Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 September 1894 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

C DOAXK, Publisher. JASPER. INDIANA Fresh forest fires were reported from Miimet-ota on the 5th. A KKWAR1 of S1C0 has been offered for tha discovery of President Ken nedy of Amity college, at College City, Ia., who mysteriously disappeared early iu August. Sampee J. KiKKWoon, lowaV famous war governor, died at his home in lowa citv, on the 1st, irom out age He was SI years old. and had been feeUIC lur M'l ITdi fir. Rbv. Dr. .1. C. Wem.inc., president of the Columbian university of Washington. D. C, died ir. Hartford, Conn., on the 4th, of heart disease. He was W years of age, and leaves a widow and two children. To prevent the exportation of rice, wheat and other food supplies the Chinese have established a system of inspection of vessels coming down the rivers from the interior. Whenever such supplies are found they an? seised. Secretary Grksham received a cable dispatch from Minister Kaker, at Managua, on the .Ust. simply stating that a decree had been issued banishing the Americans and Knglish accused of fomenting the trouble in ISluetields. Thk attendance at the St. Louis expoition. on the night of the 5th. was greater than on any opening night of the eleven successful years of its existence, over -0.WM) persons being present. St. Louisians are justly proud of their big show. Skcuktaky C.viu.isT.n has appointed Frank Fountain keeper of the Chicago life-saving station at the pier of the Illinois Central railroad, and authorized the appointment of a crew of eight men. This gives Chicago two nie-saving crews. Thk little village of Hruce, Wis., was enveloped in flames, on the afternoon 4ifthe4th, and destroyed completely. The people only saved themselves by running to Elder creek, covering themselves with wet blankets and allowing the flames to sweep over them. Tin: associated banks of New York city Issued the following statement for the week ended the 1st: Reserve, decrease. S'5T,S23; loans, increase. SL11G.200: specie, increase, S4.0OO; legal tenders, decrease, S-.3,sOO: deposits, increase, SlsS.100; circulation, decrease, $-.'?. 100. A sr-ECiAi. train sent out by the citizens of Minneapolis, Minn., on the 4th. bearing supplies and medical relief to the suffering people of Hinckley and vicinity had on eleven physicians and surgeons with a full supply of drugs and instruments, and tifty canvas cots. Tits hearing in the application of Judge Long, of the Michigan supreme court, for a mandamus to compel the commissioner of pensions and the secretary of the interior to restore his pension oi S50 a month to the former rating of 72 a month, was, on the 5th, continued until October "20. J. M. AnsiT, one of the pioneers of Chicago and the oldest banker in that city, died at his Dearborn-avenue residence, on the 4th, aged S5 years. He was born in Spencertown, N". Y., and established a private bank in Chicago in 1S50. He passed through all the great panics without much loss, and retired rich in 1Ss5. The death roll resulting from the forest fires in Minnesota increases. On the 4th 050 persons were known to have been lost, the greater part being women and children. The greatest mortality and percentage of deaths occurred among settlers, where whole families were swept out of existence in the twinkling of an eye. Two Japanese spies who were surrendered to the Chinese authorities by the United States consul at Shanghai, under whose protection they had been, were promptly tried and, on the 5th. lehcaded. In consequence of this summary action all of the Japanese remaining in Shanghai, about 700, decided to leave the city at once. Mayoh Hopkins of Chicago issued a proclamation, on the 5th, asking the people of that city to give liberally and promptly out of their abundance , , i to the relief of the sufferers by the Minnesota and Wisconsin forest fires in the same measure that relief came to the Chicago fire victims from the people of the civilized world. Vv to the 4th the general executive committee in charge of relief work in the Pine City (Minn.) (.cction, reported IkhHss recovered from the great forest fires as follows: Hinckley 271. Sandstone 77, Miller (often called Sand stone Junction), 15; between Skunk Lake and Miller, 12; Pokegama. 25; in lumber camps, 50. Total, 450. It is thought nearly every foot of standing pine in Ontonagon county, Mich., was burned by the late fires fullv 500,000,000 feet The Nester estate has lost 0,000,000; the Trout Creek Lumber Co., 20,000,000 and the Diamond Match Co., 350.000,000. The llancc is owned by homesteaders at I'aynesvillc and Hrush's Crossing. The town of Hinckley, Minn., of M)0 inhabitants, was licked up by the on rushing flames of forest fires, on the 1st, and hundreds of it denizens fell in their tracks and were cremated m they ran from the burning town 4nly to find themselves enveloped by hot moke and flame whichever way they turned. Several other towns were burned also, the people meeting a similar fate. The dead are numbered by tfee hundred, and the losses of timber sad property by the million.

CUBRENT TOPICS.

THE MEWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Tin: United States dispatch boat Dob Mr. wttl, ....... ..r .1... x II u.- i,.,...i r..t -V l rv' .-H4lll.il Will 1IVIIMC ...,,. t w..- v- i t.. n' Wl,. It.-wlnl.i.. ......I.... 1..... Uw .-vuim ui Luimui., luuii. VX.'"'; : President Cleveland at tlray Gables. , ... ... it wan reported irom iiostoii, on uie .usi, ijuuiicn. i . nanus was dying at ins nome in uaiwiam, .Mass., aim it .-, , u uAy. umuic c ui. fcumvo r m mrei i . .rl " " !" .... i. " . T7.V. family. t 1 o'clock on the afternoon of the I Mo Letter-Carrier A. E. .Smith his bicycle from the Chicaj: started ri ivwl i ofliee building on a Hying trip to New York, icarrying a letter from Post master Ilesiug to Postmaster Dayton, his trip being intended to demonstrate the, practicability of the bicycle in mail delivery. Sexatok John Shekmax left Mansfield. 0 on the 1st, to join (!en. Miles a i Chicago and accompany him on an inspection tour of western military pots. The trip will occupy about three weeks. The Hastings division, of Hastings. Mich., won tirst prize 51,500 and a jewel for each member in the Knights, of Pythias prize drill contest at Washington, j 'lt.... 1.!.. . . . .. l , i nr. . K swuicr v.ij ,.i vivviunu, ,.,1 ...!!. l titux ........ u l,v: . . I

bandusky, O. to ut-in-I.ay, ran at , ,njun!(Uv tJlBN.IuKlltfr Kni, Hutehinfulls,K.ed on North Lass reef, Lake - JK There were 1,000 rangers on Lne, during a heavy fog on the 1st. j fc r q fa s , .J , d After several hours delay her passen- u ;t . , that no one was singers were taken off by other vessels, :,

but the efforts of steamer failed, he resignation of .lohn A. Chaptu- t.:-.i-man. of Illinois, chief "of the inspection division, second assistant postinastergeneral's otlice, was accepted on the 1st. M.v.r. O. L. Pkciikx. assistant private secretary to the president, left Washington, on the 31st, for a three weeks' vacation m ayne county. Pa. Tin: associated bank", of Xew York city held SOi.XSM in excess of the re- j quirements Ol tlie 2j-per-cenU rule on the 1st. Gi:x. Nathaniel. V. Uaxks died at Waltham. Mass., his birthplace, on the 1st, aged 7$. Seven prisoners escaped from the j county jail at Marion, Ind.. early on the morning of the 1st, by sawing: through l5? inch iron bars. Two chimhen. Herbert Donohue. 2 years old, and Emily, 4 years, were, on the 3d. thrown by their mother from the window of a burning New York tenement, 40 feet above the sidewalk. They struck on an awning, went clear through and tumbled to the sidewalk, where they were picked up unhurt Archih'KE Chakles, on behalf of : Emperor Francis Joseph, opened the

International Hygienic congress in The steamer Peru arrived at San Huda-Pesth on tlie 3d. He afterward Francisco, on the Oth, bringing Chine.-e opened the international exhibition j advices to August s and Japanese adconneeted with the congress at the j vices to August 23. Royal Polytechnic institute. ( j Coi- Hknky O. Ke.vt was nominated A DEcr.KE will be issued by Russia. J for governor by acclamation by the on the 15th, reducing the tariff on dis- t democratic convention at Concord, N. tilled petroleum exported by way of j IL. on the Ith. the Russian frontier from thirty-four At Indianapolis, Ird., on the 0th, to twenty-four copeks per pood, in or-( Robert J. broke the world's pacing rccder to facilitate competition with on!, traveling one mile in 2:02 5 American petroleum. igtest reprts sav the king of Siam The first celebration of "Labor . ifl stiU lan-er..uslv "ill. Day- as a national holiday was befit- The Pullman strike was formally detingly observed in Washington on the carcti oJT on tie 0lh,

.iu. also, ior uie nrsv nine in ineir History, all the local labor organizations united for a common purpose without squabbles or jealousies and did honor to the occasion. It was reported in Kingston. Jamaica, on the 3d, that an uprising had taken place in Port-au-Prince, resulting in severe fighting in the streets. Several of the ringleaders of the outbreak had been arrested and promptly shot, but the revolt was said to be still spreading. The monuments erected at the mausoleum at Charlottenburg in memory of Emperor William I. and Empress Augusta were consecrated, on the 2d. in the presence of Emperor William and members of the roymi family. The cable steamer Mfräty-Ucnnett passed up New York bay close to the Long Island shore, on the2d,layingthe shore end of the Commercial cable, which was accomplished without the slightest difficulty. A party of 1,000 Rerlincrs will go to Varzin to visit Prince IHsmarck on the 10th. The commander of the Prussian army corps will not allow a military . . tn ',.. tWv A Imnorlal ChbW d.-rr..,. has been .... . t ------- issued rewarding Gen Yeh and 700 other Chinese ottlccrs for their victory over the Japanese troops at Ping- Yang-. Ar.OACE F. Walke, receiver of the Atchison, Topcka it Santa Fe railroad, arrived at New York, on the 3d, on the steadier Friesland, from Europe. The name of the son of Senator Peffer has been stricken from the senate pay roll by the scrgeant-at-arms. Jane Fineev, of Philadelphia, ftged 20 years, was shot on the night of the 2d, three times by Matthew Dunlap, 20 years old. her rejected lover. Tin: lower portion of the town of 'Wichita, Kas., was inundated, early on the morning of the 4th, by a cloudburst. The lightning, which was incessant, killed a little son of Thomas Herman, fatally burned a 0-year-old daughter and tore the house to pieces. Seven prisoners escuped froin Hills dale county jail at Hillsdale, Mich., on thenightof the 3d. They cut through a wall lined with four inches of stone. The veering of the wind fct a critical i moment saved the town of lvilmanagh. Mica., from destruction from forest nres on tne 3d. The president has appointed V. F. Darbury, of Maryland, to be 1'nited States attorney for the district of Maryland. It was reported, on the 5th, that a levy of 250.0OJ troops had been made upon the Chinese province of .Shang Tung, which had hitherto withheld the men and war supDliesdeunsJM b the government-

Gov, TfKXKV of Tennessee offered a

reward of 5,000. on the 5th, for the apprehension of the parties engaged in l the lynching of m.v negroes near -Mill Ikigton, Shelby county, home nights be fore. The governor says that lynch 1 nig in lcunesseu must be stopped. am r.r..--u r.x-l REsIPKNT H.vKKlSO.V anil .Mrs. 1 Mch.ee arrired at Llkihs, . a., on t. , rl A ..! t l A t 1 the 5th, to visit ex-Secretary hlkms. ,IHIJ Ul VI,..,. 4.,.,.l...l .... .. .'Pol delegates to the republican congressional convention in session t li,.r, The town of Churchill. 0., had a nurr... ,.w.nrw(. fr, i.s,, !. j.i. ( causeil by lK(Vt m,, Hrt. to Kruhs 5a , paMure where thev were plaving. tU:x iSküiwk Sto.veman, ex-governor ' California, died, on the 5th, at the residence of his sister. Mrs. Henjamin Williams, of Huffalo. X. Y. Tin: town of Fisher, Wis., was wiped I out of existence bv forest tires on he 5th. TiiElishingschooner Uigel.of Ctloucc; ter, Mas.. Capt. (Scorge W. Dixon, nr- ! rived at North Sydney. C 11., on the 5th, ' with the pasengers and crew of the ! ill-fated steamship Mirundu, which left ! New orkr .Inly 7, carrying Dr. look's I Arctic expedition. j Xkws from Honolulu to August -28, ' per steamer Helgie, announced that Minister Willis had presented an auto 1 graph letter from President Cleveland ; to President Dole, acknowledging the I Hawaiian republic, and congratulating the people of the uudpaciuc state. Ox the evening of the 5th. as the steamer City of theStraits was starting . r(,m Cl..rMnnil. (- for n tnonnlil.t. I The Oretes window glass factory at t.l .... J...1 .......1.. tirvri I... . .i ... I wa-put m operation, on the Oth, for j the first time this season, under the j percent, cut in labor made in the t settlement at Pittsburgh on the .'5d. It j is thought that every plant in the gas ' belt will be running full blast in a i short time. The C. II. Over window glass works nt Mu nice. Ind., and the .Muneie flint I glass works resumed work, on the 0th, with nearly SOU hand-. All the Muneie glass factories are preparing to start this month. The supreme grand lodge. ICnights of Pythias, adopted the report of the special committee of the uniform rank, the result of which is to practically divorce the uniform rank from the supreme lodge. In deference to the wishes of Presij dent Cleveland, Huchanan Schley, sur veyor ot tne port or naitnuore. lias resigned as chairman of the democratic committee of Washington county, Md. Mit.. ArorsT.v Wkustkis. the novelist and poet, died at Kew, 7 miles from London, on theOth. She wasthedaughtur ot 1-avies the lute Vice-Admiral George LATE NEWS ITEMS. Pete Rocke, who claimed to W 115 ! years old, was found dead in bed, on the morning' of the 7th, at the county poorhouse in Valparaiso, Ind., of which he had been an inmate twenty-eight years. He came to America eightyfire years ago from Ireland, where he he served during the war in 170;?. He lived in New York fifty years, and at one tune was very wealthy. Su: Chaki.ks Term:. Canadian minister of fisheries, received a message from Victoria, P.. C, on the 7th. stating that at a meeting of interested sealers the question of accepting the 5125,000 offered by the United States government in final settlement of claims for seizures was fully discussed, and it was unanimously decided to accept the offer. Dcmxo a running nice at the Ohio state fair at Columbus, on the 7th, one of the horses. Col. Itliss, was crowded apainst the fence and feil. His rider. Kd Murray, was thrown fully fifty feet, and. it is thought, fatally injured. The bodies of twenty-three ChippeT.l! . 1 . w.i juiuuiis, imcKs, squaws ani papooses, were found upon the baked sands between Pokegama, Minn., and Opstead, a small settlement on the eastern shores of Lake Milk' Lacs. A Yokohama dispatch says that Marshal Yamagata started for Corea, on the Cth, to assume command of the Japanese urmy In that country. It is said that the Japanese forces in Corea will soon nutnlter 100,000. John Jacoii and John Green, of Toronto, Ont.. were arrested in St. Clair, .Mich., on the Cth. just after landing from a rowloat in which were two trunks eontainingOOO pounds of opium, which was seized. An anarchist named Solero threw a lwmb into the Cafe San Carlo in Turin, er. the Cth, causing a terrible e.vplo sion, which wrecked the place. Fortunately nobody was hurt. Soleu was arrested. Fah.cuks for the week ended the 7th were 215 in the United States, against 313 last year, and 4s in Canada, against 25 last year. Mi:. NowAimGori.i). who is in London. Has offered a cup valued at i'i00 to start the Ray club contests for firstclass yachts in lsit.";. It is reported that the Chinese government has arranged to purchase half of the vessels com .Vising in the Chilian ; navy. Diu Cowan, coroner of Pine county, .Minn., believes that the death list from the forest fires In his county will reach TOO.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

A TifKKtsii bathhouse has been erected at Seymour. Sneak thieves are stripping grape rlHtrsnt Knightstown. Fi.oitK.vcK Poors won first prize in the oratorical contest at C'rnwfords ville. A.v clalvorate counterfeiting, plant is thought to be in operation at Elkhart. A La iaykttk grocer was recently fined JrSO for selling cigarettes to two boys. New Ai.hany division N"o. 5, Filiform Rank Knights of Pythias, won the fifth prize in the competitive drill at Washington. The First Indiana regiment won thu battalion drill without competition. The Labor day celebration was the largest ever held in Mrazll. Over (1.000 people were attracted, while over 2,00 laboring men were in line, making a procession two miles long. Tvniom fever is raging in an epi demic form in tlie southern part of Shelbyville, and through the southern part of the county. The malady is of a singularly fatal variety, and many deaths among prominent farmers have occurred. Thomas S. Finley, ex-coun ty surveyor and engineer of Shelby ville, died the other night of the disease. M.Uilsox expects a boom this fall. The new militia company of Frank lin is a crack one. At Muneie. over a month ago, Harry Hobbs and Miss Anna Austin, of Albans, were secretly married by Rev. Ashy, .she thought it was a mock wedding and now wants a divorce. The Guilford pioneers' association held their eighth annual reunion at West Fork church, near (iiiilford. The Irondale Tin Plate Mill, which has just been erected in Middletown at a cost of S'.'OO.OOO, has started. At a dance, at a beer hall in Ander son, .lonn tiates staunen Umer nuiey vveral times, inflicting probably fatal wounds Wii.uam and lid ward Hathaway, the ast named of lerre Haute, while whiting the smokestack of the street railway power house at Indianapolis, were both thrown by the slipping of a ook. Ldward fell on the roof of the building. William struck the pavement fifty feet below and was killed. Indiana gas belt cities will be pleased to learn that Rev. Henry Co- , vert, the great Raub locomotive factory J man. who was figuring in all parts of the belt lat year for a location, but was unsuccessful, returned to Ander- ' son lrom tne east tue ot Her day and lunonnees that the plant will be lo cated if he can get, a bonus and a location. His plant is guaranteed to work ,000 men. He wants free gas and about 51.00O.000 bonus in cash and land. The labor celebration at Marion surpassed anything ot the Kind ever given there. The industrial parade represented the various business houses, factories and unions. Addresses were made by John Merritt Driver. D.D., and Hon. Hiram JSrownee. of Marion, and lion. Weldon Webter, of Logaii'port. The other morning, at s o'clock. La fayette became officially a republican citv, the first time for several years. Hon. F. E. 1). McCiinley, democrat. stepped down and out as mayor, being succeeded by Xoali Justice, republican. Mayor Met iinley is probably tlie best known mayor in Indiana. En Kkm.y, a glasblower, met a ter rible death at Swayzee the other night, after a long spree. Kelly rose from his bed for a drink. P.y mistake he drank from a can of concentrated lye that the chambermaid had been using for cleaning the floor-;. He died after four days of agony. Ai. Lki.e, a prominent young man of Anderson, in attempting to jump from moving tr.un. was thrown on his head and probably fatally injured. A iiKSTP.ccTivi: fire occurred in Union township, Shelby county, the other day, in which a large barn belonging to . It. Macey. and used by I ratiklin Worth, was consumed, together with its contents, including five head of horses. Loss. 52,500; partially insured. Okant ICniMKt.l., one of the best known yonnj men in the vicinity of Ligonler, committed suicide the other night by taking carbolic acid. Opposition to his marriage the cause. John W. Haskett, a merchant and ex-postmaster at Straughn's. shot himself in the head. Ill health was the cause. La lint: day had the biggest celebration in its history at Terre Haute. Ten thousand people gathered at the fair grounds. All business houses were closed. National President M. M. (Jarland, of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, made the address. CoM'miiia City has a bakers' war. At Decatur Joseph W. Smith fell through a cellar door and was prolably fatally injured. FitANKi.iN is overrun with tramps and thieves. Anpeuson is anxious to have a superior court. At Indianapolis Mrs. Ida Spring was stung by a tarantula concealed in a bunch of bananas. She will recover. A Sopth I!exi man recently shot a buzzard'that measured eight feet from tip to tip. The New Albany militia company was paid $1,350 for services during the miners' strike In Sullivan county. The Kosciusko County Teachers' institute held Us annual session at Warsaw. Prof. C. II. Ournoy, of Hillsdale college. Michigan: Hon. L. W. Üoyse, of Warsaw. Prof. L. W. Fairehihi, of Angola, were the lecturers. . While attending the. M. E, Sunday school picnic at llrook'.s lake, near Winchester, Judson CnfTey, aged thirteen, went into the lake to bathe and was drowned. At Ft. Wayne, Henry Vodde, n fifteen-year-old hid. was almost instantly kille! the other evening by fulling un der a Wabash passenger train while trying te -uti, across ahead of the loco-motive.

UNDER SECTION FIVE.

It I the I'urpoMt of I tu Trcurjr Departnirnt In K L'oiutrut the Tariff I Jw Tliiit tfnurr--itry OIt ruction unit llitrilolilp to liuporttTM Mhv Ii Atolilril. Wanhinoton, Sept, 8. ecretnry Carlisle yesterday afternoon issued an official circular regarding the marking, etc., of goods under section 5 of the new tariff law, in regard to which much uncertainty of construction has existed. After quoting the section in extenso, the secretary says: "Tills section differs from Section rt of the net of Octob- 1, 1600 (McKinley lawj, in requiring a statement of the quantity of contents and in withholding delivery of goods 'until they shall be duly marked,' etc. "In order to afford a reasonable time for compliance with the above section, it will be ignored, so far us relates to the statement of quantities, only upon merchandise shipped from abroad after August 2H, ISO I. "The department holds that the indication of the country of origin under this section need not necessarily bo restricted to the declaration of the name of such conn try, but may be accepted under whatever form, provided the goods contain unmistakable evidence of their orlginT without misleading marks or signs. "It is further held that the requirement iu respect to 'quantity of contents' applies only to packages, and not to separate articles. To interpret the section otherwise would involve the measurement of every spool of cotton and the gauging of every bottle of wine. It may be inferred that the purpose of this enactment was the protection of the consumer from loss through fraudulent overstatement of the numbers or quantities of articles contained iu many imported packages offered for sale. '.'Certain classes of goods are respectively put up in packages of recognized and uniform quantities. A mere inspection of such packages will suffice to determine the fact of their conformity or lioncomformity, as the ease may be, with the established practice of the trade. If the former condition is manifest, no further indication' of the quantity of the contents is needed. As. for example, ordinary bags of coffee and barrels of flour have regular sizes and capacities, and do not require explicit statements in order to indicate the quantity of contents. "It is the purpose of the department so to construe the section, that without an evasion of its provisions, unnecessary obstruction and hardship to importers may be avoided. "Chief officers of the customs are hereby authorized to decide, in accordance with the above instructions, without reference to the department, questions arising under the administration of the section above specified. Signed. John 0. Cakmsi.e, Secretary.' A MYSTERIOUS WAGON 5upiortl to Have Sonic Connection With Hit IlH.iiienriiiir of Dr. Coiiklln. Cassopoms, Mich., Sept. 7. A new clew to the disappearance of Dr. A. IS. Conklin is being foLowed, which may solve the mystery. Sunday night after dark a wagon with a double box is reported to have leen seen entering town from the north with two unknown parties. Later it was seen to pass Dr. Conklin's office twice. A member of John P.ronner's family heard a heavy wagon go past their house on a back street to a point on the shore of the lake unfrequented at night. About this time a .Mr. Kobinson was returning from the opposite side oi the lake afoot. He heard outcries near this spot and hurried over to see what was the mutter. He saw two men, colored, jump into a wagon answering the description of the one mentioned above, and hurriedly roll away. Groans were heard by others in that vicinity. Later a wagon answering the same description and containing two men left town to the north. The wagon was going rapidly. I'pon this clew Stone Lake will be dynamited, as the murder theory now seems most plausible. This mysterious wagon was seen by many but not recognized, and is strongly suspected of being connected with Dr. Conklin's disappearance. FREE AGAIN. lank W. "Work ItrleiiDPtl from thn Katrn I'rnltrntUry. Pm i.a OKI. I'M I A, Sept. 8. Oeorge F. Work, the banker and financier who was sentenced in February, 1SU1, to serve four years in the Eastern penitentiary for fraudulently taking and confiscating securities of the broken Hank of America, was released at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, having received under the commutation law for good lehavior the lenefit of six months' time. In accordance with previously made plans, Work left the city with Iiis counsel, immediately on being released, stilting to the few friends present that he intended to remain with his family, in a quiet place in the country for a time in order to regain hi? strength. He said he also needed time to consider his plans for the future. The ex-banker declares that he has not a dollar in the world, and must gc to work to support himself and family. He says, however, that he has found friends who have offered to help him in getting a new start. It is believed that the ex-banker will go into the brokerage business after his return. Smuggler Six lliinilrnl Pound of Opium Captured xt Nt. Clair, Mich. Sr. Cr.Aiii, Mich., Sept, 8. John Jacobs and John Orecn, of Toronto, Ont., were arrested just lifter landing from a rowboat in which were two trunks containing 000 pounds of opium, which wus seized. The prisoners had previously arranged for a horse and wagon which was in waiting to carry away the trunks. The arrests were made by Deputy Customs Collectors Samuel HurkncsH of this city and John Denncny of Port Huron. The case was worked up by two sDccial detective-

DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.. The lliilmti Outlook l.lkit mt April Dny, with Alti-rnittt' t'luuiU mill Suimliln IiiiprovciuciilN Still Contimit. In Homo llripiftie Willie In 4M hern Truilit I a DlniliiUliInt; -Inlltirncf of Htrlke aait Crop IteporU on Truilr. New Yoiik, Sept. 7. U, 0. Dun ,fc Co. 's weekly review of trade issued today says: The business outlook is much like an April day, with alternate clouds and sunshine. In home branches strong improvements still continue, while in others, trade is diminishing. In the adjusimunt to new conditions such conflicting signs are to be expected, mid the more, because the deferred business which had n waited u settlement was by no means evenly distributed. The government crop report is expected to foreshadow a great loss in corn, while other observers believe reports materially exaggerated, and estimate snf theyield range all the way from l,:!00,000,0;)0to l,700.00:),000bushels. The wide uncertainty affects business prospects to some extent, and an advance of half a cent the past week has followed receipts not half those of the same week last year. Wheat receipts have been .ri,77,l."i7 bushels, against L.ViO.XTT last year, and yet the price advanced one-half eent.although Atlan

tic exports were only 1, 1.1S,t7l bushels, against 'J, 111,014 last year. Pork advanced cents per barrel, and lard 'J. cents per 100 pounds, as smaller estimates of the corn supply were entertained. The first bills against spot cotton of the new crop have appeared, and the Financial Chronicle estimates the yield at S,r.00.0!)0 to 0,000,0;) bales. To appearances the new crop will exceed the maximum world's consumption of American, of which the stock curried over September here und abroad was. l,:.S0,tM bales. The change of duties has brought the government during the week SV.M;i,:0! in customs, which is less than ma 113' expected, and receipts are rapidly declining, while internal revenue has dropped off to S-l tT,.fti, of which more than half was actually re eeived in the previous week. Hut by rescinding its order regarding deposits of gold here against notes delivered at interior points, the treasury has gained more gold in a few days than by the increase in customs receipts. Large bills against future shipments, of cotton, and considerable foreign pur chases of ImiihIs and stocks, have caused exchange to decline, but gold imports are not in sight, as exports of products from New York fall nearly S-'.OOO.OOO Ix'hind last year's, for the week, while imports show a slight gain and are likely to increase. Of the aggregate volume of trade no exact measure exists, but payments through clearinghouses for the first week of September were 7.1 per cent, greater than last year, though '..7 per cent, smaller than in ls'j;'. Perhaps settlements on past business affect the record, but it also appears that commercial loans are not increasing and are limited, while western demands for moving the crops are much smaller than usual, indicating limited demands in other business there. The volume of currency decreased in August SIO.l0,.,,7.', and is now SJXOO per en pita. The boot and shoe industry has been less affected the past year than any other, but deferred business has easily lifted its transactions above those of the same week in ordinary years, Huston shipments being 80,0.10 cases, against .'.7.-100 last year. 81,820 in 1802, and 81,001 in 1S70. Large orders aro no longer us frequent as they were. The cotton manufacture after some weeks of increasing business, which has been peculiarly stimulated by thu strikes, rejoices in a really large drv mand at high prices. Several largo mills have gone into operation this week, and others will soon follow, and the deferred business appears enough, with current needs toemploy the whole working force for a time. The iron manufacture has materially increased its output ninee the coko troubles ended, but with the result that.pig iron is weaker, llessomcr being Si I. .10 at Pittsburgh. At all cistern and central markets the demand for finished products fs somewhat disappointing and prices gradually tend downwtird, indicating a working capacity exceeding present requirements. Hails are not selling, and except nt Chicago there appears somewhat less business in other finished forms. The woolen manufacture, in which deferred business might naturally have been larger than in others, does not increase tlie working force, and after two or three active weeks the business has slacked with about three-quarters of the usual transactions of the season. Sales of wool have fallen to 4,1 15,100 pounds, of which about a million pounds actually belonged to the previous week, against 7,010,800 in 1802. and domestic fine wool has weakened about a cent at Hosten, although Australian has advanced l'a with stronger foreign markets. Prices of some goods are reduced since their opening, and others recently offered are per cent, below last year's. Failures in August aggregated liabilities of 10,i:i!l,477. of which S,li2eW0 were in manufacturing anil g.",078,1.13 in trading concerns. Failures for the week ended September 7 were 215 in the United States, 11 ginnst. 'U.'l last year, and 47 in Canada, against 25 last year. A I'opullNt Who Achnritteil Frro ColmiRO of Hilter Arrettteil for CuuilterfelllliR. San FitANnsco, Sept. 8. Special Agent Harris, of the treasury department, returned from Shusta yesterday, where he arrested James Sylvester and George Short, old residents, who have been flooding the upper part of Shasta county with counterfeit dollars, halves and quarters for a long time. Harris also captured a complete set of counterfeiters' tools. Short is a populist, and was a delegate to the recent populist convention in Shasta county, at which he advocated free coinage of nil ver

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