Show telegraphic NEWS NEWIS ST PAUL april 26 A 1 deadwood special to the pioneer press says bayst t central city was destroyed res troyed by fire early this morning not a store or shop hop is left standing and buildings are burned fifty families are left homeless deadwood is sending food the loss is the insurance 25 CHICAGO april 26 20 the daily news newsy chester illinois special the shoe shop attached to the penitentiary burned this afternoon loss the convicts were all safely locked in cells after the outbreak of the fire NATICK mass april 26 the chemical paint factory of hen henry ry woods sons co at lake crossing was destroyed by fire this morning the loss is estimated at the insurance covers the loss NEW YORK april 26 A fire occurred atac and 49 walker street tonight which damaged the building about and the stock about BANGOR maine april 26 the republican state convention was called to order delegates being in attend ance horace H burbank was elected chairman the candidates with a single exception were elected by acclamation clama cla mation tiou charles H prescott jos H manley S H allen alien antl anti charles A boutelle boutelje were elected delegates at large alternates and electors having been elected the committee on resolutions reported the platform which was adopted and the convention adjourned jour ned the platform declares for protection of american industry and that it Is the duty of the republicans in congress to resist to the utmost the passage of the mills tariff bill favors the abolition of so much of the revenue tariff taxes as will bring the total re receipts of the treasury to equal as nearly as practicable the just expenditures of the ahe government that HON JAMES G BLAINE our long trusted statesman Is desera englof the thanks of the people of maine and and of the entire nation for the promptness and remarkable ability and facility with which in nis Pari sletter he answered the free trade manifesto of ef president cleveland and pointed out the duty of maintaining american in destries dus tries and american markets for the american people the defeat of the american tax bill by the democratic house is denounced and the timidity of our executive department part ment in dealing witti with foreign nations is deprecated the civil service lawis law is approved and the presentad present administration arraigned for the wanton violations of its provisions declarations of hostility to saloons are renewed LONDON april 26 there was a long discussion in the house of lords this evening on earl Dun ravens bill to reform that body the main features of the bill are that thel peers of the nation shall be entitled to a seat in the lords by election and that they may resign seats to become eli eligible ible in the commons A provision is also made for the admission of colonial catholic dissenting and scientific representatives lord salisbury objected to the bill as an abandonment of the firm rock of experience for a plunge into the unknown the government were willing to consider the admission of life peers and other needed reforms for which they would introduce a separate bill lord dunraven Dun raven thereupon withdrew his bill OTTAWA april 26 in the house of commons tonight the correspondence witti with reference to the behring strait sea seizures was brought down most mast of it deals with the protests of the british government the statement made by bayard that for the time being no other seizures would be ordered and the advice of the crown that the owners of seized vessels have a case for damage the only new and important matter is contained la in the dispatches of lord salisbury to her Maje plenipotentiaries at the fisheries conference under date of pe pee cember ember 2 1887 he said he received an til the e a telegram f from rom mr chain chamberlain inquiring whether the proposal for an international conference in regard to the behring sea fisheries had bad been accepted by her Maje government I 1 you are aware from the correspondence in your possession that communications referring to the proposal would appear to have halve been addressed to some maritime powers by the united states for an international convention tor for the protection of vessels on behring bearing sea and were received last october from the german and swedish charge dA faires in london no definite invitation for an international understanding on OB this a question has as yet been received from the ane united states government by her Maje government in n answer to a question from phelps I 1 have expressed myself as being invariably disposed to negotiate lor for an agreement but I 1 carefully separated the question from cat all I 1 controversies as to fishing rights this terminates the correspondence from which this evidently is a selection DENVER april 26 ben S robbins bobbins assistant united states district attorney for colorado and formerly a state senator of kentucky and a prominent pro t politician of that state attempted suicide in his room this morning by cutting his bis throat with a penknife robbins bobbins had been drinking heavily of late and at the time of ef the att attempt e on his life was suffering f from rom a 8 slight 1 I 1 mato gilt at tack of tremens cremens tr emens it Is report led fed that domestic troubles together with the refusal of his bis wife to come to denver to live drove him to drink and to attempt his life the physicians are of the opinion he be will recover his family in legrange kentucky have been notified BERLIN april 20 26 during the day the emperor has been out of bed four hours mis his temperature is now almost normal his sense of taste which he be lost during the critical period has returned this is rag areu as an exceptionally tio nally favorable sign insign he seems better in every respect his appetite is remarkable he has again begun to hear state reports the physicians are of the opinion the crisis is passed queen victoria left this afternoon in addition to a host of royalists she found at the station the burgomaster and members of th muni municipal cipa council who had coma to pay their respects the crown prince introduced them to the queen who expressed cordial thanks for the welcome tendered her the crown prince then conducted the queen to the carriage and after affectionate farewells between the queen hattress Hat E impress press and princess the train traia started amid loud cheers of the populace the queen repeatedly expressed her gratification at toe the friendly welcome given her by the people of berlin CHICAGO april 26 the union lalor labor p party art of illinois held a rather strong strong state convention at decatur they nominated a full state ticket and selected delegates to the national convention and adopted a platform CHICAGO april 26 96 an explosion that pitched seventy people into the air throwing one man fifty feet wrecked seventeen large plate windows ruined rained worth of clothing damaged a building to the extent of and caused a stampede of hundreds of people from u upper per stories of tall buildings occur occurred in the basement corner state and jackson streets this evening queer enough no one was killed at al though two or three may be fatally injured two workmen were drilling a hole across the street from the base ment to make a conduit for electric wires and accidentally punctured a gas main they lit a cand candle leto to see what was the matter and the next instant the seventy odd clerks and customers in the clothing store overhead the massive plate glass front and great piles of ready made clothing were mixed up almost in an ex triAble mass with broken timbers and falling plaster while the people for blocks around thought an aa earthquake had bad Spear occurred red and rushed to the scene the fire was quickly extinguished by the department two workmen in the basement were found to be very badly injured and three or four clerks in the store above were found to be injured internally one of them george dunlap when the explosion occurred was standing on a hot fire register and was thrown fifty feet landing on a pile of goods his back was badly injured SAN FRANCISCO april 26 A plan is ia made public lor for the reorganization of the nevada bank of san francisco A circular has been issued by N K master formerly cashier of the bank and J F houghton manager of the home mutual insurance go co in ia which they propose the following plans the present stockholders will eliminate and take on their own account all bad and doubtful assets and assume and pay all liabilities except the amounts due depositors and will turn over to the new management sufficient good assets to be approved by the committee of the new board of et directors to pay all depositors and cover the full capital stock at par three million dollars shares of each to be taken by parties outside of the present stockholders payable at par on demand upon which the present officers and directors will resign anda and a new board be elected by toe the new stockholders manager biglow of the nevada bank states as a reason for the reorganization that the three men owning nearly all the bank stock J C flood ex senator fair and J tw W M mackay ac ya cannot give that personal attention attea tion to the bank that it should receive flood on account of ill health and fair ano and mackay on account of other business PARIS april 26 A dispatch frem frein nancy says a riot broke out there this evening a mob of attacking the students with clubs stones and other missiles when the dispatch was sent the police were trying in to disperse the rioters midnight kiani ht A dispatch despatch from nan nancy says the disturbances copti continued nucy until a late hour A number of police were injured several rioters were were arrested the crowd finally dispersed and the town is now quiet MILWAUKEE t april abill 26 20 judge gresham greaham grest great this morning decided the suit 0 of f the heirs of S S merrill general manager of the st fit paul road against C H prior for an account in connection with certain col colossal osal land transactions iq in minnesota and dakota involving profits supposed to b be e in the neighborhood of the decision was in favor of the defendant the case excited great attention and the court room aborn was filled with prominent a attorneys m orneys when the decision was rendered NEW april 26 20 among the passengers on t the e chateau lafitte from bordeaux today were one hundred swarthy greek ree sailors alors on their way to san francisco to embark on the war vessel recently purchased in this country by the greek government NEW YORK april 26 the state board of arbitration and mediation met here today and beran began an invest atlon into the brewers lockout the bosses denied the board had bad power to invests investigate gat their ethear private affairs the board de decided aided otherwise and the bosses submitted under protest PARIS april 26 president carnot arrived today at agen where he laid the foundation stone of the new lyceum the P president es ident met with an enthusiastic thusia reception the days ceremony was marred by a serious accident the tae plat platform torm which had been erected for the accommodation of guests collapsed collapse daud aud twenty persons were injured there here were several hundred persons on the platform at the time of the accident LEONARD leonardtown TOWN md april 27 john B biscoe colored was executed here today tor for the murder of captain K R P dixon on the potomac river biver aug 29 1880 BERLIN april 27 A bulletin issued this morning says the emperor tad had a good sleep last night and feels much stronger this morning CHICAGO april 27 A dispatch from butte montana saye save A passing engine set fire to a snows bed near mullan mallan tunnel in the main range of the rocky mountains at the crossing of the northern pacific road yesterday over 1000 feet were burned trains will be delayed several days HAVANA april 27 the drouth dreuth continues large field fires are reported in the sugar sagar producing districts the streams and pastures are dried up and many cattle perishing A decrease in the sugar product is variously estimated from 10 to 20 per cent compared with last year 1 ASBURY PARK N J april 27 at the second days session of the wom ans foreign missionary society of the presbyterian church mrs W E schenk of philadelphia w was s elected president for the ensuing year awen awed ty three vice presidents representing california and other states covered by the society were also elected louisville ky april 27 97 the presbytery of louisville have adopted the following resolution concerning the union of southern and northern churches until our northern brethren can see their way clear to adopt toe policy of organizing the colored people of the northern states into separate churches ries and synods ot their own we judge that the quiet peace and ana prosperity of both churches will be best secured by ceasing to agitate or prosecute the question of organizing a union FORT SMITH ark april A 27 three men jack crow george ross moss and owen D hill were hanged banged this morning for crimes committed in indian territory all the men were negroes with indian blood the crime for which moss was hanged was the murder of george laft a man of prominence in chickasaw Chic kasow station last fall in red river valley taft while out working for cattle met moss dick butler factor jones and sandy smith they had just shot a yeat ye ailing ang and fearing taft would report the matter to the citizens committee they ambushed and soot snot him butler and jones jones were lynched on the way to jail and smith died pending the trial jask jack coon was convicted of the murder of charles wilson a prominent choctaw politician during the last election ex cit ement hill was convicted of the murder of his wife in creek sta station abut abata a year ago jeff hildebrande Hildeb raade edward patterson and dick sutherland were to have been executed today but the former two have been given ten days respite and suther lands sentence has been commuted to imprisonment for life MINNEA minneapolis MINN KAPOLIS april 27 the northwestern millers report of the crop condition says instead of if a steady improvement there has been a steady decline in the general conditions of the winter wheat crop for the last six weeks insects have already appeared in kansas city illinois today makes the poorest showing for the crop of winter wheat of any state in the belt and indications are that the state will prove a failure as tar as the yield is concerned unless present extreme conditions are mitigated ladiana indiana and ohie show h 0 n no improvement the prospects t 8 an AlIo missouri and michigan are not ats haltering ing the survey of tue toe spring aws 0 that in minnesota and D beding is about twelve to f u HH Blate late but the condition of f th t I 1 I 1 ought to be bean an offset to th the e f the season seeding has BBS commenced this week reports t sh show w a decrease of acreage in iowa and nebraska londono LONION april 27 A statement that the pope phoe has issued a the plan of campaign in ireland is confirmed his holiness says he does so because he Is s convinced that the plan of campaign is illegal he says lie be is also convinced that the land courts will reduce all unfair rents another circumstance that influenced him he be says Is the fact that the f funds are extorted from the contributors to the plan the pope condemns bo boycotting y co as a practice contrary to justice and charity he makes no mention of the national league DUBLIN april 27 the Fre emens journal urges the people to exercise calmness and patience and to receive the papal decree with profound respect and loyalty to rome it declares that boycotting is rare NEW YORK april 27 in commemoration of the anniversary of the birthday of general grant an elaborate banquet was given at Delmo nicos tonight As was most fitting the 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