| Show BY TELEGRAPH TE plu ran UNION time aaril MArIl lese LISE A 31 ae it I 1 C A N CHICAGO G the attaches ol 01 the rall rali railway ivay mail mall bervice service here evince a deep interest in in the late developments and future probabilities iu in connection with the observance of cartall civil service gervice rules ruh s by bv the new ad ministration the iner lher ocean tomorrow to morrow morning will publish au an article articie in relation to the matter the substance of which is as follows captain white while division superintendent at chicago is said to have received the following telegram from postmaster general general 1 vilas today to day 1 I understand an organization Is amone amons the postal I 1 clerks in your division for purpose of retain UK ng their own positions by striking providing provi diug dlug other clerks are thrown 0 out ut I 1 want to know the truth general discussion ot the messa message e led to considerable talk in retail relation on to some thirty removals of if alleged efficient men who amon among others were a short time neo ago suddenly required to appear for civil service examination this circumstance is claimed to have resulted in preparations for a general strike BOSTON 6 ex gov hale haie hales haies failure has involved a large number of boston boton peo people le and banks C A parks of no 17 rik MIK milk street is involved to the extent of the commonwealth national massachusetts national and Fre edmans national hold bold his bis paper they say they are secured hale was interested in the boston winthrop Yin and shore railroad rall Kail road to the extent of henry hale of new york a brother of the ex governor is said to be involved 10 and J hale another brother haie hale 20 it is stated that governor hale haie while here recently cla cia claimed lined tined to by be worth more than he owed ile he was trying to negotiate some home of his paper a er it is said the massachusetts da national bank holds io OOOO worth of trade paper entirely secured was the lebanon woolen mills of lebanon N II H in which it is alleged he sunk over another unfortunate scheme was the purchase of an island near san francisco with the idea of starting a mammoth sheep or cattle ranch another project was a salt mountain at san domingo which was supposed to be a mine of wealth but which failed tailed to pan out governor hale was interested in mines in idaho and other places and it is said numerous new hampshire Hamps hire hiie farmers invested and lost deavil beav ily lly another scheme was the purchase of of the hotel avon in this city which also proved disastrous mr johnson proprietor of the quincy house who had had large dealings hale states that he believes the ex e governor spent in securing his guber national election gov hales halos property in suffolk county in the state E has as been attached by johnson for sensational developments are promised shortly NEW YORK 7 after the doctors had visited general grant this afternoon they said that as compared with the week before there was no appreciable increase in the swelling 11 in the throat and ald no apparent increase of cancerous trouble in the throat because of his having contracted a cold or from other causes the general on saturday Satu iday experienced perien ced greater pain than usual this was directly the result of increased secretion secretions and the efforts to throw off these secretions from the throat the patient adient is now relieved the trouble raving having been temporary SAN FRANCISCO 7 examiner tombstone arizona J F r nightingale who has just arrived arria ed from Na cason sonora ra mexico says sais three Ameri amerl american call cail in miner iners fred Hunting huntington top ton peter ind peter palmer were killed by apaches at their mine may the bodies of mccurtin and paliner palmer were found in in the dump box shot through the head and their skulls crushed hunting tons body was found at the bottom of the shaft two evv 0 other men names unknown were nvere killed by apaches on the lopotro trail trall about a week previous grasshopper ravages in california are arc much less serious that at first supposed damages to grain by them are mostly confined to the southern por eions of the san joaquin valley lat test reports from there show that the first statements were greatly exaggerated no correct estimate can yette yet be made of the damage young vineyards in the neighborhood of sacramento have been partially damaged but bearing vines have escaped the pests will not remain long lonz in the state the trade winds which occur at this season of the year byear dont seem to agree with them D 1 M K Co of the agricultural department washington is here lin vesti gatin their ravages washington 7 Secretary WhItney in his official order relative to the employment of the naval band of the US S new hampshire at the newport theatre and practically annulling their engagements finds no special law on the subject of musi wusi musicians clans taking employment outside that covered by bi their enlistment the custom of permitting it he finds universal and the compensation provided by the government is based somewhat upon the supposition hat bat enlisted musicians will supple nent their government pay from ate vate employment but in these cases them there is a universal rule that the government shall not enter into competition with private individuals unfairly this has become the subject of a gen eral army order to the effect that the secretary of war jias has discouraged the VM employment of of regimental bands for purposes u r 10 io not connected with their duties u t ies jes in the tha military service and he holds that they should not be brought into competition with local bands in III the naval service the same should apply ly at leat least to 0 the tile extent of preventing lag unfair competition between the ands bands supported by government and private individuals eng engaged in the same business us iness CITY OF MEXICO 7 at a nicotine of americans basli last night a was appointed to w up the central railroad goadon on monday morning to welcome the new minister general jackson who is coming on a special car A speech of wel wei welcome corne coine will be made by superintendent Mc mckenzie Konzie of the central railroad preparations are being doing made for a banquet to the new minister to which the tho president and cabinet net and foreign diplomats will be in resolutions were passed at last nights meeting complimentary co in tary lary to the retiring minister mr morgan and consul general strother BOSTON 7 leading clearinghouses clearing houses in the united states report total clearances for the week ending june jund at 7 a decrease of iio iyo liy as com cu in pared with the corresponding week last year GALVESTON 7 7 A special to rhe the neus news from sherman says A meteor of remarkable size was seen near midnight last night going in a southwesterly direction the isky sky was ivas brilliantly illuminated by it for several beveral seconds A moment after the meteor had disappeared a loud explosion similar to a discharge of heavy artillery was heard accompanied by a perceptible shock this phenomenon was followed by a rumbling like distant thunder the rhe meteor appeared to be almost the th C size of a flour hour barrel it was wai also observed mckinney at 35 miles distant where a hils fils filshin hissing nin sin sound was heard greatly alardi alarming zug fuw some of the colored people who were returning return ing from prayer meeting and causing thiem to take to flight that tile tue of come washington 7 the post will say the following appointments will be made tomorrow to morrow J E budd of stockton cala receiver af of tile the land office HC 11 0 wallace of salt lake washington 7 president cleveland attended a inee ince tins of delegates to the tiie C convention of charities and corrections ions at al dr Sunder lands church this evening and was an attentive listener to the speeches iles liei on prison reform delivered by secretary rounds bounds of tile the prison association new york capt gr R brockway superintendent of elmira NY reformatory ex gov anderson Ander alon sion of kentucky and dr dreyers byers of ohio the president did not nut drive out today but in the afternoon took a walk as far as ninth street where he lie not sot on one of the open street cars and returned to the white house BALTI balai moue Mour 7 A six days goas go as you please walking match was begun b eg a at five live minutes past 12 this morn morning 1 at the monumental gardens the match is for half the gate receipts aud and Is governed by astley rules washington 7 the sunday cap capitol says the losses of government from the dishonest operations of tae toe postmaster at lewiston idaho avia will not be very large the Post rost ottice department part ment has got track of and ancl intercepted fourteen of thirty letters each of which contain worth of money orders which were sent by hobbs defaulter to banks in the west for collection and that the canadian postal department has stopped mail intended for hobbs at victoria B C J WINNIPEG 7 the follow following ilat dis ditch batch r t C 11 lias been received fort pitt ritt 1 W V tad T d via vla battleford Batt leford th general IN middleton lid iid I 1 eton with lifty fifty inen men each of the goth midland and 4 and a gattling guil gun with eight I 1 men den left to va join gen strange estrange this ng all the mounted men inen left early this mortill morning capt steele who is pursuing bi not yet et been heard from consequently 1 it tf is s not known when the men belonging to this column NY will ill lii return gen uen middleton Midd leton Jeton before leaving leavin said they would not return until all bis big bears prisoners were rescued fort pitt june 4 capt steele with seventy mounted scouts ta and police had an engagement with big bear at two lakes nifty fifty III ili miles I 1 if s southeast of here yesterday ay lie ile came upon the indians a at t nine in the morning as they were striking camp and immediately attacked them finding their front too strom strong he executed a clever flanking move movement ment taking the indians in the rear and driving dris ing them theil in disorder across a small creek where he was unable to follow on account of his small smail force the indians numbered fully ile lie sav saw no signs of prisoners during the fight steele sent interpreter ter preter mckee with a flag of truce ile he advanced but was fired on he got near enough to be heard heardy however and called out to big bear in the indian tongue who replied ind indistinctly mckee i aido aldo if you will delav deliver dellver c r our people we vve viii will cease cesse firing the indian replied we intend to clean you out st steeles loss joss was three wounded fort Pitt ritt via vla vla vIa Battle battie fordA Str anges anses column arrived at little red deer iyer river iver lver on wednesday NEWYORK NEW YORK 7 four sailors from the IT 8 ship omaha came bame ashore this afier afler afternoon afternoon noon and before returning aboard the ship shiv went into mott st milen when david gwinn who was with them fancied that a party of was laughing at him and his friends and drawing a revolver fired into the crowd of mongolians Mongo lians ali ah mow received the bullet in his left eye and was almost instantly killed another bullet cn en the breast of young 11 hock and he will probably lle lie ile die new YORK 9 dr douglas remained at the grant residence lat list night and when lie he left this morning scald said the general suffered through the tiie night and was suffering this morning with rheumatic pains which resulted d from the weather conditions attending the storm the thu pains prevailed throughout la the body as well as the throat where added soreness was felt despite des ite ail all this the general has rested fairl fairi fairly well throughout the fhe he night dr Dou dow irlas silas is anxious to tret act the patient out of the city petersburg va 8 intelligence has been received here that eliat at a lute late night one half the town ot of suffolk on ane norfolk and western railroad was burned the tile loss will oe heavy the total loss los will be over V jt is hD impossible POssible as sis yet to learn the amount of insurance parkersburg W va 8 the situation lu in jackson county is becoming serious Il undred hundred of families are ou on the verge of starvation and unless aid is speedily extended by the remainder of the state or the out outside sidle world most disastrous results may be expected some of the more morn fortunate and influential people of the country and others who believed the condition of the inhabitants exaggerated have heretofore denied the reports that have froni from time to time been published stating that things c could ouid 1 be tided over till the new crop could be raised but now much alarm prevails and public meetings are being belna held in all the villages and local papers are printing aphea appeals I 1 s for aid last week meetings lui lul 18 were held at white pine and new kentuck at which scores ot of citizens representing their respective neighborhoods testified tied lied as as to the extent of the famine many malay pitiful stones stories alc are arc being told hiram cobb owner of a mill said the peo people p lo 10 would come at the rate of a doze dozen a a day gay after walking a long distance being e for a pint or a quarton cealan meal and sometimes bringing half a peck of grain or a few ears of corn to be ground ile he knew men who had gone for tive live days without food and lie he himself would soon be a sufferer J 11 garrett said were ACTUALLY STARVING john smith county assessor said said sald that to his knowledge 5 families were in danger of starvation star vanon vadon at new kentuck an appeal for aid was signed oy ny representatives of families these thesie are but specimen stories one family is said to have subsisted for nive rive days on lettuce and when found were nearly dead washington 8 E examination of the washington monument this morning confirms the tile report that tile the capstan has been shattered by lightning The break made by the lightning is on the northeast corner of the capstan and four fra ira fragments ments fell to the mound ground m where they were found toda today to da day nearly 40 feet from the base of the monument washington S the president today made milde the following appointments to be beus beauy U S marshals robert kobert a kelly keily for montana thomas jefferson carr for llo Ito martinez for new mexico exico Al to be U S fc attorney anthony 0 campbell tor for wyoming aj wllliam WILLIAM va 81 8 at 12 last night night a tire fire broke out in the right wing of the building of the tile eastern lunatic asylum and before it could be got under control every everything thing was destroyed tile the buildings burned comprise the original ones ot of the institution ution which were wire erected over one hundred years ago there were f female p patients patients ili in the burning building I 1 e ib but L ul all ali allot of thein them were rescued except one the total lobs loss id 18 estimated at adl oooo to insurance aboul about tomu tomo the lire fire 11 H is bellev cd to have rc stilted resulted from some trouble with the electric light wires 0 U E 11 G N L londos LONDON ON D OY 7 A mass meeting attended by persons was held in london this afternoon to denounce the action of mr childers chliders Guil ders Cliance chancellor llor of the exchequer in increasing tile the duties on beer and spirits sol soi rits LONDON 7 the daily telegraph states that there is absolutely no loua loun dation for the report of the assassination of the ameer abdurrahman and that thit the report was telegraphed to the st petersburg from vienna and not fro from in the Cau caucasus casu as ds alleged the french man of ot war wan renard kenard with a crew of 92 souls is s believed to |
