Show TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS TLGHl 1FS II I I Flour at New York has dropped 5 to 75 cents on account of the fall In wheat The French chamber of deputies on the second ballot elected M Deschanel presi dent of the house Statement of the condition of the treasury treas-ury shows Available cash balance 195 1S1S15 gold reserve 17191SSOa Statement of the condition of the treasury treas-ury shows Available cash balance J155 271038 gold reserve J171C23532 Hon James T Lloyd representing the I I First Missouri district In coiress was nominated by the Democratic convention I conven-tion The estate of Cyrus H McCormick the I reaper manufacturer has purchased from the Peck heirs the Chicago Stock Exchange Ex-change building for J2500000 I Eric Mackay the author is dead He was born In London In 1S5I and wrote a number of books the most popular of which was Love Letters of a Violinist Serious riots occurred at Multan a city of the Punjab India between Mohamme dans and Hindoos Knives were freely used and 3 persons were more or less seriously Injured The reciprocity proclamation of the president which admits French brandies and spirits at 120 a gallon has greatly excited California dealers who say their industry will be ruined G N Dlllman a civil engineer In the employ of the Astoria Columbia River railroad committed suicide at Astoria by shooting himself It is supposed that his mind became unbalances from overwork over-work Lake Bennett is now free of l but floe Ice and boats are passing easily from the portage at the foot of Lindcman through Cariboo crossing Beyond Cariboo crossing cross-ing there la practically open water to the center of the gold country The owners of the British steamship Foscolla which was sunk by the United States cruiser Columbia oft Fire island on Sunday last will soon present to the navy department a claim for damages In the sum of about J20JOOO The lawyers retained re-tained by the agents claim that the evidence evi-dence brought out at the session of the naval board of inquiry went to show that the Columbia was entirely to blame for the collision and that view seemed to colsion I have been accepted by the board |