The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-12
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SATURDAY. February e

SATURDAY, February y.
VIM. Williams, a notorious confidence
man, was arrested in Louisville yesterday
Travel from Chicago to ward the Pacific,
has been unusually heavy this week.
More passengers being carried than ever
before.
Large quantities of snow is reported on
the West side OF the Mountains. On the
East side less snow has fallen than lor
years before.
Columbus, yesterday, a series of resolu-
tions were reported and several speeches
were made
1t is authoritatively stated that Cover
nor Butler, of Nebraska, will convene The
Nebraska Legislature on the l7th inst, for
the ratification of the Fifteenth Amend
ment.
The steamer Villa de Paris put into Hall
fax Thursday night, short OF coal, the Voy-
will reach New York on Sunday
A Anumber of colored men of Louisville,
have formed an association for the pur-
pose of building Fl rst class steamboat to
ply the Mississippi River.
Thomas Hockersmith. a boy fourteen
years old, accidentally shot and killed his
cousin, Mrs. B. Ill. Bibb, at Springfield,
Tennessee, on Thursday evening. The
boy Is now ravtng maniac.
A fire at Logansport, on Thursday
store and two livery stables connected
with the Lator House, and several other
stables; ali the work of an tncsn a1ary.
The Missouri House of Representatives,
on Thursday, passed bill debarr1ng ofh
GERS having control of the disbursement of
the school moneys, from discriminating
in salaries of teachers on account of sex.
A called meeting of the Sinciunati
Chamber of Commerce was held on Thurs
day night to consider the tariff and reve-
nue. bills now before Con gress; also Com
missioner Wells report. The whole affair
was referred to a committee OF six, with
instructions to report at an early day.
The Kansas Senate passed the House
concurrent resolution memOrializing Con-
gress to provide for the investigation of
the loss by Indian depredations since 1854;
also the House resolution asking Congress
for speedy settlement Of the rebel Price
ciailAs; also prote sting against the sale of
Kansas Indian lands, excspt TO actual
settlers.
The Artists Assembly Reception at the
Opera House, Chicago. on Thursday even
ing, was The most successful affair of the
kind ever known in Chicago. About 1900
people were In attendance. The collection
of pictures was large and unusually excel
lent. The Opera House was thrown open
and eiaborately decorated with d9Wers,
and supplied with cologne.
A boiler In a rolling mill in East st.
Louis. exploded yesterday, severely iDjur-
ing five persons and slightly tnjurfng sew
eral others. Tee boiler bursted downward,
and had but little water in it, eke the
trous, as two hundred persons were EN-.
ployed about the premises. Portions of
the boiler and bricks of the furnace were
hurled more than three hundred yards.
II is almsst q IDtracle that there was no
loss of life.
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
SENATE.-In the Senate, williams re-
ported bill granting lands In aid OF rail-
Sound....-..,.....M MOrrill, of Vermont, intro
duced q bill to enlarge the public grounds
duced the following preamble and resoIu-
ion: WHEREAS, The United States OBJ
serves with deep Interest, the civil war
now existing in Cuba, and sympathizes
with its people, as with the people of all
American nations or colonies, in the effort
to secure independence from European
powers therefore, be it EesoEUcd, That the
United States recognize the present exist
ence of a state Of war between the King
dom of Spain and the Colony of Cuba, and
waged on the part of Cuba to establish It's
independence, and the United states will
observe strict neutrality between the bel
1igerenJ parties, as Is their duty under the
law of nations. Sherman called the atten-
ton OF the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tfons to the fact that the people Of this
country were growing restive on this sub
ject, and hoped they would take some ac-
tion with a view to securing fair play, at
least on our part, between Cuba and Spain.
The proposition was discussed at some
length by sherman, Pomeroy, Sumner and
tions....A ariety of other bills and resoiu-
tions were introduced and reported
taken up and discussed by Drake, Conk-
lin, Morton and others..........-....Dr Drake
urged his mendment to exempt newspa-
per exchanges. The bill was laid aside
without action. .........Ih6 Mississippi BIZ
was next considered, and the old discus
sion OF the day previous was renewed
with equal bitterness and acrimony, eSpe-
cially between Fowler, of Tennessee, and
Nye, of Nevada. Quite number OF Sena-
tors took part in the debate, which was
unusually spicy.
HoUsE.-In the House, yesterday, after
the introduction of several untmportant
bills. the House went into a Committee of
the Whole on the Legislative Approprta-
tion Bill, and several items OF approprla-
tion were considerably reduced. A few
buncombe motions were made relative to
cutting off or reducing appropriations for
stationery and newspapers for members,
which were voted down or Withdrawn. .
A tilt was also taken at the Congressional
| 81 be and its reporters, but nothing was
| efected .....- .Coburn offered resolution
| asking for Information on the subject of
| expenditures for the District OF Columbia.
| Cobb, of Wisconsin, announced the
! death of his colleague, BENZ. F. Hopkins,
and after q brief eulOgy, offered the usual
1 raCOlutfOnS which were agreed TO. and the