Show BY TELEGRAPH telegraph pin pra uma A american M E R 10 A no WA washington NaTON 29 secretary folger continues to improve daily and la Is much better than for several days it is hoped that in a week he will be so BO far reco recovered veredas as to be able to take a trip to bermuda members of the civil service reform commission are working with great industry in the preparation of the new civil service rules and they expect to have them ready for presentation to the tho president on saturday ex senator kellogg said to a reporter of the associated press last night that in a few days he expect ed tobe to be able to make a statement which would be a complete denial of the allegations concerning himself in the price affidavit it is said that the naval advisory board will redart in favor of equipping league island navy yard with plant and machinery necessary for the construction of iron and steel ships naval officers believe that the action of congress in authorizing the construction of the new steam cruisers Js is A forecast of the future policy of this government touching its navy that warships war ships of the future will be of steel or iron and that the tho government will soon atie nile appreciate pre clate the importance of being a able abie to build it its 9 own ships A prominent official of the naw department remarked today to day now that the vexed question of monitors is out of the way we may confidently expect to have a navy the great mistake of this government was waa in undertaking to have its ships built by contract instead of at its own yards when wooden frigates were in vogue ours were jn in every respect the finest in the world We have the most skilled and intelligent artisans and our frigates were the admiration of all nations in every part of the world but wooden ships are now out of date and we have fallen behind in the cons construction traction of iron ones sooner or later however congress will realize the importance of equipping some of our yards for iron and steel ship building and I 1 have no hesitancy in asserting that it will soon be found that we can excel other nations in this character of ships as we we always have done with our wooden vessels sels seis 11 the jeannette zeannette court of inquiry will ic convene reconvene at the navy department ment tomorrow to morrow for the examination of the four member of tb the e jeannette jeannetie crew who have recently returned from siberia the acting secretary of the treasury has decided that the rate of duty as between the old and now tariff is to be fixed by the date of the arrival of the importing vessel at the exterior port of entry and goods imported before the new act takes effect and shipped to western ports under immediate transportation will be dutiable andar the tho present tariff unless they remain in public stores or bonded ware warehouses houm when the act goes into effect the annual reunion of the society of the tho army of the potomac to be held in this city may and irth promises to be ot of unusual interest major martin maginniss of montana will deliver the oration on the night of may A banquet will be given on the evening of may among those expected to speak are president arthurs arthur secretaries ere fre lincoln attorney general brewster ex president hayes generals grant sherman sheridan mcclellan hancock and schurz admiral porter chas dudley warner wamer and Governor Ex curtin the president will not take any action in regard to tho the vacancy in the cabinet caused by the tho death of postmaster general howe before next week EI Chicago 1 29 19 despairing of overcoming tho the obstructions in tho braidwood mine which now make it 16 difficult to search for the remaining bodies a correspondent states the owners are considering a apropo position to close and abandon the mino mine and erect over the entrance a monument to the memory of those entombed this suggestion is op hobed by the friends of the tho dead men no additional progress was made up to a late hour last night in clearing away the debris baltimore 29 the chemical works of alonzo L LT thompson hompson in 1 the southern section of the city were almost entirely destroyed by fire rire today to day damage estimated at from to fully tully ully insured allentown 29 affre A fire is raging on blue mountain near lenigh lehigh gap much valuable timber la Is being destroyed denver 29 the tribune tribunes santa fe special bays says six companies of the fourth cavalry are out scouting after ho hostiles host hobt stiles ilos iles cols colo co forsyth and major noyes have each two companies wa afes ales on the gila biver river captain black back a company of new mexican volunteers on oa the line of railroad near gila athe the republicans silver sliver city N M special sayee saye judge mccomas me am a s of this city formerly of 11 illinois I 1 nois a en rot route ite to pyramid city wit with his wife wire and ani d child was wab kill kili killerby edby apaches I 1 in thompsons Thomp sons canyon 25 ellei east cast of here the wife and child are prisoners A party left this morning to bring in the body A large body of armed citizens are now equipping to follow the trail and rescue the captives the soldiers sol soi diers stationed at fort bayard are all in the field the country west of here Is reported full fuli of indians several camps along the gila have been at tacked probably nifty fifty whites have been murdered in the last four days arizona reports are to the effect that the indians threaten the annihilation of all the whites in grant county san ban francisco 29 Lorda burg dispatch A party just returned from the scene of the massacre in thompsons Thomp gons sons canyon found mrs judge mccomas shot through the head lying by the side of the buckboard and Et stripped ripped naked judge mccomas macom as was found about yards south of his wife wine shot in four different places also stripped naked the v 11 e boy is missing tombstone dispatch captain crawford with apache scouts arrives tomorrow to morrow and proceeds to the frontier to head off the apaches being driven from sonora bonora by general requa troops are stationed along the tho frontier waiting to intercept them tucson dispatch A benson special just received says bays unusual fires were seen from that place last night at the foot of dragoon moun bains they are successive flashes and it is understood a large number of sonora bonora apaches are approaching the line near nogales the people there have called for U S troops ono one company has been sent to that point there is a rumor that a skirmish occurred between the troops and indians indiana in whetstone mountains last night NEW york yo 29 according to omm off meers leers of the jansma panama canal company in this city the work on the canal is going on satisfactorily there are now about men at work more than half the line is under contract and the canal company is also at work upon other parts one ono of the contracts embraces about seven miles on the atlantic side and another about the same on the pacific both with american companies A number of miles of side track have been built connecting with the panama railway leading out to places selected for depositing rock earth etc others are building the new harbor three miles from aspinwall is nearly completed the dense undergrowth has been removed from sea bea to sea as a necessary preliminary to bolings borings bo rings end and the location line of houses has been built along the line iino for employed emp loyes A large quantity of materials and machinery including locomotives car cars carb blumber lumber slumber framed houses etc have been sent from the united states something Is sent by every steamer from new york the health of the workmen is better than a year ago the country to in the interior away from the coast has been found comparatively healthy the waters of charges river biver will be kept from flooding the tho canal by a dam in the neighborhood of garn Gain G amber kainber ber this dam will be constructed in one of the gorges of the mountains such american machinery as has been bent sent thus far has given great satisfaction besides the machinery many supplies have been and will bo be sent from this country already in the purchase of panama railway stock and for other purposes there have been nearly oco in gold paid by the canal company to citizens of the united states charles de lesseps will bo be here next week the engineers have estimated that the whole 46 miles of canal wili wiil be finished in about seven years unless something now unforeseen occurs NEW boj YORK 30 the grand jury today to day began the investigation of the case of geo goo W conkling tr jr who shot and killed wilbur wllbur er erst ersi stick lck ick and he will probably be indicted he was rearrested arrested re coroner smythes smythe addressing addres sing eing the grand jury instructed them to investigate the case and said police folice justice smith had exceeded his powers in assuming to decide that the homicide was justifiable his action the recorder said sald does not stop the grand jury from inducting indicting indic ting conkling counsel for Mr sUhler have received instructions to begin bogin legal proceedings ce against dr amidon for the recovery of which mrs uhler claims to bo be due her hen herout henout out of the sum suna left by haverstick Have at the time of his bis death nashville tenn 30 an act making makin git it felony to keep beep gambling establishments in this state or the renting of houses for such purposes passed the legislature today the penalty ja is imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years in the penitentiary the effect will be to banish the fg gambling ambling fraternity from the state harrisburg 30 speaker bounce has concluded in compliance with the request of citizens of fayette county to isue a writ for a special election to fill the seat in the houge house declined by dukes april will be named as the date of election col COI umbra S whilst gulding guiding united states officers to arrest a gang of illicit distillers in greenville county 0 N hightower was fatally shot by a sup posed marlon marion watson washl washington NuToN 30 30 indian commissioner price today to day received a telegram from agent wilcox at safi sabi carlos carioss arizona dated yesterday as ali follows continued quiet among the reservation er indians am keeping vigilant watch of them and no signs of quitting work for any purpose yesterdays yesterday ter day dayd days report of nine citizens killed by indians from old mexico near the upper gila on the line between new mexico and arizona was confirmed today to day Ti pa 30 the oil market today to day was excited in consequence of the opening of the porcupine well in forest co its condition has been a mystery after drilling had recommenced a few minutes teat the haLwell weli weil well commenced flowing flo at the rate of a thousand barrels a day notwithstanding this the market advanced from 95 to a break followed and 93 38 3 8 was bid at the close NEW YORK YOEK 30 30 col F A conkling in a speech last night charged hat that the knit goods association raised rated most of which he declared Con congress greEs gress on investigation would find went into the pock p 0 c k ets of one of our upright legislators egisha t 0 r s he aleo said sald there was waa an organized organ organized izea conspiracy represented by the knit goods manufacturers association to cheat both the people and government out of enormous sums of money by manipulations in the importation por tation of knit goods this has been done in face of the US use supreme court decision of february the conspirators were assisted not only by secretary windom but by his assistant french and the conduct of judges was answerable for much of the corruption which was done by different classification of goods to evade the law A further victory the speaker said sald was recently gained by this organization in the passage of the bill through congress which conkling intimated was passed pasted by the bribery and trickery j of its foremost movers among whom was senator miller of this state BOSTON 30 30 there was a very large attendance at the investigation by the legislative committee on public charitable institutions of the charges of governor butler butier But nut iera lers s mismanagement of the tewksbury almshouse in selling bodies etc dr john dixwell graduate of harvard medical school testified that the students received a large farge number of infant they bought from wm andrew janitor at from 3 to 5 each andrews sald said he be obtained all these bodies from the almshouse some were killed in dis dissecting them in many cases infants had no food 24 hours before death witness gave some testimony before the grand jury five years ago witness said the bodies of children wc were re dissected on the same bame table with animals mad vad nd the remains swept into the same receptacle J H chase was employed at the alms house in so 80 and was discharged for drunkenness he testified to drawing a team containing a large larga number of bodies from the alms house houte to harvard and heard marsh asat abat hupt bupt say he received ten ton dollars tor for r dult duit bodies from harvard and twelve dollars from the female college there were between three and four hundred deaths a year somme some of the bodies were to pickled I 1 ickler in pork barrels and sent to boston by marsh some home times funeral services were held over coffins filled with wood gov butler butier offered a letter alleging that marsh prevaricated pre about the disposition of bodies adjourned LYNCH bueg BuEa 30 mrs johna than monroe and her son warren were fatally poisoned near brook neal loredo SO 30 it la Is rumored that a party of five americans who left for the interior of mexico to buy stock were murdered in camp near saltillo daltillo Sal tillo fort scot kansas SO 30 the mayor and postmaster of empire city have sent bent an appeal for aid for nurses and care for fifty people down with smallpox the city is by all the surrounding places the disease is said to be on the increase ban san francisco so 30 dispatch A telegram from separ states three men were killed between separ and animas valley vailey this morning the indians indiana came within one mile of separ sopar last night to an abandoned house captain black and his rangers are following their trail A fight may be expected at any moment the indians are doubtless doubt leba lesa making for old mexico and fears are entertained that they will reach there before our rangers can overtake them braidwood ills SO 30 seven more bodies were discovered in the extreme part of the southwest entry the highest part of 0 the work they were found on the timbers above where they probably crowded they are in a high state of decomposition it is thought the only way they can be handled is to shovel them up in bags it will be several days before they can be taken out on account of the entrance being so small that it is impossible to get got them tb through rough cincinnati 30 A landslide near mason on the cincinnati southern railway this morning threw the northbound north bound passenger train from the track sixty persons are reported injured Injure ds none killed the place of the accident Is ia 40 miles milea from here A train has gone to bring in the wounded the whole train did not leave the track the cause of the accident wag was a broken ral rail the ladies car entirely left the track and stood almost at right angles with the road lower end down an embankment this car subsequently returned two sleeping cars rolled down an embankment ban kment and were badly wrecked very few passengers escaped ln in jury new york 30 30 A fire occurred in a lodging house in eldridge ra treet this morning four occupants jumped from the windows sustaining cerious injury damage light A fire in pearl street damaged property to the amount of the |