Show TO THE DESERET NEWS GEN GENERAL EnAL st 61 louis an omaha dispatch says gen augur left for fort bridger and salt lake yesterday the pacific rall bail road commissioners returned to 0 omaha maba yesterday they have made a more thorough examination of the road than any previous party the reports from the pawnee reservation are that there is trouble between the tho pawnees and sioux several of the former were killed by the sioux the pawnees and U S troops were in pursuit reports from fort bufort state that the indians continue hostile outrages were also being committed in montana S J goodenough ha has hus published a card denying the allegations of fraudulent transactions in purchasing stores for the methodist book coid eold concern cern he desires the public to await his proof of their falsity four vessels recently left this port laden with fire arms their cargoes consisted of enfield en field and springfield rifles purchased at the fort on account of the porte by the ottoman minister cincinnati judge swayne in the S P circuit court to today day granted an injunction in the case of H and J L blandy against thomas griffith and francis wedge for an infringement of the patented improvement in portable engines the edie edle case involves interests to the value of a quarter of a million new yolk york at half past nine tonight au an oil dil train standing on a side track at pen horn city N J on the erie railroad caught fire the entire train was soon enveloped in flames which spread to three large tanks near the track used as a receptacle for crude oil the fire is still raging and fears are entertained for the safety of the extensive oil works of pen horn loss very heavy albany it is reported that adam van alien allen cashier of the first national bank at albany was waa arrested this afternoon on a charge of defrauding the government hy by using cancelled revenue stamps he iwas wab was held to ball bail to w appear P before the united states commissioner leavenworth at the national convention recently held in Philadelphia philadelphian a gold medal was awarded to kansas for the best apple applet sand band and pears on exhibition altoona AI toona pa the california pioneers pione rs passed here this evening en on route to new N ew york i philadelphia 23 captain leonard the tile famous counterfeiter was arrested this morning several thousand dollars in well executed counterfeit national bank hank notes of various denominations we were found on his person henry marchand was arrested by detectives yesterday a large guanti quantity ty of nickel and a dye for making were found on his premises it is believed that marchand is the leader of a band of counterfeiters counterfeit ers in il the west vist buffalo the national convention was occupied this forenoon discussing the report of the century committee which was unanimously adopted hon asa saxe of rochester was elected general secretary of th the convention rev dr brooks of philadelphia delp tiia tila was made trustee in place of the rev D H lee deceased the next meeting will be held at gloucester mass next september where the first church was established in america new york the suspension of the stock firm of Vander vender covas cobas co was announced on the stock exchange today bayone da yone one of orf the junior partners named headley has absconded with at least a hundred thousand in securities leaving the books BO so that the firm is unable to ascertain the correct state of their affairs they asked the indulgence of the stock exchange for the present whick which was granted san francisco 23 the cincinnati red stockings reached sacramento today to day and will arrive hure here tonight to night and will receive a proper welcome they will play the first match on saturday with the eale eagle ea le club nine the citizens of sacramento have tendered a public banquet to the officers and suit directors of the central pacific railroad to take place on the instant the lindlang indiana in northern california are becoming hostile A party of savages have given the commander of fort bidwell ten days to release several prisoners otherwise they will be taken by y force the settlers are anxious to exterminate the whole band but ut the mii mil military italy authorities refuse permission the indians in arizona are active numerous depredations are reported throughout the territory legal tenders 72 1 the S sun un today today to day dai says in every respect the action of general sickles since he has been charged with cuba cuban negotiations has been what he be was ordered to do and the end is near at band hand milwaukee R H davis a miller ot of lemonnier Lemon wier wisconsin was murdered and robbed last night near lemonnier Lemon wier st louis the executive committee of the national capital convention with members of the press and other citizens held a meeting tonight to night the governors of the following states have responded to the movement and will send dele delegates illinois iowa kansas kanas nebraska oregon nevada arkansas louisiana and missouri the governors of maine and indiana decline to appoint delegates but the latter state will wilt be represented abarge number of distinguished public men are expected to be present pittsburg in a grocery store in al legband leg hany bany last night a barrel of burning fluid ignited while the proprietor was waa drawing t from it the barrel exploded five m men en were seriously burned and otherwise injured washington miss lucy morehead porter of covington has been appointed pointed post Mis mistress treas of louisville ky vice speed new york iash eash last night an oil train on the erie Railroad took fire on a side track at penn horn city three miles west of bergen tunnel the flame spread with such rapidity that before any cars could be deta detached ched ebed or removed beyond danger the entire train was in ve loped and twelve tank cars filled with oil were burned involving a loss of about thirty thousand thou zand the railroad track was oa nire fire in several places at midnight J new haven ct 23 james bell a negro supposed to have killed john henry green in a shooting affray here on monday last was arrested today to day at bethel aud and brought to this wity sity hartford A man calling himself col T A who claims to have beena been a poldi soldier holdier erin in a new york regiment also to be one of col ryans cuban force was arrested today to day on a charge of swindling having attempted several confidence operations in one case receiving ceiling a hufe hufi hundred dred anz and and sixty dollars on bo bogus bous us drafts on the U S treasurer rochester 24 the grand lodge of good Temp lars yesterday adopted a platform which says aest that the solid and great principle of our order is that every templar shall shail do all he can rothby both by precept and example to abolish the use of intoxicating drinks and to promote the doctrines of prohibition second it is for each individual and for the society to stand firm in the teachings of the order and while we are not a political organization but rather an institution to educate the people to political action the good templar in the discharge of his Is duties as a citizen should recognize rg cognize the claims of 0 f his obligation to do all in his power to enforce the restriction of prohibitory legislation the time has not come for our organization into a political party but the time has come for every templar to engage in temperance politics keeping in mini that we can labor for the largest and anc immediate results most practicable and it is evident that prohibition is now presented ns us as the first available woric work to be done chicago 0 24 washington specials say that a letter from lieutenant commander ryan byan of the frigate sabine has been received by his wife in which he says that nothing has occurred to give the slightest foundation to the report of a c conspiracy icy to blow up the vessel and the th e anllo whole 1 re story is a fabrication A meeting of the citizens citizen swag was held last night in reference to the international exposition bodisco the first secretary of the russian legation was present and said the russian government would gladly operate cooperate co new york specials say the excitement in ti the gold U room lias has not been equalled equal led since the fall of richmond the price ranged between the extremes of and the transactions were grea terin magnitude than ever known many mady rumors were circulated about a war with spain and the policy of the treasury the amount of money stolen by bv hadley the defaulter in the firm hofvander venter fe C Cos coswald sald to be three hundred thousand dollars four murders and three sui bui suicides eides eldes have occurred in new york and the suburbs during the last 24 hours A special from boston says that gen butler delivered a speech yesterday before the agricultural society at worcester mainly devoted to the relation between labor and capital and a denunciation of the system of special legislation as making the rich richer and the poor poorer he said our system of incorporating wealth brought has back the laws of entail and i primogeniture with all their most odious odio us features the T he legislative acts of association give advantages to capitalists for the accumulation of wealth which the laws of primogeniture and entail never did they so aggregate capital that it can escape the eye of the tax gatherer both state and national and thus work practical inequality and injustice in taxation he advised the meeting of the legislature 0 not oftener than once in four years the new russian minister presented his credentials to the president today to day who in reply to the ministers address said he reciprocated the friendly feelings expressed the cabinet assembled at noon today all the members were present this is the first cabinet meeting with all the members in atten dauca that has been held for nearly three months the secretary of the treasury has ordered the assistant treasurer at new york to sell four millions in gid gold tomorrow and to purchase four millions in bonds Louls louis louisville ville at a meeting of the executive committee of the society of or the army of tennessee resolutions were adopted instructing the committee of arrangements to prepare a commemorative decoration in memory of general rawlins its late president and secretary of war also inviting general parker to deliver a eulogy on the life and character of gen rawlins new york the excitement in wall street today to day was unprecedented the contest between the buil buli bulls bull sand saud and aud I 1 bears of the gold market was tremendous the atice of gold fluctuated from thirty four to sixty four the price at two pm was thirty five excitement unabated albert and wm belden brokers have failed san francisco 24 there was a rush on the banks today to day for gold and telegraphic transfers in consequence of the advance osgold the new york banks refused to sell at any price I 1 there is no truth in the report that the bank of Call cail california fordin forDia is furnishing funds to parties for the purpose of controlling the election of the pacific mail company comp any 1 the israelites isra elites in this city have organized an immigration society for the purpose of aiding persons of their faith in europe to come to tifis this country legal tenders closed at 75 washington Washing top ton the monthly report of the department of agriculture for august says say of corn unless the close of the season is very favorable there must be a hundred and nifty fifty fi oty million bushels less than a full crop cotton will be reduced in yield from the caroli carolinas nasto to alabama and a material increase from froni mississippi P to texas the probabilities at present favor a yield of two and three quarter quart er million bales the wheat crop as a whole is larger the only states showing a decrease are illinois michigan iowa and california the fruits have yielded abundantly apples in less derree decree than other species Koopman charp had an interview with secretary boutwell today to day the latter stated that the department had no intention of interfering with the scheme of chinese graton unless the latter violated the law koopman left this evening for memphis and new orleans orlean and thence to attend the louisville commercial convention there are jonew no new developments today dayon on the cuban question beyond a report that hat t it was mentioned in a cabi meeting net liet and a telegram read from minister sickles in reference to the respectful ful declination by the spanish go the proposed mediation by the united states there is no question P pending ending between the two countries directly dip concerning the war in cuba new york the excite excitement nent at the gold room resulted this morning in all an absolute panic the price rose rapidly from to the bulls offered to settle with shorts at about a few however accepted being intensely anxious to hear bear whether whether something sor soi could not be done at washington nua nui numerous nerous urgent having been made fo to the president and secretary but not a word came while the bears were waiting the bulls were carry ingup the prices by rapid jumps to near noon the shorts surrendering all hope began to accept of offers of settlement some of the operators lost heavily the shorts compromised on the basis of about noon an order came from the secretary of the treasury to sell tomorrow to morrow four millions in gold and to purchase an equal amount in bonds the order however came after the main operations of the I 1 bulls had been consummated sum mated when there was a sudden drop to the speculation culminated without an ati etl eti e fabre fibre ord ort to compel the pay ment rd in ary rates from borrowers the bull clique claims to have made from the operations the enormous transactions in the pid gold room produced a complete block ln in business and several firms have been forced into a temporary suspension with serious embarrassments embarrass ments to the whole market on wednesday the business amounted to millions two days tran transactions actions mud must have largely exceeded that amount new orie orle ans the picayune says investigations have been in progress some time in the custom house of the books as far back as kelloggs regime have disco discovered pred that during kelloggs administration ion lon large frauds were perpetrated in a manner mannen so bold and flagrant i that it would be an insult to the intelligence of the officials then in office to 6 suppose that they were not cognizant of the facts these investigations show that vessels of comparatively small tonnage cleared this port with cargoes apparently of whisky or with a manifest that ships of three or four times their capacity could not have stowed away and which imaginary merchants in honolulu or greenland have received on paper there were were many of such consignments consign ments which in reality were sent west or put in the market here new york the california pioneers arrived this morning stopping at the astor house the convention of the national telegraphers eg union met today to day dele delegates gates gutes were present and little interest was vas manifested the treasurers Treasur ers report showed a good financial condition the future control of all the affairs of the union will be vested in an executive committee composed of officers and publishers of the telegrapher the organ of the union later information makes it appear that headly made way with twenty thousand from co new york it is understood that robert bonner has consented to trot dexter against lady thorne Thornell next week at prospect park fair ground the th e en tire proceeds to be for the tb e beleff benefit C of the avondale sufferers fifty thousand spectators are expected to be present Adin admission lesion fee two dollars it is stated that an |