, 1877-11-10

that Hendricks had already urged upon
him the great party necessity of ap-
pointing Voorhees,. and had said it was
party demand. As an explanation of
these leaders desires, Tilden thinks it
would be we'll to force Hendricks where
he would be obliged to shoulder good
deal of the soft money load. and Hon.
bricks thinks Voorhees, should draw the
fire of the pending question rather than
himself.
OMAHA, Nov. g. Gen. Howard q com>
mand arrived here this morning by the
steamer Benton. and proceeded west on
. special train. The command consists
Of companies from the 4th artillery.
2lst. Sth and 18th regiments Of infant
~. The companies will be distributed
among the following posts on the Pa
cific coast: Ono to Fort Walla Walla.
two to Fort Townsend. four to Fort
Vancouver. two to Fort Candy. two to
Fort Yuma, Arizona. two to Fort Ste
vens. Oregon, one to Presidio barracks.
near San Francisco, one to Alcatraz Isl>
and prison post, also near the same
place.
New YORK, Nov. 2.-The Sun says
Rev. VIM. Il. Wykoff, secretary of the
American Bible Union. dropped dead
yesterday in his bath, at his residence
in Brooklyn. He was 20 years Of age.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-The Times Sparta
Wisconsin, special says: News just re-
ceived from Wilton of horrible affair
there on Thursday night. Mrs. VIM.
Van Voorhees,. woman with three
young children and about to become q
mother again, had. after living unhap~
PLY with her husband in their home on
the outskirts of the village, been de-
serted and left destitute and despond-
ent. She frequently spoke of suicide
to the neighbors. Who prevented her
from purenasine poison. On Thursday
night about IL clock her dwelling was
discovered in flames. and when the
neighbors reached the house and burst
in the doors. they proceeded to the
bedroo m. where a sickening spectacle
greeted their eyes. The mother, nearly
naked, lay face down in bed, with her
two youngest children in the same po>
sition by her side. The hair, scalp and
a portion OF arms were burned of from
each, and the blazing rafters from above
were falling down upon them. The
body of the oldest boy. aged 10. was
found near the bedroom door burned to
q crisp. Blood was found spattered
upon the bed clothes and upon the
mothers garments. Appearances in
dicated that the woman poisoned her.
self and children and that life was ex-
tlnct before the flames reached them.
No marks of violence could be discov.
cred upon the bodies. bnt the matter is
being rigidly Investigated.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 4.--The annual
report to the superintendent of special
agents shows that during the past year
543 persons were arrested for offenses
against the postal law -1O4 in excess of
the preceding year. The number of
complaints OF lost registered letters is
8. .2O9; aggregate value, $54,4lO per-
centsge of actual loss compared with
number of letters registered is about
one fftieth of one per cent. or one in
every 500.
Conger, of Michigan. scalped Speak
or Randall recently thus: Some ques-
ton of parliamentary law being under
discussion Randall said: ''You must
allow the chair to exercise some little
bommon sense in conducting the busi-
ness of the house." Conger instantly
retorted, ''If the chair makes an effort
in that direction J. would be very un-
willing to obstruct him." This is as
good as Thad Stevens reply to the
Pennsylvania judge who 50 disgusted
him that Stevens started abruptly to
leave the court room. Ibid you intend
to be guilty of showing contempt for
this COURT" inquired the judge. mo,
replied Stevens, II only intended to
conceal it,"
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. AT ten
o'clock this forenoon Senator Nor
toms remains weae escorted to the
courthouse by the light infantry
and pail bearers, the infantry form
ing around the hearse. pail bearers
and few friends on foot, some of
whom carried floral offerings. The
hearse was handsomely covered with
flags. The arrangements at the
courthouse have heen admirable,
and the immense crowd was handled
with but little confusion. The
corpse was exposed in the center of
the main hall, midway between the
grand stairways and elevator, on
either side of which continuous
flow Of people have passed all day
and evening. At least 50, 900, some