Show STILL IN presbyterian general assembly SIR he is still in the land of the living special telegrams june 2 at the morning session of the presbyterian general assembly telegram of greeting was received from the united presbyterian assembly delegates who were appointed to the brazilian assembly A the chairman of on worldly amusements explained the meaning of its of which it waa to modify its reference to regressive euchre as reconstructed was read after reference to the deliver ances of the previous the finance committee reported it was recommended that elder macok of new york be ap to fill the vacancy existing on the committee the committee on benevolence reported that th e total benevolent benn contributions fer the year were recommendations to contribute regularly and on system by all the boarde wera adopted sir jihn fissel a bood liht OTTAWA June 2 sir john macdonald passed the comfortably without any drawback OTTAWA ats this afternoon sir john is resting quietly his condition is unchanged BUFFALO NY june 2 SPECIAL supervising architect edbrooke of the treasury department arrived here today on his way west on a tour of inspection ha will inquire into the occasion about the controversy here in regard to a site for a new public building from here mr edbrooke EdD rooke will po to chicago to examine the improvements being made in the government building he thinks that the appropriation ot for repairing the federal building at chicago is a waste of money it is a shame and disgrace he says that the second city in the united states is not provided with a better structure for the tion of public business 1 rew steamer MONTREAL jenft 2 SPECIAL the canadian pacific railway companas comp anys new impress hm press of japan which arrived ahong kong a few days ago today filed on her mail route for shanghai ports and ter special steamship eates ST louis juna 2 SPECIAL A special meeting of ae southwestern bail way and steamship association is in session here among the subjects under consideration are existing rulea governing the and main tai nance of rates soft coal traffic rates between galvaston and the east yia the gulf authority desired by the seaboard committee to change or establish rates upon unanimous vote of that committee extension of territorial boundaries it is proposed to extend the southeastern limits of the association to tako in new orleans 1 court june 2 SPECIAL surrogate ransom is to day hearing arguments for and against the motion to remove the guchess of Marl bourgh JL lew daya ago the surrogate aur rogate decided that the right ot the duchess to act as the executive of the estate could not be questioned except in a preceding to revoke her letters B executrix ss new june 2 SPECIAL A fashionable marriage was celebrated to day at the church of the heavenly rest the contracting parties were mia elizabeth E halsey and arancis mcfarlan thre th re were 1400 invitations issued for the ceremony at the church and for the reception canali ALBANY N Y jane 2 the investigation of tho canal department ordered by the democratic AB by the special committee appointed for that purpose began to day at the capital with general mcmahon ot new york presiding the first witness was edward hannen the superintendent in of public works who ha charge of the canals the investigation promise to be highly interesting ana gallacher are the republican members of the committee afe NEW VORK june 2 mr and mrs ward mcallister cloaked their residence no 16 west street today and west to newport chero they will depend the summer amerkie him rj society Socie tr SARATOGA N Y june 2 american home missionary society one of the the congregational bodies which convened here yesterday afternoon and after transacting routine business adjourned and met again this morning in the spacious washington street methodist church the conven tion which is presided over by congressman nelson binaley will be in session until thursday evening BOSTON eale manufactures of woolen goods has G lewis cloak importer has assigned liabilities van G under and ephraim young marble workers have no statement is obtainable young was a director in the garden Kit ional bank the downfall of that institution caused tho fail moate itten ia june 2 to day an si withdraw rom banks the streets ol 01 the banks with and fora time there was a beneral jun on the banking institutions of the city their fasts bettor trial djoa ANGELES june 2 the cases ol 01 richard L trumbull geo abarta and captain 0 farrell charged with the violation of laws are set for trial september IG at ja R june 2 from dispatches received hera is learned the japanese police who attacked and wounded woun Jed the czar witch while he was recently making a conr of japan has been sentenced to penal servitude lor life |