Connecticut western news., 1878-03-07


 MCKINLEY, McMahon, MErcAnFE, Mills, MITCHELL, Money, MONROE, Morgan, Muldrow, Neal, OLIVER, PAGE, PAT PERSON (N. Y.) Patterson (Col.) j; Phelps, PHnL1Ps, POLLARD, POUND, PRICE, Pridemore, RA1NEY, RANDOLPH, Rea, Reagan, Rice (Ohio); Riddle, Robbins, Roberts, Robertson, ROBINSON Qnd.) ), RYAN, SAMPSON, SAPP, Sayler, Scales, SEXTON, SHALLENBERaER, Shel- ley, Singleton, Slemons, SMALLs, Smith (Ga.), Sparks, Springer, Steele, Steph- ems, STONE (Mich. ), STONE Iowa) STRAIT, THOMPSON, THoRNBURaH, Throckmorton, T1pToN, TOWNSEND (N. Y.), TOWNSEND (O.), Townshend Qll.), Tucker, Turner, Turney, Vance, Van Vorhes, Waddell, Walker, Walsh, WEIGH, White (Pa.), WHITE Gnd), Whitthorne, WIaGINToN, WILLIAMS (Wis.) ), Williams (AIa.), WIL- 1lAMs (Or.), Willis (Ky.), WnLETs, Will son, WREN, Wright, Yeates, Young-l96.
 NAYs-Messrs. BACON, BAaLEY, BAKER (N. Y), BALnoU, BANKS, Beebe, BIsBEE, BLAIR, Bliss, BRIaas, GAIN, CAMP, CAMp-
 BELL, CHITTENDEN, C1AF LIN, Covert, CRAPo, DAVIS (Cal.), DENIsoN, DWIGHT, EAMEs, Eickhoff, ELLSWORTH, FIELD, FREEMAN, FRYE, GARFIELD, Gibson, HALE, Hardenbergh, HAMMER, HARRIS l (Mass. ), HART, HENDEE, Hewitt (N. Y.), HrscocK, HUNGERFoRD, James, Jones | (N. H. JOYCE, KEroHAM, LATHAM, LIND sEY, Lockwood, LoR1Na, MoCooK, Morse, Muller, NoRoRoss, DWELL, OvERToN, Potter, POWERS, PUGH, REED, RIcE (Mass. ), ROBINSON (Mass. ), Ross, Schlel- cher, SINNIoKsoN, SMITH (Pa.), STAR1N, Stenger, STEWART, veeder, WARD, War her, WATSON, Williams (Mich.), WM- 11AMs CN. Y.), Williams (Del.), Willis (N. Y.), Wood-73. Republicans in SMALL CAPS.
 The Speaker-Ip obedience to the re-
 ouirements of the Constitution, two
 thirds have voted in the affirmative, and
 the bill has passed.
 MT. Rice, Dem.) of Ohio, chairman
 of the Committee on Invalid Pensions,
 reported bill providing that in case of
 the death or resignation of Q pension
 agent the President may temporarily ap
 point his successor. Passed.
 MT. Butler (Rep., Mass.) made Q
 lengthy speech in favor of greenback
 currency and 3.65 bond.
 The House concurred in the Senate
 amendments to the bill providing for the
 appointment of Pension agents.
 The silver bill being in force, Secre-
 tary Sherman has directed the different
 hints to push matters in getting out the
 new silver.
 The Iowa Senate has passed the bill
 restoring capital punishment by vote
 of 28 to 19. By vote of fl to it voted
 against proposed bill to decapitate
 criminals.
 The total debt of the United States
 March 1st, 1878 was $2,O42, ,037, 129. OS.
 It was reduced during the month of Feb
 ruary $2,25O, ,537.18 There is in the
 United States Treasury $131, ,318, 156. 33
 in coin and certificates, and a total cash
 on hand of $172, 536, 921, ,85.
 "A Japan letter says the coasting steamer Yesso exploded her boiler re- cently, killing about eighty natives, and the engineer is in prison, charged with manslaughter. The Japanese merchants l at Tokio are about forming chamber o1 commerce.
 The steamship Oceanic, which ar
 rived at San Francisco from China and Japan, brings news of terrible disaster . at Tientsin, China. The refuge house
 in which the famine-st stricken refugees , from the northern provinces had as , sembled, took fire, and of nearly three
 thousand persons in the building only
 about one hundred escaped.
 v MT. Charles Bund, of the Chinese 8 Island Mission at Wa-chung, who ha' = recently visited the famine stricken prov
 inces of Shensi, writes a heart-rendine
 account of the suffering he has witnessed t The efforts of the government to suppl. - food and assistance is to great extent a nullifed by the dishonesty of th' officials. Children are sold by hundred ;, by their starving parents. In the larg f cities of Hauchung and Pachung rising - have occurred among the people rendered I desperate by seeing their wives and chil o dren starving before their faces, ant ' many other outbreaks are reported. II . Pachung the people beheaded man ! darin for speculating on their necessities l. The cold has been unusually severe. d The Richmond, Fredericksburg ant . Potomac Railroad has been the scene o f a heartrending disaster. The acciden s occurred about forty miles from Rich J. mond and two miles from Milford Sta 'f tion, Va. The result was one passenge T killed, three so terribly mutilated tha !, they will probably die, and several oth V CTS more or less injured. The train brok l. in two and the two sections cO4lided, do
 ing the damage.
 J. The machinery of an elevator at tn l. Grand Hotel at Paris became deranget U U and carried it to the roof with such fore I as to kill it's occupants-a Russian lady |, Frenchman and servant.
 e Michael Tebine, a private in tn h Engineer corps at West Point, kille, ,S ,S through jealousy. Tobine is B year n old, and his wife of whom he is jealous s, IS grandmother.
 Df The United States exhibit at Pari T. promises to be very fine. In addition ii the four naval vessels several merchan . ships will have to be chartered to accom- le mediate the exhibitors.
 ct -"The results of the famine" Gal ot cutta telegram says, "are still distress T. ingly felt in Madras and Mysore. Un 'd less prices take downward turn at tn x beginning of March, the relief work le will be compelled to continue until Au of gust or September. Reports from Oud 70 and the Northwest provinces are equall rI unfavorable. The poorer classes ar iS suffering the most pinching distress y, J. w. Barron, treasurer of the Des