| Show BY TELEGRAPH eln ein baz AMERICAN washington I 1 57 27 col coi ischy ischi isch ciet chief of the bu bureau of engraving and printing died to day of caraly a Is of the heart tho the house elections committee today to day by vote of 8 to 1 adopted a resolution providing for seating heating bes bea and un seating frost a as representative from the third district of missouri the marquis of lorne lome occupied a seat beat in the members gallery of the home hoube today to day while MeRt meet mckenley nley of ohio was speaking on the degradation of labor in england speaker weiter kelfer eav sav by the marquis who lef left t the gallery of the house upon the conclusion of mckinless McKInIe mckinle leyb leys ys speech and was conducted by the speaker to a room in the rear of the haji hall of representatives where au an informal reception was held members of th the eHouse house committee on foreign re lations were first presented then members generally the visitor cimpl complimented dented mckinley on i his bis spec speech b and in a few minutes they stood t talking some allusion was made to the effect of the tariff system upon canada from the house ho he was conducted by the sergeant alarms to the senate sergeant at arms bright met them and conducted the thy marquis to the floor where an informal presentation of senators took place plumb was wag speaking on the tariff while the introductions were going on and after half an houra hours conversation lome nome and party left the capitol after leaving the capitol the marquis of lorne lome accompanied by his suite anti anul the british minister called upon the secretary of state who has been for some days past and still is confined to his house by a severe cold the interview was quite exton extended ded during which the secretary presented the ladies of hia hio family the marquis subsequently attended the reception of mrs mcelroy the presidents bister sister at the executive mansion at pm the farquh marqui i left the legation and was driven to the white house hoube to meet the president at dinner elaborate preparations had been made the parlors were tastefully decorated with flowers and tropical plants while the state dining room received more than usual care in its ife adornment inthe in the centre of the table tabie was a large indian canoe canoa of purple and white carnation carnations Et resting on a largo large mirror rimmed with california lilli lillies es noses and smilax at either end of the canoe canoa were miniature canadian sleds formed of cri crimson crl meon flowers while at the ends of the table were floral designs representing lacrosse clubs and snow shies the tho guests began to arrive at and were received in the esst east room by the president and mrs mcelroy Eo Ec Elroy at 8 the marine band struck up hail to the chief and the president with mrs ns led he way to the dining room the marquis of lome with mrs McElroy followed and were seated at tha table vib vis a e vig vib to the president and mrs freling huysen huyben the dinner was an elaborate one of 14 courses and the guests sat bat late tomorrow to morrow evening the mar bals wili wiil be entertained at dinner by iby gen sherman bherman the commissioner of the general land office has dismie dismissed sed bed the protest of william Me Garrahan mcgarrahan against the lesue issue or a patent to the new adri company for the ranche rancho panoche grande of california after hearing elaborate arguments in the case the commissioners decision holds invalid any claim to mines under the panoche grande private land claim 41 thu chances for the passage of the tariff bill are regarded greatly improved bince once the beginning of the week commissioner mcfarland has directed the issue of patents under the mineral laws for the santa banta rita bita mines in new now mexico these mines were worked formerly under the mining laws of spain and mexico but were subsequently abandoned and have since been relocated by citizens of the united states under the mining laws the claim beet up in opposition to the mineral claim was that mining privileges under the mexican laws constitute property rights that are protected by treaty stipulations the surveyor general ot of new mexico declined to recognize the claim and reported that no evidence of the grantor grant cr title from the former government had been presented to him gru part part parl ot of the drexl mexican claimants the chinene minister gave a dinner arty party tonight to night to guests the decorations of the mansion were strikingly elaborate and beautiful the guests included both loth senate and house committees on foreign affairs members of the cabinet diplomatic corpt corps and other distinguished ti ngui shed guests it is probable that when the question of the abrogation of the hawaiian treaty come eoma before congress a proposition for the annexation of the islands will be made by some of the bouthern boothem senators in favor of annexation senator george sald said he not only wanted the united states to acquire all the territory on the continent but to reach out into both oceans and take possession of the islands that naturally belong to us ize sze maxey thought destiny pointed to the acquisition of every foot of territory from the north pole to the isthmus of panama senators jones and kellogg would take all the land within reach neach rc reach neach ach of our very jong iong fingers and grapple it to our hearts with hooks of steel NEW ril YORK yorm 27 another explosion occurred today to day in the steam heating companas comp anys pipe at the corner ot of broadway and maliden maiden lr lne no severely injuring two men and dam aging property in the vicinity to a considerable extent these explosions are causing much excitement and citizens are talking earnestly about legal proceedings edinga against the company wabash ind inda 27 last night the express train on the wabash st louis louls pacific line struck a broken rail and the chair car and sleeper went down a 40 feet embankment eight persons were in the two cars carss none noue seriously injured except parties in the sleeping car the wounded were brought here their names are M raight knight general freight agent wabash line st bt louis louls 0 E whitman st loula louia A W colton toledo N J gall st louis louls the porters name not ascertained raynham mass 27 the body of Acton inam iram work man nuan was found in the woods near here frozen stiff both feet tied to a sapling under the corpse was found a revolver fogard has been missing since the of november allentown 28 there was wag a cave in 14 this forenoon at ac jonas jonns matzan 14 ore mine operated by the hoken dakun iron company near here killing eilas ellaa hunsberger william metzger caught in the debris is still alive aliv though probably the rescuers calt cant reach him tonight to night shreveport 27 last night the steamer silver city vity six miles below here swamped a skiff in which wag waa alexander morton wife and son and tom edwards all colored all drowned except mortons Mo rions son atlanta 27 the building con the masonic hall and stores of W A pipe proctor dry goods burned with stocks the aci act adjoining joining i store of roberts and sanders was destroyed with most of th the estock stocks loss insured winooski vt 27 later it is now bald said the lobs loes by fire will reach teach the central vermont had ten loaded freight cars burned cause of fire hot boxes on the wrecked ke kerosene roeene rosene oil car the village lage water system proved utterly inadequate only one steamer being available the fire is still burning burn ing log tenna tenn 27 the accountant finds the deficit of M T polk late state treasurer chicago 27 matamoras oras orns mexico tp special ecial A party of bandits led by jesus banacos were attacked near nean san juan yesterday by rural soldiers under capt T lemon A desperate fight ensued the bandits were defeated having 11 II killed six soldiers sol soi diers were killed including a brother of capt lemon cincinnati 27 midnight four men all kentuckians Kentuck ians residents of covington had a shooting affray on the sidewalk corner of race and longworth streets john grumer saloon keeper was slightly wounded A ball from his pistol took effect in the left breast of bob elliott glass blower inflicting a mortal wound billy mccarty one of the combatant was slightly wounded only four shots were fired arrests have been made NEW YORK yore 29 the journal says a reporter visited isaac PC hambers one of Vander bilta invited guests for the tho transcontinental trans continental trip and was informed that vanderbilt decided on saturday morning to postpone his trip he said gov stanford had advised him to postpone the trip until the foliage appeared that it was very agreeable disagreeable die dle traveling now and that the governor did not think he would enjoy it very much consequently the trip will not occur until and perhaps not th athenas enas enns vanderbilt goes to europe early in the spring and if it should shoula take until april ath to completo complete it vanderbilt would not be able to go to europe at the usual time tima A balem salem mass special says chas derby darby the alleged leper at the alms home rouse is falling failing slowly but at surely irely ho he is kept isolated from all other inmates and has an attendant whose duty it Is ia to wait on him alone one ono of hia his eyes Is ia completely sightless and the other is gradually becoming eo so everything appearing hazy bazy or he s bleeps leep and uld eats well but his hib voice is h hoarse oars oarb and husky he declares his disease is not leprosy at all but of another nature contracted r some bome omesia six or coven years ago he says that he is himself perfectly familiar with jep lep rosy in all its stages having been in a hospital in california and that in every instance ine ins taace it commences on the hands and on the little finger that the finger fingen loses its ita flexibility and becomes numb dr marchfield a frenchman from worcester bas has seen him and claims that the case Js is simply a skin akin humor peculiar to the south sea island islands and curable he claims to be a relative of ricord of parie parle but brings no testimonials with him he says sava be can cure derby the city has charge of the cabo cabe at present jesse jesee seligman heid head of the seligman house here is reported in the morning papers as saying rican finances were never in a better condition the country is full of money and its prosperity now is genuine not fictitious we are conducting our home improvements with home products and american credit stands at the head of the list among foreign and home capitalist I 1 have always had great confidence in american investments vest ments menis the investments are all up to expectations and have been very fortunate I 1 have not lost falth faith in the rapid extension of railroads they have done more to build up the nation than you may suppose the resources of the country have been brought into the market and have been opened up by those new roads immigration has followed every lino iino no as branches were extended west and south bouth stock speculations aro nrc having less and less lees power over the actual monetary and commercial conditions Thel the finances of the country are in such a position that I 1 do not think thin kWall kwaii wall wail street can create such disturbances an aa it once one did the violent fluctuations in the value of stocks do not upset the tha real stability of our banks we have profited by the experience peri ence of 73 and are now prepared for a rainy day james seligman seliga an sald bald 1 I thinh with my brother that the general outlook of the country is very favorable to a large spring business among the manufacturers rs farmers and people generally our oan correspondence reports more favorably and lians loans have been coming back to us that were sent out last fall there is a large amount of home capital looking for ain agn vestment investment NEW york 29 behr brothers piano factory damaged by firc los ios loss okemos michigan 29 in bath township clinton county on friday night davis clark a farmer was shot allot and instantly killed by his wife the parties have lived unhappily for some bome years often coming to blows the murderess was arrested immediately afterwards |
