Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01
THE NEWS.

again deem rejected by CHe mdSSd-
chusetts Legislature.
A decree of President McMahen
announces that an international ex-
hibition will shortly be held in Paris.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has
appropriated SAC, 900 for the erection
of a house for the use of the State at
the Centennial Exhibition.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
given up all hope of passing his bill
to authorize an increase and length
en- the time for the redemption of
the four and half per cent. fund
ing bonds.
Nathaniel Mckay, of Boston, has
commenced suit for libel against
Col. A. K. Mcclure and Frank Nc
Laughlin, of the Philadelphia Times,
that paper having charged Mckay
with being connected with certain
navy yard frauds.
The Mark Lane Express says there
has been a general advance in prices
in both the English and Continental
grain markets, and the caution late
ly exercised by dealers has given
place to greater feeling of conf
dence.
The evidence in the court-martial
Of Pay Inspector Spaulding, on trial
at San Francisco, shows defalca-
tion OF over a million dollars. Spauld-
ing's clerk obtained that amount on
false vouchers and fled.
The st. Louis Times publishes an
interview with Judge Baker, attor-
ney for the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad Company, in which that
gentleman emphatically denies the
story published in the Cincinnati
Enquirer in reference to Senator
Thurman's connection with that
road.
Governor kellogg has directed the
District Attorney of Baton Rouge to
take prompt measures to bring to
justice all parties concerned in the
recent disturbances in East Baton
Rouge, and says he does not intend
to permit a resort to mob violence
there or in any other part of the
State.
A Brownsville (Texas) dispatch
says a fight occurred near 'Mata-
moras on the morning Of the 9th,
between the Government troops and
a force of insurgents, in which the
latter were beaten. A great deal of
disaffection exists at Matamoras,
and it is thought the city will fall an
easy prey to DiaZ should he act
promptly.
The telegraph brings further de-
tails of the storm of Saturday and
Sunday throughout New England. 1t
appears to have been particularly
severe in Massachusetts,, the loss in
Worcester county alone being esti-
mated at over 100000. Several
lives are reported lost. Heavy snow
storms are also reported in the West.
At Memphis the Mississippi was
within two inches of the danger line,
and there are serious apprehensions
of a flood
Joseph Hall, Boston halter,
whose wife left him ten days ago on
account of his drunken habits, but
soon after returned, was yesterday
found at his home lying by her dead
body with his throat cut. The wo-
man had been beaten to death by her
husband with a heavy wash-bowl
and pitcher. Hall was considered in
a dying condition.
The fund for the payment of wit
nesses before Congressional Commit
tees has been exhausted for two
days, and many of those who have
applied for their pay and have not
received it have been compelled to
sell their claims at discount to
money sharks. 1t is the intention
to have passed at once deficiency
bill to meet the emergency. The
total cost for witnesses thus far, ac-
cording to the statements made from
the Clerks office aggregate a trifie
over $11 900.
The out and out soft money Dem
Gratis of the House achieved a sub
stantial victory Monday through the
defeat of the Payne Compromise
Currency bill T. was evident that
Mr.. Payne, who made the motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill,
had more faith in the merits Of his
plan of financial relief than any of
the more sanguine who have been la
boring all winter to settle the vsxed
currency question. 1t has been
agreed to in caucus, and if such &C
tion denoted anything, it gave the
assurance that the bill would be
treated with more consideration than
it received. If Mr.. Payne had any
hope for the measure prior to the
time the vote was announced, he must
now be convinced that the ultra soft
money men will accept no compro-
mise until first the specie reSump-
tion act is absolutely repealed. AT
ter that it may be possible to agree
upon some terms upon which sub
Sfituta shall he framed The vote