| Show BY TELEGRAPH P 11 PES res westena 11 uza A AMERICAN M E R I 1 C AN WASHING washington tor Tom IS 13 the following army order has been issued today today to day dby by the direction of the president the military department at west point la Is to bo be discontinued august 1892 1882 by the direction of the president sections I 1 and 2 article 1 of the general regulations for the he united states military academy are hereby amended to read as follows to the general of the army under your department you yon shall shail have the supervision euper vision and charge of the united states military academy and shall watch over the discipline and instruction of the corps of cadete and you will make reports thereof to the secretary of war the sa superintendent perin in his absence next in rank shall have immediate government and military command of the academy and shall shail be commandant of the tho military part of west point col welsley merrett of theu the fifth united states cavalry is appointed superintendent of the military academy at west point and will receive brigadier general howard general howard ia assigned to the command of the tho department of the platte relieving brigadier general george crook who is assigned to the command of the department of arizona in place of brevet major general orlabdo B wilcox colonel allcox and his regiment of the twelfth infantry go to the department of tho the platte the tha war department is preparing to begin the proposed now system of giving the alarm of an ap pro preaching aching storm by the firing of cannons at the towns reached by teleA telegraph raph the experiment is to be tried here and if found successful is to be extended over the country it la Is expected that it will prove provo a great benefi benefit t to agricultural districts TATTLE LITTLE ROOK ROCK 12 A s racial from I 1 bays says about adent oso pm a torm broke with heavy wind rain and lightning about 7 pm thiers thlen fl new building a three story brick almost completed was struck by lightning and fell in a mass on top of a framo frama building known as the paragon saloon buny burying everything beneath the ruins it was raining in torrents at the time and kept up in showers until about 10 p m the lamps in the saloon set nire firo to tho the ruins from underneath der neath and burned slowly upwards every man and water bucket inthe in the town were brought into inta requisition water was thrown on the fire but it finally broke out beyond all control and burned two frame buildings next to the paragon saloon and now at midnight it is burning inside the ruins ruffis two persons have been taken out it fitial IB impossible M to give the exact number burned in the ruins reports say there are between 20 and 80 30 two or three different parties who came out of the paragon only a few minutes before the accident said eald there was at least 30 men in tae tao the building bull buil din the names of bome some well known to ba be in the building are mayfield bussel russel bub Bua seland and col mercer hamper terrible excitement prevails men women and children are looking anxiously fon for relatives and friends whom they cannot find in the immense crowd and are afraid that they are killed the loss lose of property is estimated at about or tho the loss of life cannot be estimated but will reach 20 1230 a m the remains of mayfield one of the proprietor proprietors 93 has been taken out oat A man and boy who wera were attending the lunch counters are being taken out the fir nire fire ia is now supposed sug eug posed to ba be under control three men have been taken out that are living st StI louls louis jouis 13 A post die dis dispatch patch Tex arcana special bays says eight corpses have been recovered from the buildings colonel mayfield Mayfle ld ford smith johnnie may way and others whose jnames have not been learned more are wounded serious ly and will probably die today to day washington 14 secretary fre says in answer to inquiries as to the safety of our onni onil clah and countrymen at alexan dria we have no consul in that city but that the vice consul a resident of the position and an israelite says that one of the members of the court at alexandria judge batcheller ia is in this country on leave of absence he understands that the other two american I 1 judges have gone into the country about a month ago one vessel from the mediterranean E squadron was sent to alexandria alexand ra fo for r the protection of the american residents and as the difficulty increased two other ships were sent thither from the same squadron about ten days ago inquiry having been made by the american board of foreign missions secretary Freling huysen huyben telegraphed to the vice consul asking ss as to the safety of our missionaries he received an answer to the effect that they were all safe on our vessels or had gone to the in interior herfor ho he brusti therefore that the american re residents 81 at alexandria have not buffered an official ofal elal communication from admiral nicholson plates that there has been some destruction of property in alexandria belonging to Americans but no loss of life am among 0 ng them eo so far as he nas nab yet jet been abia abla a ble bie to ascertain washington 14 EA A special says the murder of coi col ij W E R blair in camden on july 4 is regarded by the south carolinians here M a 3 a high handed political outrage halle had baid bald and circulated it that blair had held a meeting with the negroes at night blair had pronounced tho man who had said it a liar jar this he would not retract re tract traut kallevas Hal ral leVas a party who should have withdrawn his utterances and retracted tra first then blair biair could and would have withdrawn his bis offense and no man would have done EO more readily blair made DO no demand on haiie halle and no threat against him halle shot abot him 0 to o death on his hla refusal he shot div nive five e time in as many seconds with a winchester rifle 16 shooter taken from the Audi auditors toes office where it was conveniently at hand band ready loaded not being open for business he unlocked the door and entered blair did not follow him as he stepped stopped into the office nor did blair advance on him or attack him bim aa as he came out with his murderous weapon blair was still standing in front of the court house awaiting wr fur tb tho of the people to hold a mass meeting which iya ltd hurr hart been duly advertised and where blainas BJ aIras leader of the antl anti bourbons was to have spoken there has been appropriated by the bur sur sundry dry civil bill which passed the house bouse or the construe tion maintenance ani an I 1 use of a milli in I 1 I 1 tary tay telegraph line on the indian and mexican frontiers ond in the northwest for the better protection of immigration and frontier settlements from depredations especially in texas and nevada new mexico arizona dakota washington montana idaho wyoming and indian territories under the provisions of the not noi approved march marched ad 1875 and june 20 1878 it is pro aided vided that out of this sum the mec dietary of war be authorized to purchase in his discretion the black hills telegraph line running from fort larn Lara laramie wyoming todeal wood dakota with the branch line running from hat rat creek to fort robinson in nebraska and all the telegraph line material instruments batt batteries erlEss repair tools and office furniture for the operation and repair of said lines at a price to be fixed in hia his discretion not exceeding it is also provided that all the receipts from private messages sent over the military telegraph lines may be expended for the maintenance of said bald lines but an account thereof shall shail be kept and rendered to congress captain payne of oklahoma Okla hama called upon secretary teller today to day the secretary told him as the law r regarding e intruders In Indian terri terni territory tory remains upon the statute books he would do all in hla hia power to enforce it and it would be imprudent for the captain to settle in the territory himself and perhaps disastrous to mad nad others there the pennsylvania members are divided in opinion regarding a compromise but the majority think it wont bo 0 had simon cameron cam eron es ex presses himself against further action and says the independents evidently want to ruin the party don cameron expresses little hope of a compromise the pennsylvania democrats are preparing to nominate L 0 cassidy as senator to succeed don cameron in case casie they capture the legislature as they hope to do at the next election it rt la Is probable ho however that randall would cl claim im the place and force cassidy out tho the independents pro spose first the withdrawal of both tickets second the candidates on both to pledge themselves not to accept a subsequent nomination this thesis Is signed by all the candidates except col co candidate for congressman at large lorge who re replies liea ilea declining the proposition of te the a regulars giving as a reason the platform adopted by bytho the independent republicans in fit the convention he concludes thus I 1 will not withdraw or retire unless events hereafter shall give assurance that the necessary reform in civil service will be adopted the asse assessment made upon the officeholders office holders being returned and not hereafter exacted the boss boas machine and spoils methods forever abandoned and all our public offices es from united states senator to the most unimportant official shall be filled only by bv honest and capable men who will represent tb the a people and not attempt to dictate or control them the house by a vote of 78 to 83 in the senate amendment making an appropriation for the payment of the expenses attending the sickness of president garfield A bill to pay mrs garfield less the amount paid to her late husband on account of salary was introduced by taylor and by bv unanimous consent passed VICKSBURG 14 the store of A forkos in the eastern suburb of the city was entered by negroes mrs forkos was murdered in bed and her husband was chloroformed chloro formed and bound and the house hoube was robbed and set bet on fire burning the body of toa to a crisp forkos recovering from the effects of the chloroform escaped ko no arrests YANKTON thomas egan was hung yesterday for the murde murder rot of his wife two years ago at ar the first attempt the rope broke and at the second his neck broke the condemned maan man went through the terrible ordeal without flinching life was extinct after eight minutes ST lousig I 1 A special to the post dispatch horn lorn ft OM orange county texas says baye john 0 goodwyn was killed by a man named Hind Hin liam dham who followed goodwyn and his brother into a low saloon and shot both dead wounding himself from the effa effects acts of w which aich ho he died in an hour mi ii 14 nelson neison cooper suspecting john dooley of improper intimacy with mrs coop er shot him hira dead in the street yes terdal all the parties are colored balt SAN francisco ifa 14 A portland oregon dispa dispatch bays says a heavy fire la is reported today to day at the town of colfax washington territory no particulars tic ulars yet it ia 13 estimated that the loss will not fall short of the heaviest individual loss 19 is is 19 washington 15 the transfer of general howard from the command of west point to the department of the platte has been a good deal commented upon here in army circles the occasion for the transfer however beems seems to be found in the fact that affairs in arizona have been in a ve very veny ry ba bad d condition for the pst past year ah the department has come to the conclusion to make an improvement secretary lincoln said paid today to day that he was determined to stop the apache raids and disorders in that territory and send an experienced and arid energetic officer to do the duty in looking around for the officer it was found that gen howard was the only one available and the first intention was to send him to arizona n a but arizio upon considering it was thought h 0 u best to order gen crook there an and d let gen howard take croaks place in command of the department of the platte with headquarters at omaha the changes would not have been made but for the condition of ann Aff affairs lairs in arizona and gen howards transfer tinn tian to the department of the platte was absolutely necessary after it had been decided to send crook to arizona he be being the only officer of high rank available secretary lincoln lincol said it jt would be necessary to make a change in the commandant of cabets cadets nt west paint as col lazelle the present commandant had just been promoted to be colonel and as the colonel has a regiment he was unfit for the duty the house committee on foreign affairs failed to get a quorum this morning to consider the report on the augua canal they will take tho the matter up again on monday chairman page of the commerce committee today to day read the following dispatch from the board of trade of san francisco and will havo have it read to the house SAN july 14 to hon H y X page En england glands actton action in egypt impresses upon us the tho necessity for an american Inter Ocean canal under american amerlean control we jve pray con coa 1 gress to note tho the warning and act promptly signed BOARD OF op tirade BAN sax JACOB jacon 1 I anthony from the committee on printing today to day reported a bill to provide for the publication of the reports of tho the tenth census the bill provides for printing copies of the complete areas of tho the separate parate ee reports copies of the reports on population copies of the report reporter agriculture and of reports oh on manufactures and merchandise and appropriates for this purpose philadelphia 15 nearly russian refugees just arrived left for the west 61 51 families will be returned to europe not finding support here CHICAGO 15 the times has the following tho the colorado pool became an accomplished accomplish cd fact today to day I 1 the burlington read wheeler of the atchison topeka ban san ta fc fe and clark dark of tho the union pacific agreed upon the salient ballent conditions of the pooling arrangement aud and decided the denver traffic thus thue union pacific 61 51 per cent burling aud and decided the denver traffic thus thue union pacific 61 51 per cent burling percent ton 30 per cent atchison topeka santa fo fe 19 per cent the percentage to the union pacific is for itsuwo its two denver line lines from omaha md and kansas city the smallness am allness of the atchison allotment Is due to its having a line to denver denven only over the tracks of the denver rio eio grande the burlington besides receiving 30 per cent for the denver line receives on its omaha kansas city lines a considerable proportion of the percentage allotted to the union pacific and atchison roads swelling ew elling its total share of the colorado business to at least 50 per cent of the whole probably the denver ario hio hlo grande should have been entitled to a small proportion of the percentage accepted by the atchison company besides the sharo share of the through route it is understood that tha feithen felther either elther line may upon 90 days notice withdraw from the nooland po oland each company serves reserves le tho the privilege of presenting a claim for an increase of the tho percentage of thu traffic trammie the memorandum a agreed reed to provide for the maintenance of the agreed schedule rates the gross freight of all the lines is to be pooled th the barne earns the minor considerations are yet to be agreed upon this action puts a quietus or oy all speculation as to ib the lub leb cub JUS J ces 01 of a war of rata io gween tween the great trunk lines iines west of the missouri river DEN DENVER vm 15 the republican s leadville special says the mayor and city council were arrested today to |
