New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-18
THE POPE'S DEATH ANTICIPATED
THE VIENNA EXHIBITION
EAD KU-KLUX IN KENTUCKY
WASHINGTON.
Postmaster at Cincipnati-Armina Citi-
zens of OregOn-Senate Committee on
Transportation Routes-A Battle With

Postmaster at C1ncfpnati-AFmiDa Eiti-
zens Of OregOn-Senate Committee on
Transportation Routes-A Battle With
tie Apuches.
WASHINGTON. April r.-The President
has appointed A. Foulds, postmaster at
Cincinnati. Ohio.
The government has ordered the officers
In charge of vancouvers arsenal, to issue
$50 breech-loaders TO the citizens of Oregon
for their defense.
William B. Donaldson. the oldest negro
minstrel and clown in the United States, is
dead.
Three Thousand persons are detained at
Omaha by the storTe
The Senate special committee on trans
| pOrtation routes to the seaboard at their
meeting to-day. decided not to take any
| testimony at present.
After discussion of the business pro-
gramme it was decided to send sub-cOm-
mittee of two Senators-Casserly, of Cali
foenia, and Mitchell. of Oregon-to Cali
I fornia to investigate and report upon the
subject of inland and sea transportation to
| the full committee. Mr.. Mitchell starts
| W,s Saturday.
The committee discussed the question as
| to what points they should personally
! visit, and finally concluded it would be
, better to collect all the data within their
| reach. the chairman. Senator Window, OF
| Minnesota and the clerk of the committee
! remaining here :or that purpose after the
work has been prepared for the action OF
/ the committee.
! The members comprising il will be called
! together for that purpose. The programme
| is extensive, including the relation of navi
| gable rivers to canals. the extent and lOca-
| tiOn Of railroad commerce on the lakes, the
| cost o. transportation inland and by sea tO
| foreign countries. all the proposed canal
| routes and water lines, the agricultural
! productions. cost of Improvement, etc.
! Circulars are TO be sent through the De
! partment Of State to COnsulS for the pur
! pose of obtaining information on the sub
| ject of American products in foreign mar
! kets. the object being TO arrive at a conclu
| sion relative 90 the measures that may i'm
! prove our foreign trade. as it is the inten
! ton Of the committee 20 thoroughly exam
| inc the matters ntrusted TO them, and to
| procure information from o1tcial and prl
vsste sources.
| Communications NAV Be addressed tu
| Senator Windem. II Washington, District OF
| Columbia.
! The committee have not yet disposed OF
| the postal car controversy. They Will give
I the Postoffice Department an opportunity
| to fully present its side of the question in
| th. presence Of the railroad representa-
} tives. The committee will, at the next ses'
| sion Of Congress. report on the law and the
| fact. IN the ease.
The hoard Of supervising inspectors were
| engaged to day in considering the rules
| heretofore made to carry out the steamboat
ltw. These laws viii be revised, and much
that is unnecessary dispensed with. The
board has adjourned until Monday. in order
t., give the several committees time to eX-
anime and report or the several branches
I 81 business committed TO them.
| Later dsices confirm the report of vic
tory over The ApachCs. aud all the details
of tho Modoe horror. An attack on the
| Aodecs was momentarily expected.