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HAKTIXGTOiN IN A DILEMMA

He Must Either Assume the Premiership or Desert the Tories. A Belief Prerails that the Present Premier Will Not Be Able to Stand the Excessive Strain of Another Strnssle. Editor O'Brien Found Guilty and Given a Three Months' Sentence. The peace of Europe Still Bonnd Up In :the Bulgarian Question The Pope's Desire to Pacify Germany and France. THE SHAKY MINISTRY. It Is Believed llartingtna Will Have to Relieve Salisbury. London; Sept 24. It is mora certain now than it has aver been that Lord liar ting ton mast choose between joining the present government daring the recess or seeing its breaktip. This has become inevitable, apparently le6S from political than from personal causes. A great deal has been said from time to time of Lord Salisbury's self-sacrifice in offering: to make way for the Unionist leaders, but the fact is that if no other consideration had to be taken into account. Lord Salisbury's health makes it absolutely certain that he cannot face another laborious session while holding the two important and responsible offices he now fills. The prolongation of the recent session entailed constant anxiety and mental strain on the head of the government, and Lord Salisbury was as much worn out as Mr. Smith, without having Mr. Smith's powers of recuperation. The Premier is a most conscientious worker, and the steady toil at his desk dnring the closing days of the session has resulted in a somewhat serious physical derangement which his stay at Royal has not greatly benefitted, judged by his departure to-day for Dieppe. If Lord Hartington does not make up his mind to assume the leadership of the present government, Lord Salisbury may be forced to resign without settling who is to succeed him, and it is this contingency which is being anxiously discussed in ministerial quarters. The Conservative leader would eladly retain the secretaryship of the Foreign Office, but there is no on among his own colleagues, of course, who could be placed over his head. Mr. Gosehen is perhaps the ablest of them, but Mr. Goscben's leadership would be very unpopular with a large portion of the Conservative party. It is imDossible to believe for a moment that Lord Hartington will stand by and see tha present government go to wreck. There is only one alternative. Lord Hartington will accept the situation, and he will do it earlier than most people have expected. Two Cabinet Ministers, one a man of great family, steeped in all of the traditions of high Tory aristocracy, the other an energetic man of business, and a forward politician, who sits for a populous urban constituency, in interviews to-day uttered the same sentiments, and in almost the same words, on the subject of the indispensability of Lord Hartington. There could not be found better representatives of the old and new conservatism than these two men. They frankly said that they regarded Lord Hartington's entrance into the government as a most desirable move, though of course they professed an official ignorance as to its likelihood. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's departure for America is so palpable a sign of disaffection, and evidences so plainly a desire to withdraw from present complications, in order to return to orthodox Liberalism, that Lord Hartington is bound to do what lies in his power to supply the necessary counterpoise. All that loyal and hearty co-operation from outside could do ha3 Wen done, and failed. There remains nothing for Lord Hartington.exceDt to cast his lot officially with those whom he unofficially supports. Tha difficulty about the seat is not great. If Eossendale rejects a member of the Tory government, there are plenty of places which would welcome him, and if he shrinks from calling himself a Tory there is, at any rate, one constituency which might be trusted to return him as a Liberal-Unionist, and that is the University of Cambridge. That excellent and accomplished impersonation of hieh churchmanshiD and hish Toryism, Mr. Beresfcrd Hope, though ereatly improved in health, will never acain be equal to the labors, anxieties and excitement of the House of Commons. Their conld be nothing more suitable than that he should be succeeded by the oldest son of the chancellor of the university, a graduate of Trinity Colleen, and a man who, as Lord Cavendish, won the credit among his fallowstudents of an intellectual capacity, especially in tha direction of mathematics, which would have assured him a distinguished position if circumstances bad obiiged him to work. EDITOR O'BRIEN. The Court Finds II lm Guilty and Imposes a Sentence f Three Months. Cork, Sept 24 The trial of Mr. William O'Brien, uuder tha crimes act which was com menced at Mitchelstown yesterday, was con cluded to-dav. The accused was found guilty and sentenced to three months' imprisonment Notice of appeal from tha judgment of tha court was given. , Immediately after sentence had been pro nounced against Mr. O'Brien on the first charge he was placed on trial on the second charge. This was of the same nature of the other. Upon this he was also found guilty, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, the term to be concurrent with the other. Mr. O'Brien appealed from both judgments, and was liberated on bail. Mr. John Mandeville, chairman of the board of Poor Law Guardians of Mitchelstown, who was jointly indicted with Mr. O'Brien for using seditions langnaee in a speech made on the same occasion as Mr. O'Brien's, was also convicted and sentenced to two months' imprisonment Mr. Mandeville appealed from the judgment and was permitted to remain at liberty on bail, pending the decision of the appeal. Mr. O'Brien, when be emerged from the court room, after tha trial, was received with an ovation by a large crowd which had assembled to te&tify their ap proval of his course. Mitchelstown is illuminated to-night. Rows of candles . are placed in all the windows on Main street O'Brien and Harrington will catch the night mail train at Limerick and pro ceed to Dublin. When they left Mitchelstown they were followed some distance by cheering crowds. The streets of the town were alive with people until 10 o'clock, when the crowds auietly dispersed on the advice of Commoner Condon. Mr. Harrington will return to Mitchels town on Tuesday. Mr. O'Brien's Speech of Defense. Cork, Sept 24 At the opening of the trial. to-day. Mr. Carson, counsel for the crown, complained to the Judge that Dr. Tanner, a member of Parliament, had yesterday, within the court, called him a mean, ruffianly coward, and had expressed the hope that his head might be broken. Tha court mada a note cf the comp'aint Mr. O'Brien, replying to the charges mada against him of having used seditious language in a public address, declared that the coart was not competent to try him because it was foreign in its composition to tha requirements of the British Constitution. At this point the judge stopped Mr. O'Brien, saying tha discussion of politics wonld not be allowed in tha proceedings. Mr. O'Brien thereupon declared that he was a chosen representative of the Irish people, and would advocate free speech. The court again stopped nira. Mr. O'Brien, in his speech of de fense, said the crown was guilty of having supEressed evidence favorable to him. The crown ad withheld, for instance, tha notes made by the head constable of the defendant's speech. In

these notes, he said, was recorded his statement that the Irish party would give the land bill fair play. Continuing. Mr. O'Brien justified bis defense of the Kingstown tenants on the ground that the evictions aeainst them were commenced just on the eve of the passage of the land bill, and thus an attempt was made to defraud the poor, wretched tenants of the benefits of the measure. He admitted that he had advised tha tenants not to give no without resistance and that be had declared that, before God and man, they were justified in defending their homes. Mr. O'Brien spoke brilliantly, notwithstanding interruptions by the court, and was frequently applauded. He asserted that his advice prevented evictions, and that a hundred tenants in Mitchelatown now possessed homes, who would have been homeless if his advice had not been ad opted. The suppression of Constable O'Sallivan's honest report showed the means adopted to secure conviction. He preferred breaking the law with John Hampden and George Washington, to obeying a law which Captain Plunkett and Standish O Grady administered personally. He felt very proud of being one of a long line of men who made a prison cell a glorious and holy place. Possibly ha himself would be the last of that long line, for the English nation, to which the last appeal must be made, wonld reverse the decision pronounced to-day, and declare it no lonsrsr a crime to defend the homes and assert tha liberties of the Irish people. To Repair Editor O'Krien's Blunders. London, Sept. 24 The Cork correspondent of tha Times says that, owing to tha blunders mada by Mr. William O'Brien during his recent American trip, the donations to tha National League from America bava dwindled, and that Mr. Davitt has gone to America to endeavor to repair the damage done by Mr. O'Brien. Ha kept his departure a secret until the last moment, as ha feared that he would be arrested and that his project would thus be nipped in tha bad. Boycotting of the Seaerave Sisters. Dublin, Sept 24 The Express (Conservative) says that Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, has expressed strong displeasure at tha boycotting of tha sisters of Magistrate Seagrava, the official who superintended affairs at Mitchelatown on the 9th inst on tha occasion of tha fatal conflict between the police and populace. Tha Express alleges that the Archbishop has warned tha clergy that if the boycotting of the ladies again occurs at the church at Michelstown he will close tha church.

CONTINENTAL DIPLOMACY. Bismarck's Relations with Rnssia are Clearly Understood. Special to the Indianapolis Jfcornat. Not London, Sept 24 Prince Bismarck has onea more spoken on the Bulgarian question. At any rato, there seems no doubt that tha North Ger man Gazette has onca mora received an article from his pen, Tha German Chancellor professes to be very angry with the Bulgarians because they have, in three successive years, interfered with his plans for preserving the peace of Europe. In diplomatic circles it 13 said that Prince Bismarek has so completely thrown tha Bulgarian sheep to the Russian wolf that it seems eminently probable expects to receive some equivalent tions asked are: "Has he secured a that be Tha quespromise of of Russian neutrality in the conflict with Franca which he hardly expects to postpone mora than a short time longer!" Or, "Is he driven to extremes and really anxious to make every practicable sacrifice rather than embark on a war in the present conditions'?" Tha suggestion that Prince Ferdinand, of Cobnrg, has gone to Bulgaria merely in the general interest of the Orleans family, to provoke a European war, in which some pretender to the Freach throne may j- find the opportunity he is working for, seems too far-fetcbed to be credible, ana can hardly be seriously meant But a great deal of importance, perhaps, attaches to the renewed assertion that the German poliey is to maintain peace on the basis of the treaty of Berlin. It may imply that Germany will support the Turkish proposal if it i aver to be made, for sending a Rnssian general to Sofia as Turkish commissioner. In that ease, however, judging from what is known of the present Bnlgarian Ministry, the first result will be to bring on the war which Germany wishes to avoid. The safest inference, after all, is that Prince Bismarck's policy is to postpone the evil day a policy which is just now acceptable to all the powers. A priiinut diplomat, in an interview todav, raid the most plausible reason for Prince' Bismarck's wishing to postpone the evil day, mifht possibly be found in an important pamphlet published this week in in Paris, entitled "La Lett re du Pope et L'ltalie Officielle." It would seem from this pamphlet that Prince Bismarck is becoming alarmed at the continually growing strength ef the Russian bear and his insatiable thirst for Western possessions, and is preparing a grand move on the political chessboard which will checkmate his powerful neighbor and again make the German Chancellor the arbiter of the peace of Europe. This pamphlet is said to be directly inspired by tha Pope, and treat of a moduB Vivendi between the Vatican and the Qoirinal. It also mentions a matter which is much talked of in Rome and in Berlin, to-wit: The mediation of the Pope for the restoration to France of the two provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, whereby Germany hopes to prevent a bloody and terrible war and to obtain, on the other band, certain concessions which are of greater importance to her than the two discontented and ungovernable provinces. Some English newspapers ridicule the idea of this mediation, but it is none the less a fact that the matter is one of the most prominent now talked of in the inner circles of diplomacy. The announcement yesterday of the intended resignation of Prince Hobenlobe, Governor-general of Alsace-Lorraine, is said to be the first step toward a reconciliation of Germany and France on tha aforementioned basis. Should tha Pope be as successful a mediator between Germany and France as his Holiness was between Germany and Spain, in tha Carolines island affair. Prince Bismarck, by merely saying "hands off," will be able to stop all Russian intrigues for the possession of Bulgaria, and ia fact dispel the whole of the war-clouds which havo for the past two years been hovering over the Balkan States. It is possible that a-federation of the Balkan States will then take place with a view for their better protection from outside intrigue. FOREIGN M I S CE IX AN Y. The Staff of the French Army Severely Criticised for Non-Efficiency. Paris. Sept 24 The official report of the recent mobilization severely criticises the staff, and especially the commissariat General Ferron, Minister of War, has ordered a minute inquiry into the conduct of the branches of the service criticised, and it is expected that several officers will, as a result, be removed from their commands as incapable. The Shadow In Afghanistan. Special to the Indlananolia Journal. London, Sept 24 The Indian Office is greatly disappointed at not having received a confirmation of the reported capture of Ayoub Kahn. On the contrary, a report received from Afghanistan this afternoon states that the indefatigable Afghan pretender is actually preparing for a decent on Herat Nothing more is known at present, and it need scarcely be said that further particulars will be anxiously awaited. So lond, indeed. as Ayoub is at liberty, so long may Great Britain consider the whole Afghan question, with its attendant issues, reopened. The present rule in that country has never been received by the people with favor, and there have always been disaffected tribes ready to rise up on the least encouragement With the Ghilzai rebellion still unuppressed, this is a particularly inconvenient time for the reappearance of Ayoub on Afghanistan soil. Herat. too, is an embarrassing spot, for, while it affects a considerable area of country, the constituted authority is but weakly represented and the rebellious spirits have a 6trong following thereabouts. Once at the bead of a native army, Ayoub Khan would give hiscousin, the Ameer, who is just now troubled with gout, serious work, and, if successful, would reinvolve England in difficulties such aa Englishmen have seen enough of in tha past Ready to Give Up Heligoland. Special to the Indianapolis Journal London, Sept 24 A report prevails this afternoon that the government is about to go to the "Honest Broker" of Berlin with a proposition to give up Heligoland. The. Foreign Office having discovered that Great Britain has a pronounced treaty interest in the integrity of the Samoan islands, which have recently been occupied by a German armed force, and acting on information received several years ago from the British minister at Berlin that England need expect no peace in tha Pacific until the German islet of Heligoland was given up to Germany, Lord Salisbury has at length considered the matter. He has come to tha conclusion that Heligoland is of very little importance to Great Britain, and that Prince Bismarck can have his long-ex

pressed desire for its possession gratified if the German Chancellor will, in return, order the irilr.itvawel ff t Via nioman irrwM ffnm th

ii iviiui a ui voLunL4 w ft vn- .- Saraoan islands and ceass his encroachments on Onr Commercial Relations with Spain. Madrid, Sept 24 The government organ here deny the statement that a convention between Spain and tha U nited States to suspend discriminating duties h as been signed at Wash ington. Washington. Sept 24 The government organs in Madrid, which denv that a convention between the United States and Spain suspending discriminating duties has been signed in Wash ington, are misinformed. Tha document was signed by the Secretarv of State and the Spanish Minister last Wednesday, The proclamation of the President putting it into force, -will be issued early next week. The Princes Most Go. Paris, Sept 24 The Cabinet have a second time debated the advisability of excelling the French princes from the territory of the Re public. It is reported that they are divided on tha Question, and have concluded to allow it to remain undecided until President Grevy returns to Paris. It is apparent that the princes them selves expect to be expelled, for they are all busily engaged in preparing for departure. Cable Notes. Advices at Brussels received from the Congo Free State show that anarchy prevails at Stan ley Falls. It is reported that beyond Wady-Halfa, Egypt, hundreds of lives have been lost in the floods, caused by the rising in the Nile. The St Petersburg Bourse Gazette says that negotiations are proceeding in Paris for the new Russian loan with the Rothschilds and the Comptoir d'Escompte. and the latter has made an offer. Reports from the cholera afflicted cities of Sicily show that during the past twenty-four hours 119 new cases, and 60 deaths occcrred at Messina: 10 cases and 9 deaths at Catania; cases and 2 deaths at Palermo. The Journal des Debats states that the French Minister to Monaco has been instructed to claim indemnity from the Moorish Government for murder of the French commander Schmidt, by natives on the coast of Morocco. Mr. John Bright, in a letter approving the ac tion of the Northumberland Miners Association in refusing to longer subscribe toward the payment of salaries to the representatives of their districts in tha House of Commons, says he does not favor the payment of salaries to members, because he does not wish that parliamentary life should be made a trade, as it is enough so already. The story is confirmed that after tha execn tion of the murderer Tranzim. in I'ans. a cer tain police official obtained a portion of the murderer's skin from an attendant at the medical school, and had it converted into a conple of purses, which he presented, one each to M. Taylor and Goron. other police officials, as souvenirs. The facts are leaking out. The latter delivered the purseB to the prosecutor-general, who dismissed all concerned in the matter. ACCIDENT ON THE I., B. W. The Eear Part of a Train Thrown from tho Track No One Seriously Hurt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawtordsville, Sept. 24 An accident happened to the midnight passenger on theL, B. & W. going west, at Mace, five miles east of here, this morning, The train was running at a high speed, and in crossing a switch the engine, baggage-car and one coach passed in safety but the next coach, two chair-cars and Woodruffsleeper left the main track and took to the switch. Tha engine and front cars ran some distance before stopping. The cars that left the track were thrown violently upon their sides, and the first car was badly demolished, a portion of the floor being torn up and tha seats broken. An iron rod was found sticking through one seat The other three cars were not badly injured, except tha trucks. The end of the first car was burled in the ground some four feet, and the end of the next coach was on top of this car. The last chair car and sleeper were laying crosswise of the main track. The train was full of people, but they all escaped with slight bruises, except one man who was thrown against a window apd had bis arm cut by glass. The accident issupposed to heve been caused by the switch flying open, from the jar of the first part of tho train, it having not been locked properly. The people were wild with excitement, and such yelling as there was indulged in can hardly be imagined. The door 8 of the coaches were soon got open and the people crawled out, a great deal more frightened than hurt The passengers built a fire and camped for a time. The engine returned with the two coaches, and the people crowded them full and came to this city. A great many persons on the train were from this city, who had been to the State fair. It took all day to day to clear the track. In the meantime, transfers were mad. Frank Lacey.,of Indianapelis, had his anki badly sprained. The loss to the railroad is estimated at $3,000. One of the coaches was brought to this city and left THE CHOLERA AT NEW YOIiK. Caring for the Aleslas Pnssengers All Proper Precautions to Stamp oat the Disease. New York, Sept 24 J. Terkuile, general agent of the Favri line, said this morning that he had given orders last night for three days provisions to be sent to Hoffman and Swinburne islands, where the passengers of the Alesla, which brought cholera to this country, are being kept Mr. Terkuile was of the opinion that the passengers would have to be quarantined for eight or ten days, and that after that time there need be no fear of further infection. Mr. Terkuile places great confidence in the ability cf Dr. Smith and the quarantine officials to prevent tha spread of the scourge. He said that the passengers' baggage would have to be very thoroughly fumigated, as considerable danger would have to be feared from that source. The Alesia is anchored in the lower bay. near the quarantine islands. The sick are in tha Swinburne Island Hospital, where they were taken on the vessel's arrival. Three of tha cases, those of Cormeli Carclier, and Guglieluo Helwig and his four-year-old child, will probably prove fatal. The others bave more or less chances of recovery. The balance of the passengers and crew, with the exception of the three cabin passengers, numbering 551, are under supervision, on Hoffman's island, at the expense of the steamship company. Should no new cases occur, the quarantine will be raised in eight or ten days. The cabin passengers remain on the vessel. Tha latter is being thoroughly cleaned and fumigated, and by next Wednesday persons will probably be allowed to board her. The health officers says that the disease was carried on board the ship by one or more of the passengers, and that the germs bad not been in the cargo, which was securely sealed. The persons evidently came on board at Maries, as for four or five weeks choiera has been raging near that city. The baggage ef the passengers, numbering 2.200 pieces, is being unpacked and fnuuigatad. The health authorities say that the present cool weather will aid greatly in stamping out the pest The danger is lessened, also, because preparations had already been made for the suppression of cholera, which was due in this country this year. Where the Danger Lies. Chicago, Sept 24 In speaking of the Asiatic cholera in quarantine at New York, Health Commissioner DeWolf said last night: "This information is very interesting to us if read aright But we do not need to be alarmed about any immediate danger in this country. Tha great danger is not from such cases. The clothing, freight and all the effects of this veasel, as well as all persons on board, will be thoroughly disinfected. There will not be the least possibility of any e ases arising from it. Where I fear trouble is from the following source: The summer clothing which may be paeked in the infected districts in Europe may be sent over to this . conntry in a ship that would have no case of cholera aboard to causa any attention to be paid to disinfecting. They are left until spring and then opened. 'In a short time the whole conntry is alarmed with new cases of cholera arising apparently without cause. In 1S73 there were three cases of this kind, where the clothing that bad been packed in the fall in the old country was opened here. There can be no effects of this epidemic in Chicago this fall. It is too late in the season. Chotara germs cannot bave any results in cold weather. Yes, I really have soma fears for next fall not particularly for this city, bat tha whole country at large." Man Killed. Special to the Indlanapolle Journal. Vincennes, Ind., Sept 24 James Ryan, ef Lawreneeville, 111., aged forty years, was killed to-day while logging on the Ambravr. ,

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Timely Effort by the Government to Preserve Archaeological Relics. The Ancient Mounds Located in Ohio To Bo Purchased in the Interest of Science and Preserved from Farther Destruction. Secretary Whitney Pleased With the Operations of the Dynamite Gnn. Minister Denby Makes Some Sensible Suggestions as to the Means by Which We May Extend Onr Trade With the Chinese AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY. Tha Government to Purchase the Prehistoric Monndt of Ohio. Special to the Indianapoll Journal. Washington, Sept 24 The government has actively undertaken a work that ia of tha utmost interest and consequence to every American who ia interested in American archaeology and history. This is tha purchase of tha most extensive, noted and valuable of tha ancient mounds, earthworks and fortifications fonnd oa this continent These mounds are located in Ross, Highland and Adams counties, Ohio, and are the best preserved ancient works to be fonnd east of the Rocky Mountains. Of their peculiar character, they are tha most extensive in tha world. The government is being spurred to greater activity in its desire to control and preserve these splendid old works of unknown origin by two causes. One is, that in many cases tha mounds, earth and stone-works.' and fortifications of various designs, are suffering sadly by reason of the cultivation of the country in which they are situated. Many important mounds have been plowed down, and many of the walls enclosing ancient towns have been almostlaveled to the ground, in whole or in part. In soma instances, the natural wear and tear of rain and storm, of frost, and snow and ice, and many thaws has done an irreparable amount of mischief. The work of preservation can not longer be delayed by the government The second reason for energetic action is a rivalry in this work between the scientists of the Peabody Museum, tha Smithsonian Institution and tha United States Geological Survey. Not long ago the Peabody Museum acquired the famous Serpent Mound, one of the best preserved of all of Ohio's ancient works. The museum authorities contemplate the establishment of a permanent park, in which this rare specimen of ancient works will be preserved. Government agents are now scattered throughout Ohio making surveys of the most important ancient works which are purchasable, and collecting such notes and estimates, charts and maps as will be available not only in determining the character and cost of the work necessary to be done to inclose and preserve the works, but which will also be available for use in the elaborate report tha government now has under wsy relative to the ancient mounds and earthworks of America. Professor Wright has been making valuable surveys in behalf of the United States Geological Survey. This is the first visit of a scientific corps of tha government to these works. Professor Wright said that they were the largest of the kind in tho world, and were noted both in tha scientific circles of Europe and in this country. THE DINAMITE GUJf. Secretary Whitney Much Pleased with the Recent Experiments at Mew York. Washington, Sept 24 Secretary Whitney lis pleased with tha results of tha dynamite gnn experiment He said yesterday: "The experiment was most tuccessful. Seeing is believing, and I wished to see something actually done. I have been incredulous, but I confess that I was greatly impressed with the power of tha explosion. The vessel was lifted up bodily and then went out cf eight instantly. The resistance of that target was evidently no measure of the power of the projectile. It demonstrated this that they can lodge dynamite in destructive quantities a mile and a Quarter off with considerable accuracy, and it is a matter of details merely to increase the range of the gnn and the quantity of the explosive so as to render it capable of destroying the strongest iron clads, , It avoids the present contest between torpedoes and machine guns. Tha method now employed for using high explosives is in torpedoes. Torpedoes are met with maohine guns and steel nettings placed about ships, but this pneumatic gun is a new method of attack. Takine its range and the line of flight of tha projectile it is difficult to say how it can be met For eoast defense it seems to me the most important arm yet invented. Its usefulness on ships is yet to be established, but its importance generally la naval warfare as an arm cannot ba overestimated." - THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP. No Special Correspondents Will Re Allowed to Accompany II lm. Washington Special. The President has received many requests from newspaper correspondents far permission to accompany him on his proposed Western trip. These requests come mainly from representatives of tha leading journals throughout tha country, who offer, by direction of their editors. to par their full share of the expenses, and, it necessary, to charter special ears for their ac commodation. To all such Mr. Cleveland replies that ha will not chance his programme, which provides for tha transportation with bis party of but two men, one rrom each pf the press associations. On this point ha is inflexible. He has been argued with and written to by very influential journalists, who point out that reliable writers and gentlemen ean be depended upon not to encroach on his privacy nor to misrepresent the incidents of his journey. while if the field is left open there will be a good deal of bushwhacking and competitive invention that will be more annojring than straightforward accounts. These arguments appear to have no effect. Indeed, the President has plainly expressed his annoyance at the impor tunities of some of his personal friends. Ha proposes to travel on a special train consisting. of a sleeper, dinine-room car and one baggage car three in all. The rate of speed will La about thirty miles an hour. MINOR MATTERS. Commissioner Miller Determined that the People Shall Have Pure Reer. Washington, Sept 24 It is the intention of Commissioner Miller, of the Interna1. Revenue Bureau, to transmit to Congress the results of the investigations he is about to ma:e into tha purity of tha different brands of beer. If deleterious adulterations are revealed, the Commissioner will euzeest that Congress confer power upon the bureau to prevent the making of impure beer. How Wm May Increase Our Chinese Xrade. Washington, Sept 24 Minister Denby, in a report to me siaie ueparimeni, saja one vi the chief impediments to the opening of new branches of trade with tha Chinese is the ignorance of our manufacturers and producers of the needs and tastes of the Chinese, lie cites hardware as an example, saying that Chinese hardware, though cheap, is very inferior, and that if our manufacturers knew the tastes of tea Chinese they could pro duce articles far snpertof ic quality and at competing prices, it is an un doubted fact, he says, that among the natural products of China there are manv which wouia be useful and salable in America were their uses better known. Some of the European nations. especially France. Germany and Belgium, are beginning to look more clearly after the Chinese trade than formerly. They are establishing exhibitions, where the novelties of Chines productions can be made known, while a French svndicata has established an exhibition of French products in ChiosGeneral Notes. Washington, Sept 24 Tha Bureau of Sta tistics reports that for the eight months of the current year, to Sept 1, tha number of Immi-