| Show BY TELEGRAPH FORTY FIFTH washington 3 senator voorhees took the oath of office today to day under the recent election to fill the term of the late senator morton mccreery introduced a bill to transfer the office of indian affairs from the interior to the war department part ment laid on the table to be called calle dup up hereafter by Me mccreery Creery I 1 who gave notice that he desired to submit some remarks matthews introduced reso lution providing for fora forn a commercial treaty with mexico teller presented a petition of colored people of louisiana complaining pla ining that they are not protected either in life ilfe or property that at the recent election they were met by armed white mela men known as the democratic club that they were shot and not allowed meetings they therefore invoke the protection of the federal government ern ment referred to a select committee of which teller is chairman HOUSE washington 3 under the call of states bills were introduced by cutler appropriating for the payment of arrear ages agea in pension pensions iq by burchard barchard authorizing thor izing the issue of four per cent bonds to the amount of the proceeds of the sale of which bhail shall be devoted to the them payment of arrears in pensions by fort to establish a national board of or agriculture by jacobs washington territory extending the time for the completion of the northern pacific railroad rall Eail road rond AMERICAN NEW YORK 3 the brooklyn presbytery met this evening for the purpose of calling rev T de DO witt talmage pastor of the brooklyn tabernacle to account for wandering from the prescribed lines linea ot of presbyterianism and thereby ing religion into contempt there was a large attendance attendances and the friends of talmage rallied around him in force bev rev dr crosbie ot of sered the following whereas rev T dewitt tal mage DD s is charged by common fame with falsehood and deceit with using improper methods in preaching tend to bring religion into contempt and whereas it is the duty of the presbytery to protect the good name of its members when they are unjustly assailed and to suba subject act those who offend to proper discipline therefore Be resolved solved that a committee consisting of three ministers and two elders be appointed to investigate the nature and extent of the common fame referred to in the tho preamble and report to the presbytery 3 and what if any further action shall be taken rev dr cuyler offered the fol lowing Be resolved solved that a committee of four members of the presbytery two ministers and two elders be appointed to visit the tabernacle presbyterian church and make a careful inquiry in regard to all matters of common report in reference to sabbath worship and in reference to the th elate late movement to remove the debt upon said church chure h and also that a committee of inquiry be enjoined to conduct their interview with t the he utmost frankness and brotherly kin kindness duess and to report to the presbytery at an nix early eaily day bev rev dr talmage offered a resolution that they go into in tion at once his resolution was mith withdrawn drawn dr cullers Cuy lers was voted down and rev dr Cros bys adopted mr moderator then appointed as the committee bev rev dr crosby rev dr wells and rev dr mcclellan Cl elian ollan and elders babcock and mcdougal the loll 1011 being next called on ou the question of confirming the tho nomina tion of general merritt the vote resulted yeas 33 nays 24 the nomination ol 01 burt to bo be naval officers officer was then disposed of by confirmation without debate the vote standing 31 to 19 CHICAGO 3 in the blodgett investigation vesti gation this morning the defense called judge drummond who testified that blodgette Blod getts instructions to grand juries were like his own blodgett often lacked patience aud and and mud am amiability I 1 ability towards juries and counsel but was waa sorely tried tiled by his amount of wilk work he possessed great executive ability know that he took the bits in his mouth oftener than other judges of decided character know that he was partial to older lawyers clawy ere had heard beard complaints of his bis temper from young and old members of the bar know of any lawyer 16 having the ear of the court preference is often given to older members of the bar without injury to younger the defense called register hib bard who said in 75 he applied to judge Blodget Blodgett fc to resolve doubts as to the interpretation of the bankruptcy act his difficulty being how to make the annual reports biodgett blodgett blod Elod gett gave advice which he followed minutely in reporting fees and dividends on cross examina tion he explained the technical difficulties regarding the fees earned in cases laking taking years to settle ho he considered the deposits of fees a trust fund he believed most other registers made reports as he did his cash books were then submitted for tor scrutiny and he explained them he said he had bad made blodgett a present of a watch and chain in token of appreciation for favors done before he was appointed register registers and a few christmas presents to his honors family witness always tried to make as honest and complete reports as possible consulted carefully with tle the theu ludge Judge dge and other lawyers on the matter who agreed as to the construction st of law was touched at the manhood of judge blodgett in assuming before the grand jury the responsibility for the register regist erys erps construction st HA wished now that he had been indicted for foe perjury as he could defend and exonerate himself and it would have obviated this charge against judge blodgett W H bradley gierk clerk of the circuit court testified he had iu in 1875 1575 doubted the correctness of hib bards barda manner of making reports but accepted judge Blod getts interpretation terp as correct coi col red as a matter of course the memoria lists read charge third that judge blodgett had borrowed and converted to his own personal use moneys belonging ng to 0 we the registry or lift coort court s 4 considering this the first charge arg was closed up but the evidence idec was not important BALTIMORE 3 in the united states circuit court the case of policeman louis norris was called to answer an indictment charging him with having stuffed the ballot box at the late congressional election defendant entered a general demurrer alleging that under the statutes of the united states stuffing a ballot box is not a penal offense the demurrer was sustained and the prisoner discharged the beno reno case was continued and col benteen reiterated his belief that custer conducted the battle badly the bodies of all his officers save four were wera found lying together and apart from private soldiers showing a bad organization dr lord and lieutenants sturgis harrington and porter were not found and may be cap tives today today dav W S edgerly of the ath cavalry testified that benos renoa conduct was excited when he first saw the indians indiana custers casters firing was distinctly heard from the reno beno headquarter headquarters sand and lasted three quarters of an hour there was no reason to believe custer ouster and his officers disgracefully abandoned their men washington 4 last night miss may completed half of her task of walking 2 2700 qu quarter arter miles in the same number of quarter hours quite a stormy debate was precipitated upon the ho house ap by an amendment of cox of mw new york to the army appropriation bill reducing the torce force to men mills charged the democrats with being responsible for custers Ou death because of their miserable economy which appeared to tb bib be the only idea of statesmanship the hoube house possess ed owing to the tho fatigue of yesterdays day a executive session and other causes only five of the nine members of the senate committee on foreign i relations attended to days davs meeting the chinese immigration bill was taken up but on account of the meagre attendance and shortness of the time remaining before the hour for the senate to assemble it was laid over for action at a special meeting meetings which chairman hamlin and senators conkling matthews eaton baton and morgana and the members present today to day positively promise shall be held hold next friday they also promise that the bill shall be promptly reported back to the senate on that day without recommendation either elther for or against it unless which it is not considered probable that a majority will agree to report it bosron BOSTON 4 the announcement of the failure of B S H sayles of dayville danville Da and B S ii F D sayles of versailles conn created a sensation among the wool merchants of this city these concerns are in reality one have been boon in existence 25 years and were the largest individual manufacturers of woolen goods in the country the mills at mechanicsville Mechanics ville were the fenest finest in the state and run 15 or 16 bets seta of machinery the mills at day ville contained 10 or 12 sets of machinery and those at versailles 15 sets making an aggregate of about 40 ecta gela ol 01 machinery which were employed exclusively in the manufacture of cassimere the product of the three mills amounted to one and a half and two million dollars in in value per annum and these goods were consigned to the house of law harriman co new york the capital invested in mill property is from to 1 the entire village of mechanicsville Mechanics ville being owned by the firm the failure falls heavily upon the wool merchants of this city who were ere cre creditors ditora to the extent of or the suspended firms were the largest purchasers of wool who came into this market and scarcely a single house has escaped the blow it is estimated that three fourths of the loss by this failure will fall upon apos boston merchants although lc it is is impossible to state the extent of the liabilities the failure is attributed tri buted to depreciation lu the value of woolen roods goods band abe inability of the concerns to obtain assistance from ithe the local banking houses upon which they have formerly relied NF NEW W yore YORK 4 the tribunes washington special has this on the senate proceedings in the midst of Con klinga klingla speech he be took from his pocket a large bundle of letters addressed to arthur while he was collector by sy at pet pei hona aona co cc talc acab J tion are or were more or less intimate asking for the appointment 0 of ape persons persona rs ons in the new york custom h house ou e for various reasons given among the writers of these letters were mccrary governor mccormick when he was assistant secretary of the treasury rogers bogers the presidents private secretary and others the scene in the senate during the reading of these letters was a most remarkable one none such has haa been witnessed there for conkling read one letter yea years yearb ask asking i rg that bradley be provided for in the new york custom houe house because he was a son of justice bradley of the supreme court son rison of whom shouted some senator bon son of justice bradley replied conkling in a very avery loud voice what justice bradley is that asked another senator why justice bradley of the electoral commission said sald mr conkling rand and cand of the supreme court of the united states 10 oh ho bo shouted a third senator then ithen they wanted to provide for him did they A similar seene acene occurred when another letter was read asking for the appointment of john 0 howard of ohio who had written the life ot president hayes whose life is that which he wrote shouted a senator with his hand at his ear lothe the life of nes responded contag Con Cian kling kag with some other remarks which were not complimentary to the head of the administration and then there were exclamations of mock surprise and loud laughter in the senate one letter asked for the appointment of a man because he was the writers wifel sisters son altogether the exhibition which conkling made of the practice of administration of civil service reform was ft a very humiliating one and it showed that while the president may have been trying to reform the civil service he has had men around him who to say the least have had the weakness of ordinary politicians Con klings speech is balds eaid by some who heard it to have been less than an hour in length and by others to have occupied two hours in delivery the truth seems seema to be that it was so absorbingly sor bingly interesting that the senators took no note of the time as it passed there was no review of the long iong continued controversy in what tse the senator from newyork new york said but it was wa a what he seems very properly to have called a freeing of his mind the settlement of this long lang continued controversy is hailed ha lied with satisfaction by the republicans in washington whether they like the way in which it has haa been settled or not the fight against these last nominations nomina tlona tiona vas was made by conkling against the judgment of a large majority of republicans in the new york delegation who could see no good end to be sub served by its it and in this many other republicans among them some who voted with conkling in the senate agreed united states Mars marshai marshal fial ash of nevada arrived at albany penitentiary tent iary yesterday with bell and wilson VV ilson lison two mail robbers rob berb bera convict ed for life imprisonment at carson city marshal ash remained at the penitentiary until the men had been transformed and arrayed like other prisoners when on bidding them good goad bye he handed banded to each bix six silver dollars to purchase tobacco or other articles in return both prisoners requested the marshal to give their beat wishes to all inquiring friends upon bis his return to nevada the cattle exporters butchers and board of health unite in characterizing acter izing as simply nonsense the story of the disease among the cattle reared in the west and jaud say of the canada prohibition for three months that a the cattle are most likely shipped there from montreal waters transportation is closed and business suspended during the the time of the prohibition hibi tion the canadians will be enabled to dispose of their distillery fed cattle the steamship canada took out today to day head I 1 and shipments continue without inter eption TOPEKA ToP FICA elca kansas 4 the bt st marys marya s college catholic institution at st marys coun aywas burned yesterday afternoon the loss is estimated at about 40 10 the furniture was mostly saved but the clothing belonging belon Ring to 98 boarding students libraries fixtures etc were entirely destroyed A defective flue was the cause LONDON 3 notice of a 10 per cent reduction in wages from the lile of february has been posted in lyno lyne shipbuilding ship building yards this will affect workingmen of cotton mills in bolton district dietrict 23 are closed and 28 23 working on short time in consequence of the depression emlon emion in trade BT ST PETER 3 official Off Iclal messengers says that the governor general of moscow contradicts the reports of the appearance of the plague in a village near that city beblin BERLIN 3 the court martial in the case of the loff meers officers of the ironclad grosser kurfurst has ended in a judgment of acquittal on all ail es agential points 4 aja 4 VIENNA 3 m the german ambassador bassa bas dorat at bt st petersburg has advised his government that the plague is spreading rapidly athas it has passed the limits where according to official accounts the last cases were reported he urges germany to take immediate mea surest 0 o repel it the presse bays says vaa awta Atta tilaia about to issue an order forbidding travelers from russia to pass th the 0 frontier unless provided with passes from the sanitary authorities the porte announces that all russian ports will vill be quarantined on the |
