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The announcement that the Frencl immstry would rcslgn teem to have been ven erSeCTisteb88beeiiatlea8tteiS o,(í:x;eíupn;ss KllLen left Paris on llu 4th of January fór Lomion, being informed b3 President Grevy that her presene? in Prance al thla time was undeairable. The winter earnival at Montreal was ao enliro jrucceas. The ice palace was opened hy tlic most tainoglDg ceremonies, an1 Vhen surrouflded by 1,500 torches presentid beautiful Bpectacle. A bilí Ls to bo introduc'ed in the leadslature of Maine olmiRlng the eiectiona of ?liat State from September to November. Anothcr rcvolution in Ecuador. The governu.nt refuses to bc responsible for the safety of foreigners and tlieir property. Kugpiiie denies tho statement that (,rcvy told lier that her presenee ivas undesiraOle. bhe returncd to Loudon of her own accord, aftef accompHshlng the object of her 10 Maaide5 ne f Sympatb' Wiü' The solemn last rites over the unrecoirmzod dcad of the Mihraukee disaster -ere held iu tliat city on the 35th inst. The occasion was oue A deep mourning. All of the business öonsee were closed. Catholics and Protestants nnited inthe services. Invc.stio-ation into the cause oí the cave-in of the mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa., connrm the theory of a flre in the mine. Fear is entertained tliat the cave-in may extend. At present the thiekly settlcd portion of the citv örthrouSirts6S'cteminCbCingSitUati It is now elairnod that the judo-e before whois the question of disloyaltv on the part Df Frittee Jerome was brought for decisión, _.„..,. „u.„ uu ii-aoii8 jor ms arrest were insufheient. Nofurtheractionwillbe taken in the matter unti] the bilí providing for the expulsión oj pretenders has been disposed of. On fti'count of the recent deatli of I rincc Charles, eourt icstivitics on the occasion of the silver wedding of the crown prince and prmcess, were abandoned, but the streets of lierlin v ere decorated in a very imposing manner. Ihe royal couple received nutnerous visite of eongratulation, includiug one from the empcror and empresa. Valuable gifts were received from all of the erowned heads of Europe. The Geraas reichstag are discussinothe advisability of using the electrie light on raihvays and ships. . Duclcrc, French minister of foreign affaire, is scrioiiRly ill. Fear is entertained üiat Ik.' cannot recover. ïhe Montreal carnival which opened eo favorably, was somewhat marred by a dense fog whieh settled over the city before its close. Neither Davitt, Healey nor Qninn, h ill consent to give bail, preferring to remain in pnson rather thau accept freeaom on the terms offered. The London Times thinka the most remarkable featine of the French crisis is the rupidity with whiéh Frenebraen begin to despair of the repnblic. Tt is reported that eight Fenians, bearmg arrest have embarked from Liverpool for America. The cxamination of tlie alleged conspirators at Dublin was reaumed on Saturday, January 2T. Testimony of the most damaging charactcr was received concerning the conspiracy to murder Fields, a special juror. ïhe in quiry was adjourned for one weck, at which time important evidence eoneerning Photuix Park murders would be given. In the question of tho'expulsion of Ihe pretenderá from France, á compromiso has been cfTected, the terms of which prohibit the princes from being chosen or appointed to any military or civil post. Thisl is the proposition 3f JÍ. ïabre, which was adoptcd bv {a committee of t-he chamber of deputies. "Duclerc deilines the compromiso, and insists upon the retention of the goverument's proposal of expulsión. -Ovo nihilist prtSOnérs al St. Petersburg have gone insane. I'rince Jerome's counsel protests against his continued imprisonment. The London Times thinks that the most uucertaiu clement in the conditions that will effect the moneymarket of 18S3is the action of the American congress in regard to the tarift bill and currency Iegislation. Lord (iranville, foreign secretarv, replvingtoa dispatch of the late French minister, questloning the right of England and Egypt to Wttharaw or modify joint control, says: 'The British government is unable to sec anything which can be considered au engagement bv the khedive that ccutrol ahould be pcrpetually matutaincd. The result of the military insurrection in Egypt virtually abrogated control, and it cnnnot be contended that arrangements are still dtfligstory." Two prisoners in Kilruainham jaü have heen identilled as the Phdjntx Fark mnrdererp. Irish members of parliament havo appealcd to Englislimen for aid to starying Irish farmers. The lord mayor has been requested to open a relief fund. Father Gallagher,un Irish priest, says the people in Donegal are eatintr food fit oiily for beasts, and that unless the government talvi -s hokt of the matter, a crisis i." imminent. Germán papers urgo the establishment of an international eourt of appeals to take cogni.imce of decisions of all maritime courts concerning collisions at pcawith a view to estlihlisliitHr internationn] rulds XAXIOXAL CAPITAL. Arthur does not bolievo the tarift" bill will pass this session. When askiid if, (n case of failure to pass, lie would cali an extra eessíod, the President was non-commital. District Attorney Van Zilo of Utah, before the House judiciary committee, declares it to be an actual necessity that in order to break up the evils of polvgamy, the cyidence of the fïrst wife must bc admittcd. The agricultural convention rccentl v held in M ashington was Iargely attended, and was very iuteresting throughoüt. Various papers wcre read anddiseussed and it wasdeeided to hold a joint couvention with the United States agricultural society in the near future. The commiesioner of railroads is per pariug papers to enable the attorney general to uring BUlt against the Union l'aeiiic railioad company to recover a balance of about $1,000,000, alleged due ou account of percentages on net earnings. In the settlement by which amoimt tliis balance was afeertained items for "new coustruction" and "new equipmeut" were excluded, and for this reason the railwav company refuses payment of the sum claiiiic-il bv the l'nitcd States, and aséerls that onder a lili eral constructiou of the act of May 7, 1878, and undcr deeisions of the United States supreme court, these items should be dcducted from the gross e;iruiugs as beingnecessary "in operating tlie road and keeping the same in repair." The suit raises again the question oí what constitutes "et earnings'' under the law. ¦ It is thought probable that Republicansand Dcmoerate willunlteto push the tarilT bill. Charges of bribery are beingpreferod agaiust certain members of the Mississippi eommission. Tlie board of steamboat inspectora have ordered that more boats bc carried on rivcr steamers. Brady of star route fame has sold all of his property in Washington. Ilis house and lot wa6 reccntly disposed of for $125,000. The work of compiling and preparing for pu'olicatiou the re6ults of the last census, is iu a very baekward and unsatisfactory conI dition. Sccretary Teller thinks it would be wiseto re-caJl ex-superintendent Walker t( complete the wor'c, bis suecessor being il] 1 ís not hkely that the pending eensus deficienci PUIWUJ be recommended for passage unti i Si hf tOr-V?,f u,rancos arc given that the wort i íll be speediiy brouglit to a close. [ Dickson, route foreman haboen formally indicted íor bribery. At the conclusión of the convention . of woman suffragisU that body walted upon t tlie judiciary committee protesting against the cause ín Mr Willits' anti-potygamy bilí Which disfranclúses women of Utah. The secretary of the navv recommends the passage oí a bilí to compénsate offi. cera and crew of the steamer Rodgors for walttyed Pr0PCTtV WhCD ?L. Mr. Sartrent, American minister to Uermany, makes a report to thc State Department with regard to the thrcatened exclusión of American pork from that country, in whieh fuS,? Tg fheeliDgof opposition ain, othor ?í- 5 bCen arouscd in Berlín and olí m Íwh e PPnents to this measure nnnn Sm i U;rcateed exclusión is based upon selflsh motives, and that the sauitary phaseofthequestion has never entered into the discussion of the subject. Col. Irish, chief of the bureau of engravmg and priuting. died suddenlv on Jnnuary .26 of paralysis of the heart. The Senate raüroad committee are in favor of cousolidating railroads so as to form a continuous line from ocean to occan. The contest of Aeklen vs. Kellofor the Mississippi election as Senator, has bren happily scttled, Aeklen deciding to withdraw Investigatiou of the detective force of Washington brings to light the existenee of a well-lormed and long-continued collusion between officials and crimináis. A plan has been agreed upon by whieh the workof eompleting the census returns is to be expedited. Ex-Superintendent oneè ' asume charge of the business at A lively skirmish is predicted in congress oyer the tari ff question on salt and luiubcr. Messrs. Horr and Cong-er wil] make a free"1:3 protc6t aSainst P"tting them on the The Marquis of Lorne was in Washington recent ly, where he was lionized by all the public men of the capital. President Arthur gave a dinner in honor of the Marquis which is said to have been one or the most eelebrated state dinners ever given. Secretary Folger recently telegraphed the collector at San Francisco as follows, eoncerning the rights of John Chinaman : A Chinese laborer who was in the United htates on November 17, 1880, and left before the act of May 6, 1882, has a right to land ¦ without, a statute certifícate on proof ' tory to you or the eourt. The act names the day. The date of the proelamation of the ' treaty. October 5, 1881. is immaterial. The department's attention has been ealled to the case of a Chinaman now on shipboard at San : i rancisco. Twelve thousand dollars are ! mendedappropriatedwiUi which to purchase the house where Lincoln died. ,. The President has been requested lo takc the necessary steps for a new treaty be, tween the United States and the Gorman em" pire. The state departrnenl has niade . requisition on the Canadiangovernment for the return of Hall, a New York fugitivo, and Her oíd, indieted in Illinois for forgery. The of the interior has decided that an Ii dian woman married to a white J man, and having children by him, is the head of t the family and entitled to an allotment of land. Red Cloutl is indignant. In a reeent 1 interview with the of the interior, he 3 demanded restoration of his horses or the cash 2 He demanded the appointmont of a new aeeni ; payingthat Mcliillicudtly is abad man '"and i constantly steals from the tribe. [ The Senate appropriations conunittee . have eompleted the army MIJ, adding $800,000 . to the amount appropriated by the House bill The bilí provides that the nuniber of enlisted men in tlie army, ineluding an engineer battalion of o20 men, hospital steward and 1,000 Indian scouts, shall not exceed 30,000 ; inc-reases ! the pay of privates from $13 to $10 per month, and non-commisfioned officers and sub-alterns , In proportion ; allows commissioned officers to employ privates as serrante, first obtainin" ' thoir consent and the consent of the commandïng officer, and próvidos that the pay of the private in sueh case be deducted from the pay of the ollicer. The f o 1 1 o w i n g are the provisions relatlve to staiT dutv in Washington : No officer shall remain absent from his regiment on duty at Washington, or on the staff of a major general or brigadier general, for a longer period than three yearj at any ono time, provided this provisión shall not apply to olfieers on the stat! of the eommanding general of the army. President Arthur has nominated Wm. H. C. Mitchol) receiver of public monov at Iteed City, Mich. Jndge Black of Penn., opposes the Willit's bill for the punishment and suppression of polygamy. Secretary Teller says that pensioners who desire to hold land under the homestead law, must settle upon it and cultívate it. The ffovernment has no more tenis to loan for competitivo druis and the like ïhis is the decisión rendered by the Senate military ' committee. C'ongressman Deuster has introduced a resolntion authorizing the commissioner cf '¦ agricullure to send surplus seeds and grain not required by the department to the ilood sufferers ín Gcrmany. Mr. Butterworth is anxious that med'ate aetion be taken on the bonded whlskey bill. Hebelievos that a terrible orash Ís i minent if a day is not soon set apirt for its , sideration. He favors holding night ses6ions for consideration of the subject. ' The Senate are through with the i metal schedule of the tarifl bill, and the sehedulc as it now stands 6hows some important reduetions from tlie report of the eommission. t 1 he reduction on f ence wire was a particularly . important one, and if the bul beeomes a law the farmers of the west may congratúlate f themselves on a material reduction in the „ taxes they now pay to eastern manufactiirers of this great etaple artiele. c o y a a vssi o xa l. ¦íSexate, Jan. 24.- Mr. Harris' credentials f or re-election were presentcd and filed. Mr. Harrison of Indiana, introduccd a concurrent rcsolution providing for a joint rule toforbid the reception of any aniendment proposing general legislation or amendments to general appropriation bilis, irrelevant in their nature. The resolution was reíerred. The tariff bilí carne up as unfinished business and oceupied the entire time of the Senate. The discussion was eonfined priucipallv to the duty on iron House- The naval bilí was the ffrst business before tlie House, and was, in fact, the only business transacted by tbat bodv. Manv ainendmrnts to the bill were offereda'nd adopted, providing for the construetion of cruisen. and the purchase of materials neecssary to the future success of our navy. Sexate, Jan. 25. -The day hftving been previously set apart for memorial service' in honor of the late Senator líill of Georgiano other business was trausaeted. Mr. Brown of Georgia, was the first speaker, and in acarefully prepared speech paid a lowing tribute to the memory of the departed. Other senators followed, and at the conclusión thereof the Senate adjourned. Hocse.- The naval bill cameupasthereLular order. The House proceeded to vote upon two amendments, the first of which provided tbat clnefs of bureaus should receive no additioual pay by rcason of their office, and the second being one recommending the payment of ?50,000 to Asa Weeks the inventor of the torpedo, for the use of his invention by the L nited States. The original bill togetber 1 Wlth ,tll(3, amendmcnu was voted upon and ' P, ,ïd' ,Th,e House then wcnt int committec ot the whole on the rcvenue bilis. The iirt bill was oue to admit free of duty a monument to George Washington. Objection was at once raised to consideriug this bill, nnd the object tion was sustained. Similar action was taken upon all bilis, including that to abolish the mternal revcuue tax on tobáceo, snuft, cigars and cigarettes. The tariff bill was then taken up. At the conclusión of the discussion the House proceeded to oulogize the late Senator HUI. Eloquent addresses were made bv Messrs .Hammond, House, Hooker and Cox after which the house adjourned. Senate, Jan. 86- Mr. Ha!eof Maine reported a joint resolution making appronriaionsforcontinuingthe work „f compEg the census returns. Mr. Slater of Oregon, a member of the pension committee. reoorted adversely the House bill to increase the" pensione of one-armed and one-!egged soldiere! Mr riatt of Conn., being unable to coucurwiththc committee, introduced auother bill lrcreasine the pensions of those now receiving $is to !St and those receiving 34 to per month. At the close of somc unimportant business the Senate tookup the tariff bill, and this QuesUon n as the aU-absorbmg topic of the hour. Some stirnng speeches were made by Messrs Puirh of Alabama and Brown of Georgia One or two ameudments were offercd and adooted concernios the rate on iron, but wlthoot nnv deflmte action, the Senate adjourned. House- Petitions were presented against the transfer of tbe revenas marine, and of all branche8of the life-saving services Several f0?'"?0 rePrts were Eubmitted, but the tariff bill was the question of tbe day, which the House began to consider immcdiatelv after tbe traiisaction of business of minor "importance. Kelloy of Pennsylvania took the floor making a strong argument in vindication oí the bill deelanng it to be the best bill eversubmitted to an American congres?. Several other representatives made brief remarks o the bill, but Mr. Kasson of Iowa, made the principal speech of tbe day, which was greeted with loud applause. A discussion of apurelv personal charaeter followed, at the close of "which the House adjourned . Senate, Jan. 27- A number of mcmorials asking legislation on various topics i7uoPrïented;al60apctitinn of the conncil f ,Sl.x ation Indians;' asking a recognition jl their claims to certain lanü in Kaneos. The principal business of the day was the consideraron of the tariff bill, the iron question receivng most attention. House- Immediately at the closr (,f the pening routine, the ilouse went into commttce of the whole, with Mr. Burrows of Michgan in the chah . Mr. McKinley of Ohio made ;he principal speech of the day. A long and 'xejtiig debate followed, closíng with a speech y Mr. Haskell of Kansas, in dótense ef the bill ' iow under consideration. Senate, Jan. 29.- A number of noin¦ natlons were coufirmed and somc other busii ïess of little importancc transacted, when the enate resumed consideration of the tariff bill he metáis being the subject uudcr discussion. ! i otes taken showed that a quorum was not ' )resent, and without any deflalte action the i enate adjourned. House.- Mr. Belmout of New York, from he committee on foreign relations, submitted ! . minority report on the Hawaiian treatv. Mr. ' ielmont takes the ground that there are grave objections to the interferenee of congress with the treaty-making powers, and in coneluding . hu argument in lavor of a termination of the . treaty with Ilawaii said tliat he had and could produce indisputable cvidenee that under this treaty had been perpetra teel one of the most colossal frauda against the revenue of tbe Lnited States government. Mr. Deering of ¦ Iowa reported a bilí authorizing sale of tiinber lands of the Menominee Indiaus, Wisconsin. . At tho close of all other business the House , went into eommittee of the whole, and resumed ¦ eonsideration of the tariff bil!, walen mcasure oceupied the remainder of the session. Skxate, Jan. 80.- Mr. Morrill, f rom the finance coramittee, reported favorably the bill authorizing the issuance of dupüeated checlss by the superintednent of the San Francisco mint. Mr. Conger of Michigan, presented petitions of eitizens of that state lor redurtiou of the duty on sugar. Mr. Hale of Maine SSíKíLSP.01 -íoint rt-lntion appropriating $100,000 for the work of completing the census returns, whicb, after debate, passcd. The usual number of petitions in regard to the tariff bill werc presented. The rest of the time oL the Senate was devoted to the aonsideratiou of the tariff bill. A Ion? debate ensued lasting until nearly 11 p. m. House.- Mr. Caswell from the appropriation committee reported the postofflee appropriation bill with Senate amendments, rcconiniending coneurrenee In some and non-coneurrence in others. Among the amendments non-coneurred in were those appropriating $185 000 for special mail facilities and tixing fuly 1 next as the date when 2-cent letter postage shall go into effect. Ihe report was agreed to, anda conference committee will bc appointed. Mr. Calkins of Indiana introdueed a "bill nopronriating $10,060 and $10,000 to defray the expenses of the contestant and the eontèstee respectively in the Sessinghaus-Frost oase, Missouri Keferred. The House then went into committee oí the whole, with Mr. Burrows of Michigan in the chair, for the considcration of the tariff bill. The chemical echedule was the phase of the ((iiestion undcr diseussion. Af ter sevcral ineffectual attempts to secure a vote no quorum voting, the. House adjourned. GENERAL ITEMS. The inquest on theNewhall house disaster is now in progres.3. James Patrick the oldest journalist of Ohio, died in New Philadelphia recently, aecd 91 years. fo Á largo schooner was recently lost at the mouth of Fly river, New (uinea." The entire crew oí 17 ñero killed by the savages thelr heads cut oft and distributed among the villagers. The town of Wilkesbarc, Penn., was startled on the 24th inst., by the discover? that the Delaware and Hudson mine was thüd&g. A large uumber of houses have' settled from 0 luches to two feet. No lessthan 3üacres have already caved in. Inmates of houscs lied in every airection in thelr effort to escape death. There ík general fear that the eave-in is onlv the beginntug of more scrious trouble. The grand jury of the oriminaJ court of St. Louis, Mo., believc that they have incontestible proof that 80 percent, of the crime and pauperism of that city come from the saloons The juy reeommend that the minimum licensé for liquor saloons be fixed at $1,000, and for saloons selliug ouly ivine and beer $500. Af ter a deadlock for lö days the Montana territorial couneil elected Stuart, Democrat, as president. The legislature eleetcd a Democratie speaker. A bilí has been introducid callingfor a state constitutional convention. By a recent decisión of United States authorities Cauadian grain to be ground in the United States must be brouglit to the milis in wagons or other ordinary road vehicles, and by farmers residing in Canada, and the milis moet beowned by eitizena of the United States Penalties are providcd for anv violation of the law or rcgulatious made for iis enforcement. One hundred thousand dollars is an imperative necessity in order tg complete the census returns. The evidence bcing taken at tlieXewhall inquest developea considerable adverse criticism of the aetiou of the fire departmeut. Two cars of a Wabash express train, a few days since, rolled down a40-footcmbankment, near Wabash, Ind., scriouslv iuiaring 5 persons. A j'oung ruan named Stuitli was drowned in a bran-bin in a mili at Mansfield. O., on the 29th of Januarv. The Vermonl suprvine eourl has declared the hquor law of that state unconstitutional, inasmuch as it allows commitmeut without the right of appeal. A memorial has been forwarded to Washington by the Arkwright club of Boston, representing the cstablishments of New I Lngland producing cotton, woolen and stik ! rics, machinerv, paper and drugs, and cmnloving 100,000 persous and $100,000,000 capital, asking for the enaetion of n tariff blll the ent session based upon these reporteil by the committee, giving prcferenee tó the simpler forn.s and lower rafes oí iluties upon raw material and artieles used in American industries, and keeping upon tbe free list artieles not produced in this country. A new train is to bo started which will makc the tiip from New York to San Francisco in íour and o lialf days. The interest in tho Newliall houso inquest continúes. The a! uster of insurance says the appliauces-for extinguishing fire in that hotel wen more numerous tn:in is usual in horels. Brotherrrank.connoctedwitha Catliolic school in Buffalo, N. Y., who was arrested a short time since charged with making an indecent asssult upon a young girl, has been formally indieted. He p'lcads not guilty. Anothor fcarful snow-slidc oecurred near Gunnison, Col., on the 30th of January The slide started from the summit of Kuby Peak, Col., carrying with it shaft houses and machinery. One man was kflled and eight serioiuly injurcd.