Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 9, Petersburg, Pike County, 8 July 1898 — Page 2

$hc3?ikc County gcumrat H. MeC. STOOPS. Editor u« Proprietor. PETERSBURG, : : INDIANA. Tux auxiliary cruiser Yale, with troops for Santiago, sailed from Old Point Comfort, Va., on the 23d. Oh the 38th the Italian senate adopt* cd a motion providing for the re-estab-lishment of the duties on wheat. Tan chief post office inspector re* eel red a telegram, oa the 30th, stating that six men had been arrested at Lake City, S. CL, charged with having murdered the negro postmaster there last February. The commissioner of internal revenue has declared that railroad companies making a charge for excess bag* gage of passengers shall be required to affix a one-cent stamp to bills of lading covering such excess. Thk general session of the Transmisaissippi Educational association opened at Omaha, Neb., on the 39th, with a large attendance. A resolution was adopted for the observance of “Lap fsyette Day” in the schools A dispatch received at Buenos Ayres from Montevideo, Uruguay, says the authorities there, on the request of the Spanish government, have sent to Cuba a quantity of Sauarell serum to be used in combatting yellow fever. Thk new French cabinet is not received favorably In St. Petersburg. The Novoe Vremya declares the Brisaon cabinet “Only a necessary evil,” adding, “Its accession proves the bankruptcy of the present chamber.”

Sbchktabt or the Interior Bliim ° has approved a recommendation cH the commissioner of education that each atate and territory be given 974,000 for the support of agricultural and me* chanical colleges during the fiscal vein ending June. 30, 1809, According to a special dispatch from Madrid, the Spanish transatlantic steamers Isla de Luzon, Ignacio D'Loyla and San Augustin have left Cadiz for Porto Rico on an important mission, carrying large quantities of stores, coal and ammunition. Agi'INaldo. the insurgent leader, it is officially announced from Manila, has called upon Capt.-Gen. Augusti to surrtflider, but the latter refused, say* ing he was “resolved to maintain the sovereignty of Spain and the honor of the flag to the last extfemity.” Dr. 8.. 0. Stanton, who has charge of the examination of recruits for the Uuited States regular army in Chicago, has caused a sensation among medical' men by declariug that an habitual fast rider of bicycles, or a “scorcher,” ia unfit, physically, to serve as a soldier in the arm3*. Tax machinery of the war department is now at work on provisions tc feed the starving. Supplies will be poured into Santiago. Cubans and Spaniards alike will be fed with a liberal hand. The American nation will redeem the pledges under which wai became a necessity. Thk London Star prints a story from a foreign correspondent to the effect that a part of Admiral Camara's fleet left him off Algeciras, near Gibraltar, and is now on its way to Porto Rico “to join the squadron of torpedo boats which CapL Villamel has had concealed there for three weeks past.” Tint Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald prints a special dispatch, jrorn Greensboro. Ale., the home of Judge Hobson, father of the hero of the Merrimac, giving a cablegram received from his •on, which reads: “Santiago de Cuba, June 28.— My health continues good. Feel no uneasiness about me.” : -aIt was officially announced in Cain-, Egypt, on the 30th, that Admiral Camara had been notified to stop coaling | from the Spanish col tiers and Informed { that he must leave Port Said, whereupon j the Spaniards had said their ships beetled repairs and began discharging coal and material in order to repair.

Is view of the continued improve* ] ment of the military position of the United States, the newspapers of St. | Petersburg are changing their tone tc j friendship for America, and speak ! with contemptuous pity ot Spain, the i reason being, it is alleged, the growing fear of an Anglo-American alliance. The steamer Newport, bearing Maj.* Gen. Wesley Merritt,military governor j of the Philippine ii besides the Astor Batteries II and K States artillery and detachments from j the hospital and signal corps, sailed from San Francisco, on the 29th, for j Manila. The war council, on the 29th. decid- j ed to order the troops to move from j Chickamanga to the aonth. It was an- j derstood that 25,000 men would at once | proceed to Tampa, and the Shafter j transports, presumably on their way back from Santiago, would transport j part of this force at the earliest j ble moment. ^ Patrick Haggixs. said to be the old- j est man in Pennsylvania, died .ai Scranton, on the 29th. aged 117. HU ; age is authenticated by records and j certificates which show that he wat born in County Londonderry, Ireland I November 1, 1791. Mr. Ilaggins' father died at the age of 111 years, and j bis mother at 107. The Porto Rico expedition is moving, j it is not officially recogni ied as such. ; It paates under the form of reinforce* i meats for Shafter. In reality all oi this preparation and movement oi troops now goiug on is with reference to Porto Rica That is the significant* of the orders to Gen. brooke and lh« 1'irst corns of Chick ainatura. dands. and his staff. .light battery and of the Third United

e*dh*±£fcC£*! JULY r—1898. | Sun. Tm. Wid. Thar. Fri. Sit : I 8 2 • * - 9k to u 12 n 14 15 16 : 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 124 25 26 27 28 29 301 31 CURRENT TOPICS. THE IEW8 nr BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Iv the senate, on the *Tth, the session was devoted to further consideration of the Hawaiian annexation resolutions, all the speeches made being opposed to their adoption.In the house the day was devoted to consideration of District of Columbia business. Ik the senate, on the 28th. almost the entire session was taken up by Mr. Cattery (La.) in continuing his speech in opposition to Hawaiian annexation. At four o'clock he yielded the floor, and the deficiency bill was taken up and the committee amendments, so far as ofl fered. were agreed to..In the house the • conference report on the bankruptcy bill was adopted and the measure was sent to the pr sident. Mr. Mahon (Pa.) secured the floor i and delivered.a speech against annexation. The afternoon session was given up to matters reported from the committee on military affairs. In the senate, on the S9th. a resolution was [ adopted tendering the thanks of congress to l Naval Constructor Hobson and the other hemes of the Merrimac. and to Lieut. Frank H. Newcomb. commander of the revenue cutter Hud- | son. for his gallant rescue of the Winslow and her crew off Cardenas, and retiring on full pay Capt Hodgson of the McCulloch, for distinguished services at Manila The general deficiency bill was passed with an amendment providing for the settlement of the claims of the government against the Pacific railroads. ...... In the house a number of measures of no | great public interest were passed, and xlie Ini' dian and sundry civil appropriations bills were | sent back to conference. In the senate, on the 9Uth, after the transaction of routine business, the Hawaiian annexation resolutions were taken up. and spceche-ln | opposition to their adoption occupied almost the entire session.In the house an attempt to secure the passage of the bill to incorporate the International American bank met with determined opposition, but it was not effective in prev* ntinc consideration of the bill. Adjournment. however, cut off a vote upon the measure. The report upon the Indian appropriation bill was adopted, but the bouse insisted upon ita disagreement to the sundry civil bill, and sent the general deficiency bill to conference.

PERSONAL Ah&D GENERAL. On the 27th the pope received in audience lit. tier. Sebastian Messmer, bishop of Greenbay, Wig. Tub statement'of the condition of the United States treasury, on the 28th, showed: Available cash balances,$194.132,314; gold reserve, $165,723,699. Tuk water supply of the city of Santiago was cut off on the night of the 26lli, and hothing but cistern water is now available. Jesus Ascevkdo, a Porto Rican, who arrived at New York on the 27th on < the steamer Pretoria, from St. Thomas, j was arrested, on the 28tli, on suspicion of being a Spanish spy. A correspondent of the London Daily Mail, at Port Said, says that a < distinguished naval oftteer-there laughs i at the idea of Admiral Camara's ships < going to Manila, and says there is not i a vessel in the lot fit to make the trip, adding that the Spaniards are wise to keep their ships out of reach of the >, Americans. As governor-general of the Philippine islands Gen. Merritt has prepared a proclamation which will be issued immediately after his arrival at Manila. He expects to enter that city without serious resistance, but in case of neees- 1 sity is prepared to use both the naval ' and military forces at his command to 1 take forcible possession of the place. * A LETTER received at Warren. O., from John Muldoon. a citizen of Johnsonville. who is now in the Alaskan ! gold fields, says that of the 101 men who left Seattle with him in March only four survived. Two were drowned ' and the others perished from cold and hunger. Tub understanding at the war department is that the totpl number of regulars and volunteers which will be dispatched to Manila in command of ; Maj.-Gen. Merritt will approximate 21.000 men. Of these lO.OUO already have left San Francisco in three separate expeditions.

iUK presiaent, on me -’sin, issueu a proclamation extendiog the blockade of Cuba to all ports on the south coast, from Cape Francis to Cape Cruz, inclusive; also the port of ban J uan, Porto Rico. A United States registered letter and money order office has been established at Baiquiri, Cuba. It is fully equipped and capable of performing any duties which may devolve upon it. L. Kemper is in charge of it, aud he will remove to Santiago and take charge of the post office there when it has been captured. The war department has given out a statement that “the sending of delicacies to the army, although most generous and fuliy appreciated by the war department, will no longer be encouraged, as it has been found that such delicacies for troops in the field are injurious rather than helpful.” Tuk senate, on the 28tb. in executive session, confirmed the nomination of Naval Cadet Joseph W. Powell to be advanced two numbers and made an ensign for bis heroism in seeking to rescue Hobson and the crew of the Merrimac. , Pacific©*, who have slipped out of the Spanish lines at Santiago, give the information that 77 Spaniards were killed and 89 wounded in the battle of Lt» Quasioi, on the 24th. Gen. Aouixamh), the insurgent leader, declares that the family of Capt.Gen. Augusti. who are prisoners in his hands, are at Panpanga, and are well treated. The Egyptian government has definitely refused to permit the Spanish fleet to coal at Port Said

Louisville & Nashville railroad has sent out an official notice of the re* storation of one-half of the redaction of salaries made in August, t»3.v The remainder will be restored January L 1899. ' * A BUMOR from Kingston, Jamaica on the 29th,un worthy of belielsaid the cruiser Brooklyn had been blown up by a shelf and sunk off Santiago bay and that Commodore Smiley and 24 of his men had been killed. Thk honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred, on the 29th, by Yale university, upon Wm. McKinley, president of the United States. Late news from the front indicated it was the intention of carrying Morro castle from the rear before making the final move on Santiago. This would give Admiral Sampson a better chance to co-operate with the army. A copy of the official reporta of the condition of the Spanish troops in eastern Cuba made to Lieub-Geh. Pando by subordinate commanders has come into the possession of Gen. Shatter, who informs the war department of the contents. The reports indicate a force of 36,000 effective men. Gen. Mires received dispatches, on the 29th, from Tampa, announcing the departure of 9,900 men under command of Brig.-Gen. Snyder for Santiago to reinforce Shafter's command. They were expected to reach Baiquiri by the 3d. Unless the Spaniards should yield much more easily than anticipated, the intention of Gen. Shafter was to take two days for the active operations at Santiago. The full effect of the shellimr was to be tried the first dav, and

was expected to prove very demoralizing upon the Spaniards if the fact developed that they had no artillery to compete with ours. Michael Schwab, the anarchist, died at the Alexian Brothers’ hospital, Chicago, on the 29th. Schwab was held responsible, with Parsons. Spies, Lingg, Fischer, Engel and Jseebe, for hurling the dynamite bombs on May 4, 1SS6, which caused the death of seven polioemeni in the Haymarket riot. The indictments against Maj. J. P. VYoolsey, ex-Indian agent for Ponca, Otoe and Pawnee tribes, for alleged attempts to rob the agency safe, have been dismissed. The prosecution, it is said, was inspired by political ene- j tnies. As the result of a long-standing feud, Amos Lynch and Floyd Della fought a duel in the highway near Corydon, lnd., on the 29th, and Della was fatally wounded. The $50,000 public library building, just erected at Burlington, la., was dedicated, on the 29th. with interesting •eremonies. President P. M. Crapo and Vice-President \V. Salter of the local library association delivered addresses. A Kingston (Jamaica) dispatch, of the 3Cth, said:, **A newspaper dispatch t>oat, the Ely, went^ashore. on the night of the 29th, on a rocky point near the eastern end of J.uu siea. She will probably go to pieces. Langdon Smith, i correspondent, was on board of the ressel at the time.” It is said in London that there is no doubt the marquis of Salisbury'sspeech, on the 29tli, was intended as i hint to the powers that Great Britain sin sympathy with the United States. The degree of Master of Arts was ,'onferred upon Hon. Wm. R. Day, secretary of state, by the University >f Michigan at its Jcommencement exjreises on the 30th. The French cabinet has decided that ;he full duty on wheat is to be restored. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the 1st, the Hawaiian annexation resolutions were lmier discussion for nearly six hours, dr. Pettua (dem., Ala.) making the irst formal speech delivered in favor >f the resolutions. Several speeches were made against annexation... .In the house the session possessed little >f legislative interest. A few private Hills were passed and some conference reports of minor importance were idopted. Adjournment, which inrolved the abandonment of the evening pension session, was taken until :he 5th. Gen. Shatter and Admiral Sampson began a combined attack upon Santiigo and Morro castle on the 1st. The lighting lasted from eight o'clock in the morning until sundown, at which time the Americans were in possession >f the Spanish intrenchments. Four tiundred Americans were killed and wounded in the engagement. The nary department received a dispatch, on the 1st, from Admiral Dewsy, dated Cavite, June 27. The admiral made no mention of reinforcements ind said he had avoided committing this government to any policy and had left Gen. Merritt free. « The total proposals for the new government loan of $200,030,000 agg-e-jfated, up to the 1st, $790,000,000. Of thisamount there had been received snd absolutely accepted subscriptions for amounts of $500 and less, $40,000,JOQ. It is said that when Blanco ordered Cervera to leave Santiago de Cuba, the sdmiral replied that he would be glad to leave, but his guns were dismounted, be was without coal and the American sdmiral was waiting outside. IIon. John C. Traer, a member of the Iowa constitutional convention of 1885, died at Vinton, Ia.^, on the 1st, aged 73. He was one of the early pioneers of that section of the state aud a prominent republican politician. A dispatch to the Madrid linparcial from Santiago de Cuba, on the 1st, said that four American war ships bombarded Manzanillo at 4 a. in. and G*tired with one v«ssel seriously injured. President McKinley has appointed George Bruce Corteiyou, of New York, assistant secretary to the president, to fill the additional position of that grade recently created by eongnsss. Nine negroes were drowned near Plaquemine, La., on the 1st, by the upsetting of a skiff. One white and three colored men were saved by holding on to the skid.

H00S1ER HAPPENINGS Told in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities. M«4e a Confenion. Shelbyville, Ind., July 1.—Hiram Colelazier, a wealthy farmer living north of this city, made complaint of the theft of a valuable mare and offered $25 reward. Jasper Hill, a paroled prisoner from Jeffersonville, was arrested on suspicion, and while in jail informed the officers where Colclazier’s mare was, and that Colclazier knew where it was all the time. He made a confession implicating Col- j clazier and William Merrick in the j theft of numerous horses, cattle and hogs as well as farming implements. The Norma) •School. Terre Haute, Ind., July 1.—At the twenty-seventh annua) commencement of the state normal school 113 graduates received certificates and 8S graduates of former years were awarded diplomas which are life licenses to teach in the common schools of the state. Under the law a graduate must teach satisfactorily two years after graduation before receiving a diploma. The state board reelected all the members of the faculty and added another assistant in the department of methods and mental science. Shot to Death. Bedford, Ind., July 1,—Word has been received here that Hiram- Starr, of Bortlettsville, this county, was shot to death by Constable Douglass and a posse, including Terry Covey, whose wife Starr was said to have assaulted six weeks ago. At the time the crime was kept secret to avoid a scandal, but Starr is said to have attempted to repeat his assault on Mrs. Covey. The officers ran him down in a barn, from where he opened fire on them and was killed. His shots were all wild.

Human llrad In a I.»r. Elwood, lnd.. July 1.—A most re* markable formation was found in a lop at the sawmill here. The lop was beinp sawed transversely into blocks nil inch thick. On the surface of a dozen of the slabs appears the. distinct outline of a human face, head and neck. The hair is shown done up hiph on the head and the outline form is distinctly human in outlines. The blocks will be carefully preserved. Indiana Kutvorlh League. Marion, Ind„ July 1.—The State Epworth leapue convention is beinp held in this city. Nine hundred delegates are present. The meetinps are held in a larpe tent in the waterworks park. W. E. (loss, of the Methodist Hook Concern of Cincinnati. 0.. says this is one of the preatest conventions ever held by the leapue. It will require three days to transact the business. Drowned at a IMcnlc. Crown Point, lnd., July 1.—Fred Gus- | tavson, a 14-year-old boy, was drowned at Cedar lake while in swimming. The lad wandered out in the water beyond his depth. This is the second fatality at Cellar lake withiu a week. Gustavson was from Chicapo. and came to the lake with the members of the Swedish Lutheran church, which picnicked there Thursday. Klret Officer*. » Laporte, lnd., July 1.—The stocknoklers of the Northern Traction company, who propose building an electric line between Michigan City and Laporte. have eleeted J. W. Lovett, of Anderson, president and \V. W. Huffman local manager. The capital stock of the concern is $130,000. The survey of the route has been made.

Poets Rrrite Ver»c<. Warsaw, I ml., July 1.—lloth morning- and evening- sessions of the Western Association of Writers were marked by good ;ir%ramnu's. At the evening meeting many prominent writers took part. James Whitcomb , Bile}. Frank L. Stanton, of Atlanta. Ga.. and W. W. Pfritmner recited poems. Pant Commander** finder. Elkhart, Ind., July 1.—In his speech incidental to the presentation of a post department commander's badge j to James S. Dodge Gen. Lew Wallace j advocated the admission of soldiers of the present war to the Grand Army ot the liepublic after peace is declared. Sued Acaln. XI uncle, lnd., July 1.—Additional damage suits for $20,000 have been | filed against the Muneie Pulp com-I panics. Farmers are endeavoring to [ run this big manufacturing concern out of the business here. The refuse from the mill pollutes Buck creek. Factories Closed. Etwood, Ind.. July 1.—The Mac Beth and McClay lamp-chimney factories window-glass factory and bottle factory have closed until September. The plate-glass and tin-plate factorief will not close. A Serious Charge. Evansville. Ind., July 1.—Patrick Barkley, a prominent coal operator, | was arrested here and locked up,1 charged with hiring a negro to set fire to the mine of a rival operator. Glvea Poor Thousand Dollars. Kokomo. IntL. July 1.—Miss Sarah ' Logan was given a verdict for $4.I0C against the estate of Isaac Crane, who had willed his property to a CKcago faith-cure soeiety. round la the Cemetery. Shelbyville. Ind.. July 1. — BeHj Laughlin, aged 35. of Mount Sterling. Ky„ in a demented condition, was found wandering in the city cemetery here. __ The mayor of Niagara Falls. Out., ha* declared July 4 a public holiday in that city and public-spirited citizens are prepare/ for the first celebration of Independence i day in Canada.

A Fight that Lasted fiom Early Morning Until the Son Went Down. SHAFTER AND SAMPSON ACT T06ETHEH The Letter Attacks Mono Cestle end Lays It la Katas—The Former Makes a General Advance on the Cltjr and at the Close of Day Occupies the Enemy’s Outer Works. Driving the Spanish Back. Washington', July h—Signal office has received the following from one of its officers at the front: "American troops driving Spanish troops back. Wounded being brought in right along.” The attack on Santiago began shortly after seven o’clock. Gen. Lawton was sent to £1 Caney and Gen. Kent to Morro castle. El Caney being a point of vantage, the Spaniards defended it stubbornly, and it was not taken till late in the day. Sampson's deet assisted Kent by bombarding Morro, and it is reported that the castle is in ruins and all its guns silenced. As the Americans advanced on the trenches Cervera shelled them vigorously, but his range is considered to have been short. By ten o'clock in the morning the figffiting was furious and wounded Americans and Cubans were carried to the rear. At noon that Spaniards began to leave their trenches and retreat ip to the eitv.

Wheu darkness came the Americans took (he outer works and occupied them. The American casualties reach 400, but not many were killed, according to Hen. Shatter. The capture of Ell Caney will prevent Linares evacuating the city and retreating by the ouly way he could reasonably take with any hope of escape. That the assault on Santiago had begun was known by the receipt in Washington at 9 o'clock in the morning of the following: “Cami* at Sevilla, Cuba, July 1.—Action now going on, but firing light and desultory. Begun on right, near Caney, Lawton's division. He will move on northeast part of town of Santiago. Will keep you continually advised of progress. [Signed] “Shatter, Major-General, Commanding.” Spaniards Begin to Retreat After Five Honrs* Terrible Fighting. Siboxey, July 1, 3:30 p. in., via Playa del Eiste, Guantanamo Bay.—At one o'clock this afternoon, after five hours* terrific fighting, the Spanish began to leave their intrenchments and retreat into the city. Many Americans were wounded and are being brought in. One man had his arms shot off and was wounded in the hip, but was laughing. A Dispatch from Gen. Shafter. WA8H1XGTON, July 1.—The war department has received the following from Gen. Shafter dated at Siboney: Had a very heavy engagement to-day which lasted from 8 a. m. till sundown. We have carried their outworks and are now i • possession of them. There is now about three-quarters ol a mile of open between my lines and the city. By morning troops will be entrenched and considerable augmentation of forces will be there. Gen. Lawton's division and Gen. Bates' brigade, which have been engaged all day in carrying El Caney. which was accomplished at 4 p m.. will be in-line and In front of Santiago during the night. I regret to say that our casualties will be above -WU. Of these not many killed. Shaftkk.

Suspense Relieved by Lscer Intelligence Washington, July 2.—The suspense which followed the receipt of Gen. Shafter's dispatch early yesterday morning, announcing that a battle had been begun near Santiago, was relieved at 13:30 this morning, when a preliminary report of the day's operations was received by Gen. Corbin from lien. Shafter. As had been expected by the officials of the war department, the fight lasted until sundown. During the day, probably, it was not possible for Shafter to stop in the midst of the performance of his onerous duties to send dispatches to the department. He wat seriously occupied, and the work accomplished, as indicated concisely in his dispatch, clearly shows that not much grass grew under- his feet daring the day. The president and the war officials are immensely pleased ,at the information conveyed in Shafter's message. While they learned with sincerest regret that so many of the American troops had fallen in the fight, the ground gained by the day's conflict Is regarded as a great victory. The battle establishes pretty conclusively that the Spaniards are no match for the enthusiastic and aggressive United States troops. AdjL-Gen. Corbin put the situation strongly and pictaresquely this morning, while speaking briefly of the aggressiveness and tenacity of Gen. Shatter: “The old bulldog,’’ said he, referring thus half affectionately to the distinguished commander of the fifth corps, “is lying right there with hit teeth in their neck, only waiting the coming of daylight to finish the worfe be haa so magnificently began. Th« engagement yesterday was very heayj for a preliminary fight, bat if scores a decided victory for ua X regret that Shafter has sm» Uuned so heavy a loss **

—- QUESTION NEATLY DODOES.' Tk» British Fore* la WmIIi Bar S#Ocl«l ; for th« Protection of the laterBt« of Great Britaia. Lojtdox, July 3.—In like house oi' commons yesterday Michael Davitt asked whether article 4 of the Sue* canal convention stipulated that war ships of belligerents should only remain 24 hours at Port Said; whether Spanish ships had been there since* Sunday, and whether Egypt or Great Britain was responsible for this longstay. The parliamentary sec 'etary for the* foreign office, Mr. Cursou, in reply said the provisions of the convention had never been brought into operation,, and the question was one primarily for the Egyptian government, adding: “There seems to be good reasons for the course adopted in the present case.” “What are the reasons?” asked Mr. Davitt. la“I am not in the councils of theEgyptian government,” said Mr. Curson, in reply. Later Mr. Curzon made a further statement to the effect that there are four British and five German warships at Manila.^ He added that the British commander-in-chief in Hong Kong was notified that the British force was sufficient for the protection of the interests of Great Britain, and, if this was not the case, the commander-in-chief at Hong Kong was in a position to augment the naval forces at Manila. THE PUBLIC DEBT ST ATEMENT. a Showing that Would Kot Indicate a. Country Carrying on an Expensive War, - / -

Washington, July 3.—The monthly' statement of the public debt shows - that at the close of business Thursday the debt, less cash in ;he treasury, amounted to 51,027,085,492, a decrease during1 the month of 510,'388,208. This decrease is accounted for by a corresponding increase in the amount of • cash on hand. The increase in the- ' cash comes largely from proceeds of> the new bond issues. The debt i3 recapitulated as follows; Interest-bearing debt, $847,307,470;; debt on which interest has ceased sincematurity, 51,263,680; debt bearifig no interest, 5384,112,913. Total, $1,232,743,062. This amount, however, does not include 5563,78s,933 In certificates and treasury notes outstanding which | are offset by an equal amount of cash. ; in the treasury. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold, $202,825,048; silver, 5515,039,906;- , paper,. 577,477,799; bonds, deposits in. j national bank depositories, disbursing, officers’ balances, etc., 510,133,847. Total, 5835,466,567, against which there* are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $639,808,997, which leavesa cash balance of 5205,637,570. RUSH FOR REVENIIE STAMPS.. The Demand for the Little Beauties Would* Indicate That in a Hoif Cause the People Lore to po Taxed. Washington, JqljvS.—It was statec. at the internal revenue bureau that, fewer complaints of inability to get j the new revenue stamps were received* I yesterday than was expected. The* requisitions of the collectors for an. estimated ‘ three months’ supplyamounted to about 400 000.000 stamps. These requisitions have been" honored to the amount of over 290,000,000, and other shipments will'be made as rapidly as possible. In a number of cities crowds are reported as standing in line at the collectors’ offices waiting to purchasestamps, but no serious inconvenience or trouble has been reported so far. There seems to be some danger that the supply in the hands of collectors will be exhausted before renewals can reach them, but the bureau of engraving and printing and" the internal revenue forces will work night and day asking as the situation seems to require* ana before the middle of next week every one, it is expected, will have aa ample supply to meet all demands.

LhVl LAKU£. LUSSitS. The Elder Letter Borrowing Millions with' which to Liquidate HU Son** Lowe* on Wheat* Chicago* July 1.—Levi Z, Leiter ha* completed negotiations with the Northwestern Life Insurance Co. for a loan of £1,000,000 for ten years at four per cent. In completing the details of the loan Mr. Leiter informed the agents of theNorthwestern that he would probably require further advances of abont. $3,500,000 or $4,000,000. The moneyobtained by Mr. Letter wilt go toward the liquidation of the debt incurred by his son, Joseph Leiter, ^n wheat speculation. . * The share of Joseph immense estate of his I mu w nearly, if not entirely, consumed by * his speculation. / Mr. Letter’s notice that he would probably require between $6,030,000 and $7,000,000 in loans on his property is taken to indicate the extent of Joseph Leiter*s losses Be is compelled tc bear, being the excess of tbe sum of the losses in the deal above Joseph. Leiter’s private fortune, which was variously estimaten at from $1,000,000 tor $3,000,000 before he began his career on the Chicago board of trade over Leiter in the father will be* year ago. Alleged RomIu Fwtoncn, London, Jnly L—A special dispatch, from Bucharest, capital of lioumania, referring to the report from Vienna, on. June 35, that Couni and Countess Zuan•ff, said to have been respjctiveiy Chamberlain of the czar amt lady in. waiting tctthe czarina, had been arrest* ed on a charge of attempting to poison their majesties, says: “Toe czarina showed signs of slow poisoning from arsenic, which had been administered daily to her in cops of coffee, by the lady in waiting.” “The czarina,” the dispatch adds, “it nry unpopular.?