Show BRIEFS east II ampton mase ex governor Oo vernor horatio 0 knight died today indianapolis morris perking a well known newspaper newe paper arliet jumped iron an upper window of tho cita hospital hod pital thia alvernoon aller noon and waa fatally injured washington tho president with members of hie cabinet and ladies will leave monday nickit and arrive at atlanta about noon tuesday aliey wilt ecart on their return from atlanta wednesday evening atwalter foster yesterday yeat erday broke two world one of a niile paced and the one third of a niile the paced ricord was braueht down to SO flat and he rode a third in 33 25 2 5 seconds reducing the record by six fe conde courcelles ee emperor william icat chateau uville on horseback thia morn inc to visit the metz the took train to and from there will drive to st olvat and gravelotte Gra where the emperor will meet her end they a lunch together bi v 1 l i tenting the widow of the kev K N durrant of rectory ident bave written letter to thu in which chev say her theodora js in new zealand and that theodore durrant being tried in san francisco on a charge of murder is not muted to the family seattle wash S piles ol 01 this city haa lioen appointed by 0 I 1 smith aa general counsel ot the receiver ot tho oregon improvement company the place made vacant by the elevation of andrew P burleigh to the receivership of the northern pacific mr piles ie 37 years old and is well known in this state as a lawyer and aggressive republican campaign speaker washington department ha appointed a board consisting 0 lieutenant colonel L S Babbit tand airet lieutenant hiesak ordinance department and major W corps of engineers to meet at san francisco about november next to report whether the plant of dynamite guns just completed at the presidio fulfill the contract stipulations denver kev frank hyatt smith f cambridge mass appeared before V S commissioner capron today and gave bonds for bia appearance at boston to answer to the charge ol 01 bending defamatory letters through the mail to members of his congregation mr bays the chargo is lie will return to boston next week to face his accusers new york A special from havana to alie world says that much uneasiness is felt here at the non arrival of the cruiser marques ensenada En senada which is conveying cism england several new armed purchased by the spanish government for service in cubin waters the cruiser ie some days over due uen eral garack formerly governor 0 the province of santiago has assumed command of the forces in sancti new york A special to the herld from buenos ayres says diode janeiro brazil that the information from para relative to the march toward venezuela through brazilian territory of an armed british force was brought there by the offices of an amazon steamer and was obtained from indian sources it is expected that the next steamer down the river will bring fur further news of the progress of the british force san francisco advices by mail from tokio japan dated september 27 stated that japan biad been forced to comply with demand for speedy withdrawal of japanese Japan eee troops from Liao tung peninsula france and germany joined in the demand and the japanese government was in no position pofi tion to the three european powers this proceeding lias caused renewed bitterness in japan europeans the Japan cao also charge their own minis tery with conn irine at dishonor altoona AI toona pa two men were awed and one fatally and several slightly injured in a collision on the martinsburg Mart insburg branch ot the pennsylvania railroad today A water train consisting of several had been ordered to proceed to the Y switches near to tet water tor the altoona hops and i was ast pulling from the eiding to the main track when mixed arrin came around the curve at full the collision demolished both locomotive and smashed everal tank cars the passengers cars bent the track washington secretary herbert has taken under consideration alie report of the board ot naval bureau chiefs on the proposals submitted for alie building of eix light draft gunboats gun boats the board recommends alie award of two twin screw boats to the detroit drydock company and one single boat to ane union iron works of san francisco the remaining three binale crew boats are to be awarded one each to the bath iron works of maine lewis nixon elizabeth N J and the dialogue works of camden provided they amend their plans to comply with the depart requirements new orleans la major quinn united states engineer in charge of the light houses of thie district has just returned from port fails and the betties jetties jet ties lie insists after a most careful examination that the lower delta and the sea marshes along the gulf of mexico ere inking for more thai year experiments with tide gauges have been in esat the mouth of the pi river and as result major quinn has reached the conclusion that the level of the gulf has been one foot since 1877 this the major attributed to a gradual though irregular subsidence of the land along the coast and be believes through the mississippi delta new orleans and the southern portion of louisiana |