Show by I 1 teleo telegraph ra pha AMERICAN ROCK 4 the capture of the supreme court ju judges dm s last n night ig by a band of armed men men is c charged lid iid d ie by t the he brooks uen nen men to baxter ad adherents ants and by the latter at to brooks satellites the whereabouts ot 91 the judges is still unknown there are unconfirmed reports of another battle between king whites foce roce and nd a party of the city is full of warlike rumors that brooks is about to attack baxter and vice versa virsa tile the U P K troops oc occupy apy their old position between the beffa belligerents arents WASHING washington tos Tox D C 4 the committee of ways and means today sul submitted omitted a report in the sanborn contract case cae ca e they recite t the origin of the law and give a caory history of the first contracts div given an under it especially San sanborn borns s thley tho y say that paid gove government rement omm off meers leers furnished anborn inborn information by means of wh which ich be he obtained a con eon contract tract for collecting unpaid taxes ac that when he obtained a list or of delinquent rai ral railroads roads lie he was instructed by the treasury officials to add the names namer of nearly all the railroads in the ahe united states and his contact was made to include roads instead of as originally contemplated and the law provides three persons to assist the tho proper persons in collecting this contract provides that paid government officials shall shail a assist tile the ca tractor it appears that the commissioner 0 internal revenue wrote the secretary of the treasury a remont remonstrance trance u against this method of c which was wis never answered J and in no case caso does the committee nind tind the contractor assisting the tha overtime government overn ment nt omm off meers leers but the whole government machinery wai was wai atthe disposal if sanborn it is ia the opinion of the committee that a large percentage of the amount collected under tile the contract would lave have been beon leen easily collected through the regular channels and was not the proper subject for the contract when the tiie committee feeling alarmed at tile the looseness with I 1 which the treasury depart depaTt department ment was conducted attempted to elicit from its three highest officers where the re poni ability rested each one probes protested ed ignorance fg norance of the matter and attempted to shift tile the responsibility the incongruity of the testimony given by these gentlemen is deplorable plo pio rabie rable le and the tho lavt rhet ean can cannot rift be ignored by tile the c that they deser deserve i ve severe condemn condemnation atio atlo n looseness which permitted t law to lie administered the committee find nothing 11 impeach lilg lugi the integrity or of secretary boutwell or richardson arld arid the tiie testimony proves prove no hoirup co crupt t motive it in I 1 their action injustice to secretary boutwell it must bo be said sald sa d that contracts for the collection of taxes have been given muce muco secretary creary guthries time of officio in extraordinary tra cases and when the ee present bessent i secretary came into office he found a number of such contracts in existence but upon ex emi lie he found no law authorizing th the mand ernand had them annulled in the light of the evidence evlo evid ence enco ell eli cited during the examination the committee believe the tile contract law ormay of may 8 1872 should be repealed and the cont cout contracts mets revoked and annulled and all the demands of the contractors against the treasury silenced by the passage of a bill embodying these conclusions which the committee herewith report BOSTON 5 president watson of the erle egle road has resigned med ked the directorship rector ilila or of the na N Y and new england railroad LouiSViLLE 5 wagner riches tan yard was burned latt lat night loss S insurance LITTLE ROCK 5 the tile U S troops formed in line across markham street several times last night to prevent baxter advancing against brooks chief justlee justice mcclure M CC ur had llad a writ served on generals churchill and blake biake today to day commanding them to produce the bodle bodie of judges bennet ben net and searle searie the officers replied that thau martial law prevailed now in pulaski co and they knew no orders except from flom their superiors superior some days since baxter sent to st louis for a duplicate of the state sea seal which was yesterday forwarded but this thlu a m b belore before the express agent could deli dell deliver dellver brit arlt it a squad or of krooks men entered int ered the office and captured it an air of military activity pervades the ity city tonight to night rhe the rho Gazett gazette ei t lie rhe bax baxter ter ten organ has hag a especial special from pine bluffis bluffs ie porting deporting large largo meetings approving baxter and de no in p brooks and arnd one from helena stating that J T white ex senator colored addressed a meeting chiefly composed or of colored person advis advising lug thern them to p preserve re serve neutral ground tind und leave leae the de elsion decision of the thu question to legislation PICTOU 5 the boiler of irving trying downs sawmill exploded this morning killing three men and injuring four tour others philadelphia 5 edmund V dmund lorri a for many years yeats editor of the weston gazett gazette j is dead cincinnati J 5 at Owens town ky yA yesterday erday wm smoot shot two brothers named walker killing one orie and dangerously wounding the other he accused thern them of procuring his indictment in tile the federal court i NEW YORK 5 during a disgraceful altercation jast just night at the valson dote doze between ex eon con gressman john morrissey and state senator john fox th the former struck the latter several when friends interfered face wa bruised and slightly cut agents here have not been officially informed of the reduction in steena steerage go ticket 1 from liverpool to new york and prepaid tickets are sold at sa at a meeting or of the posts odthe of the i grand army of the Republic i here tonight to night it was agreed not to discriminate between betge e n tile the union upion and confederate soldiers graves on decoration day inthe PU sut t of simpson against the union pacific railway i jay gould and others judge Dona donahue huer this afternoon denied the tho motion to dismiss the complaint for want of jurisdiction and arld ordered an in crease of the plaintiffs surety purely for costs cors and refused perused an injunction to restrain th the e transfer of fc tock block in the hands of the defendants geqrge george van vels velb er kr confidential ca clerk elerk erk 0 of f tb ther if H Hudon u adson iziver riven nall nat I 1 road a fellow clerk named baxter and thirty two thousand dollars of the tho company a money mysteriously appeared disappeared di yesterday 5 hulls halis clothing clochi ng establishment wat waa burned this morn ing loes lois 10 s 20 insurance 7 U 5 char charies charles ies D ajen fur for a long time connected wi with th the tile pres died thid this morning ot lock dlease con eon consumption sas san francisco 5 warm garm 0 to o piou plou pious and widely distributed rains yesterday and to da day iri jil inthis luthis this state will prove of vast benett beneat be lett left to fo tile the farmers I 1 the wheat W leat crop wil wll be enormous donald moicay arrived on the steamer to nigh from oregon with the fi inous warm spring indian eouts pouts and canipe dat at woodward woodwards 41 gardens where they will div public h exin exhibitions ibitson 4 for fe ti veral verai days daya the charges of corruption and br bribery ib ry in the tho police department continue to be exciting themes or of public comment chief cockrall is is subject to bitter criticisms of the press he promises to reform the evils in the administration of amm aff mairs affairs in his office the gamblers how over aver still have full sway and anci gambling is on the increase daily dally PANAMA A fire at massaia Mas saya nicaragua car agua burned houses A british man of war ivar has gone to valparaiso to investigate the cage of captain the tile steamer Vo volania cania which capsized a short time ago outside the harbor it appears that after trial by a british court at valparaiso Va paraiso cadt cart capt cant hyde with the consent of t the ae british consul took a pae pas passage wage sage in a british vese vessel for liverpool but the chilian authorities took him from the steamer and marched him mana cled through the streets of valparaiso to prison notwithstanding his protestation washington 5 the house appropriations committee has acted on all the general appropriation bills except that for sundry civil expenses the army and navy appropriation b bill ill lil passed both houses and was returned to the committee with senate amendments the fortification bill has become law the legislative j judicial I 1 and executive bill has passed the house and is now in the tile senate tile the indian bill is before the house the military academy consular diplomatic and post office bills are reported in the house but aie not acted on the pension river and harbor and civil expenses bills are unreported four or five hundred laborers gathered in the rotunda today to day to consult with the district dele doie gate concerning wages due them from contractors they ask an appropriation by congress the amount to be deducted from the sums due from the government to the th e district dis trac t government vernm en L rumor rumon has bien bi en circulated to toi i night that the position of bf secretary of the treasury trea sury has been tendered to E B washburn minister to france and that his reply is now awaiting I 1 there was some talk over arkansas matteis at the cabinet sess session lon ion today to day but the president has n not ot yet given a decision brooks attorneys ask more time to complete their arguments I 1 the following nominations have been made george lount for receiver belyer of public moneys at ut Prescott arizona D A chever for postmaster at denver gen butler is confined to his bed with a severe bilious attack AN ardor ardon arron S C the faculty of michigan university have expelled thirty nine sophomores and forty two freshmen for hazing they will be re admitted at the of the academic year in lepo next on making a promise of future good behavior and on oil pass lingan dingan in tan lan examination the faculty say sa the university is better without students tf than government S C ca 5 capt 3 olin john christopher of the US A commandant matl mati dant daut of the post at yorkville committed suicide today to day dabby y shooting himself BUFFALO 5 the Erie Canal was i opened this morning T HYDE PARIC PARK mass 5 the hall block containing tile the post office bank etc was burned last night loss insurance s ORANGE N NJ J A afire nire fire last night destroyed property valued at CHICAGO atho athe 5 tho the trial of pro ressor fes or david swing of the fourth presbyterian church for heresy y began before the chicago presbytery yesterday and sving swing presented his liis answer to the charges pending pleading not guilty and giving a statement of hla his views ile he rejected election infant damnation and kindred doctrines which lie he characterized as belonging to the religion of despair and subscribed to the following points of belief using hla his hia words in a strictly evangelical rehse the inspiration of the trinity the divinity of christ the tile of christ chris t as a mediator conversion by gods spirit 8 it maii mari mans Y s natural apin the I 1 e final separation of the righteous from tile the wic wicked kd 11 this his was wai the definition of his relation to presby As As regards his relation to liberal christianity the professor holds that his hig conduct has been that of a christian gentleman and a colis conscientious clentious clergyman he would rather abandon pre bytell anim ani m than the tho habits of thong thought it i which have controlled his hib treatment of churches aa as the dark bide hide of presbyterian presbyterianism 1 rn ha has 9 been responsible for much infidelity its bright sade should be utilized to make reparation an alu attempt was made to induce proe prof withdraw the charge after the answer was readi read but he 0 refu ed and arid as it is almost certain that the presbytery will acquit swing and that patton will appeal the case the result will be the withdrawal informally at least of swing from the presbyterian church sis fis a lie he is filbin in his IN determination to waste no tig further time in fit defending fending di himself him eif elf agall against st the accusations of patt patton giu gin the tile 0 pinions opinions of judge curtis and wm win ba M evarts on oll the Wha wisconsin cousin railroad law lav were bubli hed bed this mornin morning ir curtis says that the legislature has no power to prescribe the remuneration railway companies shall receive for future services and that the laws in question were invalid for the reason that they take the property of the citizen wit without libut bining him any compensation therefore that they tiley indirectly at least invalidate the obligations of contracts and that the power to prescribe a schedule of rates for M railways either does or does not exist in the legislature legislate legis latu re or that it is 19 unlimited which abl h lie he olds is abird evarts condues confines himself to On omain one onu emain main maln point reserving for future consideration cop minor ones the burden or of his argument is that the laws in question ta tao tako o the property or of individuals without making makin wany gany any compensation therell or and that the provision of the tha constitution ution of wisconsin which reserves serves the right to repeal or modify tile the charter of a corporation cannot be construed to co cover ver ven a case of virtual coulis confiscation cation catlon NEW the grandeury gran grand jury djury have h av found f I 1 n d an indictment against the liou lion reform r r in of charity and correction charging them with extravagance an and wastefulness leading directly to corruption the Oom commercial mercial charges that the treasurer or of st at johns johna guild a well known charitable chari charl table tabie organization tien has absconded with a large amount or of fun funds tl alan eian an ind d that lie he did so with the knowledge of other omm off meers leers the receipts of the guild in cash in february and march were of which sum 1500 only are said raid to have havo b been een eapen expended ded fol fot the relief or of the poor |