Show 0 EHORT STORIES Fusion was effected between tho MInn0 sota Democrats und Populists yesterday and u full ticket was named Tho steamer China which sailed from San Francisco for Hongkong yesterday carried nearly 1500000 In gold and silver currency for the United States troops in ThIiia 0 0 Barry Forbes of Chicago and Casper Leon of Now York fought a twentyround draw at Lake Contrary St Joseph Mo lest night it wits ono of the fastest con tests over pulled off there Gov George Do Forest Richards of Wyoming and party arrived In San Fran cfsco yesterday to take part In the exercises exer-cises attending the launching of the now war vessel Wyoming next Saturday Deciduous fruit shipments from Call fornia to eastern points so far his season show a ffilllnK off as compared with tha snmo period last your The decrease Is CnoCCO pounds or 223 carloads Maurice Grnu announces tho engagement engage-ment of Miss Fanchon Thompson the young American singer for sixteen per formances In New York In November and December In an English opera company The Japanese Foreign office has received a telegram from Shan SI dated September 1th saying largo bodies of Black Flags under command of Gen Liu wero passing through the provinces of Hu Nan and JIu PelThe The Mayor of Trinidad province of San ta Clara Cuba has wired to the military Governor from Caslldn for assistance claiming that acyclone yesterday de strojcd all the crops of the district and that the people arc destitute Time Democratic State convention of California met In San Jose yesterday for the pnrposo of selecting Presidential electors elec-tors and nominating seven Congressional candidates Committees were appointed an a recess taken until today First Lieut Richard Henry Brewer company F Twentyseventh infantry volunteers vol-unteers In company with Private OFla hcrty of his company left Novallch for Ulanlja on July 33th last Neither has been heard from since It Is feared they have been killed The national circuit blcyclo races at wcro continued at Nowby oval Indianapolis Indian-apolis yesterday In the onethird mile national professional championship the final heat between Taylor and Klmblc vaa declared a dead heat and tho riders re fused to run It over Tho New Jersey Slato Republican convention con-vention met In Trenton yesterday to nominate nomi-nate Presidential electors United States Senator Suwell was mado temporary and subsequently permanent chairman Senator Sen-ator Burrows of Michigan addressed the convention after electors were chosen A meeting of the British bondholders of the Dclngoa Bay railroad has unproved tho compromise arranged by Mr Treliane formar United Stntci Consul at Berne Switzerland There Is no truth In the statement emanating from Montreal that Gen Warren War-ren Is to succeed LloiiUGcn Lord William Wil-liam Frederick Seymour In command of tho British troops In Canada Some time ago news was received that President San Clemcnte of Colombia had reslgend and that VlcePrcal lent Marro Ruln hd legally succeeded him It now appears that Clemcnte was seized and thrown into prison and that iinrroguln Is a usurper |