, 1881-12-24
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RsAaleseserr EleeseA.
i RicHnoSp.- II. Riddleberger has
been elected 70 the U. s. Senate by the
Leuislature to succeed Joseph W. Johns
ton. A strict party vote was given Tor
each of the candidates. In the House
the Democrats inside several ansucoessful
attempts to force the Readjnstes to an
ayowal a to which party in the Senate
Riddleberger will support when he gets
there, Il was confessed that Riddle
berger Was unpledged- Republicans said
thew had no sort of understanding with
him as to which national party he would
affiliate with in the Senate
Brr,ts - the Fsrc.
WASHINGTON. Of Pacific Coast
interest we're introduced by Territorial
delegates as follows: By Brents, for ad-
mission Of Washington Territory as a
State into the Union TO create two new
land districts to increase mileage Of
Jurors and witnesses in territories to
erect custom house and bonded ware
houses as Port Townsend 70 construct
wagon road across the Cascade mountains
from Renton To Ellensburg; validating
acts of the Washington Legislature con-
cerning school lands to repeal the law
which prohibits retired army officers from
holding civil Offices in territories for the
appointment of commission by the Sec
re.ary Of the Navy to select a site on the
Pacific coast north of the I'D parallel for
a navy yard
By Brents and Ainslie, bills creating
commission to ascertain and report the
expense incurred by Idaho and Washing
ton in suppressi1g Indian hostilities in
1877 and 1873, and for rellef of their CIT
liens who served in the Nez Perce and
Bannock wars.
4 Nomination.
The nomination of Horace Gray, Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Massa
chusetts, as successor to the late Justice
Clifford in the Supreme Court of the
United States. is cordially received
4 Naughty MAN.
New YORK "A Horlfs correspondent
says official society is now being much ex
ercised over the fact that while the new
British minister, Hon. Lionel Sackville
West, is bachelor, he has family of chill
dren, two Of whom he wishes to live with
him. The World heads the item "Onght
We to Visit Him, and concludes as fol-
lows at must be admitted that it can
not fail to be awkward for heads Of fami.
lies to explain to their families how for
eign minister can be at once bachelor
and head of family
About the Jeanette.
ST. PRTERsBURG,-News was received
by the government at Jakutsk, eastern
Siberia, that on the l4th of September
three natives of Ouslouso, near Cape Bout
cray, 140 versts north of Cape Badof, dis
covered boat containing eleven men, who
stated they belonged to the Jeanette and
had undergone terrible sufferings. On
hearing the news the district deputy GOV
ernor with a doctor and medicines was
Immediately dispatched to help the ship
wrecked sailors, and was instructed to
bring them to Yakutsch The governor
was also instructed to do everything in
his power to recover the remainder Of the
crew, 800 ronbles being given him TO de-
fray his expenses Engineer Melville has
telegraphed the American Legation at ST
Petersburg all information forwarded By
Hatfman to the secretary of state.
ST. PETRsBCRG.-A special supplement-
to the Official Gazette issued this evening,
announces that's all kilograms from Engineer
Melville of the lost Arctic exploring steam
er Jeannette, were forwarded to their des-
tinatlon as promptly as possible, and that
the most energetic measures will be taken
for the discovery OF the remainder of the
crew Of the Jeanette, and those left on
the ice at the mouth of Lena river. The
retreat Of these boats across three hun
dred miles Of an ice encountered arctic sea
TO the Siberian mainland, is a remarkable
achievement, and one which is unparal-
leled in arctic history only by the retreat of
Bareuts and his men from the northern
extremity of Nova Zembla and of the
crew Of the Tegetthof from Franz josef
Land The fact tina; DeLong and his
men We're three months at sea and on ice
IN open boats before they reached the
mouth of the Lena is fact which in
itself tells wonderful tale.
Trouble In Egypt.
CAIRo.-Serions troubles have broken
out in one of the provinces. A false
prophet with 1900 followers has totally
annihilated the government troops and
force of $50 Egyptians and killed the
governor
! Few people outside of practical miners