Show BRIEF TELEGRAMS I Lincoln is to take charge of tile war department on the llth inst At midnight on Thursday OTLeary scored 335 miles and Vaughan 342 S Angus Cameron was elected United States senator from Wiscb iiu on Thursday A very large and orderly meeting in favor of the noCl was held in New York on Thursday night At the second night of the glass ball contest between Carver and Scott in London each had broken 1909 balls The republican congressional convention con-vention failed to nominate a successor succes-sor to Conger of Michigan on Thursday night In the Whittaker case on Thursday Thurs-day a writing expert testified tha the note of warning was in Whit takers handwriting S Boynton arrested in Ireland has telegraphed Minister Lowell and asked for the particulars of his i arrest and the charge Windom says ho has decided to further consider the pending national na-tional bank question at the cabinet meeting on the 11th inst Dubuque la vinegar factorj burned on Wednesday Loss S30 i 000 insurance 9500 Fire caused uy friction of machinery It is believed the governor of I Minnesota will appoint A Edger ton senator He has been democrat I demo-crat granger and republican PostmasterGeneral James was serenaded on Thursday night and warmly eulogized by Garfield and Maynard expostmastergeneral Chief Engineer J H Whittaker United States navy died in Brooklyn Brook-lyn on Thursday cause erysipelas resulting from recent vaccination The creditors of the eipresidenl of Mexico Santa Ana have securea through the New York surrogate 631000 worth of diamonds to settle their claims The German secretary of state on Thursday said that a suspension ol silver sales on the part of German did not mean any tendency towards bimetallism President and Mrs Garfield received re-ceived the diplomatic corps and ladies andthe members of the present pres-ent and retiring cabinets with theii ladies on Thursday It is stated that TV E Sargeant general manager of the Union Pacific since 1S77 has resigned ana that his resignation while not accepted ac-cepted is under consideration A Mrs Vines was poisoned at Elkador Clayton County Iowa beating b-eating canned salmon which Into corroded the can The salmon was tainted and the can turned green Germany has accepted the invitation invita-tion to attend the monetary conference confer-ence at Paris with the express understanding un-derstanding that she will not inbound in-bound by any conclusion reached b3 the commissioners In the House of Commons 01 Thursdty it was asserted that the British government was inquirin into the matter of the interocean Panama canal and the position oi the United States on the subject The greater part of the town of Rosita Colorado was burned on Thursday morning the total los oeing estimated at about 130000 broke out in a grocery store Al the county court records were saved The failure of George C Geochc the largest butter and cheese exporter ex-porter in Chicago was duo large to the fact that he was swindled in isis purchases an impure and adul c rated article having been foisted upon him The third reading of the arms bill takes place on Friday the llth instant A clause was added allowing allow-ing licenses to be issued to persons to carry arms who could produce a 1 seriilicate signed by two justices recommending them Secretary Kirkwood has informed the Uncompagher Ute chiefs that no change cpuld be made in the terms of the recent agreement If siiflicient grazing and agricultural lands cannot be found in the Grand River Valley they will be selected in Utah |