New-York tribune., 1883-12-12
Netp9lork Dailp Qtrihp,'s
FOUNDED By HORACE GREELEY.
NEW-YORK. WEDNESDAY,, DEC. II
THE NEWS THIS MORNLNG.

FoprIcx-A banquet was given TO Mr.. Palnell III
Dnbijn last night --- Mahmoud Taper Pacha
has been relieved of the command Ci lhe EeFPu""
troops in the East Soudan --- Inc enoIts 10
nrocure respite for ODonnel the slayero OF Carey,
,roro continued Yesterday - The Grown closed
its case AGAINST Elliott and Others who are charged
with conspiracy to murder. -- Lord Lolhe iea"
a paper in London on Our Relations with Cahaua
and Other Great Colonies" - Richard Doyo'
the artist is dead.
CoxGprss.-In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Anthony
appeared and was sworn. == In the senate pn'
were presented to establish standard time III the
District of Columbia to provide for the ehcour-
agement of closer commercial relationship
between the United States and inc
republics of Mexico and Central anu
South America and the empire of Brazil to eSt&D-
lish q uniform system of bankruptcy. - Inc
Senate received long list of nominations from 'hc
President and confirmed the nomination o1 UeheI'i
Gresham as Postmaster-General. .== In the House
bills were introduced to establish postal savings
deposit as a branch of the Post Office Department
TO abolish the duty on salt to pension inc sur
yiyors of the Mexican, Florida and BLACK ha"K
wars; to establish a mint at ST. LOUIS 10 ''uilI'
free of duty all grades of sugar to reOrganlze the
legislative power of Utah ; to repeal the tax on
National bank circulation; to repeal the tax Oh
lepaces and SUGGESTIONS for the abrogatiOn OF the
CLAYTON Buiwer treaty for the relief of fltz John
Porter; general amnesty bill for the retirement
of the trade dollar to amend the immigration act;
to establish schools in Alaska to restore the rales
of duty ON imported wool proposing constitu-
tiona amendment for the suppression of polygamy;
providing for treaty with the German Empire
for the admission of Arizona.
DoMEsTIC-General A. 7. Martin, the citizens
candidate, was elected Mayor of Boston yesterday
Mrs, John Eckert was burned to death. under sIS-
picious circumstances, in her husbands farmhouse
al Braddock, Penn, on Monday night. - Ben
iamin Brown confessed at New-Haven yesterday
that he had robbed his employer, DR.. Eldredge, of
Jewels worth 81, 900. - The trial of John Mont
aomery. Lee Petts and Emanuel Clements, for as
saultiug Emma Bond, began at HillsborO, ILL.,, yes
terday. 80 Superintendent Rugges, of the De-
partment of Public Instruction, gave an opinion IN
favor of the cOnstitutionaty of the law permitting
women to vote at school meetings. - -Four stu
dents of the Oberln College preparatory school con-
fessed yesterday that they had committed many
thefts
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-THE TRIBUNE gives addI-
tional important facts concerning unbalanced DDS
in the Department OF Public Works and the conse-
ouent losses to the city. - General di Cesnoia
testified yesterday in the Feuardent case. -
Jaw Gould was recalled in the Elevated Railroad
suit. - The Vanderbilt ball brilliant and
was largely attended. - The Republican Eli
rolling Boards met III many districts to revise the
rolls. - The examination in the Hig6ie-
Vaughan case was continued. 80 Justice Murray
issued statement in his defence. - Gold
value of the legal-tender silver dollar (412l2
grains), $3.50 cents. - Stocks were active and
made sharp declines; they closed weak and un-
settled
The WEATHER.-TRIBUNE local Obser gatiOns in
dicate warmer and cloudy weather with chances Of
hight rain, followed by fair clear weather. Tenn
perature yesterday: Highest 800; lowest, 81 !;
avetaOe 31loo