Show B BY Y n ln ell eul L E G I 1 t A FR congressional SENATE washington 2 cameron presented the credentials of wm A wallace senator elect from pennsylvania clayton clay ton presented a petition from jas brooks claiming to be the legal governor of arkan arkansas saws and praying that the office now vi withheld from him by force and fraud ho be restored by the action of cn con gress and that lie he be protected therein ordered pointed and referred eherman sherman submitted a resolution instructing the judiciary committee to I 1 inquire u J ire lre into the existing legislation in n the district of columbia and add learn if it there is any to suppress gambling establishments in the Di district and if there is no such legislation to report a bill to confer such power adopted it was waa announced that sargent who was to address the senate on louisiana matters today to day had llad been taken suddenly ill and could not speak to day and on motion of ofin in galls the committe com eom mitte milte on oil indian affairs was allowed till 2 pm for the disposition of the bills oil on the calendar from that committee washington 2 1 the committee on transportation 3 submitted the preamble and resolutions lut ions agreed on by tile the committee yesterday recommending appropriations for the improvement of certain water routes ingalls called up the bill to authorize the seneca nation milon of indians in newyork new vork york to leae leake within the cattaraugus Cattar augus and alle aghany reservations and to confirm con eon the existing leases A long discussion ensued McCree hamilton of texas opposing the billas bilias hill as part of a scheme to swindle these indians out of lands they had held peaceably for 99 years and the title to which xa vas ras s not now and never was in the 17 S hamilton pres pred res resi i anted it a petition from the tho indians indians against the proposed bill and mccreery moved to recommit it but ingalls defended the bill and it was finally passed 26 to 17 after an executive session the senate adjourned washington K 3 logan introduced a bill authorizing the retirement of general W H emory the TJ B A rank and pa pay v of a brigadier general referred the house bill appropriating 25 to defray the expenses ef of entertaining Hala unla kalakaua katia katla du during ring his recent visit here was passed the senate then disposed of a large number of bills reported by the committee on pensions washington 3 1 31 orrill vt called up the resolutions or f the vermont legislature protesting against the ratification of the proposed canadian reciprocity treaty and addressed the senate anop in opposition to the treaty after an executive session the senate adjourned jour ned HOUSE the house met at 10 a rss in continuation of monday mond Moud ayls ayli session ihen khen when iben after some preliminary skirmishing butler of mass moved to suspend the rules so as to give committee on rules the privilege 1 reporting forthwith the motion was rejected yeas nays 90 00 less than two thirds affirmative after considerable filibustering g the majority finally succeeded by one ono Vote in suspending the rules and the committee on rules reported the garfield rule to prevent filibustering bu and a discussion ensued the house resumed its session at teli tell am butler of mass moved to suspend the rules so as to give the committee on rules leave to report f a change or amendments to the rules and providing that during the th e consideration of such sach report no should be entertained by the speaker masson s amendment was rejected and cessna was not admitted and the rule was then adopted to 87 senero still voting with the minority AMERICAN W 11 1 Uve Houghton will introduce tomorrow a liew new bill to encourage telegraphic communications between amerle america and asia it autho altho ases lis esthe the laying and maintenance of cables between these thes a coasts by bear clear moreno and directs diorec ts the bec rotary of tha the navy to place one or more steam vessels at the disposition of the company for surveys survey and laying the cables the bill hill grants granta no other privileges and makes no re regulations 0 as to the tariff of charges ST louis L 1 the Pe peoples savings bank is reported to have been swindled indeed by its cashier out of from to with which lie has absconded YORK 1 I the january circular of the silk association of america reports packages of raw silk received during the month of f which packages were via tiina irina iri panama na and J packages direct the rhe total oid tol loi old d value of silk and silk manufactures landed during the month is in the beecher trial nial rial this afternoon tilton tilgou testified to his ills wife confessing con cou to him her criminality with beecher and of f an interview he tilton subsequently had with beecher locked in til tons tona room in which he lie informed i beecher of mrs til ton tons a con conesa esslau iou lon when tilton had said what he lie wished to say to beecher lie he u unlocked the door of the room and sald said to him you are free to go beecher appeared not to hear him and sat gat as if in a dream tilton repeated it and beecher arose and walked to the door but came i ack and aska asked luay may luny I 1 go for the last time and see ellzabeth elizabeth tilton tillon said no 3 then desind yes Ye and said to beecher 46 do kot not not childe aliide her tier if you smite her with a word I 1 will smite you in a tenfold degree I 1 did not slite you when I 1 had power for my cifes sake but if you chide her with a word I 1 I 1 will smite your name before the world beecher put both hands to his head and said it all out beecher went stairs with lis his its hands to his head and moulton was at the foot he asked if lie had f elizabeths confession and mom MOW ton answered yeb yes ye 11 beecher said this will kill me moulton and he thereupon went into the parlor NEW ORLEANS L 1 the evidence berble berbie the congressional committee cittee today to day did not differ materially from that already received the chairman hoar has need fixed 31 as tile tiie number of witnesses to be examined on the republican side and thirty five on the democratic side in reference to the alleged intimidation of voters NEW YORK 2 in the beecher trial this morning tilton contina sd ed his evidence on the same as yesterday A harrisburg dispatch gives given an account of a disgraceful scene iu the pennsylvania kenw house of representatives senta tives yesterday during a parliamentary contest over a petition t in reference to a contested election cae wold a republican me member niber niter came in conflict with the tile speaker who finally ordered him to be put nut ut under arrest when when the republican members rallied to his ills de defense rense and forcibly took him from the sergent at arms CHICAGO 2 at sheffield bureau z co ills on sunday night samuel reed shot his brother brof nier fier henry dead in a quarrel about some family matters henry who was a power powerful ful rul man six feet eight inches tail tall was going up stairs in ills his fathers house with the avow ed intention of whipping him when the latter fired at him from the top of or the stairs the ball entering his bis heart the family ia Is wealthy and FALL PALL RIVER mass 2 the granite and crescent mills closed yesterday and tiie the merchants today owing to dissatisfaction about the wages of the tile weavers expressed last night resolved that one thousand of their number shall go back to england half fare to bo be advanced to eat each ii it is held beld that this will be much more economical than keeping them in the funds of or the union the tile spinners working wil will 1 be assessed 1 per week each while the difficulty continues the tho weavers say they are are aro ready leady to submit their differences to arbitration washington 2 col coi of ills second assistant postmaster poat master general will bo be appointed governor of colorado in place pinco of or mccook who will resign ST LOUIS 2 the acting president and secretary of the tho People peopled le savings institution today to day assigned the bank to 1 I H fisse no examination rmina amina tinn of or the tho affairs hag hai yet been made NEW NEAV ORLEANS 2 the congressional committee today to day examined general badger chief of police who gave a history of the fourteenth of or september troubles and prosecuting attorney beck beckw ith who related the story of tile the cou bhatta massacre but no new features to in either case were elicited general sherilan sheridan and staff left here today to day for vicksburg Vick it is understood under stool that they will not return here but that the headquarters of the department of the missouri missour sour will bo be established reestablished re at chicago SAN FRANCISCO 2 0 king kalakaua and suite and the U S min ister lster at hawaii mr pierce sailed today to day on the tiie S steamer pensacola for honolulu the pensacola was escorted down the bay by the U S steamer mcpherson on board of which were general schofield and staff the steamer was saluted from the forts with a royal salute among the passengers on the pensacola fent pent bacola sacola id is col A B steinberger special commissioner of the US U 8 to the samoan islands he visited the islands about a year ago and informally established close relations between the islands and the U 8 this time the islands will probably be taken under the protection of the government at a meeting of or the chamber of commerce of tho city of losange los angele ies les last night I 1 the reciprocity treaty with the sandwich islands now before the U S senate was the subject of discussion it was urged that under its provi provisions lons ions tropical fruits are to be admitted free of ruty luty while our own wines anti antl ani fruits are excluded from the reciprocity advantages CHICAGO 3 A washington special sass says the house caucus last evening for the purpose of considering whites proposition for governing the disorders in the south with tile the aid of the military was so slimly attended that nothing definite was done the general impression pres slon nion among the majority of the republicans is that it Is too late in the tile session for ody any more political legislation the tile same dispatch mays nays that immediately after ad nd journ ment yester yesterday speaker tendered one of the vacant places on the committee on rules to speer 2 of pa who indignantly rejected it on the gron ground nd that neither he nor any other democrat would be a cipher in the committee the position was tendered to several other democrats demo crata but all declined and the prospect now is that the committee for the rest of the session will be unanimously republican there appears to be IAO a good deal of talk of an extra session as there remains but four weeks of the present session and business is greatly behind the tribunes special says the secretary of the treasury strongly favors the tile proposed nev mint at chicago it ia generally believed that tyner con eon congles congressman gres agman from indiana indians will be appointed second assistant postmaster general in pince of roul boul who is to be appointed governor of colorado the position of pinchbeck before belore the senate committee on elections assaid is said sald to be this there is now nowa a analo majority of one in lavor favor of eating him and if carpenter returns his hia negative vote will tle tie the committee the tribune special says that as an indication of or tl th r b drift of feeling oil on the louisiana question it may be stated that thai it senator hitherto one of the most arde ardent nt and n consistent supporters orthe of the administration and a devout believer in the tile outrage business stated today with emphasis and anth anthun uri uil am that the tile whole kellogg gov a will not vote either in or out of the caucus to recognize 11 it a as the legal government and wont wout vote to seat pinchbeck nor allow himself to be bound to do so MADISON wis 3 the legislature in joint convention thi mori morl morning lil ill elected angus cameron U S senator the result was brought about by a coalition ft of the tile democrats with the bolting republicans the latter offered tho democrats four names from which they inight might choose a candidate judge cole U lox X governor lewis general gippey and angus cameion camelon cammer oi the democratic caucus last night nominated cameron conditionally upon his acceptance of a platform that includes hard money tariff for revenue only and the supremacy of civil authority in time of peace cameron is a law lawyer lawser yer ter a resident of lacrosse 49 years old came bowis to wisconsin in has served six pix ix years in the e was speaker of the house in 67 the vote stood cameron 69 carpenter 58 scattering 4 BOSTON bosto 3 A fire last night in block no IG to Brod broadway dway south boston destroyed the tile stocks of the occupants and damaged the building insurance washington 3 the army engineers ask congress to appropriate half a million to continue the oakland harbor improvement no one here expects such a large sum to be granted but houghton and page are working for a hundred thousand thoua and dollars and it is la unknown that any other member of the delegation will oppose a continuance of this work the entire delegation are united in an endeavor to secure more for the wilmington break water t to turn the san diego biver river into the false bay and liberal appropriations for the improvement of the sacramento and san joaquin rivers the chance chances sj however are that all these estimates will be cut down by congress to the lowest figures whether for new work or for continuing the work already begun the senate in executive session this p in mi considered the proposed canadian reciprocity treaty which found few if any friends and it was rejected without division the tha house judiciary committee today to day agreed to report favorably on butlers postal telegraph bill NEW YORK 3 the ahe secretary of war has transmitted to congress the report of mr major U 9 engineer on tile the proposed improvement pro ot of the yam hill river oregon mickler considers the improvement pro practicable practicably and desirable on account of the benefits that would ensue to producers and consumer sur nerg ners especially of wheat wheal its cost if extended to McMinn evilIe neville is estimated at Mie Mic klers kiers report is transmitted without comment by the department A A washington special says sass that the resignation of governor mccook mccooks ot colorado has been asked by the president political expediency and strong pressure from prominent public men of colorado are given as the reasons for the change 1 the van sun says that sargents Sarg Sar gents eilts bill authorizing the issue of patents to i mining claims in certain case cases contains taine exceedingly objectionable provisions changing the existing preemption pre emption laws for the benefit of foreign ca ita lists thereby enabling in the promoters of the emma mine scheme to thrive at tile the expense of f native miners earl russells book recently published in london distinctly confesses his error in permitting the escape of the confederate steamer alabama though he continues to abuse the hie treaty of washing the saratoga railroad combination meeting to day was presided over by president cox of the toledo led 0 and washington road on motion of thos scott of the pa road it was resolved that the powers of the bureau of commissioners missioners com ners of the western railroads be suspended as far aa as they relate to freigh freight business until otherwise agreed by the managers of these lines iines and that the general freight agents meet immediately to establish rates on the east bound freight business but that the bureau of or western commissioners continue their organization and their control of edthe the passenger business the |