Show BY TELEGRAPH t PEU UNION lail I 1 m R 11 0 I 1 I 1 washington 28 general gendral crookes official dispatch has been received here confirming the death of Cit captain tain crew ford and several members of his command by being fired upon uy by the mexican troops in mexico being mistaken for hostiles ho stiles the dispatch confirms the facts bont in the associated aress dispatches last the late captain crawford was much respected at alie war department where he is described cri bedas as a gallant officer and one of the best indian indan ind an fighters in the service tife the cabinet meeting toda today to da day y la lasted ere about two hours and was devot devoted almost J entirely to the discussion of questions arising out of the recent indian outbreaks in new mexico letters lettera in answer to requests of the senate for papers touch teaching inq mhd chin changes in united states marshals in the southern district of alabama and in the office of collector of internal revenue for dorithe ithe district of south carolina the exact language of the letters cannot be learned b but it is As known that they inform n the senate that it was not deemed advisable to comply with the requests in their present form it is understood that it is the dire desire ot of the administration to force the senate to state its position on this question so 80 that the matter may be brought t to an iff issue ue and settled as aa soon as possibly possible the banking and currency Curi ency committee of ane house housa today to day gave a hear biagto paul dall and others representing the knights bights of labor in advocacy of the b bill proposed tobe to be introduced in III ahe he 11 house ouse by representative Ke barnum k known as tile the knights of I 1 labor currency bill the bill as drafted provides that any person may deposit gold oy or silver inthe in the treasury unit and receive receive legal tender united states n otes notes at the rate of one dollar for 4 5 grains of silver or grains of gold all united states notes are to be convertible into info coin or of bullion at at the holders opt option Qa no more gol gold or silvar certificates or national ank baak notes are to be issued out but they areto are to be replaced with united states notes nates the hoube Comini committee tWe ogg pacific landsfeld lands Land held an extended session after the adjournment today to so day and finally agreed upon the bill declaring forfeited all the me lauds the grant to the atlantic pacific frying opposite tile unreconstructed portions of the railroad CHICAGO 28 news was received today to day by interested rall railroad roald managers that the C canadian pacific road would make a demand upon the transcontinental association for admission and a percentage of not less les than 58 50 per r cent accompanied acied by the threat ct that if not grantee grante q IV it would cut the rats rates on the transcontinental busan business mit 20 par or cent or more it fa said by so some I 1 that the claim will not be listened to and that an active war next a summer wilt will ae be the outcome ALBANY N Y 28 A fire broke out this evening in the fifth story of the seven story brick malt ho house use of tte albany bre brewing wing co I 1 bohard by hard work the flames iam were confined to sue middle section of to the fifth and sixth sixta stories in which were bushels of barley loss insurance N Y 28 the Ito okland C muty county grand jury today to day presented two EWO indictments against rev dr bris ter of the spring valley methodist odist church for indecent assault upon ids ida downs thy the accused pastor waa arraigned and pleaded not guilty ile he i gave bonds in 2000 to answer for trial the next term of court 8 SAN ax 28 major general genera pope pop stated today to day he felt certain that the he mexicans who attacked captain crawford were not regular troops troop but renegades rene gades who took the A americans pen cats for lades hood hostiles ho stiles es and af attacked tAcked them in the hopes ot obtain obtaining ink the scalp money offered by the state of sonora for the hostiles ho stiles hegard he said the troops were acting only according to a mutual agreement with Id mexico exico by which 0 t the e troops from either country ayee wyee were IV perr mit emitted tedo 0 o pursue a enemy into 0 the country of 61 the other and nd a added ed that thai the most friend friendly 11 relations exist between thi the troops of both countries sax SAN FRANCISCO 28 the state supreme suc soc court tod today to d day ay rendered d r C d a der decision r in favor of odthe the plaint t min in the case of the ait of san francisco against holliday the iw ac tion involved the tt alte to 0 Zjay lafayette tte square and adasa asp andl ind elyj t the timed e bitle LQ a vast amount of pro property chimed cli med by the city under unde ithe the pueblo 1 grant griful the entire value ax oj the w which 1 aich by flo ayik th this Is de decision elsIon will revert to t the e r atty it y is stout about much of it 1 la 4 covered with ith houses and aad other improvements made as a long ago ag as thirty years by squatters th the case has been beda in court almost sinco since ran san francisco became a city washington 29 the stal committee 4 on lu public lands which has beep giving a great deal of study to the present condition ot the land laws and the manner in which they aie are being enforced some few days ago appointed a subcommittee sub committee to draw up a 6 single measure all the faults in existing legislation 86 so far as possible the committee has prepared IL a bill which will be reported favorably senate it repeals all laws la pra viding for the preem preemption pre em emption ox 01 public lands the laws allow allowing ng envies for timber amber culture aad providing that this repeal shall not affect any va valid 6 rights hereto heretofore foro accrued andor said laws but that all bona uncle finde claims lawfully before july 1886 maybe may be preferred upon due compliance with law in thie same manner and upon the same tr terms ins and conditions and subject to the same limitations forfeitures and contests as if this act had bobeen passed one section of the proposed bill amends the act fox for the sale of desert lands and requires that persons filing on desert land shall reside thereon tor for aw years and during that pe period cultivate said trac tand that he or she must be a citizen of the united states it also provides that the party filing upon lands under this section shall make his residence u upon 0 the same within twelve months benr alter 1111 filing 1 11 and that residence tesi dence thereafter shall be continuous continuo vas any failure to reside upon the land bormore tor more than six work no person is allowed to enter more than acres acrea and to he be in compact form this act shall only apply aso california oregon colo colorado 0 band nevada and the territories of washington idaho Mol montana tana utah wyoming I 1 g arizona new mexico and dakota ATLANTA ga 29 the southern passenger committee finI finished sAed its bustness business making mabina the san F frandisco ran disco excursion from atlanta for the roun round d ta arto 1 A ohio 29 the chicago e express 48 0 on the baltimore and OMO ohio railway a y T ran u into the rear of a freight train rain a mile aralle west of chicago junction juntti on this morning it is reported that the engineer and flieman fireman ot of the express and te conductor of the freight traia train were ere ailleo killed 1 mexico 29 one odthe most dai diabolical murders grated on this thin frontier was committed in the he heart feirt of 0 this city last night an L old alsatian jewish met merchant chant antonio block Joc khile while closing his store about 9 d clock was almost behe be headed adeil by a blow received from I 1 behind with ith an axe the the murderer then rifled the safe ot of bearly fathree thousand dollars and escaped bi three who were last seen with B block 1 yak h have av e been arrested on I 1 suspicion wd W i COLUMBUS 0 29 the joint senate me pam and without ing business adjourned till tomorrow to morrow morning by agreement of the two factions the oro proposition position of the conference committee which has la charge the arran arrangement arrange gemeRt meat of df compromise measures was submitted to the democratic caucus this morning and ratified it has also been agreed agree to by j the republican caucus the proposition is that a special committee aul xul atee 0 of I 1 i ix ni members umbers of equal numbers politically shall I 1 make an invests gallon of the hamilton county contest cases and report the specific findings to the senate the conference committee resumed business at 1039 and expect to have something further to report toh re spec tive caucus by evening The fight in the committee now will be one of the main issues I 1 columbus 01 ahlo 2 29 the T i conference committee at recess had been unable Joji agree gree upon anything further with ad an indication that the they were vere getting on n the main man issue SAI dusky 29 tb alie vi chicago express on the baltimore 0 ohio io I 1 railway hallway run ran into at freight train amile mile west of jai ch cago junction this morning it A j reported hattiie 4 engineer and 11 fireman of the express and t the e conductor conduit r of the he I 1 f were killed the engine of the passenger train the baggage baggs e car two passenger creagh es a freig Irei t caboose and about a dozen freight cars were wrecked and hurled into a mass the noise and cries of the injured soon added to the coni con fusion I 1 I 1 the officials gre are very reticent and little can be learned from them tte toe fireman of the pis passenger train was wa instantly killed and was found dead dd under toe the engine chas bristol the eh engineer of the passenger train vond co ndue ne tor palmer of the freight train traia and thomas freely bi akeman of the freight train were ail horribly injured and have since died Aled the others may a 4 die le A number of others were ki injured juru jur U but their names are unknown none 0 of the passengers were killed the accident was the fault of othe t 16 eba conductor ductor of the freight train who had neglected to place danger signals siguald at the rear end of the train 1 n ST PAUL 38 20 A fire Is isnow now raging ragin hild in the heart of this cit city y hopelessly bo lessly involving T c alving property valued altif a million 11 on dollars the buildings build ings on fire fife are occupied by the ryan eyan drug company stoid itza company kompany afave A flye story block ow dennis dennia other u in great danger engines have been sent by a special train fron Miti minneapolis neapolis 1 I 1 the fire is 18 now under lundey control and all danger to the adjoining proper tyis tylis past the loss lose loots foots up to with a fair insurance ciuco CHil 30 A washington special says 1 when ri S demerit dement received bia his appointment as surveyor gabral of utah territory a few months ag ago go he receive received ed instructions to make mak e investigation ves vesti gation into ant frauds frauda which sparks believed believed exist existed d 1 in the public lands land cesin this territory dement rea re 1 turned to 10 washington yesterday and was closeted until a late hour last ladt night with 8 parks he had a long iong int interview arview with 1 at which aich senator logan wag a present he claims that the entire federal system of the territory is honeycombed with fraud and the report which ile ie will make mak upon that sublet I 1 ea will ill op contain 2 I 1 numerous j sensational features a immediately alter ats a arrival he V ed the services of f four detect detectives ivea the result of their investigations shows be claims that the most of the public land ia in that territory has been stolen by railroads and n cert certain a n prominent ro anent private private c citizens th ta er cent of the enerie e b by cormons mormons Mor or mons ons are fraudulent as are also 25 per cent of those made by gentiles en tiles these fraudulent entries were made a it is claimed with the collusion of a corrupt v ring of federal 0 officials c a there and here demerit dement also claims to have documentary evidence in his possession showing that the Mor nf church has spent sums of money to prevent legislation inimical to their interests aud and to secure favorable decisions from the courts this man money has been disbursed through hobbyists lobbyists job here his report will show that a certain united states senator received for leading the opposition to the EAd edmunds munds bill the report will also charge that a ao number umber of representatives have been similarly bribed dement will have an interview with we the president on the subject today to day i TORONTO 30 A special correspondent orr poti lor for the mail in the blackfoot country writes from fort mcleod an and d makes serious charges charger against indian agents and contractors of systematic plundering and fraud white settlers are charged with smuggling whisk whisky into the northwest teri torres and with wig carrying carry ins on a traffic in indian girls who are being bought at from 10 to v 20 each and sent to frontier towns for mineral purposes i MO M 30 alie rt boiler in a saw mill exploded here yesterday killing spencer reed engineer and samuel adams fireman both men were mangled beyond recognition I 1 COLUMBUS 80 sor the states trade assembly before adjourning adopted a resolution Noo lution favoring the enactment of an ail eight hour baw to be observed by corporate companies it did not endorse the action of the notional national federation of trades held at chicago proposing goar to strike may ast 1st for the he eight hour system but recommended legis aaion on the subject balt HAVEN HANEN penn A freight train on the pitts harg arg mckeesport McKee sport i railroad ran into a land slide early t this Is morning and was badly I 1 wrecked conductor graham and fireman elliot were burled buried tinder ander the debris and killed two others othora were seriously injured ST louis 30 the jury before whom the ithe ease case lof of chyo cheack the alleged chinese Cn inese highbinder is being tried have listened to the CIA closing ng arguments and the case has gone to the jury the speeches by the counsel in the murder case closed between 4 and 5 r this afternoon the jury then retired and about 8 tonight to night they rendered a verdict of guilty y of murder in the first degree quite a crowd ot of chinese made a demonstration on the lodging of jas 0 baptiste between 9 and 10 tonight to hig night ht and threatened to do him violence A squad of police soon arrived on s the he scene and dispersed the crowd and inow ha have baptiste under their protection baptiste has been very active in the prosecution of the chinese who are now on trial for murder of lou jahnson and tor for this thia they sought to wreak their vengeance on hird him A motion for a new trial was made this e evening is in the case of chyo colack I 1 FORT SN SITH RTH ark 30 aue judge parker passed st sentence of deat death upon sev seven en prisoners in the united states court today to day they were convicted of murders committed in the indian territory over which this court has j jurisdiction they are as follows meredith crow white mana man convicted of killing cub courtney another white man mani J X T masson an indian convicted of killing a white man mail named henry marlain robert wolf a legro convicted of killing frank stockbridge a white man joe jackson a negro convicted of killing his wife wie louis hammond halsall andone and one wiley indians convicted of ku H n k a white man named owens in passing sentence the judge admonished the pr prisoners eners to prepare for death and make their peace with god friday april is the day set for execution col 30 80 at telluride C colorado on wednesday morning a snow slide demolished four cabins cabin |