Show GENERAL NEWS W U to th jaag la the 11 CHICAGO may 14 indiana develops quite boom among democracy in favor of judge field somo of the most prominent ciana in this state are advocating nomination admits he would like to see the judge nominated rice secretary of the state central committee say there is a great deal of talk about field as an available man NEW YOKE may 14 cincinnati special bays james rice of the democratic state central committee says of jus lice field and the presidency there to be a great deal of talk about him as an available man lie would be if nominated while he ought to be able to carry the pa cafio elope be would certainly not be a weak man in new york if the friends of the other candidates are so divided that they have to find a horse know of no reason why they should not unite on mr field gov of indiana says he regard field as a great jurist and thinks ho is able to carry the pacific slope und brints washington may 13 senator farley today to day introduced a bill to authorize the roman catholic bishops of california to sell the college ranch in santa barbara county and apply the proceeds to maintenance of one or more seminary colleges elsewhere it appear that the lands referred to were granted to bishop alemany nd his successors by ft U S patent in pursuance of a decree odthe land in trust for the religious purposes and uses to which they have heretofore been appropriated but it is now found they are not suitably located for those purposes aad an act of congress is considered necessary to discharge them from the trust may 14 in lafayette township on sunday night a drunken farmer lavished ravished ravi shed his three daughter inner fifteen and eighteen years of age their screams were hean by neighbors A large party armed men are in pursuit of the lying fiend appropriation may 13 the full ieuse committee on agriculture to lay ageel to recommend an ampro ria tion of for the collection and dissemination of information relative t agriculture in the arid regions of the united states this is horace pavis proposition with he phraseology ao changed as to divest the appropriation of an ap of sectionalism by basing t upon a fact of nature the term arid has been used in the sense nade familiar by Po wele report as le of all that region west of he meridian where the year s divided simply into two seasons he rainy and the dry except the of oregon and washington territory A atty ird may 13 the house naval adaire committee today to day agreed to recommend the passage of representative whitakers joint resolution authorizing the secreta of the navy to appoint a commission commis Bion to investigate and report to the desirability and expediency of cs tab lishing t navy yard on the north coast chairman whitthorne has prepared a brief written in advocacy of the proposed action setting forth tho growth and import tance of commerce and magnitude of the national interests to be bab by it the commission are of course to designate what point en the coasts of oregon or washington territory Is most tle mining hill ady 13 the house mining toi today to day adopted the bill which was greed upon by the pacific coat delegation bat tuesday evening and then fully telegraphed in these dispatches the pur pose of which is to provide for the location of flat lodes and exempt from the square location system all veine having greater ip than twenty five degree bedford was authorized to report it for practically unanimous vote of the committee warren of ohio being tho only member who refused hie concurrence lie took the ground that the passage of this bill will have an effect of preventing action upon any other branch of the public land commissions mining bill and ho is doubtless correct jn this view it being in fact the anten lion of the cramere of this measure to regard it as a substitute for the whole of the recommendations made by that commie eion in regard to mineral lands and mining laws the gottal rottal washington may 13 the committee on appropriation in reporting the postal appropriation bill aavo stricken out horace davis providing for the remission of heavy extra charges against the cluttering colonies lor the overland af pf their mails bat booth and farley will endeavor to have the clause restored in tho senate Bl acklan united states superintendent ol 01 foreign malls s volunteered an bethe fore t cenate committee to oppose their end thil official monstrance jS trance fettled ite fate in tho committee tho animus of the op position appears to be simply that our peat tt authorities insisted at paris convention upon being allow ad the power to tap present charge and that they w nh to continue it both a mean of helping to ewell the department revenue and matter of and pride of opinion oa 01 ti cpr off WAni may 13 abo clerk of senator of the left for georgia a bev day ago carrying away all tb papers to tho committee and senator rhee ha started a deputy sergeant at arm after him to obtain the papers if possible A trie aa may 13 the exe cution of brandt and wise for the murder of n order to obtain hi life ingance in rance took place thia morning buo made dilate ment on the confessing the guilt of all wore held on tho platform and all appeared reconciled to their fato the deitte of all three to fonow i upon the I of th trap t i ua may 13 the village stuyvesant Stoy vesant eleven miles north of this city was destroyed by fire this mernin involving ft loss of over the caught in the storehouse of the new york fe catskill steamship company among the buildings burned are the post office the house of the new jersey ice company railroad depot clapps hotel iron lo andry st marys church and all the buildings on both sides of the railroad track covering a radius of over a square mile among the faue buildings destroyed is that of senator wendover A tramp giving the name of james smith wai arrested charged with causing the fire the ani agu SAN may 14 the vie tims of the II anford tragedy were buried yesterday all business houses were closed and tho whole population attended the obsequies the autopsy has been made the body of uart but no evidence has yet been taken by the coroner A citizens committee lias been appointed consisting of settlers residing on the ands noi within the rail oad grant and unconnected with the league to endeavor to act a comaromi comp romi ew th the railroad alie league are guarding the railroad property to prevent any depredations by irresponsible individual and seem de ter mined to permit the commission of no overt act but wib continue to hold their home at any cost SAX CISCO cala may 14 clark agent ef the railroad cm pany who accompanied U S marshal poole on his trip to II anford states today that after the shooting had taken place the settler who had not fallen in the fight having drawn off some distance crow came to his buggy panting with his exertions and leaned over the wheel saying in response to inquiries that he was unhurt near by a boy was biving vent to his grief over the body of one of the killed and one of the settlers coming up to him eaid thia is more than we bargained for then said crow why did you commence firing we did not said the settler you began it yourself crow then moved away and the settlers having rallied followed him until he was finally sho down the railroad authorities are now in consultation as to the next but no conclusion has yet been reached they will be guided strictly by the law in the ahe matlock in i may 13 the condition in illinois is as follows eighty aix counties have held contentions tent ions grant men caim that ex elusive of cook county chese coun lies have given grant a majority of about thirty five in the state contention the anti grant men claim bey will have a small majority in he state conven tou which the six een counties that are to be heard will increase they feel tain that the cook county delegation of ninety taru me will added in fact the members of that delegation decide to accept no compromise and to be admitted as a whole or not to go into the springfield convention at all in case the grant men are able to control the convention before the cook county delegation is admitted and the probabilities alber lean that way bow the probable outcome will be two state conventions two sets ot delegates of the chicago convention and a belter halu than at the equity would teem to be on ane side ot the Blaine Washburne combination so far cook county is cons bernd but there ie no doubt the county convention acted hastily and ill advisedly in mothering thel rant delegate and giving ahem he opportunity port unity which they courted o withdraw the congressional districts jn the state are trusi anti grant fifteen for grant four contention in whiteside chumy resulted in a straight wash burno vict bry thu defeating grant ichi own the galena district the delegates ps the state convention who oppose grant an for blaine although wash burne something BOm ething like eighty of them on birr 13 the foundry and railway buildings largo ice house stores etoi at are burning burn ipg the hudson river railroad track ia blocked with alie ruins of the fire and the rails are warped traine are stopped side of the fire the wires anro also down arn coming ip may 13 A dia patch from sacramento baye a case carao up this morning without argument tho court ordered that kearney hayo leave to bring up all matters appertaining to the record and that a further taice place monday next this brings up the whole desired by kearney the court reserves the right to pass upon the admissibility of matter that may be brought UP |