| Show BY TELE telegraph per rek WESTUM vestern TELEGRAPH linn une v u A A M igl igi 11 1 caw oan FALI fili river eiver 24 tonight to ni night ht saga mores mill no 1 1 in the northern martof part of the eity city chait caught fire in the basement A portion of the basement was used as a storeroom for cotton and contained several hundred dales bales this cotton was oh ilce in three places when first found leaving little doubt but that the firc was in incendiary cendia the flail fiall flames ies les c climbed imbe d the elevator s shaft aft and through the tower to the stories above and soon the entire r entire interior of the mill wasa s ol of flames the roof finally fell icar IpAr carrying g the e rema remaining lubig floors to the basement next the south half of the east wall fell with a tremendous and startling crash into the huge furnaces of flame the mill is a total loss the loss will amount to about W insurance the destroyed mill run spindles and looms and lind furnished famished employment to hands with a weekly pay roll roli of the sagamore was one of ten mills struck by the spinners twelve weeks ago and was the one against which the efforts of the strikers were mainly directed notwithstanding the strike the mill hah has been kept steadily in operation and today to day nearly the suli suii compliment of machinery ewas was running st tjohn john N B 24 the damage by the washout from the freshet to the railway between sack ville gilleand vil vii leand and amherst was more serious than at first supposed the passengers and malls leaving halifax tuesday only arrived today to day in nova scotia dams mills and lo 10 logs s were swept away the shediac correspondent writes that such a fres freshet het is unknown for forty I 1 years minnet 1 olt ott 4 4 al inn ta li milas cit city montana f 1 A carlano the ring trea irea treasurer duker durer of custe r county was found sound guilty y thi tho morning in judge roberts court kansas kansa city 24 times cumes harrison ville mo while deputy sheriff J B hurley vlis ills was conveying IV fink from pleasant hill to this place a party of men took the prisoner fru from the officer and strung him up several times until he confessed to having murdered carson at pleasant hill in february they then returned him to the deputy and the prisoner is no now w in jail here montreal 24 94 A telegram from rev devon a protestant minister at the indian settlement oka states there were grave disturbances there therie this afternoon and a part apart of his hla builder buildings gs were torn tom down the ottawa authorities are asked for aid the affair is a fresh breaking breaking out of an old squabble between tae the catholic seminary and the protestant indians 21 24 A johnson who was present at the ibe recent battle between the Navajo sand and the whites at mitchells place lower san juan river southern colorado arrived at durango today to day johnson says Myself Wm grove and victor neff arrived at mitchells store on the evening of the loth A party of a dozen navajo indians came to the store one drew a gun on edward mitchell while the quarrel was in progress a navajo nam ed edrye rye lilly comm commenced encee removing thin the buckskin from his rifle the 0 other er gin gln indians ran for their guns that were standing against the store both the indians and whites began firing after about 25 shots were exchanged the indians retreated across the river leaving one dead on the ground none of the whites were hurt the whites then proceeded to throw up fortifications while the women showed great nerve narvo in carrying tubs of water to supply them in case casa of I A siege johnsen then started for fort lewis the commanding officer immediately started a squad of mounted cavalry to the relief of ef mitchells when they reached bowen ferry a navajo came in and reported that the utes had killed all the whites at mitchells place so far no other word has been received ann and an d johnson fears all the whites have been massacred it is not probable that the utes went to the scene to avenge the death of the navajo indian it is the common practice for one bribe to lay its crimes to another the district commander has ordered captain withams KI chams thams company to leave fort lewis early tomorrow to morrow morning troops also are arc being brought up from fort win wingate gaie gale tc new mexico mi exico it m may be several days lays before anything definite de nite can be learned the following is a list of the whites whom johnson left at mitchells place old inan man mitchell and wife edgar mitchell wife and three children henry mitchell and wife joseph daugherty and wife peter christman win poland win wm grone and victor neff NEW ORLEANS 24 21 the returns so far from various sections of the state indicate a majority of for the democratic state ticket and the adoption of all the constitutional amendments the returns for this city are arc not complete but the majority for the re regular ular democratic ticket approximates in utes ites burlington la ia 51 the democratic state convention reassembled assembled re nf it 2 the committee on resolutions not being ready to report the committee proceeded to the choice of dele gates gales at large to the national convention the delegates are uninstructed batall but sil all favor tilden wiston lewiston Lc me 21 24 in the state G Gwen back convention today to day four de delegates agates at lar large gewere were chosen to the national convention the resolutions declare the government alone should function of issuing all ali currency declare against monopolies declare that genera B for president is unanimously approved and the platform of the chicago convention of 1880 was ratified the delegates to the national convention for the several districts were chosen adjourned new yolk 21 the resolution offered in the seventeenth assembly district association recommending the nomination of arthur for president exelrod J P eraser fraser to insinuate that arthur was in some degree answerable for president Gar garfielda fields death A dozen members leaped to their feet and shouted that bebas lie lle was a liar and not fit to be a member of the party the resolution was then adopted boston 24 charles francis adams john quincy adams charles R codman and some TOO others have issued a call for a meeting here april to forma form a league the call says the present enormous surplus in ill the national revenue is so demoralizing and dangerous that it should be cut down without further delai delay delas not by increasing in the public expend expenditure iture but by lessening the burdens of taxation the burden should be removed from necessaries of life and not from whisky and tobacco and that the policy of taxing imports not for the purpose of raising revenue but for obstructing obstruction trade is un unsound souna and must ultimately be abandoned minneapolis 21 the re republicans pu blicaus of the fifth congressional district have elected two delegates to the chicago convention barto prefers edmunds edmun s but will vote for blame blaine in ac accordance cordan e with the wishes of his constituents constituent t s page is for blaine mankato mancato Man uan Ran nan kato minn 24 the second district has elected delegates to chica 0 crosby is for edmunds personally iut int jo ut will vote for blaine rogers is for edmunds first sherman second bolotte kansas 24 the second congressional district republican convention has elected delegates to chicago uninstructed baltimore 24 the third congressional district republican convent convention ion ioa e elected delegates tp to chicago uninstructed ted confusion rel rei reigned ned in the fourth congressional ress ional lonal district republican convention owing to the contesti ing delegations of the so called custom house party which bolted the remaining or blaine portion of the convention then elected delegates to chicago with two alternates the custom house convention elected delegates to chicago with two colored alternate s the eight eastern lines announce they will sell excursion tickets to chicago during the session of the republican national convention at one fare for the round trip I 1 Wat waterville erville me nrc 21 the republican convention of the third congressional district nominated by acclamation seth L milliken for congress rutland vt 21 the republicans of the first vermont congressional district nominated delegates to chicago ca 0 both are for edmunds I 1 worcester mass 24 the tenth congressional district elected A W rice bice and theo C bates dele delegates ates to the republication national convention both are for edmunds grand rapids mich 24 the republican state convention met this morning and was called to order by mr nir wm win livingston lav ingston chairman pro to term temm in of the state central committee lion hon R G hoar of saginaw was called palled to the chair as temporary chairman THE PLATFORM elra eira first the republicans of hll hil michigan chigin in convention assembled to elect delegates to the national national convention hereby reaffirm re affirm the principles of the party as enunciated in its platform through the history of a quart erot enot crof crot a century it re ambros its faith in the ability of the party to secure in the future as it has in the past such modifications ficat fleat ions lons and reforms as time and experience peri ence shall prove to td be ile for the growth of the nation and the general welfare of the citizens second they have confidence that the wisdom and patriotism of the chicago convention will formulate a platform and nominate candidates that the people will approve and that will next november call out from th the state of michigan its old time republican majority the afternoon session was called to order by the temporary chairman G P F gibson chairman of the credentials reported olo gio delegates present col H N of detroit chairman of the committee on permanent organizations ported reported rp the names of hon M C burch of grand rapids for permanent chai chal chairman and C T bennett of bay county for permanent secretary the report of the tile committee was wai unanimously adopted and the organization was completed by the election of vice presidents and scereta secretaries nies eles by d districts is mr burch took the chair amid much enthusiasm and briefly addressed the convention the report of the committee on resolutions resolution sw wa as read by th the chairman ilon hon robert warren and after discussion the platform presented by the committe committee ew was is adored the delegates at large to the chicago convention were then chosen the presidential preferences are arc as follows blaine 16 10 edmunds 4 unknown 2 the delegates at large go uninstructed their preferences are unknown ad joul jou jouines ined neu ned MOUNT STERLING r ky kv 25 early this morning between 40 and 50 men went to the residence of the jailor and demanded admittance the leader stating that he ivas was sheriff of breathitt county anvy wt aprison ris 0 ner nen cr tile tiie jailor was 1 admitting them when ie discovered the party to be amob a mob intent on hanging a prisoner na named me d wm bvm osborn sentenced to 5 years im r 1 for killing henry thomas pr rhe the h c leader of the mob ma told the jailor that hat unies unie he surrendered the keys he would jatter hatter down the doors this was lone done but the jailor with his two sons were ivere in the second story well armed and ind belled the mob to ascend the stairs luter searching the lower part of the hou houselog louse sefor lor jor the keys of the jail jall the mob left eft the premises washington 25 23 representative reagan of texas chairman of the house committee of commerce is seri asly bously ill from bladder complaint two wito opera operations pe rations have been performed and ap pons that lie he will not recover are tre entertained by his friends PITTSBURG 23 one of the mow MOA most remarkable prize fights that ever even oci burred in this city or vicinity took place last night in arsenal park between bilson jack and jack clifford for a side previous to the battle a ball had boen boon in progress in which over 30 young girls and antt several mothers with infants in arms were participants when time was called from 10 to 30 30 women ah aa well as men crowded around the ring and during the fight the former were the most enthusiastic shouters for their respective favorites the fight was with soft gloves to the finish andon london prize ring tules rules from the tho start clifford who displayed the most science had the best of it and soon had the battle well in hand bilson jack fought sava savagely ely however and refused to give up until the hun died and twenty first round when friends interfered and the mill was awarded to clifford both men were terribly punished bilson jack had to be carried from the ring A number of poli policemen gomen gemen watched the fight to the close without interfering the battle lasted an hour and forty five minutes washington 25 5 representative stewart Stew artof of texas was directed today to day by the house committee on sore lore foreign affairs to prepare a bill providing for the appointment of three commissioners to visit mexico central and south america to secure information relative to the increasing commercial interests between those countries and the United states the bill is to contain an appropriation of NEW YORK az 25 bennetts evening paper the telegram m comes out toda today to day da with arthur and aad lincoln at the head ol of the columns the richmond riehmond danville directors have authorized the construction of the columbus gap extension on the georgia pacific railway i W washington 25 the house committee mitt 1 on appropriations appropriations to to report favora favorably ly the bill loaning one million dollars by the government to the worlds industrial and cotton ex ei position at new hew orleans A silk flag was presented to the son sen ate by joseph newman of california L a being the first american made 11 of american silk CHICAGO 25 the conference between the burlington and union pacific officials and of the roads in the western trunk line association was concluded this afternoon the main details for tor amicable adjustment of present differences were ag agreed reed upon provided the union pacific and burlington can settle the matter of percentages cen for pooling competition on colorado Colora doand and nebraska business and an adjournment was taken to gi give c them an opportunity to do so ATCHISON kansas 25 J C leslie a farmer near atchison lost seventy hogs on thursday ni night ht by some mysterious teri terl ous our disease Dei del denyer dellyer lyer lver 25 23 M A mcdonald a p prominent romin ent lawyer of denver was crushed to death between cars at coal creek today to day san francisco 25 hecht barclay commission merchants failed today to day liabilities billt les ies nominal inal inai assets 7 donohue kelly keily co bankers and the pacific bank are the cipal creditors pittsburg 25 A disease resembling pneumonia has broken out amon among the cattle in washington coun ty f veterinary eter inary surgeons pronounce it contagious and have recommended 4 governor pattison to quarantine the th e district denver 25 no news irom from mitchells ranch has been received today to day ket chums command left fort lewis early this morning until its arrival nothing is expected i the causes which led to the tight are arc entirely local difficulties cul ties these no doubt will be amicably settled upon the arrival of the troops A special to the tho tribune says in the fight two indians were killed and two wounded instead of one as reported halifax 25 captain scott in ill ills his omm off leial report of the inquiry into the I 1 toss loss of the steamer danie janial I rys bays cys captain schoonhoven made no observation the day of the disi disaster lster ister and was therefore uncertain of liis |
