| Show BT TELEGRAPH pea pra UMON tabla tabia uze mut AME AMERICAN bio RIC AN washington 11 the house public land committee today to day authorized zed a favorable report to be b 0 lamle on checos pachecos Pa brush fence bill which provides for the settlement of public lands in california commodore baldwin will be re lieveld from duty on the light house board in a few months and ordered to the command of the european station vice rear bear admiral nicholson who 13 to be retired one hundred and five clerks were from the census office today to day clerks remain there la Is money enough to pay their salaries bal Fal aries arles for 30 days daya if an appropriation ia Is not made by that time the entire office will be closed till the loth of juno june the president will doubtless have a hard time to make up his mind aa as to who shall constitute the commission authorized by the civil service reform bill just passed every section of the country desires representatives presenta tives ilves and as usual the south la 18 not backward in pressing her claim total issue of gold certificates to date of which amount are in circulation and are still in the treasury the treasury department today to day purchased ounces of silver for delivery at the different mints the secretary of the treasury has haa a 1 telegram from capt aj L ito I to stoddard commanding the revenue cut ter oliver Wol wot wolcott cotts dated victoria bo 0 jan letb as follows received a communication from the prime minister of british columbia asking tor for or assistance at fort bimpson son indian trouble no british naval navai vessels in these waters and assistance urgent secretary tefol ger or sent an answer tod to d dayag dayas my as follows the the revenue steamer wolcott is permitted to be present at fort simpson and prevent violence but no io force la im authorized to repel at tack imminent against the whites 1 a d then only on a written request of the british columbia authorities graves introduced a bill in the P F nato today to day granting the right of way over the public lands in wash was h int ton lon territory to the puget sound and canadian railway and immigration company with the right to purchase public lands and for other purposes the bill grants right of way feet wide vide through the public lands to the company to build a rod from a point on puget paget sound bound va bellingham bay to the northern north ern brn boundary andary bo of the territory or to 49 det de ebs ees north latitude to connect wife the proposed road in british columbia and to connect with a line to join with the canadian pacific it hab haa power to build bridges and tat tal tae e land not exceeding 40 acres in oas oae place for fon buildings and sidings T a 0 road is to be a public highway for cheuse the ube use of the government when the governor of washington W territory shall certify that 10 miles of tharold tho road noad has been completed the company amp my shall have the right to buy bu in legal subdivisions sub divisions not exec exel ling cling sections of the public I 1 biml ul within 15 miles of each side of the thie line BO so completed complo ted at per aea and with each following com corn pitted 10 miles the right to pur ci wi im e lands lauds as aforesaid afo regald is given if it tte e lands are not selected and paid for in five live years from the date of the governor governors certificates certificate the right expires and if the road is 13 not com corn placed plated in bix six years the grant ex pir JERSEY jermy CITY C 11 chancellor banyon hns has appointed W bo williams receiver of tho the city baukind Ban bau kand against the bank bink nothing is known of the whereabouts of beach or shaw the state of affairs in the tho city and fifth ward savings B ilk tik is far more serious than at first supposed the city bank is bowly to tally wrecked and it la 13 doubtful if anything is left for depositors except perhaps in notes paid in by the stockholders boyce in ad d t n to holding the presidency of the cil cli cily y bank banks was secretary and treasurer of the fifth ward savings bak balm baia it ia to ascertained that boyco boyce sai bat vi and aud john N X beach conspired to rob sob the city bank and stole be so rit rii liliee riL leb iee and eash cash amounting at ies les le z to beach is a young man maa of fast habit habits fl president boyce Is arrested on a charge of stealing the bank banks a bonds ai he is frering suffering su from nervous iG prostration he Is placed under Cs ru clard ard at home imater latero being being un a j tj olra omra ball bail he was put ina fra in a cello cell 1 denver 11 lithe the tribunes santa banta fe special says three days ago smith of conelos conejos county colorado and a posse started out to arrest ignatio caches cachen who murdered two men in 1876 when cachen aachen discovered his hia house was surrounded he rushed out a pistol in each hand and managed to escape to chama river lined with heavy timber thus protected he commenced to fire killing billing ono of the posse then ea escaped the town ot of coyote is the rendezvous of the cut law francisco nolan who wilo killed hilled two men two months ago and other desperadoes pera does posse not strong enough to attack the town returned home A strong posse will be sent out for the purpose of breaking up the desperadoes I stronghold ban san antonio texas 11 A unit ed states marshal left this morning for nashville with lyt INI to polk de faulting treasurer detective price who bargained to conduct polk into mexico is also under arrest NEW YORK yoek I 1 ll L the Public the excess of exports for the last half of 1882 will be about while the excess in the last hait half of 1881 1831 was about ehon enon to december there was no considerable movement of gold to affect the account the imports for five months were and exports about of the imports having arrived in november during the last month the imports at new now york have been about and exports but there have been in that month as there doubtless was in november considerable importation antho on the pacific coast at the most however the net imports of gold can hardly have been more mora than three million for the half year and treating silver aa as money there was an ex excess cese of exports hence we have a probable balance of for the half year which ich if not so settled t already in other ways may ba be settled by imports of specie MILWAUKEE II 11 there was a strange incident when Mrs Gilberts body reached the morgue an irishman Iris identified the corpse as that of his daughter he at once proceeded to strip from the fingers of the dead woman her sparkling rings I 1 and wrench the ornaments from her ears at that moment old mrs donahue reached the morgue and with a passionate burst of grief recognized the body as that of her daughter daughten in law its my cried the alleged father B bolh till stripping the thelow jewelry elry elny from the dead comans womans ssi isi fingers stricken old lady and the robber confronted each other and the painful scene amid the ghastly surroundings created the greatest confusion the actor gilbert of tho the minnie palmer company is in the agonies of death there has been little or no chanco chance for him from the start judge Ell eil lotta condition is still critical it js believed he can cannot notre re cover every undertaker undertaken of the city Is busy busye preparations are going on for twenty funerals the dead will reach neach a hundred in number 20 bodies have been found in the ruin ruins A force of about men under the supervision of the board of public works was bet set at work first tearing down the tottering wall wally Y and then clearing away the debarb debris looking for bodies the clearing away is now in progress on the broadway front the bricks and timbers are being thrown into the street broadway between wisconsin and michigan Michl michi yan ran streets is 13 13 is closed to traffic and the entire pile of ruins will be moved the themen men are working in gangs and have been sworn in the same aa as special police every article of value found is taken in charge by the authorities A gentleman who occupied quart quant quarters bra in the houge house said the building had been bei hei on nire fire at least four times during the past two years once fire was got get on a chair and piled with kindling wood the tho firo fire got a pretty good start the next time the nire fire was started in a barrel of tinder which stood in the hall on the tho first floor floors against the tho elevator this time also the house had a narrow escape the next time timo a hole was torn through tho the plaster in inthe the wall at the bottom of the elevator and a mass of inflammable stuff inserted which was fired and only extinguished with the greatest difficulty still another time a fire was started near the barroom bar har room on the tile first floor adjacent to the west side of the elevator shaft these all ali had undoubted incendiary origin and were started at night also near the elevator so as aa to preclude ie clude clade any idea of saving the house but each time luck held away and the blazes vere vera blighted this time the fire fiend was successful aa as the theory seems to leave no doubt of there were guests and 65 employees in the building of these 20 have been so far identified among the dead 48 are missing and 67 are known to be saved leaving 42 unaccounted for supposed to be among the ruins Revised lists bays says the dead are alien allen johnson Joh neon mrs alien allen johnson do go powers walter scott milwaukee to T E van loony loons loon albany N Y mrs jno gilbert chicago JJ hough monroe lils ilia maggie sullivan mary conroy mary mcleod bessie brown otil lla ila augusta greece milwaukee mry mbry mahon lyndon bridget 06 oconnell onnell of du prairies prairie wisconsin nora flanagan of waukesha Ml mitchell burla milwaukee to B elliott milwaukee mary anderson andersons doyles ton ion on julia jalia fogarty oconomowoc missing g are of guest guests B R howe milwaukee miss libby chelle chelie Ch elles eiles do prof B mason do capt capto geo goo P vose do L wo brown browm philadelphia mrs 0 W pa jno H foles poles milwaukee A J chaflin chicago Chi cago bradford rei rel kellogg tog log g milwaukee lewis newis lewis K smith do 0 quintus brown st louk dan martel milwaukee chas kelsey of tom thum co W V A hall laporte ind geo H reed beed man ito wib wis R goggin goggins milwaukee W do D rowell kowell freeport III ill wm smith chicago B R J butler and family milwaukee james jamea A ernst shullsburg Shulls burga burg a child of mrs 0 W E aulmer oconomowoc servants missing lizzie lizzle kelley keiley Ke leys mary and maggie owens geo COWrY Cow ryall ryail ali ail ull of milwaukee J bucker walter and wm win gilleland milwaukee neille kellio connor augusta tripp jane dunn dann annie casey lattio kittle connors katie hana ban bertha Soh loesner all of milwaukee justus amil cassler Cl jany jary uary burk bark pate pat con roy 0 gillon gussie gisale fredericks T cleary S mahoney ida of milwaukee the cho forty eight missing are mostly known to be in the ruins ruing which would make the total of lives lost sixty eight deb dea moines 11 A fire is now raging in ciappa block feet square and in which are located the citizens national bank many fine stores and numerous of offices fleess including the western union telegraph office it Is 13 apparently beyond all control the whole seems sure to go but bat little goods floods or furniture being saved the loss bids fair to be beat at least at midnight it looks as it if 1161 feet square of the best patt of the city will be in ruins ruing 1245 1215 am at this hour the whole block is on fire and will be consume consumed ds with most of its contents the western union office Is removed principal losses humphries morris merrier W lo 10 white matthews leslie and price the block was owned by E B R clapp and valued at insured 2 am agthe The fire is under control loss full insured half moberly mo blo 11 A shanty belonging to james davenport a negro was burned last night together with two young children the parents were absent caidwell CALDWELL cal cai ohio 11 private dalzell wrote to general sherman lately enclosing an article on his candidacy for the presidency and asking him if it he be was a candidate he received the following dear dalzen yours fours at hand with enclosure please do not ask me to write any more on the subject of the presidency it gives me a twinge of pain every time I 1 ieee leee see my name in print on any subject other than my boffl clai cial work I 1 am not and never will be a candidate for any office and think I 1 can look ahead with some composure to passing the evening of my life in comparative ewend ease emend and re pose at st louis surely in this land of freedom that much can be conceded an old soldier with respect your friend friends W T shera SHEBA sherman bherman AN CITY OF MEXICO 11 the storm at vera cruz croz was more disastrous than at first reported the american steamer ras jets A 4 gary and the schooner theresa ff and a mexican bark are a complete loss crew saved the steamer had already discharged roofs of railroad warehouses uses were carried away and much damage da done to goods the works for the harbor improvements are completely destroyed many lighters and small email craft were wrecked the mexican schooner is ashore near alton bizzard Liz zard crew saved CHICAGO 11 thomas goodman Good mno mao general passenger agent of the CP COP B R B R announced that his bis company is prepared to furnish orders for transportation to ban san francisco from havre france franco or steerage steamer to new orlyan Orl ori ran rans and thence via the southern pacific to ban san francisco ad class for 65 new york 11 the Finan financial cial chronicle gives the earnings of 48 of the principal railroads in the united states for december 1882 as 21 there being in december 1881 thus showing an increase ot of 8 per cent The mileage of the same bame railroads in december 1852 was against in Decem december bei bel 1881 an increase of 9 per cent the stockholder says bays the approximate earnings of the northern pacific railroad for the first week in january were against 55 in the corresponding week weak chicago 11 in reporting upon the cable roads at the annual meeting of the Bouth Sout bide side railway yesterday the president and superintendent of the road said the cost of lay ing cables had been nearly three millions it worked quite successfully f the only feature that h had bad ad given the superintendent any t rouble trouble was the splice which was the same used in ban san francisco it work here but mr nash of the company constructed one ol 01 his own and much to the gratification of the com oom company pany pamy it 11 was a success the changes in this latitude be found in no wise affected the cable the company now has in operation 20 miles travel hasin basin has in creased since the system has been adopted the rate of speed increased dangers are past and that the future future of the plan is encouraging cou raging little bock 11 thomas C mckittrick lek lck today to day sued the arkansas in midland adland railroad Bail road for goo worth of bonds issued when J W dorsey doraey was president suit was brought because of the late decision by the united states cault nuit cult court in the little bock rock a af Z F smith case nearly all nil the are held heid in england and holland kansas city 11 the wabash c annon cannon ball train due here at 9 this in morning orning was derailed by spreading track near miami niami junction the sleeper two coaches and baggage car rolled down an embankment and the sleeper caught fire and burned no one was killed juries injuries iu g generally ener alJy blight slight one or two broken ban an antonio tek tex 11 ll col T TW IV clerce of sunset roads leavea leaves bere liere tomorrow to morrow 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