| Show BY TELEGRAPH pm eaas xoma za AMERICAN M E RI C AN NEW yore YOKE 17 the amount of construction work on the northern pacific railroad is Js stated by vice president oakes as follows three hundred and twenty miles finished in the yellowstone valley 25 on the wisconsin division divi blon aion and up the valley of clarks claries fork of the columbia in idaho and montana making snaking in all miles in addition there have been miles of grade the gap between the two ends of the track in bion Blon montana tana is now miles apart nearly all being heing in the old portions of the territory between bozeman and missoula mis soula where gold minea mines attracted a considerable bid sid erable population as early as 1862 the present end of the track on road building west Is livingston a new now town at the head of the yellowstone Jow low stone valley the total mileage ninia finia finished lied of the main 1122 line line now operated by the company ia Is 1456 bo so far advanced is the work on the uncompleted section that the open ing of tho the entire line to the pacific coast la in regarded aa ati certain to take place next summer washington 18 hon clinton briggs for two years a prominent lawyer and statesman of nebraska resident of washington was killed this morning by failing off a train at afton iowa cincinnati IS 18 there was collision at 10 last night at kings station 30 miles from here between the limited express and und a passenger train on the pittsburg cincinnati st louis louls road WH wharton Wb arton postal cler kwas instantly killed and postal clerks hanover and goeble were hurt one enji engineer neer is reported killed the accident happened on the high curve between foster and new lebanon the engineer mlkle peters of the east bound train had bad his head separated from his body postal clerk W H wharton living in urbana was also instantly inet antly killed and W H hanover postal clerk living in hollinghead substitute for harry madison postal clerk and adam genkel postal clerk were seriously injured cause of the accident accidents engineer pierce mistook the accommodation for the limited express train Atthe at the sharp curve the trains crashed in Into to each esch other one at the rate of 75 the other 40 miles an hour the two engines were mashed together and the postal cars piled upon them then boother no oth er cars weda wera thrown from the track washington 18 the president has nominated dominated john olmstead commissioner of the diarist of col the consular appropriation bill appropriates ates being 58 above the estimate the treasurer of the U B S has received from J B R 1 attorneys in cash for account of the con science fund A circular will vill ba be issued today suspending the exchange of sa into sa from dec to feb the secretary of the treasury announced that the three months interest due feb let iet next on the bonds bonda embraced in the call will be paid by checks the fraction of interest due feb loth will be paid with the principal of the bonds when redeemed owing to the resolution for a holiday hollday recess coming up as a privileged question and to the long debate thereon as well as to the fact of the early adjournment of the house neither tho the states were called for bills bille nor the committee for pro propositions to suspend the rules these circumstances are almost without precedent since the adoption of the new now rules the supreme court of the united states to day ren zen rendered dered a decision in the supreme court of the united states to day ren zen rendered dered a decision in the celebrated political assessment case of newton curtis employed in theN the new kew york custom house houses convicted under the statute forbidding any officer or employee of the government not appointed by the president from receiving from a fellow employee money to be med used for political purposes the case came before the supreme court on application for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the law la Is unconstitutional being an abridgement abridge ment of the pe personal liberty of government eni employees in their capacity copa city as citizens the rho rhe opinion read by chief justice waite walte holds the act entirely constitutional and tending to the purity ana efficiency of the public bervice service that while it prohibits one employee of the government from receiving political assessments or contributions contrIbution a from another it does not prohibit such auch payments to per sons not in government employ so that the employee may give money to advance tho the interest of his party if BO so inclined hon edward mcpherson has prepared a list of representatives elect eject elect aa as follows fol foi lows lowe democrats republicans independents 5 green backers 2 af re adjusters 6 according to this classification the democrats have a majority over all of 69 59 there are two vacancies caused by the deaths of herron of louisiana and updegraff of ohio to be filled one of these theme vacancies will be filled by a democrat and the other by a republican and tb the e democratic majority I 1 ty will still ba be 69 following are the names of the independents according to mcphersons sons classification Fl finerty nerty ills liis layman mass chalmers miss blips york NC and ochiltree texas the green backers are brumm penn and calamity weller weiler of iorii the bix six readjust ers era are all from virginia mcpherson la Is careful to say that in putting the name of gen chalmers on the list of members elect he does not assume to foreclose the question involved in the chalmers manning case but as official returns of the vote include votes of tate county for chalmers thus giving him a majority over manning the name of chalmers has been placed on the list for statistical pur purposes poses potes ees 17 W hayea hayes mill and feet of bf lumber burned this morning loss insurance memphis IS 18 chas chaa bowen bowens colored carpenter this afternoon fell from the steeple of avery chapel and broke his neck cincinnati IS 18 this afternoon the boiler bunat burst in the globe rolling mills with serious effect thomas malloy was instantly killed leon Harg rott rolt fatally injured and the following seriously injured denis lob ble bie john castello J B R byan ryan jno byan ryan 1 hargrave thos kelley james buchanan and several unknown men the boiler had been cracked a long along time but the crack being from the inside could not be detected memphis 18 A fire this morning at Corsi corsicana corsicans cana cans texas burned two cotton ehens containing bales of cotton clayton miss bliss IS 18 the principal business houses burned loss batterson Pat rat tenson tereon IS 18 the magazine of the laffin rand band works at mountain view miles from this city blew up this afternoon killing thre three men emen the explosion shook a number of buildings in this city names of the men killed bryan tansy henry kuhl emigrant and john white the men were just about to quit work when the slon elon occurred the build iniza for a mile around were shaken there is not a pane of glass left whole in the neighborhood washington 18 A fire occurred this evening in the third story of a building on F street mainly occupied as lau lav offices by bichard richard D merrick principal counsel for the government in the star route cases the fire was undoubtedly incendiary and merrick asserts it was for purpose of destroying important papers in the star route cases casee which were known to bo be in his office the fire was promptly extinguished with the loss ota ofa of a few hundred dollars but no papers of consequence were injured newport ark IS 18 this place was this morning visited by one of the most disastrous conflagrations ever known in the city the fire laid waste sixty buildings nearly all of which were occupied by business firms eight brick stores are included in the ruing mine loss estimated at insurance new york 17 merrick Merric fc he insurance new york 17 merrick Merric fc he says saya lost no paper capeis a by the fire in ichla his boffl office ce and all the papera which would at this time be of special importance to the government are secured in a safe eafe in his private office the chief of the fire ere department has consider ed it ne ceary necessary to leave an experienced fireman to watch the tho premises chief cronin states the premises were certainly set on fire it is learned that rumor immediately connected connect edthe the nnie fire with the star route cases merrick says he has not the slightest knowledge of the origin of the nnie fire other than the statement of chief Cron Cronin inand jand sand can cau not account for the rilo 1110 motive tive of any one in attempting such a crime minneapolis 28 A fire in barton block this morning total loss about insurance grand orand rapids lae 18 the business portion of hopkins Is burned lose loss partly insured kina Hina KINGSTON sTaw ont oat 18 This after hoon noon robert bobert robinson son of wm win robinson ex MP andl and john spencer son eon of rev rey Ee mr Spen spencers spencer cers cerp clerf cleri leal secretary while skating broke through the ice lee and drowned san ban francisco 17 ponti portland and or dispa toll toli george stevens stevene daniel simpson and david medine three highly respected citizens of newport were drowned today to day while crossing yaquina bay in a small boat bodies carried out to bea eca LEADVILLE 17 A shooting affray occurred in a state street dance hall at 2 this morning in which two men received fatal wounds the trouble arose between parties named miller and cum over a dispute about paying for a drink when both drew pistols and commenced firing cummings received one ball in the shoulder and another in the mouth while a third struck a looker on named Ke arick from victoria ills the ball passing through his lungs both bath men w wili will die miller was untouched new haven 17 jame rame kelley joseph dunn und patrick doolan are arrested for passing counterfeit silver dollars new york 17 mar martin tin Hess who appears to be a dangerous character stabbed and killed frederick doch teman as the result of a quarrel over a poker game in which hess heas lost 75 cents chicago 17 Sneak thieves stole a box containing 2000 in registered bonds and a large num number ber der of hi historical and private papers of immense value the property of hon john wentworth and after taking out tho the bonds hid the box and papers in tile the cellar A thief giving the name of flower was captured in the act of carrying away the had been left in the cellar this morning new york 17 the fugitive secretary of the brooklyn board of education uca tion Is a defaulter to the amount of expert accountants report the city endeavored to recover a portion of the money from alderman hany harry johnson brother in law of the fugitive Wilkes barre 18 cyrus W thomas merchant of hazelton was convicted today to day of forgery Kearney Neb 18 the trial of matt zimmerman for fon concluded saturday from the beginning it was very clear how the case would terminate as the evidence of guilt was conclusive the jury found a verdict of murder in the first degree degrees and zimmerman was sentenced to be hanged at minden neb april next he will be removed to the penitentiary tomor to mor row for safekeeping safe keeping he is the man who killed the sheriff and two deputies bax SAN fran FAAN feancisco cisco 17 boise olty 1 idaho dispatch the Ter ten ritoda legislature is now fully organized the assembly has elected D W fouch republicans republican speaker the governor i message was delivered last evening before the joint session he denounced in strong terms the evils evila of polygamy which to a considerable sid erable extent prevails in idaho he says if the mormon church cannot survive the losif of this criminal practice it deserves to perish from the face of the eath cath he suggests the adoption of some measures eo 60 no person shall be excluded from testifying in any proceeding in polygamy on account of the marriage relation with the defendant that cohabitation with more than one woman be considered a continuous offense that to preach the doctrine of polygamy or encourage others to go into polygamous relations be punished as severely as the crime itself that congress be me moralized moralizer morall zed to amend the present anti polygamy laws calls attention to the fact that in several count les las in idaho cormons mormons both vote and hold office that the provisions of the edmunds bill apply to that territory as well as utah he also the edmunds bill apply to that territory as well as utah he also directs attention to the present defects in the elee elce election ti 0 n laws of ida lda idaho ho and suggests remedies denver IS 18 Es ex senator benator chaffee ia Is expected any day from new york to take a hand in the senatorial fight the contest Is beginning to be very warm if present indications anticipate the result colorado dos next senator will have to pave his path to washington with gold chadd chaff ee returns to colorado to be avenged upon everybody who opposed his late republican campaign and all who aided in the defeat of his candidate for Ao governor vernor he will knife altkin if he can and openly support hamill or tabor the two latter candidates are millionaires hill is supporting hamill and will iut ent put in his strong caucus strength but ut his opponents will refuse to nominate in caucus this thia action will probably result in hamilla elec tion now york 17 the world publishes a portion of the correspondence of prest garfield with senator benator Dorsey domey at atthe the time of his election in 1880 1680 which affords specific proof of the warm cordiality which existed between them and led them into the most confidential intercourse these letters defeat attempts which have been made to refute the statements ments in dorsena Dor seya recent star route card on the ground that his persistent association of garfield with himself was impudent and unwarranted it is plain garfield bought sought and his counsel corneel and help GRAND forns nebi 9 at midnight a fire occurred destro destroying ying 0 a large number of business houses loss the fire department w was wai as helpless the water anter works not being completed the fire is now under control insurance about several lost their entire possessions A corsicana texas special says the loss by fire Is to and that it Is incendiary work CHICAGO 19 the city council has decided to charge the managers of the exposition annual rental several vessels and steam barges are ice lee bound in lake michigan no disasters are reported though the harbor is full of ice the case of mrs scoville adjudged insane recently and then granted a new now trial has been stricken from the docket by agreement it 13 reported the unhappy couple are reunited un I 1 ted and it is hoped this will end the domestic troubles of the miles alles in court J W midgley E P ripley and H H courtwright have returned from new york they were unsuccessful in effecting any change in the system of making california rates between the missouri river and aud the rocky mountains having succeeded in perfecting their pooling arrangement an effort is now being male made to form a pool between the abe pacific roads to california the busi busl business ness neEs parties to the pool to be the atchison Atchi bon aon central southern and texas Pa pacific ciffer the general managers general freight agents and general passenger agents of those roads are now in new york to perfect arrangements cange range ran gement ments for the new pool NEW york YOEK 19 the times says of the dorsey revelations concern log garfield j ed president evidently did not know the real character of the man I 1 with whom in 1880 he was in close correspondence as a republican manager ann it was necessary that this person should be prosecuted as a conspirator against the government there was nothing in hla hia relations with |
