Show BY TELEGRAPH p MB web res nEs TELsa zelza aAra marx uee americas AMERICAN A M R R I 1 C A 14 washington 25 there were no witnesses before the special committee on the improvement of the mississippi today to day but representative ellis eilts put in the following dispatch in regard ta the charge of bribery ST LOUIS 3 an 24 1882 1832 E nohn john euis cuis I 1 am not in a condition to part participate lel iel in any sort of excitement I 1 will say bay however cowden Is ia a little off as to captain eads or my self signed J H bauwin the charge came from captain cowden who has been before the committee for several days advocating his hib outlet system ho he said to ellis ellia that thai baldwin told him that he baldwin had been approached by the eads interest in the river com corm mission and told him ho he should have a slice of the to be awarded for the improvement of the river at plum point beach if he would heep keep his hia mouth shut ellis at once telegraphed baldwin and in response received the above dispatch the committee regard the matter in the light of hearsay and not as evidence no witnesses have been called to substantiate or deny the charge the first national bank of baker city oregon la Is authorized to commence business capital 50 bear admiral pierce manding the south atlantic squadron Is ia ordered to china to take command of the asiatic squadron equa dron wm win G temple will be ordered to the command of the south atlantic squadron equa dron the claim of red rad cloud presented to the indian bureau is for ponies ponie seized from the indians and sold by general crook in 1876 the amount realized was to have been appi appl applied isil to the purchase of cows for the benefit of the indians but red bed cloud asserts this was wab not donean d a partial search of tho the records of the indian bureau falls fails to show any return ever mado made of the money the person who made the bale baie will becal be called ledon on for an explanation if further search does not reveal asat abat ia is factory account of the transaction the ani ant animal mal mai industries of the country was the general subject which occupied the attention of the agricultural convention today to day captain belknap has hag been detached from the command of the waska maska and placed on waiting orders most of the officers have been ordered home ensigns kilmore and wood havo been ordered to duty on the coast survey paymaster smith to settle bettle his accounts and await orders gunner cushman ja Is ordered to the receiving ship independence RepublIC Be publican RU senators eena tors held a brief conference this morning and will probably continue it at the close of the eulogies of senator hill the desire Is ia to adopt a mode of priced ure which will facilitate an olpe dite action on the pending tariff bill it has become evident in the past three or four days to the man managers aKers of the tariff bill in tho the senate that if it Is to pass some united party policy must be decided on to put it through the senates action upon the metal schedule ing with it a storm of reproaches from the strong protection senn rena senators tors backed by threats from the iron ana and steel men here that the bill should never pass precipitated a crisis that called for a republican caucus in the senate today to day the tho caucus was in no benso sense harmonious the grievances of the tho protection ista were freely displayed and called forth impatient recrimination a from the more conservative tariff men as well as aa from members of the fina finance nce was rigidly called to account for the alleged defects in the measure Conger who since tha grades of lumber were placed on the free list has been nursing his wrath denounced the bill herald hebald that great injury has been done his constituents and asserted that it would be impossible for him to vote for the bill in its present shape alah aillston on read the michigan senator a homily upon unselfish party homage by demonstrating the no ne for tariff revision and the utter impossibility of securing it with united party antioni netlon action involving personal sacrifice and generous compromise called allison to account s for attempting to dictate to a brother senator tho the manner in which he should exercise his judgment or censure him for action conserving the beyt best interests of his bis consal constituents arents trents logan was specially severo bevere upon the finance committee expressing the belief that the members had in making up the bill sub served their own special interests to the exclusion of every other he warned the committee that if they expected to secure their individual interests in the ho bill without regard to the interests of other senators they were greatly mistaken recess until the afternoon when tho the caucus met again there was a much better feeling displayed at the afternoon meeting speeches were made by senators hoar Ing ingall alir anthony aldrich aidrich morrill sherman and others and a resolution was adopted providing no adjournment should be taken any day while the bill la Is under consideration except on motion of the senator having it in charge and not then unless substantial stant lal lai progress Is made with the schedule under consideration the caucus also agreed the duty should bo ultimately on lumber to placate conger the duty on pig iron to be increased per ton to please mahone and bherman eherman the duty on pig iron to be increased to 75 cents a ton the commis commission bion gion rate being 50 60 cents this item it la expected will catch both the west virginia senators it Js Is believed there will certainly be five democratic votes for the bill after the adjournment of the senate an informal conference of democratic senators was hold which agreed to restrict speech making NEW YORK 25 evening E rw if the recent litigations between the U P and the credit company are taken for what they purport to be on the face 0 of the law proceedings they indicate an attack of the railway company upon some of the mast most prominent and heretofore largest holders of its stock represented by the ames party and other boston interests and it is probable that this has been one cause of the recant selling of union pacific on orders presumed to come from boston the washington dispatches of last nigh night giving notice of the preparation pa ration of the attorney general to bring suit bult against the U P road to recover about do not seem to afflect affect the market price of the U P stock probably because it does not strike the general public as ass consistent with the policy of the government to subsidize a railway and then tax the process of construction st new now york 25 the post says we learn from the chairman of the government directors of the union pacific railroad company that the reports ol 01 trouble or discord between them and the officers and directors of the company are without foundation all information asked for by the government directors was waa by the company and the government directors are now actively engaged in the preparation pre of their report for the secretary of the interior knoxville tenn 26 25 A oal cal cai train was wrecked on the tha 11 1 railroad north of this ciry cley clee wiley wright engineer had bad both legs cut off on a man named bonham arm verely beverely ee injured memphis 25 the mel mer memphis lils balins balina brunswick railroad company filed a first mortgage nion gage for upon all their thein property and franchises to the Ja mantee trust safe deposit company of philadelphia for the purpose of raising funds to build and equip the road tucson A T 25 A N towne 9 general beneral manager of tho the C P 8 P road was interviewed to day by a star reporter he stated that through carb cars to new orleans from san ban francisco will leave on the and the first train from new orleans to ban san francisco on the aoth after which time regular trains will run montreal 25 the canadian pa railway stock listed on stock exchange today to day sold at 62 the stockholder announce announced a the listing by the stock exchange yesterday of additional consolidated first mortgage bonds of the denver rio grande on 81 miles of new road also capital stock of the canadian pacific issued on 1730 miles of ro roud roid id already completed and in operation and on 1576 miles in construction also first mortgage bonds of the galveston Hor harrisburg nad mad san ban antonio tonio bearing 5 per cent interest maturing in 1931 secured by second mortgage upon the road of miles eagle pass branch 85 miles heing boeing part of the extension west of ean ban antonio also second mortgage bonds at 6 per par cent maturing la in 1931 secured by subordinate lien on the tame fame property also it announces the listing of the oregon transcontinental co first mortgage trust bonds nov 1 due 40 years after date unless previously redeemed through the operation of the sinking fund to be invested in these bonds at and accrued interest the bonds to bo be obtained either by purchase purchases 3 or be ba drawn by lot bearing 6 per cent interest Boiton 25 the mexican central railroad hab hns issued a subscription for which amount they consider sufficient to complete the main line by the first quarter of the year 1884 1881 monterey I 1 mex 25 the mexican government has accepted the mexican national road from santa catarina to marcia marela 22 additional kilometers kilo klio washington 26 the woman were before the house judiciary committee this morning protesting against the clause in the willets anti polygamy bill which disfranchises franchises dis chides women who now vote in utah the secretary of the navy will recommend the passage of a bill mii to the officers of the crew of the late steamer It odgers rodgers for the loss of their personal effects when the vessel was destroyed to lo allow the mother of master putnam othe vessel one years pay and to re ward the natives of st lawrence JL awrence bay for hospitalities extended to the shipwrecked crew I 1 Secre secretory tury folger has add aad addressed rested a letter to speaker kelfer relative to the amount of sliver silver coin on hand and the facilities for its safe in the sub treasury offices showing an urgent necessity for providing additional vault room at once for storing the silver or for discontinuing the coinage of standard silver dollars one of the fish commissioners 1 cars loaded with carp started for california last wednesday many of these thebe will be distributed from st louis to applicants in missouri and arkansas others from texarkana Tex arkana to applicants in northern texas and palls will also be left in new mexico and arizona the fish will bo be boot beat from sn ban francisco by a epenial messenger to oregon and washington territories and applicants in utah and idaho will be supplied gup eup plied piled from ogden arother another car la Is now in texas the commission will begin in february to dis tribute white sah flah in the lake region trout will go next and salmon later in the season the secretary of the navy has received the following cablegram from minister hunt at st petersburg ensign harry barry hunt telegraphs from as follows pleaze please inform the department that Lar rived bare with the party en route to the united states interpreter accompanied us to Oren bury I 1 would recommend he return with the caskets will await answer I 1 havo directed e Thor nans naus return as aa suggested by ensign hunt members of the foreign affairs committee committie believe there is no that the hawaiian treaty will be either modified oi or abrogated by Con congress greus greks philadelphia 26 a collector charged with embezzling about from sharpless Shar pleas plesa sons Is arrested Tex texarkana arkana 26 ed garrett colored freds who murdered his hia wife was hanged today to day he confessed the crime on tho the ga gallows and expressed repentance he met his fate bravely Tay taylorville lorville ill lil 26 G franch bar for the murder of jas ja mcmurray was hanged here at noor noon slept well and appeared unconcerned until approaching the gallowe gallo gal gai lowr wp when he ha showed much nervousness ness nesa omaha 26 A terrific explosion of dynamite occurred this morning at florence cutoff cut off nine miles north of where a large camp of railroad laborers were at work on oa the omaha st paul dynamite la Is used for blasting the frozen earth and dynamite cartridge cartridges a having haehl been frozen some men were thawing them out near a fire when the explosion ensued the frame build ing in which were quite quito a number of men was blown to pieces and several beveral men were seriously wounded but strange to bay say none were killed two of the wounded men have been brought to the hospital at this thia city the tho concussion from the explosion was felt for miles around the fire tire which broke out in caldwell block at I 1 f clock this morning was got under control at 4 and shortly afterwards extinguished mcmahon albert co wholesale drugg drugs carried a stock of about M entirely destroyed insurance heyer whole sale groceries stock worth at least 60 50 per cent lom loss covered by insurance these two buildings were destroyed henry hornberger liquor and billiard hall shaw ratcliffe gambling hall john wirth restaurant sprague Bp warner co confectionary west fritchel fritchen cigar makers are losers to a great extent either by fire or water J J brown wholesale dry goods goode lost seven or eight thou sand band dollars by water and removal of goods he carried insurance eu su rance the total damage by fire is estimated at mearly nearly most of the loomers being covered by insurance su the fire originated in a ta basement of mcmahon albert gob cob building and antl shot up the elevator shaft to three cloots above at one time the whole of cf caldwell block wai threatened several thousand dollars worth of dry goods were stolen from browns browna stock as it was being carried out and ten teu thieves were arrested ethere there were thirty or forty thieves at work in plundering denver 26 news mews pueblo this morning a ranchman living near heres here found in a dense thicket a corpse which had evidently been there a month or more the flesh bad had been teen entirely eaten off the face and hands by magpies the body was razen frozen stiff A superficial examination of the papers papera found in the pockets indicate that his name was john A wellman an attorney from denver he had committed suicide by shooting himself through the head deceased was aa well known in denver as a lawyer of of a morosa and unhappy disposition several weeks ago owing to some little trouble with his hla wife who is regarded as a most estimable lady he attempted to destroy himself bj b taking poison but failed BOSTON 26 the transcript bays says judge dillon of new york and sidney bartlett counsel ot of the union pacific have been in consultation today to daywitt day with boston directors the subject of the discue discussion sion blon cannot be learned there is outside talk of closing dosing up the new york office and brIng bringing ingall all ali the companas comp anys ef effects flecta from the influence of wall street canton 0 26 A passenger and freight on the tha connorton valley road boad collided this afternoon the engines were smashed the engi neer acer and fireman had their legs cut off there were 15 pres pris passengers on the train who were severely shaken mt sterling ky 26 an entire crew of five men of the freight train on the chee Chea speke ohio railroad are arrested for stealing from h height eight cars topeka 26 the lower house of the legislature this thia afternoon passed a concurrent resolution setting forth the consolidation of the union pacific and kansas pacific railway companies was in violation of the lw law of kansas kanbas with a view of de dc finitely determining the matter the attorney general la Is directed to institute in |