Show AL TEL THE COLORED MY Con consention lention of the afro M 1 ginging gIng address jan 15 the national al convention of the afro american america it league was railed called to order this morn I 1 ing ng with mith delegates pre rit fro from in twenty one states end and hie the district 0 of f columbia T T fortune edit editor crof of the age ige of new york WAS chosen ch 0 se n temporary chairman the remainder of the session was A as riven given up to the appointment til f standing committees in the afternoon air thomas T fortune addressed the meeting lie said in part we wo are met here to day to emphasize the fact that our ast condition of dependence and upon men have used us for self selfish idil and unholy p durpos u s who hae have murdered a and robbed yan and d outraged us must b revered we have been robbed of the honest wages of our roil toil ne we hare have been robbed of the tub tance of our citizenship by murder and intimidation we have been outraged by our enemies and deserted by our friends it ia is time to call a hole bolt it ilia is time to b gin to fight fire with fire I 1 speak as a an afro american first last and all the time ready to etab stab to the death any political party which robs me of my confidence and vote and strai glit way asks me what I 1 am going goin 9 to do about it in conclusion fortune urged the convention to leave each local league leogue free to pu pursue tens such a political course in its immediate community as the best beat interests of the rac race seem to dictate in a national affairs the league should not COM commit in it itself officially to any party we a propose to acco r our purposes by b y the peaceful 1111 methods thod S of agi 1 tation through the ballot and t the 0 courts but if colliers use of violence to combat our peaceful argument ments it ia is not for ui us to runaway run awa Y what is north worth having is worth fighting for A committee on organization was appointed and an was taken until tomorrow to morrow C 11 J taylor ex minister to liberia who came to chicago to report the convention left the city tonight in an interview he lie deci declared ared that the proceedings were ere deprived of any practical force by the absence ati ence of delegates from he the south m theretha wh here eretha the colored people were moat most vit vitall alls I 1 in in tere eted in the race question in addition the leaders in whom the colored population had confidence whose names are familiar to the public were absent almost to aman taylor said he had hittl written nothing a about bout the convention that the occasion did not demand it THE HIS DIET william tf of prussia makes a detailed report to the jan 15 tho the in hia his speech on the opening of the prussian diet ex expressed presed profound sorrow borrow for the bealh of tte tt e laager poA ager empress Augu augusta the finances of prussia the emperor eaid said are in a favorable the revenue for the next few fiscal cvejn is is no not t expected to equal that at ole of 1880 1889 expenses are not to b be e decreased llie matr matri icolar calar for 1891 will be largely increased A bill providing for or reform in taxation tax aion will be I 1 A bill will alo also be sub m milled ditled providing for be the state railia net work the harvest of 1839 1889 was deficient but owing to be the customs cui toma arrangements regarding diD agriculture it is loped hoped the eucce 0 of I 1 iho tile eb will be overcome without permanent prejudice the recent sinker strikes the emperor said had clouded lie ilia pros pacts of bradet but ac be was rejo ed that the employers employ era had removed the working mens grievances and hoped the strikes would net not recur the emperor expressed the belief that lie the artisan class would constantly become more satisfied with their position I 1 creat lal washington jan jail IS iti the naval board of policy appointed to formulate a plan for building a navy 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 r L 11 4 i ah iny i j I 1 I 1 1 rate with ilia dignity and power of tle vie nation in their report to the tec see rotary of the lavy navy will recommend the construction of 02 92 vessels of dif ii it 8 and anti azes a zee and theo the 0 will be built ac re to 0 o the of the board in fourt fout teo en years and anti will cos coal together with their maintenance during inythe the years cars they say tt me e cost of t 0 maintenance 0 of athe fleet of ves ele such as they plot oe would lie be oily only o ily one quarter abat lintol of keeping up the tamo pame number of ill old ottle vee vessels sels the echeme scheme of ahn tb aard b ard com comprises arises tile fol lowing jowh g vc self iha coat of with armament completa re om la is appended append ti ten baul battle ships of 10 toni 5 each eight of ton tone 5 each twelve of tone tons 4 each five of tone tons fa COO each ten rams of oos toos 0 each nine armored cruisers of 6 ton ten tomato tomake 19 knots an hour each four proter od cruisers of tons to make 20 knots an hour two protected cruls erb era of tons ton to make 19 knots an hour 1 each five special craib rb of 1200 tonn tons to inako make IS 18 knots 00 bieh fit teen t rp do cruisers cruis era of tons to make 22 knots an ho r NOO 00 smeach each thre three artifice rt ships each the eight ships aach w h ch y tracy recommended SD in his report hall be begun at 0 once or are not the file eight proposed by the anceo board ard but eight of he the first ten I 1 Der aultin kami kam lurer captured Ca MEMPHIS tenn jan 14 james M fortner and a woman claiming to be e hia wife wile were ere arrested on the arrival alva I 1 of I 1 chest lie st louia louis steamer ye afternoon fortner feor is or was treasurer trea durer of kiley riley county Kanea Kaneas abut but ll 1 ft there a short time ago vi ith of county funds he ile will be sent back jan 15 the sheriff of kipley Ripley county kansas arrived in this city thia this morning to take charge of ot james ortney fortney I the absconding treasurer trea aurer of that county who waar rested tested here bere on board the city of cairo at present fortney owns a VAI valuable bable farm near manhattan has interests in in two iron foundries one at manhattan battan the other at des TI M ancs iowa low a 1 the he exact amount of his shortage is he ile was elected trea treasurer gurer of kipley county for four years qualifying under a bond of OW A year ago a shortage in his accounts was suspected and suit was brought to have the books invest Rated he ile won the case and no further ef forta forts were A ere made to have an investigation until BIX six months later when a s cond salt BUit wis entered and resulted ed in a mandamus to compel him to show how the books hearing of the writ nt fortney fortner locked the vault in which the county funds were ere kept and avoided the sheriff by going to canada H returned four months ag agi and it is cli timed robbe I 1 the vault and again dipped kipped out lie I 1 Is was followed to a h house ouse in bt st louis where he met his ila inan ina norata or it ta A fortne fortney bad only in in I 1 ida a pos acs ion arlen when arrested and id 19 supposed ased to 0 o have ahi bonded with t thousands sheriff mccord thinks the cyprian bec eec secured ared the lions share of the monsy money mil ev engineer Engi enters inters in Coven collection tion gloucester mass jan 15 the anneal annual meeting of the american a society of civil engineers began lure here today to day in regarda to 0 o tha the bur of the dan d in at st johnstown Johnsto ha tho committee having hie lie matter in hand band reported tint that their report had baen wen do tied upon it was wai agreed just usa at p besent th it it would be unwise unwise to mako make the tuI pu lie ic because of I 1 the many sult pending for damages the report is said to coat conta n opinions of the h guest experts finally I 1 etwas it was determined ter mined to peal seat the report and ete see that it be kept a decet bec eec et from all except except the lie members meir ilera of the committee coln matte ml tte the port of the commil committee tee on 8 stardard dard time was next taken up in begird to tho the effect of the general ad option of the tw twenty e uty fours ro m for railways the committee r arted parted that they had received rec eivid re replies if 4 trim nearly COO mea me prominent in rail roil alfairan only a few were opposed to the adolini adai ti ri of the t ie new sc scheme lieme rince hundred and eighty sevrin seven railroad offic lAli favorel dav orel the aliption ai al option of the new theyo theme officials 13 milea miles of railway Appe tided othe report was a memorial aalto to abe government asking hat that action be taken in favor of the plan of rotation roti tion A loiler goller Ei NEW BRIGHTON pa ila jan 15 this afternoon the bailer boiler of the steam i hovel used by the pittsburg Pitts bure lake eie eio railway in excavating at itt fallstone Falln Falls tont ton iri va exploded with fone force that several pieces were mere blown across the river and ad driven int into the ground grounds a quarter of a mile away Ile besides sides the regular force empl emp loeda num number berof 0 italians and anti trainmen were sitting sitt iLig in in the thecae car back of the shovel a and id all were more or less injured lesley wesl ey francis tron cis of pittsburg Pitts barg repairer of boilers and bergies who h had 1 d just ar rived wa wag fatally hurt aud died in a few minutes evri others were more or lees less beriou tily hurt but none fatally raj aing in south bilota her over tha the first biro PIERRE S D jan 15 the first bill passed by the legislature legie lature of south dakota readied reached the governor thia this afternoon it was vias senate bill no 4 entitled an ali act to provide tor for refunding the outstanding indebtedness of south Da dakota Dako koti tx hoth both houses ad j arned for five minutes to celear te to iho the event after loud cheering prayer trayer was n as called for and the two housos in jo joint int assembly bowed their heads lule a it fervent prayer waa wais said by the chaplain asking that this first act odthe new commonwealth bo be blessed by the 0 omnipotent and that all other acts may be burthy of the bame 6 the popes ElicIt lical KOMS rous jan 15 the I 1 ope 11 lias issued an encyclical which watt li bets sets forth the tile brind I 1 es w which shall guide the catholics fin in th their air relations toward the state which the encyclical says they w hen lien such a couro loea foes not entail to too the divine laws in countries where the state opposes catholicism catholics must combat the enemy but must not tie the church to any political party hely mat IL shor shortly t tucson ariz jan 15 sp special cial 0 examiner 11 CConnell who haa has been examining the accounts of bred fred W smith lats late receiver of the U S land offic here hero finds finda that there la in dua due to the government 2700 2 and to the settlers sett lera who I 1 0 o pud 1 I S 8 ith on land entries al about b t 00 fears or jan 15 it la re reported potted that several sev ral european statesmen ala frendly frind ly to england have expressed cepress d to salia bury their feare fears that hia life a tion in the tile db dispute will afford a pr pretext 0 tor for republic an activity in III spain and portugal that will anja endanger tiger the monarchic monar mona chit s goodby good by bj to the searon dilill fa ra 0 SAI SAN FaAN feancisco CISCO jan 15 judge sohier so hier in the superior au court today to day ren renderos derod iid a decision in the sharon case which virtually ends tint famous litigation tue the principal point in the pre prefect fent controversy waa was on the demurrer to the alsher made by the sharon heirs in this answer they incorporated he decree cf of the united artates circuit oatt coutt by ch tho the I 1 A i Q I 1 I 1 1 11 w liged marriana marriage contract between le tween mr sharon and arab sarah althea althes hill wui was tl blared a forgery and bordere I 1 cancelled judo judie shatter held that this decree of the court was in force in all ours and that the contract has ni no IL leal ial x i tence iio ile ordered tits sharon case postponed indefinitely I 1 note bolt man lr fir Embezzle embezzlement KANSAS CITY crry jan 15 william Rard bardall all proprietor of the metropolitan hotel the largest hostelry in kansas city kan aa as arrested today for embezzling 1200 A tear year aio ago he tie was employed as foreman by a contractor in seattle washington anil and it ie Is claimed lie skipped with tho tile pay roll he ile went to kansada city I 1 kan where he lie bought a contro ing interest in tho the hotel men mentioned timed he ile will be taken back to seattle ung cateral ra teral wretches FORT SMITH ark tan jan 15 decree tobler and charles bullard two of the eight murderers mur derera sentenced to be hauled hanged to arrow were reprieved ly by the president today to day until january 30 the men did cot take very kindly ty ta the tile reprieve paying if it they are to be banged at all they prefer to RO go with their companions in the grand event of f tomorrow to morrow judge logaa or who did dead LEWISTON idaho jan 15 16 judee jolin john leg logan died to dal day in I 1 march 1881 be he wa was a appointed appoints aasc abaci ata ate justice of the supreme court of idaho lie was married marred to miss gertrude tucker daughter daughter of hon lion Il It ardolph tucker of 0 D virginia in 1883 the governor Go of or iowa join Rt lienti DES Aro MOISES iNgs la Is jan 15 the governor Ro vernor has pardoned Cl cleester iester turner the young man out of whose imprisonment m ent grew the great suit for libel against the governor last february turner arner has five years on a seventeen and a half halt year sentence A I rio at aisters wife t sa cid its LOB los cal jan 15 mrs II arrit hutchins Il wife of rev R 0 hatchios lint chins pastor of one of the largest and wealthiest congregations in the city drowned berst 11 today to day cans an unbalanced mind owing to a long continued illness |