Show r N 41 E A I 11 I va I I sap V I I I LATEST the alaska cross grosses es tho the atlantic m days pil 20 houra lamson liberally borally Li left for a lo 10 longer nger lease of life an original oua olla podrida of oriental occurrences I the ford rord brothers to on may yinth ninth by W V U ah to tho australian Afra affairs irs SAN april IS thero has h as arrived the steamer city of ot sidney via honolulu with tho the following news wellington march 25 parliament meeta meets to dispatch business bu Biness on n the of may the international exhibition initiated by joubort and tru penny opens at christ church on the of april success is anticipated Koth Noth tho the stor storms ms of wind during tho the harvesting the tile grain yield in the south of tho the island is reported good it is estimated that tho the property tax this year yielded the royal commission is now dealing in g with tho the claims for a land grant for military i services rendered native affairs a X airs are quiescent i e meent MELBOURNE march tho defenses will bo be actively proceeded with the government ordered tho the two gunboats gun boats alpha pattern and also torpedo launches with Norden feldt and Arth armstrong strong guns for tho the cerberus and nelson A permanent artillery corps will be re dished on a new basis the govern government mantwill men will twill probably ask parliament for a large vote tho the water famine continues throughout the country The rainfall is is three inches below the average for the last 24 years the sources of revenue continues to yield satisfactorily mostly beyond the estimate the governor is paying a short visit to brisbane the court awarded a substantial compensation to the sufferers of the Joli ment railway accident extensive frauds discovered four persons including a doctor were corn coni witted to trial at adelaide for conspiracy to defraud an annb obtaining 2000 on valueless fire life policies parliament has been further pro rogues for tho the twenty third of may yay doctor renwick min minister is of mines is on a tour of inspection through northern mining districts the protection and reform league invited graham berry late premier of victoria to address a meeting at S sydney on april at t the e banquet at st patricks day dalley Q C chairman the toast to the queen was drunk with enthusiasm colonel roberts commandant of the volunteer forces lias has been granted leave on tho the ground of ill health lie alth colonel christie Cli ristie succeeds him colonel crossman it E under instructions of the home government inspected the fortifications at port jackson also the torpedo works it is understood he lie is satisfied with the he system of defense the tile colony is suffer suffering ilig by the continued drought many places sustain loss of stock the loss less CHICAGO april 17 special Sip ecial dispatches fia having ving given exaggerated figures regarding the loss by last nights peoria fire the associated press agent there made inquiry of oscar furst the proprietor of the distillery till tillery cry who estimates his loss at 45 efforts to escape JC A dispatch from little idock says early thia this morning fifty convicts tried to escape from the camp at fouche creek eight succeeded in ill ai passing ng tho the guards but ono one was killed instantly antly two were badly wounded and the remaining five are being hunted down by bloodhounds and guards guard with shotguns the F ford ord felons ST louis april 17 A report just gained circulation here that the ford tr i others who killed jesso jesse james I were nvere hung at st joseph this afternoon inquiry proved this to be false but cheated elicited tho fact that tho grand grand jury found an all indictment against them for murder in the first degree thia this noon and about an hour later the boys were brought into court pleaded guilty and were sentenced to be banged on the lath of may I A jury case charleston S C april 17 two white jurors juro ts in ale uie election case came into court this morning and stated they signed the verdict kibur saturday under misapprehension and duress of bodily pain the judge held that the avowal came too late and the defendants excepted and made a nj motion trial judge bond overruled the motion of tho the defendants to quash tho the arraignment of the grand i jury u on oil the ground that a I had a rubeen been illegally drawn leniency for lamson Lain sot LONDON april IS 18 lams lamson has been beell granted further respite until all the instant the secretary of state for tile homo home department addressed the follows following g letter to the tile high sheriff of surrey P WHITEHALL april 10 SIR SIM the minister of the united states having communicated to the secretary of state the earnest wish of the president that the respite of tho the sentence of dr H henry L lamson should be further eiten tl rd in order to give time for tho the of certain documents a portion of which is is now on the way irom from america I am to signify to you tho the queens corn com mand that tho the execution of the sentence of death as passed upon lamson be further extended until friday tho the of april you will ivill at the same date sea see that tho the prisoner is informed orthis of this efte extension ni oath of the present respite but take caro care to clearly explain to him that no further respite will be granted and that lie no evi evidence dence which has hitherto hitherto been submitted to the secretary of state cither either from england or america affords any juso jus for advising any inter for enco ened with the sentence of the law signed W V HAR COUnT the shortest time NEW yorm april 17 tho steamship alaska arrived on sunday from liverpool having made the trip in six days and twenty hours business blocked MEXICO april 17 the northerner at alvera vera cruz the tile past five days prevents the steamers from landing or leaving all busi business is stopped I I at I I I I k AL I i V V I I die the railroad ST louis mo april 17 three county judges of green county missouri appeared before tile U S court at Jef lerson city today to day to show cause they failed failed to levy tax to pay tile ii interest I teres t due on oil the tile kansas kausas city memphis it it bonds ends the bonded boude debt with interest accrued amounts to over the tile citizens of green count county declare they w ill not lay nay th these C so bonds bords and the farmers have organized sed callip themselves brothers others Jr of freedom 72 to resist the payi payment nent of tho tile tax when the land is sold for the tax taxes 03 ther they proposed to buy it in for ono one dollar I r a and n d d declare e c a r e openly p e n t that b a t t the I i e c chimato i ma a t c of f G green r e e n C county ui i t y ly will I I n not t be health healthy I y br for any person who bids higher A big blaze GREE i pa april 17 A firo fire broke out in new alexandria westmoreland county at this evening it is still ra raging ing two stores and six dwellings have v already been consumed A report at ten ton says the fire is beyond control an and edth t he citizens i t i z e n s n are r e p panic an ic stricken A As the e bildings mil u i d dings i n g s a are r e m mostly atly frame framo there is little hop of saving tho the town which has about inhabitants the loss thus far is estimated at small insurance caved in md id april 17 tho roof of the doe doo guley tunnel on the baltimore ohio it R caved today burying twelve laborers under tho the debris somo some of them then are probably family injured the road is blockaded iho the jeannette crow crew D C april 17 secretary hunt received a dispatch from hoffman charge ct cr af faires at st petersburg under date of march inclosing a letter from chief engineer 21 stand written at a point on liis his wy way to tho the mouth of th the e lena miles beyond Ya sk kutski hoffman states that the lic governor of this port appears to have shown much bood ns N will v ill in sending your orders of ro jan t 11 to 11 melville elville as an cs es has beer ordered and paid for to the speed with which it went through is quite remarkable cd ed me under date of jan from a about bout from st petersburg he ile ma may 17 be expected liere here about april chief engineer melville in the let ter referred refereed to says lie has every reason to hope to find delong and liis his p people cople tragedy Emp april 17 preston gower killed bis brother in law clarence findley Find loy then returned home and killed his wife then himself gower was drunk havoc at hebron oz ct april 17 the congregational gregat ional church the schoolhouse and ud some dwellings at liea bron wre burned ned tile loss is is partially partial ly i insured ansa red |