Show BY TELEGRAPH PER PEB UNION like USE AMERICAN CHICAGO 2 the ahe tribunes special from south bend says the first of the joint debates between A G porter republican candidate for governor of indiana and franklin landers his democratic opponent here today to day suffered in the matter of crowd in consequence of rain deluging 1 n g the country for miles around undeterred by the rain and mud however from 2000 to 2500 of both parties gathered around the stand in the he court house yard baid from which the orators spoke everything in the way of preliminary demonstration was dispensed with the meeting assembling without the aid of procession ro cession or brass band the only Ke orations decorations was a garfield and arthur banner flying from the club headquarters near by and another bearing the names of the democratic nominees stretched across the street from the court house to the hotel dr L J ham mayor of south bend introduced mr landers who in an hours speech proceeded to the arra arraignment i gement of the republican paty state and national when lie he had concluded hon lucius hubbard presented mr porter in a brief speece speech aj and lie in a speech of an hour ilour and a aalfs duration discussed the issues between there publicans public ans and the democratic parti parties e s in indiana and the united states state s according to arrangement mr landers closed the argument in half an hours speech both speakers were frequently interrupted interrupt eil ell by applause which was about equally divided as the crowd seemed to be CHICAGO 2 the presidential party composing the president and mrs birs H hayesl Haye hase sR B haye haves jr birchard hayes with several lady friends gen sherman and daughter and several others left lert here a little after 11 this morning over the chicago burlington fe quincy for omaha en route for california the directors car of the central pacific met the party here and was placed at the disposal of president hayes hases and family two other coaches a dining car and baggage car made up the special train which goes through to omaha where the party will be transferred to the union pacific road at noon on friday from omaha the tile party goes to salt lake and thence to sacramento where the party will attend the state eair fait on september and from there different dif dit places of interest on the pacific hlll hill ikpe PC will be visited including a trip to the end of the southern pa ila cinc cine railroad arriving back at washington about october th e first stop after leaving leading here was wag made at naperville Nap erville ill ili where the president and gen sherman addressed briefly the illinois volunteers holding a reunion re union there today to day NEW YORK 2 canadian advices advises respecting the pacific Railroad stated stateS that two syndicates are of nering to complete the road for the government tho thu new company to construct about 2000 miles including miles from lake to thunder bay the company to work and maintain the entire road upon completion it is stated that one offer is for in bonds per mile and acres of land it itis 19 stated that the notha Botha childs at first refused to take a million of the company baron erlanger erl Eri laner lanen aner anen the parisian banker is said to be a subscriber of a million the are aiso also said sald to be largely interested the dominion it would atwould appear is to guarantee four per cent on and to furnish an un mentioned unmentioned number of millions of acres the road we are further told is to io be built throughout from mahe Lahe to sound at once and that a portion of the road already constructed ted is to be given fo jo the company an ontario dispatch bays pays some somo at work on the tile canada pacific railway were standing on a rock over a blast when a prema premature tum tun explosion took place they were hurled into the air two had their skulls fractured the friends of the man men seized picks and axes and ed to wreak vengeance veng nance on the foreman of the gang ganga a white inan man whom they chased for several miles but he be finally escaped OMAHA 2 A foul murder has hai just been brought to light in am art aaboe county frank awhile A a young man residing 12 miles rulles south of the town of arapahoe left on tuesday m morning 0 ming bing under very suspicious cir clr circumstances cu ms with a team that was mortgaged to D M llna ilna lina a banker U who 0 learned during the day that the property was not whitens but was owned by an old man with whom white was living yesterday morning the body of ehg the old man was dug out of a manure die VIC pile on liis his farm it is supposed the body ody had been there two days NORFOLK va 2 the national board of or steam navigation today to day adopted resolutions recommending the establishment of national snug harbor for worthy seamen adamen and officers who become permanently disabled in the line of duty also the fostering by congress of a system of training for navy and mercantile marine I 1 I 1 washington 2 tho the treasury department today to day purchased ounces of fine flue silver for delivery at the philadelphia and san francisco mints CHICAGO 3 the inter oceans new york special says J IC emmet the actor was found today to day about noon walking in i street he was taken home at once by two friends his watch and chain had been stolen all his money was as gone and his condition generally was unenviable he has been sent W buntings Bun tings christian home in street where he be will be kept until fit to return to the stage PARSONS 1 kansas cansas 3 A report comes from gibson indian terri territory torf tory stating that the cherokees cher odeeg are up in arms against the creek owing sowing latter failing to deliver up thirteen negro murderers the creeks have hav e built a fort near gibson and the Cheroke cherokees cs are gathering near therein there thero in great numbers armed with winchester rifles 11 v nm NEW YORK 3 the Herald heralds lq st augustine florida dispatch says there is very little doubt that the steamer city of pera vera cm ortiz of the mexican line which sailed from new york on tle the the of august for havana and vera cruz went down in the recent hurricane which lias has already strewn our coast with wrecks only the faintest hopes remain that any of her passengers have survived this terrible discovery co ery was made here yesterday when portions of the mail carried by the ill fated vessel were washed ashore some miles south of this city one mail bg bag contained letters for cuba and mexico which had been posted in paris france on august loth and another lot was found with the envelopes bearing the port mark 1 new york august this at once indicated that the lost vessel was a mail steamer bound bouha for the southern ports and th surmise was that it must have been the city of vera cruz ceuz as she left new york on the day last named r nir mr sir H alexander agent gays says he has not heard any news of the accident to the steamer city of vera vora 0 cruz and that the vessel was considered si c capable of weathering any storm she was loaded lightly and commanded by capt Vans lec lee an expert seaman and had a crew of 15 picked men one mail bag contained letters for cuba and mexico which had been 4 posted in paris france august 13 and another lot was found with envelopes bearing the post mark new york aug this alone indicated that the lost vessel was a mail maii steamer bound for the southern ports and surmise was that it must nave have have been the city of vera cruz as she left new york on the day last named closer examination showed several bills of lading of the steamer vera cruz every hour brings t news of some more startling disco discovery v in regard to the supposed wreck the body of a lady jady and a little child has been found on shore cast up by the waves they were buried by a party of wreckers on the sands near the place where found this makes already five bodies recovered three others being corpses bof of unknown two from their dress are thought to be passengers and the theother other othen is evidently a sailor sai sal or the shore nor for over 40 miles south of this place is strewn with the cargo of the steamer the trunk found was marked hernandez two bailing vessels in addition to the brig eddy have come ashore since th the e gale near here the signs are that the hurricane b has as been very fatal to shipping C the city cit I 1 y of vera cruz was mag a wooden vessel 1874 ister built at green poin point t jj I 1 in 1874 for alekander alexander sons line between this city hav ana and 31 mexico exico in which trade she was employed she was a screw vessel feet long 37 feet beam bea a I 1 1 and 26 feet deep and had a drau arau draught ph 1 of 19 feet of water she had three decks brig rigged and her motive power consisted of two compound cylinder engines her propeller was 15 feet 6 inches diameter with a pitch of 23 feet iron str strips four inches wide and nive five eighths of an inch in thickness doubled and dlag ding strengthened the vessel very materially she had bad accommodations for fol passengers and was finely furnished NL NEW NV york 3 it is suggested that in the event of accident to the city of vera cruz cru or if the steamer became unmanageable 0 eabie in a storm ahe the tho crew and passengers might have taken to the boats bringing the mail with them and have afterwards thrown the mails malls overboard to lighten erl eri the postoffice post office authorities here say the tile mail washed ashore was new york august and paris Ati august c eust cust 1st ast indicating indication 0 that the mail arrived here by the bata via from liverpool and was dispatched by the city of vera cruz in convers conversation atlon today to day first boffl officer james hencely Henc kly of the steamer nem new orleans which passed through the gale in which the vera cruz is sup posed sed to have been lost said it was 0 a tremendous cyclone we va left new Or orleans orleanis learis on wednesday August augusta 25 and were out three davs days when the cyclone struck us it was about 8 i p pm m on august 28 the kar storm m was from the north and pass ed to the ehst east the steamer heaved on her beam ends at 11 p in the wind was very strong and the waves carried everything from the deck julius thompson who was securing ropes was carried overboard by a wave almost as high agh as a houge hou and was not seen again at 10 a m the following da day athe the storm abated and then we learned that our entire aeck rail had been carried away three of our boats stove in and a fourth one lost throughout the cyclone four men remained at the rudder it was of no use however and we were drift ed at the mercy of the sea and waves it was impossible for tor a man to stand on oil the deck unless lie he was lashed fast the storm first struck us between capes and Car verial off the coast of flor ida savannah 3 the beech north and south of st augustine florida is strewn with wrecked stuff stumm the bodies of three men a woman and a child came ashore ash ore and were buried no no part of the city of vera cruz came ashore all the wreckage however shows that she either went ashore or foun dered first off the florida coast on monday or tuesday morning during the heavy gale and that ahat all on board perished I 1 XE NEW yolk 3 the star and Ue merald herald fald of panama just received has a story of a disastrous hurricane which swept over jamaica on the night of august the wind raged with such fury at the beginning that the street cars hat had to cease running vessels have been sunk and driven ashore wharves destroyed roofs blown trees tribes uprooted and a catalogue of other damages sustained at which it is impossible to estimate not a single coaster in rin kin kingston kinston ston harbor rode out of the gale in safety twenty seven vessels brigs barks etc were driven ashore forwent or went to pieces at their docks every wharf but one was as blown away and the beach strewn with cargoes of vessels wrecked many seamen are missing and they are supposed to have perished perl Veri shed all penitentiary vessels foundered and those at port royal sustained considerable damage the damage 11 on land is roughly estimated at cocoanut Coco anut trees were all snapped red ped in pieces the villages of Allman aliman town brownstown Browns town passmore moretown town hannahstown Hannahs town smiths smithy and fletchers pletchers Flet fiet chers land summered suffered severely schools and houses were leveled and dud churches chapels and synagogues damaged darna freu frea aged the barracks at upper park piira camp went down in the gale the te banana crop is destroyed and trees of all kinds rinds vanished Threes three overe severe shocks of earthquake were felt during the storm communication with the country ports is cut off the wires all snapped trains could not pass the rio cabrie the bridge g having when the storm was at its height boards trees furniture etc were rushin rushing t through the air with lightning ilko like ra rapidity while families were fly ily flying ng from house to house seeking refuge the roads are impassable for carriages and dangerous to pedestrians yearly the whole whole of the cropis crop is destroyed and great want will be felt by the peasantry the commercials washington special says on the authority of a prominent democrat hancock personally brought about the thea agreement between tammany and va Faulk ners committee hancock was in communication muni cation not only with faulkner budwith but with dan manning and commanded them to test lK kellye ellys sincerity for peace and harmony he declared the state could not be carried if the party was divided and it was time personal bias hatred and am ambition bl were buried the good exacted as much from every loyal democrat and he would consider no man min who refused to take the olive branch offered Tammany by a loyal democrat hancock did not take the step until the very hist last moment although repeatedly advised and urged to do it by conservative democrats who surround him the credit of thester the step is accorded to general franklin for it was well known that just after the cincinnati convention he be doubted the tiie sincerity of the public embrace of john kelly and col fellows and declared at that time that bothin nothing but decided action on hancocks part cart would the two factions baldy smith and franklin are the real powers behind hancocks throne they will be all ail powerful in his administration should hancock be the next president 3 the tho president and party arrived at council bluffs juffs early earls this morning and at once onee crossed the bridge to omaha here the charge of the excursion passed from the hands i of the chicago burlington tona quin quincy quiney cy railroad company to that of the union pacific company who will send them on by special starting about 4 there was no reception at omaha owing to the uncertainty aa as to what time the party erty would arrive at the depot rhene were ambulances from fort omaha which transferred the guests through the streets rendered almost impassable by mud to the fort A purely military reception was wast there bere given to the chief magistrate magis Magia a commanding general of the union so there were no speeches although bunch was served affording good opportunity pont port unity and many people from omaha and vicinity had gathered in expectation of fi earing hearing them the barracks were visited under escort of major burt As the carriages with the party lefft left the fort shortly after noon the six sioux prisoners confined at the fort for the murder of a herder berder were drawn up between guards manacled mana cled to their feet they viewed the distinguished visitors with stolidity the president rode rod on in advance and spent the remainder of the dav day with friends in the city secretary ramsey bamsey joined the party here and awid will make the western trip |