Show BY TELEGRAPH V E uka sun AMERICAN washington on 81 bithe the i can this morning says bays it is stated by au an authoritative party that the president hab bab decided to sustain the action of postmaster general gresham in the new orleans national bank case and that the decision doc doe lalon of the president is in answer to a petition of a large number of merchants bankers and others of new orleans who protested against the recent decree of the Post office effice de department in the lottery c ase case which decided that so long as aa the tho national bank la in question acted aa agent for the lottery company juet so long should its malia maila be regarded and treated as that of the lottery company which it represented general sheridan accompanied by col sheridan his military secretary and colonel gregory aide alde aidone de camp arrived in washington this morning from chicago the war department has issued a special order appointing a court of inquiry to investigate the cause of the failure of the gree greely rellah expedition and report whether the conduct of any officers of the tho army in the premises calla calls for further pro ce edingb edings before a general court ia martial artial secretary folger telegraphed beil bell new supervising architect requesting him to take charge of the omee office as eoon as poe possible sible it Is estimated at the treasury department that the statement of the public debt tomorrow to morrow will chow a reduction the past month of about ten and a hait half million dollars amount disbursed by army pension agents last fiscal year total amount of arrears of pensions disbursed by agents during the year the noet Poet office department has been informed that some person unknown to the department hab has been personating inspector W T hen derson in montana and collecting money from postmasters the secretary of the interior liss lisa sustained the commissioner of indian affairs in his bis decision to the effect t that tha the ax recognizes courts in the indian ter ray nay VM u of re record lord gord within the meaning of section 2103 revised statutes which required that certain agreements made with indians indiana behall bo be executed before a judge of a court curt ourt of record A company of nine persons person citizens of the tho cherokee indian nation has been organized for the purpose of establishing a national bank at vinita indian territory with A canisal of the president hag has appointed wm H grattan assistant appraiser of the district of san francisco the janeral superintendent of railway mail sarv berv lyce iTce hits has issued the following order ali ail all lines easl casl of the mississippi river will send fend mail for oregon washington territory alaska and british columbia via st paul and the northern pacific railway division superintendents will febue iesue instructions to lines west of the mississippi river and east of the rocky recky mountains sw so that m mail maii sli will go via the union pacific rail way or the northern pacific rail way selecting the line that makes the bes best time lines in oregon and washington territory will bend send mall for points east of the mississippi I 1 river via the northern pacific railway railway and st paul fent lent of the eighth division of the railway mall service will issue issaa instructions to divert at BIRck blackfoot foot junction the mall mail for lines west of the mississippi river and east of the rocky bocky mountains that will make better time via the utah northern division of the union railway DENVER 31 Be republican publican garfield col A fire broke out oat in this place early this morning soon boon getting beyond control it reached the store of perry bros containing pounds of glant giant powder which exploded hurling buildings timber an aud nud fire in every direction fatally destroying the post hotels and in fact the entire business portion of the town loss noss over in burance one third A number of were knocked down and badly stunned but bat only one person was fatally injured the people of garfield are in a ead plight a majority are homeless ho without homes food or clothing for the winter vannah savannah Ea ga 81 sla A fire nire broke out in garnet stubbs oos coa warehouse at 1280 this afternoon in the building were stored bales of cotton all of which was deb des destroyed troy the fire spread to buildings on the joachim farm firm mills on indian and river streets street and was waa checked when it reached west broad street and indian street the electric light works and hymana foundry were among the principal places burned rice bice mille stores and other property on the tho north bide alde of river biver street were saved most moat of the houses burned were wooden structures occupied by poor people it la Is impossible at hour to give an accurate account of the losses but hey they are pat down at about air alp 1 canton warehouse and a large number of buildings were wiped out by the nire fire twelve lives were lost augusta ga 31 in response to a dispatch from the mayor of savannah asking help to sup suppress preas the conflagration the mayor ent sent F bent a steam engine and two hose carriages in charge of the chief of the department part pait ment meni with thirty men the special train started for savannah at 6 pm p m philadelphia phil adelphia adelphis 31 A tragedy re sull suited ked ted from a game of croquet on sunday three miles f from rom tom wood buryn bury N J the players were two ID men and two women germans randolph hines hinea became angry because his wife beat him and kicked her with a heavy cowhide boot she became unconscious and died soon after Chic chicago agoo 31 ellery H Andre andrews wB clerk clark c 1 erk ark in the northwestern notional bank was wab arrested today to day on a charge of embezzling galveston tex 31 four years yearb ago three mexican travelers two women and one man were ambushed while asleep 25 miles from laredo and the man and one ono woman instantly killed with bullets from winchester rifled the other woman was waa left for dead by the assailants aniss amiss who plundered the camp and escaped across the rio blo grande A month ago cicilia chekares Che vares arrested for a horse thelfa was recognized by the survivor as the murderer to day he was found guilty and his punishment assessed at death an tonio lopez wab wad algo alio convicted today dakof of murder in the first degree and given t the fie lie penitentiary flary for life lopez was a member of the party which in sib taw zaw SS tara tary bishop in hidalgo county robbed his hla storo store lavished ravished ravi shed haa afe young wife and d mexican servant girl beading reading pa 31 john 0 K helne heine a prominent lawyer has mysteriously disappeared it Is 13 alleged that he retained col coll lecter for the heirs beirs of an estate he ha is also charged with getting worthless checks cashed Nash nashville villes tenn ai the trial of james jsmes OB riley murderer of robert robent P r bates committed in the arena of a circus october which caked such a sensation at the time progressed rapidly today to day mollies bates flance nance a beautiful petite brunettes brunette drew draw a plan of the circus and surroundings on the court room floor explained tho the positions po of the slayer and slain and acted noted in a highly dramatic manner the par played by both participants to the tile tragedy bhe she eaid said briley uriley came echoes the seats a hundred yards to where bates was anding standing at holding a child in his hia arm arme drew draw is a revolver shot bates in the tho back then when the wounded man fell down with the child still clasped in his arms armr 4 shot phot him in the center of tho the breast another witness proved the same facts and that the murderer baid said sad before he shot take that you son of a you hilled killed iny nay brother ten years ago several witness es 03 testified to tho panic created by the shooting among the audience the defendant is not cross croes elamin ing any witnesses he is supposed to be going to introduce no testimony but to rely the oratory fratori al powers of the able counsel en daily neus news lincoln ills ille coroner boyden claims to have hse fie cured secured important evidence in the w way sy of a written statement from wendell wondell a tramp whom he visited at hampton lo 10 lowa iowa wa ho he declines to divulge its nature to reporters but bu t it is id eaid eald he has given others its a sub stance s follows wendell and a companion surprised Carl cari carpenter menter renter and zora burns in a compromising situa dign that mat they subsequently demanded 50 as the price of their silence that he gave them 20 with the remark that he would give them 1000 if he could find her beads dead and that when they declined to enter enier into the scheme he turned the mat ter off as a joke virginia nev nov 31 two masked I 1 men robbed the tault vault of the county treasury of late last night then seized the treasurer and bud locked him in the vault the affair is considered mysterious as 1000 of the amount was in silver allver saud jaud too heavy to pack oft off ban han francisco 31 the bulletin bays says on reliable authority we learn a regular system of fraudulent brokerage is established at canton to furnish chinese trader 1 gyi syi certificates t fl from 10 to 50 each the cost depends upon the sta standing rilling of the applicants fende friende fr who vouch for him the applicant Is not brought into contact with the chinese officials toronto sl 31 thomas wails walla sc song bons oom com commerson comm mESon lson merchants and trade auctioneers have failed liabilities bili ties assets small canadian creditors are secured ee cured but largely interested english creditors will not receive more than three cents on the dollar walls 11 mia bing sing it la Is believed he has gone to the states reading pa 31 A sensation in political circles was created today to day hy by congressman ermentrout being knocked down in the street and beten beaten by geo smith a prominent democratic politician the attach attack was made on account of differences difference a between the gnit pairlea pait tes lea relative to the management of local politics political MT er men was not net seriously hurt san francisco branch co 31 the mail steamer salmas laa taa arrived this morning from panama brought three cafek of yellow fever john murpha cn cabin bin passenger from new york francisco perez of acapulco and the steamer steamers cook the t two wo last are ara represented dying murphy theve the vessel sEel failed to fly the yellow flag her surgeon was ignorant that tho sickness yellow fever on the way up she stopped t acapulco mez Maz atlan and san blas blab no communication was held at the latter place fever Is still raging 5 there at Maz atlan bhe ehe took 30 80 pra and got a clean bill of health the finst first caye cabe developed after leaving acapulco iea loa the tho well passengers were transferred to the steamer china the sick bick ones to the he fever floating hospital CHICAGO I 1 the following has jut just issued from the headquarters of the division of the missouri chicago nov L 1 general order no 17 1 I hereby relinquish command comm M an cl ol 01 stae missouri in general orders no 17 dated headquarters bp of the army oct 31 1883 in parting with the off officers leers leera and soldiers bol boi diers whom I 1 have had the honor to command for the past 14 years I 1 desire to express my thanks for the confidence and support given me by them and tg ta my administration of this division when I 1 assumed the command of it hostile indians covered the country west of the missouri river biver from the boundary line of our possessions on the north to the concho river biver in texa but few settlement exited existed exi exl aed sed and the construction of railroads in that country bad only just begun since then the indians have teen t een so BO far subdued that thid in territory formerly occupied by them alone and cattle interests have grown up and railroads have been built in these arrest etrest changes the troops of the division have been active and important agents during these theae many years it has bas been my especial gratification that I 1 have had no disagreement with my subordinates and that from the department d e part ment commander to the private soldier faithful bervice service hits bren been rendered to the government with this assurance I 1 shall always remember the hardships suffered buffered batties fought achieved and gallant comrades who have lost their lives in the ravage warfare I 1 resign a command that has been to me a pleasure as aa well as a duty signed P F ff sherldah sheridah I 1 general general order no 18 in corn 1 cliance with general order no 17 headquarters army dated oct 0 1883 1 hereby assume command of the division of the missouri capt wm M wherry sixth rn infantry fantry and first beut ii aut chas B Sc schaffeld hoffeld second cavalry aro ara announced as aa aidea aldea de camp carlip J M major majon gen geni 1 the formal tra transfer nEfer of the command of the army from gen sherman to gen sheridan took place at noon today at the headquarters of the almy nimy in the war department building gen sheridan spent the forenoon in making himself acquainted with the busin business ess eks of the office gen sherman and members of his staff rendered him every assistance shortly before two two of the highest omm off meers officers of the army call eelon filon ed on the secretary of war gen gan sherman bherman to take his official leave lave and gen geu sheridan to report for duty the transfer was accomplished quietly and without any emony whatever beyond the issuance of the following general order notifying the army of the change Command Comman ders deis headquarters of the army washington november let general order no 77 by and with the consent of the president as ai contained in general orders ordera no 71 of oct 1883 the unde reigned relinquishes the command of the army of the united states in thus thua seever reever severing hig relations which have hitherto exited be tween us he be thanks all the officers and men for their fidelity to the high trust imposed upon them during hla hib official life and will in hie retirement watch with parental soli their pro progress gress greEs upward in the noble profession to which they have devoted their lives signed W T eherman bherman general official R 0 DRUM general caloa calca ao I 1 regular wheat active strong uglier 93 nov bacol 5 dec 61 corn eoin 47 nov uis j dec dea oats safady 27 nov 85 81 dic aj 7 year whisky lower loer FOREIGN london 29 A warrant has hrs been issued for the arrest of the bub bubman man ager of the preston banking company at preston on a charge of embezzling bezz ling the standard denies gladstone is going to cannes lyons 29 anarchists exploded an infernal machine at the en an trance tran ca of a large cafe here to day no person on was waa in ared berlin 29 it la ia reported general received four challenges he fought the second duel last friday and received race rac ived elved a bullet in his shoulder Bb the troops are confined in the barracks every night in readiness for any further disturbance ermsleben Erm sieben 29 since the outbreak of trichinosis over persons nave naye been attacked IS 18 died i Posen po an 29 2 9 the gazette cc cea a great private council at which all the governor generalao generala Gene raia rala of 0 the province province vince will bo be present it will te be gro held heid eld old at st petera Fetera burg harg about the beginning of 0 december for the pur poo nobe of elaborating new constitutional meas measures uret unea athens 29 the river in Th casaly overflowed its ita banks causing widespread devastation one hundred houses have been destroyed and several lives ilves lost larissa and villages in its vicinity are surrounded by water communication 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