Show BY congressional SENATE washington N laic 4 manager lord replied to B blairs beairs r s argument asserting that the senate had jurisdiction in the case and in support of his position cited numerous legal authorities washington D C 5 the house resolution accepting the invitation vi 11 to attend the opening ceremonies of the centennial exhibition hibi hibl tion and providing for adjournment from tuesday to friday of next week was adopted consideration of the articles article 4 of impeachment was then resumed and carpenter for the respondent began his hib argument u en t on the tho question 6 of f jurisdiction 0 n proctor knott followed on bil be behalf half halt of the managers 1 f ll 11 AMERICAN NEW york 4 beecher lectured at the academy last night in aid of the new soldiers home the house ho so was jammed in every part beecher received a great welcome was raised in a few minutes ST locis louis 4 it was arranged today to day that all the whiskey cases now pending in the circuit court should be remitted ted to the district court and all disposed of at the same time springfield mass 9 4 the heaviest mill failure that western Wes terri mass blass has yet seen is that of henry arnold co of north adams print works shutting up their mill thab that of gallup houghton roughton hough rough ton and sith smith bith and E H arnold co at noi no li i adams the Williams williamstown town company Coni pany at wil j manufacturing company of pownal vt and the Arneld Arnald ville mill at south adams a total of six mills with aggregate liabilities of probably over one million dollars and assets of most property costing coating probably the ran in all over 1000 looms on print goods some people are throw out of employment supervisor munn blunn today to day seized the small distillery of J walsh wust west lake street it being ascertained certa ined that he had shipped fifty barrels of whisky not properly stamped to milwaukee walsh claims that ho he can ian explain the matter WARSAW wausaw 1 ky 4 about twelve last night a maslek masked mob took ben french and wife from jail carried them two miles from town and hung them to a limb of a tree where they were discovered tody today to day dy iad lad been incarcerate don a charge of having poisoned a wealthy old negro named jones and were supposed to have had deg designs agns on his property atlis probable that an investigation will be made SAN FRANCISCO 4 john holleran arrested a few days ago for the murder of john russell of brooklyn new york will be sent seat east for trial tomorrow to morrow the fryer reduction works grass valley began operations today to day many mining men and capitalists present from various valous parts of the pacific coast considered that the process if it prove capable of performing what is claimed for it will have an important bearing on the mining interests of the countr country y the works are re reported potted co fo hav have operated satisfactorily at the trial today to day before the senate chinese commission at sacramento yesterday lem a christianized Christiani zed chinese pre preacher acherl testified that it is practicably impossible lo 10 convert to christianity though sometimes successful in the case of boys that the condition of women here is horrible h or being bought and sold like cattle abused by masters tortured and often killed for at ati i tempting to escape the presence of chinese in this country is disastrous to both whites and chinese the chinese phinese here of the better class desire immigration stopped s and the whole thing can be don done e in a friendly way the chinese gov desires to keep its subjects at home and if immigration which is mostly from the province of canton were stopped it would have havo no effect on the commercial relations with china the chinese government assent to check it but are afraid they could not do it as there are eighteen provinces and a revolution in almost every province christianity is not advanced by this immigration if stopped it might do something with those here witness corroborated other evidence concerning the manner in which chinese secret tribunals put a price on the lives of those offending their laws and carried out such sentences As to the contract system he be said when men have no money to get to california they had to borrow it and make a contract to work until they have refunded the money when desire to go back to china the pacific mail steamship company will not sell them tickets unless the they have a check or ticket from the six companies or from missionaries this is done to protect the creditors of living in this country do not think the six aix companies scan can stop atop the ion or importation of lewd women and improper characters nor have they power to send them back to C hina china matthew karcher chief of police testified at length as to the various effect of the presence of chinese upon the rising generation leading boys to disease and death deathy and driving borsand boys and girls to crime bacom by competition in household and manufacturing employments he characterized the chines chinese population almost without exception as criminals thieves liars and perjurers per jurers Ow OTTAWA aiva avva LivA 4 superintendent grant and a party of forty five men with horses ac left today to day for the northwest to resume operations on the dawson route NEW yobu YORK 5 the canada has just arrived 2 am and has offenbach aboard A large party with bands of music have gone down the bay to meet him the worlds washington special says pays conkling has as many charges to answer as he will desire the gist of af the present charge is that he prostituted prostitutes his influence as senator while acting as counsel of a man named hamed sargent it charges also that conkling is using his influence in favor of the western union telegraph another of his clients more testimony was taken today to day in the celebrated mule contract pase dase ease the testimony was important an ting showing lIng that the claim was frau fraudulent t although bristow did not know the fact it seems now he agreed to make and did make an argument before the court of Cl claims ainas alnas favoring a claim that now appears unlawful district attorney wells of washington is to be ibe investigated by the whiskey frauds committee he was hired aa as bt torney attorney for the proprietors prie tors of a distillery was waa seized ae iced the case was several time p postponed till wells became atto ney when ha he had a nolle prosequi pro entered in the matter until recently there has haa been a disposition in and out of the committee to look upon kis connection with the emma mine in the light of a great indiscretion I 1 but latter developments make it simply scandalous and a report involving his censure will probably be agreed upon NEW yobu glast 6 5 nast last night as one of the employed emp loyes of the firm of nicholas d cook dealers and manufacturers of artificial flowers no broadway was about to close up the store for the night he observed smoke issuing from beneath the staircase proceeding to investigate vesti gate tho the th cause he found under the stairs on the top of several cases of straw goods a box made of pine boards from filch the smoke proceeded in the inside was a small round cardboard box the cover of which was perforated with holes boles he saw the lighton light of a candle shining through and immediately wished to inform the police but another clerk seemed reluctant they informed ann inn officer who took the box to the station house the bo box x was examined very carefully leaving the more po perilous rilous task of examining the inside to the fire marshal today to day A lot of shavings between the inner box boband and outer one were mixed with powder into the top ef the inside box ran a large fuse connecting with the powder and shavings where the fuse ended the matter was not investigated by the police but it is supposed that it would would have taken several hours to burn the clerks were taken to the station house and closely examined bire fire marshal sheldon was notified the suns washington special say on the subject of the message he indulges or rather eish fish all did for him in political thrusts at the majority of the members the message was written I 1 in it the state Dep department artmont the bai mal bal object of the message was to rebuke those who call for original papers from tho the departments the purpose seis sels is to delay investigations as much as possible the president today to day said that in addition to his hia determination to veto tho the diplomatic and consular bill if it t reached him as it passed i the house he would let the en entire tire service go f nor for or years recall all our ministers and consuls and so a disgust the people of the country with democratic emo cratic reform that a majority of that party would never again occupy seats inthe in the house of the times washington special speaking of the message says it was generally supposed springer had bad prepared the lution in reference to the disposition of the message which would have intensified the blunder made hy by blackburn in introducing the resolution of inquiry and the democrats were pleased that the speaker espro ajro tem fern refused to give him the opportunity to bring additional humiliation upon them the republicans public ans are delighted with the message and pronounce it the cleverest grant ever made the democrats admit the force of the presidents arguments and the correctness ness of his conclusions most of them freely acknowledge that he has completely outflanked out flanked them and that he has successfully driven absenteeism out of the coming presidential campaign the comments of the democrats on the message were amusing one remarked first clymer made a great mistake on the belknap matter and then caulfield brought davenport and trouble upon the democracy next springer gave morton a chance to make a terrific raid and now blackburn has exposed us to this deserved castigation 11 the heralds washington special speaking of the message says en on the whole it was acknowledged on both sides that the president made his points well and with good temper and took particular care not to tell the house how many days he had been absent from the seat sent of government the president has been during his whole administration very careful oa one point he has never traveled out odthe of the bouti boundaries darles daries of the US Dur during ingils his bis visit to niagara falls he evence even refused to cross to the clifton house when visiting friends at the thousand islands be would not cross to the canada shore when jn in 1871 he was present at the opening of the european and north american ball Bail toad he stopped at vance borough near the canada line bo so far as now remembered ro there is but one instance of the president of the US going into a country van buren went to kingston canada in 1839 aud nud and aud he was much criticised at the time cheever was before the com cittee again today to day dagand and gave some further hearsay testimony which had been kept secret part of or it was a statement that clews had told him that he had paid orvllle orville grant and judge dent to get his nirm firm all government deposits abroad washington D C 5 the tho house committee today to day authorized piper to report for passage at the first opportunity his bill amendatory of the page law of last year respecting spec ting coolie immigrants the bill reiterates the requirements that collectors of posts shall cause vessels to be inspected and also provides that any collectors of ports or inspection officers who refuses to make the prescribed inspection after arter two citizens make affidavit of belief that any auy vessel has an auy any y prohibited immigrants on lioard board shall be punished by fine and imprisonment the necessity for fer this bill is understood to bo be collector shan bhan nona failure to exec execute tite the existing laws reagan beagan of texas thinks the message a proper and dignified reply to an improper inquiry and invaluable as a historical paper thomas of maryland thinks the democratic bide aide degi deserves erves the rebuke so admirably administered corper the inquiry to io be made the Te solution resolution is conceded to hava been an imprudent anad annd and atad im proper one which both parties should have united to suppress besides asking for Ol apps impeachment peach ment nent the printing commit tee will aak rai ask for the passage of a new now newlan law remodelling remo delling the public printing bureau this last point will reveal the whole purpose of the investigation A letter wab was published here this pm 0 m from fitzhugh doorkeeper i to the H house ou be to a friend in texas the colfo following w ing are d few characteristic extracts 1 I wish you could be here with me do try and come government furnishes me with a fine turnout and a spanking pair of horses and before and after the house session and at recess I 1 have exclusive use of them I 1 have llave more than any man in washington I 1 am a bigger man than old grant and cannot put my foot on the floor of the hall but that they make a break norme forme for me and nod sometimes a dozen are trying to see me at once for a place for some friend I 1 have a boy to take my hat and coat and I 1 can not turn around without some one at my beck and call and when I 1 gt got all my new appointments broken in I 1 shall have a nice time tinie the latest london dh dispatches patches received here are dated 10 pm ath the direct cable announces that there will be no increase of rates owing to the break ef of the anglo american line but suggests brevity in dispatches that all may be accommodated commo dated the western union co will take dispatches up till six pm pmj making connection ay by steamer between st pierre and placentia they hope by tomorrow to morrow to have a through cable philadelphia 5 wool dull nominal supply light colorado washed 18 a 22 unwashed 16 0 a 18 extra and merino pulled 33 6 37 texas fine and medium 18 E 20 20 coarse coarEe 15 17 california nine fine nna ana and medium 20 6 23 coarse 16 49 19 CHICAGO 5 the inter oceans omaha special says advises advices received here from the hostile indian country report sitting bitting bull on the yellowstone at the mouth of powder river biver those who escaped from the attack on crazy horses vi village 11 age march 17 have joined him many young men from the standing rock kock agency have left with ponies and it is feared have gone to join him bitting bull eagle and other ether hostile chiefs are doing their utmost to persuade young men to leave all the reservations it is feared a raid on the frontier settlements is contemplated tem plated sitting bitting bull is getting large quantities of ammunition from a band of half breeds camped near bear butte northwest of the black hills general crooks expedition will start on or before may alay 15 it willbo will be divided into three detachments the main one under general crook in person will leave the union pacific railroad the second party under general john gibbon will move down the yellowstone from fort ellis mont and the third part will proceed from fort abraham lincoln up the yellowstone A A vigorous and active campaign will be prosecuted all summer dom pedro arrived here via chicago and northwestern western railroad this thit morning and after a trip to the crib which supplies the city with water left at 9 via the pittsburg and fort wayne railway hallway he will stop at pittsburg and oil city and thence proceed directly to philadelphia BAN SAN FRANCISCO 5 A dispatch from camp lowell arizona says no further trouble is anticipated from the indians the late outbreak was undoubtedly ca caused used by the outrageous and dishonest practices of the whites upon the indians dispatches have haye been received here 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