Show or taj TELEGRAPH AMERICAN R washington 31 tonight to night at arthe E executive mansion was quite a scene of happy enjoyment on the lucca iocca um of the silver wedding of the and mrs hayes the guests present did not number numb er quite a hundred the blue red and t green parlors were decorated with choice flowers from the conservatory of the executive mansion the east room and main corridors were refulgent with light and odorous with evergreens ever greens and ex exotics otles oties the wedding party was called to dinner which took place in the th estate state din r rrt pt T ing loom atio atlo the enter enlivened with mu y sic by bya a portion of the marine band r the party par pat partook took of nie uie character of a quiet social en and was attended d by none ef of the scenes that characterize official receptions at the executive mau mansion slon sion the president and mrs hayes hayes received telegrams from old i frends friends congratulating them at a comparatively early hour the guests ia t many expressions ot of kind washes forthe future welfare r and happiness of the distinguished t hosts i 1 I 1 0 D colorado 31 A reign re ign i oi of lawlessness and bloodshed pre vail vall shere four men were shot 1 this in a baloon and this evening george M H clay a lawyer n j residing here entered a concert n 1 hall hada had hadr a dispute with the bar ilee Icee lleeper per J he cut with a knife and was waa then himself ahot through the temple ti DEWOOD D T 31 major conkling cockling aud win baldwin B re turned from the newly discovered petroleum per oleum springs on saturday they state that the springs are lo 10 tf in wyoming territory near the cheyenne river and that there ft are two tw wells or springs from which la l a find tind sampie sample of crude lubricating oil is taken at the rate of two bar rel rei rela sper per day Sf beveral several parties have already taken up squatters claims 11 bri the ground mr air baldwin who CL has had bad extensive exper experience lerne lerae in the pennsylvania oil regions pro irl trl ino bounces noun ces these indica tlona tiona superior joany he ha has seen soen LAFAYETTE ind 31 the un ion iou 10 u flouring floering Flou ring and linseed oil mills i nt i were destroyed by fire tire this even ing loss on building and machin i ery cry insured DANVILLE va 31 heavy rains 7 hive hyve swollen the stream st damaging the rali rall railroad road bridges on sun bun day one span of treatie trestle of the new bridge over the staunton ton lon river va midland road was washed away pro preventing venting trains f om orn pass pasa ird idd ing were made today to day 01 it wi will M be one NV w lek tek ek before trains i c can ah run run rua through but connection 4 will be bo made madei daily dally in the ety ely evening ening two mo more re spans were carried on off thero there will be delay by trans fering to boats no night trains till fur tiler ther orders ordera sas SAN 4 FRANCISCO FR L 1 the pacific mall steamer china has arrived bringing the following news from honc Hone kong Keng ufa via yokohama Yoko hama bama I 1 hong rong Kong november 23 shanghai at 24 21 0 B bradford I 1 the tho former fornier united states vice vlee consul Oe general arra arraigned fin e aon don on twenty five criminal accusations including embezzle ment extortion fraudulent returns of vouchers and general malfeasance in office guilty ay which plea was rejected by consul general wils wells who ordered aplha a piea plea of guilty to tol be e recorded bradford petitioned that the ibe case b ba hief lief th erred to iho the home government wells comen consented ted and wa waa csc alaf granted the privilege pf af bail ball but no security can be found and bradford remaina imprisoned tho the ali all air dir continues continue a to excl exal excite te greaten gre atin terest minister seward has come from peking g to watch the proceedings Yoko nama Dec december emlen emler 6 the chief ahler political tople to pig pip is the proposed revl revision gloe 1 of treaties with a vieito view to the resumption of control of the customs adrift and the exclusive coasting dedies trade by japan thede the defies of this government arel fullY communicated through the japin japan ese envoys to the foreign powers sima Nao Kao noba now iee lee ice minis ter ot foreign affair af tair sails halls floreu for europe in janu Saut january iary his ills position will b be minister 0 o senior of the corps abroad his hl ac t ty I 1 ia 14 t tp watch aver the treaty r yo 30 Plo pio proposal popai relating to extra extraterritorial jurisdiction will bo submitted 1 if the control OL of larih ia s restored 1 japan export duties gift wi n be abolished anti bew new ports i the national exposition in T okia clo cio closed clofed ed bli on november 30 90 with ing cen cem by the emperor and the highest hig hest best officials of thu after loo 00 doys 0 uninterrupted sue success ces the united states ship tennessee sailed balled on decem december er ath from trum yokohama hama oh mi her hel I 1 voyage the officers were en entertained certaine ter ler taine at a 4 brilliant ball given by the anity on december aad ard A massive iron bridge aver over the rokuzo river constructed for fur the use 01 of the tollio tokio li neat an cost of ofa 2000 was wab opened for on 1 i from all of oll the state slate published this morning how ihal that the I 1 Go gou you ulles ulies have had from fou four r to six inches of rain nearly equal to LQ the eutico fall of or la lat t season the portion of df the state has had bad from three to four inches the tile crop pro prospects peets poets are generally very encouraging rag ing T 7 ithe 1 ethe the wat war ida philadelphia la the statement 0 f superintendent pollock Pull ock oak oa 01 thie 1 mint covering operations for thier tle year shoeb there was cointa d iu in 1577 1877 silvi r ant and base money pieces plema of tile the total awo of of coinage is follows gild pieces value ilver silver value 10 base twe money ue total pid pieces ea 50 tha the i elal cial bays says mys the Pre president Allent per orders today to day for the suspension of yai wal wai Ial sh bli superintendent antof of the st lou lous custom houel house building numerous ac ug atleas were made against him during grans grana administration but buree clent elent politic influence was always brought brough tto to bear to pre prevent trent hostile action on the pat pai part rt oe odthe phe authorities here when tiie tile the pres present idt ois brict attorney took hold hoid of wo lu e matter and prosecuted the tho hla hia A g 1 I Walsh the latter was det deb uel del tended ended t by nearly all the I 1 government official bin biu sin alts st lit louis A majority bority of or the newspapers and his mentis 0 bold boid boldly aser asser ted that thit he could not deco leco be convicted the tribunes wahington special says bays the president at tile the request of representatives mills and yc heicher helcher the only embers members xa of the texa texas s da delegation atlon now in washington has directed tha a com corn be e appointed tp investigate and report facts in regard to the el paso trouble lee lep G general ord bas baa been requested 0 ift w officers pf af tiie trie the tile army to act gitlia citizen of texas to be oe appon ten ted Oby dby by go governor nor hubbard tho the i lie ile three to covel institute this commission after an organization these gentlemen will proceed to the seene scene of the riet riot summon witnesses witnessed take testimony and all nil aih the facts among other to which thir their attention is specially directed ia is an inquiry whether or not mexicans from Al exico mexico part in the attack on the state troops at el paso and if number them tie the the latest 01 patches dispatches rec Tec received received elvei elved ff from am el pao paco through military chan channels nelsy brink bring information from colonel flatch fintch that hat a considers ble bie portion port lon ion of the rioters ele we eie ie from the side sido of the rio blo grande river and that many of them were freebooters whose oba act was plunder as well as revenge before returning lo ito the tho mexican side of the i rier river they broke into stores owned by citizens of texas and carried off considerable property at midnight the streets were crowded with enthusiastic people mainly germans watching theold the oid old year cul cut and the new one e in the chimes in tle tte steeples rang popular abw 1 and there was nigda also a grand irand cho eho chorus rus of tin horns boans and general merrymaking merry making the excise taw laev was gen ged generally generady eraDy disregarded though the crowds were generally natured 1 Ri caMoND va I 1 fot for the first time in the history of virginia since bluee colonial times itri governor co col F W Hd holliday liday was today with all the pomp dind rind n display of a grand public demonstration in ira his address taked ihei the strongest gr bumis for th the a of or the state credit I 1 ahki the he points that the debt was wad list litt c created it to which the state abw boses oes ses ves and froba from which it daily y d derives rives profit refit and that the war fleeced fleeted eted no io change in m relations between the state stale tale and ita its credit creditors britz WAh wak warmington 1 tny new ineita fe reception allfie at the exe j mansion C wis was V held I 1 in til ahe blue par lor ater aler which the callers passed assed through into info the east ast where promenading and andt e exchanges chafi es of or compliments of the season serigo n ware here indulged n the president I 1 and mrs urs hayes hayea were aski asil assisted sted by mrs Mi mitchell mrs piatt platt mrs urs brecken hidge judge and mrs force miss footo ura mra da vis and mrs herron heuron the tile il larine marine bandla band hys s sta stationed flot fior e d in tile Ilie hute ante chamber and as t the for fer P eign ei agn ambassador 4 n fu full fuli with adles adies of their respective tive tivo llou sebold and arld cabinet of ficera yieh ith ahr wives entered the wide wido hall it ralus strains of 0 e enlivening biffl mu music musie sie sic biljo the a air r C III CAGO 2 T txie h e tribu ea es eon lon don dop special gayk jayn say the gravity of the poin silt sitt ia such as to mahe the news from the battle battie field of q secondary importance and even everi the nally daily na news and allo times 8 show dreater greater anxiety at the indications of ivila war than fever before itis it is known kilor a not ony bat hat russia has de elaud claud En glands offer but ahat that bat every points to an ey expected continuance of the waren a grand seale scale while mille Rus sias anwer answer s j in courteous lau iau 0 add and white while ehe the ew a desire for peace she abe refers turkey tb her army arny comm commanders apers to begin negotiations this can be lee const construe rueI ct only as intending f to make separate p peace pace gace mali with turkey without recognizing arty atty 0 other fiber autere interests tg than th thase d of the tho th two belligerents the dapp daily sav eay apt withstand withstanding ing lug theat the tempts t essed the gravity ivy ity of the buss russ R russian 1 au a answer the fact tatul retna ins tsal th at it is an sd bb ao 86 great alia ha a breth brith I 1 cAb cabinet irie irle llie council will be heid held held heid this even ehg to discuss the ante which 1 lt is ex expected petted fp 0 o arrive y p day alq penu pt nu 9 2 john robn haddock aged 51 21 fat rat fatally ily lly stabbed stubbed lizzle lizzie davis aged 19 39 jast diat night and alid then k killed kille ille NEV NLEY york 2 A financial article in are a recent ent issue of the london cimei points pants out that the proposition to silv sliver silver er has nothing to do with tle the projects protects for toy unlimited paper issues and aud says saja repudiation js a a word that can in 6 0 douse ense strict briefly li apply to the 1 states Suppo supposing alag biag it should i silver bliver as the nole jole sole ill lit lawful ful fui money of ot to morr 4 awe we doubt whether bondholders bond holders apt id iose lose mu much by y the change at the present prica pried af f silver say 55 pence per ounce un e the he loss to bondholders bond holders would to be much smaller t than au ia is coni coul mouly supposed if paid off at par parin in gold in new york vork hla his hia tits 1000 bond would be worth dog as in london and if it paid in ill silver it would be worth 1191 a difference of 71 per cent aply and and it is a moment to be supposed that fihe ibe difference would ram remain I 1 in i to great greal for a byu single day afre were i silver aaen monet me d we sho should uld probably see it at once once jump to fully five shillings gs per I 1 ounce at which price the above would be neady nearly obliterated T B S imberi li ex em president of the american popular life insurance company convicted of swearing to a false annual report was arraigned for sentence this morning in the terminer he jie spoke e fo for r about two hours and a half balf air alf claiming g that he a s leo ifo i fo und una ed down by the press and the witnesses nesses s against him were interested and he asked for we the lightest wen ren sen ben tence tenee possible judge brady said the prisoner deserved to be punished and the court without sympathy or regret sentenced him to five live years in the state prison arthur bewell sewell of the suspended fir firm M of bonner r co has bas sent a communication to the stock exchange asking for a committee of investigation into the affairs of the firm hewell yewell claims to be enil entirely rely innocent of any connection with the cypoth of securities an off idal official statement here prepared R re under thu 0 th e assignee shows that thal bonner struck ru e k 27 diff different erene erent victim victims name namely y 15 brokers nine banks two trustom paules panics and land one railroad corm corn pany the total amount of re eions la ia equivalent to 1834 1854 washington 2 the public debt statement for december mho who ws a decrease in the debt for the 1 month of and add following balances in the treasury currency special fund for tion lion of fractional currency al deposits ot bt legai legal tenders abr redemption of certini ed cate deposit coin including coin certificates ingi legal tenders 1 this ia is ihs first of debt in ae Decem december p dubet bei ber bince since 1873 phila pa 2 A fire wab was shortly after midnight in the manufactory lof shirley Ro roumell market street the rear portion of the building wils was entirely consumed and it I 1 ia 9 thought the reater realer part of the stock valued at i was destroyed about hands were employed by the firm the publication house hoube of J B lippincott co was damaged hy by water ills ille 2 I 1 this community was startled this thid morning by the extensive agid and well weil laig house of jacob bunn of thia this eity city had failed and made an assignment mr nunn bunn las bas iong long been known aa as oine one of or the heaviest and bankers in the stale and in whom everybody had unlimited confidence the assignments n make to hon ron 0 C U brown of springfield to whom bun up everything he bas baa his hig wife joining him in the tho assignment the rhe klabi liabilities litjes it ia is vald raid will reach about 3 the as ets are said to tobe lobe be sufficient to I 1 ray lay ay every athi if time ii hi allowed and aud the property not sacrificed the cause of the failure are said to tiie the large amount oc unproductive real asale the bank bad with a heavy beavy line of saving deposits universal sym bym sympathy path is expressed forner for mr bunn by elvery IB IM this vicinity where he has haq known cpr the last 40 10 upright honest business man I 1 FOREIGN LONDON 31 abet tb the hew arix touching tuu ching ebing the C a Judica in 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