Show jo ja li R A aon P IL J AMERICAN diw Yo nic nrc 0 9 the superintend tend antof police received on saturday a pair of handcut hand cun cuM with the com pil aliments ments of blindley blinkley Blin dley the alleged highwayman who while wearing the handcuffs and aud cuffs escaped ec iaea from an officer on thursday A washington cwashington special says there them is isa A growing feeling reeling among officials for the of guatemala to the U sj S and thab that two citizens of the tile former country accompanied by ts accredited minister have assured president grant of the tho desire of the people for annexation and of their anxiety to know when such a result could bo be reached washington 9 with which the secretary lof loo the navy continuing the examination of the polaris survivors the lava lapa dairy javy chronicle says it has leaked leake dout out that captain buddington was te main cause of the fail fall the expedition and with him rested the responsibility of having jeopardized tho the lives livos of tyson my bly era and a party of eight colliers ol others liers shortly after the death of captain hall rail chien ablen when all the discipline of the ship had become lagand h each appear ed to work on his own hook be became intoxicated and with pistol in hand drove the floe of ice im party from the ship giving them a quantity uan provisions of and then deliberately doliber deserted them this story is entirely different from one recently published that the separation of the from the ice lee floe was purely acl aci ael dental instead of being effected with premeditation tile the official statement promised is based on testimony and will give the facts in the ca cae Q new N B ew W YORK 9 peter kehney and anden yaw law unknown man quarrelled quarrel led in car today to day clay the latter suggested that they step car and the difficulty kenney consented faud and as they stepped from the car his hia antagonist shot him fatally and escaped to the commissioner of indian affairs from special com missions mh lops kelliri rel Kel lire at the red rd cloud says bays the indians there are more friendly than habad he had bad been led to believe and that ho he had had an informal conference with blue horse 91 nih high h wolf slow nuil bull nuland buland and w hp manifested a very friendly disposition and whose influence fl nence nonce has been good and is increasing in the special commissioner cannot yet determine with regard to the expediency of stationing troops at the geney agency ti betit but it may be necessary to order a mounted company to patrol the other side of the river as much to prevent whiskey trading ticking as to keep the indians from stoc stock stealing washington 9 the post office department has concluded to send bend a special agent to the tho various territories ri to inspect the stage routes prior orto to letting the mail contracts of the first of september next the department is under the impression that there id Is considerable ling in both as to the length of the rou nou routes t es claimed alid the tho frequency with which the mails malls are delivered andrt and it is proposed to stop this sor sort of thing if possible washington 1 9 agten schofield eld eid has ilas been instructed by telegraph to appoint a military commission to try the modoc prisoners NEW ORLEANS 9 the cholera Is istah relieved bell teli eved to be on the tho increase though there is no marked increase in the mortality since last week the interments inter ments at ellwood have been fifty five against twenty six for the corresponding C week last year and an average of nineteen during the year the tho polaris investigation vesti gation is now conducted in iti the large boat house south of the admirals office with closed doors the having left here last night with the Esqui maux families of joe and hanson bound for the cooler climate of maine the remainder of the ice lee floe party were transferred from the frolic to tile the store ship edler relief this morn 1 ing where thy will remain until the investigation is concluded the frolic left laft this afternoon for new york omaha omana the union pacific passenger train due from the west yesterday came in this afternoon via the blair and omaha omalia and north western westerner RR R B to days gestand west and east bound trains and out and is a little late the washout is not fixed and cannot be until the water subsides mr careys carels body is in sight but is under water and jammed between the tank and the engine no delay is anticipated for passengers p eig mig but no freight is amov moving the se outing scouting party sent out from fort port mcpherson two weeks ago were caught last tuesday night in a severe rainstorm in camp on blackwood creek the camp was flooded and six privates of company F 3rd ard cavalry and twenty fou foul horses were drowned the rest of the command saved their lives by climbing trees where they were compelled to remain eighteen hours there thero have been severe storms in the west and northwest for the past three days TORONTO during a high wind on sunday sparks from a chimney at the lingon mines ignited the coal in the pit and the f fire ire lre at a late lato hour on ou sunday night showed no signs of abating an explosion is feared and the men refuse to approach the mines SAN FRANCISCO 9 rev T K noble delivered a sermon last night on the chinese question from a christian standpoint Inthe in tho the course of his remarks he said the treat m ent of the chinese in Call cali california californi forni a was a shame to our civilization he counseled a modification of the treaty to prevent a further influx of the pagan element mayor alvord tonight to night vetoed the celebrated pigtail ordinance of the board of supervisors requiring the heads of chinese prisoners in the county jail to bo be shaved he vetoed the bill on the ground that the punishment was infamous in making unjust distinctions and 0 on n the ground that it was contrary to the treaty with china and the tho laws of the united states ho he also vetoed the order obliging chinese laundrymen to pay fifteen dollars per ter for man the action of the mayor meets with the approval of the great majority of the people even of those opposed opp ased to chinese immigration for th the e attempted municipal legislation had taken the form of persecution the news of the massacre of the modoc captives was received hero with universal surprise and indignation and the atrocity is loudly denounced by every one YREKA Y reua REKA 9 0 the news of the attack upon the madoe prisoners while en foide route from fairchilds rancho ranche to boyles camp is received with surprise and is considered by all as disgraceful and atrocious in the extreme such action was not ex expected p acted from white persons MATAMORAS 8 tho the vox government organ in la an editorial headed invasion Inva slon sion severely criticizes the gen gerr mackenzie expedition to mexico in pursuit of the tho kie kle kickapoo kapoo indians dene denouncing the act asan as an aggression committed upon a lint tint is too weak to resa ress resist st and intended to serve as a pretext to seize additional territory the government of mexico is urged to exact immediate reparation for this violation of her sovereignty and the article concludes by saying that if it ia Is not compiled complied with it will be found that the mexico of today to day is not the mexico of 1846 1816 it is supposed that this article reflects theren the sentiments tim outs of the government received from tile tilo city of mexico by telegraph and is put forward to test the feelings of the people of the frontier of mexico ALBANY 1 N Y IO 10 the court of appeals b by unanimous opinion grants a new trial triai to stokes nev NEW YORK the grand jury have found an indictment against young walworth the parricide of murder in the first degree the counsel for lester AValIa ck have put in their answer to the suits brought by several colored gentlemen who were excluded from his theatre it takes tiie tho ground that the establishment is conducted as private business and that the proprietor has the right light to sell tickets or to refuse them at his discretion or to revoke them after they are sold that the tickets in the case in question were sold to colored men under the supposition that they were werm buying them for others and that they were not excluded on account of color must swear to the answer and the council for gor or the colored men will not accept an answer until verified N NEW mv YORKA A washington special says that an investigation will be made at once into coi col col coi gillems conduct of the campaign against the bodocs charges have been laid before the war department narrating that the command of maj ma thomas went out early in the mom ing and though the sound of the battle was heard the commanding officer sent no relief tollef until four 0 clock in the afternoon but was lounging all day in in his tent and on account of this neglect a large number of off omm meers officers and men were killed and wounded dr dewitt dowitt assistant surgeon of the U S army specially charges gillem with neglect for leaving the wounded on the field for thirty six hours before orders were given to bring them in for treatment and that lieutenant harris died inconsequence in consequence of this net nel neglect elect the feeling among army officers is very intense against gillem they allege that ho he is a notorious incapable and they demand his trial by a court martial ST louis LOOTS 10 the heaviest rain and thunder storm of the season passed over this city last night it raged from about six to eight pm recommenced after midnight and continued till morning an immense body of water fell and considerable damage was done in various aarts of the city several houses housea were struck by 11 lightning banin and the fire and police telegraph fe legram it was interrupted A sewer caa caved ed in n and choked elored up and the back water flooded the streets and cellars to a depth of several feet several houses were undermined and chimneys and trees were blown down A bridge on tho the leavenworth lawrence and galveston railroad fell gindera train on saturday last and the bridge and train were entirely demolished there were eleven persons on the train but no one was seriously hurt ALBANY N Y 10 tho the court of appeals were unanimous in abel opinion bon fon granting stokes stokey a new trial there are two opinions written one by the governor the other b by y nap Bap palo paio the charger charge is held to ta il bo erroneous on the point that the law presumes murder from the fact ot of killing and calls on the prisoner to mitigate or justify also there were errors in excluding proof of threats by the deceased to kill tho the prisoner also error in permitting mrs morse to contradict jennie turner in a collateral cafter matter NEW YORK IO 10 tho the post says the caso case of bowles bowies bros co has come out of the bankruptcy court in better condition than their most sanguine friends frienda ventured to hope the official assignees we are told make the to the credito s of 50 cents on the dollar which according to law releases the house from liability the members of the house houie however how dver ever hav e issued a state ment to their creditors that they will pay the other 50 cents and will come under obligations to do BO so when they have received their legal discharge they propose it is said to speedily resume business when stokes was informed of the decision of the court of appeals granting hima him a new trial he expressed d himself well pleas pleased ed but added quickly and somewhat at sadly the report may possibly be untrue and the disappointment will be all the greater if such prove to be the case his counsel mr dos doa passos passes and his relatives and friends soon arrived at the tombs and there was waa a good deal of rejoicing j among those interested at the favorable decision of the tho ap court DOS passes says upon on tho the next trial we will prove provo 1 rove to the e satisfaction of the new york ork public that there has been a gross misapprehension of the case from the day of the tra tragedy tragedy gedy Tedy and we will be able to est establish ablis the fact of his innocence by evi evl evidence derice of an overwhelming wh elming character bets on the decision are in favor of stokes the tho opinion of the court of appeals in the stokes case inferentially declared the constitutionality of the new jersey law bw under which the formation or expression of the opinion shall not operate to the exclusion of a juror who takes oath that eliat he believed he can render impartial verdict on the evide evidence nes nep at a meeting of mhd bar assoria association t lon ion anis eve ove wm win BI evarts presiding pry pit siding a resolution was unanimously adopted that a committee of five be appointed by the president to consider tho the expediency of petitioning congress for a repeal of the bankrupt act or for such amendments to tho the same sama as render its operations I 1 less ess ida injurious urious to tile commercial interests of the community BOSTON IO 10 extensive plundering I 1 n has been going on for some time tig 0 from the train from boston and fitchburg the railroad company have employed detectives tle T le ne result is the arrest of the conductor edward pinder engineer gee smith fireman napoleon blood and ex conductors frederick hildreth and frank hanscomb other parties are suspected and their arrests threaten to follow pinder and hildreth pleaded guilty A large 1 arge amount of stolen property has been recovered washington 10 it was recently stated that two delegates from the government of guatemala accompanied compa nied by the minister from that country called on president grant urging the annexation of that republic to the united states there is the best authority for saying that the mini minister ster stet from guatemala and san salvador knows nothing of any nany central americans who may have seen the president with the alleged or any other object he has not been in washington since sinco the loth of april last and to his knowledge not a single prominent native of central america is dreaming of the annexation of his country U 9 the massacre of tile the modoc captives at the lost river biver crossing is is denounced by every one here both general sherman with military and antl attorney general williams with the judicial authorities will exercise every possible means to capture and punish the culprits the attorney general expresses the opinion that the tile murder was committed by ruil ruffians lans laus and outlaws and it will bo be almost impossible to catch them the war department has received no dispatches on the subject today to day information was received today to day from london that tho the gox gov government rement of great britain has made arrangement through the bank of england with certain bankers to deliver at washington on or before the tile of september fifteen and a half millions of dollars in gold the amount of the geneva tribunal to the U S R reports orts of the proceedings of the blagof board of inquiry at vienna while they will not impugn the dishonesty of van buren will tali show his incapacity for the business in his lila charge and hence the irregularity that led to his suspension ELMYRA N Y 10 an explosion of nire fire damp occurred at honry henry clay my collie rynear Sham silan iskIn skin this afternoon ele eie eleven ven persons were taken out eight of f whom were dead john hays inside foreman was one of the latter from five to twenty five persons were still in the mine at last accounts energetic efforts were being mado made to get them out tenn lo 10 the excitement cit ement about the cholera is greatly allayed the weather ha has s turned unusually cool and contrary to the expectation of physicians the prevailing sickness shows fewer and much more controllable cases |