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Show TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. ; . James A MacKnight, a former Salt Lake journalist, will be retained as U. S. Consul" " at St: Helena during the present Adminia- tration. i . i .... Man ton Marble is reported to be engaged..' in drafting a clause on the silver question - ' to be submitted to the President, and if ap- .. -proved by him to form part of the Presidential Presiden-tial message. ; ' John Bright, in a speech at Birmingham ' Monday night, instanced the condition of - ' the Episcopal church in America as proof that the Church of England could maintain ' its rights without a State alliance. , Parnell has consented to contest the Irish districts in Liverpool for a seat in Parlia- ; ment at the coming election. The National ' League has engage 1 rooms for the Irish leader to conduct the campaign. Parnell ' and Thomas Power O'Connor, M. P. for 1 Galway, will canvass Liverpool next week. f Senator Hale, of Maine, says: "Blaine does not intend to return to public lifa by enter- ing the Senate or House. He has his book ' nearly completed, and will spend the greater part of the winter getting together matter . for his history of the war of 1812. Blaine takes great interest in the general political j situation, but he does not expect to be a candidate can-didate again." Handbills were distributed in front of the Thalia theater, New York, Monday night, headed, "Boycott the Thalia theater ; boycott boy-cott Director Amberg." They advise all . ; worMngmen to shun the theater, and were ; distributed in consequence of Amberg keeping keep-ing his in orchestra against the order of the Central Labor Union, imported musicians : who are not members of the Musicians' Union. ' |