Show BY B Y TELEGRAPH P pich sa LZ marl A AM M E R I 1 C A N NEW 54 T B conne connery ry of the new now york herald is granted an extended leave of absence from six to twelve months on account of failing health NEW york 24 the main building of freeman mark dark novelty wood working establishment was burned fifty men are out of employment and lose tools some of which cannot be duplicated in this country loss savannah ga 21 24 A fire in the southern cotton lug ing about 1400 bales caused a slight damage insurance NE nevy NEW ty YORK 23 prof young of princeton college gives the results BO so far as ascertained of recent observations ions throughout the country of the transit of venus venue he says they were successful beyond expect tation returns from 40 home stations and 10 foreign stations show that at 34 of these the third and forth contacts were observed and at 24 the tho first and second at santiago chill both american and belgian parties were entirely successful in all their experiments georga keenan of washington D C lectured on siberia his remarks and statistics went to show that the tho better class of exiles those who have not been sentenced for the higher grade of crimes are in a state of comfort and prosperity and others are treated no worse nor half so badly as english transports to australia and van clemans Dl emans land and the convicts in our own prie prisons kiernana Kier nans news mews says P parties a artles an sug sag interested in the can canadian a eacino pacific state that th at two and a half miles of road are being laid daily also that ane large land grants upon which it is rapidly realizing together with the government subsidy will leave the road without a bond when completed the tho tribune special baye says the american ship david crockell Crock czock ett ets famous for having one of the best beat records for a short voyage has been marred by her record of the last voya voys voyage gelf it ono one of the swiftest merca merchant vessels afloat Is nearly half a year in making the passage from new york to san francisco that fact only gives additional weight to the theory that sailing tailing ships must have auxiliary steam to meet the necessities of commerce the next improvement in steam merchant ships as perfect as the david crockett crockell and other great clippers which shall go along through calms at a rate of nive five or six miles an hour and which in headwinds head winds will lie two or three points nearer the wind so that a day will count well in reckoning there are today to day two expert mental vessels of this kind one a four masted steam schooner the other the steam bark mendoza which called from bath mo dee dec ath for sew new york and of which vessels vessel s safety there are bome tome ampro ampre hens hent hension lons ions bif sIf if the mendoza had taken enough fuel on board for steaming 9 purposes ur poses she would undoubtedly rave eave have reached here before this the annual dinner of the new now england society took place at Dalmo delmo nicols this evening josiah M fisher presided among thom those on the platform were gen grant mayor grace judge archer brooks chauncey M depew and gov bigelow of connecticut the general arrangements were in the hands of hon fi sstewart aj L woodford and ex gov long of massachusetts root boot mccurdy Mo Curdy col villas rev bev D upshur mark twain gen horace porter and senator miller of california were among the guests guerts the large dining hall was crowded the which have been in progress for some months between the western union telegraph co and the associated press depre rented tented by the new york and west ern associations have finally resulted in an agreement satisfactory to all parties A contract for ten years was executed today the telegraph company was cepres represented rented by its off omm leera officers and the associated press by a joint committee consisting of whitelaw reid beld charies charles A dana charles Nod hoff boff richard bichard smith and wilhiam holderman bug Bus bushiness business biness ainess of a purely legitimate sort has been extremely light during the current week the near approach of christmas tending to divert attention from who wholesale ebale depatt departments ments and flud causing transactions to be held in abeyance for a week or two merchants havo have been busy in ila taking account of stock etc but if business has lagged speculation has been kept UP and aud there has been no let ap whether prices have advanced or declined CHICAGO 23 the following letter from the headquarters of the army has been made public in a washington tel tei telegram epram headquarters Head of the army 1 adjutant ada autant generals office washington sep hep brevet brigadier general E B IV V colonel united states army retired awson arizona territory dearer dear sir Sr referring to your personal letter of may 1882 to the secretary of war in which you state that much of the want of confidence and the feeling of contempt entertained by the people of arizona toward the army la Is due to the apparent demoralization existing among representatives of the army stationed in the territory and charging misconduct on the part of certain officers and men upon arrival aland at and departure from tucson on that date I 1 am directed by the general of the army to inform you that after full investigation of the matters contained in your letter which are in every particular controvert ed by statements of numerous gentlemen among whom may be mentioned the governor of arizona h he is s constrained to advise you to in mind U your own business and not meddle in the affairs of the lawful military authorities of arizona very respectfully your obedient servant signed CHAUNCEY mckelver MCKEIVER acting adjutant general CHICAGO 24 zis A special from brookings dakota says during the absence of mr barker of astel laine from home hla hia wife left three children aged six months three years and five years respectively in the house while she did work at the bar it is thought the children played with coals and bet set fire to their clothes before hiro niro barker returned awo of the little ones were charred corpses and the baby afterwards died in her arms the mother received burns which places her life in danger A ELPHIA eneria 24 jas sas smyth co manufacturers of ginghams and cotton goods have been running two large mills milla in this ci tyone at nt 1902 pine and the jtb other er the berkshire mill at church and oxford streets the arino atino announcement that their thoin paper had gone to protest caused quite a stir among textile manufacturers liabilities are ore edtl mated at to it Is understood stood the firm will make an assignment to win wm arbot smyth says the trouble la Is due to unfortunate extension of their business buil busi ness nees incurring liabilities which the stringency of the money market ani and ant the depressed condition of the cotton trade prevented them thern meeting they felt warranted in taking the Frank frankfort forb fori mill which they spent thousands of dollars to do this they negotiated loans and as they fell due they had to meet them by securing other loan money grew tight making their responsibilities bili ties a burden philadelphia 24 the failure of jas jag smyth co coy extensive manufacturers rs is to announced liabilities not known but believed to be heavy over production and dull market the cause CHIC orio CHICAGO AGol 23 general Sh Sher shermane sherman ermane erMaDe man mao being accused of having the presidential ident ial bee in hil hie bonnet was recently interviewed upon the rub jech and thus declared himself as you see I 1 cannot be fool enough to decline what Is not offered ered but why do I 1 want to turn away from the prospect of rest and peace at last for a period of year yearb to the delusion of four years in an office that is just a hell thaes thava what it is its shell it sheli sheil heli bell what did general harrlson hardson get out of it nothing but a month of misery what did general taylor get out of it twelve months of misery what did grant get out of it do I 1 want to resign this competence congress has bestowed on me for four years jears of hell bell what did hayes get out of the presidency si what did garfield take them all within your memory nothing but worry trouble and misunderstanding so general la Is the complaint of sand band jagging lagging and robbery in the streets at night and so Q fast is the crime crima growing that the lumbermen menya menla exchange aroused by the fact that one of their members had been attacked robbed and left bense less in the street omra offers a reward of for the perpetrator of the crime in a document which sharply ariti clos olos the city government for its laxness it bays says that bince since the let of december seventeen cases of this sort are on record and probably many of them have been missed cleveland 23 sacket the absconding sc ec broker is positively said to be in the city rochester Eo chester N NY Y 23 A warrant has been issued for the arrest of CE upton defaulting president of the city bank covington ga 23 will smith aged 18 shot and killed james banks alex aier hendricks and a negro attempting to arrest him he is in jail excitement intense whiskey the cause new york 23 alexander befler son the tho negro murderer was cep aured after fierce resistance shooting at the officers he shot himself but not fatally bas BAN francisco 23 A powder explosion this thia afternoon at sieges station near berkeley resulted in the instant death of cun cue chinese employee and the severe injury of another latest report in addition to one chinaman killed and one seriously injured a white man named thorn thoin was so badly hurt that he has since died chicago 23 an old mansour man supposed aeed by letters from prominent E business men found upon his body to be col C 0 cox of washington D C and formerly a well known ohio politician anda and a man who has held some prominent official positions walked into the river ilver at the foot of monroe this morning and drowned he fie was intoxicated at anthe the time and though pulled out soon atten alter sinking all efforts to resuscitate him were unavailing ta tn 24 A disastrous fire this morning destroyed worth of property including the poat post office and the entire east portion of the town insurance cincinnati 23 in a wrestling match at the colosseum Colo Coloa eum seum tonight to night nigh t tb the e gneco roman match between muldoon and Bauer nauen Muldoon was wag declared winner having given bauer three falls in four rounds i bauer protested against the d decision of the referee on the last round kansas city 23 the times leavenworth special bays says john volz of this city who has a cattle ranch in indian territory cantonment has just received information from there that a council has been called by tho the head chiefs of the Cheyenne a the propositions to be discussed are fart firt the organization of a government similar to a territorial one second election of governor and council or legislature and third levying taxes pro rata rafa upon cattle raisers and herders gerders her ders mr volz favors favora the scheme and thinks it will tend to shut out the larger cattle dealers who are trying to freeze out the lesser ones onee or at any rate give small holders a chance petersburg va 24 john T robertson Bo bertson the oldest editor in virginia is dead scranton pa 24 councilman council man saws mayers was probably fatally stabbed at a ball last night by wm win rubbe pa 24 the town is in the most moat intense over the report that capt A 0 stutt cash casher er of the pa state treasury has been shot in a room in jen hotel and killed by N L dukes a well known member of the fayette county bar and member elect of the state legislature the hotel was soon surrounded by excited citizens capt nutt had just returned from harrisburg to spend the holidays with hla hia family and left home with his nephew nephews breckenridge stating that ho he had some business at the hotel with dukes on themay the way there he sald eaid he had bad seen some infamous letters from dukes and wanted an understanding athe the two men went to the hotel and mutt started u up p to dukes dakes room breckenridge ro followed llo lio w e d but stopped on the stairs to speak to tha tho proprietor proprietors bon eon while conversing scuffling was heard in the room and both ran up to separate the combatants who were found clinched ina lna in a terrible struggle they were parted but dukes drew a revolver and said you came in here to whip me and so I 1 shoot at the came bame time firing the ball took effect just below nutts butts left eye penetrating tra ting the tho brain and killing him instantly dukes then quietly walked down stairs where he was arrested CHICAGO 24 bohnmil nory a worthless bohemian bohe mian criminal was as shot dead in the tho vic vie aulty of dekoven st by nn an unknown person the police theory ia Is that nory in company with a brother theodor and other burglars entered 11 4 1 0 deklyen bt st got insignificant plunder and during a dispute over the division theodor wai theodor and companions were arrested wahpeton dak 24 on saturday C A newton was shot jy ly fatally by jas jae IN nashin the court room newton had outraged nashua daughter aged 16 who worked for him as a do dome atice newton plead pleat not guilty whereupon the enraged enrages father sald said take that then and fired GALEs galesburg bura Buna 24 last evening a heavy trunk fell from the top of a truck track that wag was taking them from the train and burat burst open disclosing the gory body of a man 80 30 years old his hla throat was cut from ddom ear to ear A man on the train was diac discovered overe holding the check tallying with that on the trunk he was detained but refused to talk the trunk was checked from chicago the body was not decomposed but horribly bloody LADONIA LADOMA tex 24 william vaughan fatally wounded two brothers Boone great grandsons of dan iel lel boone of ky the difficulty rew out of some little dispute one gundred brew undred men are in pursuit of vaughan ban SAN FRANCISCO 26 20 A victoria B 0 dispatch bays says by the steamship valmer there arrived at this port forty chinene women thirty two of the number were sold to eight were reserved for this place yesterday two who wanted to secure a woman brought them before the chief justice on a writ of habeas corpus alleging that they were forcibly detained the women however swore that they were free agents and the cases were dismissed in the course of the investigation it W was as proved that the 32 women who went to the american side were disguised as indian women it is feared that the traffic in human beings will be carried on at this port on a larger scale next year CHICAGO 26 A gentleman originally from the indian territory says hb his advises advices are that the creek crek indians are much stirred up among themselves and that an outbreak of unusual venom may be expected at any time dick glass who was recently driven from the territory by public bublic opinion and on whose shoulders pd rs many crimes are laid has returned from his exile in texas and Is doing his best to ferment disturbances hoping in the general upheaval to secure somo some immunity for b himself im and get a position and opportunity for crime the hostilities are going on about muskogee but the wires have been either cut by the combatants or prostrated by the recent storms and though much blood may have been shed there are no particulars he advises white men to keep away for the present NEW YORK yom 24 the washington special bays rays it is positively alleged that general WT sherman has recently been re calved recalled ived into the roman boman catholic church the ceremonies of the occasion were rather private CHICAGO 26 there has hag been an epidemic of crime the past few days yesterday about a dozen cases were wore re ported |