Show 1 1 I 1 y 1 1171 1 aam I r A 1 I 1 ak V T I 1 k I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 LATEST TELEGRAMS I 1 general stile of the cig biar ax makers of the country in near prospect rolt postmaster mast r general timothy 0 he howe we dies unexpectedly N new proportions of the payment of the postmasters I 1 california agriculturists rejoicing over the eains rains tsy sy NV U telegraph raph to tho the lerald Il Hern kl 1 I points for washington WASHING TOV march 26 the postmasters mas throughout the country are manifesting some uneasiness about tle the results of the readjustment of their salaries on the basis of the 2 cent postage in order that their income might not bo be cut down in the proportion to tle reduction of the thel postage congress last winter enacted a new schedule of the asters salaries the new and old schedule s cannot bo be exactly compared because there arc are differences in the gradation of offices in baell class and because the present schedule includes box rents a variable clement element and limits the compensation from box rents to one sum if the postmaster furnishes the boxes and to another if lie d does not but makenz making the comparison as closely as possible ae between maxi maxis main mum coin compensations sensations a under tinder the present schedule and the fixed compensation under tinder the new schedule it appears that lie latter makes borne some advance in the salaries among first class elass offices the gross revenues are the present maximum compensation is 2940 2040 and after the new schedule ROCS goes into effect the fixed salary will be where whet e the gross receipts are the new schedule will raise tho the pay from 3 maximum to where the receipts are the pay will be advanced advance I from to if the tile t are the new salary will c the maximum is where receipts are ill 0 new salary will be 3 and anti the lie present maximum is where ilie the receipts rec are between and the new ne w salary will be the present maximum ranges from to 4 boo under Und ertho the present at heddle t the lie max maximum ilium salary will be paid where the receipts exceed ander under the present belied tile the tile maximum salary where die receipts are aro would bo be and the game same where here thu the receipts are hut but where the receipts are 1 the balara would be 1700 the reason for tills this inequality is that part of tho the salary consists of diminishing tile commission on the receipts and two tenths ocono of ono per cent cant of ol is more than a tenth of one per cent of the new schedule of the pacific salaries all these aberrations er ei on second and third class offices office 3 the comparisons are because a largo large part of the present coin compensation pein aaion is calculated on the revenues eve of odthe the ollice not to exceed a maximum of 1350 which is in addition to the revenue from box rents and commissions where the receipts exceed 1000 under the new schedule second class offices es are those whose receipts range from 1 to S and the salaries from 2000 to 2900 tho tim third offices are those whoso ahw receipts are from 1900 to 0 and the salaries range from 1000 to 1900 in ollices of the class the postmasters are now allowed CO 60 per cent of the first per quarter of the revenue and 50 30 per cent on the tile revenues exceeding that and not exceeds exceed ing amo tho the new schedule allows the whole of the first 50 30 of the reve nue per quarter CO 60 per cent of the next and 50 percent of the next rain railing halll n SA SAN FRANCISCO march 20 dispatches from various points of the in gerior state there has a fall ofrain of rain wech will greatly enhance the crop pro prospect prospect I 1 the rainfall thus far noted seems to prevail principally in the northern counties of tho the state the rain lias has been quite heavy in some rome localities and light in others ot liers tho the advantage to tho the growing crops is great A beaty shower is prevailing here and it t is thought the course of the storm is is southward where the greatest need of rain is felt after apaches Tuc sos A T march 24 tho stars says the apaches are still east of blag magdalana Magdal dalena cna some eay say there are fifteen apaches others say two hundred three men arc are reported killed this afternoon and some women ravished lavished ravi shed by the savages av A force of soldiers is at magdalena the last heard from tho the troops is that they started yesterday they were on the trail and not far behind general carbo commanding officer has given give n orders not t to 0 take iny any prisoners either men women or child ren germany and 31 mexico exico BERLIN march 26 the treaty of commerce between germany and mexico lias has been submitted to the it secures the safety of tho the retail trade and the freedom of property owned by germans in mexico from forced loans or war charges mobbing murderer cincinnati march 26 an ashland ohio special says sheriff gates went to polk yesterday on a telegram and arrested george horn and william gribbens accused of murdering williams a lumberman whose body was found horrible mutilated are in danger dan gerof of t tho he mob 0 no o positive testimony lias has been taken the coroner postponing the inquest for fear odthe tf alio mob an innocent convicted march 26 six years ago a mrs cready disappeared about four years later silas arrested on the testimony of an ex convict and upon the fact that a womans comans skull found in tho the river the jury convicted him of murdering her Go governor pattison signed his is death warrant on wednesday fixing may 24 forthe for the execution yesterday a reporter found a woodchopper living V atthe at the foot of south mountain near shippensburg burg who makes an af davit that a man named jack pettis confessed confess C ito to him that he lie killed the woman pettis was a convict in the penitentiary and committed suicide soon after making bonfe confession aaion the tile governor will reprieve rep gray not true S ST T the report which had gafnea currency of the death of Pers ilieff formerly di rector of the who attempted to commit suicide a second time on monday last Is is not true I 1 I I 1 Y bixl tait ixl 7 Z 1 I 1 4 7 T iss I 1 washington washington march 20 ex Vf dent diaz and party arrived here they were met at the depot by romero the mexican minister davis assistant secretary of state and so brown chief clerk of the state Denart department ment and escorted to the hotel the ex president and party will be presented to the president by secretary Freling buysen this afternoon all government building buildings were placed at half mast today to day ash mark of re respect icat to the memory of the late postmaster general when the date of the funeral is decided the Prem president ident will asue executive ordera orders when the criminal court reassembled this morning orning in ingersoll began the redirect examination of witness kellogg ho ile said lie had been unable to identity positively dorseys handwriting because ho lie said ho lie had seen it BO so often and so closely imitated b by it erdell that it was nias a matter of much difficulty to distinguish between the tile original and the imitations in an ewer to merrick the tho witness said lie had conversed with dorsey on this subject since since leaving the stand he ile had hael not fully understood the remarks of the court that lie did not know dorseys Dore cys handwriting or lie would have made an explanation at the time lion ilon horace F page of california was called he ile identified the letters and ilio the portions concerning the route from redding to alturas alburas and related the efforts he had made to have that vint service in increased creased jas gamble of new york contractor testified to have occupied a portion of the office used by dorsey in 1881 at broadway ho ile described the rooms and their occupants and said he saw no red desk in that office he lie never saw beaster there secretary folger ia is better this morning secretary lincoln wilt leave washington tomorrow to morrow morning for green bay wis to attend the funeral of the late late postmaster general howe during his absence gen sherman will perform the duties of the secretary of war taa jonathan biglow orthis city counsel for sergeant mason while lie waa was on trial before the court martial for the shooting at Gnit guiteau eau in theN the District bail jail lias has filed a wit kilt against mason his wife wire betty and the banking house of co for alleged duo due liim him for counsel fees among those who will leave washington tonight to night to attend the funeral ceremonies of the lato late postmaster general are secretaries teller lincoln and chandler anil anti a delegation from the Post office department consisting of hon lion frank hatton acting postmaster general judge freeman aset atty benl john jamison abst of the railway mail service and several others col C oa 01 parker chief inspector and col thompson supt bupt of the railway mail service service now traveling in the west were notified and expected to join the delegat delegation iun to kenosha Ko nosha it is possible that senator hill ifill of colorado acting cha chairman i irman of tho the senate committee on cs and post roads and hon lion henry A bingham of penury pennsylvania I 1 vania chairman of the house committee will accompany the delegation from washington mrs mealier BOSTON T march 20 A special from windsor vermont states that mrs meaker who is to be hanged lian ged on friday r realizes ll 11 i z th the certainty certai aty uty of tier her sha knits its and and sews all the time she is 13 strictly guarded b by an officer but keeps lier her own coun counsel sWand and is anxious to see tho the gallows before she goes out for tho the last time slie she says she sh e will wal ic alone for her coni cons science is clear and she adds that her murderers will repent some day she evinces no sorrow for herpst her past deeds and lias has no desire for religious consolation being very deaf it is extremely thern e bard to converse with her and to today day day she was calmly and busily at work she I 1 hag I 1 not yet seen her son almon who is is at work making shoes and who seems to manifest no anxiety for his mother or her doom this being the first woman executed in kew new england much interest t is felt to see how slie she will go through the scene and many applications have been made to see tile execution which will be conducted as privately as the law demands the woman is 44 years of age cae caie anticipated march 26 owing to an anticipated cave in the alpine ridge colliery of the delaware hudson co work was suspended today tho the timbers supporting tho the roof in the main gangway have given given way serious results are hourly expected batal jealousy ST lons lovis march 20 in iii marion C county 0 u nty henry williams killed G geo eo K kennedy e n n y the cause of the bloody deed was jealousy both were old farmers arina h Asea asarin sAns march 26 the trial of six six members of alie armagh assassination society was begun liere here today to day judge lawson presided murphy in opening the case for the crown dwelt strongly upon the circumstance that when burns arrived in ireland at the end of 1880 to organize the assassination society he displayed an american flag from his lodging at cross maglen tho the evidence odthe of alie informer will ba be introduced by the prosecution for the purpose of showing that the murders were planned by the society and documents supporting this charge will be provided capital and labor MILWAUKEE march 26 at a secret meeting of the cigar makers last night the committee reported the manufacturers would not nor accede to the advance of one dollar per tho thousand us and the men determined to go on a strike mav letters were read from new york chicago and phila i d delplina delp I 1 hia liia stating that strikes would un undoubtedly follow indian instruction ST louis mo march 26 thirty indian indin children cli ildren nineteen boys and eleven girls of different civil laed tribes in indian territory passed through here last night en route to wabash Wa basli ind where they will attend school scho ol 01 st laul picture cincinnati march 20 26 the excel lenVa lent painting inting of st paul in chains by murillo A U which wad placed in st pauls cathedral in this city many years avoalt ago at a cost of lias been ruined the saxton in trying to place a screen over it saturday slipped from the scaffolding which he lie had erected and fell foll through the picture to tho the floor fifteen feet below the accident was kept ft a secret until last night in the hope that the horri blo ble rent could in someway some way bo be patched I 1 ed up tip that hope is still held by bishop elder but he lie admits that he lie lias has serious doubts as to whether it can be done the painting was covered by a screen today to day and the thousands who attended the different services of easter easier day were not aware that it had been ruined k W T 4 r 1 I 1 71 7 1 T 1 I 1 genarah howe washington 0 x march 25 postmaster gene general a i inowe i 0 we is dead KENOSHA wis march 25 hon ilon T 0 ilowe postmaster general died at this afternoon at the reside residence iwo of his nephew jil 01 jai 11 howe lie ile contracted a severe cold mid a week ago at green bay und and returned to kenosha he ile was very ill till saturday when he lie seemed to improve II 11 ilis is physicians 1 pronounced it pneumonia vi llo e was taken worse saturday night and sunk sank rapidly passing away peacefully y thia afternoon howes inness illi iea was lie the result of a severe cold old contracted b by walkin walking halfa balfa mile through tigh ft a lat had storm a at t green bay last jast sunday which on his arrival at kenosha on monday developed into pneumonia dr ishamon chicago called in and under tinder his care lie improved but lait a at night a chanse for the worse ensued and the absent members of the family were sent for his daughter arriving from washington at I 1 11 1 up to that hour ho was coil conscious but his mind after unit that wandered ho lie passed away without a struggle tho the funeral occurs at G green reen bay but no arrangements have yet been made calan cliche LONDON march 20 queen victoria was able to day to attend tho the baptism of the infant daughter of the duke and duchem of ot albany BERLIN march 20 23 r wil liam passed a 6 good night he ile kept his ills bed until 1 I 1 his afternoon DUBLIN march ag fret mails journal 1 at states the correspondence enc wh which acl passed I 1 bet between eon the home office anti and lowell 11 11 aj S minister lias has resulted in the former fortner renouncing all ail liopo hope of be curing lie the efti extradition addition of the person known as number L I 1 the journal declares number V 1 whose real name ia is tyner was in dublin until the first day james carey was examined at the hearing of tho the conspirators spira tors he ile thin managed to reach bremen by way of hull from bremen he lie proceeded to havre and then to new york he ile was a member of oane of the london volunteer corps scorning tho the scoundrel UNIONTOWN pa march 26 dukes arrived hero here from liis his stepfathers step fathers last nigh tand and this morning a committee of citizens waited on him film and presented P resented eflin with resolutions resolution fin adopted d 0 at the indignation meeting laptef latefy held they also gave notice that lie would have 24 hours to transact business and leave the town ifcic if ho attempts tia to remain it is thought there will be trouble irish ludi ence WArrE nURY conn march 20 26 tomorrow rev lawrence ivill cable for the relief of the distress in ireland which sum has come to him pince mince last wednesday A letter from bishop logue of donegal says were it not for tile substantial aid sent from Americ ahe people would dia die of starvation found Iori lil delta BOSTON march larch 20 26 lieutenant colonel |