| Show BY TELEGRAPH JORTY FIFTH CONGRESS d f washington 8 jG grover rover arising to a per personal Bonal sonai explanation regarding a recent publication that state funds of oregon amounting to about had bad been expended and not accounted for foi during his bis administration M as governor denied the charges oar ber eer and read from the laws and records to show that all monny money llad bad been properly expended 41 mitchell oregon introduced a bill to continue the survey and make improvements at the tuo barat the mouth of the columbia river referred to the committee on commerce booth introduced a it bill to reduce the price of public lands within railroad limits referred to the committee on public lands it provides that all public lands within railroad limits which heretofore have been subject to pree preemption pre e i emption entry at per acre are reduced to per acre and all bona fide settlers settler under sunder the homestead laws on said land shall be allowed to enter acres thereof consideration was resumed of the bill to amend the patents laws and mud wadleigh took the floor buu but was wab interrupted by a message from the house announcing the death of representative hartridge senators senatore gordon booth and beck were appointed a committee to accompany the body to georgia Georg adjourned jour ned HOUSE washington 8 official notice of the death of representative hartridge was taken and cooks cook frye cox cabell stone davidson ardd arid hannah were appointed a committee to accompany the remains adjourned t AMERICAN nw NEW yoke 8 bogar dus began in the forenoon the tho feat of breaking glass bails balls butof out of at noon be had broken and aud 17 minutes later liter without a single miss only a few people were present ac cho oho among them dr carver captain bogardus after his shot took a of over half an hour returning he fired at the rate of nine shots per minute making the shot without missing the shot was fired at captain bogardus continued breh brek breaking king glass balls this evening with wonderful rapidity lie he was loudly applauded when he finished Vre breaking aking 2000 balls bills without having made a single miss he wenton went on steadily and shattered khatter ed ball bull after ball notwithstanding his hia thumb was badly swoll swollen bli bri shortly after 9 he finished his work and broke in shots not having made a single miss throughout the feat was loudly cheered and bogardus will continue work tomorrow and endeavor to repeat the mr abe KI Kl unman of chicago commenced firing after bogardus bogardos and fired at balls missing six ort out of the number bogardus gives him broken balls in 2000 the match will be continued tomorrow NEW ORLES ORLEANS 8 si at meeting of the teller committee J ni mitchell of tensas hensas parish was waa recalled and testified concerning armed bands from other paris heeland from mississippi he heard a great many things but knows the reports were greatly exaggerated he said in fact if you inquire rigidly into many of the stories you will find not a word of truth in them armed bands did some things which I 1 could not approve they threatened bland and douglas with an attack I 1 hoard board the leader of the militia captain cain say the white man shall rule s there is hostility between the negro and the white man I 1 wont try to disguise the fact show me a negro who votes the democratic ticket and I 1 will show you a hypocrite or a fool i fleming branch colored of texas was the next he testifies as follows was at fairfax house october when captain pecks party came knew captain peck they came over the levee on a trot was in the room with fairfax when peck rushed in and fired twice at fairfax who ran the back door another negro named senator st standing pridIng there was shot down peck knelt upon him and fired five shots into him him bim nir dir mr air kemp grabbed at me we and mr golman gold man shot mo me through the right arm witness bared his arm and showed where the flesh wound was made peck was shot and killed by some one in his own party fairfax did not fire a shot peck was killed by hla hia own men this was the first trouble that occurred in the parish last year in this disturbance senator was killed kennedy and myself wounded and fairfax escaped these thebe were all the people in the house at the time I 1 and a number of colored people took refuge in id the bushes because we were frightened fairfax was waa an upright man and a republican I 1 suppose he was attacked on account of hla hia politics daniel kennedy was the next witness Is a resident of tensas hensas parish after narrating the preliminary facts witness stated that fairfax knew in the afternoon that a body was about to visit his house and said I 1 was told by my boy who came from waterproof when the party came they said they wanted fairfax witness story corresponded with that of branch he was shot while looking out of the window trying to recognize the assailants buckshot passed through the window pailo pane and entered witness Ph shoulder witness got out i of the house and ran home through a cornfield after having his wound dressed he took to the woods there were several in the woods they had bad all heard that white men from other parishes were in inquiring u fring for them yand sand and they wanted ad ta bide hide themselves on the tuesday following the attack on Fair eair fairfax rax the killing hilling of negroes began some eighty negroes were killed altogether I 1 ran away and aud came to new now orleans have been here ever since was acquainted quain ted with many of the persons who were killed it was rumored that eighty were killed I 1 have never heard that anybody was called to account for shooting at fairfax house Viola Wallace colored was then sworn Is ajsa a resident of hensas tensas witness testimony was similar to that of branch aad and kennedy was in and the killing of willie senator it was reported that colored people were killed by the bulldozers witness named five of those killed I 1 only saw one oxie of those killed I 1 only saw oneff the a wrist one charley bethel he wab was iffie shot 0 and had his throat cut this w was as after the register came and wh while they were in the parish this was about two nutt llao vu the house bouse of fairfax the register was the sheri sheriff fr ross colored was sworn Is a resident of tensas hensas and was present at the disturbance in fairfax house witness testimony was corroborative of the three previous witnesses and testified ahat that she came away because bhe she heard beard that white people had bad raid paid that all colored people at fairfax that night would have to leave george balston balaton planter testified that he ran for tor or the legislature on independent ticket in tensas hensas he has always affiliated with the democratic party the candidates on the independent ticket were all democrats witness stated that the outrages in the parish had a bad effect upon the laborers and many of left the parish witness had bad but little personal knowledge owl edge of the outrages E C ruth colored of ok tensa 9 stated that he was a justice of the 3 peace he baw paw the body of a negro boy who was killed by a company of armed men october 19 col coli i ored men in his ward were forced to join the democratic club and then received certificates entitling them to protection witness testified to other acts of lawlessness R J walker colored stated that from fear of personal trouble e 1 he published a card in the paris pariah h pa per pet advising the negroes to support the regular democratic ticket CHEYENNE 8 george clinton was here last evening ina lna in a badly frozen condition one or both of or his feet will probably haye baye to jo be amputated clinton and 4 his partner perry D short came here a short time ago from elgin ills I 1 last friday they started from horse creek to toli toll hunt separated and got lost perry has hns not ye been round jound and has probably perished in the storm rumors are current today to day that an attempt is to be made dade by her herd 11 ers era to liberate olive and party who ho are in kearney nebraska jail charged with burning ketchum and mitchell but everything is quiet there tonight to night the prisoners will be removed to biffi different erent parts of the state for fon richards who hag lag ha a confessed to six murders is an inmate of kearney jail and la Is becoming vicious last night ho he threatened the lives of two of his fellow prisoners saying be he would not be satisfied until he had bad killed two more he Is now confined in a cell his hia preliminary examination will take place on the dinst jack knowlan a gambler shot and killed mexican joe at sidney night before last the murder waa was unprovoked knowlan is arrested governor hart ranfis message shows that the estimated deficiency la in the general fund at the close of the present fiscal year will be the governor believes however that by a rigid enforcement of the tax laws spreading the payment of most appropriations over the years of 79 and yso 80 keeping expenditures strictly within the estimates and diverting certain surplus revenues from the sinking slaking fund to the general fund this deficit can be made up tip the cost of suppressing the labor troubles has been and the loss to capital enormous reaching many in illions millions no reference is made to resumption or its ita effects and the message conc concludes lades with a feeling tribute to the memory of three recently deceased pennsylvanians ron pon ians lans hen henry ry abrown HB H brown rown bayard taylor and morton mcdonald 11 1 SAN BAN FRANCISCO 8 it has been definitely ascertained by the friends frienda of the late W S obrien that the recent arrival from raleigh is his brother who had bad been supposed dead no intimation haryet been given as to botho the tho object of his hip visit here NEW YORK 9 A meeting of the irish american citizens was held jast last to io the action of the cork peo people pie in la not nok giving a reception lonto to grant the meeting was a nizzie fizzle and the there re were no more than 20 present tle the heralds aldas cable baye saye grant left derry early yesterday panted by E sir lir hervey nervey hervey bruce lieutenant of the county iad r ivl amp lne 2 for alid and ather magnates thebold tho The coid cold rain and mists misto coming from froin thie thle the thia norther northern 4 pecan pbs obscured cured the wonder wonderful ru I 1 view 0 of athe the northern irish coast the general andied the country closely remarking on ine the 0 or ma no population and baying saying that he could bee aee no evidence of or the presence of of people in ireland AI 1161 every boullon assembled bem sem bled bied and when the cars pars stopped the people rushed forward to shake hands with the general Soma borne were old soldiers wio who had deen in the american arany army one remarked that grant giant had captured him at paducah Pad another asked grant to give him a shilling Dg in remembrance mem brance bf old oid timea limes the people all hil kindly cheering for foi grant and america at coleraine there was an anin ania iia ile ia mense wense crowd grant grani accompanied by member of parliament taylor left the cars entered the waiting room at the depot and received an address in reply grant giant repeated the hope tope and belief expressed in his dublin speech that the period of depression had ended and that american prosperity was aiding irish arb prosperity i ao As the train neared belfast a heavy henvy rain began to nil tall all th the R iralia rain reached belfast at hail hall P pa set at tle tie the reception was imposing and extraordinary the linen and Add other mills milts had stopped work aad the wor workmen knien kulen stood in the ra rain in in iri thousands T I 1 looked from M the train and there was a perfect sea of heads the platform of the station was covered with scarlet carpet the mayor and members of the efty council welcon welcomed the tho general who descended from froni the cae tae amid tremendous cheers the crowd ra ran 11 after tho th carriages co containing the city authorities adud and their illustrious guest and afterward di nten z surrounded the hotel where the gp hadr 1 al was d was served at 4 delbek and the with ed valor outside hadid a heavy snowstorm and cheery at intervals the feature of the luncheon was the pre presence genco of the roman boman Catholic 1 bish bishop op of olo dim cio cese oese who was given the past bf honor lunch eoa eon ae party at t num um I 1 i L the aid aad hald he could axe ave ge had the L belfast made cordial allusions to W many any people in america and were anxious to p declai declare c hl set in favor but ral lu in his reply reidy luzo luau madu no all nil allusion plon pion to the subject to the disappointment of many of those present grant goes direct to london expecting every day the arrival of the steamer richmond on which he will embark for india the general is anxious to be away before the season seaton is too warm to visit in dla dia efforts are making to organize here a bullion club its promoters state generally that its durpos purpose e Js Is to collect and disseminate reliable information relative to american mining for precious metals and all col coi collateral lateria subjects actual resumption has material ly modified the eastern movement for grants nomination re to the presidency this Js IA the general opinion among the shrewdest in the political future the grant movement reached its climax just after affer the maine election where fear was aroused that the green backers obtaining control of congress might organize a hostile demonstration pf af labor against capital this led to the desire for a strong man at the head bead of the government who was likely to take an unusual responsibility but the november eilber elections banished the fears which suggested such a necessity sity now that resumption is believed to assure a renewal of industrial prosperity the phe he public tendency is toward candidates whose exper leno ieno is supposed to fit them for a solution of politico carver has accepted bogardus Bogar dub dua challenge the me men n will meet on tha the to arrange details the world says bays the explanation tion of grover was the thet only occurrence of much interest in congress yesterday bothi nothing ng short of are gular investigation n by a court or by the committee will satisfy satis Fatis fy the no believe tb the e charges are trumped dup up put it is certain i in thi this s case as inaus all ali similar cases that somebody should be punished governor grover icho if he is guilty and his slanderers slander ers if he Is innocent though mag magna natum turn lurn Is no longer a legal it is a social au aud and d political dense offense of though no adequate penalties either social or political are provided for ronit forit IL captain bo bogardus gardus resumed his hla shooting at eleven and at noon had addea ats broken balls balla to fi raj j X f zal adow no niss wes y yet yut et the C captains apt alwa thu thumb m b and fore forefinger finier of both bands are damaged from blisters caused by ul knak gi n J madame anderson And erbon ereon at noon was completing her quarter guarter guar ter tei mile ratio Stra koseli denies ithe the story that adelina patti is in danger dangen of having her limb amputated because of fracture of the knee cap message just sent to the albany legislature cl claims ims great reforms in canal nud and 6 detate 9 ta prison orison affair auzira he bays says the prisoners are beatly ce atly r overcrowded also abo the fil fri insane i sang from bu busi s iness stagnation tion lose loss losses pis aad disappointment recommends increased ip creased room and that thai the state inebriate asylum which hns has a failure ure can be converted into an ian asylum for the insane an the inmates of pre pie county poor houses here hore he re commends a discontinuance |
