| Show BY TELEGRAPH PER PEB WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LINE ahle RICAN washington 11 gen miles annual report as commander of the military department of arizona and new mexico which has been received at the a voluminous document containing the full history of his operations agat against fist geronemo Geron mo and his band together with a statement of his position in regard to the terms of surrender it is learned that this part of his report sets forth minutely the off official leial orders received by him his bis own order placing captain lawton in immediate command the system of signaling adopted etc and afterwards recites substantially the following details some days prior to the surrender a deserter from geronimos Geroni mols band came into gen miles camp with the information that the renegades rene gades were short of food clothing ciot hiag and ammunition and footsore foot sore and could not hold bold out much longer er therefore gen miles ordered lieutenant gatewood who know Gero geronimo ulmo and and spoke the apache language to take a guard of two men obtain a parley if possible with geronimo mo and see it if HE HB WOULD SURRENDER this mission lieutenant gate wood accomplished complis hed successfully lie he informed Geron geromino lino in answer to the chiefs questions that tie he had no authority t to 0 offer him hiat terms geronimo then asked to be taken to captain lawton lavton who was in the immediate neighborhood this was done and on re yating the question asked lieutenant captain lawton told him that tie he coul could 3 make no terms and that he be must surrender geronimo then wanted to see general miles mile and both parti part lep ac captain lawton and his bis command and lieutenant gatewood and geronimo gerdnimo natchez and their band set out for the north traveling for some days on parallel lines and within sight of each other in the meantime a messenger had bad been sent ahead to notify general miles of their approach on doming coming to general miles camp geronimo mo as ad before asked what terms would be given if he surrendered the general replied that he had no terms to 0 offer er that if he be and his band surrendered dt at all they the must mu s t surrender as crisone prisoners 8 of war wat that they must jay ay down dowil t their air armmand arms and TRUST TO THE PRESIDENT of the united states upon this geronimo laid down his arms and signified his willingness to surrender bus bat natchez who had bad in IA we meantime mean taue kept out of reach and refused to come in sent word that he wanted to go to the white mountains for a month whereupon geronimo Geron ilpo went out ater ater natchez and soon returned with him geronimo in explanation and justini ustin cation of his conduct said that he left the reserva reservation diun for the reason that there was a conspiracy piracy moot afoot there ae he added by chatta to murder him G geronimo natchez and two others we were j el loaded into an ambulance falkov followed e by the rest of i he band in charge 0 ol 01 captain lawton and taken to forta F ort bowie station estatio n and shipped to texas general miles in his report argues at some gome length the question of punishment and calls attention to the fact that heretofore in such cases removal his has been deemed sufficient he cites several cases in which no greater p punishment on Ishi nent has been i ual ads peaks of the yeat great good done arizona b by ther their removal and suggests that ley they b treated as other have been treated under similar circumstances he compliments capt lawton gatewood and the officers and soldiers generally sene raily for their meritorious services during the campaign from an army friend of lieutenant gatewood it is now learned that he found GERONIMO AND HIS BAND encamped near the mexican town of fronteras in sonora an old mexican adobe hamlet surrounded by an adobe acob wall it was at one time a mission settlement settle meat founded by the jesuits when lieutenant gatewood came upon the band be left his guards and alone walked into Geroni geronimos mols camp on seeing the intruder the indians seized their guns but on the lieutenants laying down his arras arms alq au beckoning geronimo whom he recognized the indians also laid down their guns and came forward and seated themselves on piles of stones geronimo Geron wanted to know what kind of a man general miles was whether he had bright eyes or dull ones he talked fast or slow whether he be was a larse large man and what was his general a appearance he wanted to know al all about out him gate gatewood replied that general miles had a bright eye did not talk much bat what he said could oe relied upon the indian was much pleased with this assurance andio and together they hey walked away to tind captain lawton NEW YORK ii 11 mrs general grant was vas paid this afternoon V 8 the second payment of her share at n the profits 1 on her late husbands memoirs V he previous payment was ina and abr cr publishers say she will wili probably receive in all A limited edition of this mis world work is to be issued at fl per copy each boch copy will wal contain a sheet ot of the manuscript new I 1 11 I 1 A A washing washington ton spec elsas ial a s it is s stated here on good authority ihor ty that after tiling his annual treasury report secretary manning will ivill retire fraio tho the camast perica puy NEW YORK 11 the tammany hall county convention M met e t tonight to night and nominated dominated congressman an abram 8 hewitt the proposition from irving hall for a conference and ign ignoring orloF the request from the business mens men s association of making J edward simmons their candidate the chairman of the committee announced that J edward simmons the business mens candidate approved the nomination of hewitt and had pledged himself to vote for him mr hewitt declined to be interviewed on the question of his bis acceptance a ce of the nomination at the meeting of the young mens democratic club tonight to night si arletter letter from hewitt was received accepting the clubs proffered support for congress Con eress and he consented to run ran against henry george he spoke at an open air meeting op on grand street tonight to night to an audience of many thousands lie he said that the meeting was held in the stronghold of democracy on the east side and the attendance showed that a new era had arrived they were no longer the slaves of a party he called attention to the number of evictions occurring arink daily in new york abod said rb that yew york needed home rule as well as ireland PITTSBURG 13 at a meeting of republican iron manufacturers and business men today to day called to make arrangements for the reception of blaine on october chairman Cb airman joneson Jone the national republican Republic in committee declined to serve as cA chairman sIrman of the reception committee saying that such a step would 1 lookas it the demonstration was chiefly for the ibur eur pope of booming blaine for the P sosie deack bacr in 1888 re he i aid blaine was not t doming here tor personal ag aggrandizement grandi m out tit to accomplish what he be felt 1 datil satisfied Is ed he be could do to he help l p the republican vart party in pennsylvania U he e said it was a question ve whether hether blaine cared to pass another presidential sie geas As a candidate and for his bis part he w was satisfied that he be did not though 4 matter would be made keown later 13 the president made the following appointments today wm win L Magi nuts of ohio to be chief justice of the supreme bourt of W wyoming i danl J sullivan of prescott to be rg recorder cordor 9 public monies at prescott arizona david K wardwell of tombstone arizona to be agent for the indians at at the lemhi leahi agency in idaho territory naw tR LEANS 12 the wind was blowing a gale litre here last night dis towns on the mississippi I 1 poast report a gale prevailing all day on tu tit mississippi the steamer rAak blest from we ne which arrived r yesterday report reported fd she camb caffe by y the inside route along alone the flo florida IL coast and encountered heavy aas easterly aly with wita heava rains from mortn gas to port heavy heave gales were experienced perien ced with high irregular se seis is on sunday bunday october october fifth shei encountered countered several lasting seven bours backing bocile froin east to cli fth thence howling to th the 4 Rouf sauth ch tae ade seas ran high continually flooding the vessels deck and also her state rooms tore fore and aft lake was tilled filled with water from the gulf sad and the pale gale yesterday from thea direction caused an ah increase of the lake tide water overwhelming the marshes inthe in the rear of the city and tilling the canals bank full A break in hi the old basin levee on broad street was nasf reported at midnight 0 last night the VELOCITY OF THE WIND was thirty six to forty miles and kept inches increasing 6 13 9 but bat 11 little t tie damage has been done in the the lake and shell roads are submersed submerged Mi enburg and spanish fort ate are submerged at the shell beach the water Is a foot deep on the railroad track and the inhabitants nearl nearly all left for the city last ni night lit the louisville itle nashville road from to pearl river to is inundated sod and several bad wa shouts are reported the company ispa tle iia g efforts to keep the rails in line ane telegraph wires along this section sect loir of the road are all down galveston 12 the storm which was reported by the signal service as en entering ter the gulf of mexico laba saturday Satu iday reached galveston today to day and althis time 8 p m w a furious gate gaie is blowing from the north symptoms of the coming storm were apparent last night and the brisk breeze which set in at an early hour tins this morning has gradually increased until it is now blowing forty faiq miles an aa hour the THE GULF SIDE 4 of the island has haq been very high ever since saturday and the waves were so powerful today to day that they washed along the streets for five squares right in IB the teeth of the gale from the north this ibis extraordinary tide js is undoubtedly due ty ue hurricane prevail it ia the west indies the northern noi thern wile gale has done moon towards checking the en croach ments of the gulf on the island on the bay side of the city the water is dols very r III hush kind and isi ift washing over the docks the he damage to shipping will doubtless be very heavy as half i a hundred larie large steamers ste amera and sail iii vessels are pounding against tile the w wharves harves two barwa barges frow husten each laden with 1000 bales ot of cotton are being submerged by the waves and the the cotton will be along the gult side the waves have atmo up the street railway track aad se several rat bouses the he hat fa 00 10 e 7 t hib that the storm center is very near galveston telegraphic communication with the main laud land will probably be entirely suspended belore before morning as the gale seems to increase in velocity every moment since sunset the wind has shifted ted slightly to the west the storm is now coming from the northwest and is blowing ner fiercely cely the sale gale has increased in velocity and at this hour 1030 p m Is blowing from the northwest at the rate of FIFTY MILES AN HOUR the barometer has ceased falling and it is thought the storm has reached its maximum the water on the bay side is still rising but no serious damage to business property is possible so long as the wind holds its northwest course as it counteracts the strong in flowing tide the tracks of the gulf colorado santa fe railroad Kail road have been washed away and it is possible that daylight ma may y reveal a good deal of damage along the wharves new orleans 12 A special to the times democrat from mississippi quarantine aRtine station says i one of the most terrific and damaging hurricanes hurn eaues since 1861 prevailed in this neighborhood yesterday and last night for 86 consecutive hours the wind blew a regular hurricane from the northwest driving the waters from abe babana bay and destroying property of the unfortunate inhabitants of this place who had bad hardly become reconciled to their hard bard fate of having no orange crop this year caused by the heavy frost ot of last year the latter trouble however would have been surmounted had it not been for this very disastrous storm leaves the majority of this most industrious and deserving people ALMOST PENNILESS the storm or more properly called cyclone was of such violence as to tear tea away the old levees of seven years 1 standing carrying destruction to the late rice pla plants rits last night all the inhabitants of this place waded a distance of a mile in water three feet deep to the united states custom house for far protection dr abey quarantine I 1 physician and his bis family were driven trout their home and forced to seek refuge in the custom house distressing news has been received from the lower coast regarding the effects of last nights storm the water in the town of in plaquemine Plaque mine parish is several feet deep having been driven from the gulf many persons took refuge in the courthouse court house and jail the water rushed in with such force that it carried everything before it the levees which along aloag this section are very low were overs owed and swept away and the water rushed into the mississippi river carrying with it the rice stacked on the farms in the vicinity IN HI and for a distance of twenty miles below the damage is estimated at mobile 12 the storm last night was heavy along the coast and vessels were detained from sailing the tide was higher than ever before known the telegraph office at ft morgan at the entrance of mobile balwas bay was flooded an d the operator reached dry land by swimming thirty new orleans bound passengers are detained by washout on the louisville nashville railway this side of new Orl orleans fans RICHMOND id 12 the knights of labor convention convention met at 10 and took hold bold of the business presented with a determination to push it through and at least to make an endeavor to bring the sessions to a close within two weeks since the adjournment of tile the assembly ou on saturday the various committees tave have been actively e engaged in considering the matters referred to them the forenoon session was mainly occupied in receiving the reports from the various committees and taking action on them during the morning session the report of the committee on law was presented it recommended a change in the constitution by which the executive board shall consist of the general waster master workman and six members no two of whom should be from the same state this part of the report was adopted it also recommended that the office of general Secre secretary tiry and treasurer be divided no action was taken on this part of the report before adjournment it was stated that to the were in order but owing to ane lateness of the hour none were presented the assembly at 1 adjourned until to morrow darning there was wari a meeting this afternoon of the editors of labor newspapers and other newspaper men who are dele gacesa to the convention fra frak ak K foster of averill massachusetts was elected chairman and aloert albert pine of hartford Hart Hatti lord ord connecticut secretary the he object of the organization ia the formation of a labor news bureau through which authentic information with regard to labor matters can be transi transmitted itt it t to the country the representatives of farmers in the convent ou on met to present a plank in the convention by which the knights of labor may forbau form an alliance with the granger and other alliances A committee of three was appointed to make a collection of the conspiracy piracy laws of the several states by means of which firms and companies encroach upon the rights of 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