Show NATIONAL exhibition the arang rs hold forth in pennsylvania THE CHIEF MEN OF THE NATION are invited to be present freight agents iu denver social life in the east CAKUS LEPa special the nation al brangers grangers Gr angers which began today to day at williams grove is the largest and most important ever held since the organization was established there were thousands of visitors present not only from pennsylvania Pen sylvania but from adjoining states when H thomas gameral manager formally opened the exhibition col tawes saya that during th week of the exhibition over people will be and that every bbate in the euion will be represented amoni other prominent men who have are president harridon Harri aon secretary congressman me kinley ex pre ident cleveland governor hill governor beaver general hastings senator delanater Del awater ex gover nor pattison gen baltres and ex gov arnor black president harrison in bis letter to col thomas accepting the invitation sas 1 I haye a great love for the people of your grand old state and especially for the farmers and will be pleased to address them on the tariff question so as to educate them more roughly as to what is necessary for their maintain ance and life this tariff question which is now before the peoples peo pleis the most important question of the day and the people should be thoroughly educated to it As there is no doubt that the farming element of this country is the backbone of this other free gov ern ment it is necessary that they should understand aliis question go that they can choose between tree trade and protection one which would be the ruin of the government and the other which would be prosperity to the government ern ment kurtts of the wheel NIAGARA FALLS N Y august 25 special the eleventh annual meeting of the national league of american wheelman wheelmen elmen the official body of the cyclists in this country began today to day and will continue until wednesday evening there are many lady cyclists at the meeting chich ia the largest ever held an 0 1 otte finest scenery in the country at the business meeting it was decided to create two classes in the organization namely amateur and professional work of HARTWELL HART WELL 0 august 25 special the twenty fourth annual meeting of the hamilton county teachers association began today to day the address of welcome was delivered by mayor and was responded ded to by president E W wilkinson after which the annual address was delivered by W H morgan of cincinnati Adva atts in kates CHICAGO august 25 special the advances in railroad rites from the missouri eiver to this city of which chairman faithorn of the western freight association gave notice two weeks ago went into effect to day the advances about thirty five per cent and involve an immense amount of tonnage the social tide is still high NEWPORT R I 1 august 25 special the social activity is by no means on the ebbs as the fashionable engagement enga gemen books show mrs william astor will give a ball tonight to night the grounds of the mansion will be extensively decorated and illuminated and the supper will be serve on the piazzas TT PAUL minn august 25 special the recount of ahe population of this city began today to day and the result of the work is looked forward to with considerable interest if this census should population ata higher figure than the last count then minneapolis will demand another count of its citizens and will insi course that the returns made by the enumerators of this city are incorrect while st paul and minneapolis are with each other tor supremacy and trying to make each other ridiculous before the country the census enumerators in both cities who are accused of premeditatedly pudding the census are untried and unpunished for YORK aug 25 Spec faZ the provisions of tho statutes which provides that school teachers state certificates may be granted by the superintendent in of public instruction the examination of applicants began today to day at no 9 university place there were many candidates and the examination which will be upon twenty two different subjects will not close uncil friday evening it is the intention of the department part ment to make these examinations a thorough test of merit no catch questions will be introduced but the examinations will be sufficiently rigid to provo the ability of the applicant to the end that a state certificate when granted to a successful candidate shall bethe most signal honor that is bestowed upon the progressive teachers of the commonwealth fora tanner before muscat 25 special cora tanner will appear at the fifth avenue theatre tonight in a new play called one error the scene of the play a laid in nice and paris the character to be represented hy miss tanner and which it is said will give her ample opportunity for the desalay of her abilities in high comedy is that of a young english heiress named Judi thOrne freistat agents is deliver DENVER col aug 25 special the fifth annual meeting of the contract andrest erneta teg and began oddy o with a good program nr for the entertainment of o is an elaborate and attractive aue veteran fireazan fire aan NEW aug 25 special the bembera of alie veteran association returned from their annual excursion today when they readied the forty second street depot they formed a procession aud marched to headquarters there they w ere received hy a crowd of friends in CITY mo aug 25 special the republican state convention met at noon to nominate candidates for the state ulices there was a good deal of enthusiasm manifested by alie delegates many of whom professed to believe that they will elect their ticket this fall there was some discussion of quays alleged obstruction of the lodge bill but no attempt was made to formally censure the the pennsylvania senator THE EDMUNDS UW its enforcement ia new mexico excitement the hw is a soft thing for officials ESPANOLA N M august 25 special deputy united states marshal serapino comero went up to taos to day to arrest eighteen more persons indicted for adultery under the edmunds law the law seems to be a soft thing a per feet bonanza for united states district attorneys and marshals and the new mexico contingent are just beginning to wake up and gather in the shekels there have been twenty two arrests here before and they are now being ground through the court at santa fe four cases were completed saturday and each of the four were sentenced to six months in the penitentiary two are on trial and will probably get the same dose after they get all the frea and easy people in the pen it will be good picking for the lawyers who have innocence at washington to get the president to pardon them out the marshal says the fun has only began there is no doubt there are hundreds of couples in all the teni tones besides utah was can be made to suffer under the edmunds law have been liying to gether fur years am have grownup grown up children kernion purchases LA JAKA colo aug T C henry manager of the san louis laud company is in the valley this week looking after the interests of the company wednesday be was cir culat ing amoni the cormons mormons Mor mons and we have it from one of them that there is a deal on tout by which the cormons mormons will b come owners of the excelsior and empire farms the excelsior farm contains acres and the empire nearly the mormon church it is said is rapidly gaining control of the most valuable land in the valley but a few mouths ago they purchased a large tract in clatilla Co atilla county from the government this in connect jn with the great number of acres they owned before makes them owners of the best farming land in the valley A political candidate in this county that cannot command votes lias but lit le of being elected denver news august 25 special the aru congratulating lord salis bury upon the settlement of the dispute between england and portugal which at one time threatened to result iu war though a conflict at anus with portugal could hardly leave ended otherwise than a victory for eng landset lan dyet the popular feeling was strongly adverse to a resort to force and a peaceful conclusion of the affair is hailed with pleasure with all classes and parties the sentiment of the english people displayed throughout this controversy tro versy is a striking indication of the change which baa gradually come over the public mind in recent years in recent years in regard to war isome years ago fact that portugal was a small and weak nation would not have been regarded as any reason for refraining from a war which promised to add a considerable area of valuable territory to british dominions the war with the bravo little community of boers in south africa is a proof of this fact and if can hardly be doubted that the shame which that barbaric crushing of a liberty loving and inoffensive peo pie reflected on england is largely responsible for the change of feeling referred to lord salisbury has by his course in the portugal affair recovered some of the prestige pre tige which had been lost on account of the ill success of ganv of his efforts in homo politics adanal VIENNA aug 25 special at the auguil sed S ed fair today to day the reports were to the effect that the crops of franco A astro hungary and turkey are somewhat come what above the average in england the ropa t is short but the farmer is compensated by the wheat prices which are now higher than at adv time biere 1872 killed in a foreign country colo august 25 special alie mysterious disappearance of lee thompson at one time one of the best known and most popular mining men in colorado has been clearly away from a letter just received in denver from the united states minister at topaz bolivia south america it is learned that thompson was assassinated by a party of insurgents in the late attempted revolution in balvia the minister was informed of thomp sons death by david batch the only survivor of the prospecting expedition of which thompson Thom pion was the leader at the time of the attack thompson disappeared from kansas city nearly three years ago he had been on a visit east and stopped over at kansas city on his betoni west he paid his bill at the hotel a took a hack to the depot from that time up to the present no trac had eyer been had of him and all sorts of conjectures have been expressed as to his mysterious disappearance his friends and relatives made diligent search all over the country to find him dead or alive mr C H lawrence who was interested in mining with him believed lie re cognized his signature in a san francisco hotel register but was uncertain the most accepted theory of his disappearance was that he was made away with by the hack driver in kansas city for lie was known to have had several hundred dollars with him and no trace of tha hack that conveyed him from alio hotel could be had |