Show BY pir V PIS UMON OTIO AMERICAN washington 4 it is said the executive session was quiet democrats not exultant but they regald regal d this as a break of the deadlock and expect to adjourn in three weeks republicans deny it stoutly and say eay they will remain all summer if necessary the presidents letter to dawes disapproving of gorham has however crystallized the opposition to him among stalwart republicans and it is now believed they will again unanimously contend for Go election in the executive session the senate took up the chinese immigration treaty A discussion ensued in which senators miller and hoar were the principal participants the former advocating the ratification of the treaty upon the ground that it was placing the subject of chinese immigration within our entire con control troi hereafter and the latter opposing it with the argument that the underlying purposes of the treaty is contrary to the genius of our institutions and to the general doctrine of the brotherhood of man the treaty was finally laid aside as unfinished business for tomorrow to morrow and by unan unanimous linGus consent the following nominations reported back from committees were confirmed wm H craig postmaster at albany abany N Y win wm postmaster at bristol tenn thos P F black black binck collector of customs at st marys mary a ga the senate confirmed robert hitt hi tt of illinois assistant secretary of state hiram price of iowa com ciss ioner loner of indian affairs A af M jones united states halal marshal marshai northern iiii 1111 illinois nofEr S H hudson wisconsin associate justice of the supreme court of dakota all these by unanimous consent others were referred to committees the october term of the supreme court adjourned on monday number of cases now remaining on the docket of increase 46 since the close of the previous october term president garfield being invited by the centennial commission to accompany them to yorktown tomorrow on a government steamer the president expressed great regret that he would be obliged to decline the invitation As the senate had now resumed the transaction of executive business bu sines he did not feel at liberty to leave washington at present six per cent bonds received at thie the treasury department today to day for continuance at 31 3 per cent total since the decision of the secretary the final payment of interest on outstanding 6 per er cent bonds of 81 recently anticipated tig p abed to cover all such bonds w which hi ch m might ight be presented for continuance ti nuance at aj 3 per cent previous to may loth has brought a large amount of bonds in the aggregate interest already paid thereon amounting to the 5 per cent cenk bonds embodied in the hundred and first call are now being rapidly forwarded for redemption with interest to may the date upon which the call matures in the event of the entire amount of outstanding 69 nearly being presented for continuance at 31 3 per cent there will be nearly payable by the treasury department by the loth instant in addition to this there Is interest on as of 1881 which fell due on may and is now being pad by the treasurer and about of bonds under the one hundred and first call remaining unredeemed which are payable on presentation at the department making in all more than which will probably be paid out of the treasury on these three accounts alone during the present plesent month NEW YORK 4 the telegrams washington special says the state department is considering the question of mormon immigration with the view to check and diminish the influx of deluded female converts the administration is desirous of effecting this desirable result but the means to be adopted are un known as yet whether the act of march ad 1875 passed to exclude chinese women which makes unlawful the immigration of women import imported ed for immoral purposes ia is applicable I 1 e to this class is unsettled should I 1 it t be decided not to be additional legislation will be ed next session the post says yesterday afternoon an agrecio agreement gut put was wa 1 s made touching t fhe iron nd ta tags pacific which wag not thought of in the morning f it t is the purchase by the missouri pacific which has earned 9 per cent on its stock the past year of a controlling cont roling interest in the iron mountain giving three shares of missouri pacific for four shares of iron mountain this leaves the door open to take in the texas pacific on any terms and friends of the latter say the terms will be better than those of the iron mountain the international and great northern thoroughfare are mer merged ed into the missouri kansas an and 9 texas which will be controlled oled by the mis souni bourl pacific as well as the texas pacific A letter received in london from the frankfort german germar committee of bondholders bond holders of the oregon and california president villards dillards Vil lards plan for the reorganization of the road is certain of acceptance at tomorrows meeting as his agent will vote on considerable over worth of bonds the frankfort committee will continue in its control and supervision over the roads until the bondholders bond holders as is dissolved on the completion of the reorganization the commercial Commer ciar bulletin says the extraordinary depression in the rates of freight now ruling from new york to europe is made up in great measure to the steamship companies by the prosperity of their passenger tramm traffic lc never perhaps penni peril aps were their saloon passenger lists from here to europe so well filled never had they a larger number of emigrants coming from the other side the profits upon passage tickets will in some measure atone for having to take grain at and ad per bushel and heavy freight at as ad and gd per ton the herald says the sense of the city and country has been so fully taken upon the proposal to have an international worlds fair in new york to be held in 1883 that there need be no misapprehension as to public opinion the idea is not popular neither does dots it grow in popularity the wisest plan now is to abandon it altogether A paris dispatch states that the conditions on which the nihilists nihilisms lists are willing to cease their agitation were communicated to the czar by a delegate of the revolutionary committee the czar listened to what the messenger had to say and then had him arrested horton and bermish have withdrawn their proposal proposals 3 as the committee decided to leave all questions of theory to general discussion the committee has adopted the following gramme pro by kl ki dutch delegate first have the di and great oscillation in the value of silver which have occurred especially in late years been injurious to com merci aland consequently to general prosperity Is it desirable for the ratio of value between the two metals to have a greater fixity second are the phenomena indicated in the first part of the foregoing question to be attributed to increase in the production of silver or to legislative measures third Is it probable or not that if a large group of states accord free and unlimited coinage of legal pieces of both metals having full pes dying paying power in wo uniform dfora proportion f for the be gold and silver contained in the monetary unit of each metal a stability if not absolutely at least very substantial wili will le bo obtained in the relative value of those me metals ta a fourth in case the pieced preceding ing question is anwer answered ed affirmatively what measures should be taken faken for reducing to the minimum the oscillations in the ratio of value between the two metals for instance would it be desirable to impose on chartered banks of issue an obligation of always accepting at a fixed price e ingots ingols n g of gold and silver offered them b by y the public could the public be insured the same privileges in countries where there is no chartered bank of issue should the tho mintage be gratuitous or at least uniform in all countries for the two inet als ais should there be an under minding to leave free of all ail obstruction international commerce fixing the metals fifth in adopting bi what should be the ratio tH tween the weight of the pure gold and silver contained in monetary unit units this pro gramme will be submitted at the plenary sitting on thursday when Chi elmann eimann and Ferni Ferma utie will take the direction on behalf ui oi germany and england respect et ively berlin berlins 4 thee there ai w much agit tion in the aaltio uces aces of itus lius sla sia among the peasants who desire the absolute ownership of the land ivoy 1107 now heid held M n I 1 lea nw erhan erian 4 tors in many parts of ports of etland have refused to administer the oath of allegiance to the czar or did so with manifest reluctance the local press freely expresses the opinion that government is incapable of contributing to the prosperity of the country and regrets that former advocates of separation reparation have left no worthy successor handbills Hand bills have been distributed at door posts calling upon the inhabitants of baltic provinces not to swear allegiance until the czar has granted them laws and land rights equal to those possessed assessed by bussian people it urges the people to remain united but to refrain from open rebellion A manifesto is circulated at court and says let the people refuse to swear allegiance to the czar before russian officials we cannot longer be treated like dogs we must remain firm we despise and denounce the nobility and desire that they may disappear from E et est t land like snow in in spring whoever tears down this notice risks his life the above documents are composed in local districts presumably by peasants tunis 5 the prime minister on learning of the french occupation of biserta summoned the principal religious bodies to a conference and they afterwards proceeded to eero kero van with the object of preaching a holy war several sheiks who were prea preaching chinga a holy war have been arrested and brought to tunis the bey hw returned to bardo palace believing he is unsafe in his od ordinary I 1 nary residence the french camp on peak in the middle of the Krou Kro mier country has been evacuated the column has united with two iwo other columns of general Delbec ques division at the movement is thought to be preliminary to an advance further into tunis london 2 the manifesto of the national land league of great britain touching the arrest of dillon has been issued it is signed by justin mccarthy it urges irishmen of great britain to evict their landlords as they themselves have been evicted and to wreak vengeance at tile the polls on apostates from liberalism whom they hoped to raise to power michael breban was arrested near clif tran county galway on the charge of inciting to murder the ezme dublin special says dillons arrest has not caused the slightest excitement in any part of he be country on the contrary it appears to have had a quieting effe effi effect act some of the warmest friends of tenant farmers condemn dillons dil Bil lons ions speeches in the strongest terms it is stated that bradlaugh will again enter the commons and demand that he ba sworn if the bill for the amendment of the tiie parliamentary oath act is considerably delayed the debate on the land bill is likely to continue throughout next week some conservatives believe the postponement of the memorial question is desired in order to give an opportunity to radical con constituents ittu to demonstrate against it the post says the resistance of the section in the commons which owes peculiar loyalty to gladstone is either a singular proof of the lack of 4 discipline or indicates doubtful intention which we should be the last as t to attribute to gladstone it would not be decorous that the qualifications of the late beaconsfield Beacons field for a place I 1 ce in westminister West Westra minister inister abbey should ene EMe be the occasion of a painful dissension n gladstone and an influential fluent ial buttion of his hh following who were mainly instrumental in placing him in power some conservative prints declare that gladstone himself is opposed to the memorial and that the motion for the en ert action of a memorial was introduced at the wish of the queen it ia is officially known that the queen expressed such a wish in the commons last night bouner home ruler moved a resolution in favor tavor of abolishing the power of levying distress for rent of agricultural turi holdings in great britain and brolund government supported the resolution re alution and it was agreed to I 1 lu u the tho commons the speaker said he dad had ree received elved official notice from the tiie lord nord lieutenant of ireland of the arrest of dillon thomas P oconnor asked several questions touching the abuse of authority forster chief for ireland did not answer the questions healy gave ave notice of his intention to move to tondi iid sid I 1 dillon to the committee of con coil trancy traney of rivers in I 1 u the tho commons the bill for clos cloa lug ing bar bai rooms in wales on sundays was 19 read the second time to 17 tha go iury jury wiep i jim most publisher of Frei freiheit heit heil for inciting to murder they declared that such publications are un english and ought to be severely dealt with CHICAGO 5 C B peck has been promoted from general manager of the grandi grand runk railroad to be general manager of all the grand trunk lines in the west with headquarters in Chic chicago agoy and several other appointments p point ointments ments were announced peck was a appointed p hinted by president garfield renn recently t y to be government director of the union pacific railroad the selection of such prominent and valuable men for these positions and locating them at chicago indicates the determination on the part of the grand trunk to build up its western business and make chicago the central point of western tramm traffic lc NEW YORK 5 the rim tim says the demoralization in ocean freh f ret re t rates here is partly owing to tiiu tnt eagerness of the owners of steamships to get their vessels to europe to take advantage of or the existing tremendous passenger traffic the profits of such trammie traffic being more than enough to offset the losses this side of the atlantic SimE SIIRE la 5 A motion for a new trial in the case of S it thomas convicted of manslaughter for killing his brother in law for seducing his daughter was withdrawn today to day and thomas was sentenced to one hours bours imprisonment in the penitentiary to pay a fine of one zilar dollar and the costs of the court petitions signed by the judge jury and nearly every citizen were forwarded to the governor for immediate pardon GALVESTON 5 A weatherford special to the news gives further particulars of the fearful wreck of two freight trains at 1 yesterday morning on the texas pacific road miles and miles west of weatherford they were caused by heavy rains similar to water spouts tearing away two trestle bridges engineer W B sanders and fireman lyon of the south bound train and engineer prank frank lonze and liis his fireman and james loyd brakeman on the east bound train were killed skilled conductor homer horner and Bra brn brakeman kenian kenlan E edmonds of theowest the west bound train were injured the former seriously several others slightly washington 5 the long hoped for and long iong defeated deferred ratification of the chinese treaties was finally accomplished complis hed today to day after a shorter debate and with a much greater approach to unanimity than had been expect expected the discussion of the immigration m gratio gracio treaty this afternoon did not dimmler differ in its salient arguments and features from that of yeste yesterday rjay but was more collo colloquia colloquial quia quio and in its points more directed to the purpose of determining the meaning and effect of the stipulations than to a |