Show i R B TELEGRAPH Y fi ame amr AMERICAN mican 1 1 A NASHVILLE NA 22 the celear celebration tio n of birthday was waa a grand affair business was entirely suspended and fully people were in the streets cannon lannon were fired and thousands of amer american flags were displayed the thing of principal significance was that th atthe abe the federals confederated federated con coli federates and nd colored people nied vied with wi reach other in ae e af pf the sn sni i it iti an fn menu ment 1 ignoring g noring pasc d clr t i ence i eid eed and fid f fully u I 1 1 y recognizing la united nation 9 0 ia the house bradley of blich cArom Mi chrom from the committee on public landsa lands moved to tei suspend the rules and pass a bill for fbi ithe thorvale thom thor sale saie odthe timber lands an rin california and oregon and wash avash in quantities not exceeding acres and in the other territories not exceeding 40 acres at the minimum price of ot per acre excluding indian and military reservations and mineral lands agreed to the house committee on elections decided six against five in favor of Lawrence and Sherl sheri sheridan dan daD of lathe la thel normer former contesting the seat of apher the latter that of pinch back as representative of the state at large the refusal of the house today to day coseta to set bet a time for considering the texas pacific billiman bill may imay be considered ladds as conclusive of lits gits chance cli oil ancer this session scotts friends generally concede this botsay but say it will pass next winter when congressmen will bo be less timid i the louisiana conservative committee had bad an interview with the president today to ofay day burke of the ho committee proposed to read his his bis amendment to the wheeler proposition liopo but the president informed inY nto ormed him that he could not be a party to any agreement aa as his duty was to execute the law not to make makke compromises but buthe he would rejoice if the opposing parties in louisiana could bould come to some agreement the president eulogized wheeler as a compromiser he said some mistakes had ben made but if he had been governor of louisiana at the time of the september troubie trouble tr ho he would have turned the disturb ers ors of the peace over I 0 o the courts the president informed the committee that he would consult with other parties to the contest in louisiana and alid said that no man mad would re rejoice bolce more than ho he if some settle t clement ment of the disputed matters could be made it being suggested to the tha president that some tion from washington would rould probably be necessary to fluence influence in the action of the republicans in louisiana he after some consideration referred the committee to wheeler who being interviewed said he would do all in his power by action influence and advice to settle the louisiana difficulties on the basis of his proposition which ho he declined to modify ATLANTA ga gw 23 an investigation of the accounts of the state treasurer under the direction of the finance committee of the legislature shows that one hundred and fifty nifty thousands in bonds has been paid twice and the examination is not concluded state treasurer jones junes states committee that het ild was vas vas was unable for fbi a long time to obtain from henry clews co of newyork New york ninan finan financial cel cUl agents agent of the state any account of his transactions and when the tho statement was finally obtained it showed that the same bonds had been paid annew in new york and by the state treasurer to the amount above stated treasurer jones charges by implication that clews paid the state bonds and without cancelling them again put them on the market NEW yobu YORK 23 in the beecher trial today to day the cross examination of mrs moulton was brought to a close the counsel for the tile prosecution stating that lie he rested ills lils his case washington foster phelps ph elps potter and marshall present the majority report of the MO committee on the state of tho the affairs in louisiana and conclude as follows in our judgment all that is needed in louisiana is to withdraw the federal troops and leave t the be deop people 0 of that state to govern t them lie lle selves |