Show by iby teleo telegraph i ra p h AMERICAN BOSTON buston 15 j the rho last hours of professor af agassiz assiz were apparently passed in unconsciousness at 2 p m on sunday he had an attack similar to the one experienced before the suspension n of respiration which continued about half a minute accompanied by other indications of approaching approach in dissolution these were succeed succeeded eT by unnaturally rapid breathing which continued to grow fainter with departing vigor the patient lay upon his side and beyond an occasional convulsive movement of the limbs there were no signs that he summered suffered pain the I 1 new stew england woman tea arty party to celebrate the ahe one hundredth greath anniversary of throwing wing the tea into boston harbor took place this p in in faneuil hall about five thousand tt 0 usand persons were present washington 15 Tremain from the judiciary committee has reported arted a bill for the repeal of the bankruptcy law and has moved to huspen suspend the rules and pass it the tilo question is now pending the supreme court today to day decided tile the case of the union pacific railroad against pen Pon treasurer of lincoln co nebraska on appeal from the circuit court of that state judge strong delivered the opinion the court holding ho liling that the taxing power of the state is an aa attribute of sovereignty that exists independently of the constitution of tile the united states and not derived from that instrument and that it may be exercised to an unlimited extent on all property trades business and vocations existing or carried on within the boundaries of a state except so far as it has been surrendered to the federal government either expressly or necessarily by implication the court therefore sustains the reh rah night right t of the state of nebraska nebrask a to tax t the he property of the union pacific railroad within the boundaries of said state judge bradley brad ley read a dissenting opinion holding that the tax was an unlawful in ference ter with instrumentalities C created by the national government in carrying out tile the objects and find powers conferred on it bythe constitution if a roadway may be taxed it may be seized and sold foh fot the nonpayment non payment of the taxes in parts and parcels and thus the whole purpose of congress in creating the corporation and establishing the line may be subverted and destroyed field concurred in the opinion of bradley hunt dissented from the opinion of the court swayne gave his views in his own way but concurred in the conclusion reached by the majority of the court NEW YORK 16 detective of detroit makes a statement through a reporter that he cannot get possession of joab lawrence eald eaid to be a well kno known wn speculator and for whose arrest the necessary papers have been made out by the governors of michigan and new york on the ground that sheriff brennann Bren mans Bans officers now hold lawrence and I 1 keep beep him at a hotel he paying for the favor fifty dollars per pee day lawrence is charged with defraud ingEber B ward of michigan of having it is alleged begea induced ward to purchase 0 a tock stock in a utah mine which had been salted and w was as absolutely worthless washington D C IG 16 owl owing n 9 to the death at a late hour last night of col fredrick dent father of ah mrs ans s grant there was no formal meeting of the cabinet today to day nor were visitors received by the president the deceased was in his eighty eighth year he complain C edof of eing being unwell yesterday but no alarming symptoms were apparent until a short time before his death ideath which occurred without a struggle the remains will be deposited houi ted in the family lot in the st louis louls ls cemetery they will be accompanied compa nied west probably tomor to mor row by president grant general dent ent mars marshal marshai al sharp arp col coi ol 01 J A casey e and other members of the family 11 together with general babcock e BOSTON IG 16 tho the under graduates of harvard college and of the boston society of natural history have adopted resolutions ons appropriately pria tely noticing the death of professor agassiz the funeral has been appointed for 2 p m on oin thursday in appleton chapel A few seats will be reserved for immediate in friends tile the remainder renna li iber will be 1 free e many scientific and other bodies 0 of f will wiil which ch the late professor was a member have expressed a desire to take part in the funeral but it has been decided as more conformable to what would have llave been his own wish to decline all such offers CHICAGO CHICAG 0 IG 16 A washington special says an effort in the way of retrenchment will be be made at an early day which will make trouble with officials all over the country the advisability of cutting down the salaries of government officials from the hi highest hest down through the entire list comprising assessors and collectors both of internal revenue and ports postmasters etc is under consideration and will be brought before the house when opportunity wiers offers of john killeen fell feli down the shaft of the virginia consolidated mine virginia nev 1 coo 1209 feet and was instantly MIA killed LONDON 16 the weather is very stormy today to day throughout the country and on the tile coast much damage to shipping is reported the funeral services of mr air dent father of mrs grant will take place at the executive mansion on friday fridae morning the rev bev tiffany will officiate the remains will betaken betoken be taken to st louis leav leaving irig 0 here on that day tile tiie pallbearers pall pali bearers ors ers are secreta ry fisli fish general sherman senator boggans Bog gand representatives St arvard welt weil st stone one of missouri lowndes of maryland and negley of pennsylvania A A tornado ornado passed over milton mllton cal aheras co in this state this after noon which nearly destroyed tue entire town several buil bull buildings dingi were wei blown clear from their foundations and others were blown down several persons were badly hurt but no lives were lost CHICAGO 17 the inter oceans washington dispatch says that at last light begins to dawn upon the williams case in spite of the reticence ti cence the charges preferred against him in connection with the judge wright case tho the collmus collm us and jackson sult suit were wore examined and rejected as baseless he was then reported for confirmation when a telegram making serious charges in connection with alleged attempts to control political matters 11 in 0 oregon regon was re received from oregon by the judiciary committee and the character of the signers caused the committee to asic that the nomination might ifil glit bo be rp becom co m bitted and after consideration they have asked for the power to send for persons and papers and the chances boware now are aro that no report can be made until after the recess the defeat of the bill to repeal the bankrupt law as reported by Tt tremain emain yesterday is attributed to the fact that it was charged that Tre tremain maln main instead of reporting the bill agreed upon by the judi judiciary clarY ciary committee presented one prepared by the attorney of jay cooke co contain containing inga a provision for the set clement of existing cases in bankruptcy by a majority of the creditors instead of allowing them thera to be settled under the law as tho the committee had agreed upon N Y 17 charles eggles k convicted of the tile murder mulder 0 ettie ettle conklin in may last jast has been sentenced to be hanged banged on friday the oth of february NE wARIC N J 17 john E owens was seriously injured during the performance of last night and is lying very ill III at the continental hotel by the explosion of a boiler in the independent coal mine contra costa county last night john hayes and james daley were instantly killed and david williams it is supposed was fatally injure injurer the dayton hotel at dayton nev was destroyed by fire last ni night ht D gould thomas younger 1 jan john morton H nash and yli yip mr clyster were burned to death the total vote cast in joint convention was for booth nifty fifty seven earley parley forty one shafter shatter twenty one one Booth gained one booth needs four more for lor election I 1 A correspondent of the tribune who was present at the surrender the virginius 0 telegraphs from key west that the surrender took place at bahia hoda yesterday yeste iday morning the fast steam yacht dispatch was selected to the virginius and captain whiting 0 of the worcester was designated to command her he was accompanied narlan compa nied by adolph marian marlan master muter george A calhoun and and assistant engineer M H lam ben the crew consisted of thirty y nine men from the JP pam Paw awnee hide fide the stilled from key west on sund bund sunday bunday Y and reached bahia honda about noon on monday the correspondent says that as soon as the dispatch was signalled signal led from the shore a spanish nag hag bearing the crown notwithstanding the xe publican republican edict abolishing ishi ng that monarchical emblem was flung to the breeze we discovered the black side wheel of the steamship with her two smoke stacks about the middle odthe harbor barbor beyond the fort and in perfectly smooth water no other craft except two or three coasting schooners ners were then blei and it was not until we were about to come to anchor that we discovered a spanish sloop of war lying close under the shore about two miles and a half away the thell theil dispatch proceeded slowly and steadily alongel along and anchored about four hund hundred yards from the virginius Virg pir Fir ginius mius almost i immediately afterward a bo boat at from the spanish frigate came alongside the virginius virg and at a quarter to 2 0 clock the stars and stripes were raised by spanish hands and again floated over the vessel which cli ell carried byan ryan varona and fry and their unfortunate comrades to death the boat was then pulled away at the same pame moment we saw by the aid of glasses another boat let down from the spanish sll sli vessel which proved to be the captains gig it brought to the dispatch a young spanish naval officer in full uniform he was courteously metat met at tilo the gangway b by captain hodgem ho he introduce Intro introduced ducZ himself as senor de do la camera camer 11 commanding the sloop of war ft pa vorita he was waa invited into tile tiie cabin but blut being informed by capt rodgers that captain whiting was to receive the surrender he stepped briskly toward the latter and the spaniard and american lifted caps ina lna in a courte courteous courteau ou 8 salute commander do la xia camera remarked that he lie had received a copy of the protocol requiring the surrender of the virginius pir and he was prepared to execute it either cither on that or on the tile following day captain whiting replied that he hd was instructed to receive the vessel on Tuesday but the hour would be left to the convenience of the spanish comma commander rider riden it was then agreed that the ceremony should take place at 9 on tuesday am salutes were again exchange dand senor DeLaCa LaCamera delacamara De mem left the ship the interview not having consumed more than five minutes in the afternoon captain whiting and lieutenant marian marlan returned the call eail calland and were received with the proper courte courtesies sies sips on an tuesday am punctually as the bells on the dispatch struck nine the american flag bag flew to the flag flagstaff stait stair of the and at the sam same moment a boat containing captain whiting and lieutenant marian marlan put away from the dispatch As they ascended the accommodation ladder of the virginius gi ginius dm there was a single man on deck who proved to be senor de la camera he advanced and made a salute the officers then r read rend ad their respective instructions and captain de la camera remarked that in obedience to the requirement of his government he had the honor to turn over the steamer virginius Fir pir winfus ginius to the american authorities captain whiting accepted 1 it and ascertaining ascertain inc that a receipt would be acceptable he be gave one A word or two more was civilly spoken and the spaniard stepped over the side signalled signal led his oarsmen oarsman oars men and in ten minutes was again upon the deck of his own vessel having discharged with becoming d dignity alty the unpleasant duty imposed impose upon him by his government ern ment the was in a most filthy condition she was leaking considerably and the spanish captain stated that he had kept the p pumps limps going continually since her arnival arrival in order to keep the water down barring the filthy condition of the vessel she was better than was expected the virginius steamed about two hundred yard yards sTall nil nii all going well when lier her engine engines refused to do duty and it became necessary for the depatch Ds D patch to take her in tow the two vessels went out of ot the gaibor briskly the spanish flag aag being d displayed b by the tho i forts as is tc they ey passed in a an hour our we were at sea the Virg mius was soon again under steam and the dispatch ceased to tow her and the two vessels steamed t together towards tortugas Tor when tile the steamers reached tortugas Tor they found the U S sloop of war OsSip pee awaiting when supplied with provisions and coal the virginius nir Fir ginius will go to icey irey key west express orders to that effect having been received from washington besides the officers and crews of the dispatch and Favorita La and tho the members of the prize crews the correspondent of the tribune was the only witness of the surrender nl not ot a single person ap appeared iwa on the quay anid arid ni not an inhabitant I 1 bitant of the town of bahia honda or surrounding c country aunt 0 pdt o sufficient interest in tl the tho proceedings le e d 1 to walk to the scene of such an important historical event washington D C 17 the 86 senate nate committee on naval affairs this morning agreed to report without amendment the bill recently passed by the house to increase the enlisted force ot of the navy to ten thousand men the senate committee on the judiciary today to day heard persons on the subject of tie the the nomination of williams for chief justice davis introduced a bill in the senate today to day directing the secretary of the tho treasury to pay west virginia half a million dollar dollars to be applied to building rebuilding re escourt houses school houses cli cil churches turnpike roads and other public property in said state destroyed by the federal troops by military orders during the late civil war Cle general howard appeared before bedor the house committee on lillta military ry affairs today to day he saidee sald said he courted the fullest investigation and waived any advantage that might accrue to him liim by the statute of limitation or otherwise in order lie he might bo be tried by a court martial he thought he would be fully able to prove that ho he was wis not officially or morally responsible for any snort short comings by reason of his administration of the afra alra affairs irs of the Fre freed edmans mans bureau general vincent L was also present but as the charges against howard are not cot printed anted his examination was postponed until tomorrow to morrow NEW YORK 17 the failure gao cao large dry goods jobbing houses bouse 5 b announced Ober halzer keefer abid arid d edson bredley co the f former ora with liabilities of half a million and the latter with NEW YORK 18 the edgar stewart St ewari which made a successful landing of her fifth firth cargo arms and men upon the island cuba is said to be fitting t up baltimore for another run washington 18 the of mr dent took toot took toor place this marn morning from the ex executive mansion in addition to the members of family |