Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 October 1891 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

IXHAXJL Tn Southern Iatr-tat exnoafefca cpiMud with a graad aoarhii at IteMaga, Ki tss ONna ont aiat . ymoMUweic Hkxkv Vxw iCrrucax. aeeoad Mtnw Methaea. dtod la Ioadoa oa tW fgth. lie waa bom la ISIS aad cuwtodod to the thht or th death of )ik father in 1M. Joxx Gmooc, who died hi Sfttaatoiria, !.. oa the alght of the tth, seven years ago by hlattelf aad a . Chat-fas Ward. Jon x L. lIowAMii, aged 3t. a ttadent at ta National college foe the sloaf aad damb Hr Washington ettr. 1mm fatten hw to nearly it. ), thronga the death of his father ia Deksta, A cmcri-vx has been teased Vy the Rnoohvn affaiater of th mtsKior wnieh enuwgnl thirteen governments ia which. th pople are coapWllr faav Sa stricken aad eig ht ia which partial famine: prevails. It ms agaia reported that the dulse of Caw bridge may reiga hfc omen eamraaader-m-chief of th Kritfca forces, reeogaixiag th feet that hfe hi creasing feebioaecc prevents hha front f Hi filing ft is daUes. Tmr 2s ew York areata of the White Star liae aaaoaaee that the Teutonic, -whieh arrived at Qeeeastown at t p. m. oa the Stk. heat all previous eastbound records by about iftj minute, her Usee being i days and t hoars. Gxx. Goonex Erxkct Jkax Ma me Soclaxek, ojc-miahiter of war of Jfraaee, committed saieide, oa the Mth, at the tomb of Maw. Houaomaia. hk late mre. who rwwtir died ia Kruais. by shootiag himself throngh the head. IHri,OMATK" coatplicatioa have arisen IctwwB the Uaited States aad Chili of a SttSeieaU.r grave watare to caa a aunledly-eelled consultation at the executive mansion, oa the h, W.ween the president aad his chief advisers ia the state aad navy department. CArr- Gko6 II. Pekix?. United States navy, at his own reqwent was, oa the 1st, placed oa the retired list, after forty years' erriee, Capt Perkins dnj.tiagaished htnualf daring the late war as commander of the United States sieataer Chickaeaw at Mobile oay. Ala. Tun Lelaad Stanford, Jr.. woiver4tj at Taki Alto, Cl., was opened, oa the 1st, with impoMnr eereaaoaies aad a large attcadaaee of Madeats froat all parts of the state aad Union. The ftrst eSaas thai matriculates will he larger tlhaa Wfal with aew iofctHatioBS of he khad. . Ascxjf al R. Tatmmc, a efril ea ariaeer. died at hk hoaae ia Ifae Mraah, X. J., oa the SSth, afed M years. He 3Mkted ia the oririaal sarray of the Krie railroad, aad waa the f rat amaa to ekive a railroad Make ia Chicago, after m tedioas trmatp of forty days, ia 17. Mr. Taylor was aader saerla! of Oraaye oaaty ia Okix to the low water ia the Qwaeo oallet, which lows taroerh the oeater of the city of Aabara, X. Y., mad htto whieh the. eatire f-eware of the towa ewpiHs aa epidemic of typhoid fever exkts in the western part of the dty. Over Si eahaTe Veea reported to the health oflkwr, who k of the opiaioa that auiar arare case are Winr ooaeealod. Ix many 8aAaa Tillages the peaaats have aaiied ap their hate aad left their eoataiHaes to seoar the coaaty Ja wareh of work. ilawdred of them failed ia their search aad are berriafr shier the roadsides. I a nanHrroas oases the eed earn whieh was farstkhed the peasants by the rarerajaeat haf beea eatea ia4eail of XMaated. aad the land h Iriar fallow. Tmr direHoc of the amiat, with the ap-jK-arai of the McreUry of the treasury, 3mm iM.aed sfecil iawtractiaas to the aaperiateadeat of the Uaited 8tas aawiy oaiee ia New York ekyto pay aaek aparoKiaMtioa of the ralae of depo4ts of lorehrn ffold coin or bans aot to exceed 99 per eent., as ia his ipiaoa -will W proper aad afe, peadiar awlt aad atay. Thk k doae to aaeoarafre the importattoa of foreira jroid iato the Uaited State. lav. William E. KraRLU of Mamachafetts. waa reiHHn:aated by the deatoeratie tatc eoa venoa at Woreot-ter. oa the Wth; (lea. Joan W. Coreoraa. of diatoa. was for Iteateaaat-rovernor: EidrkfareCasa man, of Iaherille, was noatiaated for aeeretary of utate; Jaatex K. Orfaaell, of (trreateld. for treaarer aad receiver jreaeral; W. I). Trefry. of Martdehead. for aadttor, aad Oeorjre M. ttcarae, of Chkopee, for altoraeyXeaeral. A aoc. robber, who had eat hk way throarh the ead.of the ear, at It o'clock en the aMHuiair of the Wth, iwddealy aorercd a awwearer oa a solid Aaaon aa exarew traia tf tlx oars m the Ceatrai Hudson railroad betwcea Al aaay aad Little Fall. X. Y-. aad delaawded the aarreader of hia retoiver aad the hey to the aafe, from whieh he secured paekaffea to the prabahle ralae of fi.tot, aad. riviar the ahtaal to the oafiaeer to alow ap. jawaed from the J. It. MrSTif.t.AX. ex-t Hani ha coaatr. Tex., who waa charafd wHa wkappropriatiatf faads to the juaoaat of tlet,of, ha lieea acq alt ted hy order of J ad re Hirktower, who aehl that Che leral deaaHioa tt aoarr k leral Wader had cota. aad that lad to tak. raKar of Jadoe 11 irk tower, who M. oae oi tae state a brtrhtet jarkds, aoomeial eaa be ladieted fc-r emhezxieaieat aader the prcacat law of Texas he ateaia actaal eata.

CURRENT TOPICS,

mmra n As tmk roalt of aa itpieeiuaof oil. oa the xath, ia the wholesale coal oil hoee of riiUHiM Jk Caaaiacham. of Wiiladalahk. aae fawye beiMiaya wave destroyed aad cirht nwawa were iajared, aoae, it is belieaed, i erioaeiy. Kmmxt IV tTA.xuer.aawriateadeat of the moaejr-onW dopattavHat of the post oaloe at Atlaata, Ga., ha Wa ar retted, charzed with emhcaxleateat. It k believed his shortarv korer $1,300. IHL CA8TAR WKTAR IlObOK, aor of Aew Toatameat litoratare 9ieoc4a m the Priaeotoa (X. J.) theolorieal M-miaary, died oa. the SUh. The professor had Wa.sicfc all Muamer. Gxattax Daltox. ooe of the who mbhed the Soathera Paeiae traia at AlUa, aad two other prisoners escaped from theeoaaty kil at Ykalia, CaL, oa the airht of the ITth. Joax W. Xackav aad aartr arrived at the Graad Ceatrai deoot ia Xaw York, at ltd a. m.. oa the mk. ia their fcaeeial car. aariar made the trip from Sea Fraacfaeo ia 4 days, 13 hoars aad tfc miNMU-, three hoar the beat pre vioas record. Iik.vty rains hare falka ia Kassla aad the rroaad Is so soaked with water that the potatoes are rottiar. The price of potatoes has already doahled aad is kUIl nrtmg. Ivax Alrxsucvitck CojnCMAorr. the Kasaiaa aataor, died in t. PeterKbarr oa theasth. He was bora ia ISO. A PKrKRATK raar of white robbers ia Jail at Gadsden. Ala., aader seateaee for robbery aad traia wreeirfajr, orerpowered Depaty Sheriff K. M. Meltoa, oatheSath, patarope aboathk aeck aad were heariar hba whea a poiiceaaaa appeared aad ared oa the prison ers, lacy fled hack to their cells. ew .... mm awo were woaaaeo. Aae rooe was taken from Meltoa's aeek aad he was foaad to be still alive. He will reTau Chilhva sitaatioa k not rarardod ia IVashiartoa as alaraMag. t 1LLIAM Ucu, Jr., of Alhaar. X. Y., who was foaad jraiitr of aidiaraad ahettiar; Itook-koeper Vhitney ia tah4fyiar the accoaaU of the Albany City nathmal baak, hr mean of which ha eaahlcd to overdraw hiaaecoaat y tabosaada of dollars, was sen tenced, oa the 2th, to six years imprisonment in the Albany eowaty peaiteatiary. Tmoxas ItoMKBRR. of Leba- , Pa., while eadeaToriBr to save her 4-year-old son who had Mrayed oa the track of the electric railroad, was .track by a ear aad inataatlr killed. The child was fatally iajared. Gold in Kaeaos Ayros was qaoted at Hi per cent, preauam oa the 29th. AaEjrrs for the French Korerameat bare bee a qaietly buyiaK ap an eaoraaaoaat of rraia and meats. mostly ia the American markets. Tmk Hawaiian Gaaette denies that there has been an exprensioa of desire oa the part of the Hawaiiaa papers for annexation to the United States. Tar largest oil well straok fat the Pennsylvania oil acids was opened, on theStth. kt the MeCardy field, is miias wort of PfUsbarxh. The well started' off at the rate of M barrels aa hoar aad k estimated to be doiar l,t barrehv per day. A a exact meaaaremeat can aot be taken, as more thaa half the prodactia fntnr to waste oa account of iarialaciowt taahaga. At the Colorado state fair ia Taenia. on the Sth. darhapr the prorresa of the rse trottiac race, jat after pa4nr anoer the wire m the third heat, the horse Tramp saddenly stopped, starrered ap afaiaot the fence aad fell dead. He was owned by Mr. Leonard, of Dearer, who had recently, refaed $t,M for him, hoidiarhk price at t7a,tm. Tramp S". ivcord was rSL Tmk vet tier in Calkpel ralier, in nortlrera Idaho, are alarmed over the menacing attitude of the Indians in that section. Xarla. the chief of the Calkpefes k k reported, has ordered all white settlers oat of the eoaatry, and the Indians are raawinr off the Me tiers Mock and othera ke aantrrhtr the whites. Tmk coroner's text neat oa the sanposed Miieide of William Adams, who foaad haaariar in hk bara near Colambaa, lad., haa developed that Adams had received white can anonrk?ttrs threateniwr bk life. The rraad jary will investifrate. Ik. JtnrK Jr.ycKK. rector of St. IaaTs Epkcopal enareh ia ladmnapolfe. lad., has reathraed oa miwet of his eonrreTMtioa. which objected to hw eoavietioa that the end of the world ia near at hand. Hox. Thomas McSrrrrv, X. P.. waa expeled fnaa the Canadian hoae of emamons, oa the Snth. ay Maaaimoas rote. II ht offense was bondlfafr. The IXxoa Coaaty bank, at Ponea. Xeb., wa catered by live maahed Irarrlars. on the airht of the 3fth. the watehmaM befaat overpowered. Their efforts to break!, iato the vault were in terrupted by a evtiacii, and the robber harried to the railroad, where they had a hand-ear in waitiar, and amid a fnillade of balletH eeapel One of the robbers was shot, trtrt tSe others carried hka away with them. Frrmkt traia Xo. 8S on the Erie road collided wnh section of pavarer traia Xo. S, near Keat, O., on the Mth. Foar peraoas were killed, indadfar the earkteer aad are man of the pea aeacer traia, aad thirty persons iajared. Aiwknm.tmax Fraxk P. Dr.a4MKrr( of Rockland coaaty, X. Y.. who k aader rarioas indictment for forrery. etc.. waa manrleil at Xyack, on the Kh, to Iantha Shakespeare, ikarkter of a wdt-kaowa jeweler of that piece. Ax attempt to wreck the tram oa which Ktnperor Fraaeia Joeph of Anatria waa trareHnr to Rekhenbarr waa frastrated, oa the nhrbt of the atat. by the dWorery of a bomb whieh was ia teaded to bhr ap the bridge at Rosea thal,eror whieh the emperera traia was A MT.ctAt. cable from La Ubertad. !na .Salvador, says that tW commandant of that port denies the ramor iWtt s revolt Sa Gaataamhi.

Xmb. Hot'LANamt, widow of Gea. Moahiayar. who k. reaidiar at Versailles, oa being iaioaJkd of bar hasband's sMlojaa at Iteahse!. . fa(wUb Since then she has Iwmt la aatnte af deepest dehMakm, an a k nppWntly overcome wit rot Faor. KKxrao, a white teaeher of a aotoned normal aahool at Haatsrllle, Ala., attempted, oa the 1st, to ckastke Rbeaeaer Kaha, a eolored papiL Kaha eiaed a three-inch teel ehkel aad imbedded H la Renfro's brain. kUUar

Tmk comptroller of the currency issaed a statement, oa the 1st, Khowlnc that oa that date, the total amount of Rational hank notes ontstandin agrregated Sl71,t7,SUt. a decrease for the month of September of .vt7,ltt. KtHT miners were killed at the Aborrwna colliery, near Krbtm!, Wales, on the 1st, by the ovw-wbuHn of the pit rear. A sOLncKH monameBt was navilel at Pottaville, Pa., on the 1st, in the presence of a vat assemblaira. CAPT. ChaMLRS II. WAKXKX8. FottTteeath in fan try, has been placed oh the retired list of the army. Tmk ntrihe if miners ia the Pittsbsrrk (Pa.) district ia more general than waa expected. Tea thousand miners are hKe. aad work at all the railroad mines has ceased. Tmk adhesion of the Australasian colonies to the universal postal union, which haa been for years anxiously sooght by the commercial nations of the world, went iato effect on the 1st. llo.v. IIarvkt Mi Wattkinox diel in Loakrltle, Ky., on the night of the 1st. He was bom in Itedfonl eownty. Ten., November 43, 1S1I. In 183M he saceceded James K. Polk In the Twen ty-sixth congress and was the only sarvrrtng member of that body. He served ia the Twenty-seventh and Twentyeighth congresses, and in was sent by President Tyler to .South America on an important diplomatic mission. He declined office at the hands of Presidents Iierce, llnchanan and Johnson. He was a strong Union man daring the late wir. Tkk city of Halifax. X. S., was re ported, on the moraiag of the 2d, to be in the embrace of a mirlitv eonihMfration. whieh threatened the destruction of the city aad all the shipping in the dock,. A hundred casks of kerosene stored in one of the warehouses on the docks added largely to the spread of the are among; the shipping. The fifth aannal Corn-Palace festival opened at fcnix City, la., on the 1st, with great ceremony. The weather was not of the best, bat nevertheless the city waa thronged with people. The .Mexican National band is there, ami will give two concerts dally daring the carntvaL Thomas STEritx54.v. of Elkhart, IwL. while hoaae at noon, on the 1st. acci dentally shot and instantly killed himself, lie was ia the back van! shootinr sparrows with a target rifle, when the ran was caught somewhere in hk dot il iac aad the load was discharged throtarh hts neart. The condition of the cotton eron for the seven days ended the 1st was some what improved, in most sections, over the preceding week, thoagh k parte of, Arkaasaa aad Soatlt Carolina the situa tion was aaore gloomy thaa at any time thia season. Nearly all reports esti mate quite a falling off from the yield of last year. hi John- Tkomi'hkv, minister of jus tice, and Hon. C. K. Foster, raini&ter of customs, will represent the Dominion government at the reciprocity confer ee to be held at ttashlngton oa the lh last. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Tkk oftleMl estimate of the French wheat harvest for l&tl k 5.8I.57 hec tares cultiratOiL (A hectare k two acres. one rod and thirty-five perekss.) This cultivation produced SI.8M.979 hectolitres t bushels to the heetoitre,) 01 mixed grain S1S.356 hectares were planted, producing 2,9,9m hectolitres. Of rye 1,491,714 hectares were planted, produciag 2I.Ui.S17 hectolitres. Tmr hnsiaess failures occurring throngaoat the eoaatry during the seven days ended on the 1, number, for the United states, Bnd for Canada. St, or a total of 29a- as eompared with a total of 144 the previous week. For the corresponding week of last year the 8ures were l7, representing 1 failures in the United States aad l in the Dominion of Canada. Tmk graad jary which investigated the eollapae of the building in Park ptaoe, Xew York, ia which over sixty lives were lost, has reported its inability to decide whether overloaded floors or an explosion eaaaed the calamity. The evidence gathered would not warrant the finding of an indictment. Tmk reciprocity con frence a rranged to take piaeein Ottawa. OaU, on the ISth, between representatives of the Dominion aad the United States haa been postponed at the request of President Harrison until the retura of Secretary limine to Washington, CoMMonouK P. Vkihsr has begun action for slander at Jamestown. N. Y, agaiast Hon. V, I). Sessions. Mr. Sessiena charged that Mr. Veder had proeared hk, last three nominations for senator from hk dietrkt by luitwry. Tmk story of Jay Gould's sudden illm at a directors' meeting in New York, oa the 1st. k positive! v denied by hk son Howard and Kdw'ard, who my no sacn meetmg waa held. Ftmc at Alexander City. Ala. cm the Jd. baraed the allianee warehouse aad m bales of cotton. The loss k ,. Tlj hmartd. The eaaaa of the Are k ankaewn. T Xew York ehamheraf commerea ae adoptel a rawdntion ealliag for the repeal of the exkting law for the purchase of 4,m,tm ouaeea of silver per A KntsK exchange of telegrams between the Karopeaa capitals coatmues. with a view to reiaforeW the aaran. quadrnns ia Chinese waters. A MRKTixa was held in Wind Wfhtof the 1st, Mdkeam )aexatlon to the United States. k more thaa tkree feet deep at Red Lodge, Mont, aad business W nWFfTrtWfSfBCn

IAlflr STAXE Klfl. I FOSTER IS SATISFIED. I CUSINCSS REVIEW.

IlAMtttsox IkMA af Jefferannville, M kaajtnent of MM against hat wife tor honaahohl gooJs that she sold. Micmaxi. aTtoMUc father of Charles aaeohla, the young man who strayed front hk home at La)Mrte. two weeks ago, while deranged by illness, recelvwl a Wlegnutt a few days ago yUting that the dead body of his son wus found in Milwaukee, r" Ua. Oowulk was flogged by White Caps, near ahakerviUe, Harrison oounty, the other night He is a young man and k ch urged with getting drunk and almsing hia mother. He was given a severe whipping aad a promise of more ia the future if he did not reform. Tmk Riehmond Gas company drilled a mammoth gas well, eight mile southeast of Alexandria, a fuw days ago. It k almost a large as the Itig Alexandria well. Latkm reports from the earthquake show that it was lelt quite distinctly in the vicinity of Crawfordsville. At Wayne town th brisk walls of the Masonie building were badly cracked by the shock. Tmk street railway syste-n of Xew Albany will be operated by electric motors within six months. Tmk JWth Indiana regimental association held a reunion at Hngeretown and elected (Sen. Wm, Grote president and ltenjaiain S. Parker, the poet author. and his wife, of Newcastle, honorary members. Gko. Lkwis, of Bvansville, went to sleep on the railroad tracks in a drunken stupor, aad was chewed to pieces by a locomotive. Adam Hkss, while working at a sawmill ia Corydon, fell against the saw and was killed. Tme westbound limited mail on the Pan-handle road struck a carriage near Centerviile, in which were Joseph lilack, hk wife and two daughters. Black, hk wife and one daughter were instantly killed and the other daughter was fatally injured. The lllack family was on the way to attend the Cambridge races At an election a few days ago Monroe City was voted dry by the temperance element Thk drought dried up Indian creek. In Floyd county, and ash are dying by the thousands. This peach season has closed, with shipments from Madison by railroad of lwi car-loads averaging 530 bushels to the car, besides immense shipments by river. Hloomfikld decided to put down S,000 worth of good streets. Hot weather caused the Seymour fair to be a failure. Twrntv-oxk deaths from maglinant typhoid fever occurred in the neighborhood of Columbus in eighteen days. Since May 1 $52,000 worth of real estate mortgages have been paid off by Morgan county farmers. Many grapevines at Jeffersonville are sa d to be bearing a second crop of fruit this season. Johx Swismkr, an old resident of Yorktown, Delaware county, fell out of a haymow, receiving injuries from which he may die, A farty consisting of one hundred farmers are scouring the woods in Pipe Creek township. Miami county, for a tramp who has Iwea burning hay stacks and insulting women who refused to feed him. Gov. Hovky commuted the sentence of Charles B. Harden, convicted by the Marlon county circuit eonrt of larceny, and sentenced to the state prison for two years, to commitment to the reform sehooL Harden is eighteen years of age, so that if he serves out the requirements of the law he will have a year longer than he would have had had he gone to the penitentiary. Human bones have recently boon found ia the mound known as thtf 'Knoll" on the farm of D. P. Hinder lidur, two miles south of Medora. They are supposed to be the bones of an aboriginee belonging t o the race that once peopled that region. Axes, arrows and other relics have been found there before. The place is of peculiar interest on account of the great number of mounds to be found in the vicinity. .Maki, aged 5f 14 years, daughter of Charles Mead, of Lafayette, and a beautiful. Iright child, ate "rough on rats' aad died. Tkk question of colored children attending the public tchools of Charlestown, has been settled by the employment of a special teacher. The new SSO.MX) opera home at Union City will te ready to open about the middle of Decembeh At Crawfordsville the ease of Dr. & K. Washburn against the Itig Foar for injuries received while going toChicarn to attend the last Democratic national convention, was decided the other dav. after being in the courts for several years. He sued for $1B,WW, and the road offered him MK, hut he refused to fettle for that fiinire. The iurv re turned a verdict awarding the plaintiff $18 damages. Pbachrs weighing lU ounces were grown at Lafayette. Dr. Gati.ino, of the destructive ma. chine gun fame, Is about to manufacture a new kind of heavy siege gun, at Marion, where he wlllestablteh a rrcat plant Tkk Novelty iron-works, of Ilaffaln. will move to A nderfeon in the near fatare. Tkr Commercial clubof Xew Albany decided to postpone its Industrial parade until next spring. Jonx A. Lister, a sawmill workman at Kvansvllte, was pierced through the kbdome by a huge splinter and died aeon afterward. Ha ram HoHt.NKTT, daughter ofvI Roblnett, of Xew Washington, was buraed to death by her slothes taking are at a stove. Coxrad Fritz, of Rossrllle, lias sold t.ttJ cucumbers at U cents per one hundred, and has several tkaumd left 'fRK special grand Jury at La Grange, ealled to investigate the death of Sherry Hughes, found an indictment against Martin Hall uhanfiNf mttrdar in tka arvt degree,

The Mrtrr ttt tk Treur la Kafir FMitiHH wifu n (HttvwtM ttt thw PreRruMHie itM-naianiliaa raacead-e-msm rer cent Haass-The lHii-iiilMsUa f the NariHiM Mu Cause af the Ma !) JNMrKfl. AKW omk. Oet. 8. A special dispatch from Washington to the Krening t ost says: hecretary Foster, In re lvttc w ihc inquiry WMetner he was saUan4l with the result of hkpro gramiue for extending the 4K per canU ai x r ceut, saw: I km entirely satisfied. Matters could scarcely have Iwoh in moro gen erally gratifying shape tonlay.' "laklHg everything into consklaration. do you think you hare done any ueuer ty making the rate S per eent than you would have done if you had made it i0 Was it the question of tin; hankers that settled the rate at that figura?" Wo have done much better very mueii twtter. In my judgment could nut have oxtended a miUicm of the Iwnds at i per cent Porhaiw that is putting it a little too strongly; but we should, I am convinced, have been able to do far loss than we have done. Xo, if I had the whole business to do over again and could look ahead and see how matters have shaped themselves, I do not believe I should be willing to change a single thing. It is true we have not increased the circulation of bank notes, whieh I agreed with the Xew York bankers in thinking a desirable object; but we have done what answers the same purpose we have, with every bond redeemed, increased the total circulation by just so much money. We have done this, however, without draining our supply of gold as was at first feared we would. All of the money put out of the treasury in redeeming bonds has passed into the hands of the people." "To what do you attribute the fact that the money market has been so easy when everybody was expecting a stringency V "To the reduction of the surplus in the treasury. It had no business there. The people have a right to all the money there is except what may Iks needed to administer the affairs of the government. The condition of the country is healthiest when the amount lying in the government's vknlts k not much it) excess of current needs. As it is, in spite of decreased revenues and a reuueeu italance, we have been able to send from New York and Washington to the west where money is most needed, 32,000,000 in the nine months of this year, as against a total of only 8J,00o,(HK in the whole of last year. There are a hundred millions more in the people's pockets now than there was last year. That is surely something to rejoice at and not to worry over." THE PUBLIC PURSE. Thi CnnriltloR r th Xatinast Flnanrr ns Shown tr the .Hmitttlr KtatrmeHt ef the TrranHry Depart mm t-Thf t'Hbtlr Debt KcrfUfirtt Rn,S3.1,Kia I)nrlH thi MuHth. Washington. Oct 2. The monthly public debt statement issued by the treasury department yesterday, shows a reduction in tne arirrerate of the debt during; the last month amounting to ?X.ft$s,81S. There was a reduction of SA'i.'VS-',:) in the interest-bearing debt,, and SSS,(ttS in the non-intcrest-bcaring debtc, an increase of S7,r.l.",rao in the debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, and a decrease of SI.2gl4'.H in the surplus cash in the treasury. Government receipts from all sources during iseptcmlier aggregated $35,001,247, against 3WUS04.834 in September 1SW. Ciihtom receipts last month were ?M,10,W4. against 8i2,05,JK!.S in Heptemocr, ik, and internal revenue re cetpts were 14,4.ft:t, against 12,010, mi in September 18P0. Expenditures during the first quarter oi tne fiscal year ending; Wednesday aggregated 3St471,78. or about twenty-four millions less than during .ini3 August and September, 1S0, wiiile receipts for the quarto amounted to 301,186,443. or ubout twenty-three ami a half millions less than the first quarter of the past fiscal year. During .September coinage at the United Mutes mints was cxeeutod as follows: Gold pieces to the humlwr o 12l,04 and of the value of m.'MO.mi.TM silrer pieces to the number of 6.150,400 ami of the value of SI.SSO.lW; and 15. iw.'.wJ minor corns of the value ol 5U.M2J. mttking a total coinage of 11. 437,24G pieces, of the value of $K, 702,071. GETTING IN EARNEST. The MUsmtrl t'aetHe Must Krlay Its Tracks with Steel rUIU. Tohkka, Kas., Oct 'iYesterdav the state board of railroad com miss loners requested Gov. Humphrey to bring suit to compel the Missouri Pacific Kailwav y, , , . , . . ... J vo. io reiay ine iracks of the Kansas Central with steel rails, and (Jeneral Manager ,S. II. II, Clark was notified that excuses would no longer be taken for his failute to comply with the hoard a orders. the commissioners went licforc the governor and precntcda statement of the condition of the road from the tint It was built up to tho present showing the positijn of the road hi ignoring all orders to relay the road with steel rails until a fatal accident had hap aeneo. ami men tliey only pakl enough attention to frame an excuse for not .repairing the road. uor. Humphrey turned the Matter over to Attorney Ives at once with !nstructiOHd to com me nee action to enforce the orders of the commissioners. The tfaHKcrs Mnaameat at tattmrlle, ra. PoTTSVlM.R. Pa., Oct S. Uea. Hor ace Porter, of Xew York, delivered the oration at the nnveiHng of the soldiers monument, yesterday, whloh waa wit. eed by fully 1S,00 people. Gov. Pattison presented lutdges to the wtrvl ying meNiliers of the Klnit Defenders who represent eom ponies from Potto ville, Allen kHi, Lewkdon ami Xew Ringgold, whitth ware the first soldlcri at the national eajHtal during the late reheHon. The monument was erected by voluntary in trlliMtions at a cost of 94&,WW. The city waa gaily dncorated and the eel e Wit km wm a fitting one

lite CMMMthm ttt TmhU TfcrHtn4 Ik. OHHHtrjr h Nhwwa fcr K. , Hhh tVs n'tMr Krvtew The fa Ht Weather Retarded IfaM Wwtwmn HmMpwhat, Mat It U Imwrwvtaff. Htt Tratle U Ota-M-sliy Kf)wrlMt AeMva. Nkw York. Oet a. R. 0. Dun , Co.'s weekly review of trade says: The Iron market nrt tllMtliictly HtruHg r, Hutu i le rHrtA slt aHd MHtM-w oiu are wore rare, won UiuuKh ttny advsHee in prhea hh yet rtslntet. The ttviHHHd fr bar llHIH l HOt NPtlVW HHlt WlMkNWR la Mocha ti iiklN to chuck Hle of rsltu. r. np Unm at otir at lWi , ara rsnnrttut, but h has sold a low hh 30 ecHtH, and nl ot land are kuihII undof tin UtiN MiHlvnita. Tulmeeo Iih rltu A to 8 cent in tlie CoiiHttetleHt vul. ley, Hd the protlueer are nwHsltiK larae prolilx, Salt of dry hhhI hi larae Ih tlm saKrtxstt, but ht litcht welahta fsr Ulow lMt year's, and niany Iihihis are Idle for the IirevuHt. Uu the other hhhiI thurn U s pe. t-ullar dMiiiHiul fur hnnvy welKt, hiuI of 1i"(omN uHltHi are ntlfsotory, Krent linrVfiiK'iit In qtiullty UIiik notlcwl. Cotton kucmIs area llltlw le Mctlru. tatn of knit kmhIm are retarded by the a-eatlivr sml Inlryl8 dull, KaleM of wool at thcalffer. entiHsrkets are not 5 per went, below those of luxt year thus far. Binton rupurts a clover money market and BHtlftfuctory trade, eupecUlly H itry koms, ilnee cooler wt'fttlier came. Halt of wool are S.'WO.QOO posiut. with prices firm. At I'hllaihlphla money In Ih fslrlHiainl and linprovtinmt la iwh lu allliueor dry grfods ami clot li late. tlioHtdi tliwre Is complaint H thtoMa In other branoln of trade of dlow collection. At Italtimore the shoe tradtt exceeds lart year's; at Cleveland tradw In dry Roods and clothing- ha Hecn retarded by the weather, hut other trade has been ood ; ami at Cincinnati oniu Increase Ih nceii in receipts of corn, onts and cheeje, an elKhth Increase In cuttle, third In wool, and wheat receipts are rlva times, and rye receipts eight times I ait year's; but decreaxe appears of one-half in lard, a third In enrud meats, and a tilth in barley. At Kt. ImU trade and manufactures are active, and money close. At Minneapolis and fit. 1'aul business it aood and lumber advaiiclil, and at Kansas City and Denver Improvement U aesn. At all points at the south trade Is Improving, except at Kavannah, where a great strike suspends the movement of cotton. In spite of several more circulars of advice to t Ik farmer' to hold their wheat, the nrlec lias declined about 1 cent. Receipt at the west have been over S.owi.wt) bushuls In (oar days; corn has advanced two cents, and oats 1 cents, and while cotton It unehaiiKcd In price pork products have ohaiiged but little, and cuffee and oil are a little lower. There l more perplexity than usual rexanlluic the yield of cotton, hut the MWt conservative estimate conelude thuta larxn decrease In the product Is prolMble, iiiiiklnir -a market for the heavy stocks whfeb were broucht oypr from last year. Import of merchandise. thoiiKh smtiller than a year ago when the movement wn exceptional, Hre (iite tarjee. and export't from Xew York for the past two weeks are nearly equal to those of lnt year. It.iilroad earnInxsrxesed lat year's, as do cxehanftrn at the various ctearliiK honscs ontsIdoof.Vew York, though but slltflitlv, and.thure are as yet no symptoms of the artificial monet.iry pressure whleli mihs hrfve apprehendiMi. The business failures occurring ihroioch sut the country during the lnt seven davs, number, for the United Mate, 301, and for Canada, i. or a totd of 333; as compared with a total of 211 Inst week, and 3W for the week previous to the last. For the corresponding week of last year the figures wre 17. representing lftt failure In the fnltod States and Ni In the Dominion of Canada. THE PATH TO PRISON. President Hill f the ClrnrMeld and IleHtadale (I'a.) Hanks In a Vmr Way to Ke the Iftsldr. of a t'rHitraMnrr for Ills IMs-hoas-sty ce a Modest Mhdster. L'ulversally Kesperted, 'Saw Chsrife! wMh a MerlHH Felony. PiTTfiBfnoii, Pa.. Oct 8. A special to the Times from Clearfield, Pa., says: The way is Wing gradually paved "for President Dill's transit to the penitentiary. Hank Examiner Miller made information before J anticc of the Peace McCulIough, charging 1)511 with falsifying the bank's Inioks' by making a false entry of 10.000 on .luly 14. Dill Is a. prisoner in his own house. To-dnv other information will be filed against him by the bank examiner. Hail will not be fixed until the extent of the crookedness is discovered. It was stated on indUnntable author ity last night that S3.000 additional to the $10,000 had leen found mijwlng. The bunk examiner refused to say anything about the latter discovery until he has more information. He admitted, ho.vevcr, that the amount was 9KR,000, and said he had as yet only gone over a part of the books. The room in which Dill is a prisoner is furnished in palatial style and thefloor is carpeted with .rugs of kingly taste. Paintings on the wall am of values seldom seen outside of a gallery. Until yesterday all hut a few hothcmled depositors ttcltcved him not

Unguilty of premeditated dishonesty.

IhTore Dill entered into financial circles he had leen a modest minister and had always been held In high standing. Mr, Dill claims he knows nothingabout the liotiks being falsified, and sW he felt sure the matter would bo righted in court On account of the lmnk lioing a national one. depositors will undoubtedly be pukl in full. The Krelm-orltv Cfmrerrnrr t'oAtponrd. Washington. Oct . The report from Ottawa that the reciprocity conference set for October 12 lictween Secretary Hlnino and representatives of the Canadian government had been in definitely postponed is confirmed at th executive mansion and at the state department The reason given for the lostponement Is that the president deems it best that the Canadian com missioners should deal directly will Mr. niaine. anil Mr. Harrison therefore asked for a postponement until Mr. Hlaine's return to Washington, when a time for meeting could ho arranged. 1 he statement is made at the state department that this government is ready to meet Canada now in regard to reciprocity, but. Mr. Hlaine's great per sonal interest In the matter makes it desirable that he should conduct the negotiations on the nart of the United States. Taa Schooner Frank Ferew ftst. CiticAao, Oct it The loss of tha sehooaer Frank Parew off Whitcfisli Point Lake Superior, with nil oa board, la conceded In yesterday's ad vices from the owners to Chiearo un derwriters, Tim IVrew waa bound for Marquette wKh coal front Cleveland, bat she has not reached there.althotttrli due last Monday; rihe eorresnond with the description of a schooner in tremble on Hake Superior during the recent gale, and there U no doubt that she .i-entto the bottom. She earrled

nine men and H'aa commanded by Capt J, Marf uely, of Par CHv.