Show BY PER PEB WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LINB A X F a A a NEW YORK 13 the trial of alderman ae charged with receiving a bribe in connection with the passage of the broadway surface railroad franchise was continued toda today to da day with tile the hearing bearing of evidence for I 1 the defense W S williams president and hop N A nelson vice president of the cable road testified that they did dd not know of any offer having been made by tile the com company parry to the aldermen either directly or indirectly for the broad broadway franchise the company was authorized zed to issue in stock and in the latter part of 1884 did issue or worth of bonds converted them into cash and deposited the amount with the trust company the company also offered the city jor or the franchise franchised franch isee A number of witnesses testified that mcquade favored the street railroad on broadway before he was chosen an alderman ex president andrews of the cable road said he knew of no offer of or any other sum to the aldermen tor for tile the franchise the bid of by his company was intended to cover not only broadway but a total of 78 miles ol of streets to account for mcquade bein being 11 flubs flush of money it was shown thit thai he had been left a legacy of in 1884 this was followed by evidence as to the prisoners good character testimony was introduced to show that mcquade had been a man of property for years the cashier of his bank testified that des transactions for several years nad agg aggregated re gated to per year anu llone of the indicted aldermen d ermen denied any knowledge of the combine denied attending the meeting at office or 5 any of the four meetings at mccaugh lins hns never before heard that any amount of money had been offered tor for franchises witness reluctantly ad fitted that he attendee tho the secret nine meeting of the ane aldermen malone maeoney brought the call to him at six in the evening did not know or care what the object of the meeting was wa when he wen into the in meeting me L etine ue he asked and was told the anju injunction nation had been dissolved and that some one else was trying to get arother another injunction never knew the names of the combine heard that keenan had something to do with the combine on railroad matters witness explained that throughout 1881 1884 there was a persistent effort to have morning sessions of the aldermen ex alderman charles reilly beilly one of tue indicted contradicted the testimony of Full fullgraff gratt and duffy in every essential particular bat nothing new nev was elicited indicted ex alderman thomas deary cleary who was ill and did not testify at the first trial denied all knowledge of the combine but said he called on mclaughlin during the batters lat illness and insisted on contradicting the servant girl who swore on saturday that cleary rang the door bell on that occasion SAN 13 the caimens car mens strike on the sutter street road developed into violence this thia afternoon A number of strikers had just left the car near the central avenue terminus after van an unsuccessful effort to induce the new men to desert their posts when the hoodlums in the crowd which had gathered about the scene began pelting the car c r and those in charge of it with stones this led to a shot being fired into the crowd by some one in the car r an an answering swerin shot came from the mob and a lively livel fusillade fusi lade ensued during which a about on twenty five shots were exchanged amid a general stampede by the crowd when the space was cleared a man was found wounded lying on the ground with a bullet hole in the back of his head he was carried to the eity city hospital where his wound was pronounced mortal the wounded man has not yet been identified denti fled A number of arrests have been made it is ip not known who fired the fatal shot after the shooting occurred all the ears cars on both the sutter and gal gary galy y street roads reads were withdrawn and no further disturbance took place at a late hour tonight to night the dying ayin 9 man was identified as benjamin heln hein zeley his brother stated the unfortunate man was a farm hand recently from the country and was merely a spectator at the scene of the trouble NEWYORK 13 henry henrym Hea M stanley lAd african rican explore received a cablegram from the king kinat atoe bel belgium aum ium ordering him to return mr stanley was also further advised that this unexpected summons is occasioned by trouble with arabs in the I 1 free congo state A balad of arabs under ben mohammed embolden emboldened ned by the absence of stanley have entered the free congo state and massacred the garrison at stanley falls auevery village where they thy found white families the men were killed and the women and children carried away the arabs number 1500 men attempts have been made to check their advance but without success 1 J I am wen well acquainted quain ted with anth ben mohammed said bt anley V having known him since 1876 when I 1 made mad b a contract with him to accompany me with a force of men for 50 days we are good friends and I 1 presume king leopold wants me to go there and put a top stop to his inroads springfield mass 13 henry M stanley lectured here tonight to night at the close ot of his talk ahe be said that in obedience to the order from the king of belgium he would sail for europe wed tuesday morning DETROIT 18 miss zella postell postel living with her parents in de destitute statute circumstances in this city today to day dayre re word from a law firm in norwich england that she kad had fallen heir to fifty thousand pounds sterling half of the fortune left by an uncle who recently died in australia washington 13 the president today nominated louis K church of ef dakota to be governor of dakota thomas B connery formerly managing editor of the new york herald is being strongly urged by his friends as a candidate for the vacant turkish mission connery who is now in washington had a pleasant interview today to day with secretary bayard and is to call tomorrow to morrow dy upon president cleveland nominations the following nominations were sent to the seriate sedate today to day thomas E benedict of new york to be public printer to be united states district attorney john T carey of california for the northern district of california W wm in L maginnis Maginn ls of ohio to be chief justice of the supreme court of wy maug territory win G langford Langi ord of washington territory to be associate justice of the supreme court of washington territory abner B williams of arkansas to be a member of tile the ezah commission geo W julian of indiana to be surveyor general of new mexico chaaw has W irish of iowa to he sur veyo general of nevada robert hobert W ROSS of illinois to be recorder ot of the general le land office and a large number of other oiher recess appointments point ments including consuls re registers is of land lana offices receivers ot of public pu alic moneys and indian agents BILL 4 senator eustis today to day introduced a bill directing the secretary of the treasury to pay to the respective owners of lands houses and tenements in the wates states lately in insurrection the sums ot of money received for leases or occupation of such property by the agency agency 0 of o the united states and paid into the treasury Tre astry under ot of the act of july ad 1864 FREE COINAGE OF SILVER I 1 the bill introduced by white of pennsylvania in the house today to day lor for the free coinage of silviar silver provides that the holders of silver bullion may have the same coined into standard dollars of 01 grains on the same terms as applied to the coinage of gold that the 1 silver dollar shall be the unit of account and the standard of value in like manner as now provided bior the gold dollar and shall be a legal tender it also KO provides vides that the secretary of the treasury instead of coining all the silver bullion presented shall exchange silver dollars or certificates coining only so much of the bullion as the needs ot of the country may require re quiro MEMPHIS tenn 14 it is rumored here that the elegant steamer J X white running between vicksburg and edw orleans was burned at an early hour tins this morning near baton bouge ough la and that fifty lives were lost los 4 memphis a m the loss of the j steamer J M chite has been confirmed she was burned t to the waters edge at ll clock last night while lying at a bank near bayon sara and about sixty lives were lost consisting on largely of women and children chi laren nearly all the crew saved among the passengers reported lost to is the superintendent of the vandalia railroad at natchez who together with his wife and children in the disaster the books of the boat were lost meagre details were received here over trie tae wires ot the louisville new orleans and texas railway the white was the finest steamer on the mississippi she was en rosteto rou teto new orleans and had a cargo of cotton on board estimated at not less leas than 2000 bales the surviving passengers and crew were conveyed to new orleans this morning new orleans 14 the steamer J M white from vicksburg miss to new orleans awas was burned at 10 last night lit at blue store point coupee 30 80 in miles les above baton rodge she had quite a number of passengers aboard dales of cotton and sacks of seed Several lives s are reported lost but james F muse mue who was in command telegraphs that only one life that of the porter of the boat is known to be lost the boat and cargo were a total loss the J M X white was built in 1878 at a dost cost of i and was regarded by many as the tha linest finest andl and fastest boat ever run on the mississippi b lissis sippi river eiver the boat was owned by captain john johnw W laban she was valued at and the cargo at The insurance on the boat is the cargo is doubtlessly fully covered fuller particulars tic had ulars are almost impossible to be be when the white took fire she was lying at point coupee taking on cotton she had on board SWO bales of cotton and sacks of seed this makes a cargo valued at thomas barry second engineer of the white while was on duty when the fire are broke out in the cotton for some time lie he thought he had the fire under control but it finally gained such headway that nothing could be done with it barr states that the fire then hen spread so rapidly that the boat was wrapped in flames flamed in a short time lie he thinks there were ten or twelve lives lost in eluding a colored fireman and two colored chambermaids it is thought that 50 persons perished pe NEW YORK 14 hundreds of people tl e flocked to the Jre teral sessions court 0 urt today to day but were forced to remain outside as no curiosity seekers were allowed to enter it wa was rumored that district attorney martine had haa secured testimony that juror rosen kosen bere was a firm friend of keenan shields and othes others sud that lie he hai had sworn falsely in his bis examination as it was expected martine would draw a juror thus causing a mistrial mis trial or that rosenberg Boseff berg would be arrested for perjury when the court opened counsel for the defense and people alternately held long consultations with the recorder taking up half an hour martine was evidently excited the recorder looked glum newcomb looked very serious butel but mcquade c aade was as impassive passive itu as usual finally the recorder nodded to the defense and said ke go on mr grady and the sac ease ase proceeded A J cawley jaw ley who had bad a room atac la ugolino ugh lino testified he never saw any aldermen visit the house except fullgraff the defense here rested washington 14 the mandate of the united states supreme court in the choctaw nation case was filed in the court of claims today to day the senate committee on finance this mornin morning ordered a favorable report on the bill gill for the redemption of and coinage of the trade dollar with amendments which provided that the amount to be redeemed shall not exceed half a million dollars monthly and that it shall be counted as part ot of the monthly purchase of bulli bullion iou for the mint oleomargarine the secretary of the treasury to day transmitted to the senate ben ate a report prepared by mr miller commissioner of internal Reve revenue nuee in answer to senator ingalls resolution calling for information in to the operations of tle oleomargarine law by this report it appears that since nov 1st ast the date at which the law went into operation the special tax provided for therein has been assessed on 34 manufacturers of oleomargarine on wholesale dealers and on 2415 retail dealers the number of oleomargarine asa assessed essed at two cents per pound was A table is given eriven showing the number of persons and firms who have paid the special taxes imposed and the quantity of oleomargarine assessed in each collection district of the united states this shows that the annc apal collections were in the first illinois district distinct where pounds were taxed axed the other districts where the collections were above the e a average v e rage were as follows colorado potin pounds ds kansas third massachusetts achu first new york second new york rhode aland Island of the manufacturing 1 establishments ten tenure are in IB the fi first illinois live five in ih kansas three in the second new york three in the eighth ohio and ave in rhode island none of the old dist districts contain more than two factories the wholesale dealers are confined pr principally birst cipully to the following districts illinois third massachusetts first michigan rhode aland and louisiana there a are re not more than four wholesale dealers in ign my any one of the other districts the retail business is confined principally to bo the first illinois district third massachusetts twenty second pennsylvania alvania lv ania rhode island first pennsylvania and connecticut in the order named the above figures are taken tom the returns so far as received in the case of rhode island the callec ion don returns are complete only to which is also the case with many other districts therefore the collections appear to be small senator mcpherson McP berson today to day introduced a bill h amendatory ozithe of the oleomargarine marjarine war jarine act it provides that those bee sections lotsof of the statute requiring all oleomargarine to be packed by its manufacture ts in firkins tubs or other wooden packages not before used for that hat purpose each containing not less than ten pounds and marked stamped nd ind branded as the commissioner of internal revenue shall prescribe shall not abot aply apply to oleomargarine transported in bond ond for exportation and actually exported 0 THE UTES the house committee on indian affairs today to day heard arguments by representative symes of colorado in dav or of ahe bill providing ovi Qing for the removal of the ute indiana anstrom from colorado and by delegate toole on the bill granting a right of way to tio the st PAUI minneapolis apolis and manitoba railway through tn tae indian s t reservations in northern Noi thern montana and northwestern dakota CONSULAR SERVICE the house committee on foreign affairs today to day dav completed the consider aaion of the diplomatic and cons consular ulab appropriation bill As completed the bill calls for an appropriation aggregating the total appropriation for the current year was 1356 the total iner increase gase of appropriation for the consular servi service ceis Js stated in the report accompanying the bill at 26 no action was taken by the committee on estimates for an international boundary survey between the united states and mexico the haytian arbitration Commiss commission ipri the Vene venezuelan and american claims commission and the abak alaskan AI askan boundary commission which was referred to the commil committee ee on for inclusion in toe tile sundry civil bill 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