| Show BY TELEGRAPH Z FORTY FO FIFTH CONGRESS SENATE washington 10 wallace wailace introduced trod a bill to authorize the exchange of subsidiary coin cola for trade dollars referred the bill provides that subsidiary coins shall be exchangeable for trade dollars at the rate of loo JOO cents for each of said dollars and they shall forthwith be resolved resol ned into subsidiary coin coln and the gain if it any be made may be used by the secretary of the irrea treasury to pay the tho expense of fending f sending subsidiary coin to such persons or banks as may desire the ame iame i in exchange for other bonds the coinage of trade dollars shall cease from and after the passage of this act spencer from the committee on military affairs report reported bd favorably on the senate bill authorizing the appointment of dr junius powell as an assistant surgeon in the TJ S army in explanation of the bill he said that dr powell had already rendered services as an assistant surgeon but he could not be regul regularly ariy appointed because he served in the confederate army when a minor daring a brief debate on the bill beck gave notice that tomorrow to morrow he would introduce a bill to repeal section 1218 of the revised statutes of the united states which provides that no person who has served in any capacity in the military or naval or civil service of the so called confederate states arof or of either of theSta the states in the insurrection during the late rebellion llon ilon shall be appointed to any position in the army of the united states the bill was read the third time and passed yeas 39 nays 21 allison aill Alli aon from the select commit ee ce to inquire into the charges against stanley matthews submit ted fed a resolution requesting the hoube souse to transmit to the senate a copy of the testimony of james E Af anderson iderson relating to matthews taken before the house committee agreed to when this testimony is ts furnished the committee will enter upon the investigation at the expiration of the morning hour consideration was tyas resumed of the bill relating to presidential elections sand and morgan anadel a k speech fa voting the measure after debate the senate held a brief executive session and adjourned till tomorrow to morrow DOUSE the speaker announced as a committee to inquire into the causes of the yellow fever epidemic young gibson goode hartridge morse garfield harmer and chittenden the speaker also announced appointments point ments to nil 1111 vacancies in the committees commit teea the house then went into committee of the whole springer in the chair on the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill on motion ot of hale the salary of ministers to england eranee germany garmany and russia reported in the bill at was by a vote of 93 to 91 put back to the present figure an amendment to increase the salary of the ministers to spain austria italy brazil mexico japan and china from to was defeated likewise an amendment providing lw fbi the ministers to belgium and the netherlands consideration of the bill having been concluded in committee of the whole the house passed the bill after striking out an amendment agreed to in committee increasing the salaries of the ministers to great britain france germany and russia the amendments providing for a secretary of legation at brazil for a consul general at athens and requesting the president to revise the tariff of consular fees and prescribe such rates aa as will make them conform as nearly aa as may be to the fees charged by other commercial nations for similar berv lese iese were adopted wood from the committee on or ways waya and means reported a bill to authorize the Issue iesue of certificates of deposit in aid of refunding the pub iio ilo debt he recommended also I 1 the resolution distributing the presidents biden si ts message among the various committees adopted Th the house eHouse then went In into committee of the whole on the naval appropriation bill clymer explained that it was substantially the bill of last year as it became a maw law law the estimates of the secretary of the navy had been only about greater than last years yearb appropriation the committee on appropriations had been able without detriment to the service and with the concurrence of tho the department to reduce the amount asked for by the appropriation last year had been and abo bill recommended not a single amendment was offered to tho the bill and the committee rose and reported it to the Hou seand it was thereupon passed A resolution was passed to pay to the widow of the late representative from nebraska mr welsh the pay of a member to the end of the congress the speaker laid before tile the house the request of the senate to be furnished with a copy of james E Z andersons anderson Ander sons sona s testimony relating to senator matthews Matthow ss and vind on motion of potter the request was wag complied with adjourned A AMERICAN M E R 10 A N CHICAGO 10 tho tribunes tribune 78 omaha special baya saya james jamea mccrary while en route on the union Pacific emigrant train from california fornia ato to visit his brother here committed suicide last night between evanston Ey anston and green river the inter Wa washington illington special says bays matthews 7 committee met this morning and discussed the tho question of ending bonding to nevada for anderson as a witness no decision was reached it was however decided to send to the house for fur a copy of the testimony given by anderson the tribunes washington special says that senator camerons camerona report on the corbin butler butier election is composed of a full document and will generally be supported by the republicans it concludes that no representative from laurens and Edg counties were legally elected and come conae the election of IL 0 butler was illegal and the election of corbin was valid in all respects the tribunes omaha special says bays the jury at nebraska city found henry jackson henry martia martin and wm win givens guilty of murder in the second degree for killing charles slocum and outraging his wife the evidence seemed to war braat a in the first degree and anu judge BO jio staled stated in his sentence of the penitentiary for life which he p passed assed upon the murderers yesterday about two a assembled at the jail broke in the door overpowered the jailer seized martin and jackson land and taking them half a mile south of the court house bung them to a tree where the bodies were found this morning givens was taken to the penitentiary tent iary this morning by a strong guard fifty two eminent members of the chicago bar association held a meeting this afternoon and adopted resolutions addressed to the illinois representatives in washington expressing the hope that they would use their influence to prevent v n the impeachment proceedings against judge blodgett which are characterized as malicious unjust and instigated by personal grievances or ignorance confidence is expressed in his integrity ability and industry and his impeachment it is asserted would be a public calamity i GALESBURG ills liis 10 A nire fire this morning destroyed the broom corn warehouse ef of 0 J M Shel shei Bh sheldon eldon eidon don dOD with considerable stock loss pa partially bially insured rut PUT P JERVIS N Y 10 heavy rains have caused floods in the streams interrupting railway travel and doing much damage to property the outlet of the port jervis jervia reservoir ia Is overflowing its banks no 2 near stephens point on the jefne Jefre jefferson branch of the erie road feet long and 32 feet high was carried away this afternoon WACO texas 10 at lAt sunday sud BUD day down near summerville masked men bur hur rounded the house of john and threw throw a torpedo inside the inmates rushing out they shot bufus rufus smith john muil mull killed smiths wife and wounded a baby the assassins are arc unknown cincinnati 0 10 john 0 01 Cn northe ex member of the ohio legislature who was waa convicted in the united states court for forging certain papers to procure an inva lid Ild pension was sentenced iced to one years imprisonment in the montgomery county jail and to pay the costs of prosecution lil ift i lit COLUMBUS S C 10 governor hamptons Ham leg it g was amputated to da day y hla hia immediate friends say h his hia s condition 0 ia is not dangerous the legislature elected governor hampton to the united states bea een ate the yote vote in the senate was unanimous the house with two exceptions voted for hampton these exceptions were miller and simmons Bim sim mons colored members from beaufort who voted for mackey washington 10 the representatives senta tives of the BO so called phila delphia land association are making vigorous and extremely persistent efforts to induce th the house eHouse committee on private land claims to report the laro bill back to the house without any expression of ot opinion either for or against in order that they may then have it referred to the judiciary committee in the hope of possibly obtaining favorable action from the latter committee or at least of preserving their so called claim from a dabag ing record and thus be prepared to renew renew it with some chance of success in congress they have no hope of obtaining a favorable report from the present private land claims committee on which on the contrary by a formal vote last session decided to report it unfavorable and if they cannot persuade the majority of the committee to report it back without a recommendation of any sort they will urge that the bill be kept on the files of the committee until it expires with of this congress horace davis is busily at work undermining this movement and ia Is today to day confident that it will utterly fail and that although the chairman of the committee is apparently patently ly in favor of the bill a large majority will adhere to their former action and report the bill back to the house with an emphatic disapproval senator booth today to day presented the memorial of boss ross dempster co pope talbot and 25 other mercantile firms of san francisco praying for legislation to authorize the payment of war premium claims out of the balance of the tha geneva award he also presented the memorial of governor downey and 50 60 other citizens of los angeles and vicinity against the adoption of the proposed commercial treaty with france prance affecting the present rates rateb of dutt duties on imported wines and brand braud brandies les ies ban SAN 10 the united states grand jury has failed to indict S B anderson at san jose the testimony showed tuat that government bad had lost no money through anderson Ander sons sens s operations in renting routing the premises promises owing to contractors failing to perform service between prescott and hardy hardyville Hard ville arizona a ton of mail matter has accumulated at the prescott postoffice post poat office owing to the failure of the contractors on the route between ehrenberg and bignal signal and mineral park three tons accumulated at ehrenberg Eu including many man registered letters whalers chalers lately arrived from the arctic report that a ship believed to be the larger of the two vessels of the swedish polar expedition is blocked in it ilo ice ito o above east cape NEW nev YORK 11 the leader this corking mor king deprecate deprecates a the introduction of the bill by representative page to enforce the and amendments to the constitution as calculated to increase the existing irritation without accomplishing any good and advises the deferring of party action until the investigation called for by Bla Blai blaines ines inen resolution has been I 1 made and the case against the south fully made ont out the steam sugar refinery on south street was sold gold at auction yester dayi dayt for it cost coat half a million the heralds cable after giving the route to be pursued by grant in the far east says he expects to arrive in san ban francisco about may after a short stay on the pacific coast during which he will visit oregon grant will begin his hia eastward journey by rail he will vlot visit the bonanza mining region and will pass bome some days daya in colorado he hopes ho ei to reach his home at long branch at aboia about the latter end of june letters and dispatches received from the east bay say the deepest interest is felt in general grants coming mrs grant will accompany her husband throughout the journey late cable dispatches announce that the princess alice is worse the queen is very anxious sir william jenner the famous physician has been sent bent for henry wells founder of wells well bargos express died at glasgow scotland new now york ai 11 from new now Eng england lauds new now york state and pennsylvania indicate the storm has been terrible and the loss of property heavy the details are meagre aa as telegraphic communication has haa been seriously interrupted there is a heavy gale today to day all along the atlantic coast and Is lb very severe at boston flome flomo damage to shipping is reported the abutment of the barrett suspension bridge at port jarvis was carried away this mor mot morning ning the loss is heavy the river is higher than for years A freight train from boston with two engines went into the river near entworth wentworth VV N H where the trestle was swept away and both were badly wrecked the bridges being beings wept swept away the wreck train cannot reach the uhe disabled train at north adame adams mass mau the people had to abandon ahelf homes on the river banke banks A heavy rainstorm the two last db days ys has caused much damage in new now Eng england landi landl in rn philadelphia the loss ja i serious by the overflow dover tover flow of wharves and flooding of cellars at scranton Bc ranton the rivers rivera and streams are greatly and should the rain continue mining operations will be stopped railroad and other bridges throughout the blate slate are threatened by the floods it rained steadily for full 40 hours rutland vt 11 the train from boston last evening due jn rutland at nine p m ran into a washout near bartonsville Bart onsville the train was wrecked the fireman killed and the badly wounded the engineer was wounded and it is reported that a lady passenger was killed brattleboro Bratt leboro vt lithe 11 the lower part of the village is submerged many families had bad to remove in boats to places of safety A large three story building fell into the stream and was a total wreck the rain continues and the connect i cut is rising rapidly serious damage to highways and bridges is reported from all quarters northampton mass 11 mill river is higher than ever known fifty houses are flooded thedice the dike is threaten edithe edthe edtha water has backed into many houses and factory cellars the northampton and desp haven naven inari i rwjr J all away south of town Wel iron bridge in northa Hoit bampton la is swept away there are reports of great damage up the river two ice houses of northampton ice co coa and the iron bridge of the northampton and new haven railroad is swept away at florence an iron bridger bridge is gone factory prOD property erty damaged and roads washed kway iway away at leeds the bridge ia is destroyed the office of the mill river button company Is under mined and damaged and the em ery wheel factory is washed out the water swept down the main street destroying the road and filling it with rubbish and bridge planks concord N H 11 the express train from montreal ran into a washout dear near sewells sewella falls last evening the engine and tender went down an embankment feet the baggage car stuck in the side ot of the washout and telescoped the passenger car behind arveral several passengers the engineer and firemen were severely hurt no one was killed A general convention of leading military officers of different blates slates will be held here in january to take whatever abdon necessary to make the militia force bf |
