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Show .Latest Mews BY TELEGRAPH LASTNiGKT. iVew Filibn.stering' l?rojeet. Iiiiposingr Masonic Cere monk's mo-nk's in JVew York. Horrible Traedj' in Min-nescla. Min-nescla. Congress and the Cuban Question. GEXJEKAIi.' NEW YOltK NKWS. New York, 8. 'I he Sun has a letter let-ter fiom a coiTts)ondein at Brownsville, Browns-ville, vi horn it says is reliable, detailing detail-ing the features 01 a project lor a filibustering fili-bustering invasion into those Mexican states which lie between U.e mountains of the Sierra Madie and the Gulf. The leaders will be tinnier ouijers of the United hiatus army and the late Conlcdeiale aiiiiy, with Geiural Kose-craus Kose-craus in cotn'.i.aiid. 'iiie Ik adijuarters are in Xew York city. , The. piincipai subordinate departments are in Lhiea go, St. Louis, Houston, Texas, and New Orleans and Shrevepurt, La. General J. Hankhead Uagruder is commam.er of the AeW Orleans portion por-tion of the expedition. The grand passage over the iiio Grande and into Alexico wiil take place in two months hence. 1'esterday the note of preparations fir the impo.-ing masonic ceremonies of to day, in the la ing of the coi ner stone of the grand masonic temple, was sounded. The business yesterday was the assembling of the grand lodge and the reception in liiting form of members of the fraternity from .Philadelphia .Phila-delphia and elsewhere The weather was unpleas -nt, therefore the impo.-ing procession of the kn'ght templars was not witnessed by as great a throng as it would otherwise have been. To-day, it is expected, will be a gtand epoch in the annals of masonry in this city, and the display will long be remembered by those who witnessed it. Over forty thousand masons will be in the ranks. At an early hour this morning the streets were filled with arriving delegates, and jnuees-sions jnuees-sions wuh music and banners were moving Hum cU dlrocliuiu; towrirdst the appointed place of rendezvous, where a line will be formed at the grand lodge. Yesterday the grand master ol Canada Can-ada was introduced. The weather to-day is favorable. CHICAGO NEWS. Chicago, 8. J. Howard Livingston, according to the New York papers a noted b g.unist, and who was reported murdered and thrown into the river at Oswego, New York, recently, by a brother of one of his victims, arrived in this city yesterday, ostensibly from Hun Trauci.-co, and emphatically denies de-nies being dead. A horrible tragedy occurred in Scott county, Minnesota, on Monday evening. even-ing. A farmer named Maerie came home drunk, seized a knife and murdered mur-dered his little daughter, lie then started' to slaughter his wife, when a young man IS years old took down a gun and shot the fiend, killing him instantly. in-stantly. ashifigton specials say the minority minor-ity report on the Cuban question is signed by Orth, Judd, Welliard and Ambley. The majority report is quite different differ-ent from that published in the New lork papers. Two resolutions will be reported, one in favor of an impaitial neutrality on the part of this government govern-ment between Spain and the Cubans, thus giving the latter the same privileges privi-leges that are now accorded to the former, to buy arms, gunb .ats and so forth. The other will call upon the contending parties to wage war on the basis recognized by civilized nations, . and not execute prisoners. |