Show BY TELEGRAPH T 41 congressional SENATE 13 bherman sherman from the committee on finance reported ported fe a bill fixing the salaries orthe of the following officials at 4 assistant secretary of the treasury assistant secretary of the interior assistant postmaster general the solicitor licit or and supervising architect of the treasury department the commissioners of the patent and indian affairs the general land officer cerl pensions and customs auditors of the treasury superintendent of the money order system and the superintendent of foreign malis mails rimsey K beey from the committee on OD post offices reported the post road bill with ameid amendments ments west presented the credentials of pinchback senator elect from louisiana the legislative appropriation bill was reported from the committee the schate soyate resumed consideration of the bill vill authorizing the tho construction of six new sloops of war with the adelid ment limiting the tonnage to tons tong the amendment was wils lost anu nuo four millions adopted Sl aerman offered an amendment pra hi biting the commencement of any vessels till complete plans and eions and models for their construction construct lof were made and any champ chawk chae char ji in the plans after approved except upon recommendation of a board of nive five naval officers without action the Senate adjourned nou hou note E washington f 21 sargent moved an amendment ameo dment thur thae the state hereafter admitted should not deny or abridge the right of isufi age on account of sex the amendment t la is as pending tatie taffe made a strong argument in favor of the bill at the expiration of the morning hour the bill went over without action and the ibe balance of the day was devoted to the consideration of the reports of the committee on commerce the first bill considered was that reported ported r L last session for the appoint appointment moa mou t or of a board of commissioners of commerce com merce meica which board among other things is to provide for steamship lines with one or more of the principal ports of great britain and ot of the con eon continent tinen t of europe with the west india fndia islands and mex ico loo and between san francisco and and australia explained aud and advocated the bill cox opposed it he considered that the only remedy for the present con ocean commerce to free registry or a law tariff and the tho tion lion of specie payment without a vote the house adjourned EASTERN liw NEW YORK an unknown n man mald I 1 this eve eveline even nine lne tue was riding a horse up chat ham bam square when ho he met michael nixon who was driving a wagon some trouble arone when wixon nixon drew a revolver and shot the man who died within the hour the murderer was arrested the senate at albany today to day exonerated judge curtis from charges against him and dismissed the case harrisburg ra ea the vote for united states slates senator to day dav was in the senate cameron 18 wallace 11 wright 1 marshall 1 in the house cameron 69 59 wallace 37 yort FORT DEPOSIT md 21 there thero are over six elx feet of water in the main streeta the women and children have taken refuge on the heights where they have to build lires fires to keep them from freezing Louis louls viLliE 21 the grand lodge of the knights of pythias held a grand banquet this evening there were in procession W A cutler of new york fork was chosen grand orand chancellor PHILA philadelphia elphia colonel quay of beaver county has been appoint appointed ad dd by governor Hartra hartranft lynn tift secretary of the commonwealth NEW YORK 22 00 A special to 0 o the berard herald from washington bays that a large circle of republicans there who are anxious to have a change in the tb head of the state Depart meL t to the end that some new now gorlier mn ma become secretary of the treasury have made maue the late dispatches from madrid ou on ibe cuban question the occasion of adverse critic hm upon tipon mr fish sharp brokers yesterday took preliminaries for the formation of an organization the announcement that foster would be hanged had bad a very depressing sing effect upon stokes an and d other murderers erens in the tombs when foster received the news pews he secluded himself in his hia cell refusing to see any one the printing of the bonds and currency for the japanese government in this city has been completed and mr boslo japanese commissioner who has been superintend superintending super intending in the business will shortly return to hig his bis s own country the police yesterday agreste arrested d five persons persona in two establishments on broadway whence circulars offering counterfeit money were sent out to dlf dif farent different parts of th the e country A deputation from the committee of seventy evenly has gone to albany to oppose berti certain parts parta of the proposed new city charter now before the legislature the havana mail steamers Cb lumbia columbia and aud crescent 0 city areundo r seizure for debt the brewis have not been paid pall in six weeks the moro cautle vastle another steamer of the line expected to be selz seiz ed on her arrival here NOVO SCOTIA HALIFAX 22 anxiety Is felt here tor for the or bety e t y of the troop af mano mado aaDO hing 1 n g having been heard beard of her since mince she left Eo england gland glaDd A philadelphia Is preparing a plan for column 1000 feet high to be constructed entirety of iron iu iii oleu work from the summit of which be grounds of the centennial expo ekpo 1 tion are to be illuminated by means of a drummond Drum mond mood light it will be the of lest iest monument iu in the be world |