Show by telegraph CO S SENATE 16 XA T E tile tho house bill repealing the salary act fact of march 1873 was taken up read a second time and referred to the committee on the civil service er the mornin hour expiring the resolution of the tho finance committee was taken up v washington 19 A bill illative to printing the tile public documents was reported by anthony he said the bill involved the c question ku estion whether the publication catlon cation of the pub lie documents was to be cont continued inked and lie hoped ib it would be considered co now rutho senate then by a vote of 33 to 4 29 9 took up the adjournment resolution r ol question ingalls ingalis moved to amend by substituting monday the of dec for friday the and in reply to a question said he did so to secure time for action on the bankruptcy law ingalls Ingall 8 amentI amendment ment was then rejected ejected 0 and the resolution as ib it came caule from the rouse house was adopted yeast yeas seas 32 nays 37 HOUSE butler of mass from the judiciary committee offered ered a resolution committee to send a committee subcommittee sub of two to sew new orleans to take testimony in the tite matte matter roo of tile the impeachment of judge durrell with power to send for persons and papers he explained that among the charges against judge durrell there thero was a charge chargo of tile the misapplication of fund and in bankruptcy cases adopted EASTERN LA mas aliss AL iss eor 20 ble the E evereti v everett areti mills r resume full fuli time tile on monday next BOSTON neston 20 by ily tb tile e deed of or endowment t of the school schoot at peni reni kess given by mr anderson ander Auder professor fesson fessor abw agassiz lz h had d a right to select ills his su successor an and d he lie chose his son ton alexander agassiz washington 20 the tiie postmaster general announces s that lie he will arrange arrango a system by which tile the european mails shall shail bo be dispatched from new now york four times a reec week on shil sill sailing ilig on any given iven tuesday wednesday thur thursay day das or saturday which accordi according nr to the postal re record ord best fulfill fulfil their conditions of speed kecur security ity and certainty 20 lord mas nias sey eeb jio fo called who it is alleged swindled a number of people at capo cape may last summer was wag arrested oil on the steamer pennsylvania Pennsylva nw on her arn ard arrival val vai here today to day and taken ta to west chester cheater pi pa on a char charne charse e of swindling parties living biting in cit chester ester co afire afire in eoe hoo Foo rau pau 1 eglis meil merl menagerie aberle t at tonight to night bu burned and a stable aud and nive five aiu valuable alu able ahle horses also aiso alithe alythe wagons va ona g to the show mtv york rork 20 If london fondon gafers of the hie jtb re received delved today to day contain the official report of captain robertson of the loch earn which sank the teamer fille ville de do faur faar 1 it is as follows follow s so far jas is relates to the tile colli collon bion Alon on 2 2nd and 0 at 2 dab am in lat laft 45 E 51 longitude 35 ea 6 west wind S S W true truo the fhe ship braced up on tile the pott port taek tack heading by the sl standard cam compass N W by W or 1 19 true a steamers mast head was seen from one ta to two points on luh the port bov our side lights were warp out and burning in briga brightly aly shortly aher after we saw taw a the steamers three lights she was coming straight for us almost immediately med lately she showed only her port and masthead 11 lights lia lla and was wag steer ing apparently to pass tinder under our stern 1 after aften ra a short time wo m ranz rang dg our LA be l and ported porto the helm as we thought sho she shewa was comming too near the steamer still showing only her port ligh ilg hi when close deloso to tife tiie bow the tho steamers helm heim was and s sho ho was vas across our bob bov bo A col was inevitable and in an order wa wag given to back ou our after rafter yards but before the braces could bo be let gocho go tho the t two w oves vessels sels seis came into collision tiie tile loch B eatn earn arn striking the steamer amidships which immediately d arate wo threw our oun our oun afu ryar half the ened cued sail sall and tho the i amal ilder cleared away awas I 1 the port pot lifeboat the carpenter being i aej ata at the tha ic pumps reported that tha shipway ship was making no water and then theli went forward and found the j b bowsprit gone or te and the bow smash ed rd completely ebely in by tile tilo toll collision islon the bulk head was apparently uninjured A boat from the vitte vitle do haure havre then came alongside containing an officer and four men I 1 asked if the steamer was much injured he said she was injured but he did not say she wanted ass assistance st and as no signals of distress were made by the steamer I 1 thought at the time the boat was sent to render us assistance but while talking to the officer I 1 saw the steam steamer or apparently settling down and lowered the port lifeboat life ilfe boat at once in charge of the second officer and four men who made towards the sinkin sinking T ship our cutter and starboard lifeboat were then cleared away and indin in a few minutes dl dla dia p patched arched to the scene of th the e catastrophe their only guide gulde being thui the cries of the drowning people the steamers ste amers amera lights having disappeared we kept our boats out until daylight until everyone everyone floating among the wreck was picked up we succeeded in saving eighty four persons out of three hundred and six a large proportion having gone down with the steamer which only floated about fifteen minutes after being struck captain Rb robertson bertson Ko ertson then proceeds to give an account of falling in with the tri mountain and transferring the steamers passengers and crew to her with tile the exception of cook and wess and one of tho the he steamers firemen firemen who was wash I 1 injured ho he then gives an account of his struggles gio glo to save his vc vessel sei sel the following incident of the disaster is told by the captain of the loch warn earn A lady swam alongside si dewith with a child in her ber arms A rope was thrown to her which she seized but in attempting to be pu pulled billed up holding on by one arm with the other round tile the child her strength failed ler and tile the child wies wils was lost but the poor mother was hauled on board an imposing requiem mass was solemnized at havre on the ati dinst for the repose of the souls of tile the victims the cathedral was draped in black from roof to floor and was thronged thron ged by a congregation of five thousand persons the catafalque was surrounded by sailors of the republican navy and all the civil naval and military dignitaries of the place were present the cures sermon was interrupted by berste of grief from the apers all the ships in the harbor were dress dressed cd their flags half mast high and aid business was at a stand evill the public subscription tio ft amounts to forty thousand francs excluding the contributions of the company the singers of the paris opera are to give a performance an ee of la favorita athavale Atha vele for the benefit of the families of the victims professor rufert bufert of the geneva deneva theological seminary in which cesar Pron car lost by the de do havre dimster disaster was a prof professor emor writes to this country asking if american Ame christians could do dd something for Pron carys carls cars family ho leaves a wife wire who haa been sick for years and six young children the first section of the oriental expedition the to graphical corps sailed today to 19 day for oon egypt with Pro professor ressor dessor james strong in charge he will be joined by major majon powell and assistants at the tha mouth of the nile nue in ih blaich march and will proceed through sinai sinal moab basilan bashan central and western palestine asia asla minor and greece Ci freece the tammany hall general committee in session tonight to night adopted a i resolution congratulating the people on the conviction of the members tle ele ers of the late ring and saying saing that the them j justices ustle juries and attorneys who have lieen been thus faithful to so society cloty are on entitled untitled titled to 0 tiie tile the grate grat tude ud col eol coi orail all ali good honest citizens ST loc lou LOUIS louls Is 20 th rhe the 6 funeral of colonel frederick dent father in ln law of the president took place here heie today to ilay day from the residence of bl his so sona a large number of old friends and anil acquaintances were present ahe the body was interred in the fon fou taine cemetery gan SAN FRANCISCO 20 there is much rejoicing here and at sacramento over the election of booth and the defeat of the railroad monopoly the result will give unbounded satisfaction n throughout the state thoro there were one hundred and one deaths in ill city aurill during tile the week the greatest mortality ro for r the same time this sean year there wore worp twenty deaths from which is epidemic amongst tile the children of this city ont odit 21 A man named timothy topping killed his wife and four children this ta rooming orning by cutting their throats with a butcher knife lie he also tried to murder his two oldest boys but they succeeded in disarming him and fled for help to the neighbors on their return they found that he had bad cut his throat at the latest advices advises he was still alive the cause assigned for the butchery is insanity caused by financial trouble cincin cincinnati katr bati 21 the work workmen mens meeting yesterday protested against the cites only allowing a dollar and a quarter per day and proposed a demonstration by procession tomorrow afternoon A meeting of german laborers denounced the press of the country as being in league with capital against labor the irish meeting limited proceed ings jugs to a denunciation of the city authorities METAMORA ills 21 the jury in the workman case rendered a verdict of not guilty amidst in terso terse excitement the defendant wild with joy thanked god her counsel and the jury she was then led from the room by her counsel the jury and many of the au artience aulk aucK Tience ence enco shed tears tear CHICAGO 21 avery A very large meeting of laborers was held at the west side turner hall this evening at which speeches were made in english german and polish urging the rights of every evers man to employment by the city government when other sources failed or in the event the city could not furnish work it should supply the laboring 0 men with food and other necessaries of life resolutions embodying these views were adopted and it was resolved that those present should march in a body to tho the council chamber tomorrow to morrow night and pre sent the re resolutions solution sand and their claims personally in a battle tonight to night between two policemen and four thieves one ono of the latter was shot and killed the thieves had fired several shots at the of officers flers who replied with a number of shots one olle of which took effect as stated washington 21 A majority of tho the Senate are not in favor of a total repeal of the bankruptcy act but of amending it in such particulars as will guard the debtor from the exactions of a small minority of his creditors leaving the tiie question of involuntary bankruptcy to be determined by those largely interested te the several executive departments of the government will next week be bein begin in tile the work of revising the est cst estimates imam imaG forthe for the current fiscal year the estin estimates eates tates for work upon public buildings the erection of lighthouses and the improvement of rivers harbors and fortifications will be extensively cut down the tile expenses of the war department proper cannot be reduced it has been known for some days that the spanish government has furnished evidence with regard to tiie ilie virginius and her claim to the right to bear the flag cf the united states and that the president had submitted the evidence to tho the at torney general for ills his opinion thereon it seems now to be understood der dei stood in official circles elicie that the attorney general Generi il has lias given an opinion that tilo the vessel had mid forfeited her right to bear the flag of the united states and at the time of other her capture was carrying it without outright right and improperly in slew view of this opinion opi len nien our government will in accordance with the term s of the protocol institute an inquiry and aud d adopt proceedings against t the 11 V iu and ag against must any of t the up persons who wiio may appear to haye hayo been guilty of illegal acts in connection therewith as spain has proven to the satisfaction of the united State states 9 accordia according to the tile at torney generals opinion that tile the virgina 8 was at tile tiie time of her capture carrying the united states flag without the rig right litaud aud and improperly the salute to the united sti states ates flag on tife the day of december will bo be dispensed with as now not necessarily but the united states will expect a disclaim of any intent of indignity to tile the flag in ill tile the act aeb which was committed from the proof submitted by spain it appears that the clearance a p papers aper of the virginus were obtained led by perjury near bear admiral scott has sent scent to the secretary of the navy pa a large largo number of documents connected with the capture of the tiie virginius and the executions which followed these in clude include the list of the who in prison at santiago de do cuba thirteen of whom were shot four americans were abom among 0 the number given and they were wore exe cu addition to the thirteen above mentioned they were in jail only a few hours with the exception of captain fry who was not taken to that place according to the off omm official lelal report concerning the mode of trial by court martial captain fry declined to answer all til tile questions protesting that by the laws of nations lie he and hla hia crew had committed no offense offence thattus that justified his or their imprisonment or trial as pirates aspirates claiming to bo be in command of or an american merchant vessel furnished with all the properly Ero properly perly certified papers which lie he had ad delivered to the boarding 0 boffl officer of the capturing vessel J N rowe of Iloe bland me life deposed at ingston kingston IC jamaica that from his bis knowledge of navigation the virginius when wilen captured could not have been less than seventy miles from the coast of cuba the report from 11 adrid madrid that the spanish government has decided to make a demand upon the U S for the return of the virginius and her passengers and crew is not credited here hire for tile the reason that they were delivered to the U S by virtue of a protocol between the two countries subject to judicial proceedings edings commander braille braine in aletter a tetter letter to the secretary of the navy dated santiago de do cuba nov 30 com muni cating the tho information that lie he obtained d about the thi e virginia virginius says you will see by my letter to his hii hi i ex cellen celien excellency senor brigadier commandant general du A morales that I 1 protested against any further further punishment to any of the officers or crew clew and passengers of the virginias irrespective of their nationally and if rdv adv anymore more were ordered to be executed I 1 would bo be informed before it took place as I 1 claimed that the american nag hag protected all I 1 took means to circulate ashore in the tiie city that if any more of ot the prisoners taken from the virginius vi gillus were executed I 1 would sink every 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