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Show FLASHES PROM THE WIRES. I A committee of the Army of the Tennessee Was yesterday appointed to solicit subscriptiens for u monument to General .Sherman. . It is reported that yellow fever is ragiug at Gonalves and the email towns in Haiti, and tfwt many ships' crews are down with the malady. The office of the Lima (O.) Times and the warehouses of Wing & Emrichs were destroyed by tire yesterday. The losses aggregate $103,000, With $75,0(1" insurance. Acting Chairman Clarkson of the national republican committee, said today that a meeting of the committee would probably be held in Washington Wash-ington in November to elect a successor to Chair-tnun Chair-tnun (Jiiay, and (ix the date and place of holding the next national convention. A correspondent of the London Timfs Writes: "A military convention between France and Kussia lias been in existence for fifteen months. A further treaty of alliance is ahout to be signed. Its provisions will not be communicated communi-cated to the chambers, but will remain a secret of the ministry." Eleven young men yesterday were appointed appoint-ed to second lieutenancies in the army, they having hav-ing passed the competitive examination recently. Among them is William Brooke of Pennsylvania, on of General Brooke, United States army: William H. C'rofton of Illinois, son of Colonel Crofton of the Fifteenth infantry; William Wallace Wal-lace of Indiana, a nephew of General Lew Wallace; Wal-lace; John 1'. Madden of California, a graduate of California university. The western Colorado congress organized t Grand Junction yesterday, with over lifty delegates dele-gates present. After the organization was effected, effec-ted, a resolution to the effect that the congress has no thought or purpose of favoring a division f the stat was offpred. After some discussion the resolution was voted down on the ground that such action was unnecessary. The sentiment of the congress is a unit against any such policy. |