Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-01-18

and the Boyec Board. 10 appear before
them in this city. An effort will I've
made hy the committee to have pre-
scented for their investigation the re-
turns ui the electoral votes from the
yario"s parishes III Louisiana.
The Senate Committee on Elections
this morning art investigating the
election of Caldwell, Senator from
Kansas. They examined at great Length
Lieutenant Smith, Caldwell's partner
in the banking business. Smith gave
details of the arrangement made before
the Senatorial election between Cald-.
we'll, Governor Carney and himself, by
which Carney was to withdraw from the
Senatorial candidacy for SIS ,OOO, paid
him by Caldwell, who subsequently
paid Carney in two installments, Of
so, OO0and 81, G00rcspcctivcly. Some
time afterward Smith gave Carney
81 eco to reimburse him for cXpondi
lures during the elections.
Cold Weather la Ninncsota.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 1.--Rcports from
the Iowa Division of the Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railroad say that s'cighs sue
ceeded III reaching q train snowbound
between Conover and Kidgcway and
rescued the passengers. Suporintcnd-
ent Prior tclegraphs that there are
eight freight trains snow-bound be-
tween McGregor and Austin. The
snow is packed so tight that snow-plows
have no effect, and it will have to be
shovcled out. All that can be seen of
some OF the trains is here and there the
top OF brake protruding above the
snow, and nothing bat the top of the
smoke-stac.; of one engine marks the
whereabouts, on the same. The Their
momo.e: ran yes from 20 to p degrees
below zero. i'hc wind is blowing Il
perfect gale, and the men who drove
the teams for o'icI were badly frozen.
The accoun . OF loss of life in the re-
cent terrible storm in Iowa, Minnesota
and Dakota continues to be received.
There is no doubt that hundreds Of
human beings and thousand of head of
stock persisted in Minnesota and Dlko-
tn. " hole herds Of cattle froze TO
death. Amon5 thc c,scs which show
tho fc lrful character of the storm is
ttat OF NJ. He.npat ana wife of DAho-
tn. the man was away from home
when the Storm came on He managed
to reach ho'He and found his wife ont
clrins for the stock. He went to search
for her, AMI bob have since been found
side by side, frozen to death, within
forty rods Of their own door.
p!nr,nc.I. Dcsrr:rrs.
New O"1ElNs, Jan. u.-The fusion
Lo 5isla.urc il fully organized. Six
Senator's from the PincAbacl; Logisln-
ture appeared and took their seats. an
event which creates Il lively stir in poll
teal circles. The fusi0ni1ts assert that
other Senator's will desert Pinchhcch to-
day, probably bro1kjur NJ the quorum.
The seeding Senator's publish to the
pcople, giving ;.s their relsonsEfor the
ueser:ioD of PincAbocl< that his lille ral
acta, and the assumption of arbitrary
poHcr! in Organizing the Legislature b.
rsusc ding members who were we'll
known - be legally cleo cd by putting
dcFclteI candidates in ticir placcs, and
in hrbip; jhc Returning Board with
fat Offices TO make false returns Of elect
ion il order to sccIre the election OF
Kellogg 10 the United States Senate.
PARIS, Jan. lO.-Marsha!l Mcmahon
reports to the President thai the army
i, no5 affected BIZ the death Of Napu,
leon. Tncro are Bonarlrsi,ts nnaonr
the officers, bat there is 40 party which
supports the Napolconic dynasty i'll Tie
army.
LoNpoy, Jan. 10. Ex-Emprcss Eu-
genie will soon issue u proclamation to
the French people, announcing that she
assumes the regency durlDs her son $
minority.
THO Tweed Case.
NEW YORK, Jan. II. - In the opening
OF the Tweed case, Cassidy, for the
prosecution. denied that there was any
measures taken yesterday for the re-
,noval of auy of the jury as objoct;ona-
BILE. Ey-Dcpu'y Controller Stoarns
wls called rs the first witness, but
.rweeds lawyers intclposcd, demand
ing thai the prosecution select some
particular count of the indictments I'm.
der which they would proceed, they
denying that Tweed Was ever amcna-
Ole as Auditor, as no such Office existed,
besides, the law forbade Tweed holding
any such office, lie being Senator.
Government Suit Against Pacific Railways.
Acknowledgement Williams is report.
ell to have telesraphcd to Aaron F.
Perry and Stanley Mathews of Cincin-
natl, to request them to act as counsel
in behalf of the Government in the
proposed action against the Pacific
Railways.
Aid for s..e Cuban Rcvolut,c nis.s.
Tho HfraM states that the steamer
EfJa' Hr"a1, which recently sailed
from Aspinwall and Carthagena with a
full cargo OF arms and ammunition and
some forty recruits for the Cuban reyo-
lutionists, under Cuban General Aenero,
successfully landed all the cargo on the
Cuban coast.
a poat-mortem examination of the
'eS-Emperors remains. was conduct this
oVanintr THO ;,,,D>cl:4