Show B BY TELEGRAPH r rab UMON lul JIM E A AM ISI til jl it lil III I 1 C oan CAN A N NEW vork YORK ll 11 the merald herald washington special says bays next week the promoters ot of the project for an inter oceanic canal by way of lake Nh nicaragua aragus expect to have an opportunity to lay jay the details of their plan before the foreign affairs committee of the house no route has been se ae tho hughly surveyed as this the united states gov government having for a number of years taken a special interest in this way neross across one of the engine engineers tirs tits who has made a survey says the passage from sea I 1 0 bea sea will be miles long of this miles will be river and lake navigation with water so deep and so 60 broad that there will be room enough for the largest ship to steam at tuil lull speed fifty three miles only will be canal tf ii amely 36 miles from ore ort utown on this side to the dam daul of the san dan juan river and 17 miles from the further side eide of lake nicaragua to the pacific ocean the deepest cut n the whole line will be only 41 feet while the locks will be few in number according to reports of the engineers chiq tuil canal could be completed in five anve years from beginning 0 of 0 operations er and they say that on the he highest estimates the cost will be less than OW the engi estimates bring the cost up to only but it is usual to add at least 50 per cent to engineers estimates in such cases as this thib the company has a charter from augua and it proposes to ask congress to agree to a guarantee for 20 years from the time when the canal shall be completed and ships passing g through it a three per cent dividend nd on the actual cost which is to be limited in the charter of the company agreeing that the cost of maintenance and working it shall not exceed per annum and the secretary of the treasury shall declare in lit each seat yeat wha what t if jf uny any are the actual net earnings which the gov ernnie nt shall if necessary make up the three per cent for 20 0 year years after the completion of the canal the company mean to propose 1 1 further that the thu united states shall 1 13 it if congress wishes subscribe for a cont controlling roling share of stock so that the control of government shall be complete engineers familiar with the ground say that the work could be begun within six months from irom the day congress should grant a charter including the promise of u 3 per cent guarantee that with that guarantee the capital stands ready to take hold of the enterprise at once and it is understood that the company will guarantee the completion of the canal and passage of ships through it within live years after actually beginning work on it they propose to charge per ton lor for vessels of all sizes DALLAS texas ll river very high A large amount of lumber drift wood dead stock and gand band small houses going down stream washington 11 postmaster general ilowe elowe has written the following letter to the postmasters of lof the united states the society of the army of the cumberland appeals to you for aid aul to procure contributions to funds for the erection of a monument at the national capital to the memory of james A garfield garnold Qa I 1 am suro no word Is needed from me to enlist your best efforts in behalf of such a cause by noble aspiration and by tireless lii lir eless endeavor to promote the public welfare president garfield had achieved thu tha highest honor of when lie he gadbut little passed the noon of life he fell a victim to malice so wanton as asto aado to be a menace A monument to him will attest the na nations tiona tlona gratitude for his virtues and the nati nation nations onys abhorrence for that inscrutable depravity which slew him such a cutre should not bof be stinted for cieli lieli lae lac of means the nation is very rich let art exhaust itself on invention let money leap to execute her design chave I 1 have but lately assumed ofil official cial clai relations with your corps this Js my first com eom communication nauni raunI clopto to you bounre you are numerous widespread influential fluent ial you will respond to the appeal of the society of we tue army of t the he cumberland and your res will show I 1 trust that those who administer the postal service for the united stites aro are nou not the least legat patriotic abid and capable dt 01 those work for the republic the suba ommittee sot of jot the tho house muse committee on oa territories agreed to at report to the fall committee on tuesday next in favor of the proposition to admit as a state all that portion of dakota lying south of cf the parallel of latitude the northern portion to constitute as now tile the territory of dakota the subcommittee will prepare a substitute forthe for the pending bill providing for the necessary machinery of government etc riff BOSTON ll 11 doe Hunn Hunne dwells weira furniture factory was damaged by fire insured washington il 11 the shooting affair at the republican office continues the topic of public interest here it Js is chir charged ged that the articles published in the republican to which botelko took exception and which he resented were inep inspired ired by the star route ring in retaliation for botel Kotel dos efforts to expose them he was vas among the first who attacked the brady administration of the tho second assistant postmaster general generals office he published charges of fraud and corruption in the newspapers he represented and was active in encouraging the investigation tion of the patties accused of complicity in the star route frauds they retaliated by charging botelao with a purpose to levy blackmail upon them and aud the fight became fitteron hit bit bitter teron on both now declare that the article exposing his visit to and fight light in a house of ill repute and the subsequent article charging him with an attempt to bribe an employed of the rational republican republicans were the work of alleged star route conspirators and were published to punish him for his crus crul crusade aade against the ring they ti point nt to the well known tact laet rubt until t II 11 a few days ago general genera I 1 brady was the clief chief owner of the republican and to the fact that it has haa been a persistent defender oi ol tile tiie accused star route men and has been as the organ of these men it was the informing of his wife through marked copice of the republican i can that t goadey bot sot beldo e I 1 d 0 t 10 d desperation efu p e r atlon the paper he presented barton was a written con bession that bartoni barton while in tile the employ of the district of cru Chu columbia lumbia government several years ago obtained money through for lor gery botelao claims be he had proof ot of this and his purpose so it is stated was to compel barton to acknowledge his guilt gulit by affixing his signature to the paper then ao so it is said botelko intended to present ah the paper per pen to the proprietors of the reo Rew republican lican and demand in the name of consistency aa as they have been scoring him for his misdeeds that they discharge barton of course barton refused to sign the paper whereupon botelao struck him hins and they grappled over bartons desk barton is known to have said he was prepared for lor if he attempted to violently resent the article there was an old feud between tw een the men botelko has been sinking all day and night barton in J justification of himself has declared he was obeying orders in publishing the article which will I 1 cost his life perhaps that he be was hots hot a as 1 has been alleged venting his spleen but that he was carrying out ibe the instructions of his i tu superiors which he dared not disregard chia this new now phase of tho the matter together with the publication of the fact that marked copies of the papers containing the articles against botelko was sent rent to his bis wife has considerably changed the tone of public sentiment in Sotel dos fa vor at first he was greatly condemned but his hia friends have made it appear that he was ivas ruthlessly pursued and goaded even to attacking him in the allbe affection tion and esteem of his wife he resorted to every means to keep the tho knowledge of othis his i misconduct fir from 0 M her n AM A M botelko died at the providence hospital at 1025 1023 tonight the joint conf conference arence of the house committees on commerce naval affairs post offices and post poat roads roada was ivas held heid today to day upon uldon tee the subject of 0 ocean ce an mail mall service services and the following resolution was adopted Me resolved solved that it la is the sense of thi this 9 joint committee that it Is advisable to promote promo teethe the commercial interests of the united states by providing bumm sufficient lelent compensation tor lor the carriage of ocean ocean mails from the united states to foreign ports by american amerlean ships this resolution will be reported to t the full committee it is 13 beil bill believed eved some bome measures will shortly be bere here re ported to the house houte favoring liberal compensation to an american amerlean line of 62 post pot bhail meis meia I 1 hejl seji beri benator senator ator aton sherman bherman publishes the following letteri haye have h ayo avo seen been a telegram 10 lo to the leading papers of ohio of friday morning purporting to give the tho testimony of ritney pitney before the treasury investigating committee I 1 have read the testimony given by him and there is not a word of truth hi in the telegram no such testimony was given no such scene occurred and no letters of senator or mrs MM sherman were produced os as alluded to I 1 am authorize ej el by senator hale who ia is mentioned and nd to whom I 1 showed the dispatch to make the same denial the telegram Is a wholesale lie as the ahe testimony when april printed ted will show signed jonn JOHN sherman BHERMAN representatives thompson and atherton 0 whom were referred ho ibe bill to admit ball as delegate from alaska submitted a report favoring favo his admission sonn somi discussion cassion ensued when Re represents presenta uve tive moved as a substitute for the bill a report that he be not admitted representative ather ton then moved that the pio pro position proposition be laid over till the committee on territories who have under consideration the subject ofa of a territorial form of government for alaska shall have havo taken action this nio tion was adopted andrall and ball bali was ao ac corded permission to be heard beard when tuo tue subject again a comes up in committee rhe the judges of tho the court of claims were in conference today to day with the house committee on civil service reform in the preparation of a bill to td relieve congress from the consideration of all claims against the government the court of claims has adjourned till the in hopes that the he president will have filled the vacancy on the bench before that date and by so doing allow the court to take up certain cases the hearing of which has been postponed by the possibility that they might result in an equal division of the court as at present constituted TUO tue president has signed the com corn mission of F A to be governor of arizona geo B dunham collector of internal in ternna tit lit revenue Ko evenue venue of the ath distrct district of ohio wm lmh H armstrong stron of penna commissioner of public accounts new HEW york iia lla washington special to the mailand mall mail and B express presa says the subcommittee sub bub committee ori on ways and means charged with the con of all matters relating to internal revenue is holding frequent sessions the members are now trying to get a basis of reduction before advancing further when that Is agreed upon they propose to scale each item of taxation they are unanimously of opinion that the first reduction should embrace cm brace off shoots on the little taxes which aie nie are imposed upon proprietary medicines es soaps cosmetics perfumery ban bank k checks cheeks s deposits matches playing cards amounting to about it is estimated that the internal revenue receipts for the fiscal year will reach kelly relly randall bandall and other leading members of the committee favor taking off of this they advocate the acaling scaling of taxes on distilled spirits malt liquors tobacco cigars snuff and cigarettes in equal ratio after the little taxes are finally repealed there Is a decided feeling among tho members of thel the house louse against the reduction lon lom of tax on whiskey or tobacco because principally the agitation of the subject injures business on these commodities and because it would make it impossible under un ier ler these circumstances to reduce the tariff the piano case factory of C F dielman co west twenty first street burned tonight to night with contents loeb loss on stock estimated at on insurance ance not to exceed david Stra denger Teman fileman fi was fatally injured by falling wails walla thomas thorh as 14 nichol nichols in a card in tribunes in reply to an attack by the new york commercial ad vertiner ver tiser in regard to the cleveland garfield monument uses the following laa language guage all you who glory in the name of stalwart and who took part in the vilification and abuse of president garfield last summer who bought sought to control his oil oti official lelal action or degrade and destroy his character and reputation reputations you are responsible for his murder hla hia blo bio blood ad P 13 on t the he garments arnie arnle rits ruts of the whole gang of you yoi and you yhu cannot wipe it off yon you have been dealt with voth very tenderly touching your grave responsibility for this crime but everybody knows you are guilty and you feel it va yourselves in your inmost souls eoula it wag bag wag waa fronir your abuse and denunciation that inspired Inspire ds guiteau to remove the president asa awa political oll necessity and you will not be permitted much longer to hide the stains on your hands or distract attention from them by raising duet dust around the heels of blaine by throwing mud at sherman or heaping ridicule on me your crime was not merely the murder of a man it was the transfer of the government by murder to the hands of a faction of the party which if the question could have been submitted to the people at the time it was done would not have hive received one vote in a thousand one would think that with such facts hanging over your youn heads in the clear daylight of public knowledge you would have sense enough though destitute of all decency to enjoy the beame of power the assassin gave you while the law allows without persistently the the chosen friends and associates of your victim who was the nations nation choice why you are the most stupid fools in the world to keep heep on provoking discus discussion siou of these old matters you stand as acknowledged criminals as morally responsible for and guilty of garfielda Gar fields murder but against you on account of your friends and the good name of the community prosecuting witnesses are oath to proceed but when you treat mercy as cowardice and to guilt add insolence and de defiance flance you are aro no longer entitled to forbearance so now if you want a reconsideration and full discussion of the whole subject proceed with your abuse CHICAGO 11 ii luke ransome ran Ban some an employed of the D M W osborne beaber company for IS 18 years and manager of the chicago office for the last nine years was found dead in a suburb of hillsdale hll Hiu sdale isdale this morn ing half way between his hia house and the depot near him was a revolver with two chambers empty and there was a pistol ahot shot wound in the back of his head from which his brains oozed there were evidences of a struggle lut but no trace of the murderer the clothes and wallet had been rifled of their contents con eon tente tenie be ee leaves a family in moderate |