Show BY TELEGRAPH KB RIM UNION A AMERICAN 31 E it 14 A N 23 watson squires governor of washington territory in his annual report says the man manufacturing fa fracturing fac trin turing industries of the territory have attained a highly gratifying degree of improvement that of lumber taking the lead in many cases indians are engaged in prosperously culli voting the soil andelt and it is bellev believed dd that the system of allotting a suitable quantity of land to them in severalty severally can and ought to be encouraged if 11 they could be induced to concentrate and altogether abandon certain reservations ft F would conduce much to the settlement and cultivation of large tracts of valuable land now unproductive touching the territorial law conferring upon women the right to vote the governor says ait Alt although although houm houg many of our citizens are disposed to question the wisdom of this law especially ally when attended with the requirement qui rement that women should serve as jurors brors it meets with the approval of a large farge large majority of the people tind lind the women of the territory are for the most part strongly desirous that the enactment bo be retained upon the statute books thus far it seems beems attended with no kupor I 1 important tant results unfavorable to the welfare of the people of the territory the report states that the value of the assessed property of the territory Is with one county to be heard beard from the territory I 1 is entirely out of debt and on jul jui july had a balance of rn in the treasury the population of the territory is estimated at and the governor in conclusion presents a number of reasons to support the claim of washington territory for admission into the union anlon union as a state NEW york 24 the much talked of boxing match between charles mitchel and jack burke who were to have fought eight rounds under marquis of queensbury rules at madison square garden tonight to night turned out a fiasco about spectators and fifty reporters went to see the great exhibition of sparing for points among the doo roo were police captains of the various products of the city who had been specially ordered to be present one sport remarked this is the f funeral of giove glove g ove firsts in new neg york at 10 mitchell and burke appeared on the stage accompanied by bill madden bob smith announced that in consequence of the interest taken in the match by the district from a desire desiro that all present should be able to get home in time to drown their sorrows hiess bless rs mitchel and burke would give a quaker exhibition of sparring in three rounds according in t to 0 the latest rules of the peace shi sil society e ty the men were dressed in plain white tights and drawers when time was called they advanced towards each other offered right hand of good fellowship and then drew back to admire one another they chucked each other under the chin and smoothed one others an cheeks in a really affectionate way once or twice wice when the thu first three minutes were over they gracefully bowed and retired to their theli corners comers the crowd which had increased to perhaps 1000 persons groaned feelingly M but the fighters only smiled the second and third rounds were similar once mitchell pushed his cheek against burkes glove for which burke apologized then mitchell patted his opponents right cheek and in scriptural tash fash fashion lon ion burke turned the lef left t to him another time when burke got close enough to mitchell the latter put his glove as far as he could in the formers mouth so it went on till I 1 the he third round was over A more disgusted crowd than th that at which left the garden has rarely been seen in thi this s or any other city Ther there ewas was no decision as to who als was winner but that would have llave been of no use as there was nothing to divide between een the men meu NJ N J 24 the democrats held heid a grgat great meeting of rejoicing tonight Aft after erthe the parade vice dent elect it is impossible f for or me to address you at length I 1 thank you men of new jersey for the honor you have done grover cleveland and myself at the recent election I 1 know of no honor possible to be enjoyed by any man greater than that which is ex presed expressed tn in the conti confidence of the people and there is no mode of expressing that confidence higher than the bailot ballot in the box dubert cheers on the fourth day orthis of this month new ew jersey did express her judgment that we should be the chief officers of this country that judg ment stands and will stand forever because enough of the other states have llave concurred in that judgment of the nation under the constitution of the united states for the part that you ou bore in that grave and responsible M work I 1 express to you my sincerest thanks and regards to the sullivan club of the city of new york a part of the serenading sere nadin party I 1 desire to express my tha thanks s in very special terms they have done to one who is dearer to me than myown my own life honor tonight to night it was impossible that she should be here to receive this honor at their hands they desire to express to her ller their respect and their regard for this banner the beautiful banner that expresses our mutual love for ireland LC heers upon that banner it was written by herself justice to ireland a sentiment that all men of all nations andall andali and all ali kindreds of the earth ought to respect and honor justice to ireland I 1 that has kaa given to england her bravest soldiers ireland that has sent to this country of ours men who have fought in all its wars men who have helped to develop this whole land men who have illustrated the virtues of civilization and christianity christl christi anity 11 louisville LOUIS louls FILLE FILIX 24 A sensation was created here today to day by the publication in the boston ian knights gats of honor observer charging that robert J breckenridge late supreme treasurer of the enig knights ts of honor is a defaulter to the extent of incidentally the same paper refers to breckenridge as a rival to captain kidd 11 in addition to its local report the observer editorially editor editon lally arraigns breckenridge as aa being accountable ifor for large sums of money to widows and orphans of departed brethren the observer Is edited by a mr air cummines cummings who Is on very intimate terms with gen sloat supreme dictator of the knights of honor and J VV branch who succeeded breckenridge as supreme reme treasurer measurer rea surer Breck breckenridge idge is in the city and denies the charge pro j bouncing noun cing the whole thing as a tissue of falsehoods saldie said sald he 1 I have received money which has not been paid out I 1 was wag ordered by the chancery court to pay ay no c more benefits after october fa last tani tand and I 1 obe obeyed e d the order for this il reason there is now a considerable amount in the peoples bank to the credit of the knights of honor the general e opinion among the members of the h e knights of honoris honor Is that the charge ge Is not true col breckenridge willsie will sue for libel CLEVELAND 21 24 A herald special from gambler reports that a mrs walker living two miles from town lay ill lii and being a spiritualist ref refused used medical aid but was persuaded to submit to treatment by a man named burrows who said no he wasa medium under the influence of the spirit of an indian chief barrows said the woman was afflicted by bv devils which lie he proceeded to dri drive ve out by beating her about he 0 head and shoulders and otherwise maltreating maltreating mal mai treating treating her p in consequence of which she died la last st wednesday the house where mrs walker died was locked and nobody was permitted to enter it until Satu saturday iday when lier ller cousin dr walker forced his bis way in and found the corpse stretched on a bedlin bed llin liin a state states ot nudity unless burrows proves to be insane he will be tried for manslaughter NEW yoi tol YORK yore K 24 mile nille nevada made her first appearance here to in the role ot or amina armina in 11 the enthusiasm enthus lam iam increased luer iner eased as the opera proceeded nevada scored an undoubted loub ted success her voice is remarkable for its sweetness and flexibility her execution was as noteworthy as her winsome simplicity and naturalness of acting the floral offerings were many and magnificent mile mlle nevada was at times completely overcome with the warmth of her reception cep dep tion she kissed tile the small american flag which surrounded a bouquet of flowers and sang wath exquisite sweetness home sweet home washington 24 21 the case of the government vs the union pacific railroad company in which the government claims a certain per percent cent of the net earnings and the railroad com pany claims payment for transportation came up in the court of claims today to day only preliminary matters were disposed of and the trial will wili be gin gln an regularly tomorrow to morrow if all the government overn ment claims are allowed they will amount to 1 but ag against adist this total the railroad company claims offsets aggregating MONTREAL 23 news Is received of the fate of the schooner lavictoire Lavi toire before reported lost and over which there has been great anxiety felt here two men just arrived from the isle aux Coudres state that towards nightfall on the ath dinst they saw off the capes lighthouse a schooner on her beam ends with a number of people hangin hanging to lo her si sides desand and aud appealing to the lighthouse keeper for assistance they sald said the keeper heard them and immediately pie prepared bared hared to go to their rescue but was prevented dy by his wife fainting from fright MOBILE mortile ala 24 the north bound passenger train on the mobile and montgomery road which left here at 1 this morning ran into a south bound freight train at the sidi siding ngat at perdido th the e switch being open the agines telescoped and some turpentine ou on the platform plat piat torm lorm caught fire A resin warehouse in the vicinity was wa partially destroyed also the two tivo engines and the baggage car mail and smoking cars of the passenger train engineer james duffy of the passenger train was killed and the body burned beyond recognition morgan J ashe engineer of tile tiie freight train had lied his arm borken walter dawson fireman of the freight had a le leg crushed and it was amputated later three other railroad men were injured slight lysan FRANCISCO 24 the portland oregonians sprague W T special says the sheriff started this mom mob ing in with a posse of 80 men armed with winchester rifles to overpower the mob in possession of the courthouse court house at davenport who refuse to al lowthe records to be taken away to this place which was chosen as the county seat at the election on the ath dinst serious trouble and bloodshed Is feared davenport Is situated 21 miles from here NEW YORK 21 24 edward morris the chicago jeweler charged with havin having 1 swindled several other chicago jewelers was brought up in the tie police court today to day and again remanded to await an order f from rom governor cleveland for his extradition the warrant for his arrest has arrived from chicago morris offered to deposit lom worth of the jewelry found in his bis trunk as security for his bis appearance but the offer was rejected chattanooga 23 news reached the city at 1 a in of drowning of six persons in the tennessee river nean near Cap ertons ferry ala this evening nine persons i esons were crossing inthe in the f ferry err willoe c was capsized and ana but three esh eta aped the ferryman his bis child two women and two children were drown ed FORE eore SMITH ark 24 news is received of the killing ot of john wood by stephen fletcher fietcher fleta er both colored at round mountain in the choctaw nation wood eloped with fletcherr fletchers Flet chers wife fletcher pursued overtook them blew out woods brains and returned home with the woman NEW YORK yonh 24 policemen einen elnen grant and devine haye have been committed to await trial on the charge of highway robbery and attempted shooting while drunk on duty last night they attacked a man robbed him ana aua and aud fired several shots at him while lie he was endeavoring deavo ring to escape two other policemen elnen who failed to arrest the guilty have been suspended by the mayor CHICAGO 25 on and after dec trains nos I 1 anda of the union pacific road will run th through cars for the pacific coast they will go by bv the new gregoir shoreline short line leaving omaha amaba at the usual time timi reach reaching lao lav d granger ranger at 11 am net day and arriving arrivi at ilu liu huntington the terminus of the 0 S line at t noon of the second day at the latter point the oregon railway and navigation tio company begins tae trains will make close connections and reach portland by ity 10 the following morning momin PORTLAND 0 25 an oregonians oregonian Ore gonian sprague IV T special says sa s sheriff cody has just returned croul from davenport ort when the mob caught sight 0 of f his ris posse they immediately dered and allowed the records to be removed in peace NJ 25 the state board of canvassers completed their canvass this morning the result showing Clev elands plurality to be th the e total vote being cleveland blaine st john butler butier the democrats elected green baar babcock ock and mcadoo to congress the republicans elected hires buchanan phelps and Lehl lehi gehlback dack back V 0 R E 11 G N HONG ko KoNG 24 the reports of a french fench victory at formosa are f fabrications and their successes in tonquin are overrated the french invaders are at a standstill their operations rations are confined to the delta in tonquin and aud delung and the harbor of formosa the chinese are assuming the offensive offensive both in tonquin and formosa formosa before the french can assume the aggressive they must have an additional men in tonquin and in formosa an expedition to pekin would bouldi be cheaper in the matter of both men and money A times shanghai dispatch says tile the chinese fleet Is preparing to leave lease for formosa paris 24 advices advises from tonquin say that as reprisal for the attack made by the tile chinese upon the french gunboats gun boats eclaire and on the dinst on claire river while they were revoc the garrison wan general briere de lisle lisie telegraphs that colonel duchesne was sent to attack a force of black flags and chinese regulars In trenched in fortified foru ford fled fied works near that place the french forces captured the fortifications the enemy fleeing the french lost eight men killed and 25 wounded the chinese have evacuated song son kan iran valley A later dispatch states that colonel duchesne next day stormed without loss three fortified forti fortl fled and destroyed or captured all the enemies sup supplies lles lies the enemy was in full retreat taking refuge reful le in the mountains and forests BERLIN berun 24 the congo committee have agreed unanimously that free trade shall prevail in the western parn pann of the congo basin LONDON 24 in the commons today cullan liberal gave notice that he would call attention in the house to the extraordinary ruling of jud judge Q arani Arant manisty sly sty in the libel case of adams vs coleridge whereby the functions of the jurymen juryman were made a mockery a delusion and a snare 1 PARIS pris 24 at oram during the for ty eight hours ended this evening there were eleven deaths from cholera paris 24 in the chamber of deputies today to day debate on the ton tonquin uin credits began 11 lockroy rad radical cal cai opened the debate with an attack u upon on the government and generally or ariti ti alsed its colonial policy de la fosse osse of the right eight vehemently denounced denounce the mint ministers and claimed |