Show LATEST TELEGRAMS president arthur anonymously threatened with assassination A howling hurricanes heavy havoc near hot springs Spring ark an american citizen unlawfully arrested in germany nipping frosts all over the northwest uy by AV U to the Clil Cli leago cac chip CHICAGO may 23 A meeting will 10 held liere here this week which will advance the tile rates to the interior point fl particularly to pittsburg and other pennsylvania cities J C mcmullin tillin of the chicado cl I icaco ct alton lias has refused to accept a place on oil the board of railroad Kail road arbitration which it ia is proposed to make take all the e place of bf the commissioner when I mr fink ink retires from that office A large number of reports from iowa points give further details of the damage by the frosts of sunday sundy mg night I i t and indicate that last nights cold wave was equally severe at boone a sharp treat nipped the tile corn more or less and great greatly anju injured red the fruita fruits especially it in I tit alie r rowlands fow lands about dubuque and throughout northern iwa iowa there was a heavy beav frost cherries and plums were rulenz ruined and the apples more or less injured along the iowa division of the wabash there was a heavy frost but the tile corn was not up and no harm barm was done there was no frost at keokuk it was heavy about cedar kapias and all kinds of vegetation showed its effects the weather has delayed corn planting and the farmers express fears that the tile corn already in the ground will rot at marshalltown Marshall town ice formed a quarter of an inch thick and fru fruit t was really greatly damaged dama Fed the crops were damaged considerably about burlington garden stuff was entirely destroyed st and corn is believed to be extensively injured sioux city reports unusual but not destructive cool weather leavenworth reports a severe frost in the tile section of the missouri Nr valley alley which killed much of the tender vegetation eta tion The grain crops were affected only slightly T the polar wave struck 31 madison adison wis and the mercury declined almost to freelin but there was no frost the cold col weather in that section se has retarded but not injured t tha crops A cold rain at lincoln nebraska excited rears that the corn would rot in the ground and other grain would b be in injured j re d today to ro day I will probably bring more mor e reports of injury as last night nigh was a cold one th rought the tile northwest tile night was cloudy and there was no frost here but early this morning a light snow fell nearly an hour on change this morning the prices instead of being strengthened by the unfavorable reports were rather weak and declined for forthe the cereals alie there receipts of corn were the heaviest of any ny day lay this year washington may 23 Rober Robertl litt cx ex assistant secretary se detary re tary lofstate of state before the tile house committee on foreign affairs testified touching the matters concerned with the chin peruvian investigation the witness had no personal knowledge of any connection of any minister plenipotentiary of the united states with the tile affairs of the peruvian company and know bothin nothing except that ho lie bad had seen in trint print ol 01 of a contract between morton mort on bliss I iss co and the credit industrial the witness arranged an interview between count demontier fer and a representative of the credit industrial and secretary blaine at which witness was present the court unfolded liis his plans of the tile company which embraced a protest by the united states blaine eaid said he lie could promise romise nothing witness did not enow know whether suarez ever had an interview with the secretary or not he ile was often at the department asking for an interview inai kandall andall was at the state department on two or three occasions witness never saw the missing papers it was hardly probable that they would come direct to the department without ho he seeing them trescott was consulted in regard to the chill peruvian matter and made a thorough investigation and prepared a statement of facts upon which the ex secretary could act he ile was specially charged with this matter in connection with the preparation of dispatches and with exception of the secretary was the most competent person to explain the meaning of every word in the tile dispatches ho was highly esteemed in the ue de apartment part ment on account of his ills high standing as a diplomatist and was reelected as a commissioner to visit south Ar america the chairman announced that blaine would again come before them tomorrow to morrow morning and tile committee adjourned terrific tornadoes may 23 special reports if destruction by a terrific tornado last week in polk county are corn coming in in by mail the residence of mr turner ur er at iron forks was demolished moli shed lied two children were killed and mr turner badly and his wife fatally injured in escaping some of the inmates had their clothing torn from their backs dr mcdaniels residence was torn to pieces and his wife severely if not fatally hurt the entire family of scott lindsey were badly hurt and mrs james davis a visitor probably fatally injured mr barber lost every building on oil his farm and mcknights Mc residence destroyed st the occupants escaping jos peppers little daughter was killed mr holmes and wife were fatally injured the baptist church of gard ners was destroyed it is estimated that fifty farms were devastated and destruct ionin theroun ty never had a precedent nt the tile damage is not less than in ill izard and polk counties snow storm iowa may 23 i the second snow storm of spring occurred C last night between 12 and n gd Oci ock it was snowing heavily for some time then grew clear and cold and another heavy frost is doing a great deal of damage small fruits are rc mostly ruined and other damage is feared davitts ticket of leave harcourt stated in the commons that michael davitt is subject to the conditions of his ticket of leave which will be revoked if he speaks contrary to law and order A war of wires NEW fay I M tho the following V dispatch t ll 11 it was sent by lie the Associate i presa 1141 agent a I t at new A york ork to the agent at san francisco N encisco all information I lean call obtain is from which is to the tile following effect the western union telegraph company notified alie new york associated socia ted press to withdraw its business il ss altogether from mutual union wires or it would be charged full commercial rates for al all I press matter transmitted over the western union aniol lines the new york associated associate I press refused to accept the terms and resolved to give all its business BO so far practicable to tho tile mutual union and pay y commercial rates to lie the western I wn union I n indian intelligence Citte CHICAGO Aco may 23 general sheridan as asa a specimen s of what education will do aroas allows the following lowine fol letter from an indian riTON Indian terri Territory t ory lay May 18 gen P 11 sheridan U S A chicago ills DEAH sin it is a long time ago I will wrote to you and I never got from you you any letter and I will try send acrid t to you a letter again and all the cheyenne chiefa ho lie knew about what you said and told you last letter about what you have been doing here 1874 and I liopo hope that you will write to me sooner I shall be very gard to hear from you and that is all I say to you respectfully WM wn LIT LITTLE CHIEF A black mack bilk may 23 the mayor received a letter this morning from sarah brown granddaughter of john brown warning the public against a colored man E IV hall who pretended to collect money for her mother the daughter of john brown she says lie is doing t aliis I is upon his own responsibility and that mrs brown is not in need having been placed in comfortable circumstances by a fund raised by the people of california over a year ago Cli charity arity dr stemen of ft wayne formerly Ileth methodist odist minister pr preached eclied last sunday evening and thought he lie discovered liis his bitter enemy dr in g er making faces at him he ile w walked a ked down the aisle and offered to thrash liim him at once retaliated tal talia bated ted by having stemen arrested on a charge of provocation when they met in the justices Just icea office stemen put in three stinging blows on his adver barys face which drew bloo dand th alie e case adjourned imprisoning our citizen LAFAYETTE ind may 23 barney garstman Harst man who nine years ago settled near here went back to germany four months since to seo see his parents and secure a patrimony the german authorities seized liim him and imprisoned Prise ripI liim him at munster on the eve of his bla departure le last saturday for america Americ ii lie ile is a fully naturalized citizen of if the united states when he lie first left germany he be was under orders to report for military duty captured MOUNT ill may 23 robert A smith who killed charley yost here was captured by a posse after being shot at several times and seriously wounded there are fears of mob violence he ile ia is now in white county nebraska districts LINCOLN neb may 23 barns apportionment portion ment bill passed the senate VI it divides nebraska into three congressional districts it is very pleasing to the southeastern counties but displeases lincoln and omaha assassination NEW YORK may 23 when postmaster pearson reached his ills office yesterday he found a postal card addressed to president arthur notifying him that if he lie recall miffs ter lowell from england and ask the unconditional surrender can citizens in the british dungeons without trial he lie would be assassinated tile writer will bo be sought for Presby presbytery powwow pow row wow III may 23 the presbyterian general Assem assembly lly this morning received the minority report presented by J B blaney from the commission board of publication wd and ordered it printed C L LT thompson hompson from the commission on homo home mi missions presen presented ted a report and explained its important points WC 11 roberts opened the discussion and was followed by byj J E platter of kansas rev jas Piere Pie report lort of san francisco kev it AV hill of oregon and rev M L cook of tana the report was adopted adopted till p in m damage lu in davenport DAVENPORT iowa may 23 at two this morning a heavy enow snow storm set in here and continued for four and a half hours fully three inches of snow fell but at daylight only about an inch was on oil the ground because of the melting no such storm occurred since tho tile ath of may 1840 1846 when about the same kind ofa of a storm prevailed tho the fruit yesterday morning did much damage daniago to ve vegetables eatables and small fruits in this region regio n Green backers Gat gathering bering ST louie louis may 23 abc national committee of tho the greenback labor p party ty luct this morning morn ng west virginia was the only state not represented it was was moved and carried that a committee be appointed to formulate an address to the people of which copies should be printed the chairman announced tho tile following as committee J F baldwin connecticut F S heath ileath pennsylvania E 11 II gillette iowa jamea james buchanan indiana E howe new york J W be begale ale R W putter florida F ariga W V martin district of columbia jas B weaver iowa G jones new york saml wood kansas A recess was then taken until |