Show BY PY TZ LE GR ar P erml EB we WESTERN union ele ULE CRApa LINE baft america RIC bic ars washington may 17 A re port was transmitted to congress iby by the secretary of the interior con caming berning frauds and corrupt practices of indian agents 1 it mention ci iced the names of eight removed or suspended suspend edon on account of frauds corrupt 1 practices etc george W I frost rost at crow agency montana danielson at fort hall agency idaho F S godfroy godfrey agent at 1 apache agency new mexico A W jones at quapaw agency agela AgeiA cy indi indian an territory the who thel others are livingstone Bridge bridgeman many whiteman and hart A statement issued by the chief of the bureau of statistics shows the total value of exports of domestic from tha the united states during april was and during april of the previous jear year 30 for the ten months ending april last for the corresponding period the previous year thil the house rouse subcommittee sub committee has reported favorably to the full committee a bill au authorizing thorl zing the th 0 postmaster general to contract with american lines of steamers for ocean mail service the senate judiciary comm committee atee recommend the passage of bayards bayaras Ba yards bill regulating the pay and appointment of deputy marshals sanina SALIVA ky may A fire has destroyed the business part of this town loss incendiary CHESTER pa mayla may 17 the barrens delaware county a are re abl abi ablaze aze and much property has been destroyed st ericksburg Bricks burg N J 17 tho the fire i is still raging above us the sun and sky are obscured the air is stifling and the llames flames fierce about cedar hidge eidge and kettle kettie creek protestant churches bad special prayers yesterday for rain at posts station stations sta tiona tlona a house and barn and four catt cattle cattie lemero lemere were burned on saturday night the devastation ya station is 38 great in cumberland and atlantic counties railroad men rhen report great rava ravages 91 es by the tha fire among the vineyards of the german population of the county the loss is very heavy yesterday afternoon the residents of asbury park and ocean grove were startled by the intelligence that the forest nire aro fire had bad reached the gates of these summer r cities sparks and cinders some very tery large shot up from the b burning urnia woods the fire departments jo of both places turned out and saved caved the houses lousel from the flying sparks while the citizens successfully fought the flames in the woods by back fires aided by a change of wind it is reported that the flames have destroyed ea everything about hammonton Ham monton ellwood bellwood JEl jei lwood and egg harbor tiia tila atmosphere mo sphere is so full of smoke it is difficult to breathe the vineyard country from here beke to egg harbor is is totally ily lly destroyed the people have ha ve given alven tip up all hopes are prostrated ty by their efforts in fightlin fighting the flames and are helpless with wilh despair philadelphia 16 the continental brewery of john gardiner co was damaged by alro aro are between lao iao and the flames originated from an explosion in the malt house caused by bk friction i hallston Dall ston springs 17 the prospect mountain honse house liw lim 11 W on oft lake rake george was destroyed by forest fires this after aften afternoon noori the fire lire is extend ung through the forest to caid Cald caldwell weli village where fort william and guen VUen rys nys hotel are situated and fears are fare entertained for the safety of the village tucson 17 the following dated at the head of san francisco river may ilay ath vla via via xia A apache ache and ft lowell the has been received here I 1 arrived here hine tonight to tp night and havo have traveled hard three days and two nights in pursuit t of victorias victorians ludiana indi but gey they are still a day ahead of me they got away with 30 horses flom from here last night they have so far to ni my knowledge killed 11 man men b two ellwo women and four children I 1 biear ilear of 22 others being killed T left silver city on the ath with crackers bacon and coffee for myself jand and men for four days we have since been living on what little we dould could get got from citizens J X had to abandon aban don doa one of my horses today to day jand and sand rest ho was utterly worn out 1 fear fean I 1 will now have to abandon the chase everything now leads to the belief that they are heading for stephens ranc ranche ilc lic or somewhere in that vicinity to procure ammunition I 1 ain aln am of the opinion that victorias band has been lange large lyro jn unforced forced the 0 o this regio reglo naro nare exal excl excited W and whole sett settlements settlement lemen t are being broken up signed moden capt this confirms the report af f extensive indian depredations in new mexico stevens an indian reports that tupper and kramer have overtaken victoria near clifton and lost one man killed madden llad had probably joined supper tupper or general hatch the latter is is due somewhere in this vicinity he was in san francisco valley ninety miles northeast of bayard on the on a large indian trail numbering about kramer fought only a part of the indians with victoria on ash creek on the fth general carr is organizing another command tobe to be sent from camp thomas under captain benting Hen ting fing to the head of san ajan Fx cisco river to a command comman 0 to consist of companies D and F ath cavalry company A indian ji couts scouts I 1 POINT 17 in an interview today to day whittaker states that last evening he lie was invited to gen Schofield shouse house the latter saying he had sent for him to say eay that there was considerable hard ilard feeling amadi against ast him and asked him if jie he had nothing more to say or wished to make any confession and that if hadid he did that it would be jea a good time to do it whittaker replied he had nothing further to say that he had bad mold told all he know and it was the truth and if ho he hadn haan at told the thu truth and desired to confess anything gen schofield would he bg the first man he would go to on apelu account ut of the gene Geue generals uniform kindness towards him whittaker baid ead bad the general advised him to collect the letters he had written lately because causell in that way it might be possible to ascertain who it was that had imitated his handwriting he said that the general told him b he e had his tiia best beat wishes and judges from that remark that the GL general rai ral believes belley es he is innocent or he never would haxe have said it whittaker was asked how he accounted for some 0 of the ghe discrepancies jsoe isoe iccie in his stat statements emonts emerts antt anta and he said he jerould not account for them he argued that the pre presence sengo of discrepancies i show that he was honest for said he if I 1 had bad invent in vented the story I 1 would have learned it by heart and aud tho abo n c there would have been no discrepancy 11 he was asked how it was that he never nevor noticed tica d that the balting iii in abe warning was likai likel his said ho he had never thought of it and if he had written ilbe ihbe would not hot have llave exhibited it to four OK or five avio persons he hensas was asked abat ho hc thong thought gh t of the experts dih dik discovery overy that both the shet sheets awre were of one paper he said that amount to anything be cau eau cause all ali the cabets cadets use thesa thosa the same me kink of piper paper and that he wanted to say ha h found the note of warning warn V n g on his chair by the side of his table tabie in the e evening he was waa in ift tb the e habit of tearing whole sheets into halves to write on oni and the person who wrote the note might have come to his room and taken a pie piece c e of his lils paper and with samples amples js of hand writing before him might have forged the note general schofield says the report of the court is to be presented to him lie does not nob want to say anything on the subject any reports of fears of disorderly action by the cadets cabets against whittaker are premature as it Js Is understood among them to allow the court to take care of the whole case ejof gruner still claim that whittaker I 1 is innocent and says sayf he has some important points which he lie intends to make known over his own signature but not mothe court count jv washington 17 hon william hunter As assistant sistan secretary of state uffer red cd a of apo apoplexy lexy today to day it is feared he will noo not live through Loui loul louisville MLLE 17 T A fire this morning did considerable damage to several tobacco firms to hackett co undertakers and others the total loss is about chiefly on hackett co CHICAGO 17 ther the journals wash in agton special says adys at a meeting of the house pacific railroad committee today to daya day a letter making makin 9 charges charge of corruption and awl bribery against a pacific railroad company written by J 0 george a contractor was wag submitted the letter jetter charges that in money woney and worth of land grant bonds were paid to a united states senator and that worth of bonds wore were distri distributed among members of the house tho the writer says lie he can produce evidence and furnish witnesses to sustain the charges chang and asks for an investigation no action has been taken in regard to the letter the committee desiring first to ascertain as ertain as to the responsibility of 17 and whether aej I 1 is not ot merely engaged in a stock jobbing affair before asking the house to orawan order an investigation the matter bi has a caused quite quito a sensation aa tion among the members who have been inform ed about the letter the steamer nuby ruby juby an excursion boat while lying onn oft north pier burned this morning the captain and one seaman making a narrow ea escape cape loss 12 in insured i york YOEK world mild is furious over the action by tha the house of representatives and ays says fortunately tuna tely it takes the concurrence pf af two houses to adjourn congress andu aal fortunately also the counsels 01 of the tile democratic majority in the senate are likely to be wiser both forthe for the democratic part yand the country than the counsels of the republican lican minority in the house canted into eiren effect ii as these couns counsels els eis were carried into effect by the help of a knot of democratic stragglers working the orders of the pennsylvania protectionist who I 1 is s the speaker of the house in aid 0 of f what he conceives conceive conc elve eive to be his own private and personal interest in national politics this morning 1432 emigrants elial 1 grants arrived the total number thus far in may is more than the number arrived in any entire month of may excepting in 1852 when wig 5 landed SAN FRANCISCO 17 ingmans ing mens state convention met today in this city temporary organization appointed committees and adjourned till 8 pm pta only a portion of the counties of the state aw are represented it la IQ not certain whether the convention will choose any delegates to greenback and labor convention the main object t being to revise the c constitution conion ori ution ion lon and d dr organization of the party the vote on temporary president would seem to indicate that thid the greenback elem element elit exit lacked a kria ilia majority springfield ill iii 17 delegates to the state stale convention nil nii v antion on wednesday have arrived and politicians are ake already gathering intense exl cit ement manifested js as g the poss pods possibility I 1 1 of grants nom nomination ion lon may DK be settled by it pottsville spottsville POTTS dotts VILLE vilde pa pay 17 geo D roseberry iro tRo eberry Reberry nail nall manufacturer has failed 50 dou shrinkage in price of iron is the cause va 17 col chas H lewis lenis ax ex united states minister to portugal died here today washington 18 the treasury Department ent having eving determined to dispatch the reven revenue ulo tio tt steamer steamer eamer corwin gorwin to 0 o cruise in the wagers wafers of alaska s for the tin enforcement of of the provision df the lawand law and mhd protection of the Ante interests rests of the gover government maent on theseas island instruction s were 1 issued today to tb day to captain hooper in command of the vessel directing lim him to take an board boand without delay supplies of provisions fuel fuei and water for or a six mont wont months his fis cruise zall aill and tp to leave san gaii francisco no not later laten than tho the 22 ad i ms f naf nat the vessel will proceed from san franciaco co direct to oun alaska alasha at which place a fresh supply offal will be taken sh she e will then nhen proceed io 6 norton sound touching vouching at seal islands if practicable an au officer and t two wa men will bo be left ogi on otter island to protect the seals there the commander is instructed ted to use every endeavor to apprehend the presence of vessels sels seis at it kotzebue kotu Kota ebue sound in the arctic ocean alleged to be engaged in illicit traffic of fire arms wit with tho the natives of alaska and if found to break up their illegal trade he id 18 also to make diligent search for the whaling g barks Woolas fott foit an vigilant f reporter tp have been caught in in the ie ice athir wt hin hir ja tho arctic ocean last autumn while endeavoring endea vorin to return through behr From their whal rhal ing ln arnd arid if found to render all ali 11 th the assistance possible authority ls is is 14 given to transport contributions of revisions etc ete which may be ten arad erad ered for the relief these whalers chalers wh alers the instructions further direct that careful inquiries be bp mad regarding the progress s a and nd w hereabouts whereabouts of tho the steamer cannette zeannette J can ean nette netie el engage engaged din in making exploration under the comma command ild of lieutenant commander delollo belong US N and if practicable able ablo to communicate muni mun cate leate with and extend any needed assistance to the vessel if opportunity of boners flers an investigation will be made of tb the e rumor neg reg regarding wara gara tho the wholesale starvation of the inhabitants of st lawrence island in Beh rings while cruising in the arctic sea the commander Is required to make careful observations as to currents tides etc and to obtain such information as may be practicable regarding fid the numbers grac characters dec occupations u aha nha general I 1 condei condition on of ot tho the inhabitants of the tiie ad adjacent the acen t coasts 1 the arduse Ir house duse pass passed pd 10 harbor bill u under ader as a suspension of t the tho 1 ia rules yesterday vest erday by an ej t 4 ing vole vale wl with h much enuich less opposition than was expected e x ahe the pacific rae rac iffe coast mehi mehl era cra voted vow I 1 nor for I 1 it t except horace davis he go m castans af pf as vote in the negative negatives as protest against ajain st the manner manne manneta Tp which the bill was made up more than halt hait of the tofal tow amount of its items having been i granted that are represented on the committee of bom commerce merci others apparently as deserving of consideration are strikingly neglected thus far As an instance maine is 14 given and sud massachusetts chu about the committee for the improvement pro af tho the tennessee river niver alone while tha the entire entine pacific coast toast with a sea seq line of 1200 miles and such rivers as the fhe columbia sacramento and san joaquin io to be ba provided for obtain obtained 4 at the bands hands of the committee only per contra be understood that california and the whole pacific coast ame are granted by this bill bili a much larger percentage perc niage of engineers estimates than the average for the krestof rest of tho the 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