| Show n hile nile ni MI L E sr gra GnA yet Put xee congressional BERATE SENATE AMERICAN washington 15 tho secretary of state today to day sent to the senate the correspondence between this and the spanish government relative to the claim for indemnity for the virginius affair it i quite comprising the complete diplomatic history of the af fair the result orthe of the negotiations was that spain co consented to all ae the demands or orthe the US 17 S and agreed to pay in gold unconditionally ily lly the money to be distributed distribute d n by the U st 8 government without any accountability to spain for the sums gums not tot claimed by the heirs ef of families of the victims as was the case easm in the settlement of a similar of england minister Minla cushing telegraphed march lath that his hia credentials were presented on ori the that the ratification was signed on the lith and that he had sent the bame same by express it is the determination of the to secure to the sioux eddans neiani all nil their trea treaty rights in reference re fereno to the black hills ills liis country the thare thedore fo dore fore re all persons will be prohibited d going there and all now there wiil will I 1 be required to remove until the I 1 indian title is extinguished which the government will endeavor to secure at the earliest practicable moment CORINTH CoBiN corin Tir 15 A severe rain and hail hall storm passed over this section last night the town of nearly destroyed four persons were killed several dangerously and many slightly wounded the waters are fast subsiding indianapolis 15 A chimney of the capital city rolling mill 96 feet high blew down this morning a man who was sleeping near the boiler was crushed and killed ST LOUIS LOTOS 15 last fall a little son aon of robert boatwright while playing laying with a number billed killed by a brick thrown it was alleged liege by harles charles woodson one ono of the he boys today to day while wood bons pons trial was in progress another son of boatwright Boat noat wright aged 16 approached pro ached woodson and saying you tou killed my tny brother and I 1 will kill you he drove a butchers butchery knife to the hilt in woodsons ab domen inflicting a frightful and it is believed a mortal wound boatwright was arrested later the boy woodson stabbed by young boatwright today to day is s now said sald not to be fatally wound od woodson is a colored boy and the son of a noted colored preacher in this city NEW yoek your 16 A letter from guadalajara gives an account of an earthquake which on the lith of feb shook a large portion of borle northern rii ril mexico the little town of san cristobal cristobai cris Cria tobal was almost entirely destroyed and seventy dead bodies were taken from the ruins the tho centre of the disturbance appears to be in the tho volcano of cebo ruco buco tho the earthquake occurred at night and the terror of the people was increased by the darkness Cin CHICAGO CAGO 16 last night a mrs malinski a pole and two children were foun found d dea dead in their house 11 in the north part of the city having evidently been poisoned a third child was in a dying condition it is ii not known whether the mother in a fit of insanity attempted to kill her children and herself or whether the poison was administered by some one else her husband has been arrested on suspicion but there appears to be nothing so farto dar far to warrant a belief 07 of his guilt A J thomas an operator on change who was largely short on wheat and consequently a heavy la loser ser attempted suicide thia this a am in b by y shooting himself through the abdomen it is thought he cannot survive washington 16 the president has nominated isaac C parker of mo for chief justice of utah vice mcl mci mckean oke an J B alien allen for U S attorney in washington territory and oliver OlIverA A patten ratten of IV va for register of the land office at salt lake the tho secretary of war has addressed a communication to general al sherman saying that all expeditions expedit t ions tons it to the black hills country must be prevented as long as the present treaty exists the tho report of the house committee on the expenditures of the department part ment of justice justlee e shows that A F perry rorry of ohio received as counsel against the union pacific Railway under the act of congress the committee belleve believe that hereafter congress in authorizing the employment of special counsel ought always to prescribe some limit limitation atlon to the amount to be paid for the service the committee say that in the case of north carolina it was in evidence and we t think is undeniable as to that district and doubtless as to others that much of the amount paid the commissioners was for warrants issued and hearings upon warrants in frivolous cases the controlling in motive with many of these commissioners neni ners is no doubt to in make ke business for the purpose of iet get getting feess fees and this conduct on the p part a rt of these commissioners not only u ly enhances their fees and makes a charge archarge on bil the government but likewise creates an additional charge and a much heavier one in the arrest of prisoners and the oost cost of keeping and transportation and in the fees to the deputy marshals and the mileage of the district attorneys tor toT notably has this been the case in the western district of arkansas and in western north carolina and perhaps in other districts where these large expenditures have been made in pa payments of the fees of commissioners the attention of the respective judges of the several districts named and of the ther judiciary of the country being now thus publicly called balled to these facts induces your committee to hope that a recurrence of these abuses 1 in future may be prevented here after however with guards guaras and restraints imposed by new law much if not all this fraud can and ana ought to be checked the committee is 13 13 confident as touching these expenditures that that if this law w be faithfully administered and strictly carried out there can be no fraud with collusion of judges clerks marshals and district attorneys tor the fight against governor axtell of utah originated and has been promoted by ex governor i woods in hope of being instated reinstated ro woods is also making efforts to obtain either elther the tendency of the san francisco mint or some foreign miss mission loil but he is regarded as an impecunious place hunter without chances of success the nomination of ex congress man parker of mo to be chief justice of tle the the supreme court of utah involves the removal of or 3 judge edg J B mckean merean but does not indicate any change in the policy of the administration regarding the question of polygamy his removal removals and that of the present register of the land office in salt lake are i caused by what the president deems fanatical and extreme conduct on the tha part of these hese officers as evidenced by their violent attacks on 1 gov axtell and on certain senators who recommended his appointment and by several 1 acts of mckean which are considered ill III advised and tyrannical and in excess of his powers as judge scranton TONTa pa 16 the magnificent bridge spanning the susquehanna at pittston was v as swept away by a flood tonight to night about ten minutes after the passenger train passed over I 1 the river riming rapidly and full 0 of f immense cakes of ice it is feared that the two passenger bridges lower down will be destroyed FALI FALL river BIVER mass 16 the mill operatives strike is ended the mills will open OH on thursday cincinnati IG 16 the standing committee of the diocese of southern ohio voted unanimously against the confirmation of dekoven as b bishop shop of illinois twenty three dioceses so far have voted for the confirmation tion of dr jagger as bishop of southern ohio which confirms il his election CONCORD N H fg 16 the full vote of cheney is 39 21 15 fur fun bob rob erts 39 white the tho the democrats electa elect the congressmen in the first and second districts the republicans the congressmen in the third ST LOUIS 16 lg the steamer IV J T lewis while coaling at chester ills today to day took fire and was bur burned n ed to the water the watchman colored the fireman and nive five deck passengers were drowned and another fatally scalded loss insured bostos BOSTON mass 17 the T travel ler reports that beck bros stock br brokers brokens 0 hens hers have suspended th the tho examination of the books in progress and james beck the senior partner died at his residence on mon day from an overdose of chloroform taken to relieve pain imin NEW YORK 17 john sohn B dickinson banker bankers who died suddenly yesterday at chicago was on the way to san ban francisco to visit his daughter mrs sherwood A dispatch from pittston pa states that all but the east span of the magnificent new bridge across the susa susquehanna lle tie tishanna hanna there was swept away early this morning and that the old bridge a quarter of a mile above followed soon after the lackawanna Ijac kawanna bridge had previously gone down the loss in bridge property alone la is not less than half a million the flood Is making terrible inroads in valuable property in west pittston pitts ton having already covered t the he lower portion of the place a and nd the loss is already great PORT JERVIS NY N Y 17 at 6 this morning a large shop whistle warned the people that the flood was lising rising with fearful rapidity the telegraph had bad previously an bounced that the ice fee had swept through every barrier above here and was coming down upon the city riding upon the crest of a wave ten feet high 7 am the water js rising rapidly byj and king kling street is undated inundated lo A large charge of nitroglycerine nitro glycerine exploded and did great execution the ice is damming up at the head lead of the gorge the delaware railroad bridge three miles west has been swept away and the flood is coming with inconceivable force and the inhabitants are fleeing in confusion from the flats 8 sam aam am the gorge remains jirm but the volume of water ha a river of king street carrying all before it and submerging a great part of the lower portion of the town the flood is now within a hundred yards of the telegraph office a m A great shout of thankfulness has just gone up the g gorge orge has broken and the ice is floating down the stream while the vater water in the tha village is lowering the barret bridge stands though badly damaged probably thirty blocks were inundated and some houses carried off As far as heard beard from no lives have been lost jost the wrecks of two bridges are being carried rapidly down the stream and the suspension bridge eight miles below belo beio iv is felt to be doomed about houses in port jervis proper between the railway and river were more or less damaged by the water many of them being filled to the second story all the large shops of the co had more or less water in them buano but no great damage was done SAN 17 the execution of the briga brigand ild tid vasquez is set for friday the nineteenth insl at san jose jom advices advises from los angeles state that chavez the lieutenant of vasquez has sent letters to prominent individuals in that city threatening a bloody vengeance if vasquez is executed A petition was vas telegraphed to governor pacheco yesterday from influential citizens at los angeles including some of the party who captured vasquez asking the postponement of the execution the result of the petition I 1 is not yet known charleston S C 17 great excitement was created in the legislature at columbia today to day by the veto by the governor of a a bill to liquidate the floating debt of the state the governor in a message says that the failure of the legislature i to inaugurate any measures for the reduction of the expenses and taxes of th the state eState renders it impossible for him to consent to add a dollar to the weight of taxation that now oppresses the people he would regard the tho approval of this act as a piece of gross luj ustice to all those chose whose interests he is bound to protect the aggregate taxation is now biow without precedent and without justification the great majority of the claims covered by the bill are unpaid legislative certificates which have been made to cover vast frauds and these claims as a whole the governor does not consider constitute a valid adalid obligation of the state and more over the commission appointed by the bill does not as a w whole ole oie command his confidence nor t that at of the public along xiong A long iong angry Z debate followed the reading of the message a number of colored members bitterly assailing the governor no vote was reached but it is believed that the conservatives and reform republicans will be able to sustain the veto CHICAGO 17 the bibat weathers herns very cold the thermometer this morning is 4 below zero LANCASTER penna 17 7 dr thomas H goodwin goodwill of york co has been committed to jail hgr herm here arrested charged w with ith the sed red seduction action of miss bliss mary a young lady of good family in this city and afterwards attempting to procure abortion which resulted in her death today to day she was found a week ago by her relatives concealed in a hut in maryland the details of the affair are horrible 17 the ice still re remains stationary and there has been no perceptible fall fali of the water since afternoon thel the cellars of the houses on river tare tafe filled with water the gas works have several feet of water in them and the whole city is in darkness the weather has haa been gm gradually dually growing colder and every everything thin g wl will wiil 11 be frozen solid tonight to dight night this undoubtedly prevented the bridge here being swept away and should a gentle thaw follow the ice may move out without further damage but if the thaw be sudden budden great damage must result washington 17 nominations albert wyman as assistant treasurer of the U H S david P lowe ex congressman from ran kan kansas 28 as commissioner of pensions vice J H baker now nominated for U S surveyor general for the district of minnesota ex governor J brooks of ark as postmaster at little rock bock alfred C hawley as receiver of public money moneys for the wyoming districts confirmation addison IL lannin laflin naval officer for the new york secretary delano has taken steps to bring to var NAr ashington washington a delegation of sioux for the purpose of negotiating for the extinguishment of their right to the black hills country YANKTON 17 it is stated by the herala herald here today to day on the authority of delegate armstrong from washington that a treaty of the U S with the sioux Ind indians lansi whereby the black hills country was set apart as a reservation was never ratified by congress V and that the best authority says it will not stand if tested this is also confirmed by other gentlemen who were at washington in IGO 7 when the matter was under discussion the excitement increases haro here in regard to the tho new dew gold fields there and parties are preparing to start aart at once DANVILLE DA pa 17 the bridge over the susquehanna in this place has been carried away the water is higher than in 1865 IM and there is a sing rising slug iee ice gorge between here and sunburg railroad connection is cut off BiNan AMPTON N Y 17 jhb ice fee gorge in the miles above here is over four miles long iong on and twenty to thirty feet high the valley is overflowed the weather is cold and the river is falling louisville kyl kyi 17 A number of arrests of alleged ku klux klu has been made in in todd co recently and the pris prisoners diners are now in jail jall there have been some fears of trouble and governor leslie today sent a company of the state militia to the county the arrests were made on the confession of one ond of the gang SCRANTON pa 17 west ivest |
