Show BY TELEGRAPH pew pra ri trw N UMON WIGS UNI AMERICAN washington 23 in the republican caucus this evening the discussion was opened by Lapham who counseled 0 position opposition to any apportionment tion ment bill bill which would disturb the relative str strength bength of the two parties particularly any back apportionment tion ment by which the republican states of the north would be affected disadvantageous disadvantageously he believed would be as low iowa iown a number as should be adopted briggs and butterworth favored the proposition haskell advocated as the most satisfactory to western states but was willing to compromise upon A general discussion ensued frye hawley and robinson believed a fair compromise A majority of the speakers strongly oppose any number less than and a resolution was finally offered by haskell that the republicans refuse to vote for any bill which fixes the number of representatives at less than the resolution was carried with few dissenting votes and the caucus adjourned tb the legal tender deposits of national banks for the reduction of the circulation since the passage of the funding bill by the senate aggregates attorney G devens expresses the opinion that additional legislation is not necessary to protect the rights of the united states under what is known aa as the thurman act or general laws relating to the central pacific and other subsidized roada vice president elect arthur visited the senate chamber in company with Conk conkling who introduced him to many senators on both sides of the chamber blaine also made his reappearance in the senate after a long absence he jete was heartily congratulated by democrats as well as republican associates he subsequently had a talk general hancock writes the inauguration gu ration committee I 1 shall be present accompanied by general B frye general J A perry and gen eral oral W S mitchell who request this letter to be received by the committee a as s an acceptance of the invitation given them through me thanking you and the committee for the courtesy extended I 1 advery am very truly yours signed r W S HANCo wc gen sherman has invited gen Z M dayton of ohio to act as aide in the procession senator farley parley today to day obtained passage by the senate of his bill to provide ro ide for the establishment of a branch dead letter onnic office for the pacific coast at san francisco and thus avoid the unnecessary delay of transmitting uncalled letters letter s to and from washington the bill now goes to the house Ciri cirl CHICAGO cAGo 23 the severity of the winter in iowa and the difficulties under which transportation companies have labored during almost four months are scarcely realized outside ot of the immediate circle of persons dersons who have personally experienced the hardships A gentleman just in from western lowa iowa where he is en in business which requires con constant stant attention says nothing like this season has ever been experienced perien ced in that usually pleasant state open winters are the rule there and the blizzard is an exception usually of short duration this winter however begun on the ath of november and since that time bare bire ground has hardly been seen in the state the weather indications have havo been boen watched with the greatest anxiety but expectation or indication of a break up to this time has been dl appointed and straightforward cold winds and snow have taken the place of the usual january and february thaws the railroads made a manful but uneven battle ainest against the storms no sooner have they y cleared the track and gotten fairly to running than ice or drifted snow block them again and it has been one steady exertion and fight with the elements to keep in running order and even then many of them have been obliged to abandon trains and make every kind of shift to carry their passengers das cas on the pacific extension of the burlington road and the cedar rapids and northern there were no trains from february ad to february although there were untiring efforts at opening the roads the main lines were kept comparatively clear other roads and trunk lines have gener jilly filly been boen able ablo to sen ben hoir heir trains out regularly but few have reached their destination on time and some of them have in certain instances been entirely abandoned the severity of the winter has told terribly on the poor who have been deprived of work and have been compelled to pay exorbitant prices for fuel or suffer for want of it in nebraska it is believed that this season has been similarly severe PITTS bung Buno 23 intelligence has lias been received here of a terrible conflagration fla at east liverpool this morning at by which a family of eight person persons named sloan were burned to death about the time stated flames were seen issuing from a four story frame building owned by frank stewart fc and occupied as a drug store feed store grocery and dwelling the tle proprietor of the drug store mr sloan with his family living in the latter portion As soon as the flames were discovered by mr sloan he awoke alland telling them to follow picked up a 3 year old daughter and started for the stairs the flames had bad cutoff cut onn off their retreat by this time however and turning to a window he leaped th llo tho game same time telling his wife and children to do tho the same it is supposed that before they had time to follow his advice they were overcome by the stifling fumes from the drug store as no others escaped tb the e building burned like tinder and having numerous elevators to the tiie upper floors which opened a pathway for the flames was soon in ruins search for bodies was begun at an early hour this morning and soon all were recovered they were charred beyond recognition and it was only by the size of the remains that grown persons were distinguished from children the scene about the burned building today is sorrowful in the extreme all that is left of a family of ten are the father and one ong daughter whom he carried with him when he made the leap following is a list of those who perished mrs wm win sloan aged 31 years luei a sloan 13 years clyde sloan 12 years lizzie sloan five years another aged IS 18 months and wilbur skeets a brother in law of the unfortunate woman the fire started in the drugstore drug store and is supposed to have been incendiary the loss will reach which is i partially insured NEW york 23 the tribune and world show no favor to the antimonopoly movement now gaining strength here the tribune has an article ridiculing its pretension the times today to day says the work of the antimonopoly anti monopoly league ia Is taken up none too soon the corporate power that has been fostered to gigantic proportions until it overspreads over spreads the face of the land lays its clutch upon the very nerve and sinews of corn coin merce and industry it claims the right to lay tribute without res restriction trie and regardless of tile the consent of that people it has lias laid hands upon the courts which interpret and apply the law and is reaching out for control over public sentiment through the press louisville Ej ky kyj 23 A letter from tompkinsville Tomp kinsville gives particulars of a fiendish flen dish murder there on tuesday after dark astone artone A stone was thrown against the door of a house occupied by james feller aged 37 years As feller opened the door a flash and report was heard he staggered and throwing up his arms fell over dead shot through the heart thirty seven slugs were found in his body win wm smith is now in jail charged with murder in the first degree the wife wire and stepdaughter of feller have been arrested as accessories access ores to the crime the wife is a pretty woman 24 years of age and the stepdaughter is 19 smith ran olt with fel hel lers wife wile a year yean ago and hard feel ang ilag lias existed between tho the them thom mever ever since the wife is educated and good looking but bears a bad character DENVER 23 the tribunes santa fe special says the first of t lie the week a shooting affray occurred I 1 in n a gambling booth in a secluded spot five miles from the stage road between Fort Wingate and bacon s springs four men entered the saloon and called for drinks minks the tile proprietor stated that he lie som no whisky but if the men wanted to gamble they could and would be supplied with whisky the four men then sat down wili will the tl ie proprietor etor after some time playing a row began resulting in the death of all the card pl players ayers avers each being shot several times no arrests cincinnati 23 win wm pinker pi aker kerton of the detect detective ive lve agency who is in a the city says Bern Berrill ardts hardts management having been annoyed by and thieves following them divern and fearing the theft of ab carried by Bem hardt have engaged from him three detectives one from each of the offices in new york philadelphia and chicago to travel with the company during the remainder of its tour in this coi NEW YORK 23 the times says an order for the examination of defendants fend ants before trial was granted recently in the case of williams vs the western union telegraph co to prevent the issuance of new stock all interested parties of any prominence were directed to appear today to day the defendants set up the plea that they should be protected since they were exposed to the possibility lity of a criminal indictment by the examination chief justice sedgwick reserved decision on the motion to vacate the order of examination made by defendants at the regular meeting of the exhibition hibi tion committee gen grant expressed surprise at the indifference in the movement and thought though t some som action must he taken to arouse the ardor of the citizens he recommended another effort to secure central park but the matter of selecting another site was delayed till march the committee goes to washington to secure additional legislation the agents of the steamship bristol city which sailed from this port for bristol dec 28 and which has not been heard from since fear all hopes of safety must be abandoned the owners in bristol still think she may yet reach port the vessel was commanded by capt john A peters and had a crew of 28 mostly married men living near bristol she carried no passengers her cargo was principally provisions she was an iron inon iron vessel built in was known as a water ballast 1134 tons feet long owned by C hill and sons bristol england the norwegian bark thor commanded by from this port with a cargo of rye for antwerp oct ad and not having been heard from fear fears are sare entertained that she is lost loat loatche she bhe was a wooden vessel built and owned iu in norway A panama dispatch of the ath says the star and herald says the revolution is out in antioquia Ant isquia and a portion cf the troops revolting proclaimed at the same time a president to bishop gonzales is attributed the revolt which is characterized by the usual scenes of bloodshed and murder the rightful president finally succeeded in in subduing the mutinous soldiers and dispersing the political antagonists in venezuela gen has raised the standard of revolt against president guzman blanco BIanco the Chi Clif lians flans cannot find anyone to sign peace as pierola had refused to come to lima for that purpose and no had bad taken place at either lima or callao the heralda heralds dublin special says at a land league meeting here today a letter was read from egan now in in paris denouncing shaws shawls manifesto as an audacious assum assumption p of leadership andas andRs and asking king who in ireland ever for a moment believed that the b handful of renegades rene gades who followed shaw represented the country he adds do tile the shaws Ewing tons col thurs ts martins henrys fays and the rest of the traitors who basely desert the frish trish leader in the face of the enemy think that they can ean drag the country back into the slums of corruption and or that they th ey will induce the people to adopt bomba gladstone to idolize bright the or to boffl onner offer er thanks giving for what is well described as a mixture of buckshot and good intentions tent ions which is being offered them by chief secretary forster ho he says that the eau cau eale ealo e of the league is receiving support from the press of all shades of opinion in france washington 24 senator carpenter pas passed ed away quietly his wife son sou and daughter dr fox of milwaukee and E G williams of washington were present he sank quietly away without a struggle simply dying from exhaustion incident to the disease that had spent itself ib eif elf upon lils his system ago vapor baths were tried upon mill him biti sip tip parent apparent success and elusive hopes were held out that he would recover senator carpenters funeral takes place at 3 p in on sunday and after the inauguration will be taken ly IT the congles ional lonal committee to secretary sherman states relative to the pre pro present ent movement of national banks ranks to retire their circulation that this movement of the banus to avoid the operation of the fifth see section of the funding bill which provides that from and after a certain date 3 per cent vent boods bonds shall be the tho only bonds receivable as security for national bank circulation has necessarily cessa rily brought into the treasury large sums of money that it only afflec affects ts the money market in the city of new york where deposits must be made and draws dire directly otly etly from the backor bank or street currency needed there for business operations secretary sherman says the treasury can and will pay out th this as mone yand also the surplus revenue in payment for bonds for the sinking fund fundy if offered at par and accruing interest but that the treasury cannot interpose further than to apply its surplus currency in excess of the redemption demp tion fund to the reduction of the public debt called bonds are referred preferred but if these are not offered maturing fives I 1 and sixes will probably be taken on the same terms namely at par and accruing interest the bonds must be sent to washington to be verified but will b be promptly paid antil until further notice the treasury department will redeem the bonds embraced within the and first i cal lupon presentation at the depart ment with interest to the day of presentation the house will probably pass the senate bill removing the tax on bank deposits influential members of both houses say this is in fact compensation for the 3 per cent bill the ways and means committee this morning considered the senate amendments to the funding bill i the majority were ag agreed greed to section tion fourkas four was vas an amendment authorizing the secretary of the treasury to use from time to time not over fifty million dollars at any one time of standard gold and silver coin in the treasury to redeem 6 per cents and authorizing him to apply the surplus money in the treasury to the purchase or redemption of any bonds or treasury notes authorized by this act section five was amended by extending from july to september aber the time when must deposit new bonds to secure circulation the committee meet again tomorrow to morrow T the house pacific railroad coin corn cittee determined not to present on the central pacific case the conference on the indian all ail appropriation has resulted in an agreement the house houge recedes from the proposition tion to abolish the board of in indian M ia commissioners and the senate senite ito recedes from the amendment providing for the boards expenses for the next fiscal year the board will be continued without an appropriation pria tion to pay the traveling expenses or salaries of employees the senate committee on appropriations allons lias has completed the agricultural appropriation r 0 p bill the pim senate e ate committee on commerce has completed the |