| Show BY T lele IELE GIR all ail pix pcs UMON unk uina AMERICAN AME amb baoan washington 12 defense open ed the days proceedings in the sitar star route trial by calling delegate mar tin maginnis of montana to the witness stand the issue of standard E silver ilver dollars from the mints the week ending the loth was for the cor responding period last year the sunday capitol says secretary chandler will name the new tan ten steel cruiser the chicago it is to represent the latest and best naval architecture it is understood that senator edmunds will only retain the office of president of the senate until next december when cewill make way for senator anthony the secretary of war has requested the president to order a court of inquiry to investigate general hazens administration of the signal service the detail for the court may bo be expected in a few days the united states treasurer says gays the gold silver and united states notes in the treasury today to day are as follows gold coin and silver dollars or bu bullion lilon fractional silver 1 I 1 united states notes total certificates outstanding gold silver currency the treasury department today to day mailed copies of the new tariff act to all collectors of customs together with instructions that sections sec see llona tiona 7 and 9 of the act go into enn eff effect act at once and apply to all goods in bonded warehouses fes ies as well as aa goods imported after the date of the passage of the act the secretary of tho the treasury having directed that the word cents be added to the new now five nive cent piece the superintendent of the philadelphia mint minty who designed the original coin is iii engaged in preparing a device for the back of the proposed coin which will include the denomination and its value in unmistakable terms the president is still indisposed and today to day refused to see all visitors excepting intimate friends he has been suffering ring for seme time from catarrhal affection affections and ia igi considerably ably annoyed at its tenacity he will probably take a trip to fortress monroa towards the end of the present week the chippewa indians of minnesota had an interview with the secretary of the interior today to day and complained of tres trem pass pabs on their timber ianda landt bear benr admiral SW JW A nicholson lately in command of the european station wag was placed on the retired list yesterday yesterdays by operation of law he is succeeded in the command of the european station by rear bear ad miral charles H baldwin formerly member of the light house board rear bear admiral E S ca houn will be retired in april next these to retirements will make vacancies in the tho ilat list of rear bear aamir als which will be filled by the promotion of commodore B R W anu shu feidt feidl now on duty with the naval advisory board biard BUTLER iowa ll 11 col coi J M Thoin thompson peon s ex congressman is attested on the charge of raising a note tor for or to new york 12 A crank went into Stop St opens enlis billiard saloon yesterday afternoon and began indiscriminate shooting with a revolver he hurt nobody but escaped on the elevated railroad he was wab in mourning and had evidently been to one of the famous funerals yesterday Colum columbus bue B S 0 11 ll II a patient in the lunatic asylum here freed himself yesterday and killed a fellow patient and injured others before secured uniontown Union town pa 12 P 0 breck enridge was on the witness stand this morning in the dukes duties murder case the point of his testimony was that nutt was wab shou shot by dukes he was standing with his right arm resting on the mantel and his left arm hanging by his side he was exhausted and breathing heavily from his struggle with dukes Dakes which was just over and making no movement of any kind james J feather testified this afternoon ter noon in the dukes nutt trial that after dukes and nutt had been separated in the formers former room he ha pushed dukes dutes into one comer when dukes bald baid he came in here to whip me and ill lil shoot him feather replied ahe he cant whip you now dukes drew his revolver and fired tired across the room at nutt killing him nutt was making no effort to draw a weapon william packard clerk in a hardware store testified that on the friday proceeding prece eding the sunday when the tho shooting WAS done he had bad sold bold dukes a 32 calibre smith and wesson double acting revolver dukes selected it with great care from a number of others saying that he be wanted one that was sure A couple of customers h appended to drop into the store at tha time when dukes dubes concealed himself saying that be want everybody to know his busi busl business st louis louls 12 the sentence on oby owen defaulting teller of the third national bank was again postponed this morning by the united states court until saturday next as further time is ia required to take owens deposition in two balts balls pending against his bondsmen owen has given testimony almost dally daily but the utmost secrecy has been preserved it has leaked out however that his evidence is very unsatisfactory and he has only accounted so BO far for fora oora a little overS of the which he embezzled the judge stated that he would read owens owen a testimony and that would influence him in passing nen ren sentence tence little littie rock ark 12 telegrams aun nun announce ounce a running fight on sun day near goshen washington co between pursuing officers and the men who attempted to rob the lilt lait tle rock fort smith train many shots were ware exchanged and one robber was wounded but managed to escape at last accounts the cers were la in hot pursuit near the missouri line boston 12 patrick levy passenger on the steamer samaria was wag arrested on the arrival of the steamer on the charge of killing patrick hurley farmer in mullingar Mul mui lingar ngar ugar ireland immediately after leaving queenstown Queens town levy informed the officers of the samaria that he committed the deed two years ago bay saying hurley hired a farm over the head of an evicted tenant and he was induced by the payment of 20 by whom he would not state to bill bili him levy leyy says bays he never was suspected of the murder and left ireland his destination was 24 east street new york where his aunt mrs par Far partrick trick resides levy now denies the 20 story and says in a drunken quarrel he committed the deed the british con sul advised letting the man proceed to his destination in new york and be kept under surveillance till ad vices from england are received san ban francisco 10 portland dis patch julius marcus absconding new york broker brokers is arrested here philadelphia 10 thomas maher jr isaae isaac street and jos myers convicted of making fraudulent returns agy acy election omm off meers leers are each sentenced to three months imprisonment and fined noo loo and chased for four years boston 10 halvey harvey H bollans Fol lans bee defaulting treasurer of the bos ton relief belief association is indic indicted ted led for embezzlement of atlanta 10 A drunken father in hall county named IT erring herring poured a shovel of hot coals on an incent burning it to death oat 12 about 4 this afternoon a crowd of excited people collected in front of prof wiggins residence and began to clamor i or lor his appearance As the doors ennd and windola remained firmly closed cries of If fraud frauds and 61 humbug filled the air and an all attack on the house was only averted by the opportune arrival of the police who quelled the impending disturbance and assured the mob that wiggins was not at home homo ottawa 12 wiggins today to day claims his prophecy has been literally fulfilled the highest tidal wave ever known has been reported at halifax and telegrams received from all ports indicate a severe rovere tf tempest he says saya he has always entertained the greatest anxiety for the safety of the people on the shores of the bay of bengal and the gulf of mexico in the former the major tidal wave of which the minor on our coast was a reflection must have occurred on the afternoon of the loth london time hundreds of thousands of lives are perishing he expresses great fears for the city of chester and characterizes this storm as the greatest that can occur on this plan et and the greatness of its extent is the only hope of safety in any particular quarter he makes a sly hit bit at the canadian and united states authorities for not hoisting the storm signals until the storm vas was as actually beating upon the continent some people ho he adds expected an impossible storm yesterday but he repeatedly said his object in making the predictions was for the safety of mariners marinero ma as no danger could possibly occur an on land except in the vicinity of places named as being exposed to the tidal wave but people like to be frightened and cling to their own interpretation in preference to mine AUSTRALIA 12 A break occurred in the levee at masons just below here on saturday night yards five feet deep desp this will overflow a large portion of the country back of concordia the break at baughs or green grove which occurred on the ath overflowed the country back of australia before the break at masons occurred trains west from delta will run to Tallula Ta llala the remainder of the distance 62 50 miles will be made in skiffs and on hand cars carb time required for the trip two days memphis 12 the water has fallen failen nine inches since the decline hasseltin hab has setin bet in two negroes tom brown and aaron smith were drowned last week back of austin miss by the capsizing of a dug out nothing additional has been learned here of the break which occurred on saturday evening at la coner circle miles south of memphis when the kate adams passed there a force of men were at work trying to close the crevasse which was about 25 feet wide and it was wag thought they would succeed the break in totten levee 35 miles below friars point flooded all the country in the rear as far down as australia this break is just above the line of the second levee district which remains intact and the planters within that district do not fear hn overflow two men names unknown were drowned on friday 10 miles north of marion their bodies were recovered and buried IS 13 the washington sleeper on the western express due hereby here by penna ry by at am caught fire near wilmont station stations in the alleghany allegheny Alleg hany mountains and was entirely consumed the pas escaped without irl injury jurys but lost nearly all ther clothing among those in the car were general pennon agent dudley col ben wilson ex congressman of west virginia gen cockels of indiana col davidson of beaver pa col porter postmaster of con nells nelis nellsville wellsville ville when the train arrived here many passengers were half naked pullman compy companas Comp anys a loss dra DEADWOOD DEAD WOOD D T extensive cave occurred in the highland mine here the miners all managed to escape escare uninjured except one who was fatally hurt FORT eort FL werman herman wyoming 13 ali all pacha fachs who nine years ago committed a horrible murder was arrested near here yesterday the F etry try is that pacha belonged to a company ef cf six prospectors prospect orv ors and thavone that one night while camping in colorado he murdered his five coin corm they slept he was arrested a short time after but escaped and has been at large largo till til now HELENA ark IS 13 one oce of the peculiar circumstances of the present overflow is the washing away of island no 65 situated in the middle of the mississippi river elver there is now no vestige left lef t to show where it once onee stood about 60 miles below helena it will never be ascertained whether any human beings were lost at the time as it was not known whether any persons persona were living on it at the time it was swept away washington 13 A B williams one of the star route counsel comes out with a denial dental of the statement in the confession of one of the burglars which connected connect ec him with ma mantz the noted fence in which he bays baya the whole story is a concocted lie the author of it is not the thief in j jail jall ali ail who by force of circumstance now surrounding him may father it but a person of less honor and honesty for over three weeks past brewster cameron has re heatedly sent bent his hired scoundrels scoundrel s to the jail to threaten and browbeat berry into adopting the lie but he be failed to do so until he made several visits himself and prom promised lied him immunity this attack upon me originates irr the resentment of one whipped by the lagh iash of exposure it is the work of a coward who wha hides behind a thief I 1 pity the thief and despise the coward it is reported that wm lilley the gentleman assaulted by ex senator dorsey is in a very precarious condition from the effects of the assault and his physicians think his recovery a matter of considerable sid erable doubt he Js Is unable to retain food upon his stomach and buffers suffers a great deal of pain DANVILLE thos flournoy ex member of con bon congress gress and candidate for forgo governor go vornor on the know kno w nothing ticket tickets died here this morning HELENA ark 13 the river has declined one inch d during the last as t 12 hours the levees here are sa secure that the city is safe wind or no wind trains over the iron mountain and southern railroad will be put on again today to day making transfer trana fer at al langville bridge by boat the situation Is ia brighter than at any period since the high water pressure set in business in the city is resumed and the outlook Is ia cheering and hopeful washington 13 the chief of the secret service division of the treasury department has been advised that a most dangerous counterfeit of the standard silver dollar hag has made its appearance in ohio and T indiana the base coin has the exact weight ring and appearance of the genuine and resists the acid test unless the outer coating costing of silver is penetrated by the death of lieutenant colo coio nel william H brown first infantry fantry major charles G bartlett eleventh infantry will be promoted t ta lieu lieutenant t anant of the tha first infantry captain james A snyder third infantry to major of the eleventh infantry first edmund rice rlee afif fifth th infantry to captain in the fifth infantry and second lieutenant john C F tilson of the elf eif fifth th infantry to first lieutenant of the fifth infantry secretary chandler stated today to day i that as soon as practicable bartlett and other survivors of th elate jeannette jeannetie Teann ettes now in st petersburg will be brought to washington rna ana called before the Je Te armette annette board to give their testimony regarding the losa loss of that vessel H 0 dean once agent at pine fine ridge bidge indian agency tells an extraordinary tra story about agent Gilli cuddy he is quoted as saying sent for me when he truth about his practices practice sj and tried to bull buli bulldoze doza me I 1 be bulldozed and we separated in ill III humor I 1 learned afterward that GIlli cuddy offered a hundred dollars to any indian who would kill me I 1 heard this from several sources and I 1 have every reason to believe belleve the information correct the republican has an interview with a person who knows all about this agency in in the course of which the following occurs according to the report of agent indians get their supplies at the agency in his charge last year these sioux rioux cost the government about or nearly 75 a head ahead the remainder of the appropriation something like was distributed among indians who constitute the remaining indian population giving each a little over 20 thus ten per cent of the money appropriated for the maintain ance or of over a quarter of a million indians was spent on a fraction over two per cent of the population and this too under the |
