Show BY T el LEI GRAPH i per PLU unton union TELE tene ORAni lal I 1 a I 1 A dir III T leric lerie IM 11 C A 1 I IN i washington 26 the acting fos pos ulaster blaster general today to day appointed t th following folio ains wins named fourth class postmasters in arizona at gila befit bend james tames L mckinney in idaho at franklin frankiin james heard in wyo TT ft it at blur bis horn norn thos J gre green en I 1 at tine sine bow K R L in oreion at medford D II 11 miller ler ier at goshen J W matlock at newport I 1 I 1 edwar edward C phelps first comptroller durham left wash ill lit aton this afternoon to spend a few days lays at deer peer park ile he said that no iio urther further steps would be taken in regard to 0 the toe court of commissioners ol 01 alabama claims calms until his return next nezi week iveel by which time he Is expected to lear icar irom from the members of the court ludge fudge harian harlan the presiding judge of he court who Is absent from frain the city was today to day informed of the comp tr rollers trolleys action and it la Is expected that avill bV he will ill lii make a statement la in regard re id to the matter matier the inspectors report shows that a shortage is discovered in the aeda ants of the chico california which amounts to 1 1683 L the pension laws provide pr yide vide thayle to I 1 soldiers who have lost jost a lee list at thet the up the shoulder joint in the service of their country sia sla sliu shau be entitled to pensions at the batol i 3 7 50 per er month it has been thecla thecia the cus 10 torm torn 1110 illo of athe the pension department to construe this law strictly there ageless are lesi less than a dozen cases on the pension pension rolls in which thel amputation has taken place exactly through the joints aten inen tinned commissioner black in ruling in 1 upon the two test cases brou plit glit belore before him declines td to hold to the strict letter of the law and allows the full amount of the pension though the amputation did not take place at the joints ile he holds that if the amputation ls is is 14 so near the hip or shoulder as 15 to rend render erthe the stump unserviceable the pensioner is entitled to the same compensation pensa tion as if no stump was left tills this rule will apply to a considerable number of pensioners who have been receiving pay at a lower rate the star tonight to night says the rumor to the effect that john fohn dickerson bickerson former superintendent of the new pension building had committed some arregu larl ties in the management ot of his position having reacie reached the star a reporter was sent to trace the matter and was wag informed by persons in a position to know all alj the details that when the change was made in the ot ol fice flee of the superintendent it was discovered that dickerson had not kept any record of his office and business in endeavoring to ascertain the number of employed emp loyes and the condition ol 01 the office so the reporter was informed etwas it was ascertained that sixteen men who were not borne on the tho rolls of the superintendent were ostensibly doln doin doing business under him further inquiry revealed the fact that these persons were ivere appointed as clerks some of them getting large salaries galari egi esi that they were assigned by dickerson to the duty of nies messengers and laborers and that in some cases no duty at 0 was required of them different parties who had been connected with the department made statements to the effect that property belonging to the government and purchased for use in 10 constructing the pension building had bad been removed and sold it was charged that lumber and materials of various kinds amounting in the aggregate to quite a large sum had been thus irregularly disposed 0 of and that the superintendent in was way in collusion with parties for the disposition of materials bought for the building these charges were reported to commissioner black nack and detectives were ordered to trace the property properly the matter aris eris is still being investigated vesti gated washington 20 26 retails of the tho de st ruction in canton clial china an and w a vicinity by the recent great rain storm there have WT been abeen received by liya private parties buthis ja this city tha flood has been serious walh which has visited canton in SO years 1 more than 10 lopoo too persons lost losi their lives aud and a far greata number tine ace left in a starving condition entire villages were engulfed and the tho rice ardd arid silk crops in ia the vicinity were wele almost almose lul Yul ruined ned the price of ride rice has been raised 18 per cent in consequence of the loss ot the crop rain fell in ld the latter part of june inne fillin a nd overflowing many riv ers theo Thea streets of canton were gete flooded lor for over I 1 a week avi axi at gez ni city oitt the wate water r broke through the city wall it is reported that several sand people were drowned in that place the embankments ot of the river were bror broe broken bit bil in numerous rous places and the water swept across the surround ing in country coultry cair calr carrying yink everything before foreit it A foreigner mhd was an n eye witness of the scenes of dd devastation reports thit that the wd boat ho h oct occupied was anchored near a bamboo grove and chaby bf morning the water hid risen to the tops 0 the bamboos at other points it afrose rose as high feet during the night i the ehr inhabitants fed fled from frok ille the rvilla villages weg wes and a nd camped on the asides at yun ina L maet market place situated near abak an embankment the inhabitants were drowned by the water breaking through h the em br barkmer kmer soma some escaped toa w rising ground in the neighborhood lut tut the katr continued to rise and overtopped over topped the elevation drowning those who were upon it Seventeen Chinese graduates dilates in canton 10 bearing tearing of the distress d ess and suffer jn prevalent in their thein native villages toot passages oh a boat with a view to aneed proceeding home bome to corender render what veat as daice ethey they could on the loat boat was capsized and all who were in it were drowned in some places par ar eil vis oi ditled their children on high agh 11 baches of tress whilst they u td id measures for their general safe safety ty be ae trees were washed up by the roots to md aid the heartrending cries of the ildren lidren ti were silenced by the surg surging n naters raters at ers the body of a bride dressed in icher har bridal at robes was found floating in the i diver river at canton A large tub was also jeen seen it was picked up and found to contain a boy and a girl with them ns was found lound a paper stati stating station og their names nd ind the day and hour of their birth the berents had instituted this means lo 10 save the lives of their offspring the writer adds that the cufferi sufferings s which thousands are enduring is beail heartrending parents replying avii ti tears in thel reyes to their childrens quest request re for tor food that they have flave none the leopie ire obliged to use usa the fifth filthiest lest iest water land that added to the diseases ensue upon the subsidence will greatly aggravate the tee honors ot of the situation meantime il that is being done by the in gnats babI to abate their misery is the vestin bestir 11 of gongs the burning of in benm and the howling of prayers to lda jda wit mit it i kIS HINGTON 26 in ahe the report of the south american commission pre ired it f for fon or C congress angress on their visit to the argentine en 1 ike a republic R they say more than forty steamers monthly kye wye mave rave the harbors of bue buenos nos ayres for breien ports laden with the products d the valley of the river diatte Jl atte the awk component of which is the po 0 breal division known as the Ar argenita gentTa argentine le public there are also every month addred andred of sailing vessels departing ion iton the same city having cargoes alint wholly destined to european birts not one of the steamers flies B gla fla flag of our country and only onek of the sailing vessels are on amer to bottoms thirty years ago our cantry 1 enjoyed a large and ki commerce with the platte valley t since the advent of steam comma altion and the effect of our civil war lour tour ocean marine the fla fia flag of our rion aion do i Is rarely seen in these waters it the petty nations odthe old world worl bori better known through tigh their nation there than thau nur pur own yeter 41 merican of long iong residence in this antry try and every citizen of it who ira tra traveled veledin in our land lana will tell teli td 11 you vou athe he argentine republic is the uni tyni states tes tea of south america Ameri cd in triana many mets wets acts this observation is founded ace bce like ilke striking similarities in round bers theanea the area of the ie public republic cov covi S square miles the north limit kmit lles lies under tropical skies in central re regions relong iong ions 11 long there are vast os where there is tood as the ra adent dent informed us for over oven 4 wad nad of sheep and from 16 head of qt cattle cattie e in addition h the droves of horse horses of un ted numbers one owner has lids over dmares K mares that he cabout isi about to kr ifor for their r hides bides and grease the it t gives in detail the product 0 of f 1 country and says tons of wheat 14 M sour flour are being exported that a anon of the land seems to have a acerb ity for the tho production of two vries P pries ries rles griea of the world at least of E eu u mr and oad the western hemisphere atil arid ettere are also along the western i ution of mines bf of silver I 1 ol 01 known vahid value and some believe I 1 i otobe abi to be extensive that ahe esoU th koi hol sol 3 5 I 1 climate bre are are ane greatly diversi diversified fled fied bu but 3 mit wit B it never becomes sot iso colda cold coid asta Qt art eit necessary to f feed eed stock sheep has increased 82 per pen percent cent since 5 at V and is largely in the hands of t h subjects there has been no a ill ili ease in the herds of cattle I 1 the zhe e country has 2800 miles of rail rall j inu 1 14 hullt built rii ril tand and many thou sani 1 in ilea lyt hyt in pr elected gued rf ati ail ei lor foreign eign coloniel loniel ca colonie een ean been encouraged acou ra f for or many ye years arsi dl ta ly has sent a larger larer nu number in b e r of or 11 nta ts in into to the r country 0 o antry than any other ther 0 nation n 11 atalo ataio n u goare so numerous nuns nuni erbus that they could take possession of the government if they sy willed pilled in fact etwas ft was once feared they would doso boso do so the government government fosters education contributing towards it there are twenty two ormal normal ri schools ois taught by ainer ATner american ican ladies according to our and these ladies ladles are t ardt praised ed avery highly there are also aiso two universities and fourteen national colleges and a school of mines and had aurl auri agriculture u iture the report continues on thib the leadin leading question how can better relations and commercial between the thelie republic public and the united status states be established both the president and minister of foreign affairs returned abe same answer P create frequent steamship steam cation bation they expatiated at some length on 2 its ita benefits boboth to both sides anit in it bettel better acquaintance on ton their own parta part and hd their leading meni men and policy y of try tr y they believed thit their bwll own peo pie pig would take on broader and more generous onerous J views when once they came into clos cios cload dand and business contact with aurland ou rland they claimed that if inthe the united states comprehended hendee the vastness of the undeveloped d wealth of thi this region re iou ion tou its money maney and sons sous would flow laeng in streams ang ano ant would be of profit to each side hence it was that the argentine 11 government overn ment stood ready at any time tim e the united states Jt atel would foster footer the scheme to avith witha itan just j terms in estaba lishin g 4 quen tand cheap steam com alloi between the respective countries count rles rits the earnestness of both the president and the Mints ministers terson on this question was very manifest it willbe be a great mistake if the argentine republic is not attached to the united states by far er ties those which exist today to dad dat day themay rhe rne the way to it is easy and open NEW YORK 26 gould I 1 general manager manage r tallmadge of the wabash railway general manager hoxie of the southwestern system and captain hays first vice president of the missouri missour sour pacific railroad this afternoon received the delegation from the executive board of the knights of labor which is here to enn eff effect act a settlement of the difficulties between the wabash and the knights of labor from sources near to the railway men it Is learned that gould inform informed pd the committee that the officials of the wabash railway were not opposed to the knights of labor but as an organization they rather approve approved dit it the company had never offered such a proposition to the men as had been stated which was ivas in effect that they must break from the Jt knights nights as a condition ot of employment the officials mr air talmadge speaking for them explained that when the n new ev management 1 was begun under the rece receiver l iver lver many changes were necessitated the leased lines were ere got rid of and the expenses curtailed the failure of the wheat crops had been felt and constituted one cause for tor economy the committee suggested as a means of settling the difficulty that all the men employed since june in place of union Unton men be discharged and that tho the old hands be reinstated as well as those who had ref refused to cut from the organization of the knights as a condition of being taken back on june when tag the shops were reopened the shops mentioned were those at eort fort tWayne wayne indiana decatur and springfield illinois moberly st louis louls ana and sedalia missouri the executive board beard of knights today to day urged that the shops were closed june and opened two d days ays latr and then when the old h hands a ads al applied billed piled for work they were refused unless they signed an agreement to quit the knights sixteen en thousand men refused and were locked out others rep nep replacing lac ing them thum the conference to today day hinged here if the officials would agree to discharge those who took the places of those locked locke dout out all would be well weil the committee demanded an answer in 15 minutes but the railway rall rail railway way officials declined such af rapidity ot of decision ad and stated that consideration would be fter after given ived the matter and an answer made bater on the committee of knights then departed ex mayor mayon T V powderly Vow I 1 powderly ow derly of master workman of the knights of labor was seen at the astor house kouse tonight to night ile he gave tha substance of what was said by the officials s substantially as above adding that mr air tallmadge assured the committee that thal he had not caused the discharge of the employed emp em loyes refused to sever their connection with the knights of labor and that he did not give instructions to his assistants to discharge the men who refused to sign the agree agrees ag ree merit ment of june powdery Pow derl deri added if necessary we can present proofs that ruch such orders came from headquarters 1 I 1 the gentleman continued by saying that tallmadge had asked for time in which to consider the question on and said he be would not feel justified while the road was in its present con without consulting tile the officials in saying why the |