| Show BY S K AMERICAN washington 28 A prominent new now york politician who hag has the confidence of senator conkling hab haa authority for the statement that the new york republican convention will not be called until april ci and bhat that the probability ia is that the delegation to the chicago conven tion will be instructed to vote foi fol fie lie senator conkling for the presidential nomination senator blaines Bla bia ines inea ra ire appearance in the senate chamber today to day was waa enthusiastically welcomed by his hosts of personal and political friends holsin he is in excellent health and does not seem to be at all displeased with the boom which IE is i now making itself ao so strongly manifest in his bis presidential interest in pennsylvania and elsewhere be re erring to maine matters he predicta predicts that three days hence there will not b baa a a vestige of the fusion legislature left his family re turned to washington this evening the members of the house select committee on the inter oceanic ship shii canal held a conference with the secretary of the navy last evening the purpose of this meeting was tc to i informally confer upon the canal question and to ascertain the of the members of the committee the proceedings for some unexplained reason have been decide decided to bo be hept kept secret but while no action was waa taken it is known that ac an I 1 interchange ater change of opinion showed that thai the committee is practically a unit in favor of the monroe doctrine and anil that some member members s of the committee are such enthusiastic advocat advocates of the doctrine that they would be willing to go to war to prevent th construction of an inter oceanic 1 canal under the auspices of or any allied powers without the tbt preliminary consent and co opera i tion tien of the united states the secretary of the interior to day reversed the decision of the commissioner of the general land office in the matter of the survey 0 bodie bodio townships township in mono county california and approved the gloved survey made in january 1878 this covers section 16 claimed by the state of california AUGUSTA 28 the fusionists aro arc very much depressed at the receipt of the news from the court smith said he believed the con oon controversy tio had bad not ended he said while the previous opinion of the judges was based on republican statements there was room for reasonable doubt but in view of the fact that the court had decided on the fab fas fusion lon ion statement they could but gracefully submit he had got gol through playing governor and shoula should go home ira ila major majon or smiths views will vill be adopted by the better part of the fusionists NEW york yorm 20 29 the world washington special says saye gen gordon intends to move in the senate within a day or two for the appointment of a special committee on the inter canal refer ring to bayaras bayards Ba yards yarda allusion in his speech yesterday to this subject gen gordon said that he was muc mue much E gratified and that the matter would soon eoon be the most important one 1 before the american people it if gis a known that daily dispatches are rea elvei eisai from our minister to columbia to the effect that the agents and friends of M de do lesseps redi cule the probable efforts of this government to interfere with his canal project in any way and defiantly boast that france alone alono or conjointly with other european governments is determined to con and own the canal and will furnish abundant means immediately to build it h tae beralde heralds Be radda ralda havana special has these details of the earthquake at ban bau christobal San Sau A visit discloses that the concussion there thursday nearly tumbled the place to ruins the church stands tottering with its pontico portico dismantled in front its pillars razed its cupola awry its windows shattered and its altar disturbed the priest escaped from hi ahonso while the walls were falling the telegraph office la Is half demolished the government and municipal uni ciPal buildings Imil dings are untenable the drug store storo which was large largo and 6 heavily heavill stocked to ba supply the sur rounding country Is cracked in the Int interior eilor and strewn deep with debris from the empty hh shelves elvea olvea the primitive and cumber cumbersome boine soine jail filled with prisoners and their guards is dismembered in every eveny part the presence of mind of the inmates was unique the prisoners instantly leaped for liberty and the guards as rs promptly interposed one convict was shot dead after emerging through a crevice made by the earthquake and bursting open the outer door three guards gua gun ads were yere wounded in the melee 14 others of the inmates are in the hospital lo spital with injuries sustained from rom the falling beams and mp maron masonry ron son the geralda Ye ralda washington special says on one point at least there is no doubt here if the sid iii administration inin chooses to protest against the he project of building an ship canal by a french or other foreign company comp anys under french or other european guaran tee ee or protection this will be supported by both parties in both bouses houses there is a etring disposition to take down the monroe doctrine from the upper bhelt shell on which it has been for a long time tine quietly reposing and give it an airing git if we are to have war of any kind 21 2 1 said a gentleman today to day 11 thatIs that is the best beat reason in the world why we should not touch the legal tender act there is very woe widespread spread opinion here that another ano thereta eta era of flush times would be a nice thing t ing and that no real patriot ough bughi to lock the door against possible new ew inflation if any one at a well chosen moment introduces in congress a bill authorizing the government to build an inter ocean canal with a new issue of greenbacks green backs to pay and feed the laborers such a bill might get hand handsome sonae support the police have taken in into ta custody charles chorneau Ch aged aed ned 27 a brother in law of edward timm already under arrest in connection with tha the murder of annie JD downie ownie the times says saye the first installment of shares of central pacific recently purchased based from huntington by gould and others will be delivered today to day and it ia announced that the shares will be offered to the public at once at an upset price of between 80 and 85 the sale will probably be similar in all respects to the recent alleged eale sale of new york central stock by the bame same parties A cooperative operative coop co op colony ia Is in brooklyn for the purpose of settling upon upon government land in the vicinity of puget bound sound A meeting to promote the movement was held in union hall which was addressed by dr jg H vander Vauder wyde ed of the I 1 Jaci laci jact erac leac wai wal american and E V smalley Bm alley aliey A star washington special says the propriety of establishing a territorial nit rit orial form of government for alaska will be considered by the cenate this winter A bub sub commit tee of the committee of territories hivo have been taking the testimony of a person named elliot who has his headquarters at the smithsonian Smiths onlan institute during the winter and is said to be employed by the fur company during daring tho the bummer summer el liott la is opposed to the organization of a territorial form of government in alaska the fur company is 18 also opposed to such a government senator butler who ia is chairman of the subcommittee committee sub investigating the question says he thinks the people of alaska should be given same some form of government for the protection of their lives ilves and property ho he has been informed that under an established government there would be considerable immigration to alaska the special saye faye the committee of the board of indian commissioners who have been investigating the charges against commissioner hayt have been startled to find evidence of his having falsely pretended in his hia public statements that he had bad brought the case of agent hart before the department of justice also that hayt hay t and inspector hammond met by appointment in this city last sunday A letter was produced from hammond to agent hart of san han carlos in which he informs the commissioner that he has taken a bond in a washington mine from agent harl hart the washington mine was claimed to be in ban san carlos carloa reservation and is the same mine afterward bought from hart by edward knapp who ia Is said to bo be a nephew of commissioner hay hayt band land and a member of his family it is reported that hammond will appear again before the commission this week he ia Is determined ter mined not to bo be made the goat if he can help it washington 29 Cong congressman reslan page pages of california appeared today to day before a committee of post office officials of which third assistant postmaster ster stef general hazen is clifair ch airman for the purpose of stating his views with regard to the charges recently referred to that committee to the effect that wells NV ells fargot farga co coy 9 are violating law by operating an mail mall carrying system in california call Cali fornia fernia and some adjacent states and territories page go expressed the opinion that the increased facilities of communication afforded by the enterprise of wells fargo co were a benefit to the communities which the latter served and that the people should not be deprived of them he beil bell believed eyed however that proper checks should be provided BO so that mails malls could not ba be carried to the detriment of the government service at lower rabe raue than those fixed by postal regulation the delegates from idaho and arizona were present but lid not ap speak ak the opinion of the pos post t ampo officials seemed to be that the service is legitimate and that so long aa as it ia Is carried on under tho the provision of the postal laws and in sparsely settled regions where regular ies les have not been developed the government should not interfere the house committee on indian affairs today to day examined governor pitkin of colorado on the ute question he stated that the indians had bad been iong long dissatisfied and chafed chafee under the restraints of the enforced influences of civilization exerted by the agency that jack and other indians indiana nad had appeal ed to him to have them relieved of the presence of agent meeker that they did not care for farming but preferred to lead the same maidic maidle no we ilfe their fathers had followed he gov pitkin believed the utes were actuated by malicious intent in the recent ute uto outbreak and had decided I 1 if possible sible to drive out the whites whits from colorado mies Miss josephine meeker was wag present her evidence will ber her received tomorrow to morrow senator blaine is going to have an ovation tendered him by the republicans here arrangements for which fiade m ade on an extensive scale sdale the blaine men have elected a majority of the delegates to the district convention to select three delegates to the chicago convention col it H G ingersoll has hag consented to head the delegation the democratic wana mans nea Dea gerl have sent w skord ord to north carolina that the legislature while in extra session must pass a rigid registration law an 11 ll thus take away the right of suffrage from about one half of the negroes who now vote making the state hopelessly democratic next november the friends of the northern pacific railroad have begun to work in earnest to secure the passage of a bill extending the time for the completion of the road and feel confident of success an argument in favor of sueh such a bill was made before the senate railroad committee today to day the democrats of the senate all voted to reject the nomination of kutchin for collector of Wisdon wisconsin sin bin on the ground of by his paper in denouncing the democracy it has generally been conceded the articles were ironical NEW 1 29 1 19 tho the stock exchange in the early hours was the scene of great exert excitement ement and the subject of it was central pacific stock yesterday public notice was given by the committee of the syndicate which bought shares sharers of central pacific with the privilege of more that the same would be publicly sold in the ordinary way at the opening of the stock exchange oae thousand had been disposed af of this morning the evening Eveni post saye th the e syndicate employed empl empi ovea five brokers br okera giving each an order to sell shares on the scale of tract fraet fractions ions lons from 80 to 85 As soon as the hammer hamme rot not of the presiding officer dropped at 10 and business was formally opened there was such a ruhh in the central pacific aa as might have led the spectator to believe some one in the crowd was wag throwing about five carat diamonds amonds dl by the handful brokers had their coats torn and were in danger of having their bones bonea broken in fact the tumult was extraordinary even for the stock Ex exchange chango where excitement is the rule ruie tho first saie sale was 81 there was then a rapid advance to 87 inside ther the brat hrat fifteen minutes this was followed by a decline to 84 and at 1020 with the price at ea 5 tho rho five brokers had each executed his hia order and the shares had been sold there is an open rupture between the pacific mait mail steamship company and the tha pacina Rai bai railroad troad and a fierce competition in freights la Is anticipated the tho old contract expired in may by which the steamship company agree to raise its passenger and freight tariff and to carry only heavy freight fright the railroad companies guaranteeing tons of freight or about a month since may there haa baa been only aa an implied contract and land the steamship company has haa relied on the honor of the union pacific road to make good ita its payments and its promise to make a new now working agreement on more favorable terms recently the pacific dl ill ili lil A steamship company made arrangements for the extension ol 01 their carrying facilities and under their agreement with the panama railroad rall Bail road company they claiman claim in a circular to be issued tomorrow to morrow to stockholders that they can afford to carry freight and passengers at a rate so low as to prevent being cut under by the railroads and yet to save loss the new schedule of passenger rates is 75 for cabin and 10 for steerage passengers a reduction of over 30 per cent on the presen present trat rateb rates es T the h steamship company gave notice to the union pacific managers a few days ago demanding a new now contract as pro and thib this claim being refused or igno igho ignored red ned a competitive war has been declared As an earnest of their ability to successfully compete the circular states that thata si inee ince nee nce may blay the earnings have been sufficient to pay not net only the floating indebtedness edness edDeas but a large portion of the owed the panama railroad company the officers of we union pacific railroad Bail rall road company denied today to day that there had been any contract expressed or implied with the steamship company since hayand that none was desired howey however or this ia Is known to be incorrect as the mau mam company have rejected several propositions from the railroad company to make a contract which they deemed to against the interest of tha the mail company BOSTON 29 the disappearance of dr edana hayes state ae sayer is announced it is said that after utter settling up all matters of business on the inythe ins dinst the lie lle left this part of the count country rys leaving a letter stating that he should not return his business was in a very prosperous condition the cause of his disappearance is domestic trouble the |
