Show sial 81 AL TO tim THE DESERET NEWS H ewh lmh GENERAL louisville the commercial convention met to day at the opera house which was splendidly decorated for the occasion I 1 and was called to order by ex governor anderson formerly of 1 ohio governor stevenson delivered an eloquent opening address cincinnati 12 last night the italians who regard the dry of columbus coming in sight of america as the date of its discovery celebrated that event by a ball bail at which mrs angelina podesta an italian lady of cincinnati years old led offin a grand march she afterwards danced ten sets tonight to night the italians who date the discovery from the day that columbus landed have commemorative cem balls I 1 the verald herald states that senator wil son recently urged the president to suspend the political slaughter amongst the conservative office holders in texas and mississippi but butler and general clark dark hearing of his bis efforts in that di lection immediately urged the president to continue the operations as the best thing for the party he believed they are backed by general reynolds Reynold sP letter ietter butler and clark dark have beaten wilson Worcester Mass A man named patrick kerr was found in the street last evening alive but severely stabbed in various parts of oil the body he refused to give any explanation of the affair the storm last night has not proved so destructive as it was feared although in many places the recent repairs to the roads were washed away this is especially the case in fitchburg and vicinity where only the utmost efforts prevented serious damages san francisco 12 A man named keath yesterday killed a girl who had refused his bis hand and then shot himself he is not expected to recover A grand lodge of masons met here today to day one hundred and ninety two lodges were represented from all parts of the pacific coast the tho oregon state fair opened at portland with the best show of live stock and productions of all kinds ever seen there superintendent ble Ale meacham acham has gone to eastern oregon to gather the snake indians from the military posts upon the klamath reservation several democratic members of the washington territory legislature have left for parts unknown breaking the quorum and thus preventing the election of territorial officers by a republican majority the sergeant at arms has been sent after the se ceders the branch mint of carson nevada is ready to commence coining half dollars three hundred recruits for the and ath regular cavalry passed elko coming west on the pacific railroad columbus 0 12 leading democrats concede Pendle tons defeat by fifteen thousand boston an attempt was made at three this morning to rob the national bank at townsend mass but the burglars used too much powder and alarmed the citizens the outer door was blown off by the explosion and considerable sid erable damage was done to the building the burglars fled leaving most of their tools the whaling Schooner susan smith of boston was lost in the hurricane of 0 f august all hands were drowned except the captain and four seamen seame n who remained on deck 8 days and nigh nights ts without food or water they were taken offey off by an english bark and carried to london the captains wife and two children were drowned in the cabin washington all disposable recruits at carlisle barracks will be forwarded to nebraska fon fos assignment to the ath cavalry all disposable ut sit columbus N Y and newport ky will be sent to omaha and assigned to the infantry the government would doubtless renew the ofner offer of mediation to spain did circum circumstances circumstance stane 1 s justify the repetition in the meantime it will enforce the neutrality lawsond law sand hold itself in readiness to serve the cause of cuban independence pen dence in such a manner as not to violate treaty obligations new york the western railway freights have advanced again today to day the iron framework frame work of some new buildings in williamsburg Williama burg fell with terrible suddenness today to day dayan jn consequence of improper guys two men were instantly killed and five fiva dangerously injured Dju red bichop whittaker Whit takei is to be consecrated V tomorrow to morrow as episcopal minister to nevada and arizona new york at the banquet at del mo nicols tonight to night to the california pioneers one hundred and fifty were present W T coleman presided among the guests were 0 D carter chairman of the pioneers W F weed axsen stor ator A W coffroth of california senator benator casserly horace greeley J JW W simonton hon jas brook brooks general mcdowell and dr W A scott mr simonton read an eloquent letter from james mcclatty McC lathy paying high tribute to the magnanimity of new the first to show her readiness to admit california into the union letters were also read from governors hoffman gaary and Haigh tand generals hooker sherman aberman and Butler who were unable to be present general mcdowell replied to the toast the president of the united states horace greeley to the toast new york and san francisco the banquet was in every way a success A washington special says the first national barik bank at austin nevada has failed A receiver was wag appointed yesterday this is the first national bank failure since bince the last annual report of the comptroller of the currency evidence has been received going to show that the hornet was armed and the crew enlisted within the jurisdiction of the united states philadelphia forneas For neya press says that the republican majority in the state is not less than it may reach the republicans have both branches of legislature the majority in the house is larger than the majority of last year muscatine iowa 13 exploded in chambers mill this evening four persons persona were injured two boys it is feared fatally washington the president has appointed maj gen wm M belknap of keokuk iowa secretary of war gen belknap has served in the army from the first till the last day of the late war he commanded one of the divisions of the army corps in shermans Sher mans last two campaigns with great credit to himself and entire satisfaction to his superiors he has been telegraphed to and will arrive here in a few days and aen gen sherman will formally resign the position of secretary of war and gen belknap will enter upon the duties of his office the recent operations of the collector and assessor of the fifth virginia district have resulted in the discovering and land suppression of forty seven illicit distilleries hidden in the mountains and ravines and similar places and in the destruction and confiscation of large quantities of liquor troy N Y another great rainstorm and freshet has occurred here saratoga A heavy rain has fallen for the last thirty six hours injuring the roads and stopping the trains washington the negro who outraged a young lady teacher near fort washington was taken from the custody of the officer on monday by a party of masked men and hung on a tree st louis the wyoming le legislature gesla met the day before yesterday and elected its officers Lou louisville lavIlle in the commercial convention this morning the committee of permanent organization reported the list of vice presidents and assistant secretaries one from each state and also recommended the appointment of a standing committee on the southern pacific rall Eail Railroad road and andon onil will roads geis gels generally eri 0 on n direct trade from europe and on various other subjects of interest to the south and west Louls louisville ville at the afternoon session of the convention it was evident chrt the convention was not entirely harmonious mo whenever anything came up there was a disposition on the part of the members to retard business the convention has adjourned T tomorrow 0 there will be an immense procession and grand concert at night albany A locomotive and two cars were thrown from the track on the susquehanna railroad yesterday yest jest erday several passengers were injured there was another fearful storm here last night accompanied by thun derand lightening the rain fell in torrents the streets were tork torn up and the docks this morning were flooded rochester the lock tup tip in the village of charlotte was destroyed by fire this morning ing two prisoners were confined therein and were burned to death columbus 0 0 the ret returns urtis and opinions of both oh parties pa indicate that hayes wl will I 1 I 1 be e elected acted by about th three ree thousand the house is democratic and the senate republican publican Be the democrats claim that the vote will be so close that it will require official returns to decide tl tt e election of governor schuylkill haven last night the signal tower on jon the mine hill railroad took fire burning to death a watchman named owen feeny and his two children Fee sister in law escaped by leaping from a window philadelphia the senate stands republican 18 democrats 15 the house stands republicans 63 democrats 37 the city council have a republican majority of 30 boston late last night dr cole of Dox onville was called from his bed on the pretext of being required by a sick patient on leaving his house lie he was shot through the cheek shortly after this affair mr gray depot master at mingham farningham Far yar was aroused on going to the window he was fired upon twice police justice adams of mingham farningham Far ear Farming earming liam llam and another gentleman were also visited but delayed their appearance until the would be assassin had bad left suspicion points to a desperado just released from jail for assaulting his wife who thus attempt to murder the parties who appeared against him philadelphia the even evening ng 1 bulletin u tin harrisburg dispatch says bays t that bat 1 leading e adi adl ng state officials claim the election of geary by at least five thousand the democrats state central organ concedes packers defeat cincinnati 14 ar archbishop hb ishop purcell left for new york last night where he will embark for rome to attend the ecumenical council there will be a mass meeting of persons sons s 0 opposed ased 1 to reading the bible in the p public uni uki c schools on saturday next which will be addressed by hou hon chas remlin judge stalls and the rev thos vickers bangor me captain george went worth whose arrest for rape on the high seas was noticed a few days since today to day had a hearing bearing before U S commissioner carr which resulted in fully committing him for trial before the U S district court to be held in april next the penalty being death and the offe n so not A passenger train on the kentucky central railroad was thrown off the track near paris by a brodeu broken day the train was delayed for three hours no one was hurt A heavy southeast south east rain commenced this morning and continued all day an immense quantity of water has fallen augusta A severe northeast north east storm commenced early this morning it still continues the river Is rising slowly FOREIGN ottawa prince arthur arrived today he was met by the governor general cabinet ministers members of the city corporation and a large concourse of people addresses of welcome in english and french from the city council were presented to which tile the prince made suitable replies and then proceeded to the parliament buildings the kerald herald has a special from madrid of very desperate fighting bet between the republican forces and the government troops which dommen commenced eed ced at valencia last friday and still continues reinforcements have been dispatched to the government detachments the troops beat the insurgents in every encounter alonia an and aragon dAragon republican can debu deputies ties to the cortes having been threatened with assassination by the partisans parti of the government have oled fled from the country and taken refuge in portugal further rioting Is looked for in madrid but reports gay say bay there is every probability of its being quelled promptly ly should it occur advises advices from Valen valencia cia cla state that fighting is still going on there A republic has been proclaimed at malaga disorders were attempted at madrid but were promptly quelled without any serious result london 12 the times on the fenian amnesty says the crown la Is invited to pardon rebels who do not pretend to be penitent not because the conspiracy is crushed but because it is still formidable enough to rally sympathisers sympathizers no one doubts the right of the government to suppress outrages against law and order and had bad the forbearance of the crown been invoked in a becoming tone with the recognition of its right to protect loyal citizens an amnesty might be a message of peace at present we see reason to presume it will be received in that spirit by the de manders while it must operate to discourage those who hoped to crush the fenian outbreak there could be no acton act of greater greaten injustice or any more impolitic if ireland Is still fenian at heart or hostile to the buhion we believe a majority of the irish would rejoice at the suppression of and some who have signed the amnesty petitions would be thankful if they were rejected paris evening it is certain that the republicans 1 have ave been defeated at valencia senor castellar the celebrated leader in the cortes has fled to portugal from safa Sata saragossa gossa having been threatened with assassination the re republican ph publican leader has been abandoned by his 1 partisans parti zaris zatis he has himself sled fled to france soles another leader has hag been killed london the times has hag an editorial today to day on the United states jt it says there maybe may be circumstances stan cesin in the financial position of the united states stales authorizing a departure from the sou bou sound bound iid rid rules of public economy but it is difficult to deny that a mere struggle of gamblers by an act of government ern ment is magnified into an event of national importance if mr boutwell had persevered more money would have changed hands and mere fortunes been lost or won and other brakers would have gone mad or absconded or committed suicide and the threat against fisk might have been executed ic is not easy to decide whether this will be foi for good or evil it might have allayed speculation for the future and so sobered the gambling madness weaned some helpless help heip lesy lesi dupes from the exchange and rid it orsome others the arrangement argues less jess that the lesson will not be altogether lost jost but that had the lesson gone to the end it might have been more impressive and its precepts enhanced by a higher cost london lord derby is seriously ill havana captain general derodas was taken sick yesterday he is better today to day several unimportant skirmishes have taken place in the eastern department recently municipal corporations in various parts of the island are sending the captain general their adhesion co to the existing order of things with expressions of loyalty to spain madrid the railroad in the vicinity of valencia has been boon destroyed A fight has taken place near pear in which men were killed and wounded on both sides london the times today to day has an editorial on spanish affairs the writer has but little sympathy for and less faith in the spanish republicans in the future of the present government in unnecessary prolonging the provIs provisional lonal ional government and in the attempt to close it up when it has become impossible to doso boso do so there is now no kin king klug 0 0 forthcoming and it Is better to leave matters aa as tb they eyare are are ane A regency encols is the only possible scheme men when itis it is understood that the dangerous questions will be dormant a changmin chan change gean gein an the government will be indefinitely adjourned paris the journal official has the following news several public reunions have been announced |