Show BY TELEGRAPH pm PER wrenn golo AMERICAN A M E RICA N NEW neyr york 18 john sharp chairman of the people peopled a territorial central committee telegraphs to journals here declaring that the statement published in the dis patches tuesday that the mormons cormons were using their energies and money to defeat cassidyy Cass idys idya election in nevada is emphatically untrue sharp says the mormons cormons prominent in PO political litreal and bubi buri business nesa circles deny all ali knowledge of it but think the statement has been made Is cassi casel dys interest to create sympathy for him at the expense of the mormons cormons Mor mons while cassidyy Cass idys defeat would be bd gratifying to the mormons cormons Mor mons and the democratic mormons cormons in nevada will vote against him cr or stay away from the polls they will use no ma money ney or other illegitimate means to defeat him sharp further says the cormons mormons are taking no part whatever in california politics washington 12 the commissioner of the land laud office in hla hia annual nual report states the tho lands now embraced within the limits of the public domain amount to acres including alaska he recommends that the preemption pre emption laws be abolished aa an the homestead laws cover coverall all ail cases eases now arising the public sales of land last year amount to acres embracing acre acres 3 near toledo ohio which sold for an average of per acre respecting the forfeiture of railroad grants the commissioners says the status of the various grants for tor railroad purposes where the tho roads have bave not been constructed within the time prescribed by law was reported to congress on march inai just the absence of legislative action touching a renewal of these grants or declaring a forfeiture thereof seriously embarrassed the work of this office it is not deemed expedient to certify additional lands to railroad companies nor award the the J jeannette zeannette ean nette court of inquiry was waa taken up today to day with the examination amin atlon of capt P 0 johnson he was asked did you ever make any report to the navy department as to the seaworthiness of thegean the jean Tean 9 he answered the only report made was in conjunction with other members of the board in which we expressed the opinion that she ahe was not especially fitted for an arctic exploration it was a private enter prise seand and a n purchased vessel and we felt some delicacy about expressing very decided opi opinions niong 11 tomorrow to ro morrow marrow chief engineer farmer who was aleo a leo jeo a member of the board of inspection and who is now in new york will be examine dand melville will follow va 32 12 reports from county state that the ravages of diphtheria in certain localities have reached an alarming extent nearly deaths have occurred within 60 daya days not a family lly ily has escaped 12 no now cases of yellow fever one death a mexican one death at fort brown lieuten lieutenant ant winne of the nineteenth infantry slight abatement in sickness at camargo and mier weather hot with strong south winds pensacola Pene pens aeola acola 12 imperfect reports give 33 now cases of yellow fever today and six aix deaths total number of cates caes to date 1439 total deaths among tiie the new now caseb cases are dr white of the U 8 marine hospital service and aid dr renshaw benshaw who had already recovered from an attack of epidemic illness the flin illness ess of these t two wo practitioners with thosa already lek iek lck sick causes a serious lack of medical attention to the sufferers ers erb recent cases have been marked by aggravated malignancy there Is a brilliant display of the zodiacal light this evening LARAMIE CITY wyo 13 A Soom boomerang special from fort fet lerman terman teiman in thia county says J H capp last night shot and instantly killed R 11 elgin bookkeeper for searight bros and dangerously wounded mike egan the tho latter and a number of cowboys took capp ajom custody and lynched him this Is the second lunching lynching lyn ching in this thia county within three months BT ST LOUIS 13 about half past nive five this evening john A cockrell managing editor of th the post dispatch shot and killed hilled col D W Bla bia a prominent lawyer well know politician and ex congressman jn in this city at present it is unknown how tho the shooting occurred occa aa as no na one directly concerned in tho the matter will wilt make mahen a statement H W moore city editor of the thel paper who was sitting at his bis desk at the tha time says that while whilo Cockrell Jno macguffin the business manager and victor T cole coie colel the foreman were holding a business conference in the edi edl editorial torl tori room col by W T cief clef CI clofton ofton ton entered the local room and passed on toward the edl edi room the door of which was closed mr moore turned in his chair as the three passed by and he observed that col as he hb opened the door with his iett lett hand had his hia right hand in his pistol pocket and in less thim than a minute a after atter SIa sla entered Ys room moore heard the report of a PI stcl stol he immediately sprang up and on entering the editorial room found stretched upon the floor and cockrell bending over him himl apparently wiping blood from his face cockrell asked moore to send for a physician which he did and a few moments later dr mccarty arrived but not until had bad died he died about minutes after being shot meanwhile cockrell washed his hia hands and in less em than five minutes after the fatal shot ahot was fired he and McGuff ln entered a carriage and drove away it is not yet known where the ball bail from Coc cockrille krills pistol entered slay blay backs left side near the heart and ranged upward whether it entered the heart is not known but it must have penetrated the lungs anim an immense crowd gathered mound around the post dispatch office and remained there till long after dark the tha deplorable plo pIo rabia rable affair seems to have grown out of the publication of an editorial in the post dispatch thia athla evening stating that in a petty pr political meeting in the eighteenth ward last night apolion strong vile lan language gnage to the post dispatch and its conductors making charges which ho he knew to be false and in ih retaliation for this the paper produced a card published a year ago by john N glover a well known lawyer in which the writer charged col Bla ela with with wilh cowardice washington IS 13 the jeannae board of inquiry convened this morning and examined chief engl neer edward farmer who was on duty at marets Marels land iana navy yard when the jeannette was fitted out he thought the Janne jannette tte tle was a perfectly seaworthy vessel and aa as well adapted to active cruising aa as a remodeled vessel could be made some borne recommendations ions of the first board had not been carried out in making repairs on the jeanneine Jeann effe eife because as the work progressed they were found to be impracticable the wJ witness did not know who was responsible sible for the deviations from don mon t the e recommendations of the board he never heard commander da de nong long or arany any other officer of the jeannette express dissatisfaction with her on the cont contrary de da long on the trial trip very decidedly ex pressed himself well pleased with what bad had been done with the vessel before the Je annetts bal sal salle ieli lell d a member of the board inquired particularly of her officers in regard to their respective departments and they all expressed themselves perfectly satisfied engineer melville said he had everything in his department he could possibly ask for witness did not think the model of the jeannece Jean neis especially flirted flitted her for arctic cruising ind 13 the grand jury found an indictment of conspiracy against gill gili floyd and me fadden padden in the redman lanchin tragedy nud aud they were released under 1000 bonds each esch the bondsmen are all of posey county and represent over the condition of the foun four other wounded raiders is not improving and possibly two may die washington 13 the following named officers will wili be selected for duty in the departments bet sot opposite their respective namoa and will report in person to the commanding general of the department for assignment to duty capt elchard Richard burrett Aseal assistant stant surgeon department of the platte capt loula Louia W crampton assistant surgeon department part artmont ment of dakota louls LouIs Brec krala assistant burgeon de apartment part ment of dakota major general edwin McDow mcdowell oU commanding the military division of the pacific will be placed on the retired list of the army on the dinst bom the best information obtainable on the subject brigadier general jno I 1 popo pope will be promoted to the rank of malor major general and col G W getty of the third artillery pramot e ed d to the rank of brigadier Oe general mj maj gen J B S schofield will re leve lieve gen mcdowell McDo weIl well from command of the pacific on oct ATLANTA ga 13 at tipton a small station on tha tho B A B R B R Aser asen A serious senious lous ious shooting affray occurred greene amayo and martin maitin harrell harreil Har rell relt turpentine producers met at tu the court mayo asked for a retraction of bf statements made ina in a letter to him anen harrel at once fired be tween tha the two men and their friends 40 or 60 50 shota shots were fired and both principals fell mortally wounded one of harrells barrells Har Harr elPa elps supporters named jordan was instantly killed and a man named vickers was seriously Beriou sly bly hurt NEW yore YOKE 13 T tho post sayue saye the election of folger polder appears to be utterly impossible even the party ina lna managers know its lis it although they do not openly say so defections in the ranks are enormous and they are irremediable they are mainly among the class of people who have waited long but who having made up their hainds are not easily frightened or cajoled sympathy for folger bolgen personally will no longer stem the current the r problem the republicans have to solve is how to malre make his defeat useful to the cause of good government and the party too they should make it such a defeat dertat that everybody must understand its meaning it should be clear that it Is not the result of democratic skill or increasing as popularity but the tho work of the republicans are determined ter tvr mined to emancipate their party from vicious rule ruie and restore its ita moral vitality wil wll MAMS A AT fr 14 the stage coach from prescott Pr escott eacott A T en route to williams A T was stopped by road agents thiis thia morning at hills canyon 21 miles milea south of this place weib wella fargo CO cos coa 11 express safe was taken the amount of money in the safe eafe is not known but ia Is supposed to bavo havo been small robinson deputy di district tract attorney was the only rag pas passenger in the stage and he was not molested III ill 14 it 13 13 ajust just learned that on wednesday night while congressman thomas was making a campaign breech speech at carbondale bon dale a man named bronson made an attempt to kill bill him with a large clasp knife but being prevented stabbed john caswell and would have done bonu further injury had he not been knocked down and disarmed the tha trouble originated naiad in political hostilities to mr tho mas NEW yo 14 the veteran editor thurlow weed is inevitably slowly sinking into the grave though momentarily here and there bett better er his great age is against him and improvements do not last long private advises say the worst mus must t be looked for in tho the very near future PM LADELPHIA 16 abe the freight pien pier pi er eight south wharves the pier itself and all its ita freights stored thereon and the tiie large tog boats argus and major together with the narrow gauge railroad freight depot and contents were burned this morn ing three of tho the crew brew of the major were terribly burned and a number of others were seriously injured by falling spara the rigging of several vessels wr wai was i burned turned a away ways but no other meriom damage done loss less washington D 0 16 the secretary of the navy has decided to restore the grade of port admiral at new york abolished when vice vica admiral bowen was received from the yards commander john H at present commandant at new now york will be assigned to the position in addition to his present duties NEW YORK il 11 several several Seve ial lal preachers preached politics yeat yesterday enday erday beecher denied that ho he was a prohibitionist hibit but talmage taimage gloried la in being one he said por for 1884 1 nominate for president and vice president pros Pios ident gov st john of kan sass fass aaa aud and gov colquitt of georgia and I 1 dont caro care which heads the ticket and let us prove that the war ia Is indeed over by nominating to tile the highest office the illustrious georgian I 1 F FOREIGN 0 R E I 1 G N calbo cairo 12 the comm committee itice a appointed P to try the rebel prisoner bonera today examined severa severn beveral I 1 including the princes ibrahim and Kia but their evidence was not important arabi paha pasha WAB brought before the committee and replied d to their queries in a long but unimportant speech nia hia examination will be resumed tomorrow to morrow the report that arabi pasha has been maltreated mal treated Is denied blaz pasha still rufues to allow the english counsel to defend arabi pasha i sir edward mallet fully advocates the employment of counsel he contends that the delay granted ia in application for couepel seriously prejudices the case of arabi aram aral blaho who meanwhile ia Is being subjected to long and re serious r lous ious private ex exaltina aLaina examination cairo 12 the tho following pashas will bo be arraigned with arab arabi paha for trial taulba alamy mahmoud Feh fedmay maey raey abdela tamy T yakoff omar rahmy and al all rouby and it is 13 said eaid the bey gan deel the list of prisoners awaiting court martial has haa been handed to th the british consul general it contains names exclusive of the prisoners in the provinces who number go 80 general allison ia Is appointed to the chief command of the army of occupation generah hawley and willis wallia sailed for england alexandria 12 thirty two ec eu robeana have arrived to serve in the the three colonels accused of complicity in the ate late massacres were arrested in the interior and brought here dublin 12 united ireland says saye pamell parnell has cabled mooney president of the national liand land leacue of america that he will at a conference advise the adopt adoption ion lon of a p prudent ru though firm policy strictly maintaining the original pro gramme and the abolition of back rent rents pending the attainment of the peasant proprietary united feland ireland 7 saye says it believes bell B ves this expresses the unanimous 0 opinion vinion of the irish leaders and it is declared the foolish chatter about dissent lons ions Is absolutely groundless lima lilma 12 the papers say peace negotiations conducted by minister locan logan losan between chill and garcia calderon bave have h ave failed it is reported calderon wont bear proposals prop of chili chill and chill prefers to treat with pl clarola arola havana 12 the late cyclone did ditl much damage in vuelta abalo especially bially deel ci ally wily at consolacion Consola clon del bur sur two coast steamers were lost on the south side of the island passengers pasE engers saved LONDON 13 general sir archibald Allia aiila ons ona committee on the channel tunnel made a report unfavorable to the projects project ss as dangerous to england and the report of the committee was supported by still stronger objections to tho tunnel from general wolseley and the duke of cambridge IS 13 the prospectus of |