| Show BY telegraph pei r per pea wr q urns AMERICAN americano washington 12 tile the second annual convention of the national land league began this morning many catholics were present P A collins bres fres president ident said the chicago convention had failed fully to carry out the objects of its ita call john rooney was made temporary chairman the national land trea burer Burez fl report shows receipts since the league formed of remittances mit to egan and mrs parnell from the league and direct A letter was read from wendell phillips cou counseling nEeling the assertion of the dignity of Amer americans americal icam ical abroad gen rosecrans appearing was greeted with three cheers he H expressed sym bym sympathy athy with the cause that brout brought 9 the Mee meeting tInt together robinson of new york made a customary us mary many address some routine business was disposed of adjourned until tomor to mor row free trade democrats arc are making strenuous efforts to have the coming political campaign conducted on the issue of tariff reform but this is stoutly opposed by protectionists projectionists not only by protectionist but by others of the party some party jea lea leaders ders dens who advocate mating tariff reform prominent this year with a view of fighting tho the next campaign upon it ara provoked at the despos to avoid this issue one of them a proud prominent rient member of congress sald said today to day he had no hopia of democratic success until the party declare itself upon distinctive principles that he was in favor of the party planting itself squarely up dpn in tariff reform and of saying to 1 hosa who do not agree with this klat kint they had bettor better go out of lne democratic party ile he said as long as half the democrats in congress continue to vote against the other half on the question in which tho the people aro are mostly interested wo we will never nevor succeed chandler secretary of of the navy vur vir E B hunt minister to russia J it partridge maryland minister to peru john H smith N 0 minister to liberia wm Willia william mci mcl indiana charge dan dAu airs to paraguay Para quay and uruguay john J knox minnesota comptroller of currency D 33 united states attorney for minnesota united states marshals A P L bethla for montana E A ireland utah chandlee Chand lel lef was confirmed by 28 yeas yens 24 gli republicans and 4 democrats against 16 nay nays all democrats only two formal speeches were delivered the house housa commit committee tea tee on the law respecting r esp ecung the election of president and vice president agreed upon a bill bli I 1 to carry into effect the provisions of t tho he constitution respecting the election of president and vice president of the united states and directed the chairman to report the barme earns favorably the bill provides electors shall be chosen on the tuesday next nest after tho the first monday in november in every fourth year except in cases specified la in section to revised statutes that electors shall voto vote on the third tuesday of december following their appointment NEW york yobu 13 there seems to have been some mistake regarding yesterdays report of the secretary of the interior on the r hight right lit of the thet oregon short line railway ballway compan company to locate its line on t the e prex previously lousi located line of utah h wy wyoming 0 m ing railroad company the e t ext test of the decision shows the priority of the location of the latter is admitted and confIrm confirmed od secretary kirk wood has hns permitted permit ted the filing of the maps of oregon short line company in order to avoid deciding up on the completeness esteness of the trespass of the latter iatter upon the right of way of the utah wyoming railroad company subject to which the right of way ofay of tho the oregon short line Is it accepted DALL dallas lis texas IS storm king kinz after subjecting this section yesterday evening to a hail hall storm unprecedented in so verity completely astonished and bewildered the inhabitants a this morning by a comin atlon of rain and hail that completely eclipsed previous off emd morts efforts fon for four hours the water foil in ha tor rents and the streets rivaled ordinary rivers every Ille lile tailo tallo roof was perforated and leakage has done immense damage 93 to ste ate stocks of goods the total damage in dallas is 19 mated at the rain this morning flooded the ba sementa basements of many business houses the worst ruffer Puffer sufferers ers are the daily Jl erald herald damage to press and stock room contents ia ila estimated at to the water in the building was five feet deep E if fillmann Fill mans wholesale liquor store in the same building was similarly visited estimated loss these firms tai tal k of suing the city on account of insufficient drainage drai dral nage nago and sewers in the streets EAST saginaw 13 the saw mill balt salt block and drill house of phinney fisher Ss co at south Sagi saginaw navy naNy was burned today to day loss insurance about feet of lumber owned by c cemoore CF P moore of st clair dalr bummed buried also LITTLE BOOK rook 13 on an monday night wm eaves a farmer living at the foot of Galther gaither Mountain was awakened by bi the burning of a fodder stack Heran reran ho ran out when some one ono fired a double shotgun the charge took effect causing instant death he was waa struck by slugs and bullets in 12 places twenty six shots were found foun in the boards and rails where he fell MILWAUKEE 13 A mrs lad found her grandchild named gagot eating a white powder and tasted of it to see what the child was eating both died and it was found the powder was a patent rat poison nor NoB WiOn vion sion slon conn ll IL 3 ohn john ti slater of this city has signified his hla intention to create a fund of to be known as the john P F slater fund fand for tho the education of freedmen freedmon free druen dinen the tho fund fond will be fco vested in a board of trustees which includes ex president pre aident hayes chief justice waite white wm win E dodge of new york governor colquit of georgia james P boyce of kentucky and wm A slater the donors son slater plaines explained ex that the general X object act is the ting ling of negroes and their posterity by conferring the blessings of a christian education CHICAGO 13 after the sealed verdict finding hawkins and gibbons guilty of gambling had been opened this morning another batch of gamblers w were put on trial with j it is the tho intention of the defendants to lot the remaining seventy cases go by default and appeal the whole question to the supreme court by tho the explosion of a boiler in the corn com chop mill corner of fremont and pratt streets this afternoon Uter efter noon itis it is ia reported that la ilo persons persona were killed five bodies have already been recovered NEW yom yobu 13 tho union league club tonight to night passed resolutions approving the veto of tha tho chinese bill and commending president arthur for his firmness in iti interposing his objections to the bill and his statesmanship in placing this important matter before the country in such a light that people might be able to study the subject in all its delicate and complicated complicated bearings it W stovers sievers carriage factory III lii to west street is burned loss insured one hundred and fifty workmen are thrown out of employment the baptists baptista met tonight to night to discuss the advisability of forming a denominational society entirely independent of the american bible society the special grievance of the tho sect is that the bible society will not change the phrase in jn the scriptures reading baptize with water to baptize in water ja SAN SAX ANTONIO tex 13 A telegram from laredo announces that the mexican authorities have stationed several companies of in infantry along the rio grando grande opposite this city dry and refuse to allow americans to cross the trouble was caused on account of tho the united states authorities holding and refusing to give up a largo large number of cattle belonging to ton toa a mexican captain that strayed across the river while tho tile water was waa low a few days ago the facts of the case have been reported to both governments dallas damias texas 13 A man named sullivan waa was today to day arrested in palo pinto county by parties part felt leil from ellis ellia county sullivan is charged with the tho murder on the night oi or march 1881 of two young brothers named sams who were ellis ellia county to their homes in hill county they were met by sullivan Sulli vail and Brown who were con coni ceased hi in a house the sams boys throats were cut tile ho bodies disemboweled disembowel ed and coal oil poured over the corpses and set on fire and the building burned they were witnesses against sullivan and alid brown charged with theft the tho object of the murder was to keep out their testimony brown was recently seen in the neighborhood the officers are after him CITY la 13 this section was last night visited by a most terrible storm causing the water to rise and destroying an immense amount of property the bridge was carried away and at drews drewa mills about 20 dwellings were destroyed only one house bouse remaining t standing along the bayou cabins and other small buildings wern wera destroyed on nearly every plantation in berwick the schoolhouse was blown from its foundation and two colored men killed by the falling timbers many persons had a narrow escape fron drowning the destruction of live stock is very great through a large section of the country the sugar house of Franc francoise olse oise bougere Bou gero gere in bt st charles parish was blown down and a negro killed last lost night the tha sugar house was blown down and nothing can be heard of 11 white refugees who occupied aupied it they were J 0 villon his mother brother wife and child mr hopacker his wife and two children and unknown persons persona all the furniture was found destroyed but as no bones have been discover ed it la Is hoped that they fled to the woods before the storm broke attempts to close the landry crevasse were abandoned when they found 25 feet pilings were carried away awny by last nights storm wool fork shady grove augusta trinity and the faquin places are underwater under water and can probably be filled the loss to tho the sugar crop at Plaque min Is about hogsheads hog the loss by the storm Is 1000 head of stock the loss of stock at other places is very heavy CHASE mich 14 herbert thomas saw mill burned loss partially injured Inbur ed iee iye the night watchman claims that three masked men held him while two more fired the mill harrison mich 14 the losa 1085 in the nirm fire yesterday will reach to washington I 1 13 U A bill was introduced trod in the senate banate today to day for the building of a railroad from jer i C I 1 n M 0 R D va vu ta the h e A failure I 1 I 1 u r e is announced of john 0 bryant co proprietors of the large sum eum mit mill heavy pae PAm soNs xo 14 indians indiana in the territory have been very much dissatisfied because jay gould gouid hab haa secured the st muia maio and san ban r francisco ran line running through that country and havo have heretofore vowed vengeance on monday march match 27 the brakeman who was on top of the car was shot by several bullets while th the a train was going goin g through a aravine ravin e near muskogee A few days after another brakesman shared the same fate sheriff williams who went to hunt the offenders has not been heard from since the ath dinst and he is believed to have been murdered yesterday the engineer on a train from muskogee reports attempts to wreck his train and the bring firing of several shots into the engine the rum ruf ruffians flans escaped such experiences are reported almest weekly from that section mass 14 franklin wymans paper mill nt at Westminster narrows burned loss TOWER C crry orry D T 13 the dakota artesian well weli company at a depth derth of feet struck a vein of pure pare soft water the stream Is now projecting 30 feet above the ground the force of the increase increasing ng supply is 1 apparently inexhaustible kb no resi rest dum after evaporation other wells will be sunk in dakota and montana fargo D T 14 the flood has done damage here estimated at mud is knee deep all over the city john midlands Mud blud lands landh warehouse is under water containing in farming implements the union elevator is to in danger of failing with its costly store of wheat the grand elevator is half under water and the basements are universally ver sally saily flooded BALTIMORE 14 A large boiler toiler in the building on pratt street streets next to the comer of freemont exploded this afternoon with a terrible loss of life the immediate part of the building where the explosion occurred was occupied by A H sibley Ss co as a chop feed mill and the floor above and first floor adjoining on king street by miller ar colaman coleman us asa aaa bash sash and door factory the machinery had just been idle for some time timo for repairs and a fire had bad juet b boon boon oon con started to resume work when the explosion occurred A portion of the boiler was propelled northward entirely demolishing a two story brick dwelling house bouse en king street and throwing down a side wall near the building adjoining at the time of the explosion john addison engineer harrison harrlson waters colored fireman andrew amdrew cooper machinist who had been making re repaire repair patre patri and frank kraining a boy were in the engine room all were killed except Co cooper operand and he be la Is not expected to live in the house king street sarec georgie pentz age 19 was killed and ida Rossen burgs leg was waa broken ellen rawlings colored servant was severely verely Ee hurt by the wall falling upon her in ko no king street grace gray aged 20 was killed in a yard adjoining the factory abraham hepburn colored while unloading uni cading a lumber wagon was struck by a flying ml missile and had bad his skull fractured james roden boden aged his skull skuli fractured edward callahan Ca ilaban llaban a leg broken mrs margaret kauf in a street adjoining the factory was killed a at t the wash tub in the kitchen by a flying brick C W gate at work in a granite yard a equale distant was struck in the face by a brick and severely hurt edward kelly an employed in the building had his leg broken and several others were less lesa mr gerlous 1 I us ly hurt several bodies are supposed to be still under the ruins fuel inci including ud ing those of engl engi engineer neer fireman and boy Kr anine anina the firemen are endea boring to recover them tho the damage to property properly and machinery is i estimated at about A similar explosion in the same building occurred 12 years ago when five persons lost their lives A very destructive fire broke out this mornin morning morningan gat at resulting in a loss ices of worth of property the parshall house and opera house were gutted and the brunswick Brunsw lck hotel seriously damaged darn dara aged agod the fire originated in the opera house hoube and in halt hait an hour the whole building was in flames the cause of the fire is unknown in answer to a call from the nire fire department an engine arrived from oil city chu the anre fir fit is la still shouldering ing A colored cook named williams was burned in the ruins ono one fireman A hubbard was seriously burned he may ret 1 WO the iiri Brunsw brunswick n wl ck lok 01 hotel and opera houss house will be rebuilt ST LOUIS 14 A fire rire occurred in a tenement homo house this morning colu occupied pled pied by colored people one ona girl was burned to death another fatally hurr hurts and several others more or loss less burned providence 14 nab whipples Whip apples ples pies woolen mil mill greenville and six houses near the mill aro are burning ala aid 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