Show TO dese nese DESERET NEWS mews wa nj j 1 a to general NEW YORK yore 3 at the government investigation into the explosion on the today to day robinson the colored engineer testified that he had been an engineer nearly fifteen years could not explain the difference between low and high pressure except that one boat used steam at low pressure and the other at high pressure he defined a vacuum to be foul air he knew the atmosphere exerted a pressure but did not know how to read scientific books he could read writing and print a little he was obliged to obtain assistance to ascertain the amount of steam the certificate of a boiler permitted braisted Bras sted bupt of the ferry line testified to the utmost confidence in the fidelity and ability of robinson and believed he was sober the day of the accident he had often threatened to discharge him for carrying over twenty seven pounds of he believed if the engineer had not carried over twenty five pounds the boiler would not have exploded still be he had no idea ides he had over twenty seven pounds his confidence in the engineer was waa unshaken in spite of the accident the names of ninety one dead victims of the explosion are published with those of seven others missing and supposed to be dead at least four more of the wounded will die NEW yorm YORK 4 A paris special dispatch gives the following particulars about the caucus of the left centre of the national assembly which voted yesterday for the prolongation of thiers Thiera power as president of the republic the deputies of the centre are nominally all moderate republicans A cli cil cular eular which bore the signature of Gam gambetta betta betts and others has been issued forthe purpose of shaping the policy for the party and to take some definite action it proposes propos ug the extension of thiers I 1 term of ond off office izoa laca which is meeting with general approval all the members at the caucus spoke in praise of thiers administration and recommended him as the only man who is now capable of keeping the balance between all parties one cone deputy submitted a motion requesting the government to abstain from all interference in the roman question which was accepted the caucus then voted by a majority of against 5 to advocate in the assembly the prolongation of thiers power for three years with the proviso that thiers should bear the title of president of the french republic Ee public instead of chief executive as heretofore the meeting rest reso resolved ivea lrea by the same vote to create the office of vice president the vice president to be at the same time president of the council it was further farther decided to express confidence in thiers by giving him the power to choose the vice president but thiers alone to be responsible for the government NEW yore YOKE 4 the funeral of phoebe cary occurred at the rey bev dr Bel nel bellows lowal church this afternoon the services were conducted by the rev bev larie ranie of erie penn and bernard henrys of williamsburg horace greeley oliver johnson and 0 J victor were among the pall bearers and the remains were interred in greenwood cemetery the following will be published tomorrow mayors office new york ath 1871 fn an al 11 1 august wm E dodge president of the chamber of commerce or in his ab sence bence hon geo opdyke vice president dear sir air in view of the gross allegations continually made by parti zan journals in relation to the accounts of the city and county of new york the expenditure of public moneys the public debt and city resources the un derBig derbigney der signed ned respectfully requests the chamber of commerce to appoint a large and influential committee of known and upright citizens to make a full examination of the public accounts and the condition of the public debt and then report the result when completed to the pe people ople opie of this city the accounts will all be published at an early dak day dav but it is the earnest desire of the undersign undersigned under signed ad that the original accounts and d vouchers beat once examined edv the feel obliged incase there 13 no regular meeting of the chamber within a few days if a special meeting could be convened expressly for the purpose indicated the undersigned undersigner under signed makes this proposition irrespective of his own personal considerations side rations aaa aad because your body is composed of noll pattison and commercial gentlemen rivery livery 11 1 very respect respectfully fully your obedient servants A OAKLEY HALL HAIA mayor richard B DONNOLLY comp comptroller the frauds in the city government continue to be discussed in every journal and in political circles with unabated interest at some of the 0 ity city clubs cluba the democratic and rep bep republican members alike censure the conduct of the tammany ring washington the claim claira of the new idra company for a patent to the panoche grande nancho ranche was decided adversely partly because the proofs were defective and it has been suggested that they could go on and perfect the proofs but now it turns out on seemingly responsible information that the principal stockholders in the company are foreigners this being true the new ruling which requires proof of citizenship of the corp orators the legality and pertinence of which ruling is undoubted the law was waa designed to prevent valuable mineral lands lauds from falling into the handa of foreign speculators who would work them p perhaps against the interest of our government hiew EW yore york A special london dispatch says a letter of the empress eugenie to the charla czar is just published in the paris it it alludes to the friendly power ower which had expressed a desire to intervene in favor of france after the surrender of sedan that power was russia the emperor alexander sent a dispatch to the empress immediately after the surrender of sedan offering to intervene on the basis of the integrity of french territory alexander in the same dispatch informed the empress he had earnestly recommended the king of prussia pruma to open negotiations for peace and not to insist on cession of french territory as the bisin gation tre of france would be dangerous to the peace of europe the proposed russian intervention was however spoiled by the outbreak of the revolution of sept ath and the flight of the empress which took place a few hours after A dispatch was received from the emperor alexander on hearing the news that a republic had been proclaimed the emperor alexander withdrew his proffered intervention and noti notified fled fied the king of prussia that russia would remain neutral jules favre and all the foreign members of the govern government ment meat of september ath knew kaew of the existence of the dispatch h as it is if i said it was found after the ight flight of the empress among the tho secret et papers of the empire but was withheld I 1 d from publication by the govern government me nt of national defence these revelations are ale apparently to ba be made public with the tho consel conselo of the empress eugenie the nepi cleans chiefly jules favre and his for aen colleagues will probably deny the proposed intervention of the czar hut but the truth is the facts related can be completely established the tribune has a dispatch from J C abbott wilmington Wll wil IT C saying we have carried the state against the convention by a ten to fifteen thousand majority the arizona miner ariner of july 29 gives the following latest news from Pred prescott cott and vicinity the indians indiana continue their work or of robbery and murder on tuesday july aoth abraham henning Heu ning an old resident of the territory was murdered near his home at camp wood by all Ali apaches aches and Iro Mb haves his body was found terribly mutilated the savages who committed the deed had been fed by beuning through the winter he is said to have been killed because he refused to give them ammunition it is said the kahute and chim abura tribes are coming from the west to aid the apaches in a grand effort to drive the whites from the territory joseph daish died at brooklyn yes berday from I 1 injuries received at the eo elsion explosion sion blon of t the a wesfield westfield and the bo body y of michael mcquade supposed to be one of the victims of the disaster was found in north river biver madame louise Lichten may offers her services and those of her en tire company for a performance of a german opera for the ben benefit enit of the surviving sufferers A washington special dispatch states that fisk risk will will soon retire and be succeeded by G W curtis A the extraordinary statement Is to published in the world that boutwell was a defaulter to the amount of two million dollars when he was vas commissioner commiss loner ioner of internal revenue FOlEt EIGN V 4 today to the committee on the sub bub albect elect lect in the assembly made a report recommending that the state assume the debt of the provinces invaded by the germans germane to the surprise of many deputies amid much excitement spoke in terms of vigorous opposition lon ioa to the report he said the amount of claims which it would impose on the public could not possibly be less than one millard of francs a sum which the government was tilte quite unable to pay he could not give his Is assent to the plan of tire the committee though he was willing to afford relief to the people of the invaded departments who were actually in need DUBLIN evening in spite of the prohibition the friends of amnesty attempted to hold a meeting this afternoon in phoenix park mr smyth M P mr sullivan ed nation and nd jqhn john sullivan byrne of the irishman entered the park with a large crowd of police superintendent howe standing on the wellington monument ordered smyth and his followers to desist deslat when he was hurled to the bottom of the monument and barbarously maltreated mal treated A fearful riot ensued the police charged upon the mob and beat and kicked men women and children indiscriminately the night fight lasted half an hour when the police having been reinforced succeeded in dispersing the rioters smyth sullivan and a man mau named nolan were badly wounded over a hundred injured have been taken to the hospital the authorities are firm in their determination to prevent any meeting and the leaders ot of the attempt will be prosecuted the city is quiet several places which were visited by the royal party were gutted the hospital ia is full |