Show BY TE LE grad GRAP ll 11 reb ren 0 glon ION lon T letl A M 23 II 11 I 1 can OAN C A JY BOSTON 2 27 the tile directors of tik tin union pacific railway this afternoon after noo elected the thu following off meers officers charlt charla francis adams jr president dent elisel atkins vice president henry land secretary and treasurer olivet oliver W mink of boston assistant secretary and assistant treasurer jama W ham assistant secretary and assistant treasurer in new york in tin tbt executive committee E H bahe bate takes the tb c place of jay gould who de to dined election reelection re general manager potter of the burlington road has been asked to represent the central pacific at the meeting of the pacific coast association to be held here april and to vote for the admission of the sunset route to that association at a meeting of the chicago and M river railroads tod todar today to dar day d y ane coba missioner mois rois was instructed to t confer iti prominent stockmen stoc kmen ande ando and shippers ol 01 the advisability of a uniform tins tinn schedule sch eduig for freight trains between chicago and st louis and kissoon river liver points ARKANSAS CITY march ma r ch 25 A correspondent sWon spon dent telegraphs that generd general hatch ate h has ordered troops of the car airy alry to proceed at once to oklahoma Okla okia honn hona and ana destroy the permanent improvements on the ranches of the berry brothers and burke martin martini cattlemen who have for some sonic time been established in that country and require them to leave the territory this is construed as an inauguration of the policy of the interior bellart department ment for the removal of all unauthorized stock men in oklahoma charleston W va 25 T the he suffering ferin of the people in the drouth district d s of this and other counties adjoining in is very great the people of kanawha county have been appealed to for far aid tales of suffering men women ati and children and beasts reach here from fram portions of gilmer calhoun and roan counties mountain farmers in these counties are arc unable to purchase either food or seed and as the season for planting Is near everything looks distressing kanawha coant count can take care of her stricken people but help heip will be needed for the other counties BUFFALO 25 this evenings evenin gas an at of the music hall was lighting 1 the gas above the stage the drop flit took tire fire from a defective detective burner ii la an instant the whole stage was in flames and in six minutes the entire building was burning the mccagh opera company were redress dressing itil reparatory preparatory tort torr to the production of agnita JP alka aika and ha had bad barely time to escape some only partially dressed the company lose their entire wardrobes for the operas of walka talba italka 17 alka aika ll 11 the little duke add and the queens lace handkerchief the company had most of their truna brought to the building and these were consumed also wry ery very few per sons had arrived to td witness the peri per i firmance for mance and all escaped without injury an hour later the st louis roman catholic church at the rear of the music hall took tire nrc and it was evident that the magnificent edifice was wal doomed the street between the 31 musk asit hall and ana the church was ver very tery y narrow rendering re a debing it impossible for the nire fire department part ment to do effective work geo smith and joseph green ascended th thi ladders in front of the church for purpose of assisting the firemen directing r ee n th the e 1 work yo r k the building burned ag ra rapidly d y a and n d t the h e fireman and seiti hastily left eft the roof which they had reached but for some sonic reason green rei rel re I 1 i bained and frantically rushed to tb the cupola climbing it in full view alev of the thousands of spectators he clambered to the lightning rod but returned tc to the body of the roof which was nor not burning fiercely ile he rushed to the corner of the building and heedless of the cries of the firemen who had a tar pauling stretched for him to jump into inadi made for the tower and from it bud bun by his hands fully ten minutes ai aj attempt was made to reach himwich him i ladder adder but it was as successful unsuccessful owing to the network of telegraph telez raph wires surrounding the building at this time the entire front of the church was enveloped in flames when whet the smoke cleared avay lie he was still clin clinging na to the edge of the r roof 0 0 then thel be ha lunged n d forward leto let iet go o his h hold hoid olk fel feh struck tr uck on his bis head and was instantly I 1 ansta I 1 livy killed at S 30 the tho tower of labe music hil hall hll fell lu in and a few after the front wall fell into the street the south wall which was unusually strongly built as etwas it was within ten feet ol 01 a large private dwelling remained intact the tire fire was finally confined to music hall and the church music hall halt was completed in 1883 having been about a year tear r in the course of construction st M louls louis church was the oldest romin catholic church in the city OTTAWA ont 26 the government has bag received no information of any collision between the mounted police and riel kiel the so called rebellion is confined to a small district near fort carleton oarn Cari eton on the outskirts of prince albert settlement kiel riel is reported to have about followers 40 of them indians and the rest half breeds CHICAGO 26 tribunes Tribu tribe ness nels washington ashington Ay special a 1 A prominent ente republican official t C 0 of 1 idaho who was formerly an eastern journalist in a letter to 10 an officer at washington makes some extraordinary tra statements as to the anti mormon move movement ment in that territory while as much opposed to polygamy as one can be he says that for business integrity intes rity the mormons cormons surpass the gentiles in idaho while the leaders of A mormon formon crusade are simply unprincipled traders in public office F FOREIGN CAIRO march 25 two Sou danese sheiks have gone to constantinople to enter the service of the sultan 25 the new south wales legislative council by a unanimous vote and the legislative assembly by 63 to 34 approved the dispatch of a colonial contingent to the soudan the announcement of the vote tote was received with loud load cheering for the queen march 25 the grenadiers Grena diers and surre sarre y 1 in e n t r reached cached shakim from the dereba r reh reg c without loss although ugh exchanged ed shots with hostile arabs adibi on the way ivay the arabs lost men in yesterdays skirmish ish the total loss of the arabs in last Sun suu sundays dails engagement is now stated at including inc ludig 34 women who had been armed as soldiers and who proved as impetuous and determined as the men the bodies of these amazons were counted on the field after the fight the british loss in last sundays battle were much greater grealer reater than at arst reported gen graham giraham today to day telegraphed the home government that jars fars fears he must add to the list of days killed 38 men still missing the sikhs indian re regiment the latest return returns place lace ament the ot of killed and wo wounded ed in Sund ayls battie battle at aso including camp followers the british british lost 1000 1006 camels and are seriously crip crippled led for ar want of trans por tation shakim 25 the redoubts doubts re at has heen having roke proved a failure as a protection rothe rohe to british troops have been een destroyed by order general graham to prevent them protecting the arabs yesterdays convoy by mistake took a number ot empty water vessels for the dereba the oci oct occupation of dasheen is s now admitted to be a mistake the convoy work is telling severe sevene severely on the troops t hicl many of whom are sick mandie manDig os osman digna lia lla ria on sunday ordered his troops to advance on shakim aft after erthe the slaughter of the british two members of osman dignall tribe have bave sent a messenger here askins asking on what terms they could join tiie tile british forces A larre large number of camels and mules ilden laden with baggage broke away during the isn smug U yesterday vest yest erday and were captured by the rebels the british ambassador at has been instructed to press ress the russian government tor a repay reply to granviller Gran villes proposals of the reading outposts on the afghan frontier i yesterdays council was called to consider dispatches f from rom dunn duff dunner Duffer erin ln forwarding the demand of the ameer of afghan afghanistan is tan for immediate war drafts and rumors that the ameer had received overtures from russia offering favorable terms for an alliance the council decided to invest D dufferin with plenary power to arrange arrana terms with the ameer an additional f force fcc of russian troops Is proceeding from the caucasus to the aag afghanistan hani hanl stan Tio frontier utter russ Rass ladr finances are unable to the strain lof war no power except germany is able or willing to supply loan to russia and it Is whether even germany could do so dublin DoBLiN 2 the newspapers have received r a copy ot of a letter alleged to have been sent by mayor oconnor intimating that the civic flag was removed from the mansion house in order to prevent the possibility of an insult being offered to the prince wales by the lowering of the flag letter says sa S when tiie tile prince arrives the flag will te be hoisted into a position tion in dubli dublin n and thousands of stalwart hands bands will V I 1 be ready to guari guar it it necessary and that ahat it will be taken to other towns on the princes tour for a similar purpose LONDON ag at aldershot aldershof Alder shot orders have been received providing for raising troops for india one batter of horse artillery proceeds from woolwich to india immediately the government of burmah is sending camels to india to be employed in transport service on the frontier afghanistan af hanisian hani hanl stan by general stewart british commander orders have likewise been sent to armories the tho kingdom to return to tho tower 1 bf U iti iii 4 i london all the martini henry rifles which they have in stock the tile object is that they be inspected and dispatched to india fourteen thousand rifles now at portsmouth will vill bu ibe forwarded to india tomorrow to morrow orders were received at portsmouth direct direction directing in that the composite sloop cor Vor morante f be made ready for lor sea the queen lias has just sent a message 11 to the house of commons common callin calling out the reserve militia for permanent perman permanent enc service london 26 20 in accordance with the queens message the war office has called out the army reserves and the militia LONDON 26 the call issued 1 by oy the war office in accordance with the queens message la Is from reserves and militia 26 A convoy of grenadier guards Guard sunder under the command of gen graham accompanied by the shire surrey and indian regiments this morning took their departure for tamal going 1 ng as far as mc mcneils nells nelis dereba lio tio ane e start was made at 7 and the zereta was reached with a loss of three men wounded in the thru on the tile way A force of arabs rushed out upon the troops the latter at once formed form e d a square the arabs recklessly charged upon this and with such impetuosity that they got within twenty yards of it but were repulsed with a lessof 1 loo killed LONDON 26 advices advises irom froni tama ibave tave state that a disastrous hurricane visited the east coast of madagascar on february during which the american mrk sarah hobart and the french steamers oise ot se and argo were wrecked and 17 persons lost LONDON 26 the ordnance department at chatham has been ordered to ship to india all the martini henry rifles available government is placing large orders for rifles and munitions of war with manufacturers the men of war mercury devastation colossus and bla are being rapidly prepared for sea notwithstanding g these war preparations pro eminent financiers state that actual hostilities will be avoided the stock market responds to their views con sols and russian securities are a frau tion higher the general list of stocks Is better and continental bounces show corresponding corre spending sp improvement BO BOMBAY IBAY 26 r the T duke of connaught has obtained ned leave to remain in india in the event of the failure of anglo angio russian hussian concerning afghanistan PARIS palas 20 26 la justice states that it has good authority f fon for or saying that an english nirm firm in birmingham has made d during u r I 1 ng the past six months 20 cartridges for china and consigned them to a german officer in active service under the pekin government london 20 gladstone stated in the house of commons this afternoon that the russians had advanced no nearer to than Puli khatum which hebald he said sald is eighty miles distant from general Alik hanoff gladstone added has established a post of Tur comans at Puli Pull khatum orders have been sent to chatham to supply immediately five million cartridges wild rumors are afloat among them that some of the ahe russian t troops r 0 s i have attacked a portion of sir p reter peter e oa r Lumsde ns party and that two were killed londos LONDON 26 5 pm Consol ter the close made a heavy decline to 0 6 3 1 for both money and account |