Show BY TELEGRAPH per UMON um AMERICAN washington IS 18 N W fitzgerald pension and claim agent is arrested on a charge of forging the name of william glenn on the back of a note fitzgerald denies the charge st Bt loula louis IS 18 clerk N K X fairbank i going to pay his men at 6 this evenin evening g was bet set upon and robbed of 1800 no clue dal dai dallas as texas IS 18 A man giving the name of george coleman victimized the city national bank out ont of with a bogus draft on the national park bank new york dallas tex 19 nine prisoners recently escaped from jail are creating a reign of terror in that county eit fit ealing stealing horses and shooting at citizens last nast night they captured mr lewis and took him to the wood and riddled him vit wit with bullets near corpus christi christl henry wilder d a wealthy stock man and dick L linn D old enemies met on the road lynn shot wilder dead baltimore 19 A notorious chinese gambling den on an north liberty street was waa raided layt lait night by police and a dozen and all the paraphernalia captured the place was rented by hop SIB slog g under the guise of a laundry in the rear in a good sized room the game was carried on upon tie the the entrance of the off omm meers officers the former quiet of the place lace was changed to a perfect bedlam f al m ran hither and thither in their attempts to escape several managed to reach the yard and there conceal themselves but all were captured one was found tolled rolled up like a ball and presented a ludicrous Bight sight two were found in an outhouse locked in each others arms speechless speech lesa less with fright A quantity of chinese money and several hundred dollars in U B S currency were on the table the sport ing celestials celesti als have been held for fox the action of the court NEW 19 george C rice ex president of the utica ithica elmira railway company further examination today to day and awaits in the tombs the action ef the grand jury jug four charges are preferred against rioe bice by henry B S king of london one for embezzle ment two for forgery and one for lai larceny ceny the presidents vice vlee and general man managers agars of the callior nian lines and the southwestern roads who for the past few days have been in session at the windsor hotel today to day arranged all the details of a joint agreement with the exception of one or two points of division which will be referred to the presidents of the di different Terent com corn paules panics for settlement boston IG 19 charles oharles francis the advertiser on boston IG 19 charles oharles francis the advertiser on adams jr writes the value of union pacific stock he made a thorough investigation of the property when a government director years ago and last october spent two weeks in careful study of the line in company with its officers he found it greatly improved in every respect but returning east found a veritable panic prevailing the result of all my inquiries have been a curious insight into the ways of wall street A list of the charges set bet afloat and the reports successively that were day by day telegraphed over the country especially to new england during ten weeks would be a curiosity the whole result of my investigation ti satisfied me of the investment value of the property believing in it and having led others to invest I 1 want the control of it in 0 new england the chicago bur bar lington quincy and the union pacific constitute together the broadway Washington org orl street of this continent they will always be the chief commercial thoroughfares between chicago and ban francisco other lines will be built through north and south of them but these will be to the union pad paci do only what third and sixth avenues are to broadway that is the way it strikes me roe the union pacific seems to me a vry valuable property with a very great future BO so fr fir as occue ing this country la concerned new now york 19 the atlantic and pacific now has five hundred miles of track completed and miles to build to make its connection with the southern pacific which will be made in april and all necessary funds are provided it is a connecting link between the st louis san francisco and the atchison Atch lson topeka bouthern pacific santa fo fe with the louthern southern washington 19 in his speech today to day bliss said eald there was another senator carpetbagger carpet bagger like dorsey whose evidence he could not promise with certainty to place spencer before the jury he was a fugitive from the order of the court for his arrest he was wai was in canada protesting he could testify to nothing he believed spencer would come yet yat and tell the truth pugh fugh yesterday offered an amendment to the pending civil service bill ordered printed it I 1 provides that persons now in the service be subject like other citizen sto the operation of the laws that offices be apportioned among the states territories and the district of columbia according to the population directs the department to divide the persons now in office into three classes first those who can be subjected at once without injury to the public service gervice ser ter vice to examination in competition with other applicants applicant for offices which they now occupy second those who can be subjected to such competitive examination within six months fr from th the 0 pa passage of this act without onfry injury t to 0 the service third those w abo 0 can b be subjected to examination within twelve month months the offices to be apportioned geographically each to be given to one of three persons standing highest in the competitive examination without reference to political opinions or affiliations the whole force to be re dacej to the actual requirements of the public service washington president nominated samuel 0 hillbern U S attorney for california robert bobert C campbell Campbe II of louisiana U S ansul consul at monterey henry jessup of new york consul general at teheran persia secretary lincoln informs the senate he cant dispense with the ser ber services vicea of any of his clerks without detriment to the service the action of the house yesterday on holiday recess etc was buncombe und demagogue lam iam members who opposed it left on the next train no quorum is likely lively to be kept here no fine has ever been imposed on members that has not been remitted when they made their excuses at the bar of the house the clerks and sergeant al at arms say they cant stop the pay of members on such resolutions the ways and means committee i today to day fixed wire rope and iron strands the same as iron and steel steel wire same gauge three cents per pound instead of the same rate astvat as that unwire on wire of which rope is made the rate on steel in any i form not otherwise provided for was changed from 2 aj to ac per pound the committee will probably complete the metals today to day caines claims as delegate from utah will be heard by the sub com cittee on elections tomorrow to morrow the mexican service bervice bill agreed on today to day by the house pension committee gives 8 a month to soldiers of the mexican black hawk and florida wars who served 30 days or more and the same to their widows the senate appropriation committee has largely increased the indian appropriation bill bent sent them from the rouse house and members of the house committee are indignant they say there is no use in their trying to retrench re trench when the senate will add on items they drop from the bills and refuse to come to terms i in m conference committee A prominent Da kotlan stated tonight that the only real object of inviting the delegation from dako ta is not BO so much to secure its ad mission as a state as to arrange for the passage of a bill whereby the territory of dakota or the the government will assume indebtedness amounting to these bonda it is bald said have been purchased for almost a nominal sum by private individuals it is thought that when this becomes known to the committee the dakota bond problem will be at once rejected or the whole matter opened reopened re for an investigation the way waymand sand means committee on the tariff commission the way waymand sand means committee on the tariff commission report made steel ingots ingols gun material value 2 21 cents per pound or less 2 cents centa per pound valued above aj 2 and not above 6 9 cents per pound 21 2 cents per pound the committee today to day approved many malay items in the census report upon iron and steel the house committee on appropriations up r 0 completed the army abl bill li late this afternoon it amounts in round numbers to being the bill recommends a reduction of aides also that no officer be assigned according to his hia hi brevet rank NEW york YOEK 19 A commercial philadelphia special bays says the papers today to day print long accounts of the mystery attending the arrival here of mrs langtry yesterday from the press accounts it appears that her manager and maids were ina in a most perturbed state of mind over her non arrival and the former went racing about in a carriage from the depot to the hotel and arid hotel to depot to find her the cause of the mysterious delay was not explained in any siny of the morning papers but it now appears that the reason she so nearly missed keeping her engagement was that she was detained until thelast the last train by a long sitting at breakfast with frederick gebhardt who accompanied her this discovery has not nos advanced her in public esteem but then it appears that mrs langtry is becoming more and more indifferent to public opinion her baggage reached the hotel at 3 there were fifteen enormous trunks trunk and baskets bearing the name of a well known champagne house CHICAGO 0 regarding the next knights T templar conclave in ean ban francisco much interest is felt hereabouts because of the large number of knights who go from this vicinity and because the th last conclave was held in chicago local papers say the elaborate preparations being made in san ban francisco indicate that the next will be at least as magnificent and successful as the last conclave As early as a april 1881 the grand of california appointed a triennial committee and placed in then the management and preparations for the conclave the gramme pro thus far made up includes a grand gland parade nion bloD monday day august loth the day before the opening of the grand enclave cm cn elave clave a promenade concert and ball and competitive prize drill during the week frequent excursions trains will be run to the geysers talaveras calaveras Cala caia veras mariposa Marl posa yosemite Yoe emite and other points of interest within easy acee acce access s K NEW york yore 18 J C holder in the western union tele alaph company has begun suit against that corporation to restrain it from issuing bonds to increase its capital to the liabilities of dodge sinclair Bin sin elair clair india rubber goods are nominal asset assets actual as sets bete bt st louis 18 several large tobacco manufactures have called in their traveling salesmen on account of the unsettled condition of trade pending the action of congress springfield ringfield Bp mass IS 18 the 5 set mill of the laconia woolen company is now run for the benefit of the principal creditors hinsdale smith liabilities reported to lynchburg va 18 D 0 thomas Pret president ident of the bank of abingdon has failed liabilities bald said to be there ii 1 a decrease of nearly a million pounds in tobacco sales here since oct compared with the same period last lost year cleveland 19 C K backet sackett broker is missing since thursday his creditors attached his property broker is missing since thursday his creditors attached his property today to day liabilities inabilities believed to be large pittsburg 19 A meeting of the blast furnace men of pittsburg pitts Pitta burg and surrounding country for the formation of mutual protection Is called for the chicago 19 interviews with several tin and iron dealers here develops the fact that although the recent failures in that branch ot of english trade were astonishing there ii I i no apprehension ef trouble in america an evening paper faye mye herr most inte intends ads to return to england in the pring and continue the publication of his paper there the journal is Js being published in this city temporarily he goes direct to chicago thursday and immediately afterwards visits milwaukee cleveland cincinnati Pitts pittsburg burgs washington and philadelphia it is Js possible however he be will go to st louis and even to san francisco possible however he be will go to st louis and even to san francisco SAN ban FRANCISCO 19 th the e ahi ahl chip p S I 1 xich nicholas olag olaa arrived today to day from new york having on board captain doughty and a portion of the crew of the british bark lennox the st nicholas reports that on oct 17 in 46 and 62 west she fell in with the lennox from Glasgow with coal for san ban francisco the crew discharging cargo from the main hatch batch and aud sending down water by means of a donkey engine ana buckets dense volumes of emoke smoke rising from the main batch at the request of capt doughty they lay by her at 7 rpm pm tho flames rushed through tho the main hatch hatches eq ascending to the main rasin yard at 2 the next morning the captain and crew 25 in umber number ri abandoned the ship and went on board the at almost daylight they sighted the british bark hindustan from liverpool for valparaiso and transferred ten men to her CONCORD N IT 19 at this thib th Is evening one of the severest shocks of earthquake ever felt here occurred the shock was like that of a heavy explosion and shook the buildings BO so severely that the people rushed into the streets it traveled east and west and was felt in pitts pitta field four minutes lat eralso at great falls fall manchester and other places it lasted ten seconds dover NH 19 about pm two slight but very perceptible shocks of earthquake were felt the disturbances lasted 10 seconds and were felt in Rol Bol lingford roo Boo rochester hester hesten and other places contoocook NH ahl 19 the heaviest earthquake for ten years year soe soc cc burred at pm N NEW YORK 20 the steamer city of beylin berlin hence for liverpool passed dec having in tow the steamer city of gmiter chetter which lost her rudder and rudder post fost iu lu a heavy bea sea at the time a strong gale was blowing gothic hall hal an old land mark of brooklyn Is burned teoy TROY NY 19 two freight trains telescoped today to day at melrose on the troy and boston road the locomotives and 35 carb cars were wrecked john Rt reardon ardon of pittsfield ex brakeman was killed frank brundage Brunds ge of pittsfield brakeman is a broken back engineer g neer charles killingbeck KUll george cross and dennis abrim lrus irus brake men are injured but will recover the track will not be cleared before tomorrow to morrow pa 20 the malle able abie iron fron manufacturers association of the united states met here today with closed doors the result of the con COD conference ferenee is not known it is understood to be to consider the advisability vis ability of advancing prices A general convention of iron men will be held on the state of trade philadelphia 19 benjamin greenwald diamond dealer of this city held heid helde heldi upon lupon a charge of conspiring to defraud certain dealers in precious stones in new ork made confession that a conspiracy existed between hameen morris rosenberg ros Roa enberg and jacob meyers of Ko rosenberg 4 co do which obtained a judgment against greenwald rosenberg roa Boa enberg and meyers who were arrested the firms said to have been defrauded are grenberg good goodman man and pollock kuhn kuhns doerflinger acon co N van Mapp emare nare co hess schleesen Sch lessen leesen ben een and L eco van Mapp emare nare co hess schleesen Sch lessen leesen ben een and L eco all of new now york whose |