Show TO THE DESERET NEWS ij GENERAL chicago president ort orta a and superintendent nerin perin stoer of the tho western union telegraph co start for california in a few days on a tour of inspection with a view to perfecting the overland tele telegraph raph service rochester Roche 20 the empire hotel fullers eul Pul lers hardware store healas healys drug store and several other stores have been burned loss mostly insured new york the rector offu albans episcopal church preached a remarkable sermon yesterday affirming that the episcopal and roman catholic belitsis positively sit ively alike though the members r dont ont commune together owing to intrigues at the court of rome borne daring airing during darlng the reformation formation Be he says the two churches are really but one and he hopes to see the day when both will be united in communion under the latter name the sermon created much excitement amongst the hearers many of whom were yere protestants from other denominations el fronista Cro a spanish journal published here says we cannot have cuba and ahrea ens the united states with war it demonstrates that war with spain would blockade newyork New York philadelphia and boston with cuirassed cur assed and wooden frigates while flying divisions would destroy our arsenals at other points the article concludes are we provoked evoked c to war then let us have it ne henceforth nce nee forth we over what we have and even what may be realized from the sale of the el iri fronista Cro establishment and our own person besides god will watch our family then heroes to spain forever louisville 20 A terrible affray occurred gurred at stanford lincoln county Ky in which capt capi captain aln ain napier kapler odthe the county while attempting to arrest samuel holmes was shot and instantly killed by him ed davidson the city marshal who came to the sheriffs assistance si was mortally wounded great excitement prevails and a reward of a thousand dollars is offered for holmes arrest holmes is said to be a vagabond dkoning nothing for a living waverly N Y at half past three this morning the express train on the pennsylvania and new york railroad Bail road collided at athens pennsylvania with a way train standing on the track two men were killed and several wounded A dense fog prevented the engineer of the express train seeing the signal boston dr D townsend the well known physician died yesterday aged 76 utica horatio seymour has been selected as delegate to the democratic state convention baltimore A party of eight persons consisting of 0 T chaffee and family was found on the road near this city on saturday in a most destitute condition without money starving and nearly naked they left their home in leavenworth en worth Ks in february last for philadelphia where they have friends and had walked all the way subsisting on charity liberal subscriptions were given them here new york the captain of the ship southampton has arrived from techuan tepec cepec on the west coast of Blex mexico leo ico and reports that between latitude 52 south bouth and longitude 46 he saw a hundred very large icebergs one being from seven to eight miles in length and to feet in hight the heat today to day is intense for the season cases of sunstroke are reported the managers of the various western competing lines today to day received orders to continue contracts this week for the transportation of dry goods and general merd merchandise addise to western cities at the same cheap rates as were adopted by the pennsylvania central erie and new york central roads several months since the board of aldermen have adopted a resolution calling upon all the congressmen of this city to urge the recognition of the independence of cuba at the next session the royal insurance company is engaged in a contest for the payment of a policy of ten thousand dollars to the second wife ofa of a deceased policy holder on the ground that the policy was made out in the name of the first wife and was not changed on marriage remarriage re after her death the trie decision is not given the paper Sta iners struck today to day one hundred employed on twelve lish ments went out the tammany delegates to the state stale convention include W tweed L J tilden wilden S S cox george law and oakey hall nashville ma i ashville the large foundry of andrew anderson anderaon was set on fire last ast night in the pattern room the entire stock of patterns the most complete in the south was destroyed the cost originally igl igi nally was but they cannot be replaced for double that amount no insurance an attempt was made on saturday to burn the foundry of stewart and andeer yer ger new orleans the united states district attorney has entered a suit in the circuit court against gen J B stead in anex in internal revenue collector in this district and his sureties for over six thousand dollars the amount found due the united states after the adjustment of his accounts by the proper officers the ex collector of customs fuller has been brought here charged with complicity in the custom frauds and admitted to ball bail in louisville at tenn yesterday two desperadoes named clark dark and major branin brawn were engaged in a frightful cutting affray and fairly butchered each other clark was mortally hurt and branin probably so memphis near des arc are I 1 arkansas on friday last a negro entered the house of a young lady named early knocked her insensible with an iron bar and dragged her to the woods and ravish ravished ravi shed edher her she is not expected to recovery the negro was arrested and lodged in jail cincinnati the school board committee today to day conferred with archbishop purcell Pur cenin ceHin in reference to removing the obstacles to catholic parents sending their children to the public schools the archbishop stated as an ultimatum that the entire government of the public schools in which catholic youths are educated cannot be given over to civil power the catholics cannot approve a system of education apart from instruction in the catholic faith and the teachings of the catholic church the archbishop states that he will use every effort while in rome to procure such modifications of the rules as may remove all obstacles to their attendance tonight to night two men entered the house of michael fogarty and cut and beat both him and his wife so badly that their lives are despaired of the cause of the assault is unknown the assassins escaped omaha the california pioneers 1 excursion leaves here this afternoon for chicago en route for new york boston 21 the examination of louisa W minor charged with poisoning the family of dr deadness De anness at lowell has resulted in her discharge twenty one persons belonging to lockport probably were lost during the galeon gale gaie on thesta the ath instant seven bodies have been recovered and brought home aud and have received christian burial all were engaged in the fishing business busness philadelphia A game of base ball was played this afternoon for the benefit of the avondale sufferers between the athletic and keystone clubs cluba of this city which resulted in favor of the athletics 32 to 21 the receipts amounted to nearly new york A special from richmond states that a fire last evening on main alain street destroyed several large buildings including garvey cos hardware store and other buildings the fire department proved very inefficient loss not ascertained but it is over thirty thousand governor walker will be inaugurated today to day the following information has been received from jones county N ca C which adjoins lenoir where the arrest of eighteen members of the ku klux was recently made a few evenings since david green a respectable citizen in jones county while crossing chinen epan creek seven miles from trenton on his way home was fired at by a party of men inen concealed in the un der growth eleven buck shots took effect seven in one side and two in his head he was taken up shortly after and carried into a house where at last accounts he was dying As green was a democrat it is supposed the members of the loal lomi league attempted the assassination A dispatch from norfolk states that three ne negroes roes have been swallowed up by a terrible conflagration now raging in a dismal swamp where they were employed getting lumber the nire fire surrounded them while asleep in a hut and burned them to a crisp new york the times says we are credibly informed that the new agent of the method methodist lat book concern the rev dr lanahan has discovered in that establishment great corruption and frauds involving losses to the amount of several hundred thousand dollars the subject is now undergoing invests gation ration and as soon as the details can be given to the public without prejudice to any but the culpable parties they will be furnished these frauds are said to have been going on some eight or nine years their full extent is not yet ascertained ascertained with precision chicago 21 oliver ames president of the U P B R B R has sent a circular to the stockholders giving the earnings since the opening of the road the montal monthly y earnings since june lat have been at the rate of over eight millions a year the earnings since the reduction in the rates for passengers and freights have been fully equal to the amre amount previously received new york A special this morning says we learn from washington that general sickles has telegraphed from madrid that the latest proposition in relation to cuba which the government of prim and serrano had communicated to him which would be transmitted to secretary fish and the spanish ministry is substantially though not in explicit terms that they will recognize t the united states as mediator bet between spain and the revolutionary revolution ury authorities in cuba and they propose to settle the revolution on the following basis lat the revolted cubans shall lay down their arms ad the spanish government Is to disarm and disband the volunteers leaving only the regular spanish troops in the island zd universal amnesty shall be proclaimed and all exiles shall have the right to return political prisoners be set free confiscated estates be restored to their former owners and all persons de deprived of their rights for any civil or p political reasons shall be invested with them once more ath the election shall be held in cuba for deputies to the spanish cortes ath the spanish executive government pledges es itself to te support in the cortes bied bled W whatever b alever settlement of the cuban question the deputies from cuba may desire if they want independence the government will favor that if they should decide to favor a separate administration with a governor appointed by spain the legislature to be chosen in cuba with a responsible ministry like the system now practiced in the british colonies the government will bind itself to uee its whole influence in the cortes in favor of adopting that system the sun expresses besses the opinion that secretary fish ras rag has hag decidedly refused the above proposal and will direct general sickles to declare that the only basis for negotiations is a proposition that spain shall recognize the independence of cuba that slavery shall be abolished and that an allied commission shall be appointed to determine the value of the public property on the island which shall shail not however exceed a hundred million for which cuba shall pay and that the united states will guarantee the fulfill fulfil ment of the contract by both parties the california pioneers left omaha last evening they will arrive this afternoon they were met at the depot by old setlers of the association at omaha senator thayer delivered an address the last reports from santa fe give chaves 2500 majority for congress the indians continue troublesome in the southern part of the territory st louiss louies A santa fe dispatch states thattie that the election returns are nearly all in chaves Republic republican ani ang is elected delegate to congress by twenty five hundred to three thousand majority the arizona miner minem publishes a long list of indian outrages they have recently killed a number of settlers burned ranches and carried off cattle in the country between the granite washington and prescot concord N H the congregational church at west concord now undergoing repairs was burned this morning the loss is estimated at an insane man named spear from boston is in custody on suspicion of having set fire to the church port henry N Y the strike among the miners continues frequent attacks are made upon the workmen employed on the erie bed railroad rall Eail road several men have been severely beaten for working against orders by the mob the danger to life and property is imminent san francisco 21 the session of the grand lodge of odd fellows today to day was mostly occupied in receiving reports the meeting of the citizens and the ibe grand lodge at the hall of the chamber of commerce last evening was pleasant the steamship fidelity has been forfeited by the thel united states authorities at portland oregon for a violation of the revenue laws wheeling va president grant and family amity are here they will return to washington tomorrow to morrow rich nich richmond mond governor walker was installed as provisional governor today taking the ironclad iron clad oath governor welles has turned over the office to the new incumbent there were no ceremonies nor demonstrations except the aB assemblage e of a large crowd of white and bolg colored ored people new york the ship yosemite ife has cleared for san francisco with a thousand tons torm of ordnance etc for the mare blare island navy yard the semiramis Semi ramia sails soon to take similar freight Koopman Hoopman is now in new york and has contracted with witha a texas land company for the int introduction tion of coolies Byra byna syracuse cuse euse A serious break occurred this morning in the erie canal at pools brook near kirkville Kir kville about two hundred feet of embankment have been carried out the flood has covered the central railroad track and temporarily stopped the travel on it it will require several days to repair the break waverly N Y the coroners jury in the case of the accident at athens yesterday returned a verdict of censure against 0 means the conductor of the train for disobedience to orders and against john rahn train dispatcher at towanda for sending a fast train a few minutes behind a slow one augusta the senate stands 28 republicans republic pu public blicaus ans and 3 democrats the democrats gain one the house stands republicans democrats 31 34 with our districts to hear from last year yar the house rouse stood republicans and 30 democrats new york it appears that the frauds discovered in the methodist book concern consist of the alleged fact that the son of dr porter one of the agents has received commissions for the past seven or eight years averaging not less than 7 per cent for purchasing printing paper for the institution that is the agent permitted his son who is a paper broker to charge a heavy commission for do doing ng what was the agents duty to do himself report says the purchases on which commissions have been allowed amount to per annum also that the son sold paper to the concern at rates which gave him great profits Ii irregularities regularities are also reported in the binding department wm varley varney alias reddy the blacksmith was arraigned for trial this morning the complainant lawrence graham failing falling to appear reddy was remanded to the city prison new york washington specials say repudiate sickles action as exceeding his instructions and will pledge itself to censure him syracuse nearly all the delegates of the democratic state convention have arrived it is said horatio seymour will not participate in the proceedings general slocum is mentioned as temporary president but governor beach will be |