| Show BY TELEGRAPH PER WESTERN UNION chicane YORK 23 at 2 this afternoon stephen brodie a bootblack 23 years old who is employed in the mills building jumped irom from the brook brooklyn lyu bridge at the centre span the east river he was fished out add aad taken to the police station apparently uninjured brodie was at one time a newsboy and later on a pedestrian A snort short time ago he be went on a tree booting expedition to south america july 24 stophen stephen brodie who jumped jumper from brooklyn bridge yesterday esterday afternoon was taken before 5 judge hildreth Kil dreth in the toombs court to with attempted suicide he was belledin bal bat ledin it 1000 to answer on wednesday alderman pat diver qualified as bondsman brodie look L d bright and cheerful he said he was afi right except a little pain in his right chest his wife with a baby and two children were in the court with lady friends after ball was furnished brodie lett the court and went to the of his bis counsel brodie has been offered a week to go into the bowery museum on exhibition louisville ky july 23 28 oldham county on wednesday a school teacher named detained turee mitie mi tie ot of his pupils little girls sev seven th n i eight I 1 att and nine years of age after the e ot other scholars III had d left when the ibe room was cleared he be locked the dour door and deliberately outraged the three children he was caught stripped naked tied to a tree a lud aud given one hundred lashes he was then given live minutes to leave the country the little girls are all iu ia a precarious condition CITY OF MEXICO 24 the diario of idalu publishes the plan of the government lor for granting concession for a colony on the shores ol of bay gulf of lower california state of sinaloa an enterprise in which several thousand citizens of the united states have a large interest and at th head ot of which to ia Civil Engineer A 11 K owen the document is of great length it authorizes the survey and taking possession of government lauds at bay the colony will be agricultural an and industrial and will be composed of at least fifty families it is provided provide that the spanish language must be taught in the elementary schools choals ch the government will pay an tor for two years aw 1120 for each ism fam ily settled nd for each single person not connected with any family the sum of 40 annually for two years it is also provided that the company must run a steamer between bay and the gulf of california and the pacific coast ports it to is the intention of the projectors project of the enterprise to begin the settlement of the colony in october and to establish it on socialistic principles plans for laying haying out oat a city have already been prepared SA 21 2 ex sergeant condell one of the survivors ot ua greely ay iy arctic who s wion been employed in the signal sigi department in this city re his from rom the army to day was interviewed by a 9 chronic 40 reporter The substance of the interview f V wilt be published la in that paper a P tomorrow to morrow and will give ive his version versi oll of the affair for a period perio sho shortly preceding um the rescue ot the party ty he 9 aa aerts D pavy was falsely accused with stealing loud food when the suspicion pointed at greeley that greeley caused henry to be shot ashot for an offense which he be condoned in id others on the subject of cannibalism he says that the bodies mutilated but bur he has no knowledge who the mutilators were because he be was unconscious a consider considerable aule time prior to the rescue an important statement made by connell is that the records which claim that greeleys greelegs Gree leys expedition made the point farthest north were not authenticated and that it is a question whether the observations on which the claim is based are not entirely erroneous I 1 GUAYMAS mexico 23 advices advises from the yaqui river report that there was a pitched battle between the mexican troops and the yesterday col lorenzo torres with men while cony conveying eying a train of provisions from medina to torrin met the indians who numbered 1200 about one and a half leagues from medina Redi fia in a battle which ensued and lasted three hours the indians were repulsed with a loss of forty killed the twenty prisoners captured were immediately shot tile the mexican losses were captain arros and nine men killed and twenty wounded SAN FRANCISCO 24 94 brigadier gen eral benjamin a G barney mexican veteran and ex president of the society of the army of the potomac died in this city last evening BUTTE mont 23 at 7 this morning morri lue two gun shots opposite the st nicholas nic leolas hotel told ot OL an early tragedy J W moore late of nevada shot hot joseph henderson a clot clothing bing merchant here with a dou double b le cutoff cut off shotgun shot gun killing him instantly he then emptied the other barrel into himself with fatal effect moore claimed claimed that herderson Her darson clarson owed him and that he cac ca ae here to collect it henderson the debt claiming he was not responsible for the money which had been expended by the company for mining purposes moore threatened trouble unless payment was wade made he is believed to be a crank on the subject the coroners rendered a verdict of murder and suicide there Is believed to be a woman in the case CHICAGO 26 mrs C R jaynes hand band satchel containing money and diamonds valued at was forcibly taken from her tonight to night when passing by the leland hotel in the full glare of the electric light the ladys ausband and two ca ildren were walking down michigan avenue when a villainous looking man mail with his face blacked came up from behind snatched the satchel and ran lan south followed jaynes by and aad a number of people who plainly saw the robbery at vanburen street the thief was lost sight of and has hao not been captured PORTLAND dakota 25 it is estimated that the the grain ruined by the hail storm on Sa in th this s section will aggregate bushels which at the present price means NEW YORK 26 hubert 0 thomp son leader of the county democracy died dica here today to te day a hubert 0 thompson was found dead in his bed in the worth house madison square at 9 35 this morning his room was visited at that time by his bis physician dr roberts who haa bad slept in a parlor adjoining thompsons Thomp sons bedroom which was room no 3 in the hotel re he had last seen thompson alive at about four this morning mornia the latter being in bed at the time there here was then no apprehension of the fatal result of an illness which had caused the ex commissioner to be placed under medical care tor for some months thompson was found lying on his right side with his knees drawn up the pupils of his eyes dilated and bloodshot and his face and neck livid the immediate cause of death was cerebral apoplexy coroner massmore Mos smore who was summoned said death probably occurred at about six ix deceased was 37 years and 7 months old he was born in boston but was brought to this anis city by his parents when a child and has ever since lived here his education was acquired in the public schools and he graduated with high honors at the free academy now the college of the city of new york yom s after ten years passed in hall street in brokerage and railroad business he was appointed clerk in the water sur office by then commissioner of public works and soon afterwards was appointed deputy commissioner he filled the latter position with credit for three years resigning to accept from governor robinson the appointment of the present commissioner in al 71 he joined the young mens democratic club and became an op op of the old party leaders in LL a lie he was a member of tammany hall hail put withdrew from it because of hits his hostility to john kelly his career since then as a leader of the cc boualy us bemoets democracy cy Is well known to the public personally he was a man of winning Ma manners and a genial companion GRAFTON 26 A hail all storm of unexampled fury burst upon this locality on saturday afternoon sweeping a track five miles wide from stthomas across red bed river into minnesota a distance of 30 80 miles the hailstones were ai a large as hens eggs T the gi houses at were riddled w with t hail ball stories stones tearing through taip te and breaking the window sashes as well as ids th the aggs g glass several were ere severe severely inifred and que one boy is ai missing the UE e damage to crops an and otherwise hiie is id estimated at half a million dollars many farmers are left entirely destitute PANAMA 26 6 advices advises from peru state tuat new ot of the interior had addressed a circular to tb atie several prefects of departments in ILI we tue republic calling their attention to certain poin points to in thy the policy of the gov ern eminent ment speaking of the indian population pu lation of the republic the circular says the 11 president resident to ie sincerely since desirous of entering on tue tiie great work of placing our population on a tooting looting cummens commensurate with their merits and necessities the laws jaws must be observed regarding the indians indiana with the same impartiality as with white citizens tuey they must be assured in their rights and in ia a word they must be raised from their present condition to that of useful citizens several public demonstrations have been made in callao against the jesuits and petitions have been sent seat to 10 tile the praying that they way may be immediately expelled from the country the final adjournment ot of congress may possibly take place the last of this week but concurrence ot of the best 0 opinions p i ions on the subject leads to the belief e in that it will be postponed until monday or tuesday of next week these opinions are however usually expressed with a reservation looking to 10 tile the possibility of important vetoes all ail of the appropriation bills except tile t ue general deficiency and fortification tortin cation bills have passed both li houses and to these two the senate will devote its eail lest attention tile the river kiver and harbor and legislative bills still linger in conference and we tue sundry civil bill will doubtless be made the subject of conference today to day all the other appropriations bills have gone to the president dolph by order of the committee on coast defea defense sewill will propose appropriating pria ting lor for the construction of and other works of coast defense in accordance with the recommendations of thy the board on fortifications and other defenses and hawley by order of the same committee expects to propose as amendments two bills already reported to encourage the manufacture of steel tor for modern ordnance one of them ing to field and tae me other to naval ordinance di nance CHICAGO 26 col H bolton chief of division for handling second secand class matter at the chicago post office was arrested shortly alter after noon today to day charged with embezzlement of public funds funda by means of false returns the post office inspectors claim to have traced a shortage of 1000 from november to november 1885 and intimate that the total shortage will be from fifty to one hundred thousand dollars CHICAGO CHI CArao 25 A terrific explosion occurred in ia armours Ar mouro oleomargarine cleom a r garme factory factor this morning mor A large tank one of turee situated in the factory and adjoining tae packing house on forty third street and packers Fac kers alenne av e became became overcharged over charged with steam and exploded with terrific force sending ith boiling contents over four me men while two others at thirty yards distance distance were injured by tn ane flying debris WASHING washington Tow 26 joseph S miller commissioner of internal revenue has made a preliminary report operations ot of the internal revenue service during the fiscal year ending june 30 1886 of which the following is an abstract the total collections for the year were the total collections for the previous fiscal year were showing an increase of in tile the house to day king of louisiana offered a resolution which was referred to the committee on loreign affairs requesting the president to communicate to the house information concerning the alleged illegal detention of A h K cutting an american citizen by the mexican authorities at paso del norte and also whether ru additional force of united states troops had been ordered to fort bliss it is stated at the war department that no united states troops had been ordered to fort bliss in anticipation of the brou trou trouble ble at paso del norte arising from the reported refusal of the mexican authorities to co release editor cutting it is stated farther that the concentration of mexican troops at that place does not in itself signify a probable rupture of the present peace i f ful ul relations with this country but is more a against the revolutionary parties in mexico the president today today returned to the department of justice papers in the case of wm win watts the captain of a maine vessel undergoing imprisonment in san francisco for ill treating his crew in an accompanying letter the president says he denies the supplication for pardon for the reason that since approving a similar application a few da days s a ago 0 he e has received information ti W which lc gh has a satisfied him it Is not a case for executive clemency the following nominations were made toda today to da day charles bthomas UT M thomas homas of kentucky to be associate justice of the supreme court of ef dakota ezra baird to be united states marshal for idaho wilson allson 11 talbot oje colorado to be beagent for tb the ahe tulip arency foa the senate has confirmed ta nomination hotd of B V F sherry erry to wiest upost muter A at ironton anso senator beatr f from ral th the committee on education and labor today to day daiy submitted a favorable report from the majority of the committee for a joint resolution ro posing that an amendment to the in relation to alcoholic liquors liquor sand and other poisonous beverages ue be d to the legislatures of the states atit titia for ratification the amendment provid pru videa es that from aria and after the year 1900 tile ta lle manufacture and sale and import important at ion jf if distilled alcoholic intoxicating liquors except for medicinal mecha leal ical chei chemical and scientific purposes purposed and for use in the arts shall cease the report which accompanied the proposed an says the committee dot do s not deem it necessary to discuss tie cue evils of the use ue oi of alcohol but in j lieve the people have a richt to decide what measures shall be taken for tile the regulation or extirpation ot of this traffic I 1 why it asks should they be denied the opec rt unity to be heard in the only forum chica can pass upon the question when any considerable consia erable sad and respectable portion of the american people desire to plead their cause in that great tr tribunal of sovereigns who in our country decide every question of fundamental acal issue it is the duty of congress to direct such preliminary legislation as is here uro posed so that under the forms or the constitution they can be heard the annual report re port of edwin C fowler chief of the division of appointments point ments merits has just juat been made the division has charge of postmasters only the report is summarised summarized as follows number of post offices established during the year increase during the year 1361 number of post offices discontinued during the year 1120 the sundry civil bill as it passed the senate on saturday night appropriates an aggregate gre gate of IN or an increase of over the amount appropriated by the bill as it came from the house the items added by the senate are 55 for public buildings for lighthouses for the coast survey and on account of miscellaneous items the conferees on the river and |
