The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-04-14


GEN. TOLEDO, commanding 600 govern
ment troops before Matamoras, is said to
have decided the conflict in favor of the in
surgents by joining his forces to Gen. Diaz.
Gen. Diaz, the insurgent commander, has
issued proclamation assuring citizens of
their protection.
THE Royal Titles bill passed the House
of Commons.
THE English budget shows expenditures
(estimated) for the fiscal year ending March
81, 1877, f7S,044,O OO revenues Ell, go, 600.
On Sunday, April 2, the insurgents under
Gen Diaz, besieged and finally successfully
assaulted the city of Matamoras The gov
eminent forces, under Gen. Custo and Gen.
Debarra finally surrendered $50 men, u
pieces of artillery and 712 stands of small
arms. There is great excitement in and
und the city, especially among Ameri-
cans who have received such harsh treat
ment from the Mexican authorities.
WASHINGTON.
THE Sergeant-at-arms of the House of
Representatives, has instructed the warden
of the United States jail to furnish means
to Hallett Kilbourn not to exceed one dollar
per day.
THE committee on ways and means, have
stricken out all in Morrison's tariff bill re-
lating to silk.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL PIERREPONT was eX-
amined by the Committee on War Expendi-
lures, and related his knowledge of the
witness, Bell, in relation to the same Of
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mary.
A WASHINGTON dispatch states that up to
date 100000 had been received into the
Treasury on account of moneys from the
whisky prosecutions.
THE Committee on Ways and Means made
the following amendment to Morrison S
tariff bill: Gold pens to pay duty of 35
per cent. advalorem. A clause that no al
lowance shall be made for losses by decay
on oranges and lemons on which specific
duty has been levied have been added the
words unless such decay exceeds fifty per
cent on the value of said fruit" Linseed
oil has been placed at % cents per gallon.
COUNSEL for Belknap will ask, on the 18th
inst, the time set for trial, an extension of
two weeks.
A LARGE reduction of the force of the
United States treasurer will be made in a
short time AT least 20 per cent. of the en-
tire force will have to be discharged, in con-
sequence of the appropriation being ex-
hausted.
DETECTIVE BELL who was lately before
the committee on expenditures in the war
department, has prepared for publication a
reply against the assaults made on his char
acter, indicating himself from charges Of
his being an incompetent and unworthy
man. He gives extracts from written testi-
monials
YESTERDAY (the 4th) the Senate, in execu-
tive session rejected the nomination of
Dana as Minister to England by vote of
II to So
THE following parts have been assigned
to the managers in the impeachment trial
of w. W. Belknap, before the Senate: On
Rules, Representatives Lord Lynde, jerks
and Hoar. On Pleadings, Representatives
Knott, Mcmahon and jerks. On Jurisdic-
ton of the Senate, Representatives Lord,
Knott arid Hoar. The opening will be by
Representative Lynde. On the preparation
for trial of fact and examination by wit
nesses, Representatives Mcmahon, Lynd e
and Lapham. On questions of'aw on trial
of facts, Representatives Lynde and Nc
Mahon. On the final submission, Repre-
sentatives Lord Knott and Lapham
JAMES E. LYON was before the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, but his cross examina-
ton elected nothing new in regard to the
Emma Mine transactions.
THE bill has been unanimously adopted
by the Military Committee, which transfers
the jurisdiction of the Indian Bureau from
the Interior to the War Department.; the
committee also adopted Gen. Banning's re-
port for a reduction of the army, Republi-
can members of the committee declining to
sign the report.
Col. DYER, District Attorney at st. Louis
testified before the Committee on War Elk
penditures, on Saturday, that Bells testi-
mony against Babcock was substantially
correct in accordance with his own knowl-
edge of the case. The reason why Bell
was not used in the Babcock trial as a wit
ness was that his (Bell9 story could not be
corroborated by additional testimony, and,
as Col. Dyer expressed it, he Dyer did not
look upon him (BelD as a witness he
wanted to tie to, when it was discovered
that Bell had absolutely stolen the Avery
papers from the District Attorneys office
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A FIRE at Benwood, w. Va, April 5, com
pletely destroyed the Benwood Nail Works.
with about $4,000 kegs of nails Five hun
dred men were thrown out of employment
No particulars yet received.
On the evening of April the front of
four story brick house, 212 Davidson street,
fell, fatally injuring VIM. Savage, VIM
Schelt, and Jacob Abraha.ns.
GEN. HoUsER and sister, of Tuscarora,
Penn, were bound, gagged and beaten so Sc
verely by burglars that the latter has died.
The house was robbed of some money and
jewelry.
On the afternoon of the 5th terrible
explosion occurred just north of Salt Lake
City, on what is known as Arsenal Hill.
Here were situated four powder magazines,
containing two carloads and twenty-nine
tons of powder, all of which exploded,
sending immense powders through build
ings in the city; doors were blown from
their hinges, chimneys thrown down, and
glass universally shattered by the fOroe of