Show B ay iy y te telegraph I 1 e 0 ra p h congressional IS SENATE 11 IV A T E washington q D C 5 tiie tile the tl senate met mett at noon carpenter presiding he presented tile tho report of the secretary of the senate in reply to the resolution calling for information as to the amount ol 01 of f compensation received by senators binco the organization ot the government ern ment wd laid on tilo tile table EM emmonds munds from tho judiciary committee reported back the house bill to repeal tilo the bankrupt law with sundry amendment sand recommended that with such amendments the tile bill be p passed al ed edmunds said mid ho lie had llad no lie besita tion tiou in stating that the whole committee had llad agreed substantially on the tho amendments on motion of wright the house bill to establish the tile compensation of senators representatives and delegates was taken up with the amendments reported by the senate committee on civil service and retrenchment striking out the first three sections section sand and substitute substituting dg sections repealing the act of march 3rd ard 1863 1563 and fixing the salary as it was prior to the passage t of or that act and further pro providing i g that the tho compensation of the tile bev kev oral orai onal eral heads of departments be eight 0 thousand dollars per ann annum urn washington 6 in the senate Ducking buckingham iiams liams free banking bill was taken from the table and referred to the tile committee on finance Br morrill orrill of maine from the finance commit tee reported back the resolution introduced by sumner instructing that committee to report a bill abolishing the onico office of or commissioner of internal revenue and to provide for the collection of or taxes by stamps with the recommendation men dation that it be indefinitely post postponed pored he said when tiie tile millennium arrived it might be possible to collect taxes without tax officers and that to abolish the internal revenue bureau would bo be to loso at least one half the taxes now collected tile tho principal part ef of the taxes were collected upon spirits and tobacco and it would be impossible to collect them without off omm meers officers sumner said here was an opportunity for practical economy and b by adopting this system of collecting I 1 taxes by y stamps an army of office holders would bo be dispensed with the tile resolution was indefinitely postponed lil ill 0 r V s K E the house houle met mett at noon and un deri a call of the states a large number of bills was introduced and referred among the bills introduced were ibo ibe ehe the following one by kasson to greate a national board of trade and prescribing e S e its duties one by mccrary meer meil el 1 3 to prohibit the creation of e acres in the public service abne one by barbarto Bar berto legalize a pontoon railroad bridge across the pi I 1 liver at itt prairie du chien and ene one ne by cutrell requiring requiting the attorney general to prosecute suits for the repayment to the government ef the interest paid for the pacific railroad cos coburn from the military committee ro ported reported a resolution instructing ting the committee on military affairs to inquire into the expediency of reducing the regular army and stopping all works oil on forts and other de fences of the country adopted wheeler ern orn Y from the committee on appropriations reported the army appropriation bill which appropriates made a special order for tuesday next the housa house then resumed tile the consideration bon ton of the supplementary privileges es bill the house bouso committee on appropriations tod ty finally disposed of the thel army appropriation bill and reduced the estimates over four millions A AMERICAN COLUMBUS 0 S the legislature met today to day tile the house bouse organized by the election of geo ij converse of franklin as speaker I 1 thos coughlin Cough liu ilu chief clerk and a full list of democratic minor officials after organization a resolution asking congress to repeal the salary bill was offered and referred to a special committee with instructions rations to amend so as to censure Oe nonresident president for signing the bill and pi to report tomorrow to morrow tho the sen ao ato ate c elected fco S 1 I ivan i xan van chief clerk and a full ht h 11 itt t 0 pem dem officers governor noyes isoye message presented to tho the leg legislate islat to tay bay b ay shows the tile total state 1 10 t to be fie being a deciel e during tile tho past year of while the local indebtedness has increased nearly two and a half millions the governor recommends the restricting of the powers of minor political organizations to create debts and to impose tax taxes cs lie ile makes a few other recommendations mainly of local interest ho he deprecates the system now in ilse use of letting jetting out convict labor by contracts and favors some plan of utilizing such labor so as not to interfere with outside labor 5 at elizabeth boro pa on saturday night patrick shot and killed dan lynch without tilo the slightest provocation the murderer was arrested but was afterwards rescued by a mob of miners to which class he belong belonged eJ and is still at large washington 5 3 the president sent to the senate the nomination fio mi nation of caleb cushing gushing as minister to spain and edward L baker of springfield 0 ills as consul at buenos ayres buling gushing is designated as from virginia bishop Lacall cd upon the tile president to dagand depre represented gent sent that many person persons were in ing g in that state the tha tho president and the bishop subsequently had bad an in interview with speaker blaine biarne and the members of tho louisi louisiana ina delegations and the result of the conference is reported to bo th that at tomorrow to morrow depre representative mutative will introduce a bill authorizing the war department to issue rations to the sufferers according to present indications at the close of the debate on the civil ri nights rights Z lits bill to bonow afternoon a motion will be made by prominent republicans to recommit the tile bill which if carried may have the effect of or indefinitely postponing action upon the measure tile tiie substitute for the house bill rep repealing ci I 1 ng the bankruptcy act I 1 reported port d by tilo the senate ju judiciary committee provides a number of amendments to the present law 1 tile tiie most important of which are tile the follow following I 1 ng that it shall require bequir e the action of one fourth of an in solvents creditors or one third of the amount of the tiie debts to force him into bankruptcy instead of a single creditor or debts to the amount of as now protested the paper may run sixty lays days instead of thirty days as now and whenever a majority of the creditors agree to take the caso case out of bankruptcy they may do so the courts are empowered to permit any number of the creditors to make a composition of their claims in cases of involuntary bankruptcy the term four months mentioned in section 35 of the old law shall be changed to two months and the period of six months therein named shall shail be changed to three months tile the first of these provisions not to take effect until two months and the second until three months after the adoption of this act the act provides for a reduction for the composition of charges and au all allowances excepting the actual and necessary disbursements of and to be made off omm meers leers agents marshals messengers assignees and registers to one half provided that their section shall be and remain in force until the justices of the supreme court of the united states shall make and promulgate new now rules ill in respect to these matters the heral Keral heralds ds special havana 5 says the overthrow of the castelar finist ministry ry is favorably received in havana the casino espanol is especial especially byj jubilant ublia nt the volunteers are evidently in favor ofa ora of a monarchy tile the crowns on the sterns of the spanish vessels in the harbor which were painted over when the republic was in vogue are now being rc re gilded and the imperial spanish coat of arms has again been placed on the palace of the C captain general rew NEW ORLEANS 5 the glassware house bouse of E J harta hart co in tie tou pital street was burned today to day loss the legislature met in the ble bie mechanics chani cs hall today to day the proceedings were veto vore voie orderly dover dorer governor nor non kel logg 1099 a message is very long it shows the total state debt to be some of which Is of doubtful legality and is now be being in tested in in the courts the state 11 has a paid interest on the whole amount to date but can do so no longer without maintaining a rate of tax atlon which amounts tion tile the governor decol recommends rime time ds the funding of the entire delih doht nt it sity cents on tho the dollar iu ILL lima limn m huen per cent consola con sols guaranteed by a constitutional am amendment Adment and an appropriation for the interest to be made perpetual the debt to be limited at a point to which it would be reduced by this tilis consolidation say fifteen millions this plan lie ho says sass has been endorsed by ther thel the new Tew orleans chamber of commerce and large bondholders bond holders the mcenery mceneny nice neny nery legislature also met but there was no quor quorum urn springfield mass blass 5 A brick block at the corner of main blain and TaylorS taylor ats ts conned by emerson wight and W H wilkinson i was burned tonight to night loss coo SOO the principal losers loser besides tho the owners of the block are Willm anand fuller harness makers the union paper co cutter mcintosh co boot and uwe owe dealers J C lutz lithographer and the morgan envelope co the insurance is about two thirds of the loss SAN FRANCISCO 5 the legislature will offer reward for the apprehension of the notorious tiburcio burcio vasquez and his gang the smallpox small pox is still Inc increasing tho the boys high school Is closed on account of twe the disease being in the vicinity CHICAGO ills G othe the tribunes washington special says it is probable that tile the matter of the appointment of chief justice will wiil be e compromised by the substitution of the tho nanae narae of caleb cushing for that of williams and the tile appointment of williams as minister to SP spain VI U NEW E v YORK 0 A suit has been begun by caplas capias against edwin rowe co to recover in gold for the alleged violation of the revenue laws aws ST louis 6 G the be republicans cabla special from topeka says ays tiie the case of the state versus pomeroy for the tile bribery of senator york was called in the county court today to day the defendant was not present and his hi s counsel asked a further continuance ti nuance which was refused and Pome roys bail ball of twenty thousand dollars was ordered to be forfeited with the understanding however that if the defendant appears for trial during this month the order for forfeiture shall be rescinded it is believed here that pomeroy will never be tried but as the case now stands it puts him in the position of a criminal at large without bail and liable to arrest at any time 0 6 in the house this morning tile the resolutions offered by mclain republican yesterday to censure congress for passing the salary grab act were reported back so as to include president grant for not vetoing the bill the republicans sought to get a division of the question bo so as to vote first on censuring congress and falling failing in that they voted solidly against the resolutions which were adopted by a unanimous democratic vote washington 6 the tho senate finance committee today to day agreed to report favorably on the bill authorizing national banks to withdraw their bonds deposited in the U 83 as security in proportion as they retire their circulation DETROIT 6 two men went adrift on a block of ice ico in saginaw bay day december 31 and today to day suc ceeder in reaching shore but in a nearly exhausted condition having been without food and nearly perished with cold the six men mentho who started out ina lna in a boat to find them have not I 1 een heard from NEW yori YOKI 6 at the special meeting of the bar association tonight a resolution was unanimously adopted condemning and earnestly protesting against a gains t the nomination no m I 1 nation of geo H williams as chief justice ALBANY N Y 6 governor dixs dims message was presented to the legislature today to day he says the condition of the state generally Y is gratifying gratl fy in the debt is small the educational institutions are generally well managed the laws are being enforced with renewed v vigor A cor gor and great criminals are brought brough tto to speedy and exemplary punishment ile he gives the b history of the robbery of the treasurers treasur ers office and exculpates every one from guilty intent except phelps but says there is no doubt the defalcation would have been prevented if the treasurer had bee been nathis at his post and gaven attention to his duties detles he thinks there have been grave graven buses abuses in the management of the railroads of the state and that the improvements cements now making on the enio erie canal al will greatly addao its capacity he discusses the ibe panic and find currency question and ex oar eases cases himself e emphatically empl a ti ca 1 I 1 y 1 any further expansion or inflation of the currency and in favor of the resumption of specie payment nt at the earliest possible moment washington G the cabinet session today to day was attended by all the members and lasted about two hours the condition of affairs in spain was wai under consideration and several dispatches from sickles to secretary fish wele were read the opinion in off omm lelal official and diplomatic circles is that tho the tilo spanish republic is practically ended I 1 clil CITI CHICAGO CAGo 7 A terrible storm of sleet and snow is prevailing over the middle and eastern states pros brating telegraph wires wired 4 in all directions and completely cutting off communication between betwee ri the east cat ca eat t and west nothing of any kind lias has been received here today to tod day d ay iy from any point east of toledo the proposed pro posed continental rall rali railway way was for which a charter is to bo be asked of Cou con congress gress as marked out on n u map in the railroad and canal gom pom committee room is almost an airline air line from new yew york to omaha it starts from jersey city Cit yand sand and runs due west across new jersey crossing dg the delaware at belvidere it traverses pennsylvania without deviating from a straight lin line bassing passing through bloomsburg milton mllton and newcastle it enters ohio near youngstown and runs rung through akron london and lima it takes fort wayne in its route rout e through indiana and at a point half way wa ay across illinois it goes slightly to the the north northward ward cross eross crossing irig ilig the mississippi at muscatine and reaching omaha by a beo bee line of the chicago rock bock island and pacific and icho the chicago B mo railway the road never goes out of the way to reach a town or city and the purpose of its projectors siu appears pears bearg to beto bete be to open a great direct line between tilo the far west vest and new york without reference to local traffic the project is not fully matured yet but a bill is in course of preparation which will have a number of prominent capitalists as corp orators the parties wiio wilo indicate a willingness to undertake the tile enterprise with moderate aid from irom the government ern ment mention a guarantee of bonds bearing four to five per cent washington 7 specials of the oth say the house military committee today to day began its investigation to ascertain whether the military expenses can be reduced the secretary of war general sherman and |