Show B M I 1 dle GRA P 11 AMERICAN 15 A man named henry lyons byong alias adlas Du Dun blen riblen a partner in the tho gambling establishment of dan aliens in in this city was arrested this morning on suspicion of being one of tho the robbers of tho the rock bock island train several weeks ago lyon is a particular friend of one mccoy of montgomery county missouri who it is said sald ryd Is known to bo be one of the robbers but is still at large lyon layon has been corresponding with mccoys mccols wife and lias has also sent her money A letter between the two has been intercepted ond it is claimed sufficient proof is elicited to warrant the arrest of lyon he ho was taken before judge porter who fixed his bail ball at the man mccoy mccomis is also said to have been connected with a heavy robbery of wells fargo co cos s express on the pacific coast some time ago BATTLE mounira MOUNTAIN IN nev 15 A terrible affair took place last evening at galena a mining town near this place some miners who were celebrating the marriage of one of their friends at a saloon in that place commenced quarreling and a fight ensued during which one of the men named frank mccann was stabled stabbed to the heart and instantly killed by a miner named charles mcintosh who immediately ran onn off mccann was a very peaceable and much respected young man and as far as reported was in no way to blame in the matter he was a native of ohio aged twenty two years mcintosh succeeded in making ills his escape but parties are out after him who have kave have havo probably arrested him before now later mcintosh the escaped murderer of or mccann was captured this afternoon OTTAWA ont 15 there is great excitement among the opposition members all but the delegates who presented the memorial against prorogation have dispersed the cabin cabinet etwas was in session yesterday and the governor general submitted a written reply to the memorial he says the disallowance of the oaths bill resulted wholly by he tho operations of tho law and has t v beyond the control of any con ned and it was unconstitutional ho he admits that the charges against the ministry require a more searching investigation vesti gation but if he dismissed his ills ministers upon what grounds should he lie bo be justified in taking tailing so grave a step or what guarantee could his petitioners petition ers 2 afford him that parliament would endorse such an act of personal on his part he winds up tip by stating that hy by the tile advice of his ministers and lie he does not biffi differ er from them as to the policy of such a cour selic will issue a royal commission of inquiry to three gentlemen of legal standing who will form a tribunal competent to take evidence on oath and in eight weeks hence a full parliament will take supreme and final cognizance of the charges against the ministry OAKLAND 15 mrs watkins prosser living in deer valley contra costa co rode on horseback yesterday as far as somerville to visit some friends on her return her saddle girth became loose and was adjusted at the divide shortly after in a very narrow trail she lost ler her her hen balance and was precipitated rec I 1 pi bated over a ravine she breathed Erea breathed thed her last just after her rescuers appeared her husband was engaged at the time as one of the grand jurors at martinez and when he returned he found the dead body of his wife at the house NEW YORK 16 the steamship harmonia landed one hundred Memnon mennonites ites at castle garden yesterday they start for their homes in kansas kanas today to day they say about forty thousand persons of their faith will soon follow them to america driven from their homes in southern russia by the edict of the czar requiring them in violation of their principles to bear arnis arms as russians the special from vienna says the exhibition prizes will be awarded on tuesday the tile dinst nine grand diplomas of honor the highest prizes have been awarded to america the most prominent are as follows the U S government for the display of cotton and cotton products 2nd and to the national bureau of E education au cation catlon 3rd ard to the state of massachusetts ath ath to the city of boston ath to the smithsonian institute ath to walter abbot wood OY of Hoosac falls for agricultural tu ral rai machinery J fth to william sellers co of philadelphia for progress in iro fro iron manufacturing Ic turing esth to S S white for dentistry fth to george H corliss of new york for machines there was gleat gloat competition among exhibitors of sewing machines no diplomas in that section but nii ali all ali have obtained medals of merit for progress in the machinery department where the americans make mako most displays medals medais have been given to fifty exhibitors or to about one of every three of the competitors the discussion of the merit and the tile decision of the tiie awards will conclude on monday the and the pronouncement will be made next week cincinnati ag the administration leaders in this city have combined to ta press judge stanley mathews of cincinnati for the chief Justices hip bip it is said that he has stood high with the president ever since lie he wrote a letter last year bolting the tile nomination of the cincinnati convention of which hoaas he was vas chairman BROOKLYN CLYN IT F rodman deputy city treasurer and secretary of the brooklyn trust co left the elty eity very quietly on tuesday last in company with his ills wide wife and his whereabouts is unknown it is stated that his disappearance is caused by the request of city treasurer Spra sprague gue ghe for an adjustment of his accounts of that department it is also hinted that ho he is a defaulter to the city in a large amount developments in the case are awaited with interest DESMOINES iowa 16 an official statement shows that the tile number of granges in iowa is 1750 the number in in the united states july was with a total membership of 25 oooo there is ismeli liv liw ch excitement in certain circles on account of the tiie alleged deficit of in the accounts of the treasury of the U S there is good reason to believe that there is no actual deficit in the cash account and that any supposed deficits result rather from a complicated e and mysterious system of bookkeeping than from any actual loss of money through unfaithful officers the officers more directly in charge of the funds dro are reported to bo be exceedingly anxious that a public examination be made but secretary Ille richardson bardson hardson has chosen the policy of lecresy se cresy and through an admi papery here enow E practically says that the people will know now the truth about it when they tiley find it out NEWYORK IG Prof Donaldson who will accompany prof wise in the tile balloon voyage to od ed this morning on a trial trip to long branch in the tilo graphics balloon canoe he is accompanied by two reporters of the tile graphic ho lie stops at sandy hook tonight to night sleeping in the canoe he intends to 3 proceed to long branch from there tomorrow to morrow and will start on the return trip on monday georgetown cal ac 16 yesterday sometime in the afternoon a portuguese was murdered in ais als his cabin on american flat about four miles from georgetown about eight lockin oc in the morning a friend called to see him but found liis his cabin door locked he was about to leave the premises when lie he discovered the mans mana hat and saw other evidences in the yard which led him to suppose that there had bad been a struggle and caused him to forcibly enter the cabin where lie found the man lying on the floor dead he was covered with blood and evidently had been stabbed to death his cabin was only about three hundred yards from an indian camp and at the time of the murder about two hundred diggers were having a fandango at that place AUSTIN 15 II 11 H E glis h ton an old oid of this place and an experienced miner writes to mr george mccormick from cornucopia district that the mines there are the poorest the writer has ever seen to create such an excitement and that instead of being belog the horn of plenty as the tho name namo denotes it is plenty in a horn 16 loin in addition to the evidences which mccrowley Mc Crowly of ills proposes to give in the tichborne case the ori orl original inal inai register of the bark osprey hal has has just been found at the tiie baltimore custom house which corresponds exactly with all the requirements of the ilie statements of the claimant with regard to that vessel the internal inte nial hial revenue department is in a dilemma und erthe state temperance law of mass manufacturers of fermented liquors have had seized and confiscated property upon which the U S had demanded and received a heavy tac tax under section 21 of the internal ia revenue laws all beer exposed for sale without having having first paid a revenue tax is liable to seizure by federal authority and a large jarge number of letters have been written to the do department part ment by the brewers brewell s asking if there is no federal authority to protect them thorn after they have complied with the internal revenue law if the department recognized the right of the state to seize this property the dealers very properly want to know how the united states can compel them to pay taxes on an unlawful article tiie tile de department P art is powerless to take any steps and the manufacturers and dealers have no remedy but to await the assembling of congress and appeal to that body for relief they will ask among other things that the federal taxes paid on an article seized and destroyed by state authority tho rity be refunded for they contend that it is the duty of the U S to protect them ST LOUIS 17 the case of W G elliot against kate hate clark dark the alleged keeper of a bawdy house with a view of testing the legality of the social evil ordinance now in force here came before judge calvin of the court of criminal connection yesterday for prosecution the secretary of the board of police commissioners testified that kate clark dark lad had made application to kee keep a house for bawdy purposes aud and nun RUN that permission was granted the cherkof clerk of the board noard of health testified that clark dark was registered as a prostitute and keeper of a house of prostitution tit ution the registering officer of police testified that eliat all the tile inmates of clarks claris house bouse were re registered 1 women the medical examiner testified that he visited clarks claris house weekly for the purpose of examining the inmates for sexual dis ea sebut he did not know aution was carried on there the defence was that the present amended city charter authorizes the city to regulate prostitution that the amendment authorizing the regulation was equivalent to a special ane ano act and virtually repeals the ilic general law bearing on the question the deafen defense defenso so also idso introduced the amended city charter J the social evil ordinance and th the 0 permit of the board of health T the tho he prosecution objected to tho two latter on the ground of their illegality and this objection was argued at great length by the counsel lasting till late in tho the evening judge ealvin calvin calvin took the matter under advisement until next saturday the case excited great interest the court room being bein crowded with spectators lia iia LZ SALLE ills 16 john rel kel ler ier a workman in the peru plough factory was killed today to day by the bursting of a wheel revolving at the rate of 1100 revolutions revolution sper per minute L S babcock Bab nab conk of the caval ry reported to general sherman bherman from camp apache ferry under datlef date of juno june that on the loth of june with a company of thirty two men and eighteen apaches after following the trail trall for seven days lie he overtook a body of apaches in the mountains near monte alonte creek A fight ensued during which fourteen indian women and children were captured other camps were found the same day which had been abandoned in a hurry NEW YORK IS 18 the herald reiterates the statement that the names of sixty one customhouse custom house home officials whose conduct would be investigated have been sent to washington and says there is a disposition to sacrifice the lesser officials to save the magnates statements made by men in high position at the custom house have tended to throw all the blame upon the inspectors who have been abused for taking perquisites but it is not in their power to cheat the revenue directly by any possible means the biggest swindling is done by the chief officials at their desks in the custom house who are permanently stationed there and have all the best opportunities to make arrangements and ind to fix bargains with the importer importers A very bitter conflict between speculators in gold is anticipated in a short time jay gould and his associates in bulling gold are con tem plating the locking up process by which they precipitated the black friday panic in the fall of 1867 their late pool it is now certain closed last week at and a new one has been formed which proposes to effect the market about the time the banks will be called on to advance heavily to move the western crops NEW vork YORK special agent jayne of the custom house alouse has been made defendant in a suit for trespass brought against him by platt and boyd glass importers who are being prosecuted lor for the recovery of one million 1 OA oon revenue it seems platt and d boyd oy discovered that five of their clerks were giving information to a rival house and they discharged them jayne immediately took them into his service and from information given by them obtained a warrant giving him the right to seize goods and papers relating to certain specific frauds but according to the affidavit of the firm jayne maliciously intended to injure them and to frighten them into the payment of a large largo sum of money the firm charge jayne with gross im proprieties of speech spee ell cli manner and action he threatened to put them all in the ludlow st jail sayin gas is alleged I 1 1 I will lockup lock loek up the whole daene lot of you tonight to night if it takes the whole army and navy of the united states to do it BUFFALO 16 ballini the australian blondin who intends crossing the river at the falls next wednesday week on a rope and then jumping from the rope to the river below a t distance of one hundred and fifty feet commenced stretching his rope yesterday afternoon the professor feels confident that lie he will accomplish the feat without injury to himself or anybody else NEW YORK 17 the comptroller of the currency has addressed a circular to all the national banks which have neglected to deposit US U S bonds as r required e by law that the circulation n assigned t them em will be distributed to other applicants if the bonds are not deposited and the circulation applied for during the next thirty days CHICAGO 17 thero there was a terrible accident last night on the chicago and alton railroad caused by a collision of the night express going south and a coal train coming north both running at considerable speed the express being fifteen minutes behind time telegraphed the fact to lamont lament station and the conductor of tho the coal train was ordered to hold ills his train at that place these orders lie ho disregarded being 0 confident that ho lio could coull make mike a wa water ter station a few miles distant from lamont he started oart and the iho train struck about one mile south of sag sac bridge the night being dark and foggy nothing could bo be seen fifty feet ahead tho the tb 0 boilers of the engines burst almost instantly enveloping the smoking and bagga baggage e cars with st steam eamand and badly sc scalding aiding a large number the engineer of the express umsted off but was under such a terrible state of excitement that his reason gave way and he is now insane As nearly as |