Show BY telegraph mask maak couf AMERICA AMERICAN na 20 A meeting of the board of directors of the florida ship canal ac transcontinental company adjourned today to day after a four days session cession among thosa those present were hon J john 0 h n 0 brown president geo 0 gorham secretary governor cameron Ca moron senator mahone mabone and others chief en gincer howe made an exhaustive report as to the practicability and cost coak coltof coat of construe construction tion of the canal mis his report was wab eminently Fatis fao fac lory general stone Ston estates states that he made a personal examination of the proposed route in company with a corps of efficient engineers engineer fl and arld he says a ship canal of sufficient depth to allow the pass passage aize of cwb seagoing sea bea going ete ate steamers amera amers of the first cims class without inconvenience can be constructed at a total cost of as follows excavations harbor at the terminus engineering right of way and contingencies rp total length of at canal 1371 miles and highest elevation in crossing the water shed abed feet but this deep cut out will bs be only for a short distance he says mauch touch of the excavation can cau be made by bey steam dredge si stone reports the engineering I 1 decidedly lbs lebs than he expected ot 01 the commercial advant advantages azea agea of the canal stone mentions the following as the most anost important first the great saving of distance between gulf of mexico ports and ports of the atlan alian tic tie ti eStates states and europe second the complete avoidance of the great danger of navigation through flori fiori da straits the saving of distance on stearn steam vessels between now york and new now orleans is miles new orleans and liverpool miles now york and Pensa Pensacola coli goo stone aiso niso states that the canal will lessen insurance ranco rates which are now very high on vessels passing florida straits being aa much aa to boo loo per pen day on the largest class of steamers stone reports that with in six weeks week he will be prepared to bekin begin the detailed location of the surveys syracuse 21 A fire at danforth this mom morning Q devoured the dael lainys of capt edward A beel and T K fuller loss some one ono left the switch at the tho east easl end of the pittsburg lake erie yard open at Hazel hazelton ton tou two miles cast of youngstown ohio the passenger train non nox due clae at youngs town from pittsburg Pitta burg nt at 1130 p m ran into the rear end of a freight train standing on the track tele cojoe the caboose and sloughed ploughed hod hed through the coke car completely demolishing both carb cars and wrecking the engine of the passenger train which was waa running at the rate late rne ine of 30 miles per honar hour engineer samuel bose rosa reversed hig his 1 lever tevor stood by the throttle and came out of the wreck miraculous not receiving a scratch fireman louis kiriaka jumped and bad was waa badly bruised and cut about tho the face and hands and badly but bat not fatally hurt win wm johnson johndon Joh neon express messenger cleveland Cl was considerably bruised and his right arm sprained chas chaa A walsh brakeman was also severely injured the train took nire ere but wa wab extinguished with buckets by passengers abort about passengers were on the train but none injured pensacola Pene aeola acola fia fla 21 up to 1 0 2 pm no new eases cases of yellow fever at the navy yard yani for 24 hou hours ral no deaths surgeon owens owena is ia reported dying hy hn case has never been beba pronounced yellow fever detroit mich barilar named J P kennedy was shot ahot and killed while attempting to commit burglary at birmingham IS 18 miles from tho the city clo at an harly early hour sunday morning but little la Is known of him in this city but tho the police say suny he was L known us as a dangerous nan man and professional burglar new york 21 the steamship mew mcw new yew orleans which arrived today to day from new Ot oilcan leans ieans reports that 20 miles south of long branch she saw a brig rigged britian steamer ashore with tugs alongside the forward half of 0 coseteng coy cos eting schooner was wag passed onn off hag ihland bland If 3 tho the vie vessel sisel fisel having evidently been cut in two by a steamer tesmer fi and sunk bunk boston 21 tho the yacht mystery from now new york for nantucket la Is missing aiho she sailed balled on the loth ansti and had on board Lie lienester eester cester sargent of now haven eupert rupert sargent of new now york mr hawkins hakins of new now haven and mr bartlett of new york ort M me a 0 sl 1 l tho steam eleam y yacht cht idle idlof with her owner T J havemeyer havemeyer gave meyer on board and ilund llund bound ft from om bar harbor arbor if for ashore near lubec sunday afternoon in ina a thick fog all ali saved the vessel cesiel is in a dangerous position there were four ladles on board bar harbor meal in iti addition to the forest fires which have been jaglow for several beveral days fIre ibave broken out in several new nev places smoke like a heavy og envelopes the island and renders respiration difficult A heavy fire lias hig just jast broken out oat in the forest on the northwest blae bide of the tho green mountain A gang of men are nrc fighting the he flames to keep them off the railroad and summit house houfe so bo many and such destructive fires jave bave been wen un nn known for years here and a large amount of valuable timber timber la Is doomed to destruction 6 61 later another ere fire has hag broken I 1 out on the other sido fido of the mountain and from below looks looka as it if the mountain house at the summit was A heavy rain is the tho only hope for extinguishing the flames chicago 21 the tho ff nive five ve e stony siony j bitone ton e building on the corner of la salle balie and washington ct et restes reeta occupied by the western union uhlon telegraph company union national banu bank international bank associated press and numerous commission bf mice fice partly burned this coining at and was raade made completely uninhabitable by the streams of water thrown into the building the fire originate ori on the fifth floor used need as th the operating room by the western union and wl within thin twenty minutes every description of property on the floor was ruined mined the fire originated by duplex battery wires near the switch board and everything was in a biaza blaze in fe a moment the western union immediately began the removal of its property to a building on the north eide bide of washington street where the equipment of the mutual union company enabled it to continue to handie handlo a portion of its ite burines bu aines alnes and preparation v as at once maae mabe made to remove the entire business buy but iness into this structure for the time being market and stock quotations have ceased for a time and business busi bual nesb neEs is stopped on change the loss of the western union may reach it thought it will tall fall below I 1 that loss to the b building ull uli ding by the prompt action of the fire patrol the loss logs to banks and offices is osti mUted light insurance circuits to the west and northwest were cut out during duning the greater part martof of the day and dispatches in these those directions had to go east and south tonight to night the company has Is its northwestern circuits in working order later investigation goes to show enow that the original theory was incorrect and that it was due to the close proximity of a gag jet to the switch board boards betting setting it on fires nire fire and not to the crossing of duplex wires as stated st bt louis 21 another one or of thoss mysterious ny disappearances for which su st 1 louis has hns become some what famous occurred hero sunday evening and has caused great grief in several well known families on bunday sunday evening col jsmes jalass 0 church vice vlee president and manager of the western anthracite coal company and his wife went out for a abort drive leaving at home their daughter mary about bev sov seventeen enteen years old on their arrival about 8 oci ocl ock the daughter could not be found no clue to her hei whereabouts has yet been diaco discovered vered vexed the young lady Is described as toll follows aws about five feet three inches high straight hl and light brown hair and grayish blue eyes oval taca and regular fea lea tares sometimes wears her hair banged boston 21 01 an attachment for was as placed upon the property held by the commis commission eom com misson slon sion and bro harag firm of merrill lw 1 ren ceat the instance of jr harvey eco co Clil chicago cago with whom they have done business this has led to a rumor that the former firm had suspended but they claim this is untrue and that the attachment wab was the result of a misunderstanding as to their respective accounts which will ap settled by the tiba ilba court nin rin 1 HELENA me T Ts 22 both ends of the northern pacific c railroad rall rali road will connect today to day a few milea west of the mullen tunnel the golden spike will wili be set on the aih of september by Press ident villard and 1 jay cooke it la Is estimated that people will he be in holena helena from cholst the iet let to the of september ample provision has been made to accommodate all in the city DENVER 22 the denver nenver soap works were were burned this morning 1088 loss fully insured chief signal officer hazen arrived this morning from a tou tour rotin rolIn of inspection P spec tion of the western signal stations ti oriff he reports the depart department ment meni in excellent working order MEMPHIS tenn 22 the westbound pees peee enger train on the mem aphis little rock railroad d which left hera here at 6 5 thurs thursday d ay after noon met with aann an accident d ent last dast night four miles west of forest city the cars while crossing a short abort trestle broke brolie a rail which daubed caused two second class pah pae benger coaches a baggage and express car to go through the trestle killing J 13 and henry J jaberg JJ berg merchants and cotton plan pl antera teres ar hansas kaneas 1 and ana J Adai Adal the me rock bock road oad everal meveral othen ethen passengers were wore injured CHICAGO 22 the reading of the jh the e report ol of the committee commit tee appoint ed to investigate the charge of adulteration of jard jand made marle against fowler bros on the floor of the ex charge this morning verified the statement made in these dispatches the particular charge against the firm flim ot at tendering a quality of adulterated laid to mcgeoch everingham co was not verified and the thu commit commil tee exonerated the firm on that point the report proceed proceeds however and taken the stand litand that fowler fowler brua brus deserve unqualified disapproval and censure for the methods they have observed in manufacturing pr prime irne steam lard the employment of secret pipes and other appliances appliance the report declares lays the firm open to suspicion of using cotton sead head oil and other contraband articles and until suspicion is remo v ed the board of trade should be relieved from all responsibility in the matter the report concludes by expressing gratification at the results I 1 obtained nl by loy the investigation and declares that as the resul result t of scientific research provoked by the trial the detection of impurities in lard by the employment of the microscope can be easily detected and that the placing of an impure article upon would be made practically impossible if the brovar inspection takes alace ITY lwy nalba Gid gallatin latin mo special toda to today da finished an interval in the jame james I 1 trial thel the court having adjourned until tomorrow to morrow noan in order to give the ati attorneys orneys an opportunity to prepare challenges the sheriff will present the panel of 40 men tomor to mor row from which the 12 will be ba selected the interest is emiil still sustained a though although the crowd today to day was naturally smaller than that of yesterday y es berday james J a mes sees but bu t few persona except his hia attorneys he maintains an undisturbed demeanor and does not manifest anxiety as to the result of the trial his hib mother wife and child are here the journals gallatin Gallat ln lmos luos s special the community was thrown into a high state of excitement tonight by the fact becoming known that two of the most moat prominent citizens of gallatin gallatta hatfield davia davis and alexander irving who are witnesses in the james lames trial ha I 1 received threatening notices through the post postoffice office both were active in their effort to capture the murderers of captain sheets in 1869 and tc tooh took rot roh part in the pursuit and had a running fight right with the james party at of ains mrs bim Sim samuels uele notes were dropped into theoffice the office addressed to each man written by the bame same hand and running thus you better be ibe careful about your evidence against frank james A friend f these notes have aroused a strong amstrong feeling among the citizens citizen many regarding it as a cowardly course to intimidate the witness witnesses es while white the theory of james mends friends were his enemies to prejudice public sentiment against him one thing Is assured the witnesses for the state cannot bo be intimidated by such a course it is learned tonight to night that the attorneys attorney a for the defense will take the 1 full time for chal chai challenging challena leng ieng ing the jurors and the jury wili wiil not be announced till friday hence the court tomor to mor row will simply meet and adjourn till friday later me meeting counsel has j just as t been held and they bitterly denounce the letters to irving and davis davia as a trick of the enemies of james jamea to excite popular opinion against him winona minn 22 at 11 last evening a cyclone struck the north part of the tho city of Ro rochester cheater minn making a clean sweed sween ele avato batora residences the railroad engine house bouse and other property along the railroad were complete completely lv de demolished mol moi mayor mavor whitton telegraphs oat that 24 are tilled killed and 40 wounded the city la IS indeed in need of clothing and food superintendent sanburn Ban san burn of the winona st paul railroad telegraphs that the list of killed and wounded la Is hourly increasing the storm swept other towns towne in utica and st bt charles charies in winona county job thornton wab was killed and several others injured the report from dodge county Ind indicates leates much damage with loss of life mayor ludwig of VV lnona with a corps of surgeons left for rochester this morning at 10 oc 1002 locc the governor received the following hocheister cheaters Ho Ito minn 22 J to governor cubbard nub Sub bara baya st dau pau I 1 rochester la Is in ruins ruing twenty four people are killed and over forty injured one third of the city is laid waste wo we need immediate help T W hiller hilter mayor in jess joes than three minutes j wab mas raised and bent fent to aid the sufferers telegrams have been sent to all the cities in the state calling on them for aid Ten atonna minn minu 22 Me meagre telegraph le advice are wre received h here ear early y this evening of a terrible accident which occurred between koeh roch ester hster and Zurn bato minn on bhe she rochester and northern division of the chicago nevada railroad by which about a hundred people were killed and wounded the train wrecked was that which leaves rochester about arriving at about 6 pm jt it was caught jn in a severe wind and hailstorm that prevailed in that vicinity between 4 and 6 in the morning and while runn running at high speed was lifted from the rails gentlemen who have been veen at the seene scene of the dis disaster asier aster describe it as aa one ot at the 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