Show TO JU i american cincinnati 17 the second annual convention of tile the womans comans temperance union met this morning president pie pit mrs witten meyer of philadelphia in tho the chair an addres address sot of welcome was made by mrs BK Leavi leavitt lie lle avitt tp responded to by mrs mra jennie F welling Wll wil irig 1119 of illinois the donty donti in her annual address sta stated 1 ted that during the thib past pol year forty five state conventions were avero held heid she also Aug suggested that a lecture 1 hureau bureau should be antt antl a commission appointed to investigate vesti gate and report upon the use of liquors and that the as association ocla ocia tion should be incorporated miss bliss frances Wll wil willaid laid corresponding secretary reported twenty three state auxiliaries organized and a great advancement in every departments department of some delegates representing nineteen states are piment in tile the convention evansville ind 17 several patt pat pai patties ties les ies including bingham Bi bros have been arrested for complicity in whiskey frauds washington 17 today to day A 0 buell who was waa a long time tim ago igo indicted indicted for an aw alleged criminal libel on oil secretary chandler gave ball bail for his appearance for trial at fit columbus alexander beco becoming nung bong ills his jsu plu surety vice vlee president wilson suffers ers less from nervous prostration tonight to night than yesterday aday and ano shows signs of soom SOOT steady thought arid it a bially cay eay rapid improvement js eshia lle ile his morning it A paris dispa dispatch tf b containing don doti cirlot I 1 t jerread ter yead read but I 1 will del dol defend elid lilee tilee these thase provinces and tile the coast and will vy lit lii ill send out privateer privateers w of nj nv york 17 the american woman suffrage association convened tonight to night in steinway hall A large and intelligent audience audien cc was present bishop gilbert haven pres preg presided ded and made the open address speeches were made by antoinette brown stone and charles bradlaugh the proceedings were of or marked inke intje eskwith est with prospect of large ine Inc increased increase reasel tomorrow to morrow I 1 M pomeroy Po meroy mcroy better known as brick pomeroy proprietor of the democrat in this city suspended today to day liabilities estimated mated at ut no assets nse afe sets rhe ahe executive committee of the union league of america met today at tile the st 4 nicholas hotel arid resolved to call an annual meeting of that body for next month in la philadelphia when the subjects to be considered are national public school interests audoro aud and pro octive tarifa BUFFALO N Y 17 tho pro peller Mo mohawks of the W T co line jine was waa burned this afternoon cause causa unknown value ar ST louis 17 at Donalds mcdonalds Mc trial today to day S ad D thorp testified that he was wag storekeeper store keeper at peter currants distillery and while there mcdonald told him to ea tha it was run ac according cordin to law that tha if any violation occurred ho he would seize the place while at chan ehan teus tens diAll distillery iery lery joyce told witness the tilo house had to make crooked whiskey and money made to pay him joyce and to pay no attention to Donalds mcdonalds Mc instructions witness said about fifty barrels oj of crooked whiskey was made weekly at joi Jot jonett jouett at sixty gallons per barrel that being the assessment asses make on that distillery 1 l somo some we weeks eks that amount could not be made and then joyce would send for witness and demand the ahe reasons for the delinquency joyce told the witness that lie was taking care of the officers at washington bab bock avery j and und others and aud the money was being used for political pur purposes joyce joyee would come round and make special assessments saying the folks at washington wanted money and must have it he assessed witness occasionally for the folks at washington the parties medby lia lla named i by Joy joyee joyce ceas as jeee jece receiving iv mone money y he here rever were e tok toi ney patrick U J S marshal new comb george mcdonald major gunther fitzroy chief clerk in the U S collectors office offic esWin wm mcgee of the globe democrat and constantine st maguire U S collector the witness did not know how the money was distributed after it left bis hands the chief clerk in the assessors office in 1875 1873 Jo joeeph joseph eph M i fitzroy te stifled testified to a conversation held he ld with mcdonald in which he medon mcdon aid said hu he wanted to remunerate mun erate some parties in wash ingar ah for information received from them witness raised the amount and threw throw it over the transom of the door of Mc mcdonalds Donalds room as per agreement thise occurred in 1873 witness had bad a conversation v ers atlon with McDo mcdonald iu in regard to his testimony before the ifie grand jury ry last night mcdonaad modo McDo ilu liu told him m to stand firm that thai it would not amount to anything that they must stand by each other witness told mcdonald McDo after he had testified that he had failed to recollect considerable and some things ho be did not know anything about that both mcdonald McDo medo and joyce joyee said it was all right louisvill LOUls vilka viLVa ky 17 T the na nd dional grange met at the gait galt house hou Q today to day thre was a full delegation of all the states and territories with the exception of one br two which are expected tomorrow there was no delegation from the dominion of canada as the grangers brangers Gr angers augers there do not belong to tile the jurisdiction of tho the national grange grangeia an address of welcome was delivered by worthy master blaster al D dav davis davig ls of kentucky who was responded to by IV M dudley W adams of iowah lowa lown master of the state grange followed by the lecturer T A thompson who made a report I of his labors for the year no other business was done save bave sa va the arrangement of the number dumber of delegates dee gates each state is entitled to and the amount of dues to 10 be paid by each state grange to the thena national grange the grange will continue con its sessions ten days or more tile the city hall was damaged by niru firu today to day to the tele extent of fully 1 inspired insi ired sr tn LOUIS louls IS 18 in the mcdonald mcdonaad McDo trial today to day B H engel rm rectifier eifler testified that joyce joyee repeatedly told him he could manufacture crooked whiskey and would be protected that joyca and encouraged him to make all he could bould handle he was wan always noti notified fied fled of visits from washington officials avery ud used to send fiend the tho desired informs tiola tion ijoyce said sald his friend bab cock wrote emite him thay were in trouble troubie and id must vt pt out uit wit two assessments for what was called campaign hutchinson ward fund which reached three thousand dollar aad all were required to contribute from 1872 the ring wan was composed of McDo mcdonald joyce fitzroy sitz Fitz ray Bl mcgee mcgeo egee eGeo Mp i Gurre 1 patriek patrick a t r c k N newcomb e w i c 0 m 15 a and n d gr Gros 0 s e evenor vie n 0 of tho Demo democrat crat craf athe latto lattof rol col iod lod 0 ta beb bet when he was as s seeking beeking the tee nomination fon for mayor witness received X a letter from C W ford in regard to certain tain I 1 matters mattera it was understood that had bad been raised for campaign purposes in 1872 ford closed two thenn hen wa was allowed to proceed reman of distillery testified fled fied that joyce jode was wak wah well weli posted eddi as to the market price a anden creased the assessment when the market was wash brisk we paid a gallon to ghering ahe uhe ring and when i it rose to they tildy demanded which the distillers refused to pay paye louis louls te testified stifled that joyce joye told him to ma make ke thiry thirty or 91 forty barrels barrel weekly for the eing ring witness made twenty nive five to nifty fifty barrels crooked per week barton agent of bingham bros testified that joyce had bad notified noti hoti nned fled i them of the coming of the a agents to exam exa mirie lilie the distillery joyce josce claimed to have letters from babcock he also read parts of letters from the treasury and revenue department 1 I have seeli letters signed by avery holland rogers his bis object was wash to show me tile the thing was understood at headquarters witness raised money for hogue and others part of which he understood was togo tago to go to washington lk secretary e 14 arkary handler chandler authorizes authorises autho rises a sweeping and explicit denial dental of the widely spread assertions that he has made oris or is making removals in the into bior department for failures to con tribute to campaign funds etc ete IB IR addition belays with reference to the dismissals of clerks employ ed at the patent latent office that they were made for tor caisse ca cause iise ilse and not in any anyway dixy based on off perso personal nal nai or political considerations the spanish h minister r loday lo today day was officially advised frap irel iril that hi his government has uie nie needed uit ded that in future Ameri Ame americal cal cai citizens on trial before court martial in cub cuba shall have the privilege of selecting boumel couns count el for defence the treaty or of 1795 in the opinion of the spa spanish nish government was not suf sufficiently ficie ficle antis antly dennite definite to meet cases of courts in artial martial I 1 in n th the e even event t of a war e f insurrection in the island bud but the pre present ent arrangement mets wets the question e in accordance with thod the thed desire estre expressed in a friendly note addressed by bj fl ami h to the spanish government ern ment and disposes of exaggerated reports on this subject today to day mr bir riddle in criminal court called attention to W a king indicted for perjury in fir connection lection with the tilo pacific mail subsidy he stated that early in the term the case had been continued in conn consequence quence of col irvin i being being nent in in E europe drope irwin tva iva wan was s now in this country and his attendance could 40 bo secured and king ring ring king was anxious for a speedy mal wal the case went over with the understanding standing 1 that the Distri district cb attorney would 9 fix lix m a day for trial triai as soon as he ascertained when gl gen en butler the principal cipal counsel for king kingi betl would ife lie behdie bele bete ohp th 3 stolen from government during treasurer sewa newa admi nf 1000 nt one time and 2 2000 at a later period were word paid into t 0 the tre treasury attry soon soon after til ali tha loss lois was reported by mr new from his private resources he has gotab not accused the employees the tile arrangements 1 in n the treasurer eps to guard against losses are ate as perfect as possible efforts are sti still 1 I 1 making to discover the 06 thief with the view to his ar arrest r e st aud punishment the commission to investigate the or of the second comptroller had a meeting today to day but have not yet commenced their labor or decided on the scope of their authority tho rity documentary evidence in the E F P F sugg and i cases aas has been obtained for exam lamination from the third auditor and the U S 94 torney attorney internal revenue commissioner platt hai been added to the commission and will be chairman God Go liAM girAU me IS 18 the mixing mill of the oriental powder company south Windham Wind ham bam was wag blown biown up this morning just before the employees began work consequent ly none were injured the accident will cause a temporary sus susi i pension of work montgomery ia ischo the tho majority for the rati ratification 11 cation catlon of f the new con coni atit ution will not be less and may reach vice president avidson vilson slept soundly last night aard awoke much igi igl improved proved lie he feels able to go outi out but is restrained by his hia physician physic lan lau pa 18 this ahls morning a collision oce occurred on the pits pit burg cincinnati aud and st leuis neuis railway between a construction consi construction ruction train and the west bound freight a few miles east of denison Deniso nj 0 three employees were killed una two othe others seriously injured thearel the thy acci i dent was caused by an engineer of freight ht train disregarding sigr sigu signals als ais isit IS 18 it Wre is reported ported in 11 financial circles that the paper if f eastern kentucky wont went to protest yesterday i the thy suspension is is announce announced dof of the wholesale whole ald aid alp provision house ot asa jacobs co a very old con cern tern CLEVELAND 0 IS 18 an important meeting of railway managers was held at crestline Crest liue litre yesterday the contemplated pool of earning earnings Ue b tWeet the vandalia vandana and indiana polie and st iodia louis lines iines was if formally completed major johne johme john E simpson long and favorably known in R R circles cir clr ces oes was elected general manager of he pooled lines ma jordayne jor Payne has appointed as delegates to fco the st louls bouls southern pacific convention lov rov ito v hon chas A otis hon W selah chamberlain and geo odo hr H ely Y Q K 18 the 40 staten island steamer D JS R mafin took fire 04 the down dolvil trip this pia pid pm the fire was caused ed by chinery the pilot pilat ran b her pr ashore on the fla fia flats ts pas Pae passengers and hands were removed ipa in a small boat boal T two ly 0 men w were ere ero badly scalded the heralds vya nya washington s special pe elai elaf dated yesterday faa bays says Y s the tho reply of the spanish go government vern ment to the note cf ef minister was promptly trans transmitted by cable to the state stale department and deciphered there theu this morning it proves to be a dignified te response to ilie the demands which our government made in the matter of american interests in the island of cuba and id will it ii is believed beli hoil oyed eyed dissipate all rears fears of between spain and the united states the tone of the reply is ii firm but very conciliatory the justice justlee of our demand is not igno ignored ret the confusion concu loh of amm aff mairs lairs irk liu in cuba obstructs obstruct lie exercise cf cr an tin impartial and prompt administration of or the requirements of or the treaty of 1705 span spain defends her right to maintain couch cuba guba and eltes fites in s support aport of her position on this thi s question oo that thel tho united states during and for foi a long time sub bub subsequent to the late war of secession and france franco for tw ye af da nj ta the tho triumph of t republic the he over ovet the immune and oven omen even then unde under r the fifeld re reign ign of thiers made use of similar extraordinary graor tra binary tribunals to deal out justice ato 1 9 public and civil enemies to ir ta cabb of france thee tribu nals lyals sentenced to be ba shut shot or dr transported to lo cayenne over two thou thousand and aDd hirs persons wons ions and yet set these tribunals berels exercised ls id their functions their after aften the ciple 0 of the ho arcand the advent af pf coni complete plate piete peace therefore fa to spain in the tho budt of her warin war in cuba maintains the right of usilio courts martial to try aders it against ber her laws but readily makes akes the concession that tha tAmer amer ican citizens can ean have their advocates or attorneys and produce witnesses nesses s in their theli own behalf conformably to the tho provisions of tile the article s even seven of or the treaty treat v of 1793 1795 uld and according to the gular regular course of ot procedure in such re casap alid and v e s guarantees of such a mode modi of ives ivas te 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