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A reported by It C. Dun I Co. failUN, f,,r the week ended on the Mth, Mere 1'04 in the Inited State, apainst ir.7 last year, and 13 in COnaOai tl last year.

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fifty per cent, of the 5.000 eokt ovens in KcDoWwU and Mercer counties, in West Yirgiuia. have been put out of blat recently. throwing out of employment l..'00 men. The statement of the treasury balances in the general fond, exclusive of the $140,000,000 gold reserve in the diTision of redemption, issued M the fbth. showed: Available cash balance. gJIfJMOMO; fold, 000,00 1.604. A dispatch from Pekln. dated the Hat, savs: "All the foreign minister have addressed notes to Prince Ching. suggesting the return to l'ekhi of th

emperor and the curt. i ne mo, were informal and the writers do not consider them binding upon their respective governments." At Frankfort. Ky.. on the 26th. the jury in the case of James Howard, ou trial for alleged complicity in the OOObel assassination, returned a verdict of g.::ltv. Howard did not display the least agitation in the court rootu. but later, when writing to his wife, broke down and wept bitterly. 1m steamer Farallon sailed from

Vancouver, H. C, ou the '.'Tth. for the north vvith one of the largest and costliest single shipments of mining machinery ever shipped to the Klondike. Almost si hundred tons of all kinds of hydraulic plants and other gold mining machinery made up the cargo. (apt. Frederick Pent Sharp, U. 8. A., retired, nephew of den. Clysses S. Slant, died in Kansas I ity. Mo., on the 27th, from an overdose of bromide, taken for the purpose of relieving nervousness and pain. (.apt. Sharp Mas totally blind, and it is BOppO d that he was unable to properly gUUg the quantity of the drug taken. .. Dispatches from various points in the Rocky mountains, on the 25th, showed that there had been a heavy nowfall. At lied mountain, n-ar Ouray, snow was reported thre feet deep. At Leadville there was atiout two inches on the level. The snow as accompanied by a high wind which made the weather decidedly disagreeable.

In a letter to friends in Santo Domingo, Gen. Ma xnno (ion, e says, among Other good things: "'" ,he el convention will originate two political parties, Which will focus the views of all good Cubans. 1 have longed eagerly for the moment now about to arrive. With the convention, the work of revolution will terminate."

The national convention of the Young People's Christian Temperance union opened in Bane! ( ItJ on the evening of the 00th, Delegate from all parts of Uie country were present. A choir of 200 voices sang rally sours. The 2sth was the anniversary of the birth of Miss Frances E. Willard, aud the meeting was in commemoration of the day.

The socialist congress in Paris adopted a proposition to establish an International secretaryship and h permanent committee intrusted with the work of preparing the execution of the decisions of the congresses. This committee will sit at Krüssels. This decision will probably do away with ths congresses, the permanent committee replacing them Mil I .... SOU . Ii I. Got. Roosevelt was assaulted by hoodlums at Victor. Col., where he poke on the 20th. In spite of the Rough Riders and Other friends who escorted him to the railroad station, he was struck on the breast with a club, but not seriously injured. The man who hit him was promptly knocked down by Daniel W. Sullivan, postmaster at Cripple Creek.

A special Iron Valley City, N. IX on the 2Sth, said : "Judge J. M Dennett has just returned fron the ' ascade mountain district of Washington, bringing samples and nevs of the local ion of vast fields of pure anthracite coal. The veins located by him are It feet thick and underlie a square mile of ground. He estimates the quantity of coal in sight at 11,0 tons."

I.ieut.-Gen. Miles, on the 2Mb, i Mied a general order to the army intended to secure improvement la thi morale and physical condition of the force. The order particularly directs the inculcation of patriotic principles, the celeb ration of national holidays by patriotic readings, strict attention to salutes, reaped for the fing and attention to food martial music, especially vocal music.

The Ventura, the third and last ot the big freight steamers that are being built at Philsdelphin for the Oceanic Steamship Co., was launched, on the 26th, at Cramps' shipyard. Mist Elsie Cronsmiller, niece of John D. ßpreckles, president of the company, christened the vessel. The Sierra and Sonoma are the Ventura's Mister ships, nod all three will ply between Haa JTranoiaco and Australian porta,

SEWS IN BBIEF. Compiled fron Various Sources, PERSONAL AND GLNERAL. Zenas L. Martin, of Iowa, has been chosen to have charge of the Friend-' mission work la Cnba, The Qonksrs will establish many missions there. Feii Marchand, paemier of Quebec, died at Montreal, on the 2Mb. Karl Howe (Richard William Penn CuraonHowe) died la kondoi on the 20th. Tom Donner was killed and Harry Portin wounded and captured In a run

ning tiirbt vvith deputy sheriffs near Addy, Wash., on the lath. Donner and Collin were young men from Spokane, and wore charged with highway robbery. The Fiji islands are taking steps to federate With Ncvv Zealand. The jewelry store of P. S. Thornton, at Coad, Kfhn was entered by burglar or. the night Of the 2-th. They blew up the safe and secured jewelry and cash of the value of UV 000. The poet office being la the store, part of the money was government funds. A dispatch to the Austrian admiral

ty gives the strength 01 in lorces landed at Taku by the allied powers as follows : Austrian. 494; German,

s.lTs; Hritish. .'!' American. ..tu; French. t'..S?t'.; Italian. 2.M1; Russian, 2d.9::4; Japanese. 15.a70. Total. 10,233. The town of Sharps, la.. Wtti nearly deetroyod by S tornado on the 27th. The depot, two churches and half a dozen dwelling were blown down. TI... ,,,r.., :iki, struck Newmarket. B

larger town, and demolished a few small hottaea The Irish-American lately serving with the Roers have been removed from their barracks in Lorenzo Marquez, to the Portuguese transport la iia. to prevent disturbances in the town.

At the meeting of the Rapid Transit commissioners of New York, on the ZTth. a resolution was passed for a tunnel to Brooklyn, to follow a route favored by Comptroller Coler. who estimates that the cost of construction sill be about six million dollars.

A New York dispatch of the 27th said that negot iation- were under Way f"r the settlement of the anthra?ite coal miners' strike. Cardinal Gibbons having consented to net as mediator lictween the miners and the operators. Every day's labor at Galveston onlyshows that the first estimates of the loss of life during the great storm

were far below the actual count. Herrath the debris at the Garden Verein it is estimated that fully 100 bodies sre confined in a pile of driftwood which is twenty feet high at some points. Frank Devereaux. property man of

ti theatrical company, who lost everything he had in the Galveston hurricane, while trying to beat his way north, was arrested by the sheriff at l'.vcrgreen, Ala., and sentenced by a magistrate at Greenville to the Pratt City mines until December 1". as a vagrant, in default of tine and .-.: rosts. The health of Secretary ot State Hay has Improved rapidly of late, and It is exneete, that he will return to

Washington in a few day and resume the duties of his office, relieving Pr. Hill, the acting secretary, who has been sutTering from a malarial attack. Twenty three men and women, pledging themselves to eat no food that has leen cooked, have organized the ChJeagO Raw Food society vvith H. Tyler as president. It was decided to trv to bring about the organiza

tion of kindred societies throughout

the t Iiit.il States.

The Russian naval staff announce

that it is proposed to blocked nil Chine navnl ports, in eonsecpier.cn of the hostile attitude of the Chinese fleet at Shanghai, i.nd t0 send fast cruisers from the allied squadrons to protect their transports. The deter ininntton of the United States to withdraw her troops from China, while at the BJM time increasing the strength Of her Beel n Chin

ese waters, is rather disconcerting to the Knroncan powers. Rut the inter-

pretetiOTJ put DO it in official circles is that the Cnited St ites is resolved to protect the policy of the open door to

the extremity, I The American line steamship New fork arrived at Southampton, on the evening Of the 27th. IT bOUr late. Her delav was caused by the fracture a

of her starboard thrust shaft, which was, fortunately, discovered before

an actual break occurred. While a woman was engaged Id cUuning a suit of clot hes In Pittsburgh, Pn., on the " Mh. a blare, genet ated by the brisk rubbing of gasoline, communicated to a tub of the

liquid standing near by, OOUUtssj ai f

eXploeiOB and Br that resulted in the death of two persons and serious In

jury to two others. The census bureau SUnOOneee that the population of Spokane. Wash., is

St;.-!, aa against 10,129 In ION This ile an increase of I ,'.o., or sj.ya uer

One customs inspector is um. en" pension in New York and B deputy surveyor of the pari has anew accused Ol SOtluaion with smugglers in p.-s lag dutiable goods into this country. The accusation is baaed on an nuto graph eonfeeeiea made by .Mrs. i. tha nahen, dreaiohor, Report receive. I, on the night of the '.'h. indicated that the Trinity and Colorado rivers in Texas were again rapidly ri.ng and compelling people ou the bottom lands to seek safety oa higher ground. Much cotton and live stock is reported lost. Randes A brah.i mson, the I'.t-.vcar-old boy wh was accused of settiui) U tires in Puluth, Minn., last spring, was sentenced, on the 28th, to ten year at aord labor la the stnte jamb tentiarv. He "as convicted of setting tire to a Stable In which u human life was lost. '. that same night, nocordla to his own confession, he set four other fires. It is reported In Shanghai that Russia has offered lO advance money tc China to repay the llritlah loan.

WITHIN OUR LIMITS.

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of Texns, on ffie Wih following statement. of mcne received by

cent.

(iov. Bayers gave out th ''I he amount

nie up to noon, September m or the bcr.c::: of the storm sufferers. B fOTSy

47 1 .".i. This sum Includes thai

remained in my !i inds of the fund

contributed for the relief ot tin;

UraSOS t icr valley sufferers last year it also includes all drafts and author i.itions to draw and which ure ii transit and are yet uncollected." The quarterly statement of the commissioner of navigation shows that 3f sailing vessels, of M,TO0 gross tons were built in the Patted States, and Officially numbered during the quar ter ended September 00 100. Of th erhole number lvo were built on th Atlantic and gulf coasts. H on the Paeific, W on the great lnkes, and 5S ou the western rivers.

The motion for a new trial in tht

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case of James rlOWaru WBl ovorruie j bV Jndffe t'at.trill it Frankfort. Ky.

on the "0th. and Howard was sentenced to ie haugc i December 7. II was agreed that the attorneys shoubi be allowed to tile their bill of exceptions to the appeal to the court ' appeals any time before the thirc' week in October. The Filipinos in the vicinity of Ma nila have been mor-- OUiet of late, al

though there have been brisk attaek at Lai Pina and Peranaque, south ol

Manila, ns well as outpost firing at innis. Baeoora and Muntin Lopa. The

American officers are satisfied that

the alleged ainigos living around the towns in queation partlclpnted in these ittacks. Capt, Samuel B. Smiley, of the Fifteenth Infeatry, formerly attaehed to tlie staff of Gen. Hates, in the Philippines, who proceeded to China to join his regiment, but broke down there, owing to the climate and hard work,

is returning to the 1 nlted states on the supply ship Celtic. Sf'-- I. ope, formerly secretary and confidante of Gen. Agulnaido, arriN' d at New York, on the 90th. on the Campania. Lope is said to have come at the invitation of Fisk Warr-n. and he expects to explain to the people the Filipinos' side of their fight with this count ry. At every colliery in the anthracite rcrion a notice w is posted, on the

3d, announcing a tea-per-cent. In ct. r.se in wages haefl1 on the present scale, effective October 1, and that the Operators Will at bit rate any grievance their employes mav pt ese.it.

The Fusinn war office announce ... as m

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Khabarovsk and Kharbin say Gen. Tschib hagotT sent Col. Kopeiken. with a detachment of Co flhl, railroad troops and volunteers to engage n force of Chinee who had occupied the railroad at San bakan. The RnssiaiM won two obstinate tights. Forty-three deadChtneee wen- left on the trenches after the second engagement. The Austrian steamer Styria Lloyd, sailed from I.oren.o Manpie.. on the 1st. having on board Pin Transvaal refugees, jiart of them In-ing IrisbAmerieana, All of their ijcpeana had been paid by the Transvaal government. V:neh man had r.eeived 30 shillings and will be paid S0.10 (40.00) on landing at any port which may lie elected by them. Several hundred employes of the Reading Iron Co.. of Pnnville. Pa., decided, on the 1st, to accept the 5 ner cent, reduction in their wages.

Which went into effect on September

In. and against v. Inch they struck. The men agreed to resume work as

sr. nil n, the lilant cotlld be lilaccti III

operation.

The population of Loa Angeles, Cat

as announced bv the census bureau, is

RKt, lOL'.tT'J; Js'.m, .V),:tur. These figiit cv. show an increase in population of u4, or 103.33 per cent, from 1000 to 1000, The population in lssii wtirt 11,183, showing an increase of tOiiOi or 300.04 per cent, freen 1000 to lOOO, Th Mansfield (f.i Ministerial assoeiaiion. comprising pastors of various Protestant ehurchei of that city, held

a meeting, on the night of the 1st, a' the home of Rev. I.. (,. Hattnau, pastor of the Christian church, and adopted lesolutions condemning mob violence

against me uowieitee, The imports of wheat into Liverpool for the week ended on Ihe L'ftth, were 113,300 quarters from Atlantic par , There ware no receipts from Pacific or o1her ports. The Imports of American corn for the week Were 1X1,10) quill ters. The Qalaey (HI.) jail holds Fred

Thuman, ex-alderman; George 'i. Blunt, es--Sunday school superintendent, nnd ( apt. Henry, ex postumste-, nil charged with embestlement from fraternal societies, (vir nine hundred men of the Twen ty fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry

(colored) sailed from San Francisco

for Manila, on the 1st, ou the trans-

News by Telegraph from Various Towns in Indiana. Relieves laina, Wabash. Ind., Oct. I. Hctirj Markle,

of Klkharl county, blive la igns and omeas. He became ill of infiasimatioa ot the bxiwcls ami gr w worse until his case was pronounced hopeless. His brother, who ttai Balled to bid lis farewell, resolved to apply a reused) which tilt old ladies of the neighborhood had recommended, and taking a gun went out anil btguu a who . sale slaughtered the cats in the icinit. Their pelts wen applied to the abdomen of the patient. Who straightway began to mciul. Bad it is claimed that now. less than a week after the remedy was used, Markle is rapidly recovering and out ol danger. nerval fisn i ' New Albany. In.!., (let. 1. s a resuit of the arrest of her brother, fas '.

Stein, on a charge of org tug me name .f his father to a note for 800, Mi Joele Stein has lost her mind and is now a violent maniac. The y oung girl was living with her brother, caring for his house during the absence of his wife, when the officer arrived to make the Street. She is nervous ind the cue prostrated her. The neighbors went in after the otlicer aud prisoner had departed and found her mviag. The family is a wealthy and prominent one.

RÜL1EF FOR GALVESTON. Tasrs Is Htlil Treating Nnl tor I'ubllr to Set Hi NITrero On Tlirlr rft.

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Vmti goetone, Wabeah, IneX, (km. i. Itim Edith Me Masters, of (iohen, has fallen heir to an estate through the death of Prof. Jerome Wilson, which occurred at Del avati. Wis. Prof. Wilson was prominent in literary circles and occupied the chair of literature in nn institution at Dutch Flats, Csl. He wa for many year- a ctOM Mend of the IfcMustei family and was c-pecially attached to Mist Edith when she was a child. His will leaves his entire estate to her.

HeM 0p I hicnao. Hammond. Ind., t)ct. 1. Two masked men held up and robbed S. K. Harris, of this city, in Chicago. Harris was on his way to the i'nion hoop elevated station when two men jumped from a dark deomraj and ordered ate to throw up his hands. The robbers, took Harris' watch and $7. Two tuen giving the same of Whittsker and Cobb were or r.'s' (' .

Ooepel d in Hoest, Valparaiso. Ind.. Oct. l.- IJev. Martin I. other, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, surprised the members of his eongregat ion bytendering his resignation. The reason assigned is his wife's jioor health and a desire tO study medicine. He came here from Chicago over a year ago and has had great success.

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port Hancock.

I St In the oid. KvacsviKe. In, 0t. 1 'TT0 little ions of .lames Hawkins, of He Forest, Warwick county, are lost in the wood and a posse of HO men and won. en is looking for them. They are supplied with horses and tin cans, but at a late hour they have sect: not h i ng of t he little otie. The whole neighborhood is great !y excited. Ilnn.l .intent. Ilra.il Ind.. Oct. 1. The band tour

nament given hurc at the new fair grounds eras attended by fully s.coo

peopR. Among the IS nnas lost par

ticipated in the musical tesuviu was

the famous (iondtnan bam! of l cattir. 111. F.xcurs-ion trains were run into the

city from various points in Illinois au I Indiana.

Il.urt Found. , Croera Point, ndn Oct, i. a telephone message fromCelar Lake to Sheriff Uiwreaee tells f thegrewsome finl of a man's head tied in a paper sack lying in several feet of water near lletler's pier, on the north side of the lake. Ho particulars were given and the sheriff went at orce to investigate. nan ateetlna. Blmtten, Ind.. Oct. 1. The next annual reunion of the Ohio tad Indiana Pioneers' sK'i ty will be held here next BeptCSSher, The meetings for the last three years have been held in Ohio. W". . Weis, I), of ISluffton. is president of the society and J, ('. Hatfield and P. A. Hell, of l.ordstown. secretaries. I IN for llrlllli rm . II...... rtown. Ind.. Oct. 1. Informa

tion has been received fron: the l.otolon I

ag. ncv of a local concern that makes railway inspection ears that in al! prolabillts i's ,'ars ,N' sdopted by the Hritish army authorities for Isepeet ing railway lines and for scout ing and patrolling purposes. thine with Cash, Marlon. Ind.. Oct. 1 Kdwafd B ot, nf I he tailoring- firm of BOOS A Vufpillat. has disappeared. Charles urnillat, his partner, learned that Boos had drawn 1000 from the hank, which .... . J !. - 1 I I

was a . the money on nepotii! nun nau purchas4 il a ticket for Canada. K Ink nnl tern. Waahlnsrton. Ind., Oct. 1. I'ratk .

(larsghsn and Misj Sophia Vollmer

have been electee; sing ami queen ,.r the carnival parade to tek pleCf BOXt Thursday night, itreet fsk week, it was an exciting popular voting contest. Stricken on n Trsln. Indianapolis. Ind.. CK-t. 1. William V. Walcott. of Boston, while en route tO St. lyouis was stri-ken with ajioplexy on a Mig Four train. He was Brought here and taken t o St . Vincent ' hospital. here he died. Ottt to n Tolleae. Rtehmond, Ind.. (!. l. t, V v bitn, f V ,v ork city, gave Karlhatn cob ai ItO, i to be added to the endowment fund. (

Calv-ton, Tex., Oct, 2. John Scaly, chairman of the finance coin mit t cc. a anh-committee of the Qalveeton eon tral relief eotamlttee, and euatodlan ot the Ualveeton rellel fund, has givsa the following to the pres.; "Qalveeton, Oct. l. "All subscriptions that bare been turned over to rae tip to and im ludlag i kttober c 1000, from all sources, amount to 0T01JM I.A0. This amount includes all inom y rOOSlved h BM direct, all received by Mayor w. c. Jones, aud also $:toi,.'.ui remitted to me by Oor. Bayers out ,f subecrip. tions made to him. The governor has also ordered a further remittance to DM Of sine. ooO which Should reach me in the next lew .lays, and he Will send me from time to tin luoh ad ditlonal fund- as he may reoelee, Ws sue now- srranglng In proper shape a full itemised account of all receipts

and amount expended which will be duly published. Signed "John skm.y, "Chairman PI nance Committee." Apropos of Mr. Scaly report the Mews, to-day. says editorially: 'The pressing need of (.aheston is money with which to shelter more than three thousand persons BOW homeless, and to make habitable the homes of many others. Some correspondents have sent out Statements to the effect that millions of dollars

have been contributed for the relief of Cialveston one published statement tixes the amount at 015,000.000,

These statements have led the public - th generous, liberal public astray and have a tendency to check the impulse tO give, because it seemed that the requirements had been met. Hut the real truth is that (lalvcston has, up to date, received only 0081,043.03, a su n but little more than sufficient to bury the dead, rcnune the debris, accomplish the work Of sanitation and pay' the expenses for food and clothing w hi' h the relief committee bad to buv before supplies ol food and cloth Ing l !,ari to arrive from the outside world. And in this connection, with a property loss of IOOO,080JXN Qalveeton Is called upon to face a problem of rehabilitation ami to provide for the housing of more then eight thousand homeless people. "Nature has been kind since the storm; there has been no rainfall of

onaequenCO the weather has been pleasant and the winds have been temper, d. Hut these conditions can not last, and much greater suffering than has been enduied up to this time must inevitably ensue if provisions are not made, and made quickly, to bouse these victims of the storm. "Miss Clara Barton has told the WOI Id of the conditions exist i ng i n ( ialreston and has estimated that at least 15,000,000 would be required to meet the urgent necessities. The News .supplements her appeal with the statement that the contributions up to date aggregate $ssl,in:t.t3 and has ssked the press to spread this statement to the world In order that the false impressions made by unaiithorkwd und unfounded publications may be counteracted so far as it is possible to do so.

Consul McWade, at Canton, and

Minister Conger, at Pekin.llavo Been Heard From.

On,- nMHWnnel l.lorer Itelenaed. (.alveston, Oct. I. OB thousand of the laborer employed in resnoe Mig debris will be released to-day, as the work has sufficiently progressed to warrant this Step. It will enable the r: llltMSdS nnd other large corporations tO get the laborer they need to continue ib.- restoration of their properties. A PROMOTER OFl'EMPERANCE. snrae.in-lirner! ternlier. Ones Oppose,! tu. ÜOfS Inflorat-B the Army I nlrrn.

Washington. Oct. The following was made public yesterday at the war depart nient : War Deportment, Surgeon Qeneral'i Office, Washington. U. C. Oct. 1, 1000. To the Adjutant General of the Army Sir My attention has been called to a public statement, attributed to nie, Opposing the army canteen. I preume this statement as published i.

practically what I said some years since, when Interviewed upon tin- subject, although I do not nt present remember to whom it was given. I did BOt at first look with favor Upon the proposition tO sell beer to soldier St army canteens. That opinion was not based upon personal observation, as I bad not been Station d at a military post ehSCe the canteen w is established. Owing to tin- gen

eral consensus of Opinion among line officers and medical oflicen of the ermj who bars had ample opportun! ,v t,, observe the effect of the army canteen upon the habits of our soJdicra, I am obliged to admit that, from a practical point of view, it eeme to have accomplished very desirnble result! in reducing the amount of drunkenness in the army ami the disposition on the part of soldiers to leave their stations for the purpo-Ki

Of obtaining spirituous liquor. Verv rcsoect full v,

GEORGE M. STERNBERG, Surgeon General, i . s. A. fjaleied IsotttsOi Hit Mnns. Washington. Oct. 'i. The triennial conclave of the sovereign grond council of the Scottish Kite (colored), wo opened nt the Colored Masonic temple here yesterday. The nddress of the day was delivered by the soverign grand commander, John 0, .lones, of Chicago. The afternoon was devoted to a parnde of the Mystic Shriners. The irent "t. I.onls Kale. Bt. l.oui, Oct. The fortieth annual St. Louts Pair was Inaugurated yesterday with the largest opening dy attendance in Its history.

MOTAI SHEWS STATEMENT VERIFIED

utiieiitiH oepsamtbte ',,r t 1 Mimnncrea t, ! I'uiilalieil I'ei - onnol al the kin messnees i iim- ponoe rowmtaalon Aetneri. iaii,.-i aamouneed, Washington, Oct. Mr. Wit, ( I , noss minister, has received oil. il eonfirtnation of the laeoano of an h . pcrinl deerc degrading Prime Tuan, Kangl mid other Ofllclall for lb. r course in regard to the recent tic

les in China. This Information agn h with that contained in a dispatch i celved by the state department yei terday from Consul McWade, at .. ton. Ihe minister has heard nothing of the designation of OfftCUUs repoi ti by Minister ( longer to act in con. ; in peace negotiations, but he has no doubl it is correct. IMI'OHTAVI UlSI'ATt HKS.

Tenilliiu I t'onOrni Kvent Uoeortl. d In Previous 'lelearumi.. Washington. Oct. '-.-Several important dispatches were received from China. Generally they ten.: confirm the events recorded Bet lay. Prom tanton. Consul IseYVad reports the issue of the decree p . lahing Tuan ami his colleagues, that there is no longer doubt as to the accuracy of Sheng's statement on that point. Mr. Conger also has received official notification of the

Chinese peace commission which u n forecasted by Minister Wu'i advice. several days ago. Mr. Conger nu. no reference to the coiideinnatory I cree, hence it is inferred that it v not issued when his dispatch was s. last Thursday. The tet of these two dispatches is as follows: unanl MrWadr'i Ulapnteh. "Clinton (( bin). Out. ti 1000. Sec

retary of Slate, Washington--Decret just issued. Kmperor blames Brittisterj for whole trouble. Orders Tua Kangl ami other ofhclala degraded and punished by imperial courts, l a, peror holds Tuan and others entin ) responsible for bloodshed, Signed j McWADi:." Mlnlater t onaer'a Ulapnteh. "Pekin. Sept. (via Taku). Sept. :;n. Becretary of state, Washiagti Have received notice today fri Prince t hing thai be, Earl Li, .i Lu ami Viceroy Tin Ena Vi a ( hang Chip Tung will act in com , r

in negotiations lor peace. Jung l.u li in the interior. U Hung ( hang is at Tien Tain. Signed "CONGER." wtiut Oie ttteamtdk laritlent. It is evident that the two vicer.. meatloned arc l.m Kua '.'i. the ricct of Nanking, and ( bang Chip Tung, thviccroy of w n-chang. the different spelling' being in telegraphic tram mission. There has ts-en some tpu -tion as to Yung Lu being a BSSmhel of th commission, but Mr. Conger -report settles all doubt. Minister V . already has received an edict namml'ung lM as one of Ihe BOmmlM but this was questioned in other Chi aee quartera. Yunic l.u Kol Sallafnelor) . The appointment is not likely to bt satisfactorv to anv of the powers, n

YttOg I.U has made himself almost Offensive as Prince Tuan. He is gt etalis. imo of the imperial troops, et is regarded as mainly responsible the persistant fight on the legal; nl dining the erlsta The other oommi' sinners an- highly acceptable. Earl and Print! ( hing are alreadv faably known, and the two viceroy s ., soioag the most pacit'u". enllghtt & und pro foreign men in the empire.

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MISSIONARIES IN PEKIN. POSHM ot the tirt.np for ITo.ee I ns Their Kil uenl lonnl ntul .Ulietvaarr woru. P.osto... Oct. 2.-The American, board of commissioners for foreign nieaiona, has received a message front

Ue , 0. M. i hapin. one of its mlSSK n

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nnes hi ream, qiciwb ' i the rrouu of ailsssonatries then

is proposed to reopen the Ibid school for girls in Pekin, eith i that city or in Tien Tsin. The nortli China college, which was destroy) Tung Che, will probably BS tt Off la Pekln. Minister Conger has given as ur aneea that he will try tO secure 111 use of two or moic large eompoUl which have been used by the Box and heme arc li.-ibb- t aflsoaf for the use of the Amcriean boar missionaries. Might of th mission tries, ehiefly women, tool thnt thej

need a furiOUgb, and 10 arc prepaid to remain.

Yonna Vnnderhllt Will Work. New York. Oct. Alfred (i. VsSderbilt, whose father left him I50," (00.000, announced at Newport. R. U Sunday, that he would ult so. a -ty and, oil Monday, would Iwgin worl. iu the employ of the New York t ential llailroad Co. Seeretnry Hoot t on nleaelnaWashington. Oct. I. ffccretsty hoot, who J as been ill at South: i ton. Em I., for several weeUs. is reported eonveleeciag steadily. sn expected to return to this city b. fora the close of the week.