Show BY TELEGRAPH ZB westeen UNION IN LINE A amell AMEli X IE it 10 yoaw IOAN A N NEW YORK athis 1 this whis afternoon a 9 areat r at stream of visitors poured into th the garden rowell bowell went off the track for sor an hour at 3 he seemed in good condition but appeared a good deal worrie worried db by the lead that fitzgerald had gained tle tie the distance being about 8 miles le he made several shirts but only succeeded in gaming gaining two laps at gao 9 30 vint was third man with miles to Nor ana and berlys all three seem to be feeling well after 8 there were fully funy per 0 ons sons present the crowd was ve very ry enthusiastic each contestant having a throng of admirers admirers who shouted and yelled encouragingly as he pursued his weary way around the track fitzgerald went off the track just lust befogs 10 and when he reappeared a few minutes later was greeted with wild applause score at midnight kowell fitzgerald vint noramae hart uart ferald 17 elson nihad Ax AUGUSTA IGUSTA me I 1 the state prohibition convention today to toda da dat day nominated for governor NN T eustis IS representatives tat hires fires to congress first district anson R clark mark second district ruben buben S hunt third district J I 1 E lada kurth kunth fourth BI district district strict CB besse atlanta ga I 1 the republican convention vent ion lon platform adopted eto ito day favors protection the abolition of the revenue tax on whisk whisky 7 iet let yet avowing friendship for the anti antl w whisky isky movement and complimenting the state legislature for opposing whisky the committee reported against sending a dele delegation catlon cation to the chicago convention pending the discussion of the report the convention adjourned till tomor to mor row the platform commends the administration of president arthur as able faithful and dazill dignified fled fied under trying circumstances cum stances We declares ciares blaine BIal blai nethe the choice loice by a large majority of the republicans of minnesota but pledges the state to g give ve the usual majority to the nominee of the party whoever ne he may be the convention then elected delegates at large to the national convention appointed a state committee and then a adjourned journea jour ned while the platform endorses blaine it does not absolutely instruct for him three of the four delegates at large are personally pledged to li laine blaine senator sabin abin as delegate dt at large and as chairman of the national republican committee I 1 declined to pledge himself to the convention but his friends gave a proxy pledge lor for him on behalf of blaine denver 1 L the republican state convention organized this morning hon 1 I E barbu barnum m president tile the following was unanimously adopted Be resolved solved that this convention representing the desires of an overwhelming wh elming majority of colorado republicans hereby declares in favor of the nomination of james G blaine tor lor president portland on O n I 1 the republican state convention resumed its labors this thi morning and elected the following I 1 n d delegates ae a Is to chicago senator J N dolph 0 01 h J T apperson J M swift 0 N dennye enn W J mcconnell Mt Connell and A 0 hovey kivey they hey were instructed for blaine lne inc raleigh N C I 1 A f full fuli ut attendance at the state convention points to the nomination of york Liber liberal alfor alfon fon for governor and the elect election lom of arthur to chic chicago ago washington I 1 some correspondence recently passed between the thede department depart parr part ment of the interior and senator plumb chairman of the committee on public lands lands in reference to the information called for by the resolution of march last directing the committee on public lands to inquire in what manner large quantities of public lands became transferred to and possessed by foreign corporations or syndicates and what if any legislation was advisable to prevent such transfer or possession on april ath the secretary of the interior sent plumb a communication from the commissioner of the general land office in which he states there are arc several methods by which foreign corporations and syndicates may le gaily eany acquire title to public lands the secretary also sent the same date copies of reports from special agents showing the methods adopted sor tor the unlawful acquisition of title to public lands in the interest of foreign capital ests special agent john M jones reports in relation lon ion to 38 claims in Este sPark colorado owned by the estes park co organized under the laws of england laa and doing business in the state of colorado wyndham thomas earl of dunraven Dun raven appears to be one of the chief functionaries function arnes annes of this co company pany thirty of the claims the special agent found were secured by people who were never in IA the park at all the remaining eight were secured by people who made occasional visits and a show of improvements in no case was the law comp complied liedwith with special agent W WT T smith reports the result of an investigation in california into the transactions of falkner bell beil co he secured complete ite evidence in sixteen cases proving inythe the entry of men who took up timber lands under an agreement to transfer them to a syndicate for eav eal each ch entry the men for their services further investigation was stopped by the agents of the syndicate who sur rounded the hotel with henchmen and no one who made an entry with them was allowed to approach the special agenes agents room under date dat le of bf april the secretary sent the chairman of the public lands committee a supplemental plem batch of correspondence between the commissioner of the general land office and i a firm of land brokers in edinburg who had taken alarm at the introduction in the senate of the above mentioned resolution and desired tobe to be informed inform edif if they will will be interfered with in the possession of the land already occupied the commissioner replied in his opinion no law will be passed retroactive in its nature the property pro erty orty rights of all persons being fully sully protected in the united states he says however misapprehension may exist as to what property r rights it t shave have beanor been heen or may be acquired I 1 under unde r the present state of the law he then stated in detail the methods by which public land may be legally acquired and closes with the statement the othe possessory rights to the public lands other than are housed by settlement are not recognized and mere possession or enclosure gives no color right title or claim to larger quantity than the quantity authorized 11 GALVESTON CALVESTON galves CALVES ron TON TO 0 the dallas special says jn in the district court today the famous railroad cotton swindling cases were broi brol brought ight to a sudden and surprising su s ng termination by the discharge of 0 ferdinand baum and the discharge of the jury jur y this particular case was dismissed because the bill of lading offered in evidence was a contract of the missouri pacific railway and not the texas pacific as charged this ruling of the court disposed of all the cases and accordingly the district attorney entered a nolle prosequi pro pra segui it is understood the next grand jury will indict baum and that the indictments will be without a flaw denver col I 1 shortly before midnight last night a bomb with ignited fuse containing six pounds of giant powder was thrown upon the porch of the crawford house housle colorado springs shattering the doors and windows of the neighborhood it is supposed the act was directed by some against the proprietor of the house who has been very active in the thu suppression of the liquor traffic of the town san francisco I 1 the thet chronicles chroniclers victoria B C special the astounding discovery is made that the mails that left victoria march and for the B aslund East cand europe have never reached their destination robbery is assigned as the cause it is believed to have taken place on the line of the northern pacific the pecuniary loss will be heavy last december two mails from canada and sud england for victoria via the Nort pacific were stolen kansas city I 1 the stares starts harper kansas A report is received iro fro from medicine lodge that the four bank robbers were captured and placed in jail A mob broke in shot one gead dead took the other three out and hanged them payne the bank president is dying cincinnati 0 I 1 at the close of base ball game today to day the general pavillion papillion pa gave way and about a dozen persons were injured one ft fatally ally aily three were removed by a patrol wagon while the rest were taken away in carriages ear car nages omain neb 2 the union pacific shop men brakemen switchmen trainmen and freight handlers went out 0 on ja aB astrike strike this morning against tell teti per cent rb reduction of wages it is said the strikers well prevent the departure of bf all trains and if possible blockade the entire road there are f ully fully fifteen hundred men on strike in omaha this afternoon aft af ernon there is to be a conference between the committee oi of the strikers and superintend hent hut S 11 IL ff mark dark it is not pot sible to foretell what the result mayle mayde the strike is understood to extend all over the U UP 11 system on both the union and kansas divisions mr 1 clark mark is not to be seen bein being in a distant part of the town tte the town is quiet and no disturbance anticipated 10 score fitzgerald rowell vint no lemac herty nerty elson nitah CHICAGO 2 the times will tomor to mor morrow publish a summary of delegates elected to the republican national convention the following table shows the vote for each candidate by states and territories vt r a CS stater states and ter torys ys 5 Z s g g ai s 0 asli el bo 0 J 0 CS 0 i 5 A a 4 4 a a alabama 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 arkansas 1 11 14 0 0 0 0 9 0 california 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 colorado 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 delaware Ie laware 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 florida 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 georgia 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 illinois 1 4 0 0 38 0 0 2 indiana v 2 10 0 0 0 0 IS 18 iowa 0 ag 0 0 0 oi 0 kansas 8 6 0 1 0 00 kentucky 17 5 0 0 0 0 4 louisiana 16 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 maine 0 0 0 0 0 maryland 2 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 massachusetts 1 0 0 0 0 michigan 0 20 4 0 0 0 2 minnesota 1 9 40 4 0 0 0 0 missouri 9 11 6 Z 7 0 0 0 T mississippi i 35 15 1 0 1 0 0 1 nebraska 2 8 0 0 0 00 0 0 nevada 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 00 0 0 0 new jer 0 18 oo 00 00 0 0 0 0 0 new newyork york yord W 21 1410 0 0 4 north carolina 21 f 0 0 0 0 Q 0 ohio 0 20 1 0 0 22 4 oregon 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 pennsylvania 15 45 43 0 0 0 0 0 rhode island 4 42 2 2 0 0 0 0 south carolina IS 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 tennessee zao 3 0 1 0 0 0 texas 11 15 13 15 0 0 0 0 AO 0 vermont 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 7 virginia Virgin la 34 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 west virginia 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 wisconsin 3 11 5 0 1 0 2 arizona a 0 2 0 0 0 0 U dakota 0 2 0 0 00 0 0 0 district columbia 1 I 0 0 1 0 0 0 idaho 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 montana 02 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 new now mexico 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 utah 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 washington terly tery 0 2 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 wyoming 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 1 73 51 23 12 37 louisville 2 the republican state convention met again this morning to elect the remaining delegates at large and johniw johi john iW W lewis ot of washington county was chosen the delegation now stands walter evans W A bradle bradie bradleycl yC C C culberson and J JW W L lewis ewis louisville 2 the ue blaine men felt like they were counted out in the convention as regards the louisville i delegation and a bolt this aate afternoon r noon was the result they will hold a convention soon on two blaine delegates to chicago thins thinking suh luh g that they will be recognize dat at the national conven conyea convention tion lincoln wb neb 2 the republican state conven convention tiba concluded its labors at 3 this morning the full delegation is john if MT Ti urston hurston N S ll arwood harwood john jensen and george A brooks all blaine men jensen and brooks declaring themselves so in speeches A resolution instructing for blaine blaina was tabled by a vote of to 27 the sentiment of the convention being against instructions of any kind the platform endorses the of president arthur in strong terms jacksonville fla 2 the republican state slate convention at st augustine has harmonized its differences between its factions name was dropped from the tile delegates at lar large ge and ana oseph joseph E led lee LeeC colored was s substituted the color line was sharply drawn III in the convention all ali thede the delegates le ga gateau teat at large aro are for arthur sax SAN 2 the alf in the Legisla legislature turp known as the birl birz bar barl ry I 1 bill and which in the largest measure covered the object for which the extra session was called was in i an amended form passed today to day in the senate senata by a unanimous vote under the bill as it was vas passed by the assembly where it originated railway companies would have forfeited their right to operate within the state first if they suffered discriminations in fr freights bights over their roads second if they failed to keep their tracks and structures in repair third if they accept a charter irom from from another government state or sovereignty fourth if they failed to comply with the farland fare stirel and freight schedules fixed by the railroad commissioners anit in its amended form the first and third conditions are rendered nugatory the special contract system remains intact and the f forfeiture orf ei of railroad companies to the state government are arc the same as before the call ol 01 the extra session it is now clearly established no radical anti railroad measure call cail pass the senate an early adjournment is quite possible CHARLESTO N IV va 1 2 word was received here liere ifill this morning norn ing to the effect that jacob dobson one of the hill boys hoys who shot ex sheriff adkins of boone counte county last week was lynched at griffithsville Griffiths ville lo loan logan an county last night va 2 enoch brown colored was executed at halifax court house north carolina this morning as a wife murderer A cincinnati Q 29 wm wiil was hanged in an inclosure in the rear of the courthouse court house this forenoon for the crime of wife murder charleston stox STON W va 2 sheriff mason pleasant county west va telegraphed here this cartridges ile he says say there is a prospect of a mob lynching lunching lyli lyn ching james kirby who killed e d a man at cl clifton cilfton ifton and who was fined and imprisoned 30 days the people are infuriated over the verdict of the jury I 1 NEW YORK 2 keene this morning remarked that there was nothing nd new W to give 9 1 1 theoress the press his affairs gradually 11 straightened t r out andee and he is coming out all ali I 1 right keene notifies holders of privileges to present them for adjustment E EMPORIUM iron luar iuar pa 11 2 forest fires are raging all through this section the season deaso n is units unusually bally dry and the wind is blowing a perfect gale from the west sweeping the fire through the forest with great velocity destro destroying 1 ng a a ihrl ihrk large larke of property at sterling hun bun nine miles f from roni emporium several buildings belonging to a tannery company burned today to day and a large mill was also destroyed the village was only saved by bt aid alti f from rom ren reu ova two families are reported lost and it is feared the loss of lif lff life ilfe e will be great at 15 miles west of I 1 here two mills with ss a la large re r e amount of lu iber are destroyed new york 2 forest fires lires in the i country round about fill till the atmosphere with smoke middletown NY 9 othere there are reports here that the mountains nor north th and west of and tile the catskills are on tire fire A strong wind is blowing itis itts it is impossible to see sec but a short WN |