The daily gazette., 1882-03-20
GENERAL NEWS.

Aho 1L1DA1Sns AA1 blkucu Tue cOmmls-
sions Of John Ruste tel Young as Minister
to China; Cornelius A. Logan, Minister
70 Chill, and Cha ] 9 X. Coster, Pension
Agent a. New York.
A telegram from the City Of Mexico
says the Mexican Government has de-
clded to accept, with some notifications
the terms OF the treaty offered by Guate
malls for the settlement OF the pending
dispute. Great secresy is at present OBJ
served regarding these terms.
The U. .. Senate was not In session
on Saturday.
The House was In session for debate
on the Anti. Chinese bill. Messrs.
Spesr, Of Georgia; Deuster, OF Wiscon
sin; Guenther, tf Wisconsin; Berry, of
Californla; Brumm, Of PennsylvanIa,
and Flower, Of New York, advocated
the bill. Messrs. Carpenter, Of Iowa;
Williams, Of Wisconsin; Moore, Of Ten
nessee, and Skinner, Of New York, op-
posed the measure.
| The Senate Committee on Appropri-
| atoms on Saturday finished consideration
| Of the Consular and Diplomatic Appro-
pliation bill. A number Of amend
ments are made. The House provisions
l Consolidating the missions to: Brazil;
Paraguay and Uruguay and the Argen-
tine Republic are stricken out, and
Charges at Paraguay and Uruguay pre-
vIded for rs heretofore. The Secretaries
Of Legation ct Vienna, st. Petersburg
| and Rome are continued, and the House
consolidation OF the Consulates q Pan
anna and Asplnwall Is not agreed TO.
The eleventh anniversary of the
| Paris Commune was celebrated In New
York yesterday by gathering of the
| German and English Socialists.
| Representative Black, who is sick in
| Washington, ives better yes erday, and
his ply slcians feel hopeful If bis ultl-
mate recovery. No material change is
reported IN the condition Of Representa-
tive Allen.
Colonel r. w. Downman, Q promi-
nent real estate agent Of Washington,
died yesterday morning, in George
town.
Mr.. Scovillo has reiterated bis deter
mination to retire from the Guiteau
case Immediately after the bill of excep-
tions 10 signed. He thinks it will be
several weeks before this can be done.
The trial ef Alexander Barton for en-
bezzline upwards OF 100000 from the
Bank OF Flshklll, New York, In 1878, is
set for to-day.
Seneca V. Holloway, the embezzlng
teller Of the Bank Of Ptughkeepsie, will
not be able to appear for trial in New
York today. His mind is still affected,
and he remains In the Huds IN River
State Hospital as an insane criminal.
A man arrested for attempting to rob
bank In Minneapolis proves TO be
Il naprL
KID" who escaped from jail In Albany
on January 9th, and for whose capture
reward Of $1,000 was offered. He is
under $500 In bonds, but the discovery
Of his identity will cause mis- de.enti0n
on another charge.
o. d. Oven, young mau who had
stabbed q young woman n arly to death,
was taken from the jail at Tampa. Florida
on Saturday, and lynched by mob. He
was hanged from q tree in the yard oil
the court house, whore the United States
Court was IN session at the time Lieut.
Danes, OF the Third u. 8. Artillery, or,
Iered out the carson to protect Owens
but they turned out too late. !.
BY . snow slid ct Genoa, Nevada I
few days ago, Mr. and Mr.. Nimrot
ByweD, Miss Borlin, and a number o
Indians vaTiously estimated as from Il
l AUf WbEC AtllOus
The Snow bound trains on the Centra
Pacific r abroad ara beginning to &c
through. Two ives -1Cund trains, which
had been stuck In the snow for thre
and four days, respectively rassed Eni
grant Gap on Saturday IN II aiuR. A se
. O0nd furious storm set In during SatuF
, day night however, threatening anothe
. blockade.
The mini z touse of the Lake Supe
rior Powder COMPANY, near Marquette
Michigan, was demolishei, on Saturday
BY an explosion Of nitfo-glycerlne. M
lives were ltst.
John Cunningham was accidental.
: and mortalIy wounded by Mary Al cDevit
while tine latter was handling rife Il
New York on Saturday evening.
: at q Convention of the Catholic
! | ARehdiOcet an Societies, he d yesterday
! | In New York, resolutions were adopte,
, calling upon the Legislature to pass th
bill providing for freedom of worship II
State Institutions, by allowing Catholic
, inmates t. have the religious ministra
! lions of their priests.
Frederick A. Palmer, ex-Oity Audito
, Of Newark, New Jersey, convicted o
embezzling about $220, 1000, was sentenC
Q cd, on Saturday. to twenty years i'm
! | prlsonment Ia the PenItentiary.
t The plTatical oyster dredgeIs, on tria
at Norfolk, Virginia, were convicted oil
D Saturday, and sentenced each to on
: years imprisonment and fofsiture @
q their boats. JHdge and jurors signed
petition asking the Governor to pardo
the convicted, because Of "extenuatii
. clrcumsancss."
. Isidore Levy has begun suit In NeN
= Orleans agalntt several insurance com
q panies tor 100000 damages for causiu
70 the arrest and solitary confinement {
/, the plaintiff on the charge of setting FL
to his crookery store, aAnd other pc
N sonal humiliation, until hnally acqu tte
y on trial In the Criminal Court"