, 1881-03-25
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY
nY TELEGRAPH TO DATE.

The steamer Carrie Hogan, with 1S6
bales of cotton, was burned on the 7th in
the Gazoo river. A cabin boy was
drowned.
Ii is unOtticiaily announced that the At
Gibson, Topeka Il Santa Fe railroad made
connection with the Southern Pacific Sat
urday last.
Mrs. Elizabeth X Churchill. of Provi-
dence, Il. l., widely known as Il speaker
and writer In behalf of the rights of
women, is dead.
Charlotte Thompson, an actress. when
about to leave Toledo discovered that her
jewel casket with diamonds valued at SI5.-
900 was missing; no clue.
The revised new testament Will be pub
llshed by the English university presses
III May next in different sizes and styles
Of binding at corresponding prices.
One thousand iron workers are out of
employment by d strike at the rolling
mills, at Springfield, Ill. The company
will fill their places with workmen from
abroad.
Robert C. Bates, of St Louis, sold his
famous pacing mare, Matte K. Hunter,
TO John Splan, who gave an order on G..
+. Emery, OF Cleveland, for the purchase
money, $4,000
Rev. F. Wendele of the Unitarian
church In sermon denounced the school
board of Cincinnati as composed princi-
pally of men of low mental culture and
social standing.
c. A. Reimensnyder, of Toledo, Ohio,
a prominent member Of the late general
reform party which elected him treasurer
and secretary Ofthe city water works, has
absconded for Europe leaving a deficit of
from $1,000 to $4,000.
The president, Blaine and Window now
favor an extra session, and unless the
| present status changes an extra session
| Will be called about the middle of May,
when the republicans can control the
house and probably the senate also.
The senate has confirmed the nomina-
tions of Evarts, Thurman and Howe, COM
missioners to the international monetary
conference, Lot NJ. Morrill,, collector of
customs at Portland, Maine, and ID. d.
McClupg, surveyor of customs at Cincin-
| natl.
Another Ohio man has come 20 the
| front in the person of Judge James w.
McDill, appointed by Gov. Greer, of Ohio,
to succeed kirkwood in the U. S senate.
| McDill is just AZ years cd, was born at
Monroe, Ohio, and lived in that state uH
til 1886.
Edward Young, son of q prominent at
torney in Georgetown, Ohio, shot and
killed George Ashmore at about 10 o'clock
on the 9th, and seriously if not fatally
wounded James Ashmore and Clinton
Campbell. Young and James Ashmore
had previously had several quarrels. The
two Ashmores and Campbell were drunk
and forced the quarrel.
The Chicago Lumbermen's Exchange
held its annual meeting on the 9TH. The
| presidents address contains the start
ling statement that owing to the enormous
| growth of the lumber business it will take
only 20 years to exhaust the great pine
forests of the country if the present rate
of depletion continues. The receipts of
lumber of all kinds at this port during the
year 1880 were ! 56i,0O0,O0O feet.
Senator Bayard will be chairman of the
finance committee; Davis, of Illinois, of
the judiciary; Johnson, of foreign rela-
tions; Jones, of Florida, ON public lands;
Slater, of agriculture; COttrell, of military
affairs: Hampton, of mines; Groome, of
pensions; and the other principle COM
mittees will have the same charmen as
| before. Several OF the new democrats
will get chairmanships.
1t is asserted that General Manager
Kimball, General Freight Agent Vining.
and General Ticket Agent Stebbing of the
L. F., went 10 Topeka recently TO hold
| conference with officials of the new
Southern Pacific route, the object being
to arrange friendly basis of doing busi-
ness and agreeing upon passenger and
freight rates, or in other words, to form
some sort of a pool. The new southern
route will have rail connection completed
by the 18th of March.
The president has nominated Levi P.
Morton U. S. minister to France, and
| VIM. NJ. Evart, Allen q. Thurman and
Timothy o. Howe commissioners on the
part of the United States te the interna-
| tional monetary conference at Paris;
| David ID. McCIuGg, surveyor of customs at
| Cincinnati; .Iohn w. Green, collector of
| internal revenue for the second district
of Iowa, and Robert S. Taylor of Indiana,
member of the Mississippi river improve
| ment commission
The caucus of democratic senators has
| determined to continue the organization
of senate committees. and Hill of Georgia,
| Pendleton, Lamar Harris, Farley, Ran
som, Garlaud, Davis of West Virginia,
and Cockrell, the committee appointed to
arrange standing and select committees
| being not ready 10 report, another caucus
was held after the session adjourned and
is still sitting. They will probably report
to- morrow, and the republicans will be
asked to fill the minority. 1t was the
unanimous opinion of the caucuses that
| DusfnesS ShOuiu De eApculltu Dy diidiiS-
| ng committees at once
The democratic caucus with much dIft-
| Guilty arrived at the conclusion to put
! Camden, of West Virginia, on the finance
committee Many democrats demurred
at this action because Camden is president
of national bank, and the democracy
| are opposed to national banks. He may
even vet lie changed. The caucus has
decided tn assign Malone to three or four
committees, including the railroad and
military committees: The following chair
manships were agreed on: Elections,
Saulsburg; foreign relations. Johnston;
finance, Bayard; appropriations, DAVIS OF
Vest Virginia; commerce, Ransom; judi
ciary, Davis OF Illinois; military. Grover;
| naval, Mcpherson; postofiees, MaXey;
public lands, Jones of Florida; Indian af-
fairs, Cooke; pensions, Grover; claims,
! Cockrill; patents Coll; territories, Butler;
railroads, Lamar; revision of laws, Car
land; agriculture, Slater; manufactures,
Williams; education and labor, Brown;
mines and mining. Farley; District OF Col
umbia, Harris; civil service. Walker; pub
lie buildings, Vest; improvement of Mis-
sissippi river and territories, Jones; trans
portation routes to seaboard, Beck pri-
vate land claims, Edmunds; revolutionary
claims, Anthony; engrossed bills, Conk-
ling; enrolled bills, Pugh; rules, Morgan.
| = ,b. save ral hranahaS of fh.