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VOLUME I. J WASHINGTON. INTERESTING SESSIONS OF BOTH HOUSES. The Senate Plainly Occupied in Considering tho Bankrupt Repeal BUIAll Attempts to liefer Voted Down, but Final Action Not ReachedSpeaker Randall Adminis ters a Slinging Rebuke to the Republi cans for their Steady Opposition to Meas ures of EconomyHouse Ways and Means Committee Agree to Recommend a Sus pension of the [sinking Fund ActBonds Called InProposition for Taxing Chinese Immigrants for Kducitlonal Purposes Miscellaneous--Indian Troubles Antici pated. Senate. WASHINGTON, April 30.The President pro tern laid before the Senate a number of bills from the House, among them the Senate bill to repeal the bankrupt law, with tho amendments thereto agreed to by the House. Senator Merriam moved to refer the bill and amendments to the judiciary committee. Senator Beck objected to the motion, and de manded the yeaa and nays. He thought the Houso amendments should be concurred in and the bill be passed. Senator Conkling favored reference, and said in this body any committee could report at any time therefore there would be no loss by reference. Senator Beck opposed a reference, upon the ground that if any good was to grow out of the Dassage of the bi'l, the sooner it be passed the better. All sorts of fraudulent petitions were being filed by persons to take advantage of this bankrupt law before its repeal. Pending discussion on the bill to repeal.the bankrupt law, the morning hour expired, and the bill was laid aside temporarily that the morning business might be transacted. Senator Morrill, of Kentucky, from the com mittee on finance, reported adversely on the concurrent resolution of Senator Beck, declar ing it inexpedient to levy taxes at this time to maintain the sinking fund, and the committee was discharged from its further consideration. In submitting the report Senator Morrill said the law as it now stood provided for a sinking fund, and it couldn't be repealed by a concur rent resolution. Senator Kirkwood presented the credentials of W. B. Allison, re-elected United States Sen ator from tho Sbate of Iowa. Read and laid on the table. Senator Butler submitted an amendment to tho bill to repeal tho specie resumption act, now on the calendar of the Senate, so as to repeal section 3,412, revised statutes, imposing a tax ol! m^R"^sf''S ten pci* centum upon circulating notes, private or State banks. Ordered printed. Senator Booth, from Connecticut, on public lands, reported, with amendment, Senate bill for the relief of certain settlers on public lands and to provide for the repayment of certain fees and commissions paid on said entries of public lands. Placed on the calendar. Senator Cockrell, from the committee on military affairs, reported, without amendment, the House bill authorizing the President to ap point James Shields, of Missouri, brigadier general in the U. S. army, on tho retired list. Placed on the calendar. In reporting the bill, Senator Cockrell said it was a unanimous report, and members of the committee reserved the right to express their views, when the bill should be considered in tho Senate. Senator Sargent, trom the committee of con ference on the naval appropriation bills, sub mitted tho report, and suid the differences be tween the two houses were very slight, and they were compromised, to the entire satisfac tion of the confeie?s on both sides. The con ference report was unanimously agreed to. The Seriate resumed cot sideration of the bill to repeal the bankrupt law. Senator Christianey said he proposed to sub mit the following amendment: "Andall suits and proceedings i tcident thereto, or growing out of or dependent thereon, including all rights of suits by and against the assignees, under any or all of said acts," to come in just before the House amendment providing that the repeal of the law should not invalidate all ponal actions or criminal proceedings arising thersundor. Senator Ingalls favored a well regulated bankrupt law, and said if this measure of re peal should be consummated we would have a period of distress and commercial ruin. Should this law be repealed and no substitute for it loft the result would be every debtor would be at the mercy of every creditor. Senator Davis (111.) said that he thought it a great mistake, as well as a great wrong, to re peal this law. He spoke of the principle upon which the bankrupt law was based, and said to repeal this law without having in its stead another would be to leave a great class of un fortunate debtors at the mercy of their credit ora. He believed the law could be simplified. The judiciary committee could prepare a bill which he believed would satisfy the Senate and country, and ho was opposed to this haste in repealing the law. He believed in a permanent bankrupt law. Senator lieok 6aid reference of this hill to the judiciary committee meant that it would not be heard from again during this session. Ha was not opposed to a well regulated bank rapt law, and the judiciary committee could preparo a bill. He was opposed to patching up tbi bill. Senator Allison submitted an amendment to refer tho bill aud amendments to the judiciary committee, with instructions to report such amendments thereto as will relieve the existing law of the defects which experience has dis closed. Senator Matthews favored reference of the bill, and said there should be another effort to perfect the law before wiping it from the stat ute books. He thought the wisdom of Con gress equal to the occasion, and had no doubt a suitable bankrupt law could be passed. Senator Hill thought the present bankrupt law had heen of service, but it should be re pealed now. In view of the large majority in bit H3U5C3 of Congress for the repeal of tho bankrupt law, he thought it idle to expect that the law conld be amended. Senator Hoar thought it an inopportune time now, to repeal the law. Senator Edmunds opposed repeal'. Senator Thurman moved to amend the amendment of Senator Allison, so as to instruct the judiciary committee to report the bill, with such amendments as they propose, on Thurs day next. Senator Thurman said he believed tho people of Ohio were almost unanimous in favor of the repeal of the bankrupt law. It was impossible for the judiciary committee to prepare a bankrupt law to please evrry one. Though the commit tee had worked diligently two months to do so, the people demanded this bankrupt law be torn up root and branch, and in deference to the wiBheR of the people ho favored repeal, though ha hid no doubt he would live long r*vmgh to hear a clamor for a new bankrupt law. benator McCreery said in his opinion the fate of the bill depended upon voting down all these propositions to refer to the committee on judiciary. It had the bill already six months and could not perfect it, so it was just as well for the Senate to act npon the matter to-day. Senator Paddock, Neb., opposed all motions to refer, and urged immediate disposal of the bill. Senator Howe said he though a good, sound bankrupt law was a necessary thing for the commercial interests of every nation, and he was disposed to make one more effort to per fect the law, and would refer the matter to the committee. Tho amendment of Senator Thnrmai to that of Senator Allison was then rejected yeas, 19 nays, 84. After farther disoussion the amendment of Senator Allison was rejeoted yeas, 18 nays, 86. Senator Ransom said he thought the motion of Senator Thurman to instruct the committee to report on Thursday next was not understood when tho vote was taken. He therefore re newed the motion, and after a brief discussion it was rejected yeas, 27 nays, 27. Senators Ingalls, Jones, of Florida and Pat ters-ri who would have voted in the affirma- ^''iM. 3fS5t V&. 1 ik-t:M vr nmMnifiBwawwi.H u...iyjMWB5*H8^fi tive, were paired with Senators McDonald, Kel logg, Conover and Teller, who would have voted in the negative. The question then recurred on the motion of Senator Merriam, when the bill was taken up this morning simply to refer to the judiciary committee, and it waa rejected. Yeaa 23, nays 28. Senator Edmunds then moved to refer the bill and the House amendments to a special committee of three Senators, of which the Sen ator from Michigan (Christianey) should be chairman, and said that he mentioned that Senator as chairman that the friends of the measure might have no fear of its being swamped. After farther debate and before a vote was reached on that motion, Senator Allison moved to adjourn, and that the bill and amendments be printed, and, he said, should the Senate ad journ now. it would allow time to further con sider the bill and it could be disposed of in half an hour to-morrow. The motion was agreed to, yeas 37, nays 17, and the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives. WASHINGTON, April 30.The bill for relief of settlera on land claimed by the North & South Alabama railroad company, under consideration last night when the House found itself without a quorum, was presented by the speaker. After a short discussion the bill wns referred to the committee of the whole, and the House went into committee of the whole on the legislative, appropriation bill, Mr. Eden in the chair. In course of along discussion, the action of the committee on appropriations having been critisized on the Republican side of the House, Mr. Randall, the speaker, defended the course of that committee, and condemned tho ten dency of Republican members to herd together in opposition to all measures of economy. He was replied to by Mr. Garfield, who de clared that such an imputation against the Re publican side of the House was not to be borne, and that trom 1872 to the present time under Republican as well under Democratic control of the House, the expenses of the gov ernment had been on a descending "scale. The Republicans believed in two things, the sup port of the government, cost what it might, and in all the economy that was pos sible in connection with the honest, fair and reasonable support of the government. Mr. Randall took issue with Mr. Garfield's statement, and repeated his first assertion that the Republican side of the House had lent its efforts as against general economy. He, Ran dall, has chafed under it from time to time, because he knew there were as good men on the Republican side of the Houe as on the Democratic side. It waa through no disrespect that he appealed to the Republican side no longer to continue in that direction, no longer to resist economy. Mr. Hale also replied to Mr. Randall, and said the latter had never had as hard a task as he had this session in trying to control the Democratic side of the House, so as to pre vent it bankrupting the treasury. He, Randall, had had the making up of the committees. It was not Republicans that had reported the river and harbor bill, to which he, Randall, was much opposed. Mr. RandallYou voted for it. Mr. HaleI certainly did, but I am speaking from the gentleman's standpoint. He did not believe in it. That biil could never have stalked into the House if it had not been re ported by the Democratic committee. So, too, with the Mexican pension bill that would take $7,000,000 a year out of the treasury. The speaker, as an economist, will be glad to sec that bill voted against by the Republican members. The trouble with economy on the other side is that it is cheese-paring the ex penditure. The speaker's strength and influ ence should be made on his fellows on the Democratic side of the House. The discussion was continued by Messrs. Beebe, Foster, Hooker, McMabon, Eeefer and Hewitt, of New York. Mr. Conger made a sarcastic allusion to what he called the speaker's zeal in behalf of econo my, and said if the gentleman would attend Democratic caucuses and use his power and persuasive eloquence there, it would be more appropriate than for him to step down from his place and lecture Republican members of the House. That gentleman's voice, when he spoke as a politician, was potent in the land. Tho overshadowing of the Presidential nomina tion trave his voice power all over the land. He whipped in his followers with that kind of gratitude which had been defined as an ex planation of favors. In tho further progress of the discussion, Mr. Calkins quoted from the remarks of Mr. Ran dall on the bill to increase the members' sal aries, and remarked, ironically, that he had no doubt that gentleman's action on that occasion had been prompted in the interest of economy. Mr. Randall replied that the allusion had not even the merit of originality. It had been made over and over again, and he had but one reply to it. He had advocated sincerely and honestly the increase of members' salaries, but when he went back to the people, the peo ple condemned the measure, and he had. as a faithful public servant, given up his own opin ion in that respect and obeyed the instructions of the people. That was what he wanted the Republicans to do. Mr. CalkinsIwas not impugning your mo tives. Mrv- RandallI did not suppose that you were, but you were impugning my consistency, and I was answering that charge. When my conduct as a representative was condemned by the people I yielded to their authority, and submitted to their control, as I am always ready to do. Mr. CalkinsDid the gentleman cover back the $3,000 drawn from the treasury? Mr. RandallI never did. I can look over all my record here and I can say truthfully that I have never cast a vote that was prompted by any personal consideration. Mr. Williams, of WisconsinIf yon thought that members should have $7,500 a year, why did you afterwards move to cut down their sal ary to $4,000. Did the people demand that? Mr. RandallI did not propose to cut down compensation to $4,000. The committee re commended $4,000, and I took the ground that the people had condemned the increase of salar ies, and it was not consistent for members to Jje cutting down the pay of other people and letting their own stand. Mr. WilliamsWhy da you not propose to cut it down now Mr. RandallWhenever the gentleman makes a proposition to cut it down, I will be found with him. Mr. WilliamsWhy do not your committees doit before yon lecture us on economy? Mr. RandallI say deliberately here, that I believe rather in cutting down the number of employes than in cutting down salaries. I be lieve that if the law was adhered to in the de partments in regard to the number of hours for clerical work, the force could be reduced twenty-five per cent. After further discussion, the committee rose after having disposed of only four pages of the bill, and the House adjourned. Bonds Called In. WASHINGTON, April 80.The secretary of the treasury to-day issued a call for the following bonds: Coupon bonds dated Jnly 1, 1865, namely $50, No. 50,001 to 53,000, both inclu sive $100, No. 85,001 to 90,000, both inclusive $500, No. 60,001 to 63,000, both inclusive $1,000, No. 108,001 to 114,400, both inclusive. Total coupons, three million dollars. Registered bonds, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States after the first day of July, 1870, as follows: $50, No. 1,755 to 1,900, both inclu sive $100, No. 14.101 to 15,200, both inclusive $500. No. 8,701 to 9,200, both inclusive $1,000, $l,0i)0, No. 2,875 to 30,100, both inclusive $1,000. No. 14,851 to 15,507, both inclusive. Total registered, two million dollars. Aggre gate' five millions. The principal and interest will be paid at the treasury on or after the 80th of July next, and the interest will cease on that day. Tlie Sinking Fund. WASHTNOTON, April 80.The committee on ways and means by a vote of 8 against 3' has decided to report to the House the following joint resolution: WHEBEAS, On the 1st day of April, 1878, there had been paid into the sinking fund, as pro- I resumption, vided for under section 3.604 DEFECTIVE PAGE statutes, the sum of $241,489,168.24 in excess of the requirements of said law. which sum is equivalent to about eight years in advance of the amount require by law: AND, WHEBEAS, It is unnecessary for the main tenance of the public credit, as it is unjust to the people to continue the imposition of taxes for this object, at a time of great depression like the present. Therefore, Resolved. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to suspend the purchase of United States bonds for the sinking fund, as provided in section 8,694 of the revised statutes, until the close of the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1885, unless otherwise directed by Congress. The adverse action of the Senate finance committee upon Senator Beck's concurrent resolution for a temporary suspension of pay ments into the sinking fund, doos not neces sarily preclude a favorable report hereafter upon a bill for the same general purpose. The vote by which the House ways and means commit tee to-day decided to recommend the passage of a joint resolution, suspending purchases of bonds for the sinking fund until January 30th, 1885, was as follows: YeasWood (N. Y.), Tucker. Sayler Robbins, Harris (Ga.), Gibson, Phelps, Kelley, 8. NaysGarfield, Burchard, Banks, 3. Internal Commerce. WASHINGTON, April 80.The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed the following gentle men experts for tho purpose of furnishing information to the department in regard to the internal commerce of the United States: Hon. Williard C. Flagg, of Monroe, 111. Albeit Fink, railroad commissioner, New York F. B. Thurber, New York city Geo H. Morgan, sec retary of the merchants exchange, St. Louis Sydney D. Maxwell, superintendent of the chamber of commerce, Cincinnati Henry G. Chester, secretary of the cotton exchange of New Orleans J. D. Hayes, banker and flour merchant, Detroit, Michigan Charles Randolph, secretary of the board of trade, Chicago John C. Sims, Jr., assistant secretary of the Pennsylvania railroad company, James F. Hudson, editor of the Commercial Gazette, Pittsburgh, Wm. Milench, Cleveland. The division of internal commerce is under the direction of James Nimms, Jr. It is expected the second annual report will be issued about the first of July. It will embrace a description of the various apportionment schemes or pooling arrangements, which have been entered into by the railway companies during two years, and the effects of those com binations upon the transportation and commer cial interests of the country. Redemption. WASHINGTON, April 30.The following is a statement of the operations of the national re demption agency fo the month, and the ten months ending to-day, as compared with cor responding periods last year: National bank notes disposed of and notes fit for circulation, assorted and returned to the bank of issue, month, $7,758,100 ten months, .*1,200,550,000. Notes unfit for circulation, assorted and de livered to the comptroller of currency for de struction and replacement with new notes, month, $4,015,400 ten months, $39,551,900. Notes of failed, liquidating and reducing ba:.iks, deposited in the treasury, month, $942,- 000 ten months, $B,775,600. Totals for 1878, month, $12,715,500 ten months $167,877,500 total for 1877, $18,334,- 600 1878, $184,090,500 decrease, $5,619,100. Export* and Imports. WASHINGTON, April 80.The following ia a statement of the imports and exports during the nine months of the fiscal year ended March 31st. 1878: Merchandise exports, domestic...$522,581,923 Merchandise exports, foreign $10,449,207 Total $533,031,130 Imports $329,801,62 Excess of exports over Imports...208,229,501 Specie and bullion exports $23,036,092 Specie and bullion imports $19,749,849 Excess of exports over imports $3,316,243 Total excess of exports over im ports, specie and merchandise...206,545,744 Anticipated Indian Troubles. WASHINGTON, April 30.Apprehensions in several quarters of 6erious troubles with the Indians this summer are not thought to be groundless. The war department is in receipt of a communication from parties whose opinions are entitled to earnest attention, to the effect that warlike movements are clearly discernible on the part of several tribes. A long letter to this effect was received by Secre tary MoCrary within the past week, and re ferred by the secretary to the general of the army. JUlscellaneous. WASHINGTON, April 30.All assistant treas urers throughout the United States have been authorized to exchange silver dollars for green backs. The sub-committee of the House committee on education and labor has agreed upon a bill imposing a tax of $100 apiece on Chinese im migrants. The bill has yet to be submitted to th full committee for consideration. Hon. G. F. Seward, minister to China, who is now in Shanghai, has been notified to appear before the House committee on expenditures in the State department. AIX AROUND THK GLOBE, 's'V-s. 1*33 r^^ The funeral of Wm. Evarts took place from St. Paul's church, Windsor, Vt., yesterday fore noon. The Secretary and Miss Evart3 were ab sent, having been called to New York by the dangerous illness of the other son. The civil suits against the last stockholders of the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance com pany, to recover two hundred thousand dollars, has been set' led. It is understood they pay $125,000 in full of all demands. Mayor Kane, of Baltimore, is prostrate from paralysis. In the Ontario House of Commons Dr. Tupper explained that he had decided not to move the resolution respecting sugar, of which he had given notice, because he believed the motion of Fernando Wood, of the United States Congress, altering the United States tariff, and which he proposed to checkmate, would not be passed. The general pipe line company incorporating act, in New York, became a law yesterday with out the governor's signature, Judge Lawrence, of New York, has denied the motion of E. C. Benedict, who owns 1,000 shares of the Western Union Telegraph stock for a preliminary injunction against the com bination of that company with the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph company, and leaves the plaintiff to establish his claim to an injunc tion upon trial. The Cuban insurgent chief Briose, one of the followers of Maceo, has been captured with six others in the neighborhood of Santiago de Cuba. The residence of D. E. Woodward, at Hor temsville, Wis., was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. Loss, $10,000 insured in the Girard, Philadelphia and WeBtchester. N. Y., $1,500, and Watertown, N. Y., $3,000. Large Suits Against California, Mining Companies. SAN FBANCISCO, April 80.Suit has been brought against the Consolidated Virginia and California companies, by Oscar G. Steele, to test the companies' title to a portion of their ground, known as the William Penn claim. Also, by the Murphy Mining company, which claims an undivided third of the ground and eight million dollars from the Consolidated Virginia, and an undivided half and one mil lion from the California. Distillers Settle With Their Creditors in Full and Resume. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 30.The Newcomb Buchanan company, the largest distillers of fine whiskies in this country, who, in conee anenee of the agitation of the reduction of the whisky tax by Congress, were compelled to sus pend payment in March last, have arranged with their creditors to pay them in full, with 7 per cent interest, and to-day announce their This is regarded as quite a revised notable event in eommerciaTeircles. ^^^os*r^c^Ti*^r(vT^' IMIJ iruv ST. PAUL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1878. EUEOPE'S MUDDLE. CONFLICTING NEWS AND OPINIONS FROM ACROS* THE WAXES. Bat the Undertone a Little More Peace- fulSlight Improvement In Stocks and Russian Securities In the London mar- ketAppearance of a Supposed Russian Cruiser in American WatersEntente Cordlale Between Russia and Servia Restored Withdrawal Negotiations Probably Off. VBSBBX ON BEACONSFIELD. LONDON, April 33.Hon. John Bright spoke at a large peace meeetng in Winchester to-day. He declared that there conld be no faith in a cabinet which had no truth, and that Lord Beaconsfield was the great disturber of nations. His policy was hateful in the sight of heaven, and hostile to the highest interests of Great Britain. THE WITHDBAWiX.. VIENNA, April 30.The Political Correspond ence says negotiations between Russian head quarters and Admiral Hornby tor simultane ous withdrawal, have remained at a. compete standstill for the last few days. It is reported that Gen. Todleben brought fresh instructions, and the resumption of tnese negotiations will probably be attempted. Prince Gorschakofif will probably be prevented from resuming his duties tor some time. The idea has been re vived of summoning Count Schonvaleff to dis charge Prince Gortschakoff's functions ad interim. A special from Constantinople states the grand review at San Stefano was countermand ed, in consequence of the necessity of despatching large bodies of troops against Mussulmen insurgents. ENTENTE COBDIALE BESTOHEP. LONDON, April 30.A telegram from Bel grade says it appears that friendship between Jiussia and Servia is completely restored. It has been arranged that Servia in the event of an Anglo-Russian war shall only observe the stipulations of the San btefano treaty, while Turkey remains neutral. It is probable that the Servian army will slowly occupy many strategical positions in old Servia with the con sent of Russia. All levees will be at their posts by May 19th. The entrenched camp at Kladova which is one of the principal points of concentration is now completely fortified. AMEEICA INQOIBINO INTO MASSACBE8. LONDON, May 1.The Standard's dispatch from Constantinople Btates that Mr. Maynard, United States minister, went to Volo Monday in an American man-of-war, to inquire concern ing the alleged massacres by Bashi Bazouks. Grand Duke Nicholas presented Gen. Todle ben to the Sultan, Tuesday. He then left on board the imperial yact, Lividia, for Odessa. A special from Bucharest announces that Gen. Todleben has issued an order of the day, instructing the Russian troops in Roumania to behave well towards the people. TODLEBEN. LONDON, May 1.A Pera correspondent says further information strengthens the view ex. pressed yesterday concerning Russian opinion in regard to Gen. Todleben's military action. He adds: I learn that Gen. Todleben is dissat isfied with the present length of the Russian front, and thinks the advance ou San Stefano waa a mistake. He regards the Tchataldja lines as the true positions to be occupied It is expected that the question of the evacua tion of the fortresses will be energetically pressed. A correspondent at San Stefano also says the impression in the Russian^ army is that Gen. Todleben's appointment portends strife. He continues: I am told that Generals Todleben and Imeretinsky both think war inevitable. The men are beg ging to talk more of war. The appearanco of the troops and horses when Grand Duke Nicho las took his farewell on Saturday was very sat isfactory. GOBTSCHAKOFF. A Vienna dispatch says accounts concerning Prince Gortschakoff's condition represents that he is worse again. He is very weak and above all sleepless. AWHWABD POSITION OF RUSSIAN ARMY. A Vienna correspondent draws attention to the awkward position of the Russians. He points out how they are confronted at Constan tinople by an army superior to anything the Turks had ever concentrated at one point throughout the war an army, according to the lowest estimate, numbering 70.000 men. The Mussulman insurrection also appears to be growing serious. It involves not only the whole of the north era half of the Rhodophe range, but according to one account is spread ing to the Balkans. The insurgents are en deavoring to gain a strategic point, which shows the existence of a directing head. No final decision has been reached in the pre liminary council of ministers in regard to the Austro-Hungarian compromise. The Hungari an ministers have left for Pesth, but they will return during the week to complete negotia tions. The Cologne Gazette reports that several Prussian bishops have memorialized the Rope that an understanding with Prussia is impossi ble. OCCUPATION OF BOSNIA. LONDON, May 1.Various Vienna correspond ents persistently maintain that Austrian occu pation of Bosnia is imminent. A Berlin cor respondent says positively that occupation will be effected as a result of a bargain with Russia. A Vienna despatch states that no final decis ion has been taken relative to the project for realizing part of a vote of credit. This must cause, for a 6hort time, postponement of the occupation of Bosnia, which, however, must#f be henceforth regarded as a certainty, and may be expected in three or four weeks. One reason will be to escort 150,000 refugees back to their homes. Also to overawe the Monte negrins and others. Si.The same correspondent says serious difficul ties are apprehended in concluding the Austro Hungarian compromise negotiations. A Vienna correspondent says it is reported that Italy has protested against the aggrandizement of Aus tria. i A BUSMAN COBVETTE. LONDON, April 30.A Vienna correspondent telegraphs as follows: The Hamburg-American packet company's steamer Cambria, which has been chartered by the Russian government, has taken a contingent of forty officers and five hundred seamen, and started to cruise on the Chinese and Japanese coaBts. SOUTHWEST HABBOB, Maine, April 30.About seven o'clock Sunday morning the steamer Cambria, of Hamburg, one of the New York and Hamburg line, arrived at this place. According to Captain Badenhaussen's statement, she is chartered by an agent of the Russian govern ment. She proceeded to a Baltic port in Rus sia and there took on board six hundred men, mostly Finns and steerage passengers. She sailed from Port Baltic April 20th, and passed around north of Scotland. Cap tain Badenhauescn WSB under the orders of one of the ca*)in passengers and when off Cape Sable as he shaped his course for Cape Cod he was directed to lay the course for Southwest harbor. He is now lying waiting orders. He professed utter ignorance of the destination of the vessel or men. No person has been ashore except Capt. Badenhaussen and the gentleman in charge. The latter has the bearing of a naval officer and is a Russian. The collector of the port has not yet boarded the ship, and no person has been allowed on board. The ship is full of men and keeps np steam continually. NEW YOBS, April 30.The Cimbria put into Southwest harbor, Maine, Sunday last for orders, ELLSWORTH, Me., April 80.Passengera on the steamer Cimbria, at South West harbor, prove to be a regularly organised ship's com pany of 60 officers and 600 seamen, of the Rus sian imperial navy, under command of Count rsf^ .V to HOT Admiral Leaaersky, Gnfenberg.M O8nnher arrival, a long dispatch in 1P of ot. Petersburg, and the officers seem J be awaiting a reply. The ship a large amount of stores on board, including coal for ten days steaming. No arma nor ammunition are visible, and the officera of the steamer deny that there are any such on board. The officers and crew of the steamer number 110, and are all Germans. Captain Badenhausen was taken out of another steamer and appointed to the Cambria three days after he reached Hamburg, and she took in stores and passengers as rapidly as possible. Captain Badenhausen has asked for a bill of health from this port. The Russian officers are very reticent about the object of their visit, and even profess to be ignorant of their destination, or the pur pose of their being sent here. Among the officers in a Russian nobleman of high rank, who was with the Grand Duke on his visit to this country. None of the officers have yet been on shore except the captain and purser of the ship, and the paymaster of the Russian corps. The collector has boarded the ship and found her papers aU right, corres ponding to the captain'8 statement. Formal entry will be made to-day, and a list of her passengers furnished as soon as it can be made out. Tney observe no special secrecy, but per mitted the Associated Press agent to freely go about the vessel. They think they may re main here some days. The ship came in with out a local pilot and no inquiry is being made for a pilot. She is not disabled NEWSPAPEB OPINION. LONDON, April 30.A St. Petersburg corres pondent of the North Dutch Allemaine Zeitung, writing about Russia's demand for Bessarabia, says: Let no one deceive himself as to what is coming. The desire to recover BeBsarabU is only a symptom of fine wish pervading the en tire Russian nation to destroy the Paris treaty. It is not so much Bessarabia we are striving for. What we aim at is the cancelling of this treaty. Whether the Bulgarian frontiers remain as defined in the treaty of San Sttffano whether the Greek element is allowed more scope whether Servia is aggrandized whether Austro-Hungary is conceded temporary or permanent occupa tion of Bosnia and Herzegovina, all of these are of comparative indifference to the Russian nation. Whether the re-arrangement of Turkey is regulated by a congress, conference or war, the demands for the restoration of Bessarabia will always be preferred with the 6ame perti nacity. Suppose we Bhould be balked this time, this would only make us more eager to pursue our object in the future. The Times in a leading editorial says, regard ing this: Russia appears to be ready to make numerous concessions, provided she can sub stitute for common European interests in Tur key a set of isolated and conflicting interests, and can thus emancipate herself no less than Turkey from direct obligations towards Europe. It is this disposition against which we must persistently protest, and if Russia seeks a peaceful issue to the present complications she must recognize the principles she has acknowl edged on former occasions. Let her only do that and concessions even less than those she offers might in some respects satisfy this coun try. THE TOBPEDO SEBVICE. LONDON, April 80.The first contingent to be dispatched from this country to Malta will number 500 men and two batteries of artillery, all of which are under orders for embarkment. The torpedo service promises all that is de sired. John J. Thornycroft & Co. will soon have ready five or six of the twenty torpedo launches they are building, and other firms an making extraordinary efforts towards comple tion of the government orders for launches. Portland will be the rendezvous of ships pre paring to form a fleet for the channel and North Sea. The coast guards and turret ships will proceed there as soon as ready. THE BALTIC. LONDON, April 30".Considerable excitement seems to have been produced in Berlin by the announcement that the English fleet is being fitted for eventual operations in the Baltic. The idea expressed in Berlin that it iB hardly to be expected a foreign fleet would make its appearance in the Baltio against the wish of Germany is declared to be an eccentric theory which is repudiated by the German govern ment. ATJSTBIA'S POLICY. A Vienna correspondent, discussing the Aus trian policy, while pronouncing the rumors regarding the occupation of Bosnia as prema ture, does not say they are more than prema ture, but rather intimated that such measures may soon become justifiable. GBAND DUKE NICHOLS' BECALL. Statements regarding the significance of Grand Duke Nicholas' departure from San Stefano are contradictory. A Pera dispatch says it is the opinion in the Russian camp that the change in commanders marks an era of sterner policy. The same correspondent says the Russians endeavor to minimize the Pomak insurrection, but the best information from non-Russian sources affirm its vigor and extension. LOOKING BETTEB. LONDON, April 80.Political news from the continent, though contradictory and conveying but an imperfect idea of what the future may be, is looked upon favorably. In the stock markets prices opened at a general improve ment. Consols and Russians shared the ad vance. BETBOTHAL. BEBLXN, April 30.It is understood the cere mony of the betrothal of the Duke of Con nanght, seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria, to the Princess Louise, third daughter of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, will occur at Darmstadt on the 9th of May next. BRITISH TALE. LONDON, April 30.The concessions which it was stated, Russia would makelimitation of the boundaries and of the period of occupa tion of Bulgaria, substitution of a European or a Russian commission, and the organization of a European syndicate to consider the claims of bondholders, as well as the Russian claim for indemnity, and the retrocession of the small slip of Bessarabia inhabited by Russians are owned to be great, but it is conspicuous that she completely ignores the treaty of Paris and its reaffirmation in 1871. The Begum of Baphaol has offered her whole available force for service abroad. One consolation for the prolongation of the ef forts to preserve peace is found in the fact that the point at issue" 5 j(,,*ar--j**.i^fai ss fas *.j. vw ^_ *tt is becoming distinct. That point is whether Russia will recognize the right of the great powers as established by the trea ties of 1856 and 1871, to take precedence of the claims of the treaty of San Stefano. BUFFEBING WOBKINGMEN. LONDON, April 30 The masters at Ashton under Lyme, will meet on Wednesday to decide whether to give notice of a redaction of wages. It is thought probable that 5 per cent, redac tion will be proposed, A similar reduction was submitted in November and the proposal which is now anticipated would reduce wages in the Ashton district to the same rate aB demanded by the masters in north and east Lancashire. There is great distress in Blackburn and num bers of women and children are compelled to beg. Both sides are obdurate. The Tailors of St. Louis Organizing a Strike. ST. Louis, April 30.The journeymen-tailors of this city took preliminary steps for a strike for higher wages, at a meeting held by them to day. They have made a schedule of prices which will be presented to all the bosses, and if the latter do not accept it the strike will begin at once. The tailors claim they are working for starvation wages, a great many of them not be ing able to earn more than $6 a week, and they will submit no longer. They say they will be sustained in their action by several trades unions in this city. It is said work is already suspended in several shops. IF. D. and Sammy. ISwift County Advocate.]'-*'-"- Tracy Metcalf was alse atrongly in faror of Sammy Tilden's election as President, bnt Sammy ia not President "all the same," no more'than W. D. will be elected to Congress. CHRONICLES OFCRIME Suicide of a Brewer at MantorvilleA Frensled Mother Poisons Herself and DaughterReligions Rioting In Montreal Other Criminal Matter*. SUICIDE AT MANTOBVrLLE. [Special Telegram to the Globe.] KASON, Minn,, April 80.Charles Ginsbnrg of Mantorville, a brewer and an old and prominent citizen of that place suicided by drowning yesterday. His body waa recovered this p. M. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY CAUSED BY GESTATTVE FBXNZY. DETROIT, Mich., April 30.Last night Mrs. Jacpb Dost, of this city, while laboring under a fit of gestative frenzy, during the absence of her husband administered laudanum to her self and six year old daughter. Physicians were summoned immediately upon discovering their situation, bat despite the most strenuous efforts, the daughter died. The mother's life waa saved, and this morning she gave birth to a child, after which reason returned. Her grief, upon discovering what she had done, was heartrending. The verdict of the coroner's jury was death from poison administered by the mother with intent to kill herself and child. ~r aKJ~se mnmsft fe*^'** INDIANAPOLIS, April 80.After six days hear ing of the preliminary examination, Justice Sloan to-day at Covington, Ind., found thirteen of the Coal creek rioters guilty of murder in the first degree, and held them in $3,000 bail each to await the action of the grand jury. Four others were released. FISTICUFF IN THE OHIO SENATE. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 30.In the Senate the only interesting feature was an assault mads upon Senator Forest by Railroad Com missioner Bell. The trouble grew out of words spoken in debate by Forest. The com batants were separated without damage, but an investigation has been ordered. A STRANGE BOBBEBY. BOSTON, Mass., April 30Burglars entered the residence of Epraim Otis, a leading citisen of South Scituate, this morning, and took the safe from a chamber on the first floor, car ried it about half a mile down the road, blew it open, and got away with the contents, con sisting of railroad stocks and bank books, rep resenting over $30,000. RELIGIOUS RIOTING IN MONTREAL. MONTBEAL, April 30.The apprehensions of party disturbances arising out of the Orange entertainment last night were verified. As a section of the Young Britons were proceeding out to the western suburbs early this morning they were attacked with pistols by some three or fonr hundred Catholic Unionists at Welling ton bridge, who were lying in wait for them. Over one hundred shots were fired, resulting in the death of John Callahan, and the serious wounding of Johanna Mahan and a man named Mullenall Catholics. A cab containing Joseph Lang, an Orangeman, and a young woman go^g home from the ooncert, was riddled with shot, Lang being wounded in two places, but his companion miracuously escaped. No arrests. Great excitement over the affair. MONTREAL, April 30.The board of the corn exchange passed a resolution that the members of this association view w.th undisguised alarm the numerous faction fights which have of late disgraced the city, and they desire to impress upon the city council the necessity of taking urgent and imperative steps to repress the geowing evil and bring the offenders to justice without regard to person or creed. The coroner's jury is impanelled to exam ine into the matter of John Corregan's death. It is generally believed the body of Orange Young Brittons, who were at the concert, were not at the Wellington street bridge last night, having gone home by St. Josept| street, and that Catholic ministers in the dark [mistook somejof their own men for Britons, and firad into them. HELD FOB TBIAL. CHICAGO, April 30.Matthew W. Weaver, former cashier of the Citizens' National bank of Urbana, Ohio, who is a defaulter to the bank in the sum of $47,000, besides $29,000, which tho bank recovered from him, and oth er sums making a total deficiency of $140,000, was arrested here to-day by the United States commissioner*, before whom he had a hearing this afternoon, and his case was continued in 912,000 bond. The inquest, this afternoon, on the body of young man McCue, who was shot yesterday by Luigi Petro Simoni, resulted in a verdict that Simoni mnrdered McCue, and on a recommen dation that the Italian beheld to the criminal court without bail. COUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED. CINCINNATI, O., April 30.One Staker, a gambling saloon keeper at Bradford, O., and a Dr. Brookwater, of Cusnia, have been ar rested and brought to this city on the charge of counterfeiting trade dollars and half dollars. The apparatus was seized by the officers. The prisoners were arraigned here to-day, and held in default of $2,000 bail each. MURDER FOB A TRIFLE. ROCHESTER, N. Y April 80.In Falmyra, last night Charles Torr instantly killed James A. Porter, during a quarrel over a trifling affair. Important Visit to Sitting Bull's Camp. LEAVENWORTH, KB., April 30.The sub-chiefs of the Nez Perces Indian prisoners, headed by White Feather, left Fort Leavenworth to-day for Sitting Bull's camp, accompanied by Mr. Clark, an experienced interpreter and guide. These Indians go as commissioners to the Nez Perces with Sitting Bull, to report to them the condition of Chief Joseph's band at Fort Leav enworth, it having been rumored on the plains that they were badly treated. They go with out military escort, a fact which shows the con fidence the government officers repose in them. This is the first step in a movement for reun it ing the several bands of this tribe. Floods in New Hampshire. NASHUA, N. H., April 30.The Merrimack river is still rising. It is now about thirteen feet above high water mark. Also the Nashua river. The Jackson manufacturing company had to partially suspend work to-day on ac count of back water. The Soupegan river is very high, and owners of property on the banks are somewhat alarmed. The dam across Naticook brook, owned by Carmel Parker's furniture manufacturing company, at Thorn ton's ferry, gave way to-day, doing consider able damage. At Danforth's Corner the flats, are impsssable. Forced into the Pirate's Lair. NEW YORK, April 30.The Bulletin announces the failure of Henry Lawrence & Sons, cordage and oakum manufacturers, 192 Front street, with liabilities estimated at half a million dol lars assets not yet known. Silas B. Dutcher, United States appraiser at this port, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Minneapolis Si St. Louts Railway. The splendid Pullman Drawing-Room Sleep ing Car Vermont will leave with the St. Louis express train this afternoon at 8:45, running through to St. Louis in 28 hours, vithout change. For tickets and sleeping ear berths ap ply to W. G. Telfer, ticket agent, No. 8 Wash ington avenue, (opposite the Nicollet House,) Minneapolis. Geo. H. Hazzard, No. 116 East Third street, St. Paul. Passengers from St. Paul will leave by St. Paul & Sioux City railroad at 3:15 9. X., con necting at Sioux City Junction. Greenbacks a* Good and. Mors Convenient Than Gold. [Bbakopee Argus.] The first national bank of Bhakopee pays out gold coin over its counters to it* cus tomers, bnt generally they decline to re ceive it. Greenbacks are found to be as good as gold, and much more convenient to handle, in large quantises.. JZ- -^.i-.-'f "--',,'7 _*---.* Reorganization of the Company Under New Owners, with a New TitleThe" Old Officers Generally Retained. [Special Telegram to the Globe.1 MADISON, Wia., April 30.The West Wiaeon sin railroad, having been eold in March last, under foreclosure, to Messrs. Henry H. Porter, of Chicago, and David Dawes and Walaton H.' Brown, of New York, to-dav, at a meeting of stockholders, at which nearly all were present, they transferred their individual interests to a stock company, organized under the provisions of chapter 119, laws of 1872, being a general statute relative to the organization of railroad companies. The present company being organized under that section which referred to companies formed for the purpose of maintaining and operating railroads heretofore constructed. The new company is known as the Chicago, Minneapo lis and St. Paul railway company, and is char tered with a capital stock of fire million dol lars, consisting Of 50,000 shares at $100 per share, 40,000 of the shares being common and 10,000 preferred stock, with the following directors: R. Edgerton, New York W. BU Ferry, Lake Forest, HI. J. H. Howe, Kenosha, Wis. Philetus Sawyer, Green BT Geo. B. Smith, Madison D. H. Winter, Hudson C. D. W. Young, Hudson J. W. Ferry, Chicago J. C. Spooner, Hudson H. H. Weakelv, Hudson W. H. Ferry, Jr., Lake Forest and J. B. Bed field, Chicago. At a meeting of the directors this afternoon, the following officers were elected: President, W. H. Ferry, Secretary, W. H. Weakeley. Treasurer. R. P. Flowers. Assistant treasurer. J. B. Redfield. The following officers were also elested: General superintendent, E. W. Winter audi tor. C. D. W. Young land commissioner, W. H. Weakeley general solicitor, J. C. Spooner. THE It AG ISO MISSISSIPPI Business at the Levee YesterdayOfucera of the Maggie ReaneyMinnesota for flt. Louis To-day. There was a decline of an inch and a half in the water for the twenty-four hours ending last night, leaving a depth of 6 feet 4% inches as shown by the mark. The handsome and speedy Maggie Reaney, which leaves to-day to enter the St. Croix trade, will be officered by the following gentle men: Captain, Wm. Kent Clerk, Mark Hum phrey Pilot, Buss Rnley Engineer, Ham Bryan Stewart, Tom Malone. The arrvals yesterday were the Aunt Betsey, from the 8t. Croix, with wood, and the K. N: freighter Wilson, with four barges of coal for the Northwestern Fuel Company. he K. N. packet, Minnesota/ will be at the levee this morning, to leave on her return for St. Louis at 12 M. The departures of the K. N. packets from this port for down river will be Mondays, Wed nesdays, and Fridays, The Belle of La Crosse follows the Minnesota. The Diamond Jo, of the Diamond Jo line, should be in thU forenoon, and probably will. Troubadours at the Opera House To-Nlghr. It will be remembered that to-night the Oglesby's Troubadors, bell ringers, and comio concert company, give their first entertain ment. Part FirfitConsists of overture, operatic selections on the bells, comic *ougs, serio-comio melodies, with Dick Oglesby in his lightning changes. Part SecondIrish and Teutonic specialties, music on the bells, character songs, etc. Part ThirdIllustrated recitations, "My Grandmother," by Minnie Florance, and con cluded with a laughable sketch, "Woman's Rights." Doors open at 7, performance to commenco at 8 o'clock. Seats can be secured at the box office daring the day. without extra charge Murders in tits City of Cltarche*. Brooklyn has become notorious for horrible and mysterious murders. Although seven years have passed since the music teacher Panormo was kilhd after dark by a slung shot blow, his assassian remains andiscovercl. The Goodrich murder in 1873 is yet freeh in mind. Kate Stoddard was convicted of bis murder on purely circumstantial evidence, and is in an in sane asylum. Later than the Goodrich affair came the discovery of the body of Maggie Ham mill, a rich spinster, who had been strangled, thrown on a bed, and the bed set on fire. The mystery is Rtill unsolved. Then came the murder of one Simmons by Andrew Fuchs. who chopped his victim's remains into pieces and hid them in different places. Fuohs is in prison for life. For along time the greatest interest was taken in the murder of the girl Sara Alexander, whose body was found in a field on the outskirts of the city. Pesach Rubinstein was convicted of the crime on cir cumstantial evidence, but died before the day of execution. He is thought to have taken poison. And now comes the finding in the river of Bernard Ferron's body, the skull crushed, a gag in the mouth, and 150 pounds of iion tied to the feet. He was in the habit of carrying considerable sums of money.- There is no clue to the murderers, who are supposed to be river pirates. There have been very many more muiders in Brooklyn during the last seven years, but only one of the murderers has been hanged. His victim was a policeman, whom he killed with a stone or buck. Andall this in the "city of churches!'' Mr. Orton's Salary and Life Insurance. [New York Graphic.J Mr. Orton, the late President of the Western Union Telegraph company, received 825.000 a year from the Western Union, and $5,000 addi tional from the Ocean International or Cuba Cable company, which operates the Florida lines and three Havana cables, and owns the steamer Morse and the tug Orton. Mr. Orton's salary was cut down in 1877 to $20,000 by the Western Union, bnt was not reduced by the Cable company. He spent his whole salary on bis family, and keeping up his life insurance, .feeding his own people well, and making them enjoy the time he had to live with them. He had three grown daughters. His oldest son, William Orton, Jr., was in the company, and one of his children was but 4 or 5 years old. He held life policies in at leant seven com panies, the aggregate being, so far as known, $32,500. Mr. Orton had 2,000 to 4,0C0 shares of stock standing in bis name on the telegraph books. He owned of this only about 100 shares. Like all men of pure ambition,and he was one of the most ambitious men in America, and, therefore, regarded money as secondary,he relied upon his capacity and growth for income, and not on money-grab bing. The American Indians in Canada. At a late sitting of the Canadian Honse of Commons, Mr. Hchultz, member from Mani toba, asked what was the policy of the govern ment in regard to Sitting Bull's band. Mr. Mills said it was not the intention of the gov ernment to do anything with them. Tney were to be let alone, and the officers of the gov ernment were to do their beat to induce them to return to the States. Mr. Schultz pointed out that the Indians for whom the government asked a grant to purchase agricultural imple ments, seed, grain, tools, etc, were the authors of the unprovoked massacre in Minnesota. As for Sittinf Bull's band, he considered them pore patriots, who bad risen in defense of their lands, which had been solemnly guaran teed to them by treaty, to enforce which Gen Ouster had been first sent in the interest of the same Indiana by whom be had been killed. Yet these Indian* were to be sent back, while the Minnesota murderers were to be furnished with homes, and otherwise provided for. After some further discussion, the item for the pur chase of agricultural implements, seed grain, etc., waa also craried. lytuw "ijyuLPSSi NUMBER 107. WEST WISCONSIN R.B. Market Bulletin, t^-^t [BpeeW Telegrams to the Globe.} Cnoxeo, April 3010:00 A. M.PubUocablet enow good demand and firm andjjenny higher. Good con sumptive demand. Buyers refuse to pay further ad vance. Consols nve and one-atxteeenih. It is ru morsd that England will eau eoonference at Loaaoa. it 1 i 1 1! ,1 si i '?fe-as=rr^_ i s- ^,^:A^MA, Sr &$$- ^^$^ LsV^fosJiUV-.'