The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-02-06


finance committee reconsidered the act
ion of few days ago reducing the duty
on tobacco, and virtually decided not to
recommend any change.
The president has nominated Isaac P.
Christiancy, of Michigan. envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary to
Peru, and VIM. ". Dudley. marshal in
Indiana.
The nomination OF Senator Chrlstiancy
to be minister to Peru was unanimously
confirmed without the usual reference.
ST. PETERSBURG, January Silt is
stated that Prof. Botkin, physician to
the ear, advises the burning of Wetlian-
ka and other villages where the epidemic
has broken out, together with all the
furniture in them, and the removal of
the Inhabitants to healthy places In
spite of the heavy expense such scheme
would involve, the car is said to be dis.
posed to follow Prof Botkin's advice.
BERLIN, January 31-The German
government, to prevent the introduction
of the plague, has prohibited the i'm
portation Of all articles prohibited,by the
Austrian committee, and also all manu-
features of felt. The imperial chancellor
viii draw up regulations relative to trav-
elers' baggage. The sanitary commiss-
ion OF the Scheldt guarantees all vessels
from the Black sea.
VERSAILLES, January 30-President
MacMahon's letter of resignation says
that, being IL disagreement with the
ministry, being hopeless of forming an
other cabinet and unwilling to assent to
what he regards as contrary to good army
organization, he withdraws from power.
At meeting of the Left, Gambetta
proposed Grevy for president and it was
unanimously approved
MacMahon asked the ministers to
countersign his offer of resignation but
they refused. declaring the letter a mere
personal act
CHICAGO, January 30.-The police
have captured a gang of counterfeiters
and forgers who, during the past two
years have, by means of counterfeiting
| letter heads and signatures, obtained
great number of passes from railroad
corporations and sold them to scalpers.
The plan pursued was to apply in due
form and upon letter head of one rail-
road company, over the signature OF the
general superintendent or manager, to
another road for pass, which applica
ton, being always readily honored, q fine
business was worked up by the forgers.
The fraud was first discovered by Sam.
L. Whipple, secretary of General Man
ager McMullen, of the Chicago and Alton
railroad, who gave information that led
to their arrest.
PARIS, January 30.-President Mac
Mahon has resigned. Congress has
been conyoked for six o'clock this eve
ming. The election of Grevy to the pres
ldency appears certain, the Left being in
accord on this point.
The Figaro says: cit is rumored
that Generals Bourbaki, BatalilIe and
Dubarail have resigned"
The present ministers will resign and
new parliamentary cabinet be constitu-
: To- &c +rl hot
take the premiership and foreign port
folio. The concourBe of the general
public at Versailles is not very great.
President MacMahon leaves the Palais
O'Elysee at noon for Versailles to pre-
side at the cabinet cou9Sl, when he
will deliver the letter to Dufaure an
nouncing and explaining his resignation.
VERSAILLES, Jan. 30.-The following
Is the text of President MacMahol's let
ter announcing his resignation:
cat the opening Of this session Of the
chambers the ministry presented to you
programme which, while affording salts
faction to public opinion, appeared TO the
cabinet such as might be voted without
danger to the security or good admins
tratiou of the country. Putting aside all
personal views, [ had given this pro
gramme my appreciation, for [ was sacri- 1
ficing no principle to which conscience
commanded me to remain faithful. To-
day the ministry, thinking to respond to
the opinion of the majority of the two
chambers, proposes to me in regard to
the military commands, some general
measures which [ consider contrary to
the interests of the army, and conse-
quently to those of the country. I can
not subscribe to them. Any other min
istry, taken from the majority, would i'm
pose upon me the same conditions. I
consider myself, therefore, bound to
shorten the duration of the mandate
which the national assembly confded to
me, and therefore tender my resigna-
ton. In quitting power, l have the con-
ISOLATION of thinking that during ffty-
three yesrs | devoted to the service of
my country, as soldier or citizen, have
never been guided by sentiments other
than absolute devotion to my country.
| request you to communicate my de-
cision to the chambers
(Signedl MAcMAHoS,
Duke of Magenta.
WASHINGTON, January 30.-Whitelaw
Reid, of the New York Tribune, was be-
fore the Potter committee. to-day. He
received package of cipher dispatches
from VIM. E. Chandler, and one from
Hiscock, of the committee. He produced
two scrap books, with the remark, Here
are two volumes of dispatches received