Show MORNING TELEGRAPH BRIEFS st augustine fla A reception was given U S arant at the ponce do acon last night which was attended by several thousand people including many 0 lie honcia here ae well as the residents 0 the city the eol diera the artillery stationed nt st francis barracks acted aei a guard of honor tacoma carloads car loada of halibut just in irom cape flattery bank were to boston today aa a result ot ditc recent fast shipment when a carload was ecat through to that city in eight day the hah was packed on ice and will go to chicago by passenger train west chestar Ch estur N Y numerous in lubrica lui rica have licen made regarding the health of bollie P the railroad magnate and millionaire who re steea in thia village although mr ie not in robust health ho was ablo to go to ills office yesterday lie is suffering from a cold and general indisposition resulting from this but his ailment ie not of eccli a nature to be considered serious springe fla percy ludlow cultivated the friendship while visiting liere of a sir morrisson a sturdy english bachelor recently morrison died and willed ludlow all lie vast estate valued at more than one million pounds sterling new york alie cargo of the new hamburg american line steamer phoenicia which reached this port on her first trip last tuesday is said to have been damaged by water which entered through defective dead lights the cargo ana composed largely of fine silks nashville Tenn Judge nathan baxter one of the and most prominent men in this city died suddenly at ills homo today from heart disease tasmanian A meeting of the inter colonial postal conference held 5 esterday was attended by postmaster generals of all the australian colonies lion john gavan buffy of victoria was elected president of the conference the first subject discussed was the pacific mails A resolution waa adopted reaffirming the desirability of a four weekly service from vancouver alternating terna ting with san francisco the pa cabic question waa olbo discussed zanzibar A dispatch from madagascar dated january is to alio effect that the french occupied moranda on january alio troops malo no re si stanco the french commodore biad entered the estuary of the ikola river and was bombarding the forte on that stream when the advices left london A dispatch to alic chronicle from vienna says eliat king alexander of lias proposed marriage to princess dyblie of hesse the princess promised to consider the proposition two years hence provided alexander is then a king new york the police tonight closed up all the billiard and pool rooms among them morris dalys and george P sons and thirty others were arrested and balled out later halifax ggertrude trude bentley fifteen years of age and john brown 50 years of age were arrested as they arrived on the mongolian today from liverpool on complaint of the girls father who claims they were eloping brown abo was alio girls private buttor and who deserted his wife and child has r 01 ol o l counsel to contest miss in to liverpool vincennes inders Ind Mrs louisa A jordan a member 0 one of the most prominent families in this county and the in law of A editor jordan was arrested today for aching clr a grist mill last july at avci fi lion she waived examination abid wai held for trial the affair has created h truit profound sensation and opens one of the bitterest family quarrels ear known here atalanta ga the concluding exercises of the national woman suffrage convention occurred this afternoon the occasion being a grand mass meeting and religious service at the opera bouso the auditorium was packed A program of music was rendered and rev anna shaw delivered an eloquent sermon london A times special from V ci states that the chinese fleet made an attempt to escape from alie harbor but failed pierre SD attorney general crawford has returned from the cast oliero he attached a large amount of property belonging to taylors bondsmen lie has no trace of the fugitive chicago in accordance with a proclamation la emanating from the headquarters of the national comans womans christian temperance union today was universally observed throughout the united states as memorial day for mrs mary T lathrop the late president ol 01 the michigan womans christian temperance union and vice president of the national organization willard liall was afternoon alio scene of elaborate services in honarot the distinguished white |