| Show BY telegraph pir P pen pan wate vate OTTOS LU lub ual 1 A amerlean AMERICAN M E R I 1 C A W washington 23 the time of the J bannette ean nette board this morning was mainly occupied in reading a transcript of melvillee Mel mei vilIes villes testimony yesterday the examination of melville will probably be finished this afternoon dr collins left washington this morning much dissatisfied with the treatment he received from the board in refusing to allow him counsel and ruling out nearly all the important questions which he submitted failing to push his inquiries la in the direction ne he desired le sired he baya says he will now go igo to new york and ventilate the matter through the fress press he intimates that he will vill soon publish damaging afia afla affidavits davits reflecting upon the conduct of the tho officers in charge of the expedition MelvIl leys leps testimony closed this afternoon and the board adjourned until monday until monday melville in his testimony today to day said bald the course of the onn off officers leers towards collins colling was the same as toward others BO so far as ho he would permit but on certain occasions ho he took offense offence at remarks made and refused to converse converge with or speak to the officers he said in reply to a question that danenhower was present on one occasion when a difficulty arose between da long and colling collins probably danenhower will ba be called to testify on this point melville in closing paid a high tribute to da long speaking of him AS 3 a competent officer and a man of excel lant itt qualities the Sec bec secretary y ot of the interior has ordered that under tho the new now mexican donation act of july 1551 1854 tho the settlement and cultivation of land laud claimed by the donee must have been com gom commenced encee by the first day of january 1 that being the limitation by the act for acquiring the necessary residence residence within that time is not nott sufficient in itself to entitle persons having that qualification to mahe ea lection and settlement at any time after acquiring it but such battie Eattle battlement ment and cultivation ti must have been begun with inthe time limited limi for obtaining residence under this construction the four years of actual settlement i and ano cultivation required by the tho act must in all cases have been completed by the first day of january 1882 this decision affects the title to a large number of entries made by settlers sett estt lers in new mexico the treasury department toay today to day purchased ounces of nine fine silver for delivery deliver y at the ThI philadelphia ladelphia J new orleans and san francisco mints for coinage the indian office is in receipt of a re report rt from agent wilcox of ban san calos carlos carios agency giving a detailed account of the system of counting the indians every day ho he says the system was inaugurated october 18 and that the highest number reached was 1236 each indian is marked with a dagand tag and number ethelh the indiana name is recorded in a register kept for that purpose one of the good results derived from tagging indians is to know which indians engage in raids or leave the tho reservation I 1 the department at the request of agent armstrong of the tho crow indian reservation placed a sufficient force around the reser reseT reservation to prevent raids of the Pl egans who have the agent states robbed the crows of hones to the amount of in these theba depredations the postmaster general has hns do decided that canned meats in sol dered tin cans weighing not over four pounds cau can be admitted in the mails malls ai fourth class elass matter at a postage of 16 cents per pound lorin Ii oring g commissioner L of agriculture tures ha hai submitted his hia annual report to the nent the statistical division estimates the folio following ine ing as the yield of 1882 12 0 of corn bushels wheat oats barley ryo buck buek wheat the trial of wm dick dich son bon for at tempting to influence the jury in the star route case ia Is set tet foz for fo nest next tuesday new york 20 washington tho the advocates of the proposed nicaragua cai cal canal will spare no effort to secure tho the passage of their bill at the coming session of congles Con gres gresz and supporters of eads ship railway will do all they can in behalf of their project the bill for the conate construe tion of tho the nicaragua canal wag was az fy reported from the tho house committee on foreign laffaira by mr nasson kasson a few days daya before the close of the last session the sunya suns washington has the following on the forthcoming report of folger the secretary will estimate the surplus at the end of the fiscal year of 1884 at he relies upon an important decrease in the river and harbor bill and in fact in all the appropriations me he will hint at the tendency to congressional extravagance and will intimate that this extravagance hag has been fostered by a knowledge that there would be a surplus of exclusive of the sinking fund at t the end of the last fiscal year ghe the the secretary will uree a ra reduction of taxation on the ground that large surpluses tempt to extravagance ho he will recommend that the debt ought not to be paid on off more rapidly than it will naturally become due he will remind congress that this can be done by meeting the sinking fund he will oppose the abolition of the internal revenue tax but will go further than he did last year respecting the reduction of these taxes he will urge that spirits and tobacco be taxed and suggest the amount they may hafely be reduced he will also recommend that the pending tax bill be passed he will further recommend tariff reduction but will make no special recommendation on this subject except to call cal I 1 attention to the work of the tariff commission he will confine himself to recommending the careful and thorough revision of the tariff though he will suggest a redaction reduction in the sugar rugar tax and in that on iron and steel manufactures f he will also call the attention 0 of f congress to the relation of national banks to the bonded debt of the country suggesting that unless the debt payments relax the extinguishment of the currency may follow because banks will win refuse to take as and aja at a premium to replace the Vs and Ms preferring to retire their circulation the secretary will recommend therefore that if the revenues are not reduced the banks be allowed to re place thesa thosa the as and sa with aa 41 9 and cs giving circulation for the full value it is plain that the secretary and president t mean to do all in their power thia this winter to bring congress to its bonnes and that bherman sherman is to be the ministration administration nd aljy ally on the floor orthe of the senate he will bee eee tho the eacie Bacie katy kary through and ana give him such advice as he may deem best in other words bherman sherman Sn ermana s sway over the Tre treasury suny sury la Is stored restored ra sun suns suna s washington the nicaragua canal bill will be called up almost immediately on the assembling of congress by miller of california who has had it made the special order for the firak first day of the bes Ees session slon blon he acts under instructions from the legislature of his state the projectors of this canal will do all they can to secure the passage of the measure but they have not much hope that congress will take any action on the subsidy bill at the c coming ng session admiral miral ammen ammons the chief advocate of the canal hopes to be able to persuade the president to favor the project in his message gen aen grant abill still favors it and may return via the nicaragua canal BT ST PAUL 23 taking effect today rates from chicago and com coin points thereto will bo be 15 cents centawer cen taper per hundred pounds regardless of classification al bini sifi n cation to 0 winnebago city man ka kato t 0 shelton bhylton Bh elton eiton sioux falls and sioux cl olty city ty where rates are subject to change without notice signed by the freight agents of the rock island laland burlington cedar Rapid sand northern and omaha lines inthe if the above is a truthful indication of the policy of the omaha line it looks as it a cut in west bound freights from chicago is imminent the former rates from chicago to the above named points ranged from 35 cents to per hundred pounds these cuts enable the line mentioned to put business in the tha local territory 0 of tho the CM st paul CLEVELAND 23 etwas it ma voted voled to admit to representation ono one delegate from each local labor union and fix the per capita tax at one cent on each member per annum A memorial was received from the womans comans national labor union petitioning titio ning for representation after a discussion in the nature of an in quiny whether the la Is in the quiny whether the la Is in the petition actual interest of labor it was voted to admit all bona fide trades unions of women A resolution was adopted by a vote of fifteen to two to admit representatives from the district organizations of the knights of labors on the same samo basis as aa trade assemblies A resolution was adopted to en oil courage the formation of state federations erat ernt ions lons to influence legislation A commit committee tee was appointed to obtain legal advice as to the constitutionality of the miller chinese bill some provisions provi siona of alch have been set bet aside by a california court end and the committee was instructed if the act is pronounced constitutional to have hav e it enforced if unconstitutional to secure the passage of an amendment the defects A resolution declaring landsom land common property was as adver adversely eely bely reported upon and defeated A resolution by Congre congressman suman murch was vas adopted calling for the hour and the secretary was directed to notify tir y president arthur of the action of this Con congress gress gregs 23 from indications today the strike of the coal miners has proven a failure of 59 pita pits in this district only 14 havo hava been idle idles and the majority of these have resumed T parra 23 the fourth and fifth floors 0 of arrows latho two mills occupied by clark keene wooden manufacturers priestley Ss bros manufacturers of diess dress good and ld wedley tetlow cotton yarn manufacturers are burned out lose clark dark keene alone suffering a loss of about some 65 employees escaped by the fire escape NEW yora YORK 23 the remains of thurlow thurlo w weed will vill lie in instate state at albany the pall bearers selected are gen james watson webb ex governors fish and morgan A W beward seward chas john EL van antwerp alfred van sandford john mckeon isaac bell and jas brown E tenn 23 Jo johnson linson Bt alfield feid feld laborer was torn to pieces at springfield today to day by a circular saw baw DES DE s MOINES iowa 23 the woman suffrage convention of iowa was held here today today to day dav addresses were made by urs mrs rind hindman Hind mans of pittsburg and bishop BUFFA BuFFAL lao iiO 91 24 early this morning a very severe bevere storm broke over the city for half an hour the gale wat waa accompanied ac compin 1 ed by thunder and lightning the schooner J from erie brie was forced whore a hore at the i breakwater and bids fair to become la a total wreck the steam barge empire empires ensely rived arrived sy having broken away from her toor of two schooners ners proon groton and A H Y moss J which it is feared are lost undoubtedly there will bo be more casualties to report A sleet storm pr prevails here interrupting telegraphic communication NEW yo york YOEK 21 althe the world ting old dla prin prints ts the following MILWAUKEE mX nov 23 to the editor of the world worlds sir bir I 1 have to say in answer to your enquiries by telegraph that I 1 cannot possibly tell how long the existing and inexcusable railroad war may last it has been begun because we refused to sub mit to what we deemed very unreasonable demands and afterpe after we had offered to leave all points in dispute to td arbitration it augurs bad jy for the future of rail rall railroad roul rowl property in this country if great corporations are to act in this manner after submitting without retaliation for some weeks to unprovoked hostility we arenow simply trying to defend ourselves signed ALEX AIEX president Pre aident 0 M st P by ry indianapolis INDIANA rous 24 this morning a fire in ft a boarding honee originating gina ting in tho rear portion of th the building caused its destruction two servant girls named katie katle daly and E ella eila ila lia keenan were burned to death SAN sax FRANCISCO 24 united states commissioner oblene has been beon suspended from ddom duty on charge of misconduct in connection with tho ease case of seizure of smuggled opium which has his recently ben been be n eo ao prominent in the united states court buffano BUFFALO ithe N 4 the tho terrible terri torri bio blo storm which broke over the city jag jast t night continues today to day in all its fury the city never had to undergo a harder battle with the element several persona persons were jda injured ared thib this morning by falling signs the sidewalks are crowded with debris the wind is strong enough to overtus canvass covered express wagons its ita velocity was 60 miles an hour at this morning Bleet sleet snow and rain have been falling since about 2 the harbor presents a gloomy appearance crance pe arance in addition to the loss of the e schooner doans doane the schooner A jf moss was almost totally wrecked wreck od having haying gone sono upon the breakwater at the toot of york lork rork kork street the life lire baying crew rescued all hands bands and tugs are working to get the vessel off before she goes to pieces entirely the schooner grafton was as on the beach at tint farm at daylight day right and a lifeboat has gone to the rescue the little grant floating elevator capsized during the night and was thrown upon the dock the water in the creek has risen four feet the schooner doane is now breaking up bo so far not a life has been lost in this port dort but escapes have been miraculous washington 24 A catalogue of articles accumulated at the dead let ter office during the past year yean has ter office during the past year yean has just been houed issued announcing the bale sale thereof at public auction dec ath the tha articles consist ef jewelry and toilet goods and every conceivable thing which could be sent through the mails malla there are more than packages WA washington NaToN sl 21 the special census bulletin shows that in ju the united states slates are persons of ten years ot of age and upwards unable to read unable to write of native whites unable to write there are colored persona persons ten years and upwards unable to write or 70 per cent of the population illiteracy la 13 con fined principally to the southern states the Post Dep department artmont has signed a contract for supply supplying kg the combination letter shee sheo s and envelopes ve lopes the interior department is inform ed that navajo indians with herds and other property all returned to reservation and that eherd is no further need of troops iu in that vicinity CLEVELAND 24 jessra gowher of new york howard of massachusetts Edmon edmondston daton of wash ington powers of chicago and foster of ohio were appointed a COmm committee ittes on legislation for the ensuing year washington 24 21 the secretary of the treasury this afternoon dl di reeled assistant treasurer acton at new york to accept donds on all calls including the without rebate of interest at the rate of per week on any day of the week payable at the office of the assistant treasurer the cause chupe e of this order is the recent danoy condition of the money market manket the garfield gatfield monument ear eai w will open at 2 p m tomorrow to morrow itie me exercises will not include the contemplated |
