The House resumed the consideration
of the joii.t resolution reported yester
day by Laflin, representi. g the pri..ti, g
and patent office speculations. J clicks
and Banks supported aid Cooke and
Mu:.gen opposed. The resolution finally
passed.
Stokes from the committee on census
reported the census bill which was recom
mitted.
Morrill, of Penn., introduced a bill to
provide for celebrnti. g the 0..e hundredth
anniversary of i. depe. dd..ce by holdi. g
a national exposition of arts and ma..ufac
tures nt Philadelphia in 1870. Referred.
Btevc..son from committee on mileage
reported a bill for reducing mileage to
ten cents per mile.
.Vllncrllaneoiin.
St. Louis, March rfELq’wo yourg men
C. W. Baldwin, son of an old and wealthy t
citizen and A. J. Spahn, river pilot, quar
relled at the Southern Hotel, this evc..i, g,
cause of the difficulty, somethi g about a I
woman. Each drew a pistol a d fired !
simultaneously. Baldwin was shot 1
through the heart and died instantly.
Spnh i lies at the hospital delirious. He
is not expected to recover. The parties
were aged respectively, 20 ai d 22.
Washington, March 9.—Private dis
patches received here to-day, report that
Col. John Wilder, editor of the Kansas
City Journal of Commerce was killed to- i
day by James Hutchinson. Death in- i
•tantly.
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VOL. 111.
Flection of Directors U. P. It. It.
Boston, March 9.—The stock-holders ‘
of the Union Pacific Railroad met to-day
and elected the followi. g directors for the
ensui. g year: Oliver Ames, Oakes Ames,
John Duff, John B. Alley, C. 11. McCor
mick, W. F. Glidde >, R. Hazard, Elisha
Atkins,, A. E. Lombard, A. S. Chapman,
James Brooks, G. N. Dodge, Sidney Dil
lion, Frederick Nickerson, C. 8. Bushnell.
