Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 August 1897 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER.

fAtPtt I INDIANA.

Tin statement of the till of the treasury, issued n the 4th. showed: Awo'tabU- cash balance. I'.'iU, V)J,5-'l; gold riser, 1lW.VW.4S. In mill i t ion t the ri-h gold tit ids just developing ia the Yukon valley. A ..! ,i i said to contain a lake of almost pur- petroleum which recent ak-.it y report to be of incalculable ri'li- '

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4ic state that the Japauesc goveroili.ut has decided to totally ab.nish the export duty from the commencement of the thirty -first . . year in April uext.

..-. CI' HUE NT THI'ICS.

X Kashas reached San Francisco of tlu- serious illness of Walter S. Hobart, the young millionaire, prominent in racing circles, at his home in San Mateo. Ik is sii :Yci nig from appendicitis.

Vk. I'hwukki v. who succeeds Mr. Stump, of Maryland, a commissioncrgeiientl of immigration. appeared at the treasury department, on the Ud, qualified and cutercd upou the duties of his office. m

AiiiiiAr revival iu the diamond trade j i.s predicted in New York city. It is , said that within a few days from one !

to two million dollars worth of dia- l

tuonfis have ban ordered iu the European markets.

Hkavy and long-continued rain throughout lower Austria, Hohem. .1. Moravia and otner provinces lias resulted iu annihilating the crops ready for harvest, and flooding most of the towns to a great depth.

I'.U'I. Pi hak. the negro poet, is 1ming lionized iu London iu most latter iug fashion. The color line is not draw u iu English society, and the coiored VOtaistor, being tlie latest literary line. ty. is much sought for at receptions, garden parties and similar gatherings.

t vki. i'iH)Mit::.x, of Koston, lias been Ootihed of the death of his elder brother. Count Henrik Julius Crouhri.ii. without Issiif. and has Ix-en requested to return to Sweden and take pos-evsiou of the estates. H.s property w ill give him un iueoiue of f -u a war.

Thk ileraldo, of Madrid, says it understands that the l'nited Mates government bus decided to wait four mouths longer for the pacification of Cuba, and that unles. it is accomplished by that time the I. nited States will undeitake the protection of the ins lrgcnts.

( the 3d United States Senator M. a. iuay, of Pennsylvania, unnounced bis intention of making au early trip to the llawaiiau islauds, to make a careful study of the country, its prospects, and the advantages or disadvantages which will accrue to this country through aunexatiou. The weekly statement of the associated banks of New Y'ork city. Issued on the 31st, showed the following changes: Reserve, decrease, tl. 111,415; loans, increase, J'-.'.'-l.'iii; specie, increase. flia..'iH; legal tender, decrease, fl. '..II, lot): deposits, increase. 8ll'.,;io: circulation, decrease. 3103.500. The congress of Nicaragua was formal! v opened, on the tld, by President Zclaya. In his address to the house he said that Nicaragua was anxiouslyawaiting the arrival of the I nited States engineer commission which is to survey the route for the marine canal from the Atlautic to the Pacific across Nicaragua.

The August grand jury of New York county. N. Y.. is composed chiefly of im. Ii .iinircs. w host aggregate wealth is estimated at 81 Ji.oW.OOti. The foreman of the jury is .los-ph J. Kittel, a retired merchant, and among those on the list are Vm. (J. Uockefel tar, Horace E. Storne. Thomas l. He Witt, S, Stanley Isaacs an I Philip Daly.

The Industrial Wo. id. published at Chicago, suid on the 5th: " Railroad companies are entering the market for large additions toequipmcnt. A southwestern system purchased l.UOO cars last week at St. Louis, and there are inquiries at Chicago from the Illinois Central and ot her roads, with prosjiects of some cxteusive pun-liases." m 1 fUU big battleship Indiana sailed fi-oni Newport R. I . on the 5th. for ialifax. N. S., where she wilt be docked, cleaned and painted. She is the first of tha battleships that has been sent from the 1 tilted States to a foreign dock for lack of .locking faciliit home, but it is probable that t'i.rs must follow Wfore the New York dock, the only American OUUB capable of receiving these large war Mela, is repaired.

Sill. v KB certificates sold on the NewYork stock exchange, on the 4th. at 57, and bar silver was quoted at 57 as against 57 . the low record of the previous w eek. The price of Mexican dollars also receded to 44 V These are I new h.-.v price records, tfulliou -eslers assert that there is no especially heavy offerings of silver in the world's market to account forth.- eon tiuued fall in price, but that there is practically no demand. A mm I outbreak of the great volcano of May on, on the Island of I U.011 one of the Philippine group, oc' urrcd on .lime Jit, un I up to .lu'y 1 no lesa than M persons were engulfed lu the fiery stream of lava and destroyed, snd it was esp. eie I that the number .if fatalities would reach at hast 1. 0011. Fifteen villages had been burned aud the destruction of the title of Kaeaca, Malipot and Libev was tbronghr to be certaio-

THE NEWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Tin KK is a big bl.H-kade of wheat at Stockton, Cat., caused by a rise of the price to SI. dinners are rushing iu

gruiu so fast that itcan not be handled. The levee is piled high w ith sucks of wheat, aud more is coustautly arriving. Mk. Ln i.oin mm , the owner of seven sugar plautut .ons in Louisiana, nud the largest sugar producer in the I'nite.l Mates, has advanced the wages of all field labor M per cent., commencing on the 1st. Ma TOB traOKfl of New York has appointed Col. t ieorge Moore Smith, of the Sixty-ninth regiment, to succeed Col. F. 1. lirautusp. !lee commissioner. The new commissioner was sworu in on the 'id. Thk recent hot win.'.s have mined many thousand uen s ..f promising cot in central and eastern Kansas. IluuIreds of fields which promised a yield of 50 bushels a.. u re have been parcind by the iuteiiM- heat. OrrRtK.s of the steamer Miowera, just arrived at Vancouver. II. C, say that Honolulu harbor is dotted with llritish. Japanese and I "nited Mates warships, and that u condition of unrest pervades the people of the city. Sknaiok John T. Mokhan, senior member of the foreign affairs emuiittee on the deuioeratic side, is going to Haw aii for tli purpose .f making a personal examination of the condition o those islauds. m t . ... . m ...

in crews 01 in.- r nie-saviug .ta tlOUS of the L'nited States gyvpriimei.t. stretching aloag the New Jersvv ,ot from Sandy Hook to Cape May. w. at on duty, on the 1st, after being out of service since May 31.

A.N extensive robbery of art works and other articles .if great value took place at the Yaud cannonal museum in Lausanne. Switzerland, on the 'id. Tin: Chinese water course, commonly known as the West river, has dually bnn opened to trade ami commerce as far westward as Woo-Chang-Eu. popularly known as Ny-t hau, which has been made a treaty port. Rkv Rntl Hay, I). 1)., widely know n throughout the Itaptist church as preacher and editor, died, ou the id. of paralysis, al his home in Indianapolis, lud. He was born at Westtield, Mass , iu lsj.8. ON the 2d Acting Post master! ieneral Merritt appointed .1. P. ( ireen. a colored politician of Cleveland. O.. as Luited States postage stamp agent (ireen immediately qualified. 1 UK Hammond E Ige Tool Co., at Ogoutz, a suburb of Philadelphia, resumed operations, on the L'd, afer a shut-down of two months. About oue hundred hands are employed. A smui. tornado passed through the northern part of tireeue county, la., on the 2d, sweeping away barns, bouses and stacks of grain. Several persons ars reported slightly injured. Two men. know n as Henry Huff and J. II. Edgar, whom the police lclieve to have leen noied crooks, fought a dii. l in a small room in a lK-uver (Col.) lodging house 011 the M Huff was instantly killed und El gar was fatally Wounded. Hai.i. Ituoj.. of Mannte. Iml.. among the largest fruit jar manufacturers in the world, are preparing to introduce machines for blow ing fruit jars.

Ir was announced, on the 3d. that , the rising of natives ,n Itech-iaualand i .ad col lapsed and t I1.1t 1 h iefs Toto and Lukojaulos. w ho had a thousand fol-j lowers, had surrendered to the british. I Wokk was resumed, on the J I. at the lobaann branch of Wheatiu A; l o 's glass works. Melville. N. J. In the race for the queen's cup nt towea Isle of Wight, on the 3d. the prince of Wales' acht Hiitannia, w ith his royal highness on tioard. U-at Lm p. 1 or Willium's yacht Meteor on time allowance. trnaaart Ki holes, of ffliailuai. Cai.. has just discovered that the lad; w hom he recently wedded is an hen s. The bride has In-en notified that she is entitled to a one-seventh interest in a S7.Vi.(Hi.i estate in New York. Tita Bunaa (Oa.,) eaMoa fnttory baa! obtained a government contract for , l,:;ii.i.iiiiii vanls of heavy duck for mail i. .1 . . . . . . .

in 11 s. me coniraci price 01 winch is 825H.0. I 111 first importation of M-van cattle under the Oinglcy tariff law was

made through the customhouse at 1 Nogales. Ariz , on the 3d. Six hundred aud forty bead of steers, the property of E. S. Newman. were brought in, the duty U-ing 8L2UA.fl ove.- the duties 1 ti tad by the ilson law. fUUM broke out in It. T. Hell s store at L.-wisburg W. Va, on the . d. te-' stroying Stratton's hotel. tw. banks, I two drug stores and teu other b.nliiiigs. Loss about fTo.OOO: insurance. I MMMCa The fire was incendiary, and t he result of a second attempt wit hin a week.

I hi steamer Noyo sailed fro u Francisco, ou the 4th. with 140 aaigaw for lyea, Alaska. (.' the aengers b. Hiked, ten are women, will make tlie journey over the

koot pass to the Klondike g. Id fields

hi 1 Manga agent .f tin- Trawlaia Insurance ( o. of Hartford "nan, has received instructions from the hoino otllcc not to insure any per n going to the Klondike region. It is a r.sl tint

I the company does uot dv .11 c u. a .c.

Ati departments of thn i'leve'a.iil

O. I rolling mill opeued on the Vi. About 2,000 men were given work. Two 1 m.s. .SS wer- instautly k'lied 4. oil five er- probably fatally iujihreil iu the wreck of the East Elver or the Kansas Pacific railway, on the 3.L hy going til rough a small bridge wl'ich spaiist .uuaiicbe creek, between Hycrs an. I Mrasburg, 40 miles east of Iwuver. ( ol. NnUMM MiM.in father of Con, 'essman Nelson Ihngley. Jr.. died ;:f his home in le w ist 011 Me. ,011 the 3d. sged

ts years. Heath was due a sin. e of paralysis. Mr. Hingl- hud Ih-ci. in remarkable health up to the nigrH of the 3ith. wheu he was stricken "ith panilysis He rallied, but a se--oud stroke followetl. proving fatal. int. king of siam. accoiiipanic t by the crown prince of Mam. Pf.nee Chowfa Maha Ya jirav 11. Ih. and by ord Harris, one of tier majesty's lur. ia wailing, made r. surprise visit at :-iid-uight to au east eud il. 011. loin .c.slitutiou established for t be shelter o' thf homeless. His majesty was great fy interested in the 3mi outcasts occupying bunks in the building, and intiired alnaely into all the de tails of unmaking such institut ious. Han Mi 1 aooaki. ex state sei,tor from Montgomery couut.v, Ia., aud prominent as a republican politi-; : ian, was shot and killed at McTagg.'.rfa inilE near LilnTty, Kns.. on the 4t. by Henry Sheesley. lessee of the rail". Plans have been perfected f r a railroad to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, ami construction is to Ongda soon from a noiaton the Santa Pa Pacitic at Flagstaff or William.. Ari,. A sr. i;i ac.-ompan ied by a str-- ir eiectric display awakened MadlcMM (Wis.) people about 2 a. in. on the Ith Over 3iMJ telephones were burned out DtfUMfl the burning of a grain elevator in Chicago. n the 5th, a terrific explosion whether of a boiler or mill dust is not known occurred, as a result of which rive persons are known to have beeu killed, andalurge numlK-r of others severely injured by flying debris. Several srnal 1 tires were started by burning em hers scattered for aanaraa iu all directions. Tn Lotidou Evening News publishes a letter from a ( aicutta volun

teer, reiterating the state men) that during the recent rioting tb. ie the artillery fired point hlnnh nt a mob of 5. (MM) nil hands who were marching to join the rioters with the result that 1, ftOO of the natives were killed. IiMI IWa received in New York city recently from Japan state that astr.uig anti-American feeling still exists in that country, and that Americans are iMting fM.veotted on all sides by thu Japanese It is senii-orlioially announced in Yokohama that Japan has suggested j that Helgium be selected t act as ar-bitrato--in the question in dispute letweeu Hawaii and the Japanese gov- I ernment. KIN fell. n tin- 4th, iu Kansaa.

Nebraska, Iowa. Illinois and parts of Missouri. The rainfall seemingly was general throughout the corn belt, and it came in time to save the crop. Thk latest official estimate of the population of the l'nited States is 77,in o.ih.s un. the money in ( ire-.:!. it ion is placed at 522.53, per capita. On the 5th, Hugh White, a coal miner, on a banter, made the perilous leap from the summit of the railroad bridge at ( lint on, Ind., to the water, 100 feet. After the leap he swain 150 feet, iu his heavy clothing. climW-d to the top of the bridge again and repeated the feat.

LNMAN'A STATE NKWSL

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

a arm MH been y by the publication

M.n p.iv p.,SA II I

hil-

osil UXULM caused in II mil

of the otbeial statistics showing that there were 1.071 deaths there during the week ended on the Mis, of which ."- w. re from cholera and is from plague. This total death rate is equal to H5.I.1 per thousand, or doublt- Unnormal rate. Nnws has reached Seattle, Wash., of the death, last April, of ( ha les A. Hlnckstone, (teorge Hotcher ntnl J. Y. Mo 1 in. 11.'. miners, who went t Alaska in is'jrt. aud were frozen to death in fry .til' to make their way back to Beat! e. They were last seen alive MttO'li 2 7. Tin. Michigan Salt association, com iiionlv known as the Salt trust, has e cided to invade the Kansas field, and will construct a manufacturing plant it Hutchinson with a capacity of l.iKxi f.arrels daily. The company bus purhased a tract of 40 acres adjoining the city as a site for the w..rks. Thk. German government lfcs again ntered a formal protest against t he application to ( ierni.ni sugarif section five of the new tariff act. by which such sugar would be taxed with s higher duty than that from other countries, because of the payment of un export duty by that country. Cir.oKoK Prknukk supposed to be an agent of the Honduras National Lottery Co.. was arrested in Washington, on the nth. charged with violsting the anti lottery law. This is the first ; : r. st matc under that ordinance un Washington for four years. THE glass workers and the manufacturers ..f the American Flint (ilass Workers' union have settled the wage -.-ale for the coining season. The only 1 hange .11 the scale is tin advance of six per cent, on grinding ware. Faii 1 me. throughout the I'niten States f .r the week ended 011 the (Vth, a reported by U (.. Hun I Ott., were OT, afnUaat Mttor the lorraayiniillna w eek of last year. F01 iiuada the failures were JV. against M last year. Rkcent attack in UN outskirts of Havana Inn, caused final alarm, aud the f ew rich families that remain ars leaving for Spain. France ami the I nited States. At San Francisco, oti the 0th. Judge .'amphell held Theo. A. Figel to answer to seven charges of embezzlement and two of forgery and fixed hin boil st S3' .,000. Thk sprinkling of railway trnek with crude petroleum h:i In-en found l...'(Teetively lay the dust, and i being adopted by some of the eastern roads.

The Auburn foundry and maenino Works made an assign in. nt. Cham is IIines was ran over by a tram w hile IsSttltaf a ride uud killed ut ( arlisle. I 'in 1 1 v. us at Log-is, five miles north of Petersburg, fouud oil at a depth of over 1.2 d feet lb 11 E llou. the first Jersey cow ever In ought to Crawford county, is dead, aged al. At Ft. Wayne, Mr anl Mis. Abraham t ippcnhciin, prominent Hebrews, celebrc '.ed the fiftieth anniversary oi their marriage. A Vof.NO colored man giving the name ( Oscar Hell and Kiplev, O . as his home, drowned at Lewisviile while bathing. A 1 aii sii having two perfectly formed heads was caught by some boys fishing under the Lake Erie Ot Western railroad bridge at Tipton. Bam BanaiMi of Mannla, have served notice to -0 blowers in the tLnthouse that their nartlttM will not be Deeded the coming year. Plowing machines will bo put iu the factories at once. An attempt w ill be made by the L A. W. mem tiers of Richmond to secure the state L. A. V. meeting for Uieh-

moud in ÜCJS.

this year. The wage strike at the tannery of Y. V. Mooney A Son. Columbus, ow for about three weeks, is ended, the men giving up the light. Most of them were taken back. Till, nnctbaant part of Porter countywas visited by a tornado, doing great iamage. Horses and cattle were iti.isd and crops badly damaged. Thk rainstorm the other night flooded thousands of acres of land near "c dtsburg. Corn six feet high was under w ater aud crop-, arc bad.y damiged. At the National military home, Marion, a common Shanghai rooster latched out a brood of latpkCWS and ict ad as a mother and protector to . hem. Thk remain of Thomas Mulcahcy were discovered in the woods north of Warsaw. It is thought that while

bunting in the woods he i.came overcome by the heat and died. Haiivh I'.iooM, of L x-kport, who. in his early days lost his voice by a pell of measles, took a header on his bicycle and now talks as read ily ami -asily as in former days, his ttttitta being e'ear and strong. Thk election of a congressman tc .ucceed the late M m. S, Ho man in the Fourth Indiana ditrict, will occur August ID. The candidates are Marion rirrith. democrat: Lev. vJ. W. Iee, republican, and S. M. Ilrowder, populisL A vos (.11.M0HE, of Elwood, has start:d for Alaska I.niuan trttUt city council cut the irice of gas from 91.50 to 75 cents per L000 cubic feet. Fi in w land out half a bluck of small juiliiugs al Kvansville. The total oss will reach 550,000. At Indianapolis application has been

nadu for a receiver for the Masonic Mutual Henefit society. H 1 n 111 n Mlh ai.kk, an aged editoi f Andi-rson, has been appointed assistant doorkeej.er of the house of rap resentat ives John Cai.vin, of Alva, shot and illed his business partner. Robert riear. They had disagreed in regard to a settlement. D. D, 1( iiiiAM, w anted almost everywhere on the charges of forgery aud iwindling, arrested nt Indianapolis, taa been taken to Ka.c.gh, N. C, lor trial. Thkke were only M deaths in Richtnond in July, less than one to l.ooo of population, which is 20,oi0. Of those who d.ed nine were infants, so that the death rate among adults is very small, almoat one to 3.00J of population. '1 lie other morning Borne miner started to work at (abel A Co. s No. 4

mine, Washington They were met j by a score of determined strikers, w in

requested them not to return to work. 1 he debate ended in a free fight, in which clubs and fists played an important part. Uifeeaa Lett, one of the ucn who attempted to go to work, was badly us:.i up. his scalp being laid open. Strikers say no one shall rereturn to work. Cmaki.es Ei.uoii. of Crawfordsville, was seriously injured in a runaway. ( 'omi'asjt L Second Regiment, staU miiitin. of Kokomo, went into camp or. i's ow n lo ok The state was too pool this year to pay the ex penses of tht usual camp drill and camp life. Their t. iits were pitcho 1 at Lake Manitou. Hi kola rs entered the home of A ( . Yunkirk, on West Hill street, W abash. Uic other morning, and stole a valuable gold w atch, a silver wstch ; nd a mm of money. 1 hey also helped themselves to what they wanted to eat John Pill, who wa aenattlal ol

chsrgn of train wreckinir onlv a

IN8ÜRGENT8 IX TOWN

A Party of Cubniia Entor tho City Of Siintu Cltiru.

Tliay .lv.- Kit- SN4iiUr.U 11 surori..- Wl.ll tli. 1 11 litt Iii I mi I I- Ire In Terror, Tliuy I'r.o ol. I to in.. 1 . U It Ii ( loililug, r..il ..ml 4 .ikl sk Iruitab.

Havvna, via Key West, Aug. 4. The insurgents dynamited the culvert inar the Ivsperiuiit railroad station of the 0tt of Santa ( lara, on the night of July 2'J. The culvert was completely destroyed, traffic being stopped and all telegraphic comuiini icut ion cut off. Tin authorities bignulle.l by heliograph to i ien f uegos for relief. The B9St night, while the local volunteer foivs were patrolling the town, they e. line suddenly Upon 11 group of insurgents in the center of oue of the principal streets. The challenge was given and the insurgents replied with "V iva i aba Li! bra1 and opened tire. Tin- authorities ure entirely at u loss to know how the insurgents entered the towu and succeeded iu getting by the fort garrisoned by the Third regiment, of local guerillas, which was al MM extreme end of the city. As soon us the insurgents were dib

it ttttcurs at J crre Haute 1 coveted a great panic ensued among

the residents, women, children and the aged fleeing pall BWtl through the streets and begging for protection, while the men e ther took sides with the insurgents or Jnlsiad the spaui.sh forces. The stores were loote I, the invaders providing thnnmeltna w ith fond) clothing und cash. The military commamler ordered tha garrison to help the patrolmen in the attack upon the insurgents, who were intrenched ou Broadway. The latter were finally repulsed, the regular troops losing one killed and 1 '. wounded. among the latter a licut-iiaut uud a chaplain. Tue insurgents left four killed and took away about U ' wounded. Tha general belief is that some of j the inhabitants helped the insurgents to enter the town. Twenty of the guerillas who were garrisouing the fortal the entrance have been arrested for criminal negligence, lien. Prattos,

Obeying tha instructions of ' apt. (ien. Weyl. r, ordered that all the stores and dwellings on the streets th rough which the insurgents entered should be closed. This order was carried out by the police. Attf p. in. i n Monday the insurgents ojtencd lire ou the forts guarding the entrance to Santiago de Las Ycgaa, Havana. The tiring continued for au hour, but w illiout special eOsVBM plences tieyond the alarm produced among the residents. The insurgents dynamited the culvert near Vega Alia Numerous tri fling skirmishes near I 'amaguey show that part of the insurgent forces are iu that locality. It is rep irted that in a fight at Rio Allium, Hagna, Andrada and other waUknown Havana men. formerly with (jeii Marlmn lloasai. w ere killed.

MR. FOSTER RETURNS And u Pvaaknaaj lalaaiiangn tas i . , paper Msu I. !..... ,,. ,,,,, s, , OMstfcM S...I Mm r..,.,.,,,,,, ,.,r)( .l l..l. f rtSS I sr,,,.,.tr, AwMc

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Nntf Yokk. Aug. 7. -Boa. John

rosier, in.- commissi

President M-Kmh

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coininis-

eure to say on that snfa cahled from Loudon to

sea inattel

the

ostei

the

few months sgo. was airain nlace.l in

jail at Portland, his alleged offense being burglary. It is claimed he ransacked the residence of J. R Shentts, at Dunkirk. Penn waived examination and w as placed under bond. A XF.w government building at MadIs. hi is now ready for occupancy. AT Richmond a syndicate headed by Frederick W ilke hss been formed to operate in the Masks goldfields. At Kokomo a horse kicked Delmar Duncan and he fell into a threshing machiue. His arm was badly mangled and he may die. At Vincennes, Seth Wagner and Tom Martin fought over s girl at n dance. W agner was fatally hurt aud Martin Is in jail. Thk president has appointed the following potrcasters In ludiana: Harry fX Falln. Hraatil; Wtn A Hinke, La Porte; Walter XV. Wills, Linton; Jos. l Liimhert, Middletowp. YVm L Hoyce, Mt. Yernon; (ien. II. Servi.-, New Carlisle; David L Elliott, VI arren. MR. and Mhs. WlLUAII Kimsitm, of Hnblio, celebrated their sinty-first wedding anniversary the other day. I immer 'a a native of Ilracken county, Kentucky.

MOORS MUST SETTLE. ftSeHJaasal r!-t..ii at the t'upllsl ot Morovco l'relii; the t l.il.u of Aiu.-rl. cans for I iiiIIk till Ii n unit AnsnOthh TAM.ii.it, Aug. '.. -A special commission, hesdetl by Yice-Coiisul Carlctoii. who recently participated iu the demonsfra'ioii made by the I nited BtntM cruiser Kaleigh at the principal ports on the- COttal of Morocco, in conseouence of the differences between the l'nited States and Morocco iclative to the rights of American citizens, has arrived at the city of Morocco, with important instructions in connection with American claims. It is rejxirted thai the commission has had an interview with the grand vizier. The original difficulty arose over the djacrira tna tkm oi thanntborltiea of the Morocco government ngainst Americans iu refusing to permit them to employ native help, u privilege allowed Luiopeans. The arrival of the United States war ships at Tangier I. rough the local uuth oritiev to terms, and the subse

quent demonstration ahy the Raleigh at the ports along the coast completed the lesson. The special commission, headed by Mr. Cai leton. is now pressing the government to settle cluiins of Americans for indemnity, the principal fMM being that at an agent of an American firm at Tangier, who was assail1 ted und robbed by the Moors. THE TURKISH SQUADRONS llr.l. ri-.l Only to I uro Int Kvolutlon Ii, (he Island of th- ArchipelagoCoMsTANTlXoiM.K, Aug. .V -The second atjnudronof the Turkish war ships. consisting of seven vessels. landed by Itari Pasha, which sailed from the Dardanelles Tuesday, has arrived at Sigri, Island of Mitlync. Referring to the fears expressed hoe that the departure of the Turkish ships might lead to a collision w ith the international fleet iu Cretan waters, iu view of the announcement of the foreign admirals that they have decided to oppose the landing of Turkish reinforcements iu the island of Crete, the Turkish newspapers say that the squadron has only been ordered to carry out evolutions iu the islands of the archipelago.

HAVOC WROUGHT ly the llrttaklits; of n Driving Kml of a Locomotive. Raton, N. M., Aug. a. -While a passenger train. No. 'i. on the Atchison, TOpaka A Santa Fe north-bound, was running from Las Vegas at a high rate of speed, the driving rod on the right side of the locomotive broke and stripped every t hing off In-fore the train could be brought to a standstill. Lugineer I nderdown, was knocked from his seat and shockingly iujured. Fire man Charles Dankstou, who juicmid. wa instautly killed.

r sent

to KuirlsnH

c in f.o will, I ...... I s 1 ! i

""iisnui v relative to the liehring sea matter, arrived bora on the steamer St. Luis lust areata Mr. Foster, when as! , d w hat he bad to say concerning the result ..f bis n, ( aion abroad, rapt 14; "1 don't cure to say an v t hiug coneernmg the Heining eu .pi. stiou unt, I

i nine nisi seen Secretary Mi and sul. mitt, d my rep.., t to bim. How ahout tu. coufer. iie,

nein in waslungton'.'" the inner wus asked.

All that 1 aet has been th.s country.'

' Rave you read tl- lett. rs of Henrv VV 1 . . ..:.:..:..

... uiium, i . in. isiiig- yu ami your efforts in connection w ith your past re

lations with t he Itehring

ami your present mission?" "No, I huve tot seen theni." After hastily glancing through

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1 do not care to express myself regarding the mutter at all. Tbc ,, , in Washington know of th an that actuates him, and know uh;,t j.,, status and whut my stutus la." 'Ho you have any nnprosWnsion to the dirticulty hetween this COUl und .lupun relative to the aiui , of Raw uii'.'" the reporter inquire Not iu the least Japan ..ul such an interest as would be from any country having 34,000 p. on the islands. The inalter will rs amicably adjusted without uny trouble between tha two conatrien," replied Mr. Poster. Notwithstanding the reports t hat the coiiterciice in autuuin of Orant Britnin, Japnn and Raaain at Washiifgton will Ik-one of naturalists to compare biological notes and that all reference to the existing regulations is to be expressly barred from the discussion, a pussenger on the St. Louiaanid thut Mr. Foster toM him that he had the expectation of moot D tog the w nolc quaatioa in the fall, an I tliat he had satisfactory ussnran.ea from Lord Salisbury to that oltVeL THE DECLINE IN SILVER. Mat. in. nt ,.f Mr. I'rr.l on. Itlrer I or of (In Mini. .- to I ii t ami ( mm, W AslllMi o. Aug. S. "The bullion altie of the American silver dollar, according to yesterday's market price of silver, is just 4;5.( cents," said Mr. Preston, the director of the mint, yes terdav. "This makes the commercial ratio between silver uud gold M.4) to 1 inst, ad of lo to ,n eoatinned Mr. Preston. "In order to make our silver dollar equal to a gold dollar at this rate it would have to contain BM &U gmlttl of silver. If the alloy were added the total would be 'J.Y; grains." "How do you ace unit for the recent decline in silver." Mr. Pntatoa waa

asked. " impl , by the lack of demand foi it. 1 sec no future for siler what ev.-r. Yesterday's quotations make it 6i cents an ounce. It is' my honest opinion that witbia six aKMtthai will fall to 4(1 cents an ounce. Then- b no demand for it anywhere. ( hin i not buying any; Japan is out of thf business, and there seems to I..- i, and for it in any country to any extent, rWi for use a subsidiary coin age. It is true that in the baaUM ol India it is traded in as merchandise, but the famine and hard t oes ia that country have reduced th . ' minimum. 'T think tlie gold Moducl lor this year will be about fntO.QüJ.oJO. Tha l'nited States will BOSt tribute iboui lan.aoo.OfO u. the aapply. 1 ; " predictiorn of an I ra d norld'i output upon the fact that the suj ;. has not fallen off in any country. II. -re comes the Klondike now with still further addition ; to the gold supply of th) world. The ext-iit of the Lloudike's output is problematical. A ROYAL WELCOME To He :teiidet to the KiuMror ioi.I l.inpsuaaOf (o rniitiij st Mt. MOavanafgi Si. Pktkiimiu ko. Aug. 7. - The liussiau newspapers are full of eulogist .c articles extending a welcome to the emperor and empress of (iermany, w bos approaching visit to this city will he the occasion for a round A festivities. The ships in Hie harbor of Crousta It are already gay with decorations. The emperor and empress left Kiel on Wednesday, nocording In a daapatcl from llerliu and are expected toarritU in Cronstadt on board the II .h"-n.ol-lern to-dny. They will be -net by the cznr and czarina on hoard the imperial yacht Alexander.

MRS. ANGELLS ADMISSION. Mannt waa Married to th. IttM .lay (Jould, mm ClslliteU. ROT Yoaa, Aug T. Melville C lirown. au attorney, of Laramie, W'yo., has tiled an allidavit in which ho swears that Mrs. Sarah Ann AUfOlli who is seeking to prove n marriage with the late Jay Corld. admitted U him she never was married to (iouhl, and that he was uot the father of he; daughter.

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SilKar 1'MrllT. Va8Hsihton. Aug 7. Thn (orman governmeiit has ugiiiu antered a f 'i Mini protest against the application to Herman sugar of section lie Of the new tariff act. by which such sugar would le taxed with a higher duty than that frort oih. r countries, it is not denied, h ovever, that the ( .erinaii sugar clearl v WWttaO within the provisions of section tWe by reason of the pay toe ut of au export, louuty.