| Show BY TELE daa GAA FORTY FIFTH 5 washington ll morrill reported without amendment the senate bill authorizing the conver national gold banks he also reported without amendment the senate bill to amend sed seo tlona tiona and of the revised statutes relative to the deposit of bonds placed on the calendar dorsey reported back the P post hobt office appropriation bill with various amendments placed on the calendar cameron pennsylvania submitted a joint resolution providing for a commission to consider and report what legislation ia la needed for the better regulation of commerce among among states referred the vice vlee president submitted a communication from the secretary of the interior in answer to the resolution inquiring what additional clerical force will be necessary in the pension and surgeon gene general ralle offices to secure to applicants for pensions pe a prompt adjustment of their claims commissioner bentley says no increase of force can secure to applicants a prompt adjustment of their claims under the system now established by law the settlement 0 classes in this office cannot be materially except by furnishing a higher order of pt talent ie lawyers whose edu cation and experience render them experts in the examination and consideration of testimony windom from the conference on the naval bill submitted a report which was agreed to and the bill passed the added to the house bill the house con frers frera receded from the disagreement to the amend ments involving and the senata senate receded from the amendment involving additional for provisions and clothing the bill as agreed upon appropriates being less lesa than the appropriation for the present fiscal year and less lesa than the estimates for next year 0 A number of bills were passed for the removal of political disabilities bill bili ties cockrill from the committee on military affairs reported with amendments the senate bill to provide for ascertaining and reporting the expense incurred in the territory of idaho and the people thereof in defending themselves from the attacks and hostilities of the nez perces forces indians in 1877 calendar A bill to provide additional accommodation for the library of cou COD congress gress led to a long discussion pending the discus discussion sjon slon ferry bub sub milted an amendment to the army appropriation bill to provide for brevets conferred on officers orthe of the volunteers for services on the field who are now off officers leers on motion of thurman an executive session was held and when the doors were reopened the senate adjourned i 1 MOUSE washington il 11 the confer inee ince report on the naval tion alon bill was agreed to the house then went into cc committee in on the legislative app opria tian bill patterson patter son new york yorks opposed that portion of the bill which pro poses to transfer the coast and geodetic survey from the treasury to the interior department that provision would virtually abolish the system of public land surveys therill the bill would throw an insurmountable obstacle in a the way WRY of settlement of the public domain page dunnell haskell haskeil and hale opposed d the transfer and ton ewitt hewitt NO butier butler But lerand and aud garfield favored it after some progress in the bill the committee rose reagan chairman of the committee on commerce reported the river and harbor appropriation bill ordered printed and re committed adjourned A AMERICAN MERI merl M ER I oan CAN washington 11 the house committee on war claims today to day duys agreed to report the bill appropriating about to pay the 10 1 claims alip approved roved by the accounting rt 61 officers of the tremeur treasury y i thu tha act of july ath 1864 the prospects for an extra of Congre congress sst though heretofore con dered si slight il ight have havo ti today oday to o day taken a vely very de unite duite shape and from the present outlook the democratic caucus determination to demaud demand a repeal of the fe derell federal election law beema to bo be a certain precursor of a deadlock between the house and the senate or at least of such prolonged debate as will cause a failure of one or more if necessary of the annual appropriation bills billa for want of time during the present session if for no other reason the licens ile lie ins ate not inclined to make a united stand against the repeal of the test teat oath law but as wase wafe stated buhale by haie hale in the House albo also by a number of republican bena aena senators tors in caucus today to day the tho proposed repeal of the election law which they declare was enacted by a republican congress for the protection of voters in every state will be resisted to the last extremity and taking this position together with t the he ground that no such sweeping je gi should be grafted upon any appropriation bill they intend to throw the responsibility for an extra session wholly upon the democrats in the house today to day while the executive judicial and legislative appropriation bill was under discussion cus sion the following colloquy occurred page opposed the transfer p ovis ovir sion of the bill which he beitat stat ed was waa being urged by a strong lobby about sections of the revised statutes relating to public lands would be repealed by that provision Wigg inton laton favored the transfer and various provisions of the bill pertaining thereto there was no necessity for retaining an office of surveyors general in the several states anti and he was glad they were abolished by the bill but the bill should have gone further and abolished the local laud offices patterson pat Pal terson inquired if the bu business iness of ot the people would be facilitated by removing 16 local onn off officers leers and concentrating their duties in one head wigginton replied that it would the local surveyors gen geu eral oral were a hindrance rather than a help to the people maginnis of men Wen mentana montana tana thought that the gentleman from california was the only representative of the far west who was in favor of a change the legislatures of the western section on the contrary had memorialized congress in favor ofa ota of a continuance of the present bly sly system stem the bill would virtually repeal the homestead and pre emp tion laws the debate in the house today to day concerning the sections of the appropriation ati on bill which provide lor for the consolidation of all public land surveys and the abolition of the surveyor generals gene Oene raes raPs office was spirited and it now seems doubtful whether the appropriation committee will be sustained in their recommendations the bill reported by senator patterson from the committee anter on territories ri to establish united states coults courts in the ibe indian territory and for other purposes provides for regulating the administration ot of justice in the territory and for making citizens of the white colored and indian residents the unanimous report of the committee accompanying compa nying the tho bill includes an elaborate review of the condition of the territory the river and harbor appropriation bill reported to the house hoube today contains the following appropriations for the pacific coast oakland willamette Wil lemette and columbia river coso bay biegon upper columbia river biver canal at the cascades of the columbia river trena TRENI Oi N henry cole an accomplice of ulrich the theroun coun turl terl elter eiter was waa sentenced to pay a fine of 2000 and 12 years in the state prison lii ill A fire last night destroyed a group of manufacturing fac turing buildings five miles north of this city owned by charles charled herman loss boss no insurance NORWICH conn il 11 the suspended bayles compAn companies les ies ba have i ve liabilities of about the assets consist of four mills with tenements which cost coat considerably more than thia this sum and are unencumbered Cumber cumbered cumb ered with the exception of one mortgage and two quick assets mayles kayles announces that they shey go into insolvency and will assign to colonel alien allen terry this city charleston 11 sam leeb counsel munsel at sumter made a motion for anew a new trial and arrest of J edg ment both motions were denied lee le wa wag s called for sentence but failed to appear arid judge machey ma ekey ackey placed the een Len sentence tence under beal with the clerk bf of the court the grand jury of charleston county today to day found a true bill against E VV mackey mackay republican for libel in publishing charges against W V li daggett baggett a democrat of stuffing the ballot box at tile the palmetto palm paim tto engine house at the late election NEW YORK 12 the tho recent billiard tournament has again proved a glorious uncertainty of the game and the experts and others giving attention to details looking to improvement aang the many propositions advanced for the new game are these first forbidding masse shot second forbidding nursing musing third if nursing be allowed the balls to be res rea potted after runs luns of fifty fourth no carom to count unless a cushion is made fifth the game to be with two balls only the object t baleto ball bali to be hit twice i correspondents are flooding the newspapers with all mauner manner of devices to do away with a game that has become with professionals altogether too simple A correspondent in this mornings sun makes this point for example each of the players pl ayere at the conclusion of hla hia 89 39 innings has haa one of them th em runs 19 and is given the game does that give his hia opponent a fair show certainly one of the players has had 40 chances and his opponent only 39 1 the french experts Gar gamier gamler aier aler rudolphe he and vignaux are barneit earnest in favor of some modification of the game while the americans Ame iieana ileana view the proposition coldly or positively oppose it the capture of john hope one of the alleged manhattan bank rob bers tiers is believed to be important capt byrne says that now it is only a question of f a rew few days re garding the capture of jimmy elope hhope and at least three ot bersand that the evidence he has will send them all to the states prison A bill baa has passed the new jersey jermy jenace nie cne fie dame of tho tb well known town of redbank Bed Red bank the metropolis of monmouth county and the famous watering place to shrewsbury city A wahington washington wa hington correspondent writes one oae of the strongest reasons assigned by the speaker in the democratic caucus last night for the passage of Thur mans mana resolution to amend the revised statutes which provides the machinery for drawing jurors in the united states courts was the following be he said unless some means could be devised to the radicals who have control of the courts in the southern states from continuing prosecutions for election frauds the democratic majority in the next house of representatives might entirely before the meeting of the congress figuring it aa as closely as he could he found that the democratic majori majority tj at most would be boobly only four and he reminded his political friends that two of those four hull of florida and icing king of louf Loui louisiana stana siana already under indictment for tor participation in lu election frauds and may bein be in the penitentiary before the first session of the next congress KANSAS CITY mo INTO 12 early E ariy arly yesterday morning the walls walla of a cut being made for the chicago alton railroad at the foot of grand avenue A venue caved in and buried the workmen and teams under yards of failing falling earth the earth first commenced sliding at the top of the south wall and accumulating in quantity and force lorce as it descended sc I 1 it L spread and on reaching the bottom clear across the excavation piled itself 20 feet high against the opposite wall the laborers labor urs mrs at the first alarm rushed frantically i towards the outlet of the cut to escape but their way w ay was almost entirely blocked by the wagons el which at that time were standing squarely across the excavation and ab six of them were over overwhelmed thelmea by the huge mala masa of carthand eart earth hand and sank down to die under its ponderous weight those who escaped dazed with horror though they were set Bet to work to uncover their buried comrades three hours labor brought six eix dead bodies to view an immense crowd including the women and children of the workmen soon collected and could only be kept out of danger by the efforts of the police the walls of the excavation ca were about 90 fe feet e t almost perpendicular with nathl nothing ng to sustain them but their own cohesion small slides have been frequent L but nobody wail was hurt until today to day SPit INGFIELD 1113 IZ 12 frank byder ryder shot ahot his wife shot ahot himself him se he has been ed for a ye araud all to effect a reconciliation failed neither of the parties are seriously injured washington 12 the T secretary of the Tre Tres usury bury has issued another call cail fur for the redemption of twenty million 5 60 afo fo bonds the subscriptions to the 4 per cent loan joan since yesterdays report are FOREIGN I 1 lundon LONDON ak following fallowing edi Fal lowing is the full strength orthe british column part of which was waa attacked by zulus no 3 column headquarters at nedr near near ruthea s drift rift commanded by col jol glynn glinn first battalion batta lion liou twenty fourth regiment artillery a rt illery N battery fifth brigade royal artillery with wj th a seven gun pun infantry beven seven companies first battalion Twenty fourth regiment and second battalion twenty fourth regiment under colonel Dega cherr natal mounted police aud and vol voi volunteers un natal carbinE eO buffalo border guard newcastle mounted rifles all ail mounted and averaging 40 men each chind ea chand and a native contingent of 1000 mon men under commandant Lon lonsdale edale late of tho the verity fourth highlanders nigh High landers lsnders the following communication has been received at the wat office from llord lord chelmsford I 1 regret to have to report a very cism engagement on in the of january between the zulus and a portion of no 3 column which was left to guard the camp about ten miles in front of drift the zulus came down in overwhelming wh elming numbers and in spite of the gallant resistance by five com of the first battalion regiment one company of the second battalion regiment two guns two rocket tubes mounted men and about natives they overwhelmed them the camp containing all the suri plus pius and the transport luau sport bof of no nos apol column u mn was waa taken and but few of its defenders escaped our loss ines I 1 fear must be set down at 80 30 officers and about non commis stoned olli meers leers cers cera rank and file cola nial troops A court of inquiry has been ordered to assemble to collect evidence regarding dlag diLg this unfortunate affair which will be forwarded to you as soon as received full particulars par ic ulars as far as can be received have been sent in my dispatch which will reach you by next mail it would seem that the troops were enticed away from their camp as the action took place about a mile and a quarter outside it the remainder of colonel glynna column re occupied the camp after dark the same night with me twelve miles away all day on the following morning we arrived at parkes parked di if t post which for twelve hours bad been attacked byrom by from to zulus its defence by some eighty men of the twenty fourth regiment was most gallant gallants bodies lay jay around the post I 1 compute the zulus zulua loss at 1000 here alone at the camp I 1 where the disaster occurred the loss loes i of the enemy ia Is computed at over 2 2000 colonel pearson command ing Q no I 1 column had bad been attacked but he repulsed the zulus the first lord of the admiralty in a speech at westminster tonight |
