Show TELEGRAPH TIDINGS postmaster general gresham n shows what stuff he is made of oe the grand gralia sury indices indicts senator W P kellogg for bribery wild batera waging war in the woods I 1 of wisconsin ry by western wc stern preas to the herald federal 1 ml facts washington april 18 the count of cash in the treasury will bo be finished tomorrow the counting corn com cittee will then examine the books and accounts the commissioner of internal revenue has decided to red redeem em stamps and return them to owners with nith the word redeemed imprinted on each check and all checks and drafts bearing two cent internal revenue stamps which remain unused on oil july let the checks and drafts then can be used in the regular course of business A report has been received by the national board of health 1 that the cholera which prevailed to an alarm ing extent in china japan and india some time ago had disappeared appeared A report has also been received that smallpox is now raging in rio de tie janeiro second comptroller upton has rendered tendered a decision on the question of longevity pay pair allowance in the army which is in effect that these allow anres ances are to bo be computed from tho the dates of acceptances of tho the 11 appointments and not from the dat batea of the appointments the amount of bonds redeemed under the circular in regard to prepayment of bonds embraced in tr tho one hundredth call is this call all was for and the treasury circular authorized prepayment of the entire amount on or before today to day the call will mature may postmaster general gresham today directed that in making 0 0 fico fice appointments in Aliss mississippi issUp i t the h e recommendations of ex congressman Cb chalmers almers shall be given no greater weight than may be properly atta cli ed to them thein as recommendations of a private character an order waa issued yesterday to appoint samuel samul el grigg to a 1000 clerkship in tho the postoffice Post office department grigg was recommended by a member of congress from iowa today when that gentleman applied to take ake the oath of office ho he was asked if his residence was yawn iowa to which question quee tion he replied in the negative adding that he lie lived in virginia the matter was referred to the postmaster general who declined to make the appointment on oil the ground that the virginia virginia quota I 1 isnow ihnow filled and that he lie did not think it proper to credit a resident of virginia to the state of iowa notwithstanding the application was endorsed by an iowa congressman the national academy of sciences today to day elected Prof OC marsh president to fill the vacancy caused by the death of prof rogere rogers the statue of the lato late prof henry which is to be unveiled tomorrow to morrow W was placed in position in in the grounds of tho the institute this afternoon ter noon excenator Ex Senator kellogg said tonight to night he lie had little to add to wh what t he lq had already said about price and evidence and to days daya indictments ex capt that he lie was surprised that when an indictment I 1 ivas boua ld for the reason that when the pr presentment resentment was made on the of march last it specified that the tile alleged offense waa was committed on the of april 1880 although what evidence there was in the case showed that the offense if an any was Is really committed on the loth of f april p ril 1879 and as yesterday was the of april when even by the terms of the presentment the alleged offense became babied he was naturally surprised at the indictment he lie said be he believed this proceeding was instituted mainly with a view of affecting the pending trial and while lie felt aggrieved that a proceeding of this kind should have been instituted upon euch such evidence given by a man whom he be eaid said was personally hostile to him and bad been pur pursuing saing him for more mora than a year and that the proceeding should ghoul jear have been urged and conducted by bi a bitter political opponent still as the eviden evidence ee upon which this indictment is brought was considered by two previous grand juries composed of some of t the he most prominent citizens 0 the I 1 district who unanimous unanimously ignored it iland and it was passed over by tho the third grand jury composed of men of equally high landing ho had no fear of the tile ultimate result iuculan Jus racket ST april 18 five fite hundred dwellings the telegraph elation a number of stores a 1 larca lr quantity of coal and wood und and much mining property are burned in the village of kato 1 Iwano it having been discovered that there is a central area in central asia tit fit fur for the production of cotton ati rg ruas russians ans are pre preparing parin to make the experiment ODESSA ODMA april IS 18 ten of the twenty ai six T lu members embers of th the e south sout h russian Work mens federal federation liou se sentenced n to imprisonment fornabi for nihilism is have bave petitioned the czar for a mitigation it of their sentences WARSAW april 18 two to hundred university students called upon the rector deman demanding dirig an explanation of the arrest of their comrades tho the rector summoned the police and tho the who dispersed the students student in military ili tary ando and occupied the college buildings wate 18 R re As texas april ports have been received of a leanolo flod in river it ruse rose so rapidly that the people could not escape six were dro drowned ned and much property and stock areg swept t away dur DL april 18 dispatches aiches AVIS received here from I 1 ie nit ne e that the rise in the menominee sav say river is unprecedented and that much damage has been done the river is two feet above the tile highest previous mark at menominee owing ing water how stability of the dam and an in Us ills to tho tile ir else less damage has been done than where the water is lour four feet deep in the 1 big blo axt mill i li and it will be two weeks t before e the b e mills there can be ells put ut into running shape at cedar falls six miles above menominee the dam and mills are badly dama damaged and the 1 logs in antho the dam all broke away it will take firo five or six weeks to repair the damage there at prairie farm forty miles above menominee eno minee the water cut its way around the dam doing a good deal of damage to mill mil i and store scotts dam on lightning creek and browns dam on hay ilay river are washed away at rye lake sixty miles above the ft hole country is flooded and rud great damage has been done the middle dam on moose ear is partially washed away at downsville townsville Downs ville twelve miles below menominee the dam is partly washed away and nd the old and new store and boarding bouse house have gone down the river the devastation there is the greatest of any point on the river the chippewa river railroad is badly damaged the whole length of it it t ie Is thought it will be two months before the trains are again running the flood seriously affects a in large rge portion of the lumbering district of wisconsin fire fiend WHEELING W va Vs april IS 18 S special e intelligence from va says the lareesa fire in the history of t the be town occurred this afternoon destroying ni worth of property with small insurance insurance rendering rendering homeless 15 or 20 00 families and lead icae ing but four buildings standing in a block 1 00 feet square the roof fell in burying five ti remen but they were extricated with only a few se bruises u i es except one one man who was seriously r i y injured the fire is is supposed posed to have originated from the careless handling liand line of matches in Ken hennells nells livery stable the continental hotel has been thrown open to those who lost their all ToRONTO April 18 A fire this morning destroyed the village of oak ville on the lake shore 20 miles from here the fire brigade from here went out by special train but pot got there too late to save the village the loss will amount to or more the inhabitants are flocking to this city by hundreds many on foot T the e prohibition it act was in force in t the h e county county where the village is si situated t anted but when the fire reached the drugstore druia tore two barrels of whisky were rolled in the threet and the members of the vill tige fire brigade were all drunk and helpless otherwise the fire might have been controlled in ita its hrat first stages insurance small washington april IS 18 it was expected that most would meet the delegates of hie the rede federation ration of labor at their ball last night for the purpose of an interchange of views on the labor autin did not tike take place most waited at his hotel to be cent sent for by a committee but a stormy debate took place in the lie federation starting from the bookbinders book binders union some expressing a fear that questions of or dynamite and violence might be brought up should such a meeting take place the discussion ended in a disruption caused mused by bold express expressions iong of know herr most being german and the federation of labor being about equally divided between native esborn born and foreigners after their adjournment at the hall the pr president ident and thereat the rest of the delegates visited most blost at his hotel where there was already assembled a committe from the Arbeiter gerein 11 adele A delegate moved that the assemblage consider itself a meeting of individual workmen not representing any union or societies this was carried and ifera most alost was wat requested to state ills his view viem a son on the labor question which he did in a ten minutes speech delivered in english star route trial washington WASHING rox april 18 on reas re as dembling sem bling the time was occupied by a discussion aa as to what should be the order of araut nent to the jury the court cou rt said eaid it would see a fair division was had the court would allow the government to open and close the court did not know that the government desired more than one closing arim argument ment but heard that the actor ney general might wish to speak 1 I dont know that I 1 would call that two arguments said mid angly but I 1 object to the precedent if the attorney general wants to gay say a word in this case let him have bave the courage to make his argument where he can be answered not that I 1 think it would bouny particular harmlow ever if he be wants to make the closing argument I 1 should be d delighted eligh ted but to two closing arguments I 1 object ingersoll that be would refuse to make an address I 1 if f the gov were allowed two closing arguments gu ments the grand jury returned the following indictments one against wm wili pitt gellogg Kello Rel logg Kg for receiving money W whilst hilst US U 8 senator for services vices ren reil dered in relation to a con contract tract with the united states one against thos J L brada for receiving money whilst second assistant postmaster general for services rendered in relation iun to a contract with the united baates the indictments are very voluminous there being five counts in each indictment charging payments of money unlawfully received the court reser reserved ved until tomor to mor row lowthe the order of arguments to the J jury U y and ti then jen listened to an argument from davidge regarding the sta statute late of limitation as certain counts of tho the indictments c charging the existence of conspiracy adjourned jou jour ned |