Show smugglers squelched CHICAGO july 8 A special from piedras black rocks mexico says this evening news was received of a battle between eighteen contrabands contra bands and forty soldiers acting under orders ortho of tho custom houpo the contrabands contra bands were overt overtaken aken by the troops ten leagues from here while in camp half the tile troops which attacked them were mounted and the others opened on them thein from a ravine the contrabands contra bands fought desperately losing two persons of tho the customs party upwards of forty bales of goods and forty horses of the smugglers and a number of guns captured 1 y I 1 r 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 LATEST TELEGRAMS galls calls president arthur the prize 0 ox of politics henry henly villard vindicates the val value lie of his northern pacific mail between new york and san francisco itt in 34 31 days iby nv ii to the I 1 IlBRA I 1 IMALD Ln important antei licus july 8 A special from washington fay says henry villard president of the northern pacific through his ills general attorney grav gra Y arct to the tile judiciary committee answers to tile questions propounded by that body to tile company yesterday question iun ll 11 what hat was the construction of the road answer twelve hundred milci miles completed complete donlay on slay ast 1st 1882 and miles of grading including with tho tile rolling stock a cost co st of dollars Q what were the net proceeds of tile lands already sold A E eleven leven anda and a half millions nino in the companas comp anys preferred stock eighteen hundred thousand in the companas comp anys ls bond bonds and in in cash Q what caused tile unavoidable delay in tho construction A in 1870 tho tile issue of niort tago mage bonds caused six years delay llio aho indians re repelled polled the settlers and have always been troublesome the panic of isep also caused a delay Q what proportion of the lands are valueless if any A prairie timber and bad bail lands leaving a coin comparatively ively small agouni amount for agricultural purposes Q whether the tile sale under foreclosure included patented lands A no Q how ilow many acres of land were disposed of and liow how A seven soven hundred and fifty thousand Q has ilas there been a construction company since 1875 1975 and is there nort now A none by a combination of directors oz stockholders or of profit to them thein and all rolling stock and supplies have been purchased in open market for cash Q biow ilow many acres have lave been sold for preferred stock since 1875 A two million six hundred thousand 0 this answer was followed by a text long argument and while claiming big success in that matter they attribute it to the dependence upon their ability to keep good that part of tho security underlying the general consolidated mortgagor mort saRO gago io presented by the land grant grav i t that tile land grant i under 11 ider ti alie e charter cliart cr could not bo forfeited except by an act of congress and as they would complete the road within a year 11 they hoped congress would not pass an ail act declaring the grant lapsed the commit tco spent tho the entire meeting Ii li caring gray and postponed the matter till next 1 members of the it is impossible at this lato late day lay of tile session to act on it and tho tile matter 0 till nest winter in er ST louis jul july 8 A special to the globe democrat lias s an interview with willard G lovell cleveland supt bupt of the railway mail service of tho ninth district lovell was questioned concerning concerning the agitation ot of shorter mail time 0 bo tween now york and san francisco tile postmaster general has recently expressed his desire to do so 11 said lovell Ppe speaking aking to that efrece at a dinner given to him at chicago by the board of trade there but I 1 do not know of any move to do so it would of course bo necessary to fo confer with the companies and negotiate with them as tile increased speed will c coll il for a cutting off of cars on these particular trains as wella well as add to the expense of running them what do you think the future lias has in storo store for fast time between new york and san francisco 1 I expect to see the mail carried from city to city in three days and a half it now takes about seven think what difre difference rence this would make to business if the bank of california sent a draft for 1000 OW to new now york they could have tho the uso use of tho the money three days longer than the they Y do now then a business man sen sending cash from oncy ono biaco lace to another to meet business obligations would get tile same benefit in the simple matter of business tho the amount saved would bo bd beyond belief conkling caustic july 8 conkling docs does not appear at all ail sath satisfied fied with arthur and some bomo of tho the remarks it lie 0 mado made in in private conversation do not indicate by any means intimacy and confidence in each oilier other which the public lias has for colbe time supposed to exist conkling Oon kling has a very sarcastic way when talking with associates and always delights them thein by shrewd takeoffs take offs ll 11 lie is an excellent mimic and apparently lias has a very cry keen eve for tho tile weaknesses of prominent clit men amen he ile is epigrammatic and given to inventing expressions to describe his likes and dislikes it was lio who invented the Feather heads to denominate the half breeds iio ip ill vented the cirtire vocabulary of ox ex I 1 p s to daj ribe hayes conkling since invented an exar 00 sion des describing tho present nt president and ono one that will probably bo be heard of again i 1 il said he lie tile oilier other day at arthur irl 1 r is the prize ox of politics all ho lie wants is is the blue ribbon around his ills oar ear to complete his character look at his fat red smooth face his ills rotund figure hs ills finely combed fajr and ins his perfect grooming in lilt U july 8 S tho remains of general jeneral will be interred at aksakoff well known editor and leader ofine of tho va with his death 1 SOFIA july 8 prince alexander lias bas deci declared ared his readiness to release hancoff Zan coff lr ox ex prime of bulgaria if ho lie will promise to abstain from 11 agitation washington july 8 tho president lias has made the following nominations J A zabriskie arizona U S attorney of arizona zan an new now york U S Ail marshal arshal of arizona kr izona I 1 win wm P chandler illinois U S surveyor general of idalio idaho david 1 R B pride idalio negi ater of tho land office boise city idalio geo goo L andrews androws or of f ar modern jeni languages at S military academy secretary rolger appointed obi MI ok a 11 II collector of custo customs ins oa la A axi a to tho position in fhe ca 0 custom win 1 I farizo arizona la I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 7 1 I 1 1 ya I 1 I 1 W ar t |