| Show BY TELEGRAPH rele fELE GRAPH azz axa glos WIGS lam xan A AL N ME E iki III U I 1 C oam CAM AL N washington 19 george gray sue cessor of bayard was sworn in ingalls resolution offered fast week calling for information relating ing lug to the illegal occupancy of oklahoma lands was laid before the senate ingalls said since the resolution was offered it had been practically answered by the presidents message and he moved that it belala be laid anthe on the table agree Agre elto cito 1 to Al Ma anderton offered a resolution providing that a committee of live senators be lie a appointed 0 n ted to proceed to alaska a and u d in make a k p pi investigations n r sti astl lations gat ions lons laid over until tomorrow to morrow after executive session the senate adjourned in executive session senator sherman offered a resolution providing for the appointment of two senators to walt wait upon the president I 1 and inform 0 rin him that unless be he had bad S some ome f further ur th er communication to make the senate was ready to adjourn without without delay it lies over until tomorrow to morrow secretary whitney declined to take action upon the report of the advising board recommending the acceptance of the new dispatch boat dolphin until he had an opportunity to examine the contract and all the details of the vessels construction the secretary has also ordered the tallapoosa to be put in repair for regular service instead of for the transportation of gov freight and passengers rear admiral janette commanding the north atlantic squadron today to day telegraphed commander clark dark of the alliance at new orleans instructing him to proceed to carthagena and andlar bar raquiel ra quill uni united ted states of colombia and protect american interests in that country during the present disturbed condition of affairs the dispatch informs commander clark dark that vessels belonging to american citizens which have been seized by the insurgents without compensation may be forcibly recovered and says the united magdalena 7 steam stearn navigation company of new york has called the attention of the secretary ot of state to the seizure of their steamers by armed for force ce the senate in executive session sessio 1 ratified the treaty with th the c khedive of I egypt and the convention relating I 1 lo 10 0 egypt the boundary lines between this coun try and Al mexico exico the treaty with the khedive extends to the united states the commercial privileges wh which ich great britain enjoys by virtue of the treaty between egypt and greece made about a year ago the treaty made with mexico recognizes the principles of international law faw in the set disputes which may occur over the changing bed of the rio gradde river A number of nominations were sent 0 the capitol today to day but arrived after the adjournment of the senate it I 1 is S understood that they consisted of nominations under the state department but the particulars were not disclosed prominent tennessee democrats assert however that ex con gressman ressman atkins was named in the list as commissioner of indian affairs and it is rumored that john B stoll of indiana was named for the position of public printer carroll D wright commissioner of labor recommends that three special agents be sent to europe for three thred to five months and that eight or ten such agents be appointed for the united states to investigate the labor question in all its various ramifications the sum sug suggestion meets the approval of secretary lamar in the court martial ial lal today to day gen hazens friends manifested their sympathy i with him not only by their presence but by loading th the table at which he and his counsel counse sat with baskets and bouquets of choice flowers judge mackey opened the argument for the defense and in discussing the indorsement endorsement indor of the secretary of war upon the letter of gen hazen said that I 1 such was the heat and temper of the secretary of war upon questions relating to arctic work that even upon the subject of ice upon the question of an iceberg the honorable secretary could not keep cool the court declined to hear further argument upon the subject of the in dor judge mackey protested against the decision his ills protest was entered and the court adjourned Ephr ephriam iain lain D wilson senator elect from fro in maryland mary land was sworn in today to day miller will take formal possession of the internal revenue bureau tomor to mor row E archbishop gibbons of baltimore called at the executive mansion by appointment this after atter afternoon noon in company with R S merrick and was by the latter presented to president cleveland who received them in the blue parlor after a pleasant conversation of half an hour the archbishop took his leave receiving from the president a cordial invitation to repeat his call NEW york IS 18 the following will appear in the medical 1 decord afar march ch during the past week the local disease of general grant 1 rant has shown no marked tendency toward progressive ulceration at tiie tile recent weekly consultation sul tation dr fordyce barker was unavoidably a absent drs J II 11 douglas henry B sands and george F shrady who were present made anade a thorough examination of the generals throat with a view of discussing the expediency enc y of a radical operation for the removal of the growth such a measure would involve the division of the lower jaw in a median line li nethe the extirpation tir pation of the entire tongue and the g greater reter part of the soft palate together ceyther 0 with the removal of the ulcerated and infiltrated and Indu rated glandular structures under the right angle of the lower jaw this was considered mechanically possible despite the close proximity and po probably babiy bably involvement of the tissues of adjoining large arteries and veins in the neighbor hood of the ulcerations but in the best interests of the distinguished patient the surgeons did not feel inclined to recommend the procedure even by such means there could be no guaranty in view of the extensive surrounding infiltration that the limits of the disease could be reached without immediate risk to life by the severe shock to a constitution already much enfeebled low vital power is uch fuch f such a strong element in the decision that for the present at least no kind of operation will be undertaken The ulceration on the side of the tongue has not progressed far enough to produce the usual intolerable pain associated with that condition but should the latter symptoms appear it may be deemed ad advisable to div divide de the gustatory nerves the general tone of the patients system remains about the same as at last report notwithstanding he has suffered much from insomnia the latter within the last day or two has been kept under control by suitable anodynes ano dynes there is no pain in swallowing and sufficient food is taken with reasonable relish philadelphia 19 the philadelphia medical news this week will say editorially concerning the disease from which gen grani grant granv is suffering lingual I 1 as a ruil rub rapidly progresses toward a fatal termination when left to itself the life of the patient f from rom the farst first appearance of the disease varies in accordance with the estimates of different observers from ten and one naif to thirteen months the average being eleven and one half months the duration of life of those who survive durrive an operation averages 19 months not oni only does operative interference prolong ilfe tife afe and relieve suffering but it effects a final cure in 14 percent per cent of all cases in attaining these results it must however be remembered that incision inc isian of the tongue is attended with a mortality of 23 per cent when in addition to the disease of the tongue itself the balat palate e a and ad tonsils are involved the difficulty iffie u t y of prognosis Is asfar far more great whether the disease be permitted to pursue unaided its course or whether it be subjected to the knife in the latter event not only will the tongue have to be extirpated but the disease of the palate and tonsils will have to be reached so far as we can learn there is no example of the performance of the double operation on record and it is in our opinion unjustifiable DES dio Alo moines imus la ia 19 gov sherman went to the office of state auditor brown today to day and again demanded admittance but the office was locked and he was not permitted to enter thereupon the governor ordered out a tile file of state militia who proceeded to the capitol and battered la ia the door of the auditors office and took possession by force of arms cattell auditor pro tem tern by a appointment then took possession of tie the office brown in the meantime having been arrested by the sheriff there 1 is much excitement over ove the matter the trouble originated some weeks ago when the state auditor was suspended by the governor for refusing to make some returns required BOSTON 19 the entire night force of the bankers bunkers merchants telegraph company stopped work tonight to night it is understood the strike is general through throughout out the whole line the company is owing heavy arrears of pay the receiver offers to pyo pay 70 per r cent of the dues if accepted in tu tuli full I 1 of settlement full payment is asked and a strike in new york follows st louis 19 tiie the grievance committee of the locomotive engineers of the missouri pacific railroad who have been in session here since tuesday had a conference with vice pres ident hoxie this afternoon during which they presented a written statement of their grievances mr air fitzgerald chairman of the committee stated tonight to night that mr hoxie promised to give the matter speedy consideration and he had no doubt but that their troubles would be satisfactorily arranged in a very short ti time m e the committee leave for their hom homes e s tomorrow to morrow NEW yorm YORK 2 20 00 gen grant passed a good night and felt much b better etter this morning and ate heartily at breakfast gen grunts daughter mrs Sartor sartoris ls arrived today to day from liverpool 20 james james Jamea D Porte tennessee for assistant secretary of state john D C atkins of tennessee commissioner of indian affairs springfield ills 20 senator bridges democratic member of the state senate who suffered from a stroke of paralysis one month ago and whose condition ever since hia fia bas has s been critical died at his home near carrollton this morning this following the death of representative logan three weeks a ago ao o leaves the illinois legislature once more a tie on joint ballot the house and senat senate e both adjourned this mornin morning when the announcement no of his death was made washington 0 20 the resolution for the appointment of an alaskan commission was laid before the senate and manderson moved its reference to the committee on territories A debate arose during which van wyck attacked the south american commission in vigorous style lie said the first thing they did was t to 0 go to san francisco Francis cothen then to new nely mexico then to the tho new orleans exposition exposi lon ion each member was provided with twi tol for his e expenses X anses the commission con consisted isted of two men and aind a boy for its chairman remained in albany the first thing these thes two etwo men and thebo the boy Y did was to hire a palace car carat at 3 31 a day for which teetotal the total payment was 1447 before they got to new orleans there they furnished themselves with supplies the utah commission boldly charged tor lor lager beer and wine this commission charges harges only for supplies which doubtless include liquids and solids he would ask his friends on the republican side of the cham chain ber if it was not time to stop this the senate was all the party had left let t the democrats bad possession at the other end of the C abitol and of the administration about the of january the commission got ready to start from new dewor or leans from the of october to the of january their expenses were men who robbed sates safes were comparatively honorable this money was taken from the pockets of taxpayers who were hardly hardix able to pay 2 a night for lodging on pullman care when aney traveles traveled jn in addition to this ex expense euse ense they raid paid for their sup plies piles and their COOK coo and were allowed a year each besides the chairman of the commission who never left jet t new york resigned un on the of jan barp and drew out of the treasury it cost the government about for this commission before the two men and the boy got ready to leave new orleans this reckless waste of money was a great wrong upon the people who paid the taxes what made it worse was that the outrageous bills of that commission had been approved and paid ile he denounced this as worse than bi highway hway robbery he sa said sald i d the man who enters a house and night and robs it Is honorable in comparison with those who rob the treasury by such expenditures it is worse he said than stealing public lands anh and here he referred to the backbone patents as a robbery of seven millions of acres at one lick manderson referred to the resolution of van wyck providing for a committee tee te to prepare a de detailed tailed statement of the expenses of improvements of the mississippi river under which manderson said sald his bis colleague would be able to make a junketing excursion from the head waters to the mouth of the river harrlson harrison charged van wyck with having offered the resolution merely for she purpose of obtaining pay for his clerk during recess i and wit with pai pak the view of savin saving the government the 1500 or 1800 salary of the clerk he be offered a resolution that van resolution bel bei rescinded and asked that it be referred to the committee on improvement pro of the mississippi river laid over vest said it was not his purpose to become a participant in the very inter esting estin dor domestic discussion on the re publican side of the chamber but van wyck was like this boy who in the murder of his own father he ke saw the old man was about to be to beaten to death and as he could not help it thought he would give him a lick to help him out of his misery for twenty five years he vest had bad been an intimate personal friend of one of the members of the south american commission and his record public and private was as stainless and without reproach as us that of any public man could possibly be the iman man who charged in his vests presence that thomas C reynolds had ever by extravagance or otherwise wrongfully taken a cent of the pe peonies peoples onies oNles money made a statement which he vest contradicted absolutely and unqualifiedly van wyck disclaimed any p personal ersoll reflect reflections ioris foris ile he had made his remarks with respect to the commission and not respect respective lne ine its members ile he interpreted vests vesta challenge as a threat and said substantially that he would be ready to repeat his statements hawley inquired whether the senator van wyck knew enough about the details of these transactions to justify him in attacking the honor of a gentleman who had always stood as high as lie he van wyck could ever hope to stand van wyck replied by reiterating some of his previous statements the alaska resolution was referred to the committee on territories gorman german offered a resolution directing the secretary of the interior to fu furnish anish the senate senite with copies of the contract entered into between the union pacific railroad company an and other railroad companies affected by the act approved july 1st ast 1862 anit and the western union tefel telegraph raph co together with all the statements statements now on file in the interior department touching the same adopted sherman offered the following resolved that |
