Show telegraphic NEWS SAN FRANCISCO Dec 15 the steamship cilto of sydney arrived this afternoon frum from hong kong and yokohama the chinese papers give the details derails of the disaster occasioned lay by the yellow river overflowing overflow inK its banks in the province of hanau and describe it as oneff one of the most APPALLING occurrences in the loss of life and pro property erty recorded in recent times limes toe ane river broke its banks on the evening of september 28 southwest sou thweat of the city ot ching chow and not noi only completely inundated that city but ten otter ot pop ulous cities tile the whole area Is now a raging sea ten lo 10 thirty feet deep anere it was a densely po populated nud aud lich plain rue lormer bed ot toe yellow lver ver Is now dry aid the present lake was the ted bed of the river ceo ago the ibe loss of life is incalculable and the statement is made by aries that millions of chinese are homeless and starving thomas paton one of the Amer amerlean leaz writing from fronatt bonau pro virce under date of october saab the newly gathered crops houses and trees are all swept away involving a fedrial fi LOSS OF LIFE the country was covered with floe fine wi winter bread which is gone and implies a complete detraction det des ruction of next years crop bread bread is the cry of thousands who are on the river banks benevolent people go to in boats aid bread amon among the masses hee and there out lint it is n nothing compared with tile the masi oft of eople is stid being increased increase i by arrivals even more hungry alimi the last tiler they nt lit stunned hungry and dejected without a to wear or a t morsel ul of food mat hus bus are being erected for t uc them to the west of this place but what it will be in two mouths months I 1 cannot conceive the misery is increased owing to the bitter cold weather TUE TUB YELLOW RIVER has long been known as iiii sorrow 1 and the present dl disaster has proved to reassert its right to the tera title As yet there are but few details of the disaster lc it has occurred where but few foreigners are and the reports furnished by the officials mud aud published in the gazette convey a very inadequate idea of the extent ut of the loss of lutvi allt and property and the sufferings of the survivors the governor la in hoaas bonau reports to the throne thit that nearly au all the people have been drowned iii the district reached by tae water the sur being taase woo escaped to high ground or took refuge in trees where they remained i till they were rescued this gives but liti ie impression as to what the extent of the di dif abter really Is the chinese times states that in the province of chiuli where disastrous inundations have also a so occurred there are 27 people representing those whose lives were destroyed and adds that the misery in that p province is trifling I 1 cod pared aired with that tha caused b by the tha e hoang ho or yellow river re the extent of the ground swept over by the over in english figures ures is over square miles and the land thus submerged formed a part of one of the richest and most mast densely populated plains of northern china toe necessity tor for liberal aid may therefore be imagined already considerable consider aole sums have been contributed toward the relief of the sufferers the emperor of china has given two million and the chinese have started a subscription in shanghai to which foreigners have contributed liberally millions have been RENDERED HO HOMELESS and entirely deprived of all chances of earning their livelihood tor for their fields wiil wa I 1 either become a perma permanent tient lake or an uninhabitable s swamp it is feared that the lie distress which will be felt during the abe conring winter will equal in intensity the famine of ten yearb ago when the charitable donations contributed tri buted from all parts of the world were utterly inadequate it is stated that owing to the turn taken by the current the yellow no longer flows toward the seems content with converting bastein heuatt honau and northern into a lake it may ultimately ti flow into the sea through Kl aileon or it may even possibly joja jo a the yingtse Yang tse jacksonville dec 15 this afternoon a fire originated in Homb humblias lias hardware store at st augustine Augu atine destroying stroy ying lag a number of buildings loss insurance MINNIC minneapolis APOLIS dec 15 A special from dakota says the in daas on the cheyenne reservation and spotted till tall ageD agencies cies have raised and will send a delegation to washington to present their views on the sioux reservation matter sitting bull charger and hump will speak for the the indians are anxious to have the money paid to them direct copenhagen dec decle 15 an english detective dete by mistake arrested an american calling himself Pom meroy anderson the american minister here believes that Pom meroy is john ben son BOD who is wanted in san francisco for having perpetrated land adad frauds an Ame american Amerl cas detective has been cabled for to identify him NEW YORK dec 15 the grand larceny charge brought against HENRY 8 IVES by b president dexter of the cincinnati Wal hamilton wilton dayton railroad had bad its examination today counsel foiles for ives conceded the statements the contract made by ivea as trustee for tile the purchase nase of the terre haute indianapolis Indian polis road also the deposition depositing rif of the dealt to the credit of ives ivesa ab co as alloyed in the charge but insisted that due credit was made in the cincinnati hamilton day tons general account president dexter read it an extract f from to ives cash books tending to corroborate the complaint the cross was devoted to questions tending to show the personal anthus ani iau against ives on tae lae part of dexter hardy ossien one of ives bookkeepers was called the prosecution stated tuat it was wad its purpose to show that the 0 arm rui of IVES aco by the last of may alay was insolvent and would not be able abe to keep uv after june 6 without the use of the i alleged to have been appropriated i abed by ives ives took the stand and told the story of the vandalia Var dalia idalia transaction lie he had handed the to St aynor after the deal was completed and know how it had bad been deposited until chiq hi attention was called to it when asked it his firm was wad insolvent the last la st lay day of xav may witness said it was cot insolvent even when the asin a sin ws wes made on oil the th advice of his hia friend mr air dexter ives counsel took up the motion to dismiss the case declaring there was wag no evidence to show intent to defraud de the draft when it tell fell adne had bad been raid by ivesa ives co out of tile the money then in their hands and the c company had not lorit cent he denounced the case brou brought glat by dexter as an attempt vi V t i break ives down anu and prejudice aim in ane civil suit licit now pending justice killbreath took the motion UNDER advisement philadelphia dec lo 10 joseph krigar bookkeeper keeper of the manufacturers national bank was taken before U S commissioner edwards ed wards this afternoon charged with stealing from froin tue the funds of the bank between and it 1 ls i said that knight bad men ot en appropriating to tits his own use the banks money for nearly twenty dve anve years mr knight was bookkeeper of the manufacturers national bank tor for thirty live years and has always been considered and trustworthy john W Alo illy president of vie the batik bank said he be firt discovered that the books were beine falsified on the ath ot of t this h is month the kalance sheet coming coining 1 I out correct a bout stout MACON i ga dec dc c 15 this was the tenth lay day of the trial of woolfolk for tile the murder of nine dine of his family age jury was charged at noon and in twenty minutes in a verdict verdic t ot of guilty the prisoner was waa sentenced to HANG FEBRUARY 10 BOSTON dee dec 1 15 in the trial ot of mrs airs for the murder ot of tier her son willie her atte ruey ad admitted witted that the booy died from arsenic poi out but denied that it was administered t qa her he dei declared ared that dr DC liers beers gave willie some medicine trie the lay day beaure be was taken sick at his bis place of business diaries 11 robinson pon ot of the prisoner te tift d griat dr DL beats gave him lilma a lotof lot of powders lor for uzzle lizzia his bis sister and that tie he gave willie some white pills witness refused to 10 take them when requested to do so ao by beers mrs robinson then took the she said tt that willie had told her jae he had lent to dr beers or and had the batters lal lat note for it sue said she never at ac any time administered arsenic or a drug to her son and did not know its appearance or properties THIC BANDITS NOGALES dec 15 13 word has just imen een received of an engagement between the mexican troops under general borers and several of bercals bandits in which a number were wounded on both sides and one of the bandits made a prisoner A young mexican woman bernardina barraza barrazo 7 who had bee been n carried off by bernal after sacking the town ot of was waa resca rescued ed bicard the captured prisoner refused to tell the hiding place of bernal and was tied to a tree and shot A scout scouting tag party sent to cledea Ci enga now at chicola found three men supposed to belong to bernais Be Ber nals band and ishol aam ah in versailles kentucky dec 13 15 Mess messenger euger chief the noted trotting 1 1 stallion died from rupture last he was owned by george A singerly ingerly ri editor of the philadelphia record who valued him at PARIS dec ij 15 carvalho carvalbo manager of the opera domique Ue Co mique was sentenced today to six months imprisonment and to pay franc francs i to the various sut out ferere andre the fireman two months and 4 OW francs DUBLIN dec 15 the board of guardians of have resolved to grant the use of the board room for the meeting of the Nati national odal league in defiance of the police authorities tile the meletine to be held with locked doors dec 15 it is id report reported pd that Chat chatlain laio the french officer arrested yesterday for selling military secrets to germany was actuated b spite resulting from the slowness of of his promotion among his hia papers was a letter to crispi the italian premier NEW YORK dec 15 at p m after tl a long contest involving the call of the roll the convention chose hon daniel J ryan ayau of ohio temporary chairman by a vote of to over general nathau nathan goff of west virginia judge judae on taking the chair said we are here today to reorganize the clubs of to the country into a permanent organization we are here to boom the republican party and not any one in it we are here on the most important business oc cAStou believing that we must muse pet get down to business at once I 1 now ask your pleasure A number of secret tries iries were chosen and and a vice president for or each state was s selected e I 1 acted this was slow alow work and the convention adjourned till tomorrow morning at 10 THIS EVENING the club held a public meeting it in cooper union ilon hon J P lynch the colored orator of mississippi sip I 1 addressed the assemblage he ae said he was here to speak on the ibe sup oM oi of the colored vote of toe south by form forin of law he be said cleveland is president but morally he his has no more right there than he be has to toe throne of great britain cleve land could no more gut the electoral votee of mississippi louisiana and south Caru carolina litia than he could those of pennsylvania sylvania vermont and ohio there are over twenty thousand tao usand corp morp more colored men shaa white in mississippi not less than one third of the whites vote t the he republican ticket and no more than loan oue one tenth of th alin blacks vote we tiie democratic ticket yet tue tae state is always SURELY democratic they go through the forms forma of election down there 6 but ut as soon as ai the atie democratic are over the polls are closed sometimes there is difficulty in getting the democrats to falsity falsify ta returns when frustrated in this way they sometimes resort to violence alies frauds are perpetrated mainly because the general sentiment of the country tola rateb them until tue people of the tae north zet get their eyes open I 1 things will coolidge cool cOnt idue iane in the south toe speakers idea of the remedy was to red reduce ace the representation of the southern states alien it if colored men could not be represented they would have the satisfaction of knowing g the vo vote te was not noi going to the enemy SPEAKER NOYES of the massachusetts house of Represent representatives aives commended the address of mr lynch tariff is of 61 small importance compared with ith the tae question of human rights cleveland has taro barown w a a haunt let into i nto the areus arena that the republicans will quickly pick up the president issued a proclamation that had in it the plat platform forin ot or his party and a citizen across toe the water criticized criticised it great cheering and it spread overtake over tse world giving it many readers where it ir would only have had one we are not here to designate a candidate but he fie thought events had bad designated who the next candidate dati would he A from john S WISP of 0 virginia did bot st ax hopefully ot of tile the virginia ze publican aute riou huu Joua da dalziel alzi ea of pennsylvania dwelt principally upon the tariff he the surplus and many other ills all i to internal revenue new 16 when the delegated ates to tut convention of the republican cj cm u b began to tile file into chickering hall ioddy it was remarked that they wore a mure inure confident air than yesterday when the ba batallones bat aliona were dili dia ordered and headless the idea of a federation of the clubs centralized and obedient obe dieLt to the touch of a directing hand was before every ayi ey they were now in shape to carry out the purpose of the convention the committees appointed yesterday had been at work last night the rules of order had been framed evarts had been nominated tor permanent other matters had been arranged by other committees mit tees and everything should GO SMOOTHLY but how the high spirits and in some cases turbulence of the members could be held under restraint remained to he seen among tile the first to arrive and take a place on the platform was the temporary chairman diniel daniel J ryan toe members came in m slowly three sessions had been decided on for the days business morning afternoon and eveking ev eBing the frinder ot bu business wess to be the calling of the convention to by the temporary en airman and the reports of committees then permanent chairman evarts will take the chair and address the convention GETTING the convention was called to order shortly before 11 the first business before the convention was the reports of committees there were dab club tead read many of them suggestive of d distinguished leaders of the party the cheering was almost continuous as the following names dames were repeated john sherman U S grant chlrles uba rles sumner john A logan an ben wade abraham lincoln and james G blaine thelast the last name was greeted with tremendous awas ic was noticed that many delegates did not join in it gen robinson of the grant dab new york offered th the fol following lowine resolved lie solved that it is the duty of the government to place our country in such a state of defense as will commend the respect of all nations and for this purpose a large portion of the surplus revenue should be devoted to fortifying our building sh ships ps for our navy and the manufacture of modera art artillery lifery lor for the proper armament of the same all resolutions offered were referred without debate to the committee on resolutions RIC HE CREATES A SENSATION 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