Show by Telea telegraph raph AMERICAN washington 19 the question of the chicago whiskey convict pardons was wa aicon considered by the president before leaving this morning and se adversely storrs storma made vigorous s efforts to get the president to order a pardon over the laws head the president says saya he leaves the whole matter to the attorney general a and nd will not act contrary to his fils recommendations Aristat bey the turkish minister has received an official declaration from the turkish government ernyei ern ment nt dated constantinople plo pio 9 giving the history of thel the com mua mea cement nt ot of hostilities with servia and montenegro and sets forth that concessions were made to servia under the treaty of paris he speaks of the efforts of the porte t iq aid in devo developing loping prosperity prosperity prin cipully the strife wa waa 9 ca caused sek by a few ambitious and restless men who sacrificed to their vain popularity the true Inter interests ests estR of the country and from the beginning of the insurrection in iq herzegovina Herze govina have by every moans menns in their the insurgents notwithstanding their din dij disloyalty royalty the grea greatest teet forbearance had been shown by the ponte porte and taking advantage of its pacific disposition they prepare to take an active part in the insurrection finally affairs reached such a point that the imperial government was compelled to formally ask the authorities at belgrade to explain the reason for concen of servian troops near turkish villages prince milan in reply charged the responsibility bill ty of the military measures upon the porte and addressed a letter asking that his troops be allowed bosnia for the purpose as he said sald of pacifying that country concluding by ey declaring that in irv cae cafe ofik of a refi refusal he was ivas resolved to act accordingly in the meantime hla his agent at requested that servia be g riven iven inen the administration of bosnia besnia on condl condi tion of paying aa an annual tribute e without awaiting pt a reply the bervi servi ans invaded the turkish provinces and the prince of montenegro also declared hostility the porte was was therefore to repel the ti aggression by force and thus ihus commenced the war the declaration then goes on to state how the porte had religiously adhered to the treaty of paris and places upon the princes of servia bervia and montenegro of having baving broken their treaty stipulations ti ions lons the letter concludes as follows trusting to the tho justice justlee of our cause all our efforts shall tend toward the vigorous prosecution of the struggle waged against usi ubi us and try to bring it to a speedy V lose by th this 9 means we shall be abie able to execute sooner the reforms and improvements prove ments which our augustson august sovereign has f the firm will to introduce in the empie empire and which shall give to our populations the material and moral comforts they have haxe a right to expect from hir his majesty A dispatch was received to o pl 94 E by mrs DIM pope wife of f apa speaker ker kerrs herrs physician announcing the death of kerr at nack bock 33 bridge ridget alum springs t this ills ev evening enia enin g at 70 79 0 ST LOTUS SO 00 A match for between frank prince of st louis louls and mr mi sut cl clifft lit of engi engl england and took place in tha tbt mississippi river today to day tha the swimmers an 1 fn started from ten miles up the river and swana swam to the brage prince the victor reached thac that point in forty one minutes beating by two minutes the contest was very close excited much interest cincinnati 0 20 the enquirers ers huntington WV special says say on wednesday sam camien Cap alep I 1 allegro raped an eight elot year old daughter of policeman hatfield the negro was arrested and hat hafi field tried to shoot boga him in 06 the magistrates office the prisoner was removed to barboursville jil thirty masked men visited th tho the e jail early this morning overpowered the guard and took the negro out he made a full bonfe confession and said he preferred death to castration and was left hanging to a adree tree the zhe body was not cut donnat ni jim jin nathla nethia Ws morning I 1 r I 1 NEW 01 1 the 2 times ernei washington special says that the death of speaker kerr leaves the house hous 0 of 1 stives without a presiding pig pIn r Y the clerk will call the order in december W III pres a speaker breaker is gho pho ien 1 fc 1 I t A recent act passed by congress contained a provision authorizing the clerk to sign warrant warrants 5 on the treasury to enable members mem ers to draw their salaries during decess recess the teim has haa the following on the silk trade largo large holies holi es have advanced the price of or braids and spools sli sll silk bui but have not yet made any alberat alteration ion lon in n the price of dress Ss goods the reason is there is lettla deiiana aoda amand for silk of df any kind stewart 4 co announce that although the raw material has advanced fifty percent per cent they will not increase the price of dress dresa goods at present the ordinary demand for tor dress goods half the houses in town would have realized a fortune by til failure eure fure of the crop now the owners say if they were to advance tho th price of the stock on handshey hand they would sell seli none commission merchants say the price of american manufactured goods good will advance at least twenty per cent above the present Tates within two months faur four boys were drowned yesterday in the north biver river T they hey were in a rowing boat which was run rundown dowil by a steamer the employees of the new york and new jersey railroad have struck strack and the trannie traffic over the road rond is bilm stiv suspend ended nd nonpayment non payment of wages for the tho past four months and the protesting of notes given for the previous four months wages is the cause iraca N ya Y i the lip betting setting of a sail ball boat on cayuga lake yesterday yester yesier day jas sis king patrick I 1 garvey and jacob lick were drowned OWENTON ky 21 two young men in jail here herd for the murder of bobert robert martin a highly respected citizen were taken from irom the jail on saturday morning by a masked washed band of forty meni men and hung to a tree the aetis actis generally approved RACINE wis 1 sl 21 the yacht cf between lie lle tween Milvi milwaukee aukee and delca chicago go was baug caught ht in a storm on saturday kofl racine bacine and capsized for several veral verai hours the occupants six young men mea clung to the sides aides and aud broud buu but finally two were washed of ofaf and the others reached shore in in an exhausted c con on dit ion ioD I 1 if t I 1 KF K 21 A terrible wind mind and ralos rain storm torm i passed ayery over a portion of western missouri especially along the tho chicago idock island nand and pacific railroads oa saturday eveni evening ng at edo edgarton A fi depot several dwelling houses and shops were destroyed and two or three occupants seriously injured several bridges on the railroad are badly damaged large trees uprooted or twisted off like pipe stems and the crops particularly corn laid daid flat on the ground the damage done within the space apace of about thirty miles square is eftim I 1 abed at over washington NuToN 21 the follow 7 j ing telegram was wag received from si 8 S cox this morning r rock bridge Alum alum springs va mr adams and mr sahler ar rive rived d here this morning with the ca casket the remains are embalm ed and the escort will wiil leave for washington this evening anda and ar rive there at seven in the morning and thene thence by the first train for the west 1 FOREIGN PARIS panis 21 deputy camille claude republican wak was was killed by lightning yesterday the emperor lemp JEmp eror of morocco has hns do f mared dared his inability to send his cuk cui customary subsidy to the sultan suitan of turkey owing to to the heavy drain on his resources caused by the suppressing of disturbances in disown his own dominions r 11 a |