| Show by telegraph I 1 congressional L SENATE washington 27 after the reading of the journal bayard eaid eld I 1 am sure the senate and country will be deeply affected by the announcement no of the melancholy event of yesterday the death of our late friend and brother alien allen T Ca caperton 0 8 porton arton senator from west I 1 pe virginia 1 13 I 1 move a as a mark marll of respect s so justly due to the membry of this excellent and honorable man that rhe the senate stand adjourned until tomorrow to morrow at eleven stevenson Bt evenson said ho be concurred in what had been said faid and moved that a committee of four senators be appointed to accompany the remains of the deceased to his late residence in west virginia agreed to and the chair appointed davig davia cooper I 1 booth and Bitch hitch cb ck such cammi committee t tee the motion of bayard was then agreed to and the senate adjourned journe jour ned d HOUSE washington 26 hurlbut from the committee committe eIn on military lairs affairs at reported back the resolution directing the secretary of war not to issue to the tho northwestern indians special patent cartridges which are required for the arms used by them adopted washington 27 the committee on appropriations reported back the senate bill appropriating for the construction of M the washington monument passed pawed with amendments amen dinen ts one of which was for increasing the amount to A message from ane senate announcing noun cing the death of senator ca of f west virginia was presented whereupon on motion of wilson the usual resolutions were adopted wilson banks Lut rut douglas wardenburg Yar denburg faulkner and kasson were appointed a committee to accompany tile the body to vest yest 11 st virginia AMERICAN CHICAGO 25 tho washington special says C B wright president of tho the northern pacific Paci fie railroad company hadd has ad dressed a clr cir circular cular to the various members of congress asking ashing an extension of time in which to complete lete the road TL the tle e company do not ask ay any subsidy on orl the contrary they ask for tie the the passage of tho iho bill providing for far at it to government of f the grant of lands to a branch line and a simple of time to enable themi foi toi the coni company pany to accomplish the purpose of its existence and give the count country ry another pacific railway without further government assistance the tammany hall mel me meeting eting sting tin 99 to ratify the nomination of tilden and bendrick hendrick was very larger large an add and d enthusiastic chas A dana pt pre sided gand among the vice dents were vere augustus joha kelly and august belmont the speakers were hon john hancock of texas gov GOT walker of Virgin virginia lit hon chas hooker of mississippi hon mr tarbox of mass blass ant ant ani hon mr franklin of mo islo gen meir melr mckenzie enzle enzie with six eom com companies a of united states troops daa taa has been ordered from the indian territory to the red bed cloud agency and andi vicinity via cheyenne and lara iiara mie to take the place of col merritt who goes with the fifth cavalry to join crook providence orders have been received at fort adams the headquarters of the first artillery to dispatch four companies west forth forthwith ddn NEW YORK 26 the Tri buner special from fort fetterman sayi says erritts merritts Al column of the ath cavalry which leaves here to join crook consists of ten companies of cavalry and about one hundred recruits for the infantry companies now flow with crook it will reach the main command about the second of august crook will then have twenty five companies of ot cavalry and ten compan companies les ies of infantry with 1 0 snake indians with this force i active operations will be immedi abely begun against sitting bulli bulla forces the command will even then be much smaller in than the indians against whom if 9 will contend any co from terrys troops will hardly to practicable before another en engagement gagge is had bad as the indians are ed encamped very near crook and evidently preparing for a struggle the building of efforts forts at the mouth of tongue and big horn rivers will begin at it once under the protection of terrys forces it is probable that the campaign against the indians will be conducted entirely by under the direction of sheridan sailing balling master rowland a A thio uio mohawk was arrested rearrested re yeste yesterday iday on a c charge change h r goof of perjury he made mafia several ovora 1 tempts attempts t to escape and vas was at last lodged in jail in default of bail A large angry crowd was wa about who threatened to lynch chhim him the custer monument funa fund reaches nearly the tribunes washington special says several western senators and delegates have urged upon the pres dent the necessity of reque requesting stint congress to grant authority for tb the acceptance of volunteers to the positively refused to do so on the ground that he does not need them the only proposition of tho the kini kind that meets with his favorable consideration is one to allow recruit for the regular and companies now inthe in the country to their full strength wit ritt volunteers who will enlist to serve six months or during th thi continuance of the war these it would be effective soldiers but new bew organizations he believe could not bo be made serviceable ii ff time in this opinion the presided president is supported by sherman and she shep idan who both claim that the red rep ret lar troops are sufficient lelent to cope copo wig mit the hostile sioux though bod bog would be willing to accept st 2 months recruits frola from the tile to fill up the com companies paines if would so authorize among others the governor I 1 montana who was one of shet stiff mana generals during duning the 0 irai offered to raise at a thousand d benani take them into the fild fi ld for open opell eions against the or for thi 1111 defense of the of 0 it territory urging that therel there danger that the sioux will breg up into small bands a and aad and ad maker makor ro for supplies and for diversion 0 as that also in case of 41 disaster ta to tig tl regular troops there would be not ing to keep the sioux from crusi crust ing off the nion Blon montana tana taua and clearing the country to Vs columbia river sherman declined the omer offer of oft tit volunteers but advised the GO G arnor to organize a militia force emergencies the president as military authorities desire aw ifa sible to confine tho the expenses expense sc this war within the tho regular arv arm appropriations or at least to ca cod nine fine any extra coat cot to the item of transport transportation at ion lon so that ew oth berwise the nt shall not VOI da expend a single doila more tho if the troops were i garrison col crittenden of the infantry whose only son was killed in the custer nias Ulas massacre sacre sacro received a letter from hia wife today to day inclosing one she had just received from ft lincoln the writer wife of an army officer at that post says when the news of the fate of custers command reached them there went forth a wall of grief that it is seldom the lot lob of human beings to witness the agony and wretchedness it has caused ia is something terrible it was wag announced to twenty four women that they were widows and to more than twice that number of children that they were vere fatherless what ia Is rulof nil all ia that most of these poor women are ate left utterly penniless without means to take them away from the cortor to subsist on should they get away crittenden has haa already called on a number of congressmen and presented them with the facts but relief seems to come in very slowly the great auction sale begun yesterday of blankets Min nels ac continued today to day there was a marked falling oti off in the number of buyers yet prices were kept up to within ten per cent of the market value and the bidding was spirited ST LOUIS loulis 26 the independent greenback convention to nominate a congressman for the second district of kansas was held at lawrence kansas yesterday only thirty delegates of the eighty being present endorsing the nominees of the indianapolis greenback convention caused a long bitter discussion cus sion and was finally laid oil on the table whereupon the peter cooper men withdrew from the convention the remainder of the delegates then nominated john bi the present incumbent for congress CLEVELAND cleve LAND 28 26 second days races the weather is clear pleasant and the track in good condition attendance jarge large in the class mattie mattle was the favorite gen grant second madison third in the class claw cozette was the favorite badger girl gill second BISMARCK 26 three hundred pounds of specimens of quartz brought from the black hills were assayed yesterday the richest showed to the ton the poorest 2500 that assayed was from the woolsey lode two miles from deadwood and eight others equally rich have been discovered in the same vicinity known as fol lows california joe blowout light mary ida gray clara no 1 and no 2 red bed cloud the frenchman and smoky jones philadelphia 28 26 afire broke out inthe in the packing room of james No rolands lands shoddy mill and before it gould gouid could be checked the whole building was in flames not many people were in the building at the time and those who were in the lower part had bad no difficulty in escaping but before those in the upper part of the building knew of their danger the whole lower story was in a blaze several women were up stairs and started down but were met by the flames in the second story meyeral of them succeeding in getting through the window at the rear of the second story to a room and escaping three however named ellen heber annie pat Pdt patterson terson and marie maria hoeveler were driven back from the window by the fird fire and were obliged to retreat up stairs again all efforts to rescue them were in balul vain and they remained screaming for help till they were all dreadfully burned at last ellen heber and aunie aunio patterson jumped from tho the third story window aud nud and were instantly killed by striking luiz ilig the pavement pavements it is probable had thoy they survived tho the fall their burns would havo have killed them marie how evera ever was as fortunate enough to get hold of a rope by which she slid to the ground she ia is frightfully burned the skin having come off oil her body almost entirely she was removed to the ho hospital A pital but her recovery is very doubtful parties who knew the position of the three women piled bales of goodgion ogo go odson oddon the pave pavement metat for them to jump ou on but other patties parties not knowing the object bales ed them and the women fell on the bare pavement the mill was entirely destroyed with stock and machinery the tho loss logs is jay coake co we were re this morning morales discharged clia tila charged from froin bankruptcy by judge Cadwallad ery erf of the united states district court ourt no objection having beon been made ts to 0 the petition fileds filed some time ago i A meeting of citizens was held in the mayors office today to day to devise means for the foreign crews of oarsmen oarsman visiting the city to participate in the regatta A committee was appointed with hon JW forney chairman to obtain subscriptions to meet the expenses of the entertain entertainment ment was subscribed on the spot the seventy first new now york re regiment 9 ament leave for home this evening CAIRO calro 26 A great niro firo here yesterday destroyed many houses near the vegetable market HAMILTON 2 26 john and wm win young who escaped from irison prison when under sentence of eath death for the murder of abel me mcdonald have been recaptured washington 26 16 1 orders have been issued to send two battalions of artillery of four companies each from the stand and 2nd and regiments from the division of the atlantic to the department of the missouri to depoi t to gen pope the president has nominated gen B braum raum of ills commissioner of internal Int intel einal einai nai nal reven revenue pe vice pratt resigned CHEYENNE vy wy 26 the tho following was received by mail today with the enclosure mentioned fort laramie 24 A C snyder agent associated press cheyenne this memorandum I 1 found on a dead body scalped scalded ped and having about twenty bullet holes in it about a hundred miles north ot at fort laramie Iia lia ramie yesterday I 1 buried the body and send this to you on account of the note nete made in the memorandum book boob if you know any friends of the deceased let them know and send them this book signed MARSH of deadwood the book belongs to li P luch klch ardson correspondent of the springfield Mass Republican who ho made a note therein which reads if anything important happen send to A C snyder associated press cheyenne br ore richardsons Bichard Richard sons leaving leavin ghere here hero last friday morning this request was made by your agent and richardson thus noted it he left foru fort laramie on a fast freight train Saturday on morning last purposing to tot goto gor goi to deadwood A P party arty who arrived here last night nigh from the black hills report that they were wera attacked by about a dozen indians indiana near hat creek and althou although gli a running fight was kept up for several hours wounding wounding g several horses none of the party were hurt advices advises from general crooks command in camp on the south boutu fork of tongue river biver july 23 via fort fetterman Fetter maun mari 20 are of importance the main body of the sioux are believed to have taken to the big horn mountains where game is more abundant and the grass fresher the efforts bf the indians to burn the grass of the valleys makes it almost imperative on crook to follow them up at once his force now musters about twelve hundred regular soldiers and citizen volunteers besides the two hundred snake allies and he neels feels that he can at least hold his own on any ground the emergency may select it is expected that the wagons will be parked on the tho main tongue river biver near the mountains mountain and with t the ie pack train loaded with from fifteen alf teen to twenty days rations a vigorous but careful advance will immediately follow it is not deemed advisable fer for crooks and terrys forces to join previous ioui loui to a move by ono or the other of tho the commands it is thought that the indians would make a stand against one of the columns and that by engaging them and having the other column in re reserve erve ervo to either fight or follow up with something decisive may be effected durl duri during ng the summer campaign the tho enemy en em V is 1 believed to be ou on the head waters of ash creek and the little big horn or not fir r from tho the montana yn and wyoming g line thirty to forty miles from crooks present camp gen merritt left fetterman this morning with eight companies of the tho fifth Cavalry i two more are now on the way to will take some hundred and fifty recruits atad follow in a few days ag tWell in his bis report upon the ho investigation of political amm aff airs lairs in l u all claass of society and es especially e the political classes are lapsing into a condition roost alarming to contemplate and it is beyond the ken of human foresight to foretell where it will end the position of the commissioner of internal bevenue revenue Ee venue having been today to day formally declined by congressman mcdougall Me Dougall was offered to gen green B baum of ill and accepted by him this thia afternoon whereupon his nomination was waa sent to the senate gen baum is a lawyer by profession about fifty years of age he served throughout the war in command of a brigade of the army of tennessee and represented cairo Illinois District in the congress his appointment is spoken of as a highly cred atallo one ono by his |
