Show by teleo telegraph raph congressional 15 SENATE EN A T Z wasll washington INGTON D C 1 the chair laid before the senate a request from the treasurer of the U y K asking permission to have access to certain quarterly quart erly eily accounts of the treasurer on file in the senate j for the purpose of correcting an er therein request bequest granted washington 23 the chair laid before the senate a communication from the secretary of the interior in reply to a resolution of the senate of the alst aist uit enclosing copies of correspond erice ence had with the commissioners of the Con congress griss respecting taxation of lands granted to states and corporations actions q ordered printed HOUSE iny washington ASHINGTON I 1 goodin from the committee on public lands re ported a bill providing for the sale of kansas indian lands went over the house took up as the special order the proposed amendment to the constitution reported from the judiciary committee which is that no person who has hold or may hereafter hold the office of president shall ever again bo be eligible 0 to such office to this proposition erv fry ond off offered ered the following as a substitute statute from and after the ath of bia bla march ach in the year 1865 the tho term of office ef of president and vice president of the U S shall besix years and any person erson having been el cl elected to and reid held heid the tho office of president or who has for two years held hold such office shall be ineligible to tore reelection election re washington T a 2 obrien offered a resolution instructing the committee on foreign aff affairs airs to enquire into the expediency of requesting the president to negotiate a commercial treaty between the U 8 and the republic of france placing citizens of the tho U 8 on as favorable a footing as citizens of ot other herand and most favored nations in respect to duties and charges imposed on imports M ith the republic of france adopted the house then took up the bill reported yesterday from the committee on public lands providing for the sale of the kansas indian lands lauds to actual settlers it authorizes the payment by settlers and purchasers under appraisement already made of the appraised value of their farms in six equal annual installments it also provides for a anew new appraisement after some discussion the bill passed mccrary from the J judiciary committee reported a bill to reorganize the judiciary of the united states made the special order for NV wednesday ednes february it provides for a circuit court in each judiciary district establishes a 9 court of appeals in each circuit which has ap jurisdiction in cases arising in courts within each ench circuit the terni terms of the courts of appeal will be held at boston albany ladelphia philadelphia hi richmond new orr orleans eans louisville chicago st louis 9 and san francisco the decisions ons of these courts of appeals are to be final and conclusive but a review upon the law may bo be had on writ of error of appeal to the TJ S supreme court where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of or where the adjudication involves a constitutional tut ional question or any treaty or law of the united states or where the court shall certify that it involves a legal question sufficient lelent to require final decision by the supreme court the house then resumed the consideration of the proposed constitutional amendment limiting the presidential term woodworth opposed the amendment and dec declared lared that although he had bad voted for the resolution offered by a member on the other side against a third term be he would prefer 1 a thousand times to r ee see ijes president l grant reelected re elected rather than see the office filled by oneff one of those who twelve years ago were in armb arms against the government young remarked as one who bore arms against the government that there was no dauger danger of such person putting candidate himself forward as a p presidential resi rest lane chairman of judiciary committee closed the debate with a speech favoring the amendment reagan offered an amendment as follows I 1 no N ro person pers an who vho has held ct ov may hereafter bold the office of president shall ever hereafter be eli ell eligible giblo to said office and that the term of office of the president and vice president of the united states state be six years new vew moved to recommit the bill to the judiciary committee vote yeas yens nays naya tie vote the speaker voted in the negative and the motion was lost I 1 A vote voto was then taken on reagans amendment the word hereafter being first changed to thereafter vote 78 yeas nays nava A vote was then taken on fives amendment rejected yeas 10 nays A vote was taken on the pas passage age of the bill lost yeas leas nays washington 3 clymer ober oter ed a resolution directing the secretary of or war to report to the house the entire cost for the last fiscal year of the signal service wheeler offered a resolution directing the committee on ap atlon sto to insert an item appropriating 2500 2600 2600 2500 to the widow of the late H A starkweather adopted young introduced a bill to provide for a customhouse custom house bouse at memphis T nn an referred glover offered a resolution reciting the belief that certain political and personal perso nui nul influences have been exercised to secure the removal of a federal judge and che the appointment of another in jn colorado lint aint for the corrupt purpose q of procuring certain orders and decrees concerning certain mining interests now in litigation and directing he the attorney general to furnish copies of letters and papers asking for the removal of judge belford and for a appointment p p 0 la amert of judge jude stone in a his i stead t e a d Refe ried fo to judiciary committee atkins from committee on appropriations reported a resolution requesting the president to appoint a competent and experienced military officer to execute the duties of indian agent so far as to repair to the bid bed cloud agency and other sioux bioux agencies to inquire as to the deficiency of tale talo the appropriation for the bioux indians adopted the bill regulating practice in the U S circuit and district courts which was before the if house ouse in tha the morning hour yesterday was taker up and passed lord lod from fron fro n the same committee reported a bill authorizing the U S cir clr circuit gult cult courts to appoint commissioners sio ners to be called affidavit commissioners ners fo to take affidavit depos rons and verifications of pleadings t to 0 be read in the U S courts but who are not to possess the other powers conferred by statute on circuit court commission commissioners ers era after discussion the bill passed AMERICAN HARTFORD conn 31 the tho republican state C convention is cal eal called led for tuesday february the call Is for all electora electors who desire good government governments favor specie payments and non nonsectarian sectarian public A lu sch schools bols bois the democrat democratic le convention will vili be held february ST iSLOn loc Lou louisson 31 on the opening of court this p rn the Im panelling of the jury in the maguire case was immediately proceeded with resulting in the tho selection of twelve gentlemen from the interior countries according to previous announcement the court convened reconvened re at 10 pm judge treat on the b bench to receive what the jury in the mcree mckee case might have to present A quarter of an hour later the thi jury came in with the following verdict we the jury find the defendant guilty council for the defence asked that the jury be polled which was done and all responded affirmatively judge treat stated in relation to bonds that he bia would prefer the matter to be de decided eldea elded by judge JudgeD iii II ion it was vas agreed that the defendant be called tomorrow to morrow morning R upon opening court and the amount of the bond determined by the full bench the tho defendant left the court room with bl bia hla counsel and numerous sympathising friends the verdict verdic was vas unexpected almost everybody anticipating disagreement 0 or acquittal conn sl 31 the funeral of the late asman starkweather took place this thia pm at the central baptist church the public buildings were very generally draped with mout moui mourning ning and thero there was a general suspension of business the remains were taken to yantic cemetery fallowes fallowed ddll fall awed owed by a large procession tho the pall pail bearers beaters were major col allan tenney jos sellew bellewes Bell seil ewEG G bidwell col sabin L and hon jeremiah olney eiduson Ai dusoN Ks K 31 A commercial traveler just in from solomon valley bays says six bome horse thieves were hanged there a few days ago by a vigilance committee among those hun hung were hutchinson cox and Cong connaughty Conn three desperadoes of the frontier the thieves were surrounded in a cabin at night just after returning from nebraska where they had been seen to dispose of stolen stock they were tried by a bers court found guilty and executed at once NEW yom YORK L 1 the annual meeting of the evangelical alli aln anca of the U 8 held field last laa night resolved that the philadelphia branch be respectfully requested to embrace a suitable opportunity for acquainting distinguished tois there with our christian and institutions the treasurer of st lawrence ce co in this state is reported a defaulter but to what amount is unknown the th shocking murder of simmons in brooklyn on thursday night is made more revolting by the discovery of the missing portions of the body in a swamp on the outskirts of that city where they were placed by the murderer kretz and by him picked out yesterday to the police authorities the seamless clothing co is reported failed the company has a capital of VO and liabilities supposed to reach the failure ia Is also reported of the esterbrook Esterh rook steel pen manufacturing co it has a capital of four hundred pers ns have men bee been a thrown out of employment by the fi first su suspension pension indianapolis ind I 1 in the united states court this morning the following named parties foi crooked whiskey operations were sentenced by jud judge a gr gresham sham philip C Ehr wine georget george T sim david davd ba M lewis lewia harrison miller wiliam wlliam mumford hyrum B snider snyder alfred ba M mcgaff mcgann john E phi phillips sills each to two years in the southern indiana penitent ary and a fine line of 1000 james K hill to three years yeara in tle the the penitentiary and a fine of 1000 thomas rau ran to one year in git gli gibson on county jail and a tine fine of 1000 henry jacques christopher 0 oconnor connor john T crisp dennis bepley jre djey each six months in ILI the gibson county jail jall and a nine fine of geo hagan to six months in the vanderburg county jail jall and nd a fine of passing hen ken sentence tenee on J W bingham has been postponed a few weeks longer feb 1 L the tribunes W washington special says s prominent navai naval navi nayl officer says tonight to night the action of the navy Depart department me t during the last few days fui ful fully 1 justifies apprehensions of with cuba as certain stores and munitions of w war arand and kinds are being rapidly concentrate i od d at our new naval depot at dort port B ayal we have llave a form formidable lable labie squadron there under the command of rear bear admiral leroy le roy it ia is announced among naval men that this squadron squad ron Is to execute a series of manoeuvres within a few weeks under the direction of or capt stephen hall commanding the frigate hartford but some thine think more serious bu business aness ia ii contemplated those thos in authority deny that such is the case DENVER col L 1 A round house and three locomotives of the kansas kanbas aa pacific R R at walace kansas were totally destroyed by fire last night loss washington acl the senate committee on finance ba has referred to the comptroller 01 of the currency for an ex expression of or his views on the bill to authorize the formation of hat national ional lonal baks banka with capital as small as as without as to tile the appu lation of places where they may be located bostos BOSTON 1 the publication of tiie the daliy dally mated evening even eved ing paper formerly or mery mers owned by JE D winslow Win slow stow suspended today to day it is reported that two hundred thousand dollars have been sunk inthe lathe attempt to jo establish it IL SAN SAH FRANCISCO I 1 the japanese efe ege rs to the centennial Q G kunst bf T yam aon non H Sh ebata and st A arrived yesterday on the an d will remain here a few days ST louis I 1 on reassembling thiis tills pm judge dillon overruled taa motion motton on the part of the tiie W WU U telegraph co to set the sub pana ducos duces tecum mr voorhees jllen ilien hen ben addressed the court and stated that after consultation between the counsel for government and that for the defendant it had been agreed that the government would withdraw the sixth count in the indictment against maguire charging him with conspiracy to deraud defraud the government ern ment and that the defendant would enter a plea of guilty as to the remaining aing alve counts charging him with neglect or dereliction of duty in not reporting to his superior of officer fleer the supervisor of the district certain irregularities of distilleries till eries council further stated that when maguiro maguire took charge of the office he was unused to the duties and surrounded by difficulties un forseen forsten and influences moie mole powerful than himself these difficulties and influences in a great degree caused neglect of duty he was imio imro innocent ceat cent of intentional misconduct and feels innocent yet except so far as he be was controlled by influences brought brough tto to bear up in him hint he was under the cont iol lol and subject to all the friera of gen mcdonald the supervisor who was a member of or the ring and I 1 lie lle le never received a dol doi dollar doliar I 1 ar by the conspiracy which has haa been unearthed district attorney dyer reiterated mr ur voorhees statement as to the action of or counsel and baid paid the kiv yiv accepted the plea of guilty aa as to the counts charging neglect of duty of or duty and abandoned the che sixth count charging com conspiracy piracy and added it is due to maguire to state that so far as the government Is concerned we have been unable to trace the tile payment of any money to him ss ts to a member of the conspiracy sp iracy the court agreed to this arrangement and a nolle prosequi pro was entered as to the conspiracy count and a plea of guilty was entered as to the others indianapolis 18 1 ln in the U B S court this morning several of the prisoners in the whiskey ca cases es before sentence was passed pleaded honorable wounds and faithful her service iu in tho the army and various other reasons in mitigation judge gresham admitted the tho ne s of or hla hia duty but could not allow sympathy adby to make him forget the crime they committed he drew a decided cont contrast ra st between the officers of the government nt and distal distil jers lem the former are trusted servants in the pay of the united states while the latter are not trusted but are watched by government I 1 ern ment therefore the former ought to have increased ed punish ment ha he then announced that thai those officers who bad betrayed betrayal their trust have two years in either of the penitentiaries aries they might night prefer and pay a fine of one ono thousand dollars i each ach each then theu followed the case of james jamen K hill deputy bevenue revenue collector hw ho protested his innocence 1 before god umi and the world the tiie judge in him to three years in the penitentiary penitent lary iary aud and a thousand dollars nine fine that his crime was |