| Show BY TELEGRAPH TELER G MB ma maos AMERICAN washington 15 it was expected that the senate would dispose of antl anti polygamy bill this afternoon or evening and if the expedition hail hati been realized gen miller would have made a motion to take up the tile chinese bill immediately afterwards the former measure having now gone over for further debate it is not probable that miller will have an opportunity to make his motion until a late hour tomorrow to morrow the house committee has agreed to report favorably for the erection of public buildings at boise city idaho to cost and leavenworth kansas snowden of the philadelphia mint was before the house hous committee on coinage to day in reference to the extension exten siou of that mint and in a the course of discussion upon coinage generelly gene rAly lie ho recommended that instead of establishing branch mints superintendents of assay office be authorized by tile the government to issue bullion certificates for bullion deposited recommended that the superintendent of ot the assay office be compelled to receive both gold and silver bullion on deposit and issue to depositors certificates in the amounts of 10 and upwards payable to bearer and that then these certificates shall at once enter general circulation of the country mr snowden aid this would be much choll cheaper or I 1 than to pe branch chua duif na N gun gum duld qun gerv Berv rub gub ab Buh alap fama pama T ohp IF suggestion met with decided favor in the minds of the committee snowden snowdan was wis asked if he did not think the issuance of these certificates would tend to bring silver up to a par with gold and he replied in the ule uie affirmative the committee will give this subject due attention LINCOLN neb 15 the star route eases cases es exploded today to day judge dun dundy ruled that clary could not be compelled to testify being one of the parties to the joint indictment for conspiracy the prosecution immediately declined to go further the jury returned a verdict of not rull guil ty clary had made mado a clean breast twice before the trial and his bis refusal to testify completely broke down tb the a case judge dundy presiding over the united states court where the star route trial of corbin and iddings had been in progress for several days this morning directed the jury to return a verdict of acquittal as to both defendants which was accordingly done the govern ment menthal iad aad completed the examination of its witnesses the defenso not having offered any testimony and the prosecution had utterly failed to show any wrong doing by the accused the verdict gives universal satisfaction and the defendants are well known and respected citizens NEW york IS 15 the ship sh lp glen olen morag arrived today to day picked up a boat with 11 of the crew and two passengers of the steamer bahama porto rico for new york john 8 scott cabin passenger pas says tile the bahama left st johns porto rico the ath of february on feb ath she encountered a hurricane which threw the steamer on her beam ends it was concluded to abandon the ship and two boats were lowered the captains cap taints boat contained 17 persons it was swamped shortly after leaving the ship shin and two or three were seen to swim back to the vessel but it was impossible to tell toll if they succeeded in getting on board three of the crew refused to leave the ship shin preferring to take chances as the two boats were BO so heavily loaded our boat eon con contained dainel robar williams first of fleer officer robert ress ross second officer J H fear and myself three passenger passe rigers two engineers the chief steward cook waiter messman and fireman LE N C IS 15 information received today to day from bald mountain states that yesterday a sudden and fearful crash was heard beard in the neighborhood of bakersville Bakers ville A rumbling noise preceding the crash was heard beard for miles and caused the frightened inhabitants of these mountains to recall the scenes of four or five years ago when bald mountain was seriously threatened with volcanic eruptions an investigation ti of the disturbances of yes berday developed the fact that a large portion of this lienk had suddenly disappeared into the fertile and beautiful valley below A slice of half a mile square had melted away judge dyer today to tb day entered a decree ee in the the suit of hording harding vs the globe insurance co of chicago and others setting settin aside the settle ment men 6 between the company and george F harding for in 1874 harding was made president of the company and on retiring from that position accepted ties of the company for a preferential calm caim c alm aim for fol this amount the court held field his claim not entitled to any preference and that he be would have to account for the securities received rog ROCK springs mo 15 tamn S cox co coa glue factory burned loss boss insurance CHICAGO 15 there was very active trading ou on change today to day and the condition of affairs was bimal v panicky wheat declined heavily tile the clo cio closing ing being four and five cents below yesterday and the lowest price for the day being six cents below yesterdays highest corn was about two cents lower oats was a cent offa off and provisions were indes cri bably irregular with a decline for the day of about on pork and 60 cents on laid there hns haa not been so exciting a day on change for over a year the chief cause cf U the panic was the announcement of the failure of orn N 0 commission firm which has a very extensive trade the extent of the failure cannot be ascertained as yet but it has captured cap eap hired a very largo large number of operators and is doubtless for heavy amounts E W fisher dealer in oats has also suspended with liabilities of or probably f to thare is 3 a deal deil pf af din iya to tha the amount involve in Kny knaps ps or nong mm iora lors 1 ers era 0 the tha th fann afif C of h 04 ray pay country customers who were slow in responding to the call for margins are expected to come como in shortly and that the firm will then pay dollar for dollar and resume an other member if IR quoted as saying the failure will probably involve and they cannot resume business the deals are chiefly in wheat but there are some in corn and a few in provisions mr kenyon himself la Is absent from the city the uncertainty as to the amoun involved arises from lack of information about the price at which the deals were closed out kenyon co and their friends have been persistent bulls bulla on the market they theby failed once before some years since LYN ilynn mass nil IG 16 kellys boroo co manufactory several beveral stores in tile the rame name building and adjoining dwellings burned last night lofs lops partly insured la ROCK RAPIDS lowa iowa 16 before a coro coroners nees jury who are investigating the murder of john La lanahan who was killed while sitting near a window on saturday night maggie his oldest daughter confessed that she did the shooting she also implicated her bar mother her sister annie and the lat int lattery lover over a young man named birch the zirl cirl test testified that it had been agreed between them some f time me ago to put the old man out of themay the way at the earliest opportunity birch furnished the pistol and when the father came home from a farmers faruera club meeting and was about to sit down she stepped up behind him and fired killing him instantly the three arranged tho the body so as to appear as if it some borne one had shot him through the window while her sister anna went wont out ana and broke the class As to the motive for the crime maggie testified that birch wanted to marry anna and her i ather refused he also did not provide for them the mother and other daughter daughten daug liter ilter corroborated this thia tee testimony birch at one time lived with the family awl ani was driven from the houfe by lanahan lacaban who suspected him of criminal intimacy with his wife and daughter all the parties implicated are under arrest and the greatest excitement prevail washington 16 the cereal estimates of the department of agriculture of the of 1831 compared with those of 1880 show a reduction of 31 per cent in corn 22 in wheat 27 in rye and 9 in barley the product of oats is about bushels less than the previous year the asere yate sate product of all cen cers als ala ig Is bushels against a decrease of 24 21 per cent they values are in round millions aa follows corn wheat oats rye 19 barley 33 1 buckwheat 8 total 1465 against 1 1361 in 1880 after a short executive session the anti polygamy hil hll was pr ocee ed with the question being upon the eighth section as reported from the judiciary committee and mor gan asked whether the bill would not exclude from his seat the th edele odele delegate from utah who wa wag represented as being a polygamist edmund edmundo said a reply to the inquiry would be made in due time on behalf of the committee which reported the bill NEW YORK 16 the graphic graphics q correspondent says rays the snaillike snail like ilke progress which con gresa Is making ha hia hig had bad the effect to throw it so far behind the appropriations committee that athas suspended daily sessions for the present there are the consular and diplomatic bill poat poRt appropriation bill military bill and another to provide for certain pertain urgent deficiencies the tho whole work so far has been wasted in wordy debate upon one thing or another chiefly the appointment bill and the robinson resolution concerning certain hypothetical cares capes of arrest in treland ireland which had bad already been covered by one adopted some rome days before and should have peen teen wn disposed of in alve minutes the dp appropriation committee is not the only one which has important measures on the calendar awaiting action the ways and means committee has reported Kasson li fl tariff c commission 0 ami qa ion lon b bill 11 I 1 a and nd I 1 internal nt a anal r revenue a v e bill the committee on commerce has reported a bill to regulate the carriage of parse pagge passengers rigers by sea and about a dozen others to make appropriations for various public works the committee on education and labor has pending a bill to regulate chinese rn migration i gr a t 10 n the ret het gla ald washington pays hig hns baen ben received P cherp erp arp bt tha fp alcan and the tw bilat an tho tito pf af jannary january Y gar garti A S R bmw 1 M which will be accepted freely ceding in to mexico jila the section of country about which there has been a boundary dispute and agreeing to establish tho the boundary according to the claims of mexico this thia la Is rather a comical ending to blaines aines BI alnes proposed propose intervention in favor of guate guatemala aia ala which he sought bought to justify lusti on the t 0 grounds which the mexican secre state it will be remembered showed him to be untenable for the reason that blaine had bad omitted to inform himself of the history and facts of the dispute the tribunes washington special says the anti polygamy bill will probably pass the senate tomorrow to morrow without being materially changed from the shape in which it came from the judiciary committee edmunds is doing what he be can to make speechmaking speech making unpopular and although the measure Is the most important with which the senate has hai bad thus far to deal he has secured an understanding that it should be voted on at tomor to mor row if not dispo disposed ted ked of earlier GALVES GALVESTON TONS tony 16 it is reported the town of columbia brazos county ia Is inundated by water by the brazos river eiver many of the inhabitants have fled others have taken refuge in a church and are supplied with food by boats washington 16 there thero bre are indications that the opponents of captain eads ship railway project are tire endeavoring to give new energy to the nicaraguan scheme with a view not only to defeat eads plan but to advance their own the general subject of maritime mara time will be referred in the senate to Mille california as subcommittee sub committee while in the if house ouse rosecrans Rose crans crana has introduced a bill to incorporate a nicaraguan company with a rather formidable list of incorporators among tho the names of this case are those of US gradt graat E D morgan hugh J jowitt jewitt W R garrison fred 1311 bli linge george B oring loring Ii james jamesr E keene E F beal daniel arnken george P F baker baiter william H barnum A G menocal and AT A T grantjr grant jr these incorporators represent some very large railroad interests te and include some very prominent capitalists they ask congress to guarantee to 10 that corn pany for a perio perlo I 1 of 20 years from abd tbd time of the corporation of the canal the net proceeds of or tramm traffic le which shall not be less than three per cent upon the capital stock which is to be ue less than in other words the incorporators request the government to insure them from to per annum notwithstanding all ail these antagonistic movement beads boasts that he will receive a favorable report from the committie commit tre the results of the indian labor luring the past 12 years since the beginning of the peace dolcy the board ot of indian Commiss commissioners laners say shows an increase in products of s sill ia by indian labor of nearly twelve old lold and at this rate of progress it Is con confidently fluently predicted the dimeis time is not far distant when all bemi semi civil elvil ined indians indiana will be self supporting and the few tribes that remain wild and savage will soon follow the example the deport closes as follows we have no new measures to recommend we simply urge persistent adherence to the peace policy which means government by jaw a iry imy homestead rights and education 1 NEW YORK 16 in relation to the wheat panic and ani a prominent member of the produce exchange to 0 day says our letters this morning from london say there is now ten times as much wheaton wheat on its way from california chill india etc aa as ever before and warn us that the market is closed to us unless we tome lome down in our we have comedown come down and perhaps may have to come down still further before ge gettin gour english trade back nain again NEW YORK 16 the batt matt and express in its wall wail va street gossip says bays the contractors who are grading the extension of the bt st louir ran pan francico francisco road from pacific city to dallas texas have received instructions to reduce their forca force one half pending the action of the board of directors at their annual meeting march as to whether the line shall be built or whether the traffic of the road shall continue to be done over the missouri pacific ghe the texas lumberman says fays it will take feet to finish the roads projected in that state ground was broken yesterday at mojave an that section ee cion clon of the attan lenti tip P A fe pacific rall pail fond foad tp to be built by y tha company ill 0 pr d 1 I ot 0 iry try rl 13 94 yip VIP R don G baldwin pilot of the ferryboat fulton had a leg broken by flying pieces of timber A miller named kohn had his hia scalp entirely taken off loss unknown I 1 I 1 16 the fire this morning originated in the cand candy y factory of Wm Ehrman co and the stock insurance also damaged W H me knigh knight Vs carpet stock loss on building 1 HELENA ark 16 the levee broke this morning the city Is flooded NORFOLK va 16 the governor and bome some state troops have gone to the mouth of the Rappa rappahannock hannock river biver where the civil power is inoperative owing to the oyster war var I 1 i washington 16 president ar arz thur gave his hia first state dinner to night at the executive mansion to 37 guests the heads and acting actina heads of the various foreign lega legai i lions at washington it was the first wo wite ite ito house dinner given by this administration and the |
