Show ELECTRIC ESSENCE the nova S scotia ca tia legislature has bas extended the franchise in municipal elections to widows and unmarried romeu comptroller knox has accepted the presidency of a new york city bank ind and will shortly resign hie his present position 0 1 o 3 iti 0 n the mail and passenger service to the united states from mexico over th the e central railroad basina was inaugurated yesterday ninth il republican publican le convention of pennsylvania elects a blaine delegation to chicago ono of the alternates ter nates favors edmunds A dispatch from los angeles says say 8 a perfect delude deluge of rain has fal lentho li last ast thirty six hours three inches fell during tile trains east and west w beet aro blocked by wa shouts earnings Earning of the northern pacific for the first two weeks in april WO increase of over the corresponding week lut last year A dispatch ch from london says the queen arrives arrives at darmstadt on ort irth mat hist tho the emperor of germany leaves berlin on the for wiesbaden Wies baden and meets the queen at darmstadt on oil the john 0 cravens and eu ell gene G hay ilay were elected delegates delegated to the chicago republican convention fr from 0 ili the fourth district of in A P 1 1 A soli 4 T the he brussels Brn seele belgium chamber ot of e in t a tives ol to 21 passed pa berf bill bil forbidding soldiers to vote at eleft elections ions and allowing clergymen to vote only at places where they lived b beecie entering the priesthood major J c birkey of the twenty second infantry U U S A now tat boned at santa fe fen N M was married 1 I e d at indianapolis last evening to miss aiss davidson granddaughter of the tile late governor foot noble the republican congressional convention at poughkeepsie N Y yesterday elected fl hamilton amiltOn fish jr and U B plait platt carpenter delegates to to the chicago convention and anti voted down a resolution in dorsing blaine I 1 the republican C convention of the tw twelfth elath congressional 11 district of in ill diana A and 0 car ver d legates to tile ch achl iago ago conven i tion uninstructed carver will sup part blaine simons his no prefer j atiee charles crocker Crock cr president ident of the 1 southern pacific bays that owing oft ing to 1 legislative agitation on railroad mat tots and difficulties tn consequent sequent there j on to obtain the necessary sary funds for cona ruction he lie haa has ordered work on oil i tile california oregon railroad Kail road i I 1 stopped before proceeding in tho the sharon divorce suit all admitted to the coult room including counsel were by order of the judge ju age exam examined ined to see whether they car carried dangerous weapons none I 1 were wert found the day wat consumed in arguments adjourned to mon alon day arkansas yesterday it mike ike berry bartender was shot and killed by deputy sheriff Sherif fJ J F clarke I 1 berry had frequently threatened 0 o kill clarke on hight and when they met yesterday clarke clarko opened firo fire and several shots were fired by both sides when berry fell dead clarke was no tidings had been received last night of absconding cashier bier hubs b bard ard many receipts are turning up which read received sum blank dollar dollars for investment signed BT 0 hubbard II the agg aggregate regate not def finitely known bat but it ia is thought lo 10 be ever the complaint states that he embezzled money to the extent of M 14 it ia is not known wil whether ethor 1 the bank will resume or not |