Show BY feu FER WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH JINE JANE 1 l i WASH washington ington dec 23 the naval board of inspection which surveyed urve burve the united states steamer tennessee Tennes seel has reported to the navy department that the vessel cannot be repaired w within the statutory limit of twenty per cent and will have to be condemned the tennessee will probably be used as a receiving ship in place of the minnesota the president has fixed the following oates dates for state entertainments at the white house during the present sea sod eon saturday the the presidents new years reception to officials and the p bublic from II 11 a am in to 2 P pm in i saturday january ath january V D february ath and F e br uary mrs mr Clev elands receptions fm 3 to 5 pm in thursday january st the presidents ya residents reception to the diplomatic corps from ft om 9 0 to 11 p in thursday january dinner to the cabinet thursday january presidents reception to senators ana representatives in congress the judiciary acom 9 to 11 pm thursday february dinner to the diplomatic corps carps thursday february presidents reception to officers of the army and navy and marine corps thursday february dinner to the supreme court t tuesday february presidents i s public reception from 9 to 11 p m it will be observed that mrs Clev elands saturday afternoon receptions are given fortnightly alternating with avith the presidents evening receptions the foregoing plan provides some entertainment at the white house every week and is arranged so as to close the fhe social season as it begins with a state reception in which the public can participate the president has bas granted a pardon la the case ot of ali ah hoot and Sl SJ two umatilla indians who are now confined in the prison at salem oregon on for the murder of a white man q they hey are in bad health and are not expected acted to long survive their release bolln john S williams colored of natchez Natch cz miss who is serving a term lermon of imprisonment lor for pei perjury jury in a pension case cage has also been pardoned the capital was almost deserted today two or three senators and a half dozen representatives dropped in to attend to personal correspondence and the subcommittee sub ab committee of the house committee on naval affairs spent an hour or two in hearing several officers of the navy i Depatt department ment in explanation ot of estimates for the maintenance of that department during the ext fiscal year with exceptions the halls balls of the housewert Hou abandoned to pages and employees engaged in cleaning up and aad distributing documents AN EXTRA EXTRA SF the evening star has the following low g the probability of the fiftieth jhc thc congress gress being convened in extra session lit at an early day in the spring ig being discussed among public men unless the present congress shall provide some means of relieving the treasury from the steadily increasing surplus it is the belief of some prominent democrats that congress willbe will be called together to perform that task one of the high officers ot of the treasury says he hb has no doubt of an extra session unless ibis congress shall deal with the surplus question he expressed the opinion that the president would convene the fiftieth congress congre ss within thirty days after the ath of 0 f maich should be done in the way of relief wr for the treasury by that time rear admiral worden was placed on the retired list ot 0 the navy naoyo today t oda day with the est pay pay of odthe the gra grale 0 e the Pr president eident has directed that all executive be closed on at noon on the day before christmas and new years days col dec 23 the most important imports nt mining litigation ever tried in colorado Colora oo was concluded in the he united states stages circuit court here today millions of dollars are involved in the result of the trial and a prece dei deat t set which involves the title of nearly in the vicinity of aspen pitkin county colorado the question at issue was whether the aspen mines contained fissure veins or deposits of ore it if the fissure theory was correct then the owner whose claim was on the apex or where the outcrop outcroppings pings are visible on the surface had the right under the united states statute to follow the dip of the vein lute into the other oteyer claims but if the deposit theory was maintained then ftfe vast number of dineson mines on the side of aspen mountain could be operated by their owners as far as the boundaries of their clait claims aLs the present suit was brought by D M hymae of cincinnati against J it wheeler of new york city and ana other capitalists hyman owns the durant mine an apex ape claim and wheeler and friends own the fimma emma mine which lies immediately beneath the durant and alongside the aspea mine the 1 durant is the older location but rich ore was first in the emma and worth of ore gre had been taken out of th eEmma elEmma before the durant people brought suit to gain possession of the emma on the apex theory and the court enjoined the euila from further operations ane catu bas beu on oll trial thice thi ce weeks the he bast known willing exits expel in ill the west being about equally divided un an eacia bide to the jury brought bru tight in a iu in favor ut ul tha durant mine the aspen mire the richest in the camp lies immediately beneath the emma and suit is 14 now pending to obtain possession ol of it by the durant people two million dollars have been taken iron from the aspen mine and there was as much more la in sight when the work on it was enjoined it is reported the apex owners have haac been awaiting the result of this trial and aird will now bring suit to recover POST pos session of those mining claims lying lying 9 04 i the mountain side below them this I 1 is the first case involving the apex theory since the leadville litigation was begun in the early history of that camp and which was settled about three months ago in the supreme court of the united states against the apex theory in the leadville cases the hanging wall was claimed to be porphyry and the foot wall limestone in the aspen case ase it to is claimed that the hanging wall is of calcine and the loot foot walf of limestone Dici ivEn col dec 28 J 41 L cooper president aeu of the colorado cattle growers 9 association to today day addressed the following letter to te the members of congress 1 I would respectfully represent by the authority of the executive committee of the colorado cattle growers association that the bill recently introduced trod by warner miller of new york providing for the establishment lish ment of a commission authorized to deal with the question of contagious diseases will not meet the demands of the cattle industry by protection but that the law creating the bureau of animal industry should be amended enlarging the th epowers powers of the me bureau to the end that the practical knowledge acquired by its officers and agents in the investigation made by tham could be e at once utilized for the safety and protection of american cattle the provisions of the above mentioned bill omitting the section creating a commission are not objectionable but should be made by amendment a part of the bureau of animal industry dul itry law i CHICAGO ill dec 23 mrs jessie johnston Johns too a daughter of henry C munch formerly a a wealthy board of trade speculator and the wife of a young lawyer at knoxville Enox ville iowa threw herself into the lake at thirty ninth street today to day the body was rescued by a policeman before life was extinct but the efforts to resuscitate the suicide were of no avail it is stated by mrs johnstons friends that her intellect previously brilliant bad been more or less less unbalanced since alace her admission to the iowa bar about four years ago Over kersta stady y is 8 t the e cause assigned signed Mrs S Johnston n a ao ago o on only a short ti time e a ago 0 to place herself un under er the care of a doctor her hus husband and was to have been here tomorrow to spend the holidays ain her company yesterday afternoon edward 8 isham of counsel for the first and second mortgagee mort mor agee bondholders Bond holders ot of the W wabash abash road said the new proposition as outlined does not differ in any material way from the one refused by judge gresham last week it Is a mere repetition of the former one with some apparent changes the effect of the new proposition would be precisely the same as that of the old one the koblect is to cripple part of the property and enable those heretofore in control contralto olto to keep up their administration to put an end to which was abe object of the court in appointing a new receiver CHICAGO dec 28 the firm farm house bouse of caleb russell near saybrook ohio caught fire at an early hour this morning when the neighbors arrived who was 80 60 years yeara old and his wife bo 50 taa abad escaped from the house but they were so much overcome by the heat beat and smoke that they died shortly afterward A A demen demente tedi dj son who slept upstairs was burned to death louisville dec 23 the strike of the freight brakemen on the louisville Na nashville saville road is confined to the main stem between louisville ind and nashville and the north end of the knoxville Enox ville division no freight was sent south from here today to day over that road and none was received notices have been issued to shippers that until further notice no freight will be received lor the spain by the company compan here the management aun announced announce ounce striker net at work by I 1 tomorrow to morrow will be taken into the service again NEW ORLEANS dec 23 28 today today the second engineer thomas hunter and six chinese firemen of the british steamer suez sues went to the coal bunkers tor for the purpose of trimming coal the engineer carried carrie a lamp As soon as he entered the bunkers an explosion occurred caused byrbe by the accumulated gas co coming mingin in contact with the flame of the lamp the engineer and six were badly burned about the face hands and body hunter and three of the were fatally burned it is believed LIVERPOOL dec 24 the largest and most disastrous fire in liverpool since the year 1847 occurred this morning when i the he extensive retail stores stores of john lewis co on brunswick road were entirely destroyed the stores contained an immense christmas stock all of which was ws consumed as attractive menagerie connected w with th the establishment total loss is placed at two million dollars wis dec 24 the trial of I 1 the he i i oters has been adjourn adjo d until monday mayor was on OE the stand this morning and testified in regard to the proclamations procla matious which he lulled d may eth and eth adge J sloan when NR he adjourned court told th the atto I 1 inca ne s tor for the defense that he would only allow them to call six witnesses to prove there was no riot at bay view the lawyers attempted to discuss the matters matter but judge sloan stated that lie he considered six witnesses enough so far as he be was concerned he said a thousand witnesses could not make him believe there was no riot at bay view he added incidentally that lie he deemed the firing of the militia per featly justi justifiable flable washington dec 25 the condition of general logan who has been suffering several days from acute rheumatism has grown rapidly worse so much so us as to seriously alarm his bis family rally friends iu in attendance speak in n despondent terms of the prospect of bis is recovery dr jr H baxter his attending physician said to an tempress ted press reporter tonight to night that the generals condit condition iob was indeed alarming his illness said the doctor dates back pearly nearly two weeks when I 1 was called in and found him suffering considerably from acute rheumatism which was confined chiefly to his right wrist in the course of three or four days it yielded to treatment and he became very much better within a day or two however he took additional cold which resulted in a relapse the rheumatic affection extending to the hips and loa lorvet er extremities as well as to both arms the attack has been attended at times by a high fever and a nervous prostration in which the brain is consider considerably atly involved resulting in delirium more or less active while he is not now suf fang frang any pain incident to the rheum rheumatism a yet anere has been tor the past two or three days a gradual decrease dec in strength and a tendency to brain complication of a very serious nature the fact is said the doctor he was too much reduced in strength by over system wa kasnot suot in proper condition to resist the disease he lies most of the time in a deemi aemi con scions condition from anich he be to is with difficulty aroused at times he knows bis friends but soon sinks into a lethargic sleep his lever is somewhat increased to tonight to n night continued the doctor and the brain symptoms are more prominent and bis condition I 1 must say is very critical 1 in response to a question the doctor said the danger lies dotso much in the possibility of heart complications as to in his bis extreme exhaustion and brain affection the doctor says the senator ator had an attack four years ago but it was not attended by any oftie alarming symptoms prominent now dr baxter has called dr hamilton surgeon general of the marine hospital service and dr lincoln as consulting physicians consultations are held three or four times daily one of the physicians will remain at the senators bedside tonight to night to be relieved by another who will remain during the entire day tomorrow to morrow CHICAGO dec 25 two local papers published this morlin morning g give accounts of 0 the arrest abere obere here yesterday esterday of jim wh who has ling ng been generally believed to he be the leading gerpe of the st louis and san francisco express robbery last Octo berand two of his accomplices according to the accounts referred to the men were arrested in a house bouse of questionable repute and upwards of in money captured with them the men are said to have been slin shadowed dowed for some time on account ot of weir lavish display of money and swaggering gait and their appearance which warranted the assumption that they were railway brakemen up to a late hour In information format ion from detective sources was of a decidedly meagre nature but conveyed the impression that the officers believed themselves to have captured the train robbers the trio are in close custody and the papers publishing the reports of the arrests maintain stoutly that the statements given are substantially correct their authority Is stated by them td be equivalent to direct information from the officers maki making tir the arrest it is now reported from sources lor for the first accounts that the amount of money captured on the robbers is 5 note as at first stated state ii the latest assertions concerning the case are to the effect that the men themselves were not shadowed their whereabouts being unknown but that a anor orious woman who was wa intimate with the suspected Cumin cummings ings was traced here from st louis and has for about ten days been kept under constant espionage in this city this plan was rewarded by the appearance of cummings and his comrades the man cummings is said not to be the noted desperado bearing that name hame but another whose career has attracted less attention all arts known to the detectives were in use throughout toe night and during morning and afternoon to lorce one or another of the three men to i edeal their secrets tonight to night it is confidently confide asper asserted ted in some quarters that from one of the robbers has at last been extorted ja B partial confession KANSAS CITY dec 25 oscar cook a cooper was arre arrested s ted in a gambling house in the nort northern h ern part of the city this afternoon on suspicion of |