Show BY TELEGRAPH eix exx UNION mrm grm 4 A M H ae E it I 1 CA C A X N ALBANY 4 gov cleveland and party consisting of his sister miss cleveland private secretary and airs ersla la mont hon lion and mrs airs banks the tile misses ulsses banks misa bliss van Velch ten hon and mrs eurastus corning miss bliss felin and col W cassidy left here on a special train in a private car at 11 this morning to attend the actors fund benefit in new york new york 1 4 the actors fund benefit at the academy of music this afternoon was one of the most successful f al affairs that ever occurred in new york much of the belonging to it was of course due to the presence of governor cleveland who on this occasion attended a public entertainment for the first time since his election to the presidency the vast auditorium audit it was literal literally packed hundreds of persons dersons entered the lobby only to be me able to get within six feet f of the inner doors every theatrical person of eminence in town occupied a box president elect cleveland had a cordial welcome at every station between albany and new york the president of the actors association and mayor edson and mayor elect grace and a meat peat eat throng of people received cleveland throng f ind and atthe at the depot uis his ui welcome in the academy academe was of brement the wildest kind the president expressed a wish to meet the artists engaged a g ed in the several performances no joe e jefferson however had left for philadelphia Philas elphia and irving and T terry ie had gone tone to their hotel A comm committeeman m an drove in hot haste to the bravo brevoort ort house and as quickly returned with irving who was presented to the prest dent elect and was warmly grasped by both ha iltis governor cleveland expressed regret at not meeting T terry e and jefferson he returned 10 to alba aiba albany at 6 5 police guarded cleve lands box during durina his stay in the academy y preventing re venting the entry of either pol poi politicians it 1 I clans or interviewers interviewer s the days proceedings benefited the actors fund the actors fund benefit in baltimore was fairly attended ritts pitts burz 4 the wt net receipts of the actors fund benefit at the opera house this afternoon wore 1082 washington 4 ine rne ringer baringer Bp I 1 committee on expenditures in the department of justice which by order of the house is to continue the investigation of the appointment and employment of deputy marshals in cincinnati at the october election will in go to td work shortly investigation investigate 0 n win ao b be begun in washington where a number of witnesses will shil be examined and then the committee will go to cincinnati the following witnesses have been summoned to appear and testify before the committee here james W VV donnelly disbursing clerk of the general land office closes moses B C wright clerk in the pension office E 0 J ford also clerk in the pension office and ana john wright of the Post postoffice office department george mcelfresh resh ex detective charles hurle hurie hurlet hurley ex fireman and wm kavanaugh M all ali of washington these it lis uis claim claimed were made deputies in cincinnati on election day ex powell clayton of ark arkansas ansas will also be summoned several restal residents of st louis loc local al republican politicians have been summoned to appear ear ean among them H L rogers I 1 henry Main maln and barney higgins representative hopkins bill to establish the office of government architect provides avides that the president shall ap appoint 0 g t a government architect to hord hold hoid office four years who shall receive an annual salary of whenever ithe erection of a public building shall be determined upon the archia archi act shall advertise for competitive plans and specifications accompanied with estimates of the cost which shall be submitted together with the architects own recommendations to a board composed of the secretary detary of the treasury postmaster general secretary of t the he interior and actor ney general the plan apar approved wed by tile the board shall be carried out in the construction of the building and no change shall be allowed ex except ept with the sanction of the board 0 on n recommendation men dation of the government architect the architect whose plans are adopted shall receive the usual compensation pensa tion the bill provides that the office of supervising architect of the treasury and architect of the capitol shall cease tp exist april 1885 delegates representing the clerks of post offices throughout the country called upon postmaster general hatton to lay before him a proposition to classay postoffice post office clerks and place them on an equality with clerks in other branches of tile the government service the delaga delegates tes brou brought lit with them the intended draft of a bill intended to secure cecur e these results and the postmaster general suggested that they cause the bill to be I 1 introduced in Congress when he would opinion upon its merits pass to the representatives of the philadelphia letter ietter curriere curriers who seek to secure the benefits of the eight hour law hatton today to day formally reported that the department never held that the eight hour law applied to letter carriers and 1 wi without phout considering the legal aspect of the case was of the opinion that the department could not bovein move in the matter without a clear definition of the act by congress the bill introduced by glasscock to de declare clarethe the mean meaning ingot of certain provisions of the chinese restriction acty act passed last session provides that the action prohibiting the coming of phi nese laborers Ja borers to the united states within a period of ten years aft after erthe the passage of the act shall not apply to chinese laborers who were in the united states november 17 1880 or to those who came into the united states before the expiration of DO 90 days after the passage of of the act to which tile the act of july last was amendatory and who have continued their residence therein any chinese merchant residing in the united states or who may hereafter reside therein when leaving the united states shall have tile the right to demand and receive from the collector of the district within which he may reside a certificate of identification si similar pIlar to that prescribed for chinese laborers the new senator from rhode island has been appointed to membership on the committee oil on claims mines and mining revolutionary claims claims and woman sli sih suffrage rage sabin to committee on examining several branches of the civil services dawes to the committee on naval affairs slater committee on indian affairs morgan committee oil on lish fish and fisheries and manderson chairmanship of the committee on prin printis tim in Inthe the swaim court m martial r today to day counsel for accused opened the line of de defense demerise ferise that the stock transactions between swaim and Bate bateman maii malk co were illegal because there was no actual transfer of stock and that any pretended claim of bateman baleman co upon general swaim for losses los ios ses in these transactions could not be recovered in a court of law as no actual snares tto ito stock ever came carde into possession neither actually or constructively prof alexander de Woi wol recently charged by his daughter isabel with criminal assault was found dead in his hous honse this ethis morning having committed suicide during ee the night he left letters to different people among them one to the pres president ent and one to secretary lincoln dated 11 last night protesting his innocence and declaring that he be died to save his daughters honor robinson Eo binson of new york has prepared a resolution which he will offer on M monday onda providing for a return to simplicity in n inauguration ceremonies as practiced by jefferson it prohibits the erection erect iou lou of triumphal arches and the display of bayonets in id washington on inauguration day and provides that the chief justice shall call upon the president ent elect and ac company him either on foot or ina lna in a plain carriage drawn by not more than two horses and without decorations or livery to the capitol where he shall take the oath and address such suell citizens as may be thereto hear him FranklI Frank Hatton atton of iowa postmaster general John Schuyler crosby of new york first assistant postmaster general commissioners for alaska to reside in sitka geo P ibric of penn to reside in chester se seeber her ber of california Cal fornia to reside res ide ija in COLUMBIA 4 the dispatches new now statesville States ville special says the miners of the central relief committee yesterday distributed among the destitute over 2000 in cash and about 1200 in merchandise in addition largo quantities of goods have been received at Nel nei nelsonville sonville buchtel carbon hill and other places and ordered distribution about 1000 remains in the treasur treasury yat tat jacksonville reports f from rom quarters which are furnishing relief are discouraging cou raging there is a great deal of suffering and the sudden cold weather would Iii ili increase crease this greatly no material change is reported as to the strike except that the syndicate acate and coal exchange say they are increasing their force daliy daily dally from outside labor and the output will soon reach teach the maximum SAN sax FRANCISCO s rhe fhe chronicles prescott arizona special says there have been five poly holy polygamy gamy convictions in this city within a week inthe inthe first three cases tenny Christo pherson and kemp kernp convictions were found on the evide evidence in the two cases tried today to day elders flake and p pleaded leaded guilty rity fity this is regarded as se settling ing A mormon rule in arizona sentences sense will vill be passed by judge howard tomorrow to morrow L va 4 r rhe magazine of the virginia military institute at lexington exploded last lait night the magazine contained pounds of common powder the explosion was terrific the windows ot of the institute were shattered and the lights extinguished gui gul shed houses in lexington amlie amile a mile mlle off were shaken to their fou foundations nuat ions lons the magazine was blown away fie five yive cadets cabets ca bets were dismissed from the institute tuesday for havi having ng stolen powder in their possession PITTSBURG 5 oil oli is excited and panicky owing to rumors that the mcbride well at bald ridge is showing for a good well about halt a mile mlle of new territory will vill be opened up if the well proves to be a gusher trade became frightened and a general rush to sell followed prices dropped like lead from 78 at tile the opening to 7 23 71 3 at 1 p m the macket was a trifle steadier at 73 CHICAGO 5 levy the cornet was a again amin min married last list night ills liis bride akis this time being miss aliss stella costa the belgian soprano and member of his hla concert company levy resented presented his bride with tow tom worth of diamonds levys numerous previous matrimonial difficulties have been widely published bli bil blushed shed his last wife was minnie ri conway anway who procured a divorce from him a 8 short hort time ago and married osmond tearle tearie NEW YORK 5 stocks opened irregular declinda dec declined linea ii 34 to but subsequently became strong and advanced ad ai to X with lake shore union pacific st paul lackawanna N Y central as I 1 features at present the market Is weaker and shows a reaction of to 34 windson WINDSOR ontario 5 A malignant epidemic of diphtheria is causing serious mortality in parts east and west of sandwich and other places ill lii the vl cimity cin cil lity ity dovel doven N H 5 later particulars from strafford show that stephen young at whose house the explosion previously reported occurred had a party last night there was dynamite for blasting purposes on a shelf and one of the party in order to scare the rest fired his revolver and thu jar caused an explosion of the dynamite the house was blown to atoms and i burned up one On person eperson a frenchman employed employed by young youny was killed outright rig t and seven wounded bonds to the amount of and an amount of railroad stock were destroyed miss bliss sadie greenfield of rochester was blown through a window and her face cut open several of those injured vill wili probably die 5 the project to e restrict s the production of pa pig iron oy by banking f furnaces furnaces for a month or more has been abandoned instead of f further ur restriction reports received at office of the pig iron association in this city are to theoff the effect act that a number of furnaces will blow in during the next month in view of the complaints of fall frade trade and the low price tile the re rc of the tho works seems paradoxical but it is stated that ulle ulie stocks on hand band are much lighter now than at any previous time for years and that while there is no prospect in the immediate future for detter oetter prices there is room for more iron than tha a is piled in the yards at present NEW york 5 the board of aldermen have passed over mayor edsons eddons veto a resolution giving the ahe broadway surface railroad company permission to construct a railroad on broadway washington 5 the annual report of the secretary ol of th the e navy was made public today to day Secre secretary tali taxi chandler says three new ships have been successfully cess fully launched and it has been shown that our steel makers can readily furnish u r n sh e excellent ice I 1 ae it material in large tiu ilu quantities alln tt I 1 le s 1 its ill lii high gh qualities bein being assured sure d by t tests t adopted ad 0 apted the department departie nt 1 is confirmed 0 n dir fir med I 1 in the opinion that the criticisms advanced last year against the new ships were ot of little mentor mo based upon theories at variance with the progress in modem comparisons of speed between the new cruisers and the great trans at lantic bantle racing steamers are unfair because the latter later attain their speed only by the sacrifice of qualities essential to ships of war the they are unprotected and of enormous draft and dimensions lna ina in A number of them the pressure is is very high and the speed is very slow and the new cruisers could overtake ninety six per cent of the in merchant erchant steamers of the world the rates of speed assigned the new ships are based on very conservative calculations of their probable performance estimates an and tates lates they will undoubtedly exceed the esti estl estimates but the first unarmored cruisers of the tile new american rican fleet are not intended for a comparison in speed with unprotected racing ships of enormous size or in defensive power with v etli the modern ironclads iron the tiie deda depa department rement in adopting the recommendations ot of the advisory board for sor additional new vessels calls calis special attention to the necessity for torpedo boats in general the secretary recommends the construction of seven modern cruisers annual annually for a period of often ten years lylan such a aplan apian V he says while conforming to the conservative demands of our national policy and affording ample ampie 0 time and adopting every device in construction would give the country ata moderate cost a navy adequate to train its omm off meers officers and maintain its safety and honor ho nor non in regard to the existing navy secretary chandler says inapt it appears from the condition of of the fleet that at the end of fifteen years the only crusing vessels in the present list remaining will be three small iron vessels the monocacy monocracy Mono cacy alert and Pl ranger elanger anger the real explanation of the disproportion between expenditures and results accomplished complis hed in the naval 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