Show BY TELEGRAPH 11 PER PEB WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LIN S A H IF U I 1 C A A DES I 1 the democratic platform platform adopted endorses the president mt and his administration favors an honest pension bill but opposes special laws calls on congress to revise the tariff laws so as to meet the needs of revenue only declares in lavor favor of the payment of the public debt favors the legislative adjustment of the labor question denounces the new congressional district law demands an invests in investigation vesti g ration and conviction in all cases of malfeasance in public office favors s the repe repeal alof of the prohibitory law and d the enactment of local option extending to counties and cities the license adopted to be not less than the convention then took a recess and C upon reassembling assembling re will nominate the state tickets the state greenback convention is also in session here today to day and has decided in favor of fusion with the democrats NEW ORLEANS I A special to the times democrat irom from meridian miss says A terrible tragedy occurred five miles south of scooba kember county mississippi yesterday the families of geo M gullett and barlow lived in the same house bouse the men were partners in farming and while resting at noon gullett fell asleep an altercation occurred between barlow and his wife and mrs gallett Gul leit which aroused Gu gullett ilett lie he went into the room and asked what the matter was barlow be began bean an cursing him saying that he had wanted to kill him for bomb some time and would do it at toe same time seizing a gun gullett sprang to the bureau drawer tor for a pistol and shot barlow in the neck while lie he was in the act of firing barlow barlo m drooped the gun and ran to to the feuce fence gullett an fn picked kedu anda up the gun and shot ahot him dead arg 1 ne e dige discovered bailous bai lows wile wife in the ac act of killi killing tig his vite lie with an axe whereupon uti lie he tired ue lie vi charge at mi barlow killing her iu in sta StIA ULlY gullett rullell tu to til taic DiNv nii 1 an ouray special to the republican says an aff affray ray occur red in lied ked mountain yesterday morning in 1 which resulted dis disastrously astrousky to the participants jack obrien ai arminer aji niner miner while intoxicated attempted to kick down the door of meyers saloon when the latter struck him with a pick crushing in his skull and inflicting a wound which will cause death meyers then escaped to the hills where he was captured in a miners cabin this afternoon shortly after he be was captured tu red he took a revolver ver he had bad secreted in his bed and blew out his brains he leaves a wife and two children at silverton Silver toB independence cal I 1 nearly the entire city was destroyed by fire yesterday cil the he loss will be insurance su rance NEW YORK 1 the cases of the 16 boycotters boy cotters charged with damaging the business of the widow landgraff Land Laud groff the bohemian baker were called for trial today to day one of them alfred schilli Sc billier er was not present having gone to baltimore for work his bonds were declared forfeited and a bench warrant issued for his arrest the cases of the others were set down for trial tomorrow to morrow A AP Thorn ton ion once a well to do law lawyer 90 er who floured figured prominently in the se senate nate investigating committee was arraigned in court today to day charged with swindling various busin business ess firms fi by means of bogus checks for sums varying from 20 to and was remanded for examination NEW LONDON conn 2 the weather today to day is perfect for the har vard yale university boat race at 8 a mth m the weather eweather was perfect but ahe the wind shifted to the southwest it was very light visitors are pouring in from every direction norristown N J 2 A terrible explosion took place this morning momma at at the atlantic grant powder works situated between mccainey ville and drakesville Drakes ville resulting in the loss ot of 10 lives and the injury of 10 or 12 others the explosion took place in the mixing house jhb cause as yet is unknown the loss is not known at present but will be vey very r heavy the concussion was felt distinctly for 20 miles around and the glass in houses five miles away was shattered MONTREAL 2 the canadian independence pen dence debate was resumed in the young mens reform convention yesterday and it was moved that the consideration of the question of Canad canadas als independence be postponed until next years convention the motion was voted vot d on and aad carried A resolution was adopted declaring that the convention is convinced that no sett settlement leme nt of the respective fishing 1 rights of canada and the united states will prove satisfactory unless the policy of england in negotiations is based on recommendations of nf the canadian government protest lie against the encroachment of the I 1 deral government upon tile the rights of t ie provinces declaring that the right of manitoba under the british north america let act to charter railways within its boundaries should not be interfered with also that this convention convent ioa is strongly in favor of a treaty of reciprocity cip rocity with the united states A motion to abolish tile the senate was carried by a vote of 55 to 26 the negatives being in favor of reforming it A re resolution favoring the appointment of board aboard a of arbitration was also passed BL SIGNED W the tae president has approved the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill the act authorizing ILU t the e denison wichita valley railroad company to construct and operate a railway through the indian territory and five private pension bills he has also vetoed one private pension bill PENSION VETOES the house committee on invalid pensions has resolved to attempt to pass over the presidents veto tile the bill granting grantin a pension to andrew J witson wilson of bew new york and mr sawyer today reported the measure back to the house giving notice that it would be taken up tomorrow to morrow it appears from the report of the committee that wilson was drafted into the army notwithstanding his allegation that he was suffering from deaf ness and an eye complaint in the service he be contracted rheumatism and kidney diseases on which he based his application for a pension hi hie a application ap pp ii I 1 was rejected by the pension elsion bureau on the grounds that he be was diseased before he was enlisted which was also the reason for the veto the committee take the position that under the circumstances tae government is es topped from setting up the claim of prior disability taulbee Tau ibee who is a member of the invalid pension committee also reported back the bill granting a pension to 0 W tiller with the recommendation that it be passed over the presidents veto this is the case of the louisville policeman whose application for a pension as a dependent parent was denied fe di by the pension bureau on tb the gr ground onri that the dependence of the claimant was not established DEATHS FROM CHOLERA the marine hospital bureau has received information through the state department departs ent that six deaths from cholera occurred at dune and four cases and two deaths at flume yesterday the first comptroller of the treasury has made a decision that wherever a laborer workman or mechanic employed in ia any of the executive departments are required to work more than eight hours a day they be entitled to extra compensation tor lor extra work unless there is a contract with the head head of the department to the contrary the decision applies only to the class name named dand and not to clerks clerk sand and employees the president today to day returned to the house without approval the act granting a pension to win boone it appears that boone who had never made an application for a pension to the pension office enlisted I 1 in a august 1862 was in action in november of the same year and was taken a prisoner and at once paroled during his parole a be took part in the fourth of ail july celebration at aurora illinois in 1863 and was terribly injured by the discharge of a cannon which he was assisting to manage in reviewing tile the case the be president says he be Is unable to discover the relation between this accident and an accident in the military service or any reason why if a pension be granted as proposed by this bill there should riot also be a pension granted to any of the claimants who chanced to be injured at the same time he says further the disabled man and his wife and family in need are objects which appeal aral apal al to the sympathy and charitable of 01 any man DUE but it seems to me that it by no means follows follos that those entrusted with the peo peoples business and the expenditure of tile the peoples money are justified in so executing the pension laws as that they shall furnish means of relief in every case of distress or hardship I 1 I 1 the civil service commission has adopted a ro resolution solution changing the present method of select selecting irig the officers of the local examining boards under the new rule the boards of examiners at the various post offices and custom houses throughout the country are required audred to meet on the first thursday ot july uly each year and elect a chairman and secretary the officers elected are to be subject to the approval of the commission the resolution a copy of which has been sent to all the local boards emphasises emphasis es the existing rule requiring the names and standing of persons e it to be placed placed on the list of ei bles to b be e selected selected from A new e W system of obtaining proposals or supplying the miscellaneous items needed at the various public buildings situated at the different places throughout the country has been inaugurated augu auga rated at the treasury department hitherto it has been the custom to receive bids from the residents of cities in which the buildings needing supplies up are situated this was found to work badly especially in new york where it was discovered that in some instances the government was compelled p belled to pay more for the goods bought th than they would pay in the open market now competition is thrown open and a resident in washington can make proposals upon goods for buildings in new york or san francisco or vice versa A specific list has been pre pared of items for which proposals are asked for different buildings with a blank column opposite for the tab bidders bidder 8 name and his offer these can be obtained at the treasury department by any bonafide bidder N naw YORK 2 the convicted boy lotter cotters of theiss the proprietor of the concert garden were arraigned in court today for sentence judge barratt made some strong remarks to them on the crime of which they were convicted he said this was a violation of the peace of a country that welcomed foreign bora bom citizens to its shores and that offered freedom and the privilege of doh doing ig right they had violated the public rights and opinions and their offense was not short of blackmail the distribution of cincu airs bufore before the places of business was a conspiracy and as such their conduct it unpunished would lead to savagery they may have been misled by bad advice but their counsel should have rebuked them they did not use the money for their own advantage and this palliated pallia allia ted their offense we we are toll told that it had been the custom to rob in this manner he would not impose the full fall penalty of the law as they were workingmen the j judge adge then sentenced paul zig and henry holdorf to two years and ten months hard bard capor michael strop and julius to one year as r and six months imprisonment uan daniel iel dauenhauser Danen hauser the most violent of gany of the boycotters boy cotters got three years and eight months in the state prison indianapolis ind 2 the executive committee of the brotherhood of postal clerks held a secret meeting i here today to day about 30 delegates rep 1 resent lae all the divisions of the or der were present A telegram was sent to postmaster general vilas asking whether he would receive a committee of clerks but no answer was received another meeting was areld in the evening and it was decided notwithstanding mr vilas failure to answer the inquiry to send a committee of two to washington for the purpose indicated final action of the brotherhood will depend upon the reply tile the postmaster general makes to this MIR committee the committee will be in washington sometime next week cincinnati 2 wm hanes hades widely known throughout the country as inventor and manufacturer of bombs is lying very ill at his home in covington ky and his hia death is mo menta rUy expected it is said that he be has some worth of bombs hidden bidden on the banks of the mississippi between vicksburg and memphis he has f furnished urnis hed them to the levei several al foreign governments and was negotiating with greece during the recent war excitement cit ement there lately he said that ron hon john F carlisle had informed him that he be had about succeeded in getting the government to purchase his is patent for HALIFAX 2 A telegram from shelburn burnns N fc tonight to night states that the dominion cruiser terror this afternoon formally seized tte tle portland fishing se booner city point int W which lc was forcibly detained at t shelburn i elburn yesterday for an alleged violani violation n of the fisheries treaty the vessel is to b be e taken into wharf at once but the authorities will await instructions from ottawa before stripping her consul general phelan did not receive official intelligence of the seizure of ef the portland fishing schooner point at shelburn until antil a late hour this ibis evening the united states consul at that point telegraphed that the vessel had been seized by the captain of the cruiser terror and stated that he would send full fall particulars by mail earlier in the day before the news of this vessels seizure came to hand consul general phelan received a telegram stating that her detention which was reported last night was caused by her captain allowing the men to land with their clothing before he had reported to the custom authorities the instructions upon which capt quigley or of the me cruiser causer acted actea la in taking ibling possession of the city point reached shelburn from ottawa this afternoon captain quigley immediately ordered the schooner to be taken in beside one of the town wharves she will remain in the dock there until furter ad vices are received from ottawa as to whether she will be stopped or not DETROIT mich 2 when the second reading of the home rule bill was defeated in parliament it was promised romi sed that a thousand dollars woula would be sent as campaign expenses for each irish member voting for it the following cable was sent from here today to day parnell five thousand pounds more transmitted your trustees of the league in america keep more than good their engagements signed CHAKI CHART ES 8 treasurer this makes or sent by oreilly within a week or a thousand dollars for each irish member who voted Y with parnell for the second reading tile the following cable message was received in this city today to day rev dr assure american friends of the deepest thanks tor for the contribution of twelve thousand pounds received signed sl BIGGER RICHMOND IMOND 2 A heavy rainfall in the past 48 hours has caused a damaging rie rice in all the streams in this section of the state the james river at this point is ten feet above high water mark and all the wharves in the lower part of the city crocketts rocketts Roc kelts ketts are submerged the water being about two feet deep in lower main brawt 8 and still rising the people living in that vicinity are moving out and the merchants are removing their goods to pla places ces of safety CHICAGO 2 it is |