Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-17
CauCuses of Democratic Senators.

| CHUCUSeS OF Democratic Senator'S
| At the caucus of the democratic Senator'S
/ Saturday afternoon committee, consisting OF
MI. r.Wallace Of Pennsylvania (chatrman), Messrs.
| Eaton OF Connecticut, Garland OF Arkansas,
Pendleton of Ohio, Mcdonald of Indiana, Davis
Of West Virginia, Ransom Of North Carolina,
| Cockrell of Missouri, ana Grover OF Oregon, was
appointed to arrange the standing committees
| OF the Senate. This committee held meeting
saturday night, and, In accordance with a reSO-
luton adopted at the caucus that the chair
manships should be arranged in accordance
| with seniority Of service on tie Committees
| commenced the work. The selection OF the
republican members of the committee is left to
| upon at caucus Of their members to day 1t IS
understood that the republicans will be auowei
| the chairmanshlps of two unimportant commit
tees-revout1onary claims and private lant
| claims-both Of which were filled by democrat
for several years past The cha1rmanship OF
the committee on engrossed bills was also tiled
Dy senator Bayard: but as this is reg irded a
ore or the business committees, and the de no.
cratic majority now is larger than whea the
Republicans were In power, it will be necessary
to retain this committee in the list to be filled by
ademocrat. For some time the republicans only
allow ed their opponents one craftsmanship, and
this only that they might have place OF meet
Hg not SUBJECT to interruption by the members
or the majority. AS to who Ill be deSi gnated
as chairman of the principal committees is only
TO be conjectured from the length of service tn
tfe Senate. According to this. senator Saus-
bury Is entitled to privileges and elections Sen
ator Johnston to foreign affairs, Senator Bayard
to finance, Senator Gordon to commerce, Sena-
TOR Randolph to military affairs, Senator Jones
tFl0rida) 10 naval affairs, Senator Thurman 70
the judiciary, Senator Mcdonald to public lands,
Ser ator Withers to pensions, Senator Cockreli
toclaims, Senator Herman to patents, Senator
Garland to territories, Senator Ransom to r5il-
reads, Senator Lamar to education and labor.
ard Senator Whyte to printing.
l. THIS AFTERNOON
caucus Of democratic Senator'S was held In the
Sehate chamEer. There was very full attend
aDce No nominations for the Senate elective
Offices were made. that being postponed until
IeXt Thurs day morning. The committee on the
| reorganization CT the Senate committees was
net ready to report. and was given until to-
morrow, after the ADJOURNMENT OF the Senate,
to &C mplete its work. The only business trans
acted was the appointment Of committee OF
nine to confer with the House as to the order OF
business and legislation at the extra session.
senator Thurman was made chairman OF the
ctIhmlttee. Tie other eight members are
Senator's salisbury, Whyte, KernaD, Jones
tFioridal, Bailey. Lamar, voorhees, and Vance.
senator Beck offered resolution providing In
substance that the legislative business of the
senate during the extra session shall be con-
nI 1,t ed to the he passage OF tie two annual appro
session, including the political measures thai
Nele Incorporated in them by the House Of
Rep, esentatiVes. viz: The repeal OF the federal
election laws ard of the jurors test oath aud
at tie polls. Alter some discussion this ESQ.
luton was referred to the ABOVE committee.
To- DAYS caucus except MesSrS. Gordon, MaXey
and Hampton. Mr.. Gordon is Ill. Mr.. MaXey
Is EXPECTED to arrive from Texas TO- night, and
Gen. Hampton has not yet left South Carolina
TEE OUTBREAK IN ALAsKA.-A dispatch from
Victoria states that the steamer California ar
rived from Alaska yesterday morning with
leWs that The Indians are preparing for war.
II: b. N. ship Osprey AID the {. s. cutter
ceived the osprey cordially, but informed her
commander that they could take the WalcotC
whenever they chose. The Walcott has gone
were on tteiE way TO destroy the town OF SitSa.
Tie Osprey reinforced the Walcott with q num-
ier Of n arlnes and a GatliDg gun. The situa-
until relieved by an American man-of-w war
I he S t. chiefs were given two hoursyto pro
duce certain female witness to the Brown
murder. They pretended that the woman wa;
absent, but produced her long before the time
exl fred. She confessed to having seen Browns
b, Cy after he had been shot twice. The body
stor es and thrown overheard The Osprey had
D0t been in port five minutes before the Indians
SUI rendered Browns gun, axe books, &c. The
california has three witnesses to the murde
on beard.
Detective SECURES THE ARREST OF GANG
OF 1H1EV ES.-F0r two years pas0 burglarieS
nave been frequent In orange, Ulster and Sulii-
van counties n. Y, and recently the post Office
at Thompson Ridge was robbed Of SIS In money
atd stamps. Daniel Thompson, postmaster,
who Is also president of the Crawford Railroad
employed detective, who traversed the woods
ana visited the towns on both sides OF the
ShaWangunk mountains in the role OF an agent
Ct the Western Union Telegraph Company for
buyiDg poles He secured evidence warranting
the arrest OF VIM. Wyatt, who confessed, and
George, William and Charles Crawford who
were all arrested. McKenney was formerly a
New York panel thief. He and Wyatt confessed
TO numerous robbefies.
A MARYLAND GHosr.-Queenstown, Md, has
Courcy, who is stay ing with Miss salIie Harris,
In response to knock at the front door late in
the evening. opened the door and found herself
Sterrett, Miss Harris nephew, who died some
months ago. Mrs. DeC0urcy was startled, but
not frightened; she did not speak, but the ghost
stairs leading to the room that was Mr.. Sler-
rett's. Here the ghost vanished. The room
Sterrett occupied while living had been locked
reconreys I possession, but the door %aS was Is noW
found to be open and the bed tumbled.
A FEMALE TRAMP-In Reading, last week.
married woman holding Recommendation from
the Young Mems Christian Association, Phila-
delphia, was arrested In male attire, in COM
paby with party OF trampS. She keeps q
record OF her travels, and says she took mems
clothes so that she could tramp and be protected
from Insult.
LITTLE ALTOONA GIRL was left by her father
IN charge OF his store, and during his absence
al OiQ man came In and MADE an assault on her,
wren She pluckils caught up an iron weight and
rel ed him to the floor with 1t. She then locked
him In the room and ran home to her father.
BASIL q. SMITH, bachelor, was pinned to the
ground by fallen limb Saturday while he was
burning brush near his home In Owensboro,
Ky, and was burned TO death before assistance
could be brought. He left property, money and
zeal estate to the Sisters or Charity for the ben.
eht OF orphan girls.
HEAR1LEss IIOAx.-Somebody has been per-
pe1rat1ng Cruel hoax on the cOlOred people OF
mississippi and Louisiana, who are nockfng to
ST. Louis under the impression that they will be
provided With free transportation to the far
west. over thousand have already arrived
and more are coming. The question which now
IerpleXeS st. Louis Is what TO do with them
MAJ. GEN. THOs. W. SHERMAN died at his
residence, In Newport X. L., yesterday after
noon, a1ter severe illness, OF pneumonia. His
VIE died OF consumption only few days ago.
CAPT. AVERY b. CAIN, brevet major COM
mandng company fourth infantry, died sud
denly at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, yesterday, OF
cerebral apoplexy.
THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UEIoN-On and after
April the general postal union treaty con.
clICed at Bern, october ., 1874, will be replaced
by the universal postal union convention"
c0nciuced at Paris June !, 1873, which modified
IN Certain particulars the DnSt al unjOD ana