Show bytel alg olg raph i isi ivi iss fi AMERICAN washington 17 the turkish minister hero has received the following from the minister of foreign amm aff mairs affairs at constantinople A commission composed of sev crai cral ministers and high function aries arles Muss Bluss ulmen and christians christiana has been established to elaborate a gramme pro of reforms according to the tho imperial note communicated to you by y dispatch of june ath the constantinople imperial government has decided to open a new inquiry about the reports concerning the excesses attributed to the irregular troops in bulgaria this task has been assigned to Blac gye bey di director of tho press and to td teto EJ the bulgarian councillor of state they have started and I 1 will commini cato cate to you the result of their inquiries qu iries orders have been issued from the war department to recruit 2500 addi additional men for the cavalry regiments the prin principal cipa recruiting stations are at st lou louis s chicago indianapolis buffalo boston oston and new york branch offices are to ae ba in several of tho the west vett j ern el cimics C les ies to secure the tho required adon as possible NEW YORK 17 five per cent premium is now charged by brokers liere here for trade dollars which a fw few weeks ago were selling in large quantities atone at one per cent discount at riverside N J yesterday elwood hill a well weli known known gambler stabbed elwood marteo with a cheese knife marteo died in U a short abort time the schooner josepnine josephine at an chor in the river was this morning boarded by river thieves who at tho the inui kles iles of f their revolvers stripped the vessel and crew of everything ery thing of value with which they escaped SAN sax FRANCISCO 17 governor of lower california telegraphs to the mexican consul here that there is a general uprising in of the indians aion alon along the colo jado river and adjoining country the tho mexicans is en route to san san die dle go to procure arms and munitions the situation is critical washington 17 the following decisions of the commissioners of the land office are taken from copps land owner for august lode glode claims in montana located under the territorial act of december 26 1561 are arc entitled to fifty feet in width of the surface ground on each side of the lode in addition to the width of the lode the portion of the mining claims ild fid stid iid to toan loan an alien cannot be patented while such owner is an alien but on his bis declaration to become a citizen his right dates back to his purchase and he may thereupon secure a united states patent for his claim regular army served during the initiate a homestead entry while in the army but on making final proof must show at least one years residence on the land entered if it they served four years during the late war ST LOUIS 17 the strike of the news boys against the evening dispatch is ended the boys accepting the tho situation and paying the previous prices for papers CHICAGO 17 the formation of a company of infantry has been authorized at bildman dinan manitoba and two rifled guns with ammunition etc for frontier service in case of any disturbance tur bance will be sent immediately to Winne peg general sherman will not at present presents issue any special orders for carrying out the presidents directions concerning the troops except to publish that order for general information no changes of stations will now be made of the troops south nor any be ordered unless they seem necessary in a precautionary sense general sherman says great care will be taken that no rights of the states are invaded by the military authorities the military will not take an active part in any case unless called upon in regular form forin by the proper civil officers rockbridge rock BOCK BRIDGE alum Spring spa sra 17 speaker kerr is about the same as last night no apparent change dr rope popo says his condition is highly critical LONG BRANCH 17 While returning from camp meeting at newman springe ngul last evening in a small boat charles major charlotte holmes hoimes aid hester and larry bolds colored of or red bank N J were drowned by the capsizing ef of the boat CHEYENNE wyo 17 sergeant gunther of the third cavalry shot and mortally wounded p private private paul lank of the twenty third infantry at sidney barracks neb this morning shanghai july 15 grosvenor and baker the cunnan commissioners sio ners arrived at chaill shanghai hal hai july ad aud and have been since in constant communication with sir T wade the british minister wades wadea de do par ture turri from peking and the establishment lish ment of the legation in shanghai greatly startled the chinese authorities who first made efforts to pershal persuade him to return and afterwards proposed to send send bend the viceroy of to reopen negotiation with him wade is understood to have rejected all overtures and to have announced that troops had already been summoned from india although a peaceful settlement appears to bo be desired by the most intelligent chinese leaders there is much activity in military preparations and the tho army of Tien tsen is c cm cn n cent rating famine in the northern province la Is producing disastrous consequences there are thousands of deaths from starvation daily rice is ordered from the south and from formosa the peking authorities have given and battles of rice for the relief of the destitute hanlin college contributes of rice chang chaug viceroy of the chill provinces also sends it is not believed however that any efforts can check the calamity this year two catholic missionaries who formerly resided in corea have just succeeded in entering reentering re that county and are kept hept in close confinement but are said to be otherwise not ill treated the british ship of war sylvia started upon another visit to corea cores prepared to seek redress for the attack upon the boats by the forts last autumn the british flying squadron will return immediately to ghai to await the orders of the british minister anti christian riots continue in the province of sye chuen the highways are occupied by the insurgents sur gents and the mails malls stopped the leader of or these disturbances general ming formerly active irl ill in the great tal tat ping rebellion is believed to be secretly supported by the local peking authorities shen pas chen the new viceroy of nankin is extremely unpopular ar owing to t the io rigorous su suppression of t gambling ambling houses auses a and u 0 opium lu dens the he rebellion has been organized in cambria by a brother of the reigning king who recently escaped from the court of siam slam where ho he had been held heid a prisoner trade is seriously disturbed by the warfare and french troops have been sent from to the assistance of the government thirty six thousand six hundred dollars were paid by china to satisfy the claims of the german minister for indemnity and retribution in the case of the ship anna the viceroy of fucien is reported in di disgrace grace in consequence of this affair and is now summoned to peking to give glie explanation Yokohama July 25 the nii All mikado kado returned to nip HIP capital espital irom from a northern tour ou ot july there is a continued demand for silk at extraordinary prices owing to the reported failure of european supplies the boiler of a japanese steamer burst in the inland sea july ath and twenty lives were lost japanese merc mere merchants bauts baRts are s hipping shipping large quantities of rice to the north of china in consequence of the famine there A new religious sect the doo doa thines of which remain a secret are spreading in the central provinces near kioto and is said to resemble neither christianity ism nor any form of the japanese faith falth thirty thousand followers reported NEW YORK 18 wm jackson disembowel disemboweled ed charles simmons with a razor last night in street the murderer fled both are negroes the tribunes Bay bayreuth retith special S says ays the first series of wagners magners Wag ners performance of the ring of jung lung closed tonight to night with the drama called or tho the twili twilight glit gilt of the gods goda th theno thene eno cro was a scene of great excitement these representations have steadily increased in merit and excellence since ince the 0 opening p ening the result sult is adru admitted tte to be a most remarkable triumph herr wagner C was called out tonight to night at t fu he ele cine el e of the act amid great and made a short address the advanced price in raw silk has caused a rise in foreign and imported articles SHARON mass 18 albert E smith adjuster of the charter oak 0 tk life insurance Com company puy was drowned yesterday 18 the president today to day at the instance of the republican congressmen of mississippi made an extensive change of federal officers in that state including the marshal for the southern districts and the priti principal cipal postmasters these conga esmen say that the new appointments will have the tho effect of reone rencil penciling ling ing all different elements and 0 rei rel n ghen the party with the pro prospect apece of securing the electoral vote for hayeland hayes Haye and sand wheeler MYSTIC conn I 1 18 S the connect peace society resolutions op vose the return of the indian bureau to the war department denounce the invasion of the black hills tills and charge that the indian war was forced upon the indians to reduction in the army they demand the investigation of the many innumerable outrages by the military on the indians declare that general custers customs death was a just retribution for the slaughter of friendly indians urge universal amnesty to ex confider ates and the removal of the army from the indian country zachariah croutch is president over the meetings of the society philadelphia pa IS this being the birthday of the emperor of austria the austrian department in the tho main centennial building Is handsomely decorated with the flags of all nations and the imperial standard A concert Is on the gramme pro music by a full band began in this section at lo 10 and will continue throughout the day no formal ceremonies have taken place but this afternoon the members of the audrian commission and invited guests have a banquet at which speeches will be made by the most prominent SAN fra FRANCISCO acil co IS 18 the habeas hf corpus case ease of harry mccabe the circus boy was decided this m morn fric itic log the child was given to chas bauta SAuta the society for the prevention of cruelty to children to be forwarded to his parents in new york nn NEW nev v yori YORK IS 18 the tribune tribunes washington special says the president will leave for long branch tomorrow to morrow and remain at the sea side much later than usual he complains to his friends of great ra fatigue tigue and ho he has long been anxious to get away from the capitol washington 18 Sec secretary y chandler has appointed the following gentlemen as commissioners to treat with the sioux as provided for in the indian appropriation bi hill I 1 I 1 passed ty congress H C balls nalis iowa geo W ohio A G boone colorado newton edmunds dakota bishop P B whipple blinn A S gaylord attorney general of the interior department SD hinman in interpreter charles M hindley washington secretary gaylord will act as legal adviser to the commission and represent the interior department the committee will start at onee onre angwill and will meet at omaha on the insl just the commissioner of indian affairs i has given permission to gien ien sen sheridan to raise one thousand pawnee scouts for the sioux war representative meade of new york I 1 has notified the late speaker of the house that he will not go to california to serve on the committee to investigate the tion the reason is privately given that representative piper who has charge of the ibe department to defray expenses would not advance to mr meade for expenses the funds in pipers hands amount to he refused to advance meade more moro than noo this leaves mr piper alone atone oil on the house committee the superintendent of the railroad service sass says that he has recently had an Int interview ervie ervle at chicago with the officers of the railroad companies carrying the mails between chicago and omaha and he is satisfied they will agree to continue tha sunday mails mairs between those places notwithstanding the fall failure fire t of corar m to provide vatia extra a com cum sensation pensa tion the companies will receive the ordinary campens corn pensa tion for buch such mail service this action will prevent san francisco from losing one mail each week an officer of the interior department today to day dayt had an interview with gen bherman sherman on the subject of the complaints of thua thia public to the effect that hostile bioux oata obtained n supplies of arms and ammunition from indian posts traders at tho the agencies or reservations gen sherman was asked whether be believed it was true that supplies were obtained from the agen agencies cles cies he replied that lie he did not think it was true but added that sheindl the indians no doubt would be able to procure arms from other traders as long as they had buffalo robes and furs to sell it is generally understood that men not connected with the tho agencies make a practice of seii seli fing arms to indians at various points onabe on the upper missouri and northwestern north western territories in exchange for furs realizing by such trade enormous profits as the indians are willing C to pay large prices for arms rock BOCK BRIDGE alum springs va IS 18 mr kerr herr suffered buble red most intense agony up to midnight last night but thereafter rested more comfortably his death is now only a quest question 0 n of time and that a short one his mind Is still clear and active his will firm and reso lute as ever 8 B S cox and wife have just arrived to pay their last tribute to the dying speaker lie he converses with them as treely as his fast failing strength will allow montgomery blair had today to day quite a lengthy conversation with mr kerr dr pope says he hd cannot last much longer in a dispatch to his law partner at new albany after telling of his intense pain he says the end of it all is near at hand I 1 wish it could be painless but I 1 fear not when the news comes to you at home bear it bravely and resignedly for I 1 will my heart still turns to you with warmest love ST PAUL minn blinn IS 18 capt colling coiling ller of the Jn fantry infantry arrived at bismarck from fort buford last night he fails falls to confirm the squaw reports of the recent battle between the indians and terrys narces farces scouts from terrys column two days out arrived at baford enford on monday evening couriers who arrived at the supply depot at the mouth of the rosebud 1 on the lith dinst report that terrys command met the head of gen crooks command on the I 1 oth crooks men were following a large indian trail in the direction of powder river on a short consultation of gens terry and crook the commands were united and proceeded on the trail crook was following the ath infantry was detected det deta acted cLed from froin terrys column and ordered back to stockade with instructions to take rations and embark on the steamer farbest and patrol the yellowstone river as tar far as the mouth of powder river and ascertain whether the indians had succeeded in crossing the yellowstone if not they are to prevent them in the mean time terry will come down on them with the combined commands and force a battle it is not positively known whether the indians are on oil tongue river or powder river five hundred crows volunteered to join gen terry they were at once rationed and forwarded to him and will be sent down to the north side of the river with gen miles command the ath infantry A bismarck special to tho the planter pioneer press says the steamer far west |