Show BY uen ren WESTERN aslos UNE CHICAGO 28 there there thero was a considerable sid rid erable emble influx of delegates and friends of various candidates today to day among the most notable ar rials arrivals were D U H booth judge hunt H C Hodg hodges des attorney general nash naab J C donaldson Donald son sou col wood all of ohio and for sherman marshall jewell connecticut P D pinchback L fitzhugh ex governor warmouth Warm buth of louisiana W W phelps N J P F hallen hailen san francisco ex governor 2 K pangburn new jersey the special train bearing new hampshire and maine blaine dele delegations actions will arrive tomorrow to morrow monrow morning it is announced a grant mass mee meeting tini will be held heid in m the exposition building next monday it is understood that john Russell Young started to last night to td visit gen ien grant it is not known whether his bis visit has any political significance fi cance or is is purely friendly many beany politicians incline to the belief that he ile meeting of wednesday night opened the eyes eye 3 of grant to the op eisent position tion a against allot him and that lie he has sent bent for young to consult with him in reference to his withdrawal the color of plausibility is added to this from the fact that grant is known 0 to o have the greatest faith falth in the tile political sab sag sagacity of young and that he has frequently asked him kim to write for him important public documents some people even confidently predict that the result of youngs visit will be a letter ot withdrawal dir DiT desver DENVER ven ver vrn 28 the news newe leadville special ass asb a says there thero have been many rumors today to day but wit no action of any consequence there have been several narro escapes from an open outbreak but the clif city is outwardly quiet at noon hoon mine managers and superintendents held a meet meeting ng and acting largely under instructions from new york resolved positively ilot riot to accede to tile tiie strikers demands this morning a large body of miners attempted to drive away the guards at the mine in order that they might get possession of the pumps and by stopping them allow the water to flood the mines this did not result in a serious rupture but fear is en that it is only the tile com arien anen cement of violence the busi aress mess men met this morning and toba mea measures towards a committee of safety they also held a meeting to night for the tle purpose of conferring with au all parties panties relative to effecting a comp compromise comaromi romi which it is thouy thour thought ht cannot be effected IT ec eted all the mines are carefully guarded at the and little chief mines breastworks have been erect ed buildings fortified and every arrangement ran gement made for defense at present no violence is feared news from frow buena vista ato bajo the effect that early this morning two men james reed and james edwards were in instantly atai atal itly killed by each other they had some trouble and upon meeting both drew revolvers and fired two shots each when both fell dead washington NT 28 blair in behalf of the republican minority of the senate select committee on a alleged frauds in the tate late elections to day submitted a report in tile the nature of a reply to the re report rt of the majority concerning tg the abridgement abridgment of bf suffrage in rhode island the minority says there are no special restrictions strict ions upon the right or exercise of suffrage principles involved which are not now or have not been at some gome period in its history involved in the legislation and practice of every edry other state the greater portion of the executive session this afternoon was devoted to the nomination of ex con gressman horace maynard of tennessee as postmaster gen general eral beck and opposed the confirmation on account of maynardi maynards Mayn ards extreme partisan course during the re construction times in tennessee and bailey baly favored tile the confirmation in view of maynards maynardi Mayn ards unquestioned private integrity and ability the probabilities are he will be confirmed in the next executive session cincinnati 28 the methodist episcopal Confor conference conforti ei ice decided to adjourn sine die this afternoon the committee on episcopacy reported approving the tile conduct of the bishops and declaring bishop scott non effective no report in tavor favor of the election of african bishops an episcopal residence was fixed at san franeisco francisco A western mission was authorized in U utah lill dakota and aud montana resolutions ivere were adopted instructing stewards to pro cure jure the tile unfermented juice of grapes for communion the session theli adjourned ada adour 0 arned ned sin sine e die kr NEW v YORK 28 weed concludes his letter as follows I 1 should deplore the tiie nomination of a third term candidate I 1 cann cannot ot afford to mar of a lifelong life long political record I 1 have voted for monroe quincy adams harrison clay taylar scott fremont lincoln grant and hayes and if spared until november I 1 shall vote for the candidate of my party parly I 1 earnestly li hope ope opo it may be either sherman blaine fish washburne windom or edmunds panama advice to the dinst state that on onlie the night of may a tremendous explosion is said to have taken place in jn alacon peru A large torpedo of new now preparations of oft extraordinary power which chivas was in process of completion at the manufactory of those instruments exploded accidentally the concussion being of tremendous violence shaking every house in the tiie town the manufactory was yas vas blown to pieces mid and every inmate destroyed six houses adjoining were leveled to tile ground the walls roofs woodwork furniture etc broken in pieces ana and literally ruined half a dozen other houses anich joined oil on these shared nearly the same fate and were almost completely leveled to the ground of the persons engaged in tiie tile manufacture of scarcely a vestige was wa 3 to be 16 found portions of bodies impossible of recognition were found at some distance from the scene of explosion in addition to which five bodies boales have been recovered cause of tile explosion unknown the chilian papers assert that admiral riveros has received instructions to await the result of the impending combat near tacna before commencing active hostilities against callao if the battle proves to be a chilian victory the admiral is to oten offer terms of peace to tue tile peruvian government should the tile chillani Chi Chil lians lans to be defeated at tacna or the government refuse the tile prof frob proffered bored fored truce then he is ordered to lay jay callao in ruins leaving not one stone upon another in the ghe the recent bombardment bar dment shots were ared into the city but bat the thy damages could be replaced for 1000 A dozen people more or less were wounded slightly and one killed the panama scar star learns from off omm leiai official sources that a second peruvian force numbering 0 men organized in arequipa cuzco and puro had marched to moque to fall fali upon the rear of ahe enemy capture their artillery and stores and act in combination with the allied army which is in tacna campero arri arrived vedin in tacna on the lath of april and assumed direction of operations the allied army id Is in magnificent condition with sufficient force abundant elements enri discipline and enthusiasm unbounded the chillous Chil Chi lians laus are in the same salue mood they hilj attack after m marching a long distance over a rough country in which it is hardly possible to obtain wat erThe allies occupy a good position and are admirably provided the enthusiasm throughout peru is immense the panama star and herald prints the following from locumba nea near tacna there comes a report of a severe fight between ohp C chilian lillian eav cavalry ry under col vergara and a division of tile the peruvian cavalry and infantry under col Alb orocia the latter appears to have been severely handled the infantry force foice it is said were cut to piece pieces 3 by the fierce charge of we the chillani Chil Chi lians lans ians the peruvians loss is placed at killed while many were made prisoners the peruvians retreated to Ta ellia ciria pursued by the enemy henry ward beecher delivers an address at the brooklyn academy of musie music lusle on june 14 on the political issues of the day his choice is grant in his letter accepting the invitation to speak lie says there are other good men mentioned but grant above all other living 0 men will best serve the whole nation through the republican party for the next four years tears but whoever is nominated at chicago should receive unhesitatingly ardent support and will receive mine FT buford burrd 28 capt britton has returned from poplar creek agency where he had three councils with the hostile sioux who are not ready to surrender guns and ponies gen hazen has been visited by the adopted son of or sitting bull who wants to know the intentions of the government and to inform his people hazen informed him and he will return on the first boat poat the aholo tribe who were in 1 the custer ouster fight light are now at poplar polar creek sitting bull wants a reservation on british soil st louis 28 A special to the republican from santa fe says general pope has telegraphed to military headquarters here that the tenth cavalry from forts davis and stockton have been ordered to march at once and report to gen hatch also that the fourth cavalry and two companies of infantry would be sent by rail at onceco al with orders toworu to work from there to fort craig and report for field duty col buell with fou four companies of the fifteenth infantry and a company of moun tell teli infantry has orders to march from fort davis along the san juan river to fort wing wingate ate to attend to the navajo trouble and keep those indians quiet LITTLE nock ROCK 28 thos edmunds was hanged today to day at ozark for the murder of his reputed wife and child a year ago he was romar remarkably mar kably courageous and protested entire innocence to the last no doubt exists as to his guilt hanover courthouse va 28 charles bellinger colored was hanged today to day for rape on tile the of april of a small white girl hartford 28 I henry lenry hamlin was hanged banged for shooting a he died repentant and weakness ont on the he seann scaffold old A defective noose made death long and an d painful hamlin was not his real name wheeling west va 28 reter peter ring king jr a youth of 21 91 years was hanged at woodsfield Woods nield field today to day for the murder of david last sep kemrer the erime crime was a cold blooded murder without any extenuating circumstances clu CIU CHICAGO CAGo eago 29 politically the city is much more excited than convention cities are apt to be so long before the meeting of the convention there has been no room to spare in any hotel for a week and every train brings scores and hundreds more of visitors tors tons delegates and poll politicians tie tic ians lans something like 40 delegates have already arrived azri arri two wild claims are be being m put forward by the friends ot of elthor either elther candidates but it is hard to determine obstinate work is being done by all the managers it is the almost universal opinion tho convention will last three days at least this is believed to be the case because of the numerous knotty questions q liest ions ious to come conic bufore it the one which is acknowledged to be the most important is the tile unit rule the most bitterly contested one seems likely to be the illinois contest both sides of the tile latter case are being carefully prepared and will be ably presented fhe unit rule will probably c come p lne ige up at the start there is a feell feeling n g that don Cai car cameron neron will be a strong card for grant or to defeat any tion to abolish tile the unit il rule ruie and for this reasor reason the talk tall of disposing des posing him turn from the chairmanship of the the national committee before the convention is called is growing r into bromine prominence neo nee tile the anti grant mem main beikof be ohp national committee are said to number 31 3 to 10 16 and they claim they would Justified be jus jub titled in de posing Came cameron on account of the many acts of unfairness which he has been willing to aid the charge is openly made that he has kept bad faith falth with the men who put him where he I 1 is s that hean he and d his wands friends bw have m made arrangements to fill the tile convention hall hail with grant men that they have so manipulated matters regarding regard mg the press that they have given tile the grant papers advocating other candidates and that lie would establish dangerous precedents if allowed to preside over the convention even in preliminary organization the tha anti antl grant graut feeling in chicago is very strong and to infect the delegates who arrive on the tile other hand granta grants managers are conceded to be the ablest men in the country for that work they are early on ohp gr ground aund are in large numbers and their candidate have unquestionably the strongest following today to day of any if they ther are not beaten on the unit rule they are pretty likely to nominate grant on the first ballot if they are beaten they will certainly fail of nomination in which C ease case th tile probabilities ties seem to favor the n nomination mi nation of sherman although blaines following will wih be enlarged lo 10 within very fewox a nomination blaines friends ae acknowledge knowledge that the th 6 sharp and sometimes bitter warfare which lie he ilas has waged against other candidates while in thi their thein eln bir lu judgment wise as a whole has alienated at ed from him the tho support of many who would othe otherwise e have held heid him as second choice shermans Sher mans friends say that their conservative course has haa made their man a favorite for second choice with mth nearly all the grant inen men don cameron is sick loni ioni io ni night lit probably from over work an and rumor says on account of discouraging reports from liis lils 0 own IV n state delag delegation aaion which it Is not impossible to find turning thie trie unit rule against his wishes and going solid for blaine laine JB senator woodin the disaffected new nev york YorkA delegate elegate arrived tonight to td night and clai claims that bhat over 20 of the new kew york delegation if the unit rule is broken will vote for blaine and sherman some of those who feel bound pee personally by y instructions will give giveaway way to their alternates the rumor is revived with marked that tildene is to be nominated at cincinnati with etli the tiie understanding that he decline then payne of ohio isto is to bethe betho be the tho winning dark horse and take care of tiddens Til dens friends of course the story cannot be ve verified rifled but many shrewd democrats profess to accept it as true the li erald herald today to day declared as follows itis luis important that incipient imperialism be not merely scotched scorched scot ched but killed grants defeat at chicago would merely scotch the snake but his defeat in the election would kill it so dead that there would be no signs of surviving in the wiggling of its tail tall we are therefore strongly stron gly in favor of grants nomination not that we love him I 1 ss but our country more all eyes eyes are turned toward chicago and the work it has to do many diany declare that grant is to be nominated on the first ballot others that he cannot and all seem to admit that if he is not on the first ballot he will not be at all the democrats are as hopelessly divided as the republicans on tilden wr WEST wrt T POINT 29 9 the rt court of inquiry in the case of cadet whittaker met in secret session today to day and agreed upon tipon a ninal final |