor fc are not comprised in the armistice the prussian line of mar kation for the southern armies is to ta tobe be the line of the lofre sy y the latest report of the negolia tion sit appears that bi bismarck I 1 demand demands S to provinces a colony twenty war ships and francs frauds as the tha final terms of peace the capitulation will only be regarded as a military act and apart from all politic political hl negotiations sas SAN 30 the germans are celebrating the fall of paris between four and five thousand are in procession procesa ion lon the houses are illuminated and the entire city appears to have taken part in the rejoicing NEW yore A heralds versailles special dispatch dated jan says sayi As the facts concerning the negotiations develops dev elope a better feeling is ev evident among both the french and germans and all begin to agree in hoping for the termination of the war the french are specially well pleased at the apparent modification of the german desire to humiliate paris by a triumphal entry into the capital the negotiations between bismark and favre form one of the most interesting chapters in the history of this memorable war the arrival of favre was known to none except those immediately concerned in conducting him through the lines on his arrival at the house occupied b by bis BIa bismarck marck he was immediately admitted to the presence of the ohan Chan ceier celer and after a few remarks Bist bismarck ahrek said well monsieur favre what is the ob jeet of this visit favre much affected I 1 replied the object is to put a stop to the terrible suffering of the people now that the hope for relief from without is lost paris must needs seek peace all we ask is such a consideration as a generous enemy might give without the loss of advantage or honors bismarck expressed a desire to do all in his power to show shaw his respect for the suffering and gallantry of the french nation consistent with the safety honor and aud interest of united germany he said this has been from first to the last the object and desire of the emperor and hud his advice ever even since the commencement of the unhappy war which was forced upon us favre at first demanded the terms already reported bismarck replied it is not my province to refuse or accept terms but ut I 1 must bay eay that the proposals are such that I 1 cannot myself approve of them and I 1 feel confident my august master will reject them however it is n my ay duty to submit them for his consideration 11 favre was politely i but strictly placed under surveillance and decu becu occupied pled an apartment over the police bureau As already reported the first overtures I 1 were promptly rejected after fabres return 1 I with the acceptance in substance I 1 of the terms demandel demanded by the emperor great excitement prevailed at versailles the mayor went twice to the police headquarters to obtain an interview but received peremptory orders not to attempt it as such an act would render him liable to imprisonment an interview again took place between bismarck and favre the former afterward waited on the and council when faires acceptance on the thie part of the provisional government was submitted After Bismarck left the Empero Emper rhe orbe walked into the office of his chief aid gen gea Lorn Lo dorfY dorff and began to whistle a prussian air which the trumpeter sounds at bear hunts bunts when i the beast beasl as down and settled sett bett ledr after aften concluding the tune he walked out again never neven having spoken a single word to io anyone any one present the next morning the terms which were drawn up over night between bismarck and favre in detail were handed to the emperor there is a rumor current that von moltke was greatly disappointed with the action of the crown princes army in the action at the sortie on the and thinks the ground was lost unnecessarily and has expressed his opinion openly there is a growing coldness in consequence between the crown prince and the commander in chief CHICAGO the full fall details of the destruction by fire of the holladay house at menasha Ce nasha wisconsin yesterday morning are replete with horror the fire broke out in the lamp room on the second floor where there were a large number of lamps filled and nd a five gallon can of kerosene and when first discovered by some gentlemen just passing had already gained fearful headway the smoke rushing in and kufro cating eating the volumes up the stairways and through the halls As soon as the alarm was given every effort was made by the proprietors of the hotel and find others to arouse and rescue the inmates about thirty yin in num number berand and the firemen and citizens who gathered in large numbers soon succeeded eded in getting four streams of water two from hand engines and two from hose belonging to adja adjacent bent factories upon the fjames meanwhile the scene in and around the burning building was weird and horrible in the extreme the night was as dark as pitch and a strong wind was blowing from the north and a heavy fall of mingled sleet and snow added to the misery of those engaged in their attempt to rescue the inmates of the hotel by the lurid glare of the flames could be seen been men and women leaning from the windows and crying in despair for assistance si from below a full realization of their awful position was upon them the men below were shouting encouragingly for them to holdon hold hoid on or descend by the stairs while others with more m ind and commendable alacrity brought ladders from surrounding barns andray lofts and assisted in rescuing those who had already succeeded in descending to the second story but could go no further efforts were made to reach the third story but the ladders were too short and before they could be spliced the heat became so intense that it was impossible to use them suddenly the screams of a woman and children were heard above the outside tumult and another but unsuccessful attempt was made to reach ther the third story one of the front rooms of which C h was occupied by mrs merrill and her four little children the eldest twelve years of age and the youngest a babe in arms captain everett moved by a spirit of heroic humanity determined to make the effort himself to save the mother and her little children from such a horrible death and rushed up stairs at the risk of his own life and reached the room where he was told they were but found no trace of them he shouted again and again and finally heard a faint response from some distant tant part of the building again the brave man rushed into the stifling smoke and spreading flames but ar although he could hear the agonizing cries of the mother and the shrieks of terror of the little ones he could not I 1 find them and to save his own life was obliged to flee from the building soon after efter after the flames burst from the windows of the room occupied by the unfortunate woman and the cries of terror and anguish were stilled and all ali hote hofe hope was lost ida aimond st m i capron son of co col horace capron U 6 S commis stoner of agriculture occupied the room adjoining mrs merrills and was only aroused by the flames through which he rush rushed ed in his night garments first to the stairs to tind find it burnt away then to the window through which he leaped to the ground hib his clothes burning off his hib body which wh dis pis e h presented a ghastly spectacle one ong of ris gis his cheeks being burned 16 the bone and the charred flesh dr dropped ped from it his collar bone was bro broken aen and w was as protruding from the flechl flesh and the blood was dropping from a number of wounds herbert R chase jumped from the fourth story window and sustained terrible and it is feared fatal injuries simon fuller clerk of the house was among the first aroused by captain everett who discovered the nire fire and started at once to arouse the guests when opposite the door of the lamp room a terrific explosion occurred and he was thrown to the floor and literally saturated with burning oil so that he was a mass of flames he was still able to get to the window and threw himself to the ground he was so burned as to be bd unrecognizable he died in the afternoon edward wade cook of the hotel occupied a room in tho tup upper floor and is missing and is doubtless killed the streams of water were kept playing on the ruins until they became sufficiently cool to search for the last after an hours work the charred bodies of mrs merrill and her children were found the mother clasping to her breast the one year old oid girl while close by lay the other children two boys and nud and nud a girl a ghastly group the sight eight of which tears from the eyes of the strongest men gathered around the husband and father of these unfortunates was absent on a business trip and a telegram was sent to him conveying the intelligence which will darken his life the loss loaa on the hotel building which was totally de dea troyd stroyd is 8 insured for in the pacific of aall aali call cail fornia the loss to the furniture is 2500 caprone Cap rons flour and feed store lost stock to the amount of 2000 the world has a cablegram dated london feb I 1 which bays says court circles cles cies here are confident of the res nes restoration tonii torii nf of the empire with eugenie as its regent the emperors confidential aid arrived at chiselhurst Chisel hurst today to day significant courtesies courte sies have lately been extended by victoria to eugenie ugenie JS A washington special correspondent of the evening post says general sumner has received from a friend a letter written by cabral president baez opponent in san domingo bearing date dec 21 1870 in which he says that he was preparing to move mavd upon and capture the principal strongholds strong holds of bazzand Bae baez zand and that he fully expected to be successful cabrales Ca brals strength is greatly underestimated by his enemies he has more troops at his command than those opposed to him are willing to admit he has no intention of abandoning abandon ipg the struggle str as alleged hax SAN FRANCISCO L 1 the lower california colonization scheme it appears has been practically abandoned emigrants refusing to go there i afire A nire fire occurred this morning in virginia city nevada it was me ane most destructive one that has that city for years the debt statement up to february shows a total debt principal and interest of 2451 cash i in the treasury deficiency of cash in the treasury to pay the debt 2 decrease in the past month decrease since march 1870 isto A strong influence is at work favor favori 1 ing the restoration of the imperial family under a regency composed of the empress trochu and favre the emperor will not enter paris but will return to berlin on tuesday leaving the crown prince in command of the prussians the capitulation and armistice settles nothing political nor do they ensure the end of the war all depends upon the assembly A dispatch has been received at the british foreign office confirming in full the previous re reports ports ponts of the capitulation of paris to which it adds that one divi division aion gion of the troops of the line besides the national guards will not be required to disarm and that communication with paris is provisionally restricted strict ed there Is no prospect now that favre will come to london and no other has been referred to to represent france at the conference bismarck alluding to the reported negotiations between napoleon and the prussian government saya says the em I 1 refers everything to the 1 gb is bismarck m arck denies that hhas bethas het bet has hag everne eyer ever negotiated goti aged for the restoration of the bona partes or that he intends to interfere in the domestic concerns of france Bour babl babi attempted to hill himself after his defeat at belfort his injuries are so severe that his life is despaired of BERLIN 29 the scenes on the streets are bre beyond description eve every ry person pu his way to church as he meeth meets his neigh boris stopped and embraced and thie he women are congratulating each ather with te tears ars in their eyes the news of the capitulation certainly creates in the public mind here a charitable feeling and there is a st rond rong desire to act acl generously moward toward the fallen failen toe foe Cha uzya headquarters are at laval the loth and corps occupy Ne houston uston barrages and reverb nevers has the anth and ath corps at Bou Rou lando and garibaldi at dijon has thirty thousand men faidherbe has the and corps at arras dorace domce and Cam cambrai braf baisle baisie is in front of havre with the camps of instruction contain fifty thousand men the conscripts of 1871 number three hundred thousand so that atthe at the end of the armistice France will resume the war with nine hundred thousand men LONDON 30 an official dispatch to the baden ministry states that the army of general has entered Switzer switzerland landy lands crossing the border hear near brun trout the reported attempt of to commit suicide is confirmed later Gam gambetta betta betts is reported to have committed suicide LONDON 31 noon the armistice begins instantly at paris and in three days in the department sending at noon february the sea forces are included in the armistice J by the capitulation the prisoners of war remain daring during the e armistice in paris after the surrendering r of the arms the national guards and gens darmes retain their arms as police all the francs are ois dis disbanded banded german frisone prisoners are to be exchanged I 1 tt versailles SO 30 the distress dist in paris ts s very great the destruction of railways impedes the ling the germans in the meanwhile are supplying the first necessaries from their own stores i I 1 30 the armistice lias ilas |
