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&A2 VOLUME I. M. CONCESSIONAL. INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS HOUSES. House of Representatives. WvHiiNaroN, March 12.After an evplana tun by Mr. Southard, disclaiming the au thorship of the joint resolution in regard to a pluidl executive head, the House went into committee ot the whole on the diplomatic and consulai appropriation bill. Mr. Hale spoke of the great impoitance of the consular service of the country. It was of vital consequence to commeice. It was the last Bervice which any discriminating nation, hav ing much commeice and desning it to grow, would discourage. It was because the pending bill assailed both the diplomatic and consular service, that he was now on the floor. The gentleman who had charge of the bill (Single ton) had spoken the other day about the necessity of economy. He (Hale) admitted that economy in government expenditures, if seiumsly intended and if discriminatingly ap plied, was a primal duty of the Legislature.but he asserted that none of these gentlemen who bet thcmbelves up as advocates of economy, could afford oi should be permitted to direct I heir strokes a single direction thatwould crip ple the government while they weie in the toils of schemes that raid on the tieasury, and would in the end bankrupt it. He reminded Single ton that his name had not appeared voting against the bill for the relief of owners of dis iilled spa its in bonded warehouses, which might have depleted the treasury to an amount ot ioin two and a halt to tour million dollars. Neither had any ot the majority members on the appiopriatxon committee voted against it. ~JK4 BOTH The Timber Trespass Question Introduced In the SenateBob Ingersoll and Other .Lunatics Petition for Fiee DIsti ibution of Obscene PublicationsConsular and Di plomatic Appropiiation Bill in the HouseHale's Attempt to Make Kepubli all Capital Haitdsomelj Turned Against llimDunnell lares in Fa* or of Steam ship Subsidies--.Sniixet Cox Punctures the Piesidency Fiaud and the Fraud of His Traudship's Foreign AppointmentsThe CommitteesAppointments and Confirm tton. Senate. WASHINGTON, March 12.Senator Thurman, fiom the committee on judiciary, reported, with amendments, the Senate bill prohibiting members of Congress Irom becoming sureties on certain bonds. Placed on the calendar. Senatoi Thurman gave notice that he would call it np for consideration at an eatly daj. A lcsoliition instructing the committee on judicial to lnqttue into the expediencj of pidviding that all claims against the United States exceeding one thousand dollars in amount be prosecuted in the circuit courts for the districts in which the claims ouginated, was greed to. The bill in aid of the polar expedition de signed by James Gordon Bennett, was pasbed Unanimously without debate.) The vice president submitted a comrfiuthca tion from the sccietary of the interior in armver to the icsolution lcl.itiug to timber Doubles in Montana. Senator Matthews bard the communication was along one and mo\cd it be lefcric^ to the committee on public lands without being read and be printed the Ha il. Senator Saigcnt objected to it being printed in the Jircoal, but had no objection to printing tin the usual document form. He rotcired to ihtf etJitnc of the secretary of the interior in legard to timber matters, and said it would stop all industries many Western States and Tcmtories. He had no objection to giving to the public in the usual document foim any thing the secretary might desire to bay de fence ot his cause, but he did ndt recognise the light ot a cabinet minister to come upon the flooi ol the Senate and make a speech or have printed in the Jlel A defense of his course. Senatoi Matthews said he desued to reply to Senator Sargent, and called for the leading of the communication as a part of his speech, that it might appeal in the rccoid. After debate upon points of order Senator Sargent objected to present consideration ot the motion to refer the document and it was laid o\ or till to-morrow. The House bill for lehef of Win. A. Ham mond, late surgeon general, was taken up, and Hcnatoi Plumb spoke in opposition. The bill thfn passed without amendment, jeas 55, bays 1, Plumb* Senator Tellei presented petitions ot Kdbert G. Ingersoll, of Illinois, and others, in which they say that without the knowledge ot your petitioners, and as they believe without the knowledge of a great number of citizens of the United States, certain acts weie procured to be paifoed by Congress in 1873, and since incor tmt?te into the United States revised statutes He sections 1,785, 3,878, 3,893, 5i889 and 2,491, ioi the ostensible purpose of suppressihg ob scene liteiature, which reversed the policy and practice of our government since its founda tion that in the belief of your petitioners the government of the United States waB estab lished under the declaration of independence and the constitution foi the more general pm poses ot government only and Jtoi protection and not for limitation of rights, personal liberty, freedom ot con science) of the press and of expression of Opinion, etc., that the statutes afoiesald are in the opinion of your petitioneis a plain viola tion oi the letter and spirit of these funda mental principles of our government, and that they are capable of and are being used tor pur poses ot moral and religious persecutions. The petitioners thsrefoie piay that the statutes aioresaid may be repealed oi materially modi fied, so they cannot be usfd to abudge the freedom of the press or of conscience. A few names were signed to the petition, after which wab the following And fifty thousand others attached to petitions 210 teet long filed with the House committee on levision of the laws." The petition was referred to the com mittee on revision of the laws. The unfinished business being the bill refer ung the claim of Benjamin Holliday to the court of claims, Senator Mitchell submitted a resolution to recommit the bill to the com mittee on claims, with instructions to report to the Senate what amount, if any, is due the claimant on account of his claim, and the said committee shall have power to send for persons and papers, and take testimony. Agreed to. On motion of Senator Thurman the bill le ported by the committee on judiciary in legard to the Pacific railroad sinking tund, was taken up, and he spoke at length in favor thereof. Senator Thurman explained the provisions of the bill, and said it was fair and ust, and no man could deny that it was liberal. After piovidmg tor a sinking fund, the Union Pacific company could still declare dividends of 4)^ pci cent., and the Central Pacific dividends oi 61-100 per cent, on the nominal value of their stock. Senatoi Davis, of Illinois, a member of the judiciary committee, spoke of the necessity of making some provision for payments due from these Pacific railways, and argued that Congress had the right to pass such a bill as the one pro posed. He referied to the 18th section of the act ot July 1st, 1862, chartering the road, wherein Congress reserved the right to alter, amend or repeal the act, and said the passage ot the pending bill was nothing beyond the exercise of this justly reserved power. He quoted at length from legal authorities sup poi of the power ot Congress to pass the bill, and argued that the public interest lequued it. Pending discussion, the bill was laid aside, and the Senate, on motion of Senator Wmdom, took up the West Point appropriation bill, but befoie pioceeding with its consideration, the motion ot Senator Matthews to go into execu tive Hession was agreed to, and Senatoi Windom Have notice that consideration of the West Point bill would be resumed at the expiration oi the morning hour to-moriow. The Senate went into executive session, and when the dooiu lc-opened, adjourned. He recounted the various bills (mti were pending in this session intended to draw large amounts from the treasury and mostly for the benefit of the Southern section of the country, and in regard to which he said theif support would come mostly from the Democratic side oi the House* and the opposition to them from the Republican side. Among them he enumerated the bill to pension soldiers of the Mexican and Indian wars, which would take from six to seven millions a year from the treasury. The Giddings claim, which involved the principle of paying the Southern mail contractors, and which would take about a million from the treasury. The Texas Pacific railroad bill, representing sixty millions, to be assumed by the government. The Mississippi levee bill, involving twenty-five millions. The bill to refund the cotton tax, involving sixty millions Tne bill to re-open the old cotton seizure taxes, and the bill to abolish the South ern claims commission. Mr. Singleton reminded Hale of five millions which the government had to pay to Canada for fish taken by the gentlemen's constitu ency. Mr,' Hale asked Singleton whether that had any bearing on pending legislation. He would venture to say, however, that whefi the bill to appropriate that five millions ddrriS before the house, its strongest'opposition would coine from the Northern States. He went on to say that the trouble was that any man who had present ed any one of these bills, and there were four hundred of them, every member who had re ported one of them from the committee, and there were dozens of them, would stand tip in his place and claim that from his view the legislation which he sought to engraft on the statute books was just and right. The radical fault was that the same gdntlertien were clamoring for "cheese paring economy." That was the trouble. The members on the other side""iTiadc a cry for and pretext of economy by reducing the number of clerks, by cramping consuls, by turning out ministers, but whenever they were confronted with any of the classes of claims to which he had referred it was as clear as that water runs down Hill, that they would vote tor them and would adrotate them, and if they did not do so they would not dare to go home and face then cVhstitbents. He did not feel like sitting still and listening to those homilies about retrenchment and re form without calling the attention of the House and of the country to the surfeit of bills that had been piescnted, S.tid many of which had al ready been reported, looking W the depletion of the treasury. He proceeded to contrast the small salaries paid by the United States to their ministers and consuls abroad with those paid by the Eng lish, Frenchi German and Russian govern ments, and said if they were further cut down the President would have to seek for rich men to occupy those posts. He characterized the pohsy ctf economy, particularly as applied to consulates, ad calculated to dwaif the country and to dwarf its commerce. Mr. Whitthorne said if he had any doubt about supporting the bill, the statement just made would have removed that doubt. The bills that gentleman had brought to the attention of the House, the Mississippi levee bill, the cotton tax bill, &c, were all old stagers, which had been first introduced while the Republicans had control of the House and of all departments of the government. Refer ence to them, therefore, came with an ill grace from a member of the Republican party which had robbed the people, tor the benefit of the credit mobiliei, of twice as itiuch as wonld pay all just claims of the South. Refciring to Mr. Hewitt's speech of yestcr^ day, he said that gentleman had advocated civil service refor'nSj What was civil service reform He (Whitthorne) was in favor of it if it meant putting Republicans out of office and Demociats in. (Mr. Townsend, of N. Y.That's the meaning of it-that's a good definition)and he thought that was the reform needed by the best interests of the country. But if it were to be itijdersto'dd an a system whereby the peo ple of the United States were to be taught that a better and purer class of men than politicians was to be educated as a class to be inducted into office, maintained and supported there for life, he was not for such reform. He believed that was a heresy, monarchial in its tendency, and as corrupting as any proposition could be. As an example of the foolishness of civil ser vice he stated a man in New York had been de nied a position of letter carrier because he did not know the latitude of Calcutta. Mr. Dunnell spoke in defense of the con sular system, which was not only self sustain ing, but actually brought three hundred thousand dollars a year into the treasury. He attributed partly to want of consular agencies, the decrease of American commerce. He de clared himself in favor of voting government aid to American commerce. Congress sullenly and stupidly refused to give aid to commerce because the cry of subsidy was rung in its ears. The great American question to-day was how American producers could reach foreign consumers. He characterized the impending tariff bill, "The Wooden Horse" overlooking the walls and threatening the prosperity of the country. It was a direct attack on the great agricultural interests and got up the interest of some little two-penny manufacturing institution. He regretted there was a proposition to revise the tariff, but its promoters were vastly mistaken if they sup posed they could pass it. Returning to the question of subsidies and referring particular ly to the Brazilian trade, he declaied himself ready to vote $100,000 or $200,000 to an Amer ican ship lmejto Brazil,as having a tendency to revive American commeice, for in its revival there was increased protection to agricultural inteiests. Mr. Cox, of New Yoik, criticised Mr. Hewitt's speech of yesterday. The draft of that speech, he said, could not be misinterpreted. It was intended to quiet title. His colleague, how ever, could not quiet one particular title. He could not read hiB title clear to the White House or any other mansion. His colleague was in a gieat part responsible for the electoral com mission, and he naturally desired to have the result certified as good. The lesult, however, was blood, and no washing would rinse out the damned spot. With its stain, the multitudi narian seas would continue to be incarnadined, until the present executive retired for a better man. To-day, a non-elected man held the high office of the Presidency thiough the crime of a convicted forger, and that convicted forger had an import ant part in the customs. He (Cox) had the other day somewhat informally, in the honest fervor of the moment, characterized the Pres ident as a fraud. The meaning of the word to which he would point his colleague is, that when one takes an office to which he is not elected, and takes it through corrupt means, it is better not to trust anything he does. He proceeded to discuss civil service reform policy, and said civil service reform under the present executive, was a lame humbug, and both sides of the House knew it to be futile and foolish. The fountain of honor itself was poisoned. He enumerated various appoint ments under the piesent administration, as specimens of civil servic reform, and asked why Wells and Anderson had been appointed and retained in office, when one of them was already sentenced to the penitentiary and the other was about to be. The reason was they had to be rewarded for assisting to build up the rotten fabric of the very throne which dis pensed power. When Cox's hour expired a motion to extend his time was made and passed, and Cox pro ceeded with his speech. He characterized civil service system as a bundle of incongruities based on false pretenses. They all know how futile and foolish were the inconsequential and disobeyed orders to officials to abstain from all interference in politics. Hence the utter fnendlessness of the administration. Hence the rejeation of the President by both parties as a foundling over whose political birth the bar sinister would ever hang. It might be an exaggeration to state that more personal ap pointments to office had been made under President Hayes than under Presi dent Grant, but was it not so. The leading promoters of Hayes' nomination was in the cabinet. His most conspicuous hustings orator was his associate in the same relation. The best mission to Europe bad been given to a politician from his own State, who had manipulated the votes of the nominating convention. Two of the electoral lawyers were cabinet members. Two others were in foreign missions. A former private secretary had the best German consulate. Some of the violations of civil service reform defied all classification. The history of no government furnished proof so overwhelming as to eorrupt and hypocritical practices. Political T^"^.?" debauchery had1 been the rule, and faithful triwtwttrtbrness the exception. Mr. Seal made a speech in defense of the consular service and system. The committee then rose and the House adjourned, after which notice was given of a Democratic caucus to morrow evening. Montana Timber Thieves. WASHINGTON, March 12.The communication sent to the Senate to-day by the secretary of the interior, condemns the report of the special agent sent to Montana to investigate timber depredations. The secretary says, in regard to it, that the examination of the special agent's report will show that the seizures and prosecu tions instituted were not directed against set tlers and poor men going upon public lands to gather firewood for their stoves, but against speculatorsthe wood ring as the government agent calls them, who depredate upon the pub lic lands on a large scale the way of an exten sively organized enterprise for their own private profit, and against mill owners, who manufac ture Jarge quantities of timber taken from public lands into lumber for sale, and that the amount charged by the government in settling with the depredators, constitutes bnt a small portion of the profits of the latter. Consider ing the equities of the case, in the opinion of the department, there is no reason why citizens of the territory of Montana should be permitted to carry on a large and profitable trade* in such wood or lumber without paying a fair price for it as the people of other parts of the country have to do. It is the duty, of the dpartment to exe cute the laws as they are with a duerog*Tdto the interest of the government and the condi tion of the people most nearly concerned, and no reports have reached the department showing that any hardship or distress has resulted 10m such efforts to enforce the laws, unless a re duction of the profits realized by those who depredate upon public lands on a large scale be called by that name. The secretary says, 1 am not awaic nor have I yet learned that the taking and removing of timber in violation of the express statute is any less an offense than the taking and re moving of any other kind of property in vio lation of express statute. The principal ob ject sought in the adoption of the present sys tem tot the suppression of depredations upon public" lands, namely, to stay further waste and devastation of timber growing thereon, has thus far in a great measure been accomplished, wherever the de partment has been able to obtain a final adjust ment Upon the suits instituted. Parties who hitherto carelessly and recklessly cut timber upon public lands bow purchase and enter the same in accordance with law or else refrain en tirely from that kind of business. That this result will be obtained everywhere if the law be enforced I feel well assured. A complete remedy, however, can only be furnished by ap propriate legislation. This subject appears to me of so great importance as to deserve the earnest consideration of Congress. TJie Committees. WASHINGTON, March 12.The Senate finance committee, Tuesday next, will consider the House bill for repeal of the specie resumption act. The Senate committee on military affaire, at the request of members who wished to make further inquiry, laid over the nomination of Thomas C. H. Smith, now appointment clerk of the treasury, to be paymaster in the army. The House judiciary committee to-day ap proved the body of the laws passed by the legislative assembly of Arizona with the ex ception of the act granting special privileges to the Southern Pacific railway of California. The vote was 6 against 3, Stenger and Butler being absent. This action with regard to the railway act was on the ground that under the organic law the territorial Legislature assembly had no power or authority to grant special privileges. Both the majority and minority reports will be made to the House. The committee of ways and means to-day agreed to report favorably Representative Burchard's bill to promote refunding of the national debt and the loan of savings to the United States for that purpose. The Senate committee on Pacific railways gave a hearing to-day to R. T. Spofford, upon the bill looking to the completion of a Southern Pacific railroad by extension to El Paso, of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio railway, there to connect with the Southern Pacific rail way of California. The San Antonio company do not ask for a land grant, or for an endorse ment trf bonds, but that a contract may be au thorized whereby the war department shall make advances as the road shall be built not to exceed $15,000 per mile, these advances to be reimbursed to the government in military transportation and postal service. Miscellaneous. WASHINGTON, March 12.The name of Hon. J. F. Wilson, of Iowa, haying been publicly mentioned in connection with the McGarrahan case, that gentleman to-day informed the Sen ate committee on lands, if it were thought necessary, he would promptly appear before them and make such a statement as might vin dicate himself from any supposed or intimated improper connection with that case. He was informed through the chairman that the com mittee were unanimously of opinion that there was nothing in it affecting him, or requiring his appearance before the committee for the purpose indicated. This morning detectives took into custody Benj. Noyes, president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company, on a requisition from the governor of New Jersey, and he was turned over to officer Long, of Newark, N. J. The three suits against Gen. Howard so long pending, came up for trial before the district court, District of Columbia, Judge Wylie pre siding, yesterday and to-day, and were all de cided in favor of General Howard. It has been stated the treasury department is discriminating against one and two dollar notes in the issue of greenbacks. Such is not the case, as the treasurer issues to any amount any denomination of notes in exchange for or in redemption of legal tender or national bank notes. Customs Investigation. WASHINGTON,March 12.The secretary of the treasury has received several complaints from various western cities of under-valuations and frauds in the city of New York, which, it is alleged, have had the effect of discriminating against direct importations by interior cities, and like complaints have come from New York and Atlantic cities, that the law for immediate transportation of imported goods to ports of delivery, have been evaded and made a medium of frauds. With a view to have these com plaints fairly and fully examined, and the difficulties corrected, either by change of exist ing laws, or by such orders as will remedy the errors and prevent frauds, Secretary Sherman has appointed a committee, composed of gen eral appraiser Meredith and special agents Beach and Hurd, to carefully investigate the subject. The allegations will be referred to these gentlemen, and they will visit the prin cipal cities from which complaints come, and make full inquiry and report. The Metal Conference. WASHINGTON, March 12.Mr. Evarts, at the cabinet meeting to-day, read a letter which he had prepared in accordance with the require ments of the silver bill, which provides that the President shall invite the governments of countries composing the Latin Union so-called, and of such other European nations as he may deem advisable, to join the United States in a conference to adopt a common ratio between gold and silver." The letter was approved by the cabinet, and will be sent to our ministers in Europe, through whom its contents will be made known to the respective European gov ernments, it being regarded as settled that this country is to have a bi-metallic standard. The ministers are instructed to urge the importance of joining with the United States in the con ference. 4f Perhaps it's Bart Presley. NEW OBLEANS, March 12.At the single number drawing of the Louisiana State lot tery to-day, No. 12,998 drew the capital prize of $30,000. The ticket was sold in this city, and it is believed, to a visitor at the carnival. ST. PAUL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1878. HAYES REBUKED. BY VOTE OE BIZL CHANDLER'S STATE YESTERDAY. %i *'Z. I Republicans Elect Governor hut Demo crats Gain L*rgely--Bepubllcan Le Nearly 2,000Details of the Returns^ -V I FIBST DISPATCH. BOSTON, Mass., March 12.Seventy towns in New Hampshire give Prescott, Republican, 11,770 McEean, 10,766: scattering, 101. The same towns last year gave Prescott 12,000 Marcy, 10,447 and scattering 106. Repub lican net loss, 617. The same relative loss throughout the State will make a choice of Governor by the popular vote very doubt ful, and probably throw the election into the Legislature. i SECOND DISPATCH. BOSTON, March 12.One hundred and twenty towns in New Hampshire give Pres cott 18.886, McLean, 17,653, scattering G69. The same towns last year gave Prescott 19,- 269, Marcy 17,149, scattering 183. Repub lican net loss 1,264 in 120 towns. THIBD DISPATCH. CONCOBD, N. H., March 12.The vote of 150 towns and cities give Prescott, Republi can, 29,342, McKean, Democrat, 26,660, and scattering, 625. Last year the same places gave Piescott 30,329, Marcy 23,931, scatter ing 309 Republican net loss in these places, 1,930. It seems certain Prescott is elected governor and that the Republicans carry the House and Senate and council. The Repub licans claim Prescott elected by 2,000, and the Democrats concede him from 1,000 to 1,500 majority. The Republicans claim the House by not less than 50 majority, which will probably not be far from right. They also deem they have carried eight out of the twelve Senator ial districts. Of the counties the Republi cans carry Rockingham, Stafford, Hillsboro and Sullivan, and the Democrats, Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Grafton- and Coon. Horace O'Brien, Republican, was elected Mayor of the city to-day. Eighty towns still to hear from. PBINCIPAIi CITILS. BOSTON, Mass., March 12.The following is the vote of the principal cities and towns in New Hampshire for Governor: Concord, Prescott, 1,854, McKean, 1,423 Nashua, Prescott, 1,169, McKean, 1,323 Portsmouth, Prescott, 1,032, McKean, 972: Dover, Pres cott, 1,138, McKean, 930 Keene. Prescott, 840, McKean, 561. THE LEGISLATURE. BOSTON, March 12.Returns from New Hampshire to 9 p. m., indicate the election of 80 Republicans and Go Democratic mem bers of the Legislature. CHANCE FOB A CONTBST. HANOVER N. H., Maich 12.The greatest excitement ever known in Hanover over an election occurred to-day. Objections to ex-United States Senator James W. Patter son caused a bolt of a portion of the Repub licans, who united with the Democrats for his defeat. Patterson was declared elected by one majority. Prominent Rep ublicans, who counted the votes with the officials, claimed a mistake of one in the first count, and demanded a recount. This was refused, and Patterson was declared elected. California Municipal Elections. SAN FBANOISCO, March 12.In the city election at Oakland yesterday a large vote was cast. The workingmen elect all their candidates except superintendent of schools and city marshal, by a small majority. The fight was between the workingmen and Re publicans, the Democrats fusing to some extent with the latter party. In the munici pal election at Salinas the citizens' party elected the whole ticket except one council man, a workingman. GETTING DOWN TO BED ROCK. The City of Chicago Being Out of Money Reduces its Fire Department and Police ForceInjunction to Restrain the Pay ment of the Outstanding Indebtedness. CHICAGO, 111., March 12.The appropria tion bill passed by the city council having become a law through the failure of the mayor to sign or disapprove, and the greatly reduced appropriations for the departments which it contains, has compelled the mayor to give notice of contemplated j$duction in the various branches of the city government. In the fire department, four chemical engines and two or three steamers will be dispensed with and the force reduced by 100 or 120 men. The police department has already lost nine and will soon lose .some seventy-five men, patfolmen, while the heads of some squads will be removed, and the pay of three sta tions will be closed. The insurance agents manifest considerable interest in this move ment. Henry W. Fuller, a large real estate owner, to-day filed a long injunction to restrain the collection and payment of all outstanding city certificates issued since 1870, amounting in all to four millions: also lestraining any future issue of any sort of certificates. The main reason for granting the injunction is that the limit of indebtedness was passed by the city in 1870, and has never been made good since. IN MEMORIA M. Brother Journalists Testifying Their Re spect for the Late Chas. L. Wilson. CHICAGO, HI., March 12.A meeting of city journalists was held at the Grand Pacfic hotel, this afternoon, to take appropriate action on the death of Charles L. Wilson, late proprietor of the Evening Journal. It was very largely attended by the most prom inent gentlemen of the profession. Ex Lieutenant Governor Bross presided, and remarks were made by Mr.Bross,Lieut. Gov. Shuman and R. E. Matteson, of the Times-, A. B. Hesing and Elias Colbert, of the Trib une, Frank Gilbert and others Wm. Henry Smith and Collins Shackleford. Elias Colbert and 0t. B. Armstrong were appointed a com mittee on resolutions, and their report was adopted, after which the meeting adjourned. Salaries of Pennsylvania Railroad Officials. PHILADELPHIA, March 12.The annual meeting to-day of stockholders of the Penn sylvania railroad company was numerously attended. Mayor Stockley presided. Dur ing the reading of the report many ques tions were asked in explanation and were answered by Col. Scott. He said his Salary was 24,000 a year, since the reduction. The Vice Presidents got $10,000 and $12,000 other officers from $10,000 to 2,000, and as sistant presidents $4,000. Col. Scott thought the purchase of the Empire trans- ipijl!fft^i^j portation company a profitable investment and was confident the purchase money could be paid off in four years. The old Empire company made lots of money and he be lieved the Pennsylvania company would make money out of it. WINONA GLOBELETS. A^arriage in High LifeProbably Fatal AccidentNo Bail for Boemer, the Biga- mistFollowing Horace Greeley's Advice. [Special Telegram to THE GLOBE.] WraoNA, Minn., March 12.Charles H., son of Hon. H. W. Lamberton, and Miss Maud Smith, step-daughter of Judge William Mitchell, were married here this afternoon, and immediately started on a train to California to visit the bride's re lations. A Mr. Phillips, an old man, seventy-five years old, residing in the suburbs of this city, had two ribs crushed by the kick of a horse, and lies in a critical condition. Roemer, the poligamist will lie in jail nn till the 25th, when his trial begins. He could not furnish the $5,000 bonds required. There is a large emigration from this vi cinity to the Western end of the Winona & St. Peter road in search of new lands, It is estimated that at least three hundred peo ple will go from this city alone during the year. The Wisconsin Legislature. [Special Telegram to THE GLOBE. MADJBOJV, March 12.In the Senate this morning a joint"reso1uiirou'*Torlfcifr'iBai, journment on the 20th, was concurred in. Bills passed for the punishment of persons using fenced or unfenced railroads as public highways enabling corporations to mciease their capital stock prescribing license fees of insurance companies relative to removal of causes from Chippewa to Taylor county creating the department of insurance. Bills were concurred in amending the charter of Ean Claire reducing the price of swamp and overflowed lands in La Crosse county cod ifying the school laws: relative to breeding furred animals. The school book bill, with amendments, was made the special order for 11 a. m. to morrow. IN THE ASSEMBLY the tesolutions accepting Edgewood, was concurred in. Col. Calkins' old claim wab made the special order for this evening. The Senate had a session at half-past five so as to allow committees to report. The Assembly at the session this evening killad the claim of Col. Calkins for three thou sand dollars interest on an old claim, by a tie vote 46 to 46. The bill incorporating the citv of Two Rivers was passed. Nominations and Confirmations. WASHINGTON, March 12.The President has nominated Robert M. Reynolds, of Alabama, first auditor of the treasury Robert P. Ken nedy, collector of internal revenue, fourth dis trict of Ohio and Naval Constructor John W. Eastley, chief of the bureau of construction and repairs and chief constructor, with the relative rank and pay of a commodore. The Senate to-day confirmed Wm. A. How ard, of Michigan, Governor of Dakota, and James E. Simpson, collector of internal reve ue for the third district of Iowa. Postmas ter, E. Kirk, Sioux City, Iowa United States marshal, Alex C. Botkin, Territoiy of Mon tana. A War Vehsel Ordered in Haste to San Domingo. NEW YOBK, March 12.A Norfolk dispatch stated that the United StateB steamer Ply mouth, now under repairs, has orders to put to sea as soon as out of the machinist's hands, deferring all other repairs until her return. The Plymouth goes direct to San Domingo, the disturbance there having caused the American consul to be impris oned and the interests of American citizens to be imperiled. The Fire Last Night in Jersey Citj. NEW YOBK, March 12.The fire which started last evening in No.." Provost street, Jersey City, burned five houses and made about one hundred persons homeless. The breaking of a ladder probably caused James Eilleen and John McGinnis, firemen, to be fatally injured. The loss by the fire early this morning at 174 Fulton street, New York, was $32,000 mostly covered by insurance. Terrible Colliery ExplosionLarge Loss of Life. LONDON, March 13.A terrible colliery explo sion occurrd in Unity Brook pit, Kearsley, near Bolton, yesterday afternoon. The mouth of the pit was blocked until 6 o'clock, when the explorers succeeded in entering. At last ac counts they had found 16 corpses. About 40 men were working in the pit at the time of the explosion, and it is certain all perished. Iowa Legislation. DES MOINKS, March 12.In the House this afternoon the bill providing for the taxation of telegraph lines was passed, ayes 84 nays 8. The question of prohibiting the sale of ale, wine and beer, came up again in its regular order, and the bill was defeated, ayes 38, nays 52 so that question is settled for the session. ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. The grand jury of New York city has in dicted Madame Restelle. A Havana telegram says the surrender of insurgent chiefs and followers still continues. Two very distinct shocks of earthquake were reported from Milford, N. H., yester day. The Acton powder mill, near Marlboro, Mass., blew up again yesterday, killing two men. The brush company's factory at New Haven has been burned by an incendiary. Loss $25,000: no insurance. The prohibitory liquor bill was defeated in the Massachusetts House yesterday by 118 to 93. Argument in the Anderson case was conclud ed before the supreme court at New Orleans yesterday. Decision will be rendered on the 18th. The steamer Remus has sailed from New Haven for Constantinople with a cargo of cartridges and cartridge machinery. The boy Charles Welch alias Patton, who shot and killed young McAdam, a playmate, at Philadelphia Monday, has been arrested. A. N. Robinson, who was treasurer at the time of the robbing of the Clermont county treasury at Batavia, Ohio, some months since, was, yesterday, arrested for the crime. The Farmers & Traders Bank of Lexing ton, Ky., suspended payment yesteiday. Its stated loans and discounts aggregate $200, 000, but the deposits do not exceed $80,000. Prof. John Brainerd, formerly of Cleve land, died in Washington Monday night, aged 70. He went to Washington during the late war to take a position in the patent office. ff A^collision of coal trains on the Reading road, near Pottstown yesterday, resulted in wrecking thirty cars and killing John A. Cummiaky, fireman, and severely wounding two others. Two children named Wood were fatally, and two others seriously burned at Harris burg yesterday morning by an explosion of coal oil, with which the oldest, aged 11, was ighting a fire. l^=..*& r" rnHE OLD W0BLD. POSSIBILITIES OF WAR APPAR- ENTLY INCREASING. Russians Drawing Their Lines Nearer the Bosphorus and ConstantinopleAustria Prepared for War If NecessaryEng land and Austria to Unite in Cer tain EmergenciesRussian Declaration Against Submission of Al the Points of the Treaty to the CongressThe Khedive as a Repudiator. NEABING THE BOSPHOBCS. LONDON, March 12.A dispatch from Constantinople reports the Russians have occupied Wekerkevi half an hours' march from Budulsdere on the Bosphorus. They also occupy a majority of the villages around Constantinople, and continue ad vancing toward the city. Bucharest papers mention a rumor that Germany and Austria would consent to the retrocession of Bessarabia if the mouths of the Danube were left in possession of Rou mania. WAB IF NECESSABY." VIENNA. March 12.At the sitting of the sub-committees of the Hungarian delegation to-day, Count Andrassy stated that the gov ernment had been, throughout, disposed to trality of Roumania. Herr Wafcnnsn pre tested that the Hungarian delegation was not ruled by a warlike feeling, but it calmly and steadily declared its readiness to enter upon war, if unavoidably necessary. Several mem bers expressed concurrence in this view. ATTSTBIA AND ENGULND. LONDON, March 12.Count Andrassy yes terday told a Hungarian delegation what he understood by Austrian interests, and what changes could not be permitted. "This por tion of his statement is kept secret but it is said to have caused a great sensation* A dispatch from Pesth says, Count Andrassy assured the delegation that in the event of certain contingencies, a convention between England and Austria was ready. CONGRESS TO DETERMINE. PABIS, March 12.The Republiqw Fian cainc states that Lord Derby told Count Schouvaloff, the Russian ambassador at Lon don, that England would not attend the con gress unless the entire treaty of San Stefano was submitted and that Schouvaloff, after consulting Gortschakoff, replied that Russia would consent to the congress itself deciding what points ought to be examined. 1HE SUB-COMMITTEES AGBEE. VIENNA, March 12.The sub-committees of the Hungarian delegation to-day unani mously adopted a motion to grant the credit of 60,000,000 florins asked for by Count Andrassy. CUBAN INSUBGENTS SUBBENDEB. HAVANA, March 12.The insurgent chief Aquirro with one hundred and fifty persons, with sixty arms belonging to the Colon and Sagua districts, capitulated on the 9th inst. at La Encruir Jada. NOT HKABD Oi IT. LONDON, March 12.In answer to an in quiry in the House of Commons this after noon, Sir Stafford Northcote said the gov ernment has not heard that the Russians were entrenching lines on the peninsula of Gallipolis. NOT COMPLETED. ROME, March 12.The new cabinet is not yet formed. The chief difficulty is assign ing the fortfohos of foreign affairs and war. EGYPT'S BOND DEBT. LONDON, March 12.The trouble touching Egyptian finances mentioned in a Paris dis patch is that the Khedive shows a disposi tion to refuse to carry out the agreement by him with the English and French bondhold ers through Goshen and Gosbert. It has been apprehended for some time the Khe dive contemplated following Turkey's exam pie by entirely suspending payments on her foreign debt. He, however, disclaims such intention, and has empowered Col. Gordon to constitute a commission with himself at the head, to make a thorough examination of Egypt's financial condition in order to ascer tain what is the extent of her ability to meet her creditors' claims. Goshen has protested personally to the Khedive and in the public prints against the proposal to depart from the terms of the agreement with the bondholders. NOT TENABLE. ST. PKTKB&BUBG, March 12.'he Journal De Si. Petersburg declares untenable the re ported English demand that all the points of the treaty should be submmitted to Con gress. Jf the mission of the congress is to result in peace, subjects of a European character and which might lead to an excit ed but resultless discusssion, must be set aside. BEJECTED. LONDON, March 12.In the House of Commons to-night, the motion of Ashley censuring Layard, British ambassador at Constantinople, in connection with the affair of Negroponte, the correspondence was re jected by a vote of 206 to 132. STmPICZOXKD OF CONSFZBiCT. PABIS, March 12.A special from Con stantinople states the Sultan has summoned Prince Hassan, of Egypt, to Constantinople. It is said the prince is implicated in the con spiracy of Sulieman Pasha. Cheyf Pasha is going to Constantinople to intercede for him. It is expected Sabdoulla Bey, late ambassador at Berlin, will be the second Turkish plenipotentiary to Congress. DISBANDED. BELGRADE, March 12.Seven thousand men of the Servian army of the Drina, have been disbanded. MISCELLANEOUS. LONDON, March 12.Verner Brothers, stock brokers, have failed with, it is stated, liabilities heavy and assets small. They were bears of a large amount of consols on British railway securities. The Timet says they entered on large gambling in hope that the country would rush into war, and the past fortnight's rise proved too much for them. Should the rise continue more col lapses are probable. The coal owners association of North Yorkshire and South Derbyshire have deter mined to reduce wages 1% per cent. This determination effects between 25,000 and 30,000 miners. Manufacturers in the north of England iron trade are demanding a reduction of wages from 10 to 17 per cent. It is be lieved the men intend a ^general strike. 1 The Silver Dollar Coming. PHILADELPHIA, March 12.The director of the mint in this city has received instructions from the secretary oi the treasury that he may pass over the counter at the mint limited sums of newly coined dollars injexchange for their f^T^ the independence, but not the neu- mmmmmmsm 4" NUMBER 58. tm 6 old the un t na 8 from 10 tolTOdoW For this purpose there will be S5S2S operintendent to-morro with th *J,0UU dollars in new coin. The object ouf is to allowth 5? ir^'J^ 7 thirty thousand dollars. all who may rthiPecimen new silver dolto. Thefestof new wasthus struckroff SKS!^ "mouncoins coined fa is DEATH IN THE SNOW. ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF WYOMING'* BLIZZARD. The Country for 530 Miles Buried in Snow Entire Embargo on Travel and Outdoor Operations Since Thursday LastLoss of Many Lives Already Reported and Many Additional Casualties AnticipatedMany Thousand Head of Stock Perish. Lifting of the Union Pacific Snow Blockade. CHETEKNK, W. T., March 12.The snow blockade on the Union Paciflo is raised. As sistant General Superintendent J. T. Clark, from the east, and. General Superintendent Davis, met in the long cut east of this city at noon, and cleared it, when two trains, which in anticipation had started from Sidney, soon passed through, arriving here at 4 and 5 p. m. Two more will arrive at 11 to-night. The combined forces of these two officers proceeded westward, and notwithstanding the immense drifts, succeeded in clearing ewary obstacle, some of the cuts being 25 to 30 feet deep, and to-night they metthe party from the western division at Sherman, and leave a clear track from Omaha toOgdcn. To make assurance doubly sure their respective trains will pass over the ground early in the morning, and subsequently all the delayed trains will start from Cheyenne to Laramie. Passengers from the train which hud so long at Antelope, state that they had an abundance of provisions, and were well cared for by the railway people, whom they gave credit for spar ing neither money nor labor to get them to their destination. The others at Laramie, of course, had plenty. The Colorado Central and Denver Pacific ars still snow bound, the former with fair pros pects of clearing the track to-morrow, their train having returned to Denver awaiting that event. Telegraphic communication is open northward to Custer, which reports four feet of snow between that point and Deadwood. The recent storm was as severe at Fort Mackinney Fetterman, Laramie, and along the route to Deadwood, as in this vicinity, and freight trains have lost many head of stock frozen and cramped. The Dody of Jack Lindsay who perished in the storm on Pole Creek 18 miles north, was brought into this city to-night. There are stall many persons missing, and it is impossible to conjecture as to their safety. SHERMAN, Wy., March 12On Thursday about midnight a storm of snow and wind set in covering the entire country from Green River, Wyoming, to North Platte, Nebraska, a dis tance 550 miles, which proved to be by far the severest storm known since the con struction of the Union Pacific rail road. The storm continued without abatement until Sunday morning, making it impossible for persons to go out without al most certain death. Since the storm subsided the bodies of a number of persons have been found who died from exposure. Two soldiers perished between Fort Russell and Cheyenne, a distance of three miles. Four men with ox teams were caught 16 miles northwest of Chey enne. Three of them reached the railroad Sun day, terribly frozen, and will probably lose their feet. The fourth man and cattle per ished. Three ranchmen were fonnd dead a short distance north of. Cooper lake. It is probable this is only a small part of those that have died from the effects of of the storm. One ranchman lost 10,000 sheep near Egbert station. Many other cases are reported of loss of stock. The snow is drifted in immense piles wherever there is any place to form a drift. Every cut in the railway track was filled with snow, and the sand sheds wers also full. The railway company had their forces out before the storm subsided Sunday, and have been constantly at word with four snow plows at different parts with all the men they could work. The different forces met at this point to-nigbt, at 9 o'clock, having cleared 550 miles in less than three days. All the trains will be immediately started, and no rnrther detention is anticipated. The passengers were all located where they could be well fed and taken care of, and those who have been located where they could see the progress of the storm and the efforts made to open the road, accord the railroad officers and men the greatest praise for the results accomplished. John Morrissey Dying. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 12.Hon. John Morrissey has had a relapse, and it is believed is in a dying condition. The Opera House Entertainment Last Night. It is to be hoped that the audience at the Opera House last evening did not represent the exact fraction of the populace who prefer true music to noisy clamor if so St. Paul can no longer claim to be musical, for where there should have been, from the merits of the per formance a crowded house, there was not much more than half an audience. But that those who were psesent were appreciative of the highest inspirations of divine art, was apparent from the just bestowal of applause. To criti cise Madam Rive-King is out of the question to lavish high sounding enconiums is but to gild gold. It is sufficient to say that Beethoven is grander when interpreted by herChapm more dreamy and beautifulLiszt more bril liant. Nor was there the chance for the acri monious critic to turn from the infallible musician and attack the instrument, which possessed all the requisites of full, delicious, powerful tne, with softness and quick re sponse to the most delicate touch. There is something in Miss Whinnery's voica which at first is hardly pleasant or satisfactory to the cultivated ear, but it is a voice which improves with acquaintance. It possesses some very rich notes, and seems to gain in freshness as it is used. Her second number, "1 Most 8ing," was ren dered with a finished style and sweetness that surprised the audience, who awarded her an encore. But perhaps Eckert's Swiss song was more appreciated by the audience, and the\ were not satisfied till Miss Whinnery replied to the demand for the encore she choose Robin Adair, and sang it with much feeling, using the tremolo most delicately and skillfull Mr. Buckelew was well received, and his song "Labor and Best," was greatly applauded. The concert from the first number to the last on the programme, was a musical feast, which was appreciated to the utmost by the select audiencean audience very different in tons from the crowd usually attending a variety show or sensational drama. White Bear Lake Open. Navigation on White Bear Lake has been re opened. On the afternoon of the 10th a boat. from "Dunn's" was rowed to the island. In view of the fact theftbat ice is usually safe for teams a month later in the season, the occur rence seems worthy of note. It is doubtful if the lake was ever before crossed by a row-boat during the month of March. If this weather should continue, the hotel men will have to hunt up their fishing tackle, lemonade glasses, and things. Visitor* from St. Louis. Mrs. Charlotte Smith, the editor and pub lisher of the Inland Monthly Magazine at St. Louis, and Miss Harriet L. Dalsen, are paying a visit to St. PauL They propose to give a sketch in the inland of notable persons and things in and about St. Paul. The Inland i* an ably conducted magazine, and any "writing up" which these ladies may do will) attain wide^fame and circulation by insertion in ite^.^p P*aP. ^^3?Wl ^v- "MPW I *#*v mm