Show BY TELEGRAPH IM fiu UNUM UNION TELEGRAPH AF E 1 C A 11 SAN FRANCISCO 4 A tuscon ari conla dispatch says with re ferena ferenc to the recent killing of captain crawford by the mexican troops the says it can be shown to the satis faction of any congressional commit tee that trade has been constantly keo ken up by the mexicans with the hostile Apaches while every obstacle aele has beer put in the path everi of t the e american commands sent into mexico in pursuit 0 the renegades rene gades whenever possible tin th officers were arrested and thrown into inex prison among these were lieuten ant mcdonald fourth cavalry an am lieutenant elliott ElJ iott tenth cavalry caval they were ere kept under guard until t thi g f approach of large forces of americal Ameri cai troops frightened the mexicans int liberating them from the most re diable information fuere is not the leas doubt that the murder of capiali crawford Craw tord was premeditated an el paso texas dispatch says the report oi of the commanding office of the mexicans who attacked craw fords command has been published ii the estado se de chihuahua newspaper new which reached here today today it state that on the alth instant the mexican corn batted a great number of tame an am wild indians probably over beani led by foreign united states officer and over twenty soldiers four cans are re reported G arted 1 killed and fou wounded the 1 ie report also aiso states they displayed not a agn of legality as was evinced as much by their strat egy at as by the animals which they had and which I 1 hold to prove they stolen the report is dated fron dolores mining camp january and is signed santa anna perez it i i believed the animals referred to in thi tb report are those captured from the in deans which the latter had bad stolen washington 4 it is believed at thi th war department that the killing 0 Cap captain taip crawford Craw tord by the mexican troops was the result of anC incident an accident ident and that the mexicans fired on his command under the impression that they the were hostiles ho stiles re the statement that the united states troops had stock in their possession at the time of the attack which had been stolen in the vicinity is explained by lieutenant mauss report that they the y had just captured it from the hostile indians it 11 is explained that captain crawford was unable to show the identity of his command at the outset of toe firing by the mexicans because of his bis i ignorance norance of the nature of the attack and the general demoralization which it caused washington 4 the senate committee on public lands today to day gave a hearing he arine to the news newspaper correspondents who last week telegraphed their papers interviews with surveyor gen eral dement of utah which interviews mr demant at his bis recent examination by this committee repudiated and the statements in which he declared to be without foundation corwin and powers of the chicago bain and crawford of the new york arld world and guthridge of the chicago news appeared before the committee and testified that the statements in ants in dispatches the were made up on the direct authority hority of demerit dement curtis correspondent of the chicago inter ocean told the committee he had received the material 7 for his article upon the subject from corwin who had told him moreover that the prominent western senator who dement was reported to have said received from the mormons cormons Mor mons was teller dement declined to be present at the hez hearing ring teller who is a member of the committee was present and by inquiries qu iries purposely drew out the avow als with respect to the use of his own name TOMBSTONE 4 A J huneke who returned from sonora mexico to today da day reports that the mexican guaras guards searching for smugglers unexpectedly came upon a camp of Inal indians alks on oputo aputo river 25 miles southeast of fronteras shots shota were exchanged but the guards escaped without injury the apaches numbered 25 and are not connected with Geronimo it is estimated about head ot of cattle have been stolen in the fronteras valley by this band itis it is repeated reper ted that indians killed a roon a lanch much near San Fedro mexico three days ao ago TORONTO 4 wallace ross boss and fred Fl plaisted aisted say they will make an attempt next august augast to go through the niagara whirlpool in a boat they claim that captain webb was drowned through an accident and that the boat they have contracted actea for ip in the united states will carry them through safely ST louis 4 tort and steinitz resumed their contest for the worlds chess championship yesterday afternoon about one hundred spectators were present resent mr S M josephs of the harmonie var harmonic monie club kept the official score among the gentlemen sent lemen present were a number of players of local note and several from abroad W H ripley secretary of the indianapolis club D mcafee of quine quincy illinois and F hoehnke of leadville colorado the play began at mr steinitz opening alay with the lopez gambit tort resigned at his sixtieth move YORK 4 captain herbert who was at the wheel of the tug boat blanche page when she ran down and capsized the longboat longboat of the austrian corvette donau last night whereby one officer and live five seamen lost their lives was examined in the pollee police court this afternoon lieutenant philip von keresztes of the donau presented an affidavit in which lie gave the names of a lot of men as follows seamen thomas of vienna joseph Zi of tunes tune john Matke eau of grads john lov elzir of san Vi ganti rind mark tl ti of Spa lats the affidavit recited the fact of the of the launch and ot of the despatch of the longboat from the corvette after it the latter being manned by those whose names are given with seven others who were picked aft u ahe use of the signal lamps by the seamen was sworn I 1 to and then the disaster which occurred des despite ite the precautions ot of the men in the alvor boat at the loss of life is charged to culpable Cul culpable Vable negligence of the defendant and the facts sworn to are corroborated ro by one of the seamen herbert i was held in the sum of 2500 for examination 5 an explosion occurred this moi ning nine at the bessemer steel works of carnegie s co at st homestead it is re reported portes that IS 15 men were killed ST louis 5 A te terrible trible attempt upon human lite life was perpetrated last night shortly atter after ten in a shanty near bear the railroad track in east st louis railroad men who hap happened ened ta be out were attracted to the banty shanty rr by the glare of fire and heartrending heart rending screams and cries from six men who id were in the shanty the door was broken down and two men rushed out 19 enveloped in flames while four others were carried out and rolled in the snow the faces of the victims were pr blackened and long strips of flesh peeled aled 1 off presenting a horrible sight rh the e unfortunate men were taken to d the relay depot and while there told re how the fire originated they had strolled into the shanty one by one to 0 set warn warm and were sitting around the stove talking when suddenly the stove burst open and flames leaped all over the room enveloping the men before they could turn tarn to the door the fire ws ats the result of either a practical joke or deliberate attack on their lives to settle old grudges the manner in which the lire started can only be accounted for on the ground of some wretch having poured oil or powder down the chimney ot of the stove it is ia said the man who perpetrated the deed is known as he had a grudge against one of toe men and declared but recently that he would get even if it took years to do it near the shanty was found an oil can the railroad men who ran to the rescue saw a man retreating from the shanty if the man man had been captured capture d he would have been lynched the six men are all fearfully burned but it cannot be learned whether any of them are fatally injured or not NEW YORK 5 the thermometer this morning mornin if indicates six degrees below zero the present cold snap snap Is by far the coldest of the season and the suffering among the poor is ia very great trains qu on the elevated roads road s are greatly delayed and owing to the snow it is almost impossible for the horse cars to make headway twenty persons who walked across the brooklyn bridge yesterday had bad some portion of their bodies frozen charitable persons bought large numbers of tickets for rides in the brooklyn bridge cars and had the police give them to poorly clad persons who attempted to walk across four steamers arrived at this port yes te ay but no sailing vessels have been een re reported arted washington 5 this morning was vas the coldest of the season the thermometer at the signal office registered 2 degrees below zero at 7 NEW YORK 5 A tombstone Tp arizona special to the post says the reported causes leading to the shooting of captain crawford are confirmed by the arrival here today to day from sonora of A J huneke a citizen of undoubted credibility he reports that last month mouth fourteen of crawfords Craw fords while intoxicated attacked mexican citizens living near fronteras they subsequently rode into fronteras firing aring up and down the street driving the terrorized citizens into their houses which they barred preparing to defend themselves the drunken scouts had the town to themselves for a time the mexicans banded and were reldy ready to attack the men when crawford rade into town and by his presence succeeded in drawing off the scouts washington ra 5 the president has pardoned gecorve K R sims whoa 0 was convicted of participating in the con to defraud the government in the pension case and sentenced to five years imprisonment in the southern illinois penitentiary the committee on military affairs today to day by a vote of 6 to 1 passed favorably upon representative lairds bill it provides that the department of arizona and new nev mexico may raise one regiment of volunteer cavalry in each territory for one years service to be composed of and officered by the actual residents of the territories named two mexican ponies are to be furnished each officer and soldier and whenever these are insufficient to make a vigorous pursuit of the hostile indians toe regimental quartermasters are authorized to supply the deficiency denci ency from any herds ac accessible e ess itile without delay of advisement or inspection or by giving vouchers for such sach animals as may maybe be taken from private citizens pack animals are to be provided as means to transportation or of supplies in addition to government wagon trains senator blair from the committee on education and labor reported favorably fryes bill to provide for the appointment by the president of a commission inis sion of five persons to investigate invest a te the alcoholic liquor traffic it provides es that thattie the members of the commission shall be selected solely with reference to their personal fitness and capacity for honest impartial and thorough investigation vesti gation it stipulates that all of them shall not be advocates of prohibitory legislation or of total abstinence and that they shall serve without salary their duties shall be to invests gate the alcoholic liquor traffic its relations to the revenue and taxation and its general ee economic criminal moral and scientific aspects in connection with pauperism crimes public health and general welfare of the people to inquire and take testimony as to the practical results of license and prohibitory legislation for or the prevention of intemperance in the several states and to report the result of their investigations to the prest president to be by him transmitted to congress it appropriates for the expenses 0 of the investigation I 1 expenses representative elaud bland voicing the opinions opinions of the silver democrats of the house desires to correct the impression which he be sa says 8 was given by the vote on wednesday a my last against hewitts dewitts He witts motion to recommit with instructions the resolutions reported from the committee on coinage weights and measures calling for information as to the silver circulation he says that of the 90 votes for the motion 39 were republican and 60 democrats while of the votes against it 80 were cast by the democrats show inga majority of 20 democrats against the motion he further says there were many democrats who voted doted for hewitts dewitts He witts motion because they doubted the pro propriety briety of asking the secretary of the treasury to define his future policy as to silver payments this morning was the coldest of the season the thermometer at the signal office registered two degrees below zero at 1 7 the house committee on territories today to day heard a delegation of indians representing the five civilized tribes of indian territory in opposition to the bills lor for the organization tiou of the territory I 1 of oklahoma the indians expressed a general op opposition AltIon to was thew and all similar bills affecting their present relations with the government all they wanted was for the government to keep faith with them the organization of the territory of okla homa they claimed would be a violation of the treaty stipulation replying to ex representative darks clarks charge that oklahoma was not simply a pasture ii I ground for the cattlemen cattle mea they make counter charges in which they accused dark clark and others who urge the organization of the territory of being in collusion with the railroad companies and cattlemen romero mexican minister at washington has received from the governor of the state of chihuahua mexico an official report of the unfortunate encounter with the mexicans had bad with the united states troops commanded by captain crawford at the mountains of bavis chihuahua on the alth alt it is stated in the report that the mexican force commanded by major lauriele Ma uriele corradon Cor redon arrived on that day at a place called in the sierra of bavis where they knew that the apache indians who rhad had revolted under the leadership of geronimo were the mexicans fired on the united united states troops in the belief that they were the hostiles bo ho stiles in the fight that ensued major mauricce Mau ricie corre corradon Cor redon don first lieutenant juan de la cruz and privates mariana and luz estrada were killed and four other soldiers were wounded that as soon as the mexican forces found out that they were tiring firing on the united states soldiers d they sto stopped aped firing and expressed to the latter their regret at the losses occasioned to both commands thu the report gives as an excuse for the above mistake the difficulty of distinguishing the renegade indians from scouts and says that while the latter generally behave themselves while in th thir ir camp under view of their officers when they get out under the pretext of hunting bunting or looking for hostile indians or others they sometimes commit great depredations on the peaceful al inhabitants of the frontier and cannot readily be distinguished from the hostile indians it was reported from mexico that scouts killed and wounded on december a considerable number of cattle and horses belonging to the mexicans and that on the while they were in camp at a place distant about a mile from gusaras Gu Ga sabas sonora seven of the scouts entered the village aad committed great outrages and toe the mayor mavor was forced to ask ton armed men to bring them to order and one of the scouts was wounded the same indians killed two men who were leading mules loaded with goods which were stolen by the scouts it is also alao reported that three mexicans were attacked tag ked by scouts op on january athon the road that leads from nacosari Na cosari arl to cumpas the mexicans succeeded in escaping but their |