Show BY TELEGRAPH k TEK WESTERN UNION LINE an L tit 1 C 11 N NEW KEW YORK 18 ex president chester A arthur aarthur died dt at his bis hame in ill this cit city at 0 5 this morning ahe the news of the death of ex den arthur came as a great surprise notwithstanding the alarming rumors as to his bis health during the summer months A supposed improvement in his cond condition kion was noted during his stay in new london connecticut and the alp apparent arnt confidence expressed by his friends who remained close to him created the impression that his health haid had been en radically improved giving h him va the promise of a renewed lease ot M life e his 8 disease was one oae aff affecting act the kai and those nearest him had bad no his bis but bitt his sudden demise was not spoken enof of he began to sink rapidly shortly after mid midnight Dight and by three i clock it was known that death deach was approaching he parsed away without ap apparent pain ex x president arthurs dea death th was unexpected it not being supposed outside his house that he be was in any immediate danger As soon as news imers of arthurs death was made inside public many clars on public and private buildings were placed AT HALF MAST arthur had lived at 13 lexington avenue tor for twenty years or more A stroke of cerebral apoplexy sudden but not wholly unexpected by tue attending his life the stroke came in his bis sleep between tuesday night and wednesday morning and he edid did not rally thereafter his death was painless like tile the slow going out of a barnd down candle and for hours before bedfor e the end came he be was unconscious to his surroundings HE DID NOT IMPROVE lyp BOVE his son and daughter his sister his former partner bherman W knevals and his closest friend surrogate rol eollins were at his bed sice all reports to the the contrary mr arthurs health had bad not improved his stay at new mw london and cm his return oct 1 jae he was no better that when he be left the city As time pass passed ao 40 no permanent er ne tm improvement pro came and noil P the physicians h s clans ky leared some such sudden stroke 0 e as the e one oneto to which he be succumbed in ills his enfeebled condition even a light stroke of apoplexy would prove fatal to the once robust patient but with the beginning of the present week a marked change for the better set in on tuesday the ex president felt better and stronger tha than n at any time since his hasi illness liness and commented hopefully on the fast it was near midnight when his attendant left him alone in u his bedroom and nothing was heard from him during the early morning hours he was not disturbed until hit his attendant entered his bis room at 8 yesterday morning ile he found mr jesters arthur atyinn lying on ills his side breathing heavily and COULD NOT the family answered his su summons ramons but failed to elicit signs of consciousness conscious nes recognition from the ex president in alarm they summoned his physician s dr peters who has been in attendance upon mr arthur throughout his illness and who responded promptly and at once saw that he was suffering f from rom a stroke of small blood vessel in the brain had burst find and paralysis of the right light side ensued prom from the moment the discovery was made all hope was known to be vain but no efforts were spared to bring the patient back to consciousness they were all alike failures mr arthur lay motionless and speechless all day he knew what was going on about him for h he e pressed the doctors hand and put out his tongue when asked to do so out but he never spoke nor ave say any other sign of conse consciousness E ave st night at 6 the enfeebled pulse more difficult respiration and other signs of physical failure indicated to the watchful eyes of his phy that the WAS DRAWING NEAR NEAK A shange alfor the worse came on rapidly and his sisters sister and chil children dreu gathered i at his bedside dr wina valentine dr DC peters partner and surrogate Ril eollins lins stayed with him during the III night lit fir mr knevals went home at midnight arthurs strength ebbed out slowly and with it his life it was 5 when the end came he bad been entirely senseless for hours and died without a struggle ic OF OF III HIS LIVE mr Art boMAS 56 years old he had bad been a a wido walor wk lor veer seven years his wife olledine P was ellen herndon before he be ma maim I 1 il her the daughter of a naval official a virginian who was losta lost at sea of their two children the son ison chester allen alien i is 22 years old he was graduated from iceton a year ago go and is now a student in columbia law school his practical p tactical train ing here was in the law office of knevals ransom Ban the firm of which the ex president was a member up to the time of his election as vice president on the garfield Garf leid ticket j P the daughter nel ii of whom arathar is very fond mu years old THE will ill take place on saturday at t 9 am from the church of heavenly best on fifth avenue rev 1 y carh jaikar er morgan officiating mr arthur was not adem ber of any church but his wife formerly attended that church one of the distinctive features of the ex dents character was his strong loyalty to her memory the remains will be burled buried in albany rural cemetery in his family plot it is expected that the members of ex prisident president arthurs cabinet will be asked to act as his bis pall bearers at the ahe funeral ueral fu the remains are arc now lying in the parlor of the second floor of the unostentatious residence where the owner passed away SAN BAN FRANCISCO 18 E H dergar ler a veterinary surgeon was shot aud and killed this morning atCon klins stables mission street near eighth by wm dolana backman during a eustrel aau arrel over money dolan escaped PITTSBURG pa 18 the limited express coming east on the pittsburg cincinnati st louis railroad duen dolin this city at this thia morning was wrecked by a landslide at jones at the outskirts of this city and a number ot of persons were injured two being fatally hurt heavy rains bad loosened the earth along the road and the conductor of the limited had been notified to proceed carefully the train was running slowly not more than 10 miles an hour and just as it reached jones ferry a mass of rocks and earth came tumbling down from a precipice 40 feet above the first part of the train escaped hut the huge mass crashed into the three sleepers which were in the rear FURTHER DETAILS the interior of the f rout front car was almost completely damolis demolished led l ed it was the Cinci cincinnati cincinnat nUat sleeper and fortunately had a smaller number of passengers on it than any coach that has pone gone out of cine cincinnati on the limited for months A 11 of the abe occupants had arisen and most of them w were ere in the forward part of the coach preparing their toilets the two other sleepers were also badly wrecked immediately fol following shalem lowin the accident women shrieked and the children screamed while above all ajl were heard the goaby of the injured wedged in between the berths and rooks rocks unable to move for a moment those passengers who miraculously escaped injury were so dumbfounded that they stood motionless the sleepers were completely filled with dust and it was with difficulty determined which of their number bad leen been most seriously injured the moment the crash was heard the engineer stopped the train the train started in a few minutes and the station was soon reached A f ull full corps of surgeons and attendants were on baud to carry out the injured it was found that eight passengers had been seriously hurt while probably as many more had i received painful cuts and bruises two will die david arnheim Arn beim of pittsburg and S A bennett Be puett of new york are the most seriously injured the tae wife ot of glass ot of fort bayard N M sustained severe cuts NEW naw YORK 18 in perfecting the arrangements range ranze ments for the funeral of tx ex president arthur it has been determined to change the dato date of the he ceremony until the morning of monday november aba ib order to allow time for the arrival of several members of the cabinet and others of distinction who have telegraphed their desire to be present at the obsequies the services will be held on monday morning at 9 precisely in a the church of heavenly rest fifth avenue and forty fifth A very few days ago in a conversation with aqueduct commissioner fish who bad called to see him ex president arthur made the following despairing remarks after all life is not worth living for and I 1 might as well give up the struggle for it now as any other time and submit to the inevitable the following telegrams were re dived today to day washington nov 18 0 chester A arthur jr accept my profound sympathy with you itt is the death of bour father and my appreciation of his distinguished character and services A committee of the senate will attend the f funeral signed JOHN SHERMAN president of the senate SAN FRANCISCO nov 18 A arthur jr accept my profound sympathy in this hour of sorrow signed W 3 FLORENCE FLOREN CE albany NY 18 the following was afternoon I 1 state of new york ako proclamation dla I 1 mation by the governor I 1 by the death of a distinguished citizen the people of this state are again called to mourn chester A arthur entered into rest at bis residence in new york city early this morning he had always made his horae home within our state and from his early manhood had bad occupied within it places of official distinction As a citizen of new york state he wag wa elected vice president by the whole people upon the death of president Garil eld he became president by succession and with dignity to himself and with honor to his country he be filled that highest office in ill our government lu in all his life he bore without abuse the name of gentleman remembering mem bering tile the services and admitting the character it is fitting that we should by such action as may be domed deemed appropriate express our sorrow r w in his death and show respect for the high official position which lie he held at the choice of his countrymen 0 done at the capital in the city of albany on this eighteenth day of november ve aber in the year of our lord one thousand tao usand eight hundred and eighty six DAVID B HILL by the governor W WM V G PRICE private secretary washington IS 18 the senators below named will attend attend the funeral on on behalf of the senate john sherman george F edmunds john A logan win amb B allison M C butler jams james D cameron D W voorhees warner miller george cl vest A P gor mn joseph B R rawley hawley and james K jones the president today to day issued the following proclamation executive mansion nov 18 to ae re people ople of the united states it is my painful ua duty to announce aan ounce the death of chester A arthur lately president of the united states which occurred after an illness illner as of ration at his residence in the city of new york mr arthur was called to the chair of the chief magistracy of the union by a tragedy which cast its pallor over the flie entire government his assumption of the grave duties was marked by an evident and conscientious sense of his responsibilities and an earnest desire to meet them in a patriotic and benevolent spirit with dignity and ability he sustained the important duties of his bis station and aad the reputation ot of his bis personal perso niLl services with conspicuous graciousness and patriotic long be cherished cherish edby by his fellow coun thymen in token of respect to the memory of the decease d itis it 19 ordered that thai the executive mansion and the several department buildings be draped in mourning for a period perio dof of thirty days and that on the day of the f funeral all 11 public business in in the departments be suspended the secretaries of war and navy will cause orders to be issued for the appropriate military and naval honors rs to be rendered on that day done at the city of washington olun this day of november lii ju the year ot of our lord 1886 and of the independence of the united states ot of america the GROVER CLEVELAND by the president THOMAS V F BAYARD secretary of state slate DENVER 18 mr beceden Be heden mexican consul at kansas city stopping here a day or two in an interview this afternoon said the proposed filibustering expedition into mexico from america Atti enca is one of the most flagrant frauds yet per perpetrated pet rated a upon on a credulous people 1 I r cannot fida find language to denounce it as I 1 would wish the assertions made by recruiting officers that the scheme its Is endorsed by wealthy mexicans mexica us I 1 is 8 wholly untrue no man who knows the mexican people and their unalterable love for and faith in ie their country would ever make such a statement or give any credence cie dence to at it 1 challenge tue organizers in denver or any other bartot the united states connected with the filibustering scheme to name any prominent mexican recognized as a prominent man indis own country I 1 would take any notice whatever of this thi thing ng for the whole affair has been sufficiently ridiculed and sneered at by be most powerful powei ful newspapers in the united states but I 1 consider it my duty to WARS WARN EVERYBODY not to heed any af pf these alluring promises the men who believed them may be unaware of the fact that in recruiting crul cr ting for this purpose they make themselves liable to punishment by the united states government the whole affair is gotten up by peace dis aurbers ana border ruffians who have natural tural ailees in neighboring states alir and their on only yc N chances handes ol of success are those of belig being shot they forget that the day of successful revolutions in mexico is past in the old days transportation por tation of troops was difficult but now railroads take Eol soldiers diers rapidly to the rendezvous of rebels and the organized forces corces of the government have no difficulty in suppressing a revolt only a feir fe weeks t ago a very distinguished mexican who had held a prominent position in a former administration was complicated in a revolutionary scheme lie he was shot for high treason and in mexico cothey they dr do not give trailers a long trial they send them speedily to the place of execution where fles files of soldiers do the work of death sioux CITY iowa IS 18 the grand jury returned their report on the haddock murder dase case at al three this afternoon the jury returned indictments against thu the follows following 1 n g persons john arensdorf murder 1 land a nol conspiracy albert bismarck conspiracy menry henry sherman aberman conspiracy paul leader conspiracy F jr conspiracy geo treiber conspiracy sp iracy henry peters conspiracy L plath conspiracy these are the ten persons present when the crime was committed two of whom leavitt and bismarck claim that john arensdorf fired the latal fatal shot besides the charge of conspiracy each of i the parties is also charged with murder the supposition at present is ia that arensdorf will be held without bail bai lIand and the others in heavy bonds which with perhaps one or two exceptions they will be unable to f furnish urr the case will not be reached this term lof cobit of those indicted treiber Peters Plath and Granda have not been arrested and their whereabouts are unknown HARTFORD conn 18 the storm in this city fram a in to 1230 pm today was very violent so no loss of life Is reported but many buildings buil dinge were unroofed and barns blown down chimneys fences and trees were toppled over or broken the wires are down so that reports of the damage in neighboring places have not yet been received the loss here will amount to many thousands of dollars A number of large tobacco sheds containing this years valuable crop are reported report eci to have been blown dowland dow nand there will be large losses of |