Show telegraphic NEWS washington april 23 secretary vilus vilas states that indian commissioner gregory has tendered his bis resignation aalthe all the witnesses including gregory were discharged this morning bornio LONDON april 23 A scene occurred occurred in the commons this evening on the question being raised by shaw le fevre regarding the increase of sentences in ireland in appeal cases matthews home secretary being pressed admitted that in his expert enc ethere was not a pi precedent pie in england to in any similar cases stuart asked madden solicitor general lor for ireland how many suca cases there bad baa deen been in ireland in the me last lasi decader madden evaded the question as not coming before nim aim officially stuart repeated the question three times with the same result after being pressed tor for an answer madden excitedly replied he be did not know which answer was received with loud cheers by the opposition and the Farnel lites sir vernon harcourt Hai court asked who did know and declared he wanted t the tl e question alstion answered whereupon u madden adlen promised to get the desired information it if a return was moved for the matter was then dropped the customs inland revenue hill was taken up ana after a debate over the tae amendment by gladstone which was defeated the bill was passed to second reading readi nR BERLIN april 23 dr BMacK enzie has writ briten en letters to tile the kreuze ung i be post and the cologne gazette denying the recent charges e S him stating he had bal summoned ned dr ber bargmann mann without due courtesy mi tuzie had a along lona interview with prince bismarck today the doctors letters to the three papers alove named were inserted under legal compulsion washington april 23 represent Ke Re presen dative morrow of california today in produced trod aced in the house the tae following joint resolutions resolution WHEREAS certain european powers have recently pursued in the pacific ocean an aggressive policy of annexation and colonization coloni i which has resulted in the al most complete destruction of native independence pen dence and autonomy in in that quarter of the globe and WHEREAS in view of toe growing importance r tance 1 of the commercial interests of the vl united ted states in the pacific it is dei desirable rable that there should be maintained whatever remaina of in I 1 it government in that part of the world tree free from Euro hui do doan i la ion and control and in the samoan islands one of the few remaining independent groups ot of the pacific ocean recent events have lend ed to impair if not absolutely to destroy their independence and aaton autonomy omy and the united states as a friendly power having commercial interests in said islands and as the first government to respect and encourage their independence and enter int treaty relations with them is interested in maintaining their autonomy and independence ther therefore etore be it Be resolved solved that the present condition of affairs at samoa requires that this covern ment anent should aid the people of those islands in securing diplomatic arrangement and independent native government free from fr orn the claim of territorial jurisdiction of european powers to the end that this burp purpose ose may be speedily and effectively accomplished the president of the united states is hereby requested bested to continue to interpose the good rv 0 ces of this government in an effort to settle and adjust the present difficulties at samoa upon a solid foundation and for the restoration of peace ai and ad good order and the establishment of a responsible native independent government BERLIN april 24 1 a m the emperor eror continues to improve his fever is decreasing the emperors general condition is satisfactory the discharge from the throat is copious the swelling of the glands has decreased washington ap april ril 23 representative anderson iowa introduced in the house today a bill directing the attorney general to institute judicial proceedings ocee din qs against the union pacific Bail read company and other parties A avery very long preamble to the bill re cites that it appears f from rom the report of el the pacific railway commissioners that the union pacific has tor years persistently refused to comply avith the conditions of the various acts of f congress relating to it that the officers offic cerr erb and aRd managers have squandered large sums out of the gross earnings in extravagant trava gant ant and unprofitable enterprises and aad gave have divided immense sums of money among themselves that the company has since the passage of the set act of 1873 issued new incumbrances without the tae consent of congress thereby impairing its credit and destroying ying the value of the united states lien that it has levied excessive charges upon the people tributary triou tary to the line and that the company has by i to unlawful ul acts forfeited its rights privileges and grants including the privilege of f arthe time in which to pay its indebtedness to the united states the bill in substance directs the attorney general to forthwith institute proceedings in the courts of the united states either in law or equity to enforce the forfeiture provided in the law of 1878 and other ether waa auta and collect the moneys due the united states from the company its stockholders and officers he is also directed to bring suit against the union pacific and kansas pacific to recover the proceeds of tile the wrongful issue of stock and bonds amounting amo to inc including lading in the action john bailey elisha atkins ezra ars H baker and sidney dillon ana and to join oin as parties defendant jay gould fred L awes russel sage and others to recover more or less the proceeds ot of the sale of bonds all claims growing out of the transaction which may be the subject matter of suit are to be exempted from the statute of limitation NEW YORK april 23 abe catholic news has received the following cable dispatch the vatican has issued a decree condemning boycotting and the plan of campaign the decree distinguishes the national movement from these revolutionary inea measures atcon it condemns only the latter washington april 23 senator brown today introduced a bill intended as an amendment to the interstate law it provides that any shipper who shall misrepresent the character of the weights or value of his bis shipment with a view of securing lower rates than other shippers of like property shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be washington april 23 the house committee on manufactures today resumed inquiry into the subject of trusts mr scott representative of the pennsylvania railroad spoke of the subpoena which had been served upon ten officers of the pennsylvania company concerning the transports tran tion of oil calling tor for the production of a large number of contracts etc he thought the railroad company should not be called upon for such extensive information which was apparently sought for by some person outside the committee who desired to get gel information to institute private lawsuits etc F D gowan of the reading company pany acting as counsel for the eom corn cittee proposed to show by information called for by the sub that the pennsylvania and other roads had bad been guilty of discrimination by which the standard oil company had bad maintained the monopoly of the production of oil without final disposition of the matter the subject was laid aside malcolm lloyd of philadelphia testified he be recently sold out his independent business to the standard oil company receiving the trusts certificates equal in amount to the amount of his bis property ro perty in business for himself himself he had bad received rebates from the pennsylvania railroad the committee requested lim to prepare a statement of such rebates the democratic caucus tonight discussed the republican I 1 ommittee committee ultimatum on the tariff debate dente the genral sentiment was that it was expedient at this time to limit the debate the following folio wing resolution was adopted resolved that it is the opinion oaths caucus that the tariff discussion be resume tomorrow and continued to a conc conclusion lusio w the exclusion of other business except excel that a night sessions may be held and it if not required for debate upon tariff shall be employed in current leg legislation the direction heretofore given as to urging an amicable arrangement as to the time the debate on oil th the 0 tariff bill 11 to continue in force the reference to the amicable arrangement ran gement ement refers to the direction of the majority to ascertain the wishes of the republicans and an adjournment was ordered in the hope that the republican members might be disposed I 1 to compromise at the meeting of the committee tomorrow washington april az 23 senator cullom introduced a bill today to amend the immediate transportation act and general revenue laws so as to tb allow of the immediate transportation of imported goods gooda in case where by reason of inevitable accident toe the consular invoices have not been received the goods or where the value is tod fod scalf small to I 1 justify the expenses of 8 ach invoices washington april 23 in disa disapproving T the sentences of dismissal in the cases of captain J A olmstead ninth Caval cavalry rv and first lieutenant montgomery D parker ninth cavalry the president said in his orders that thai glan an examination of these cases tried by the same court martial has fulla convinced me that conditions exist at fort fart duchesne that must if allowed to continue result in scandal and demoralization this condition should and must be promptly corrected by a more effective plan than the approval of court martial proceedings which rest upon suspicious and weak evi yi hence and which it may well be feared originated in questionable motives washington april 23 it has bees been practically decided at the war department part ment to assign major general crook to the command of the division of the missouri with headquarters at chicago and an order to that effect will probably be issued in a day or two it is said major general manding the division of the pacific desired to be transferred to te the mis but it was found the interest of 01 the service cluid be sub served better by retaining him at san francisco and assigning ass gning the new major general to the division of the missouri LONDON april 23 the american ship continental from new york december 31 fa calcutta before reported ashore at palmyra point has become a total wreck her crew was saved the american steamer san pablo fable captain reed from march ath via yokohama for hong kong before reported ashore at turnabout island is a total fetal loss her hercreg crew have arrived at shanghai YORK A april ril 23 inthe dinue united states circuit bourt gourt court judge wallace heard beard arguments today in the case of the rector wardens and vestrymen vestryman vestry men of the church of the holy trinity the case arises out of the engagement of bev B E walpole warren of england as pastor of the church at a stipulated wary salary mr warren arrived here september last it was claimed the mans engagement came under be taw law forbidding the importation of ion tract labor for the defense it was that the act refers only to those loose gaho perform manual labor briefs were handed to in and the decision was reserved YORK april 23 28 at the opening 9 today of the state senator senatorial til investigation into the alleged carru corruption tre 1 in connection with the work on the croton aqueduct and in other departments of the city senator pierce arose and stated he had received a telegram tel earam uram from f rom gov go v hill demanding that rollin bollin M squire be required to produce the letters he swore he had received reca received ived from the governor president spencer of the aqueduct commission the first witness said he had visited gov HUI hill and urged argea him to veto the bill reorganizing the board by putting the mayor and comptroller off of it this was only a few days before the governor signed it rollin bollin M squire ex commissioner of public works and ex member of the aqueduct board was called and produced a number ot letters and notes f from rem gov hill and from his private secretary some of them were davita eions for conferences with the governor in one gov hill asks squire to restore a man named neilson who had bad been discharged from the public works department e artmont art ment another from budge badge mullein a u pl 1 on the governors friend asking that charles cornell be appointed to a position under squire ex comptroller lowe testified that blunders he the aqueduct commission reorganization originated with J obrien of the contractors firm arm of obrien dark clark who it bad been alleged profited by the change and aided governor hills hill s canvass financially witness declined to accede the re ox of j aage mullen that ae vote to 10 award three sections of the aqueduct contract to obrien dark clark and it began to be rumored that witness was to be removed from the commission city chamberlain irvinia related the story of a visit made to governor hill when he be laid before mm him the evidence tending to show that squire had been guilty ol of a criminal offense fease of the governor he be said did not think it furnished the basis for a criminal action and appealed to his bis irvings democracy he said scandals were bad for the party that it was disloyalty to the party to bring a matter ol 01 that kind out and that the party would hold the man who did it responsible witness told bim the party should punish its own rascals and cited the career of mr tilden to that the gover nor retorted that the times awes a and conditions had bad changed and there had bad been n en too much of that sort of thing f from corn other sources later witness had learned that governor hill was endeavouring to prevent the matter from being made public and that he be threatened to remove district attorney now judge martine unless it was su suppressed greSsed witness managed to bring br n g out on the exposure H herman rma the clerk of the firm of obrien dark clark told of a note signed by governor Govera or hill and endorsed by his partner and himself he said payments of 1000 at a time were made on it from time to time till it was all paid all these sums were charged to t the he individual account of his bis partner obrien he understood that this was a some ome political assessment on the firm a and nd other firms engaged in the work for the democratic party and not for governor hill ex assistant district attorney nicoll testified that after squire was indicted governor hill sent for him several times and urged him to bring the cue case to trial as the people were saying that he HUI hill was having it put off YORK april 23 with the permission of lawyer marsh four detectives went to te his bis madison avenue residence today and took fourteen of the alleged spook paintings which were foisted on the credulous old man by ame mme dias de bar among the pic tures tares was one said to represent one of marshs marahs ancestors who lived twenty four hundred years ago and one of henry ward beecher Se echer another picture was finished in raw oil and it is raid it will not be dry in a year the pictures will be used as ad evidence against against the madame tomorrow OSTON BOSTON april 24 the steamer catalonia loaded with john L sullivan passed in by hull early this morning mrs sullivan the champions legal wife intends to set herself right before the world she is endeavoring to secure a warrant for the big fellows arrest immediately on his arrival on the charge of improper relations with annie livingstone with whom he has been trave traveling ling during the past two years and acknowledging as his wife BERLIN april 34 24 this mornings bulletin says the emperor passed a very good night |