Show BY TELEGRAPH T GRAPH AMERICAN NEW YO YORK rill lo 10 great interest is taken in the pedestrian contest at Gil moros garden crowds of people are gathered outside the building while cusido there is a large number of spectators at 12 the score stood rowell bowell 60 miles oleary OJ ueary jeary 65 55 52 62 Ennis 48 OLe arys best time so far was in the second mile 8 minutes 38 seconds ennis best time so far was on the mile mlle 9 minutes 2 seconds his longest time was the which occupied 31 minutes 2 seconds ee on the mile rowell bowell caused considerable excitement by a spurt going three laps at a steady trot frequently during this mile and several that preceded and followed it ha he broke into occasional oseas oscas lonai lonal runs shortly before 2 oleary OJ jeany jeary had a run with rowell bowell twice around the track at 2 Rowell bowell had made 69 miles 0 lenry oleary leary 63 harriman 62 and at 3 the score ell 74 OIL ary aty 67 harriman 65 4 and ennis 59 at 11 rowell scored 10 8 harriman 97 oleary 93 ea ennis ennia nis 87 fully persons were present atthe aitho at the walking match tonight to night rumors burners of oleary OJ jeary being sick were started and gained ground from the number of times he quitted the track his trainers admitted he was wag suffering from sour bour stomach by too rich food eaten on sunday they rhey said however that he was recovering between 3 and 9 he was off the track beven seven times and looked ill rowel bowell on the contrary took hut but few rests and trotted along at his big steady jog ap up parent ly little exhausted harrl harri man showed fine speed during the evening and kept well up to bowell rawell ennis while walking steadily dropped slowly behind bowell rowell Is to undoubtedly forcing the pace and is steadily widening the gap between himself and competitors the meeting of the california associated Pioneer nat last night at the sturtevant house dis discussed bussed the project of establishing permanent headquarters here a hall for the exhibition of pacific coast products the meeting appointed john sickles president of a business busl busi nees ness committee to correspond with the parties engaged in a similar r movement in ban san FranCISC SD to take other action to forward the project about thirty old californians were present A resolution offered express expressive lve ive of BY sympathy with pacific coasters on the chin chinese es e question was favorably discussed but no action taken atter alter bus business the meeting adjourned deni bern I gerads strong in behalf of the socie ty presented francis jmj ancis anels D mark dark its secretary with a ele eie elegant grint gold watch and chain with an appropriate address to which Clark made a feeling reply staling that this was the twenty first annl anni anniversary verp verk ary nry of his marriage a fact which wahsun was lin tin known to the society the eidress lei JEi press say bays says a the executive commit committee tee teu of the western union telegraph directors met today to dagand day and recommended the usual quarterly dividend of lf 1 per cent this whis his was a disappointment to those speculators who expected a stock dividend and the prices dropped off but ab subsequently advanced when it wab waa a reported that we the surplus by april would be a gain of bf since january iet let that the was negotiating contracts with the erie erle pennsylvania and baltimore and ohio roads roada which would preclude them these compan companies iea lea from going into the telegraph business bustness and that the capital stock would bo be raised to and 6 per cent dividends paid thereon as ha soon toon as this could be done without inviting hostile legislation on the part of congress the brooklyn presbytery toda today to da day Y decided to try dr talmage on the t f following 0 charges presented by the committee appointed atthe tt C ous session deceit and falsehood in the statements regarding his 0 i withdrawal from the editorship of the christian ai at work worl in stating that the sittings in the taller tabernacle nacle naele were free on accusing J T W hathway of dishonest practices and then denying it of falsehood in collecting subscription for the payment of the church debt and deceit in a difficulty concerning the organist of the tabernacle over 1000 guests responded this evening to the invitation of cyrus W field to celebrate the wedding of the inception of ew enterprise by w which aich europe and ameri america ca are aro a re linked lin ked by the atlantic cable his hla house in Gram mercy park was waa thronged thron ged ked with prominent denof men of the country 10 an interesting case involving the powers and jurisdiction of federal courts in the southern sta StE states ites came before tire this supreme court of the united states today to day upon application from the governor of virginia for a writ of mandamus man danius to compel judge riveo of th united blates slates circuit for the western dF district strict of that state to redeliver to the state authorities two criminals burwell rell reil and lee reynolds whom he had taken butof out oat of their custody for trial in his own court gen frank lorey morey formerly a 11 member of congress from ana reports that the colored people are leaving th the eState state in large numbers nu M and seeking beeking that protection for life and property in other localities which is denied them in mou louisiana asiana the exodus has fairly begun beigun and ia is creating great alarm among the tho planters and landholders of the localities mentioned the colored people are selling off everything they own and the steamboat landings on the mississippi are constantly crowded with these fleeing from democratic demo cratic hatred and persecution morey believes the depopulation ot of the parishes named ahr through pugh the migration of colored laborers will speedily prodica P poverty OV and beggary t throughout that section of louisiana the following is a portion of the sundry civil appropriation bill as finally web leb enacted acted which provides for the creation of a commission for various important subjects relative to public lands wor for the expense of a commission for the existing laws relating to the survey and disposition of the public domain domald and for other purposes provided that the commissioner lioner of the general land offices the director of the united states geological survey survoy and three civilians ians lanb to be bb appointed by the president who shall receive per diem them a compensation of 10 per day for each day dily while actually engage engaged di and their traveling expenses and neither the commissioner eom bom missioner of the general land office nor the director of the united states shall receive other compensation for their ber eer vices upon sald eald commission and their salaries respectively except their traveling expenses while engaged enn 0 on n said baid duties and it shall bethe be the duty of this commission to report to congress within one year from the uhe time of its organization first a codification of the present laws relating to the burve survey yand and distribution of the public dor domain nain second the ahe system and standard of classification of public lands as arable timber pasturage swamps coal mineral miners lands and such other classes as may be deemed proper having due regard to the humidity of climate supply of water for irrigation and other physical characteristics third the system of land parcelling surveys sur veya adopted to economize tho the uses of the several classes of lands fourth such recommendations as they may deem wise in relation to the beat method of disposing of the public lands of the western portion of the united states to actual settlers settler the act appropriates for consolidated geological survey sand saud sand for preparing and publishing reports of the pst past operations of the wheeler hayden hay den and powell surveys which have been discontinued as separate or organizations 11 eions COLUMBUS 0 IZ 10 no fires occurred last night but evidences bf of preparation tor for incendiary work were abunda ht bags nags Rh gsand and paper caper saturated with coal oil wore round found in numerous buildings the military and an dextra extra police are still on duty with or orders ders to arrest allear all nil parsons who cannot give a satisfactory account ac count of themselves and to shoot those found fou nd lurking about alleys and refusing to td halt when chal the time for the got the democratic state convention has been changed to april CHICAGO A 16 tribunes omaha an important arrest was made here of A 0 holland charged with being the express robber in thel all nil of 1875 he was an engineer on the north missouri railroad and with a confederate entered the express car aa as thur fiala was approaching st louis overpowered the messenger locked him up rifled the safes of about and got away hol land after considerable wandering bg came camo to omaha claiming to come from san eran fran francisco cisco tried several places and finally enlisted as a private at fort omaha whither the officers tracked him eventually information is received here that the spotted tall tail indians indiana are greatly greally dissatisfied at their isolation and want to get back hack to the missouri alver where supplies bupp ilea liea ara are cheaper archie fisher made a statement today to day showing that the whole amount of wheat sold upon the bogus order signed reene keene has been re purchased and without any joes to either firm or to keene RICHMOND 10 A convention of colored people irom the cities and counties of thib this the third congressional gressly n al district was held here hene today in the interests of their race religious political and other bub sub leets ts were discussed at length tonight the convention appointed a committee of fifteen deen to prepare a call for a alstat state convention to meet in gity anthe third monday in may to consider matters connected with their rights and privileges etc eta as citizens MEMPHIS lothe president of the board of health henith officially denies the existence here of any yellow fever whatever the last case occurred december loth ST LOUIS mo 10 the globe i democrat today to day publishes the sentiments and preferences of members of 0 legislatures of kansas wisconsin and arkansas on oh the presidential question grant la Is decide edly the strongest man miln among the republicans but the democrats are divided between tilden thurman and hendricks with perhaps a majority in favor of tilden anew ORLEANS 10 Forty eight citizens of cleared by the jury of tue the charges ot of conspiracy during the late elections were this evening escorted by the military and musie music to the steamboat and left for home while a salute was fired NORTH eer mer BERWICK wilar maine braine 10 the floor in the mechanics bail hall gave way this forenoon n during a town lown awn meeting precipitating nearly neatly 50 50 peir persons sons to the floor below ho no one was killed but many fearfully and probably fatally medical aid wa was immediately summoned from adjoining towne towns late luste particulars particular of the disaster at mechanics nail rail today to day show the number injured to be more than thaul at first reported at the time of the accident the there re were in the hall of these persons were precipitated to td the thu floor below the There where recovery cov eov of john nealy realy henry skidder charles bieker bicker and reuben chadbourne Js Is doubtful public benti senti ment is bitter the builders of or the ball which it is claimed was built in a criminally careless manner NEW YORK 11 at mr fields silver wedding jast night dur duning during in the course of his rei remarks ald aid said T today there are over miles 0 of f cable cabie crossing seas and oceans and as U t we were re not enough to have the messages sent with filth the speed of lightning they must iu in op dp direction at the same ma moment 1 I have just received a ii tele igram gram reads this anniversary witnesses the duplex working wording across the atlantic I 1 aa as an nad fad by which capacity all our ocean cables are doubled one thing only remains which astill I 1 atall hope to be spared to see and take jake part hart the laving laying of a cable from ban san franeis francisco the tho sandwich islands for which I 1 ibave have received this thia very day a concession fro from king Kalakau aby his in minister interi who la is heberto here hero to hight and arid from thence to japan by which the island fi groups of the pacific maybe may be brought into comm communication unica with continents on either side alde asia and america thua thus completing the circuit of the globe con Uon gratulatory congratulatory dispatches were received by cable from welsh dean St arlley stanley sir tn thompson sir samuel samuiel Can canning ninis sir james anderson andersen sir daniel janiel gooch john ronder fender aa M P him rim henry ry weaver 1 B Morg anDr stepheni postmaster germany manyk dr Las Lass ards manager german union telegraph co and sir anthony musgrove governor of jamaica Ta malea males similar telegrams were read from president bayes members of the cabinet and congress ex governo governor r stanford of california general sherman admiral porter william E everett wm vm lloyd lloya garrison the marqula marquia of lome lorne and sir yohn john john this thia ended perhaps the most moat brilliant reception ever given in new kew york tork city the news not already coye cove covered redby by the associated press dispatcher Is 18 meagre enough this thia morning the papers devote mady many columns to 10 the calking match the preferring of the charges of falsehood and ald deceit against the revernd reverend taimage Talmage and und the details of the atlantic col coi cable cabie ble bie celebration all of which seem beem to form the ne news Ws feature the rha THA tribune hab has an f interview le w with wilh J ohn JS Thoma B sot f aporte laporte Jj cal said to be one of tl the largest hydraulic miners of that state on the subject of hydraulic gold minea mines thomas thomaa is visiting his home in thelast the east enst after an absence 23 years in anavi answer er to the question why are not these i gravel gavel mining stocks on the sa ban san n francisco board ioard bV he said 1 I suppose mainly because the brokers do not like them 17 when the com companies paules wanted working capital they usually got gol ibby ilu by private subscription in many instances from england and when once onca tw working returns are axe so certain and there is so little to be baid eaid surmised or promised because everything isan is in bight eight that there js little chance for manipulation according to all account washington ia Is excess excessively liely duil dull having belofi been ho no arrivals of congressmen nes res corre correspondent sabi newit shya bay eay the democrats themselves are beginning ai to ask aa the question whether ane an ekra exra x V ra bea keb session blon alon ia Is going tobe tole worth while tho the republicans say ay that tbt if the president is firmino revolutionary legislation can be had the score at one stood rowell miles harriman miles ennis 95 miles 0 deary oleary leary 93 miles six laps japs all the pedestrians 1 havo have retired for the night at it 11 a m the score stood rowell miles and two Q japs laps harri sarri naru baru miles ennia 12 miles oleary 0 leary miles and I 1 liap lap at noon the score stood bowell howell miles and 1 lap Harri harrl harriman mafi miles 2 laps ennis miles 2 laps oleary 0 leary miles 3 laps rowell bowell Is far reported feeling very sleepy while oleary oleary seems stupefied fied at I 1 pi p m the score stood bowell miles harriman miles 7 laps eun run ennis Is miles OJ jeary miles 2 laps at 3 p m the ecore acore stood rowell miles two laps hag Hay harriman riman 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