Show BY TELEGRAPH eeb yer UNION tele GaArn AMERICAN STi stlouis ST louls locis ouis 17 the first national convention of cattlemen ever held in this countr country opened its sessions this mornin bornios mor nias bl delegates delegates ele wates gates were present representing re nearly all the northwestern states and territories and several eastern states aiex Alex mexico ico leo england and scotland col it D hunter of st louis louls the originator ot of the project called the convention to order and announced as the object of the gathering the formation of a national league of the cattle int interest rest for lur mutual good after urging unanimity of action he introduced col C rainwater of st louis as temporary chairman on motion of ex senator dorsey of IN isea ew mexico delegate taos sturgis of wyoming was made temporary secretary mr sturgis then read the call issued in january last pursuant to which the convention met A heated discussion ensued participated in by dorsey of new mexico curtis of new york judge lindsay ol of texas and mahy many many others upon a resolution of gen curtis as to the method of making up committees on credentials and permanent organization the western delegates c contending for a representative from each stock a association s 0 cia cla tion and the eastern delegates for one delegate only from each state the former finally prevailed by Y an overwhelming vote at this juncture the chairman announced that governor Crittend crittenden pa and mayor ewing would appear belore before the convention and welcome the dele delegates ates on behalf of the state of missouri missouri and the city of st louis these gentlemen ap appeared eared with a military escort gov U crittenden itten 14 en leaning on the arm of gen W T sherman and accompanied by his staff ex gov thos C etcher fietcher rl col meyers of the state guard and others mayor ewing was first introduced lie he thanked the delegates for the honor of selecting st louis louls as the place for the convention and extended all the hospitality of the corporation gov crittenden followed addin adding his welcome to that of mayor ewing and V speaking baking at some length of tile tiie nature N of the questions to be discussed by the convention among other things he sald gald 1 I think congress should set aside of the public domain sufficient for sor a national or international trail f from rom the red river on the north to the red river on the south and wide enough to accommodate a million cattle and now is the time to memorialize con congress ress to that end he also spoke of the growing demand for meats throughout the world of the necessity for proper breeding antl anu the adoption of conditions of existence to each particular breed general sherman shermman Sher maan raan also responded and made a brief address of a general nature he concluded as follows 1 I used to regret to see the buffalo elk and antelope disappearing from the plains and to see in their stead a race of scrawny long horned texas cattle I 1 can now see no however WeVer that it was a decree of nature and that you gentlemen have reared reared a race of twenty millions of fine bleeding cattle which supply the world with meat the C convention took a recess till 3 this afternoon an amusing feature of the convention is the cowboy band from fort dodge kansas 20 men strong and in f uil full gontier frontier costume they played several selections d during the mornings session eliciting great applause the nhe fhe leader liv wields ields leids in place of a baton a silver mounted derringer 0 nearly afoot a foot long tiie tile c convention reassembled and after accepting invitations from the merchants exchange and several other public and private institutions to visit them the them m adjourned to 10 loam am tomorrow to morrow when a permanent organization will be effected and real work begun I 1 SAN sax era FRA francisco framcisco vc isco 17 the chief im tin of the annual meeting g of the lia ila wailan wallan commercial and sugar gar company which took place on saturday af afternoon hernoon ter noon lies in the fact that claus les ies and his sons representing the firm of J D co are the principle shareholders and hold the controlling interest of the stock the capital of the stock is it was f to purchase certain lands owned by claus on the island of maull mauli one of the hawaiian group and certain privileges conceded him by the Haw hawaiian alian government also a lease for thirty years of other lands on the island owned by him in consideration of these lands and privileges claus sons received in fully paid up stock of the company the balance of the stock representing held by other shareholders has been called and expended ended so bat that the capital stock is fully fully paid up purchased with the paid in by outside shareholders aret arel are four sugar mills some thirty nive five miles of railroad with equipment reservoir and canal estimated at buildings and other material the report stated that all the available capital ha had of been exhausted and that 10 add additional bud bad been expended to meet this additional expenditure claus speckles had borr borrowed owed owea on his individual note from the nevada bank he asked the shareholders to secure him by levying levy ing an assessment on th the e fully paid up stock the matter was res feared the loss sustained bythe by the company is explained by the drop in the price of augar the crop from WS this plantation filing at 87 a ton against last year the yield also was small smail owing to the insufficient water spree kles kies said more canals were wanted and money to build them but ref refused us to advance it for the benefit of outsiders the hatteras mat matter teras as it stands gives rives ives control of the property he retired from the presidency in order to ove give the other shareholders an opportunity of discussing more freely the affairs of the com company any but still retains his original hoiting holding and control the companas comp anys difficulties do not embarrass em barass banass him he has several other sugar plantations oil on other islands which pay largely it is a well known fact tact that he nas has hait frait a million dollars in coin lying to his c e iu one of et the big banks of this city tab tan chances are that these maul plantations will eventually fall into his bis hands bands washington 17 upon the opening of the swaim court martial today to day dav gen grosvenor one of the council for fon the accused read an objection on the part of gen swaim to paymaster general rochester sitting as a member of the court ile he stated the grounds of his objections to be that gen rochester is a material witness in this case in respect to 10 the second charge against gen swaim of neglect neglecting in tp to report and take notice of the allie alleged ed tact that col morrow had bad fraudulently duplicated his bis pay accounts and also that the accused having favored the appointment of col mcclure to ag t the e paymaster FaYr naster generalship at the time gen rochester was appointed and this fact being known to the latter after argument the room was cleared e a and when t the e doors reopened the judge ud e advocate announced that the objections against gen en rosecrans sitting ittin as a member c ber of the court had been sustained gen en swaim was then asked if he desired to object to any other member of the court ile he replied that he desired to do so and judge Sli sil ellabarger then read a chal chat iange of general schofields Sch onelda right to sit as a member of the court on the ground that he schofield was gaspre prejudiced against gen swain and could not lot sit in the trial as an impartial judge the challenge against schofield was not sustain edGen terry was also challenged and the challenge in his case sustained Objection was then made by general swaim to gen geif murray on the tile ground of prejudice growing out of opposition to his appointment as sur geon general general murray having declared upon 0 n coli colf dire that he entertained no pre udice judice against gen swaim that won donld id influence his judgment in this case the challenge was withdrawn drawn counsel for gen swaim were then allowed to ask col andrews and col ayers witti without out formally challenging these officers whether they had formed or expressed any opinion as to guilt or innocence and whether they entertained any pre prejudice udice against him that would influence their judgment in the case both having answered in the negative the court was then organized with 11 members by the swearing in of members and the judge advocate the latter stated that gen swaim requested that subpoenas be issued for thu the secretary of war gen rochester maor carey col barr and major scott recess until tomorrow to morrow the challenge against general terry was sustained because he be stated that he would prefer not to sit upon the trial anabe one of general judges the solicitor of the treasury has instructed ted the US U S district attorney ot of the middle district of alabama to bring suit against the sureties on the bond boid of geo adam badeau late consul gene ral at havana to recover 19 received by that officer as notarial fees and alleged to have deen been alleg illegally mally nally wit withheld h henry D blyman DL lyman second assistant postmaster ir general submitted his annual report it shows that the cost for inland transportation for the year was as follows for star routes aggregating miles 11 lit 7 stam steamboat boat routes aggregating miles 1573 railroad routes aagre aggregating ang ong fi miles total the rule governing undelivered letters sent from hotels has been heretofore to send them to the deab dead letter office regardless of the printed request to return to tl ti e hotel the rule was today to day dav amended by postmaster general hatton as follows unclaimed letters in envelopes upon which hotel cards are printed should not be returned to the malling mailing office unless anch ich envelopes have briten or printed gereon the words return to in addia ia a to the hotel card proprietors of 1 not omit the usual return r oest vest from envelopes supplied to their guests and guests using such envelopes should be careful to des designate what di on should be mail made e of the letters b by them theli in case they cannot be delivered delivered the annual report of rear admiral nichols chiet chief of the bureau of yards and docksy has been submitted the estimates tor for the mare island yard for the year ag is respecting them admiral nichols says they seem large a rg e but when the importance of this ard vard I 1 is s cont considered dered at presen tand what its ts 1 importance will be in the future when the navy shall be restored even in part uart art to its former magnitude the estimates will not seem so over extravagant ex trava gant in the annual report of the lighthouse board Is asked for light lag tag aud and buoying rivers riders is necessary ec to continue work on the lighthouse at northwest seal rock off point cgeorge st tG george eorge california the es for general appropriations for the next fiscal year including supplies repairs salaries expenses fight ve vessels s and flag signals etc are the estimates for special appropriations amount to made up in part of the following items angel island flag signal cape oxford oxford light station oregon 2000 destruction est ruction island light station washington territory swo supply steamer loo OW building for ilg lighthouse t board 9 1 10 ALBANA ALDANA 17 president elect cleve lands callers today to day were numerous there wasa was a constant stream in and out of the executive chamber all day the governor was accessible to most callers until late in the afternoon af when he retired to his bis private room for consultation sul suil tation with political friends chattanooga 17 davis one of the most prominent ministers of boone county bennt tenny tenn has disappeared under the most suspicious circumstances cum stances and it is thought he has been murde murdered red ile he left hislope his home last week on a visit to an afflicted famil family and has not since been seen the skiff sm in which be crossed the river was found at the bank overturned but further on in a swamp his hat and coat were wem found secreted ile he had several hundred dollars on his person BALTI mone Monn 17 mrs sarah smith wife of a postoffice post office clerk fearing that her husband would lose his office when cleveland enters the white house tried to kill herself yesterday sh she opened the arteries in her wrist and then cut her throat witha with a razor she was found insensible on the floor of her bedroom and cannot recover GALVESTON 17 the galveston netos nelos byron tex special of the says between 2 and 3 this morning na the ot of the texas E express C company kompany in this place was entered and the safe robbed of twe tle thieves were evidently well weli posted as both the doors of the and safe were opened with duplicate keys it Is also evident the thieves were aware of the receipt of the money by a late train and the fact that it would copl not be delivered till bankin banking hours ten thousand dollars of IL the money was consigned to clark mark bryan howell bankers and the remal remainder dider gider to various parties the finding of a knife bearing the initials of a young spaniard jamea named barrett led to his immediate arrest the detectives are on the trail of others supposed sud suo posed to be implicated louisville ky 17 robert alias bryce who was arrested charged with forgery f ar 6 r y in calcutta is is in jail here he be de desires s 1 r s to be taken to calcutta immediately and in charge of officer webb who identified him t will start in a few days bryce adma admits forgery to the amount of about on the calcutta tea co of which ne tle was a direct director of OMAHA neb keb 17 at blue hill in this county last evening joe cook a murderer was taken from jail and hanged to a derrick the sheriff appeared and rescued the prisoner before death ensued his injuries however will probably prove fatal HALIFAX N S 17 A dispatch received hei heie e tonight to night from picton N NS S says A crew of eleven wreckers wrecker s arm the steamship Inver olt old stranded strand straud ed 0 on n pictou island while attempting to land in a lifeboat life ilfe boat yesterday afternoon during a northerly gale gaie aie ale had their boat up set on a reef and eight of them were drowned BOSTON 1 17 the ship Anahu anahuac ac owned by the william F wild estates esta teis lying at Sou bound for australia it is reported that captain fre ere freeman an and the first officer have died f from rom cholera and that a new commander will be sent from f roin here to take the ship to its destination DENVER 17 labo about coal miners employed at the Walsen walsenburg bur mines by the colorado coal I 1 iron inon ron 80 co of this city went out on strike this morning these miners took part in the recent general strike and only returned to work last thursday As they are members of the miners union serious complications and trouble through the state are among the probabilities their present grievances are unknown GOLDSBORO N C 17 deadina lea iea diner dinar business houses in the business part of the city were burned including the extensive machine shops of W F kornegay co the Ne messenger benger printing office and building to together ether with several large stocks of merchandise and a quantity of cotton the total loss exceeds insurance savannah 17 an incendiary fire this mornin morning originating in freelander cos cots waro warehouse house destroyed portions of two blocks and all of two others loss insurance fargo daiv dak 17 the continental hotel was entirely destroyed at three this morning all the guests and inmates escaped in safety but most of their effects were destroyed loss about 1 denver 17 the clarendon hotel at As aspen |