Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 24, Petersburg, Pike County, 19 October 1900 — Page 2

M. MeC. STOOPS, Editor sad Proprietor. PETERSBURG, : INDIANA. The Topeka presbytery, in' session at Kansas City, Kas., on the 11th, voted in favor of revision of "the Confession of Faith.

I he Cape Colony house of assembly, on the 8th, passed to a second reading a bill to raise a' loan of £ 500,000 to insure the immediate payment of half the losses sustained by private persons through the war. The steamer Strabo, with 3,200 bags of coffee, discharged her cargo at New Orleans on the 11th. This is the first coffee from Santos, Brazil, since ■* the plague broke out there eight months ago. The plague is believed to be stamped out. Maj. Seldon Noyes Clarke, a widelyknown newspaper man, who had been connected with the Washington bureau of the New York ^Tribune for 22 years, died in Washington, on the 9th, of heart failure. He was an authority on political and economic questions. Mrs. J.M.Beachamp, of Kansas City, Kas., has asked the police to assist her in finding her husband, a Congregational clergyman, who left home August 10, saying he was going to Colorado or Wyoming to work among the railroad men, and has not been heard from since. Mr. Chamberlain, Britfch secretary of state for the colonies, speaking, on the 8th, at Stourbridge, said: “Great Britain’s foreign policy, as I sum it up, is to remain on friendly terms with every great country in Europe, and on something more than friendly terms with the United States.” It is semi-olficially denied in Paris that the French government has been approached on the subject of the suggested disembarkation of fbrmer president Kruger, at Marseilles, whence he could cross France to The Hague. On the contrary, it is added, Mr. KruE>r is expected to land directly in olland. A telegram from Gen. Su, reports that a serious rebellion has broken out in the southwestern part of Kwang Si province, in China; that his 30,000 troops are inadequate, and that he needs at least 100,000 to cope with the danger, which :s directed against the manchus and thcatens to become Worse than the Tai Ping rebellion. Gen. Greely received a cablegram, on the 10th, saying that the signal corps’# line from Tien Tsin to Pekin, along the Pei Ho, had been completed. Within a short time it was expected that the signal corps’ line would be completed from Tien Tsin to Taku, making a through connection over the United States military line from Pekin to Taku. Admiral Remey, on the 12th, cabled the navy department of his departure from Chinese waters. He goes on his flagship, the Brooklyn, from Taku to Che Foo, thence to Nagasaki, Japan. Although his dispatch does not announce his movement from that point, it is the understanding at the navy department that he will next go to Cavite, P. L i , * , ' ‘According to reports from St. Pierre, 17 fishing vessels that wepe Operating on the Grand Banks during the gale of September 12, are still missing, with crews aggregating over two hundred men. A number of other vessels arriving at St. Johns, N. F., report a loss of one to seven men each. The fatality list probably exceeds three hundred. A disastrous freight wreck near the East Bound Brook signal tower on the Central Railroad of Newr Jersey, on the night of the 11th, tied up all travel on the road, except that which could b§ sent around the wreck by way of the Lehigh Valley tracks. One engineer wTas cut in two, and one engine and manj” cars were demolished.

E. K. Rawson, superiatendent of naval war records, has made his animal report to the secretary of the navy, showing that the entire work of publication, which was begun about six years ago, will be about half completed by the end of the current year through the publication of the twelfth, thirteenth and part of the fourteenth volumes. « ^President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers issued a call, on the 8th, for a convention of the striking miners of the anthracite regions, to meet in Scranton, Pa., on the 12th. The call gave great satisfaction to miners and operators, all of whom expect the action of the convention on the oiler of a ten-per-cent, increase in wages to end the strike. \ : . The official preliminary estimates 01 the crop yield of Iowa for the current year show: Corn, area, 8,618,660 acres; average, 41 bushels per acre; total product, 353,365,060 bushels, which it greater by 18,000,000 than ever befort harvested in the state. The total ol all cereals will be 531,349,020, which it 10,000,000 in excess of any previout year, and 131,000,000 above the aver age yearly output the past ten years The Women’s Synodical society o| the Synod of New Jersey, at its annual meeting, on the 11th, in the First Presbyterian church of Jersey City, passed a resolution urging United States senators and representatives in congress to take early action towards securing an amendment to the constitution prohiVting polygamy in any part of the United States or la any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sources.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A fund fop the benefit of the Galrest on school children was started, on the 11th, among the attendants of the public schools of St. Joseph, Mo., with the result that $250 was raised. School children of other cities will be asked to contribute.. The reply of the state department t6 the French note relative to the basis of Chinese negotiations was made public on the 11th. It agrees in the main with all the French proposals and suggest* early action. Announcement was made, on the 11th, of the appointment of F. A. Miller as general passenger agent of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul, railway, nee (ieo. II. Heafford, resigned to engage in other business. Col. Humphrey, quartermaster in China, sent a cablegram, under date of the lilh,to the quartermaster general announcing the first departure of United States troops from China. Mr. Tewksbury, an American ipissionavy residing at Tung Chow has presented claims against China on behalf of converts in 39 villages for compensation for property losses. It is asserted in Home that Arch bishop Martinelli will be raised to the cardinalate at the next consistory. A very serious view is taken at Field Marshal Count von Waldersee’s headquarters, in Tien Tsin, of the revolutionary movement at Canton. A false alarm, on the 7th, caused the Chinese officials there to protest against any occupation of Chinese territory. The Yang Tse viceroys, the dispatch adds, openly, affirm that they will oppose any advance of the Germans into Shang Tung province. It is understood that the final disposition of the silver—some $275,000 in amount—taken by the American marines at the capture of Tien Tsin, may be determined by congress. In the meantime the silver is being treated as a trust fund, of which the government is the custodian, until a determination is reached as to its rightful disposition. Patrick Murphy, “The Father of Joplin,” Mo., died at his home in that city on the 12tli. He was born in Ireland in 1849. During the civil war he was a government freighter, and, later, became interested in Colorado mining. He was the first settler in what is now Joplin. Rear-Admiral Silas Casey, at present commandant at League Island navy yard, has been selected to succeed Rear-Admiral Albert Kautz as commander of the Pacific station upon the latter’s retirement in the near future. ' William. Zeigler, a well-known and wealthy citizen of New York, has announced that he will purchase two vessels, fully equip and man them, and send them in quest of the north pole I during the summer of 1901. Albert R. Green, of the general land office, has been selected as chief of the new division of forestry of the interior department authorized by j the lust congress. A dispatch from Hong Kong, dated tlu 12th. says: “Admiral Ho is pursuing the rebels in an easterly direction from San Chun.” The Modern Brotherhood of America will hold its next convention at Siqux Falls. S. T)„ in 1901. Failures for the week ended on the 12th, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., were 233 in the United States, against 164 last year, and 32 in Canada.against 27 last year. A Shanghai dispatch, dated the 11th, says the Chinese Customs bank has remitted 300,000 taels to the imperial treasury, and is preparing to send more. The Presbyterian synod of North Dakota elected Andrew Christy Rrown, D.D., of Omaha, synodical missionary for North Dakota. Sir Alfred Milner, the British high commissioner at Cape Town, has gone to Bloemfontein. William J. Bryan addressed an audience at Ann Arbor, during his tA"ur of Michigan, on the 11th, and was compelled to submit to considerable jollying by the university students, who were out in force, before being permitted to go on with his speech. Two desperate convicts at the Tennessee penitentiary made a daring and novel escape' from that institution, on the evening of the Uth, by sliding down telephone wires from the top of a three-story building to a point ouside of the walls by means of improvised trolley cycles. They

were recapt ured. The battleship Wisconsin made a successful trial trip off Santa Barbara, Cal., on the 11th. On the western run, over a 33-knot course, an average -of 17.89 wc,s made. The average for four hours was 17.85, with strong tide allowance in favor of Ihe ship. In a spurt a speed of 1S.5 was attained. Reports from Georgetown, Ky., indicate that Henry Youtsey may never again appear in court. His physicians fear brain fever, which in the patient’s present condition, they say, would surely prove fatal. The members of the Taft commission are disgusted with the corrupt condition of the native courts of Manila, and intend to substitute honest Americans from the United States for the native magistrates. Americans having a knowledge of Spanish are preferred, but they are the hardest to secure. An official order has been issued by Secretary of War Benardo Reyes of Mexico expelling from the army Maj. Carlos Glass, the grounds for the expulsion being that the officer made public statements in the presence of his superiors derogatory to the institutions of Mexico.

The conference committee appointed by the Kentucky legislature t< adjust the disagreement over the eleo tion bill to take the place of the Goe bel law, failed to agree, and the lend ers on both sides express the opinioi that a new law will not be passed. Gov. Mount of Indiana, on the 11th apologized, on behalf of the state, U Gov. Roosevelt of New York, for th( indignant!)' offered him the previoui night, at Fort Wayne, when Gov Roosevelt was stoned, in his carriage by a gang of hoodlums. The Elizabethport (N. J.) Rankin? Co, which was robbed of $109,758.1! by William Schreiber, its absconding bookkeeper, has begun suit against Anna Hart, the woman in New York, on whom, it is alleged, Schrcibci squandered much of the stolen money, . Russell Sage, of New York, is seek' ing to recover money on some rail* way aid bonds issued by the rdlngs of Reeds, Wabasha^ county. Minn., many years ago, which the Minnesota supreme court says is out of exist* ence.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Wm. Tabb, Jr., formerly manager of the branch bouse of Nelson, Morris & Co., of Chicago, at Atlantic City, N. J., was arrested at the home of a relative at Schenevus, N. Y., on the 13th, charged with grand larceny. The firm allege that there is a shortage in his accounts of over twenty-four hundred dollars. The naval board to examine the old frigate Constitution has reported to the navy department that it will cost about four hundred thousand dollars to place that vessel in condition such as contemplated by the Boston Patriotic society, .which is raising a fund for for the rehabilitation of “Old Ironsides.” The Dowieite deacon, Homer Kessler, of Chicago, made another unsuccessful attempt to hold • services at Mansfield, O., on the 14th. He was taken in charge by the police at the home of F. D. Calver, and was sent out of the city on the west-bound Pennsylvania passenger train. While the crew of the White Star liner Oceanic, Capt. Cameron, were lowering an anchor, at Liverpool, on the 14th, the chain broke, tearing off the left leg of one of the carpenters and fracturing the right. He died soon afterwards. Another man had his left leg fractured. The Lorain (O.) plant of the Federal Steel Co. was closed, on the 13th, throwing 3,000 men out of employment. It is said the shut-down will be for only two weeks, but as orders are light the men believe the mills will be idle until after election. The Mosquito fleet of five small gunboats belonging to the United States navy, left Cramps’ ship yards, Philadelphia, on the 13th, for Cuba, V’ith Felix H. Hunicke, chief of the revenue cutter service, in command. While digging a sink hole in the rear of a residence in Omaha, Neb., on the 13th, sewer gas overcame three workmen, and two of them were suffocated before they could be rescued. Some Chinese soldiers desecrated the cemeteries for foreigners at Nam-Shih-Tu, near Canton, and the viceroy had the offenders decapitated and dismissed their commander. Lieutenant-Commander William H. Beecher, naval attache of the United States embassy in Berlin, is suffering from pneumonia. . Maj. Frnncis-S. Lodge, paymaster of the Division of Cuba, is down with yellow fever. CURRENT NEWS NOTES. The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. hat awarded contracts for $3,900,001 worth of steel rails. Twenty-one policy games were raid ed by the St. -Louis police, and ‘21 prisoners were run in. It is reported at Brussels that exPresident Kruger sailed from Lorenzo Marquez, Friday, aboard the Dutck cruiser Gelderland. It is affirmed that Li Hung Chang has been ordered to reject alldemands for territorial compensation and other war indemnities. John llavlin, the theater manager, and Mrs. Havlin, celebrated their silver, wedding at Cincinnati. . William A. Lane, who served three years as treasurer of the Republie ol Texas, died at Chillicothe, Mo., aged 83. Mrs, Samuel MePherson, of Venice, 111., discovered her aged husband dead and it is feared she may not recover from her grief. •

For the fifteenth consecutive term Mrs.,Louisa S. Hounds, of Chicago, has been elected president of the Illinois W. C. T. U. W. B. Ligon, traveling collector for the 'Wrought Iron Range Co., of St. Louis, died at Ridgway, 111., Friday Bight, of fever. President Samuel B. Capen of the American board of commissioners of foreign missions was re-elcted at the St. Louis meeting. Ben. F. Brewer,sheriff-elect of Cleveland county, Ark., died at his home near Kison. Death was caused from swamp fever. Chicago police are learning some interesting things in connection with the careers of Unger, and Smiley, two of the men arrested in the Defenbach case. „ A wealthy New York man announces that he will buy, equip and man two ships to be sent in search of the north pole. The expedition will start next summer, Mrs. Mahala B. Lit on, one of the pioneers of St. Louis, a cousin of ‘Pierre Chouteau, died at Wellsville, Mo., where she had made her home the last 30 years. Rear-Admiral Silas Casey, commandant at League Island pavy yard, has been selected to succeed Rear-Ad-miral Albert Kautz as commander ol the Pacific station upon the latter*! retirement in the near future.

; ALL OVER THE STATE. . Events in Various Portions of In* 1 di&na Told by Wira , Alto ui Horae Race. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 12.—The chief i feature of Thursday’s carnival, outside of the amusements in the Magie Circle , and the sights on the “Midway,” was a race on Capitol avenue between two horses and two racing automobiles. I The race was one mile and was witi nessed by 20,000 people. The horses were given a handicap of one square and won in both races, but by little more than a neck.

Noted Lawyer Dies. Richmond, Ind., Oct. 12.—Judge John T. Kibbey, aged 74 years, died at his home in this city. He was a leading" lawyer in eastern Indiana. In his early practice he was a partner of Gov. Oliver P. Morton. He served as state attorney general, was recruiting officer for his district .during the civil war and was judge of the common pleas and of the circuit court. Shoot Quail. Wabash, Ind., Oct. 12.—Quail are more numerous this fall in Wabash and surrounding counties than in any year of the last 20. The coveys are large and the birds are in prime condition. Already they are being killed by people who cannot wait for the end of the close season, and sportsmen are indignant over the violation of the law. A Narrow Escape. Indianapolis, „Ind., Oct. 12.-—Capt. Jack Bonavita, the lion tamer, who has a cage of lions here, had an exciting experience in the presence of a large crowd of people. He was in the cage with his seven lions when, without warning, one.of the great beasts«eized him, and but for the aid of attendants he would have been killed. Terrible Accident. Shelbyville, Ind., Oct. 12.—During a session of a class in chemistry in which chemicals were used an explosion occurred, destroying the eyesight of Teacher John Jacklin, Roy Lee, Frank Amos and George Billingsley. Jacklin carelessly hekl a lighted lamp near the , pipe through which he was passing the chAnicals. Killed by a Fall. > j Dublin, Ind.. Oct. 12.—Nathan Huddleston; long a citizen of this place. ; aged 82 years, while repairing the roof 1 of his residence, fell to the ground, a distance of 20 feet. He died about 20 j minutes later. Mr. Huddleton was | born in Union county in 1818-. He lived here 65 years. Badly Scalded. Union City, Ind., Oct. 12.—In a boiler explosion near Jericho, south of here, John Brown, of this city, 60years old, had his arm broken in two places and was also badly scalded about the face. He will probably recover. The j engine was blown fully 50 yards away. Married Woman’s Kiicbta. Madison, Ind.. Oct. 12.—In the case of Charles A. Korbly, of Indianapolis, against Mary Hnuek for foreclosure of mortgage Judge Bear decided that a married woman had a right to mort- j gage her property in order to employ i counsel for any case in court. j Sentenced. Danville, Ind., Oct. 12.—Willis Culling I and William Phillips, two colored boys arrested at Indianapolis charged with stealing cattle, plead guilty before Judge Cofer. They were sentenced to from one to 14 years at the Indiana reformatory. One Hundred and One. Monon, Ind., Oct. 12.—Remington has a centenarian in the person of Granny Wilkins, who recently celebrated her one hundred and first birthday. She retains all her faculties and is hale and spry. She does all her housework. New Temple. Knightstown, Ind., Oct. 12.—The corner stone of the new Masonid temple, which replaces the one destroyed by fire a year ago. in the destruction of which three firemen were killed by falling walls, was laid with appropriate ceremony. No Fear of Divorce. Valparaiso, Ind., Oct. 12.—James Miller and Mrs. Carrie Andrews were married at Hebron. The groom is 70 years old and bride 65. Both have been married twice before, and in each case were divorced from their former companions.

Rum Down. TsJrre Haute, Ind., Oct, 12.—Sam Milligan, a young man, was instantly killed by a hose reel, running to a fire. The horses knocked him down and the wheels crushed out his life. He was not identified until morning. Trial Postponed. Portland, Ind., Oct. 12.—Owing to the illness of the defendant the Mary O'Donnell*murder case has been continued untl Monday, the court admonishing the attorneys to be ready at that time. Pierced His Brain. Motion, Ind., Oct. 12.—August Johnson. a 15-year-old boy, living near Patton, is dead. Three months ago a falling board with a projecting nail struck him on the head, and the nail pierced his skull. To Arbitrate. Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 12.—A board of arbitration for the street railway strike has been completed and the men have resumed work pending a final decision. Crashed. Geneva, Ind.. Oct. 12.—Kodney Den* nis, an oil driller, was killed near her* by an oil derrick falling on him.

THE GRAND ARMY STAFF. C«aauuider>iB-Chle( Ranlev AnmoMcea the Penoiael of His Staff by General Order.

St. Louis, Oct. 13.—Commander-in* Chief Rassieur, of the Grand Army of the Republic, In a general order, just issued, announces his official staff and thfe committees which will have charge of the various branches of the organization’s work during the coming year. The staff appointments announced are: ! Inspector General—Henry 8. Peck, New Haven, Conn. I Judge Advocate General—James H. I "Wolff. Boston. I Senior Aid-de-camp and Chief of Staff— Edward N. Ketcham, Galveston, Tex. Executive Committee of the National Council of Administration—Leo Rassleur, St. Louis; Frank M. Sterritt. St. Louis; William Armstrong. Indianapolis.Thomas. W S<ott, Fairtteid, 111.; A. A. Taylor, Cambridge. O.; W.‘ F. Connor. Dallas! Tex.; Nicholas W. Day, New York; J--- -- —P._;; H. O. Dodge. Boulder. Col. Committee on Legislation for Veterans in the* Public Service-Joseph W. Kay,; New York, chairman; Charles Burrows, Rutherford, N. J.; I. F. Mack, Sandusky. 0. ; H. H. Cummings, Tidioute, Pa.; Watson W. Eldredge, Washington, D. C. Committee on Pensions—R. D. Brown Zanesville, O.. chairman; Charles C Adams Boston; John Palmer, Albany. Nf 1. ; J. W. Burst. Sycamore. 111.; Danie Slekels, New York; A. G. Wesiert, Mil waukee; O. H. Coulter. Topeka, Kas. Committee on School Histories—Thoma G. Sample, ^Allegheny. Pa., chairman ^ A Chester, O. Marsh. Winchester, Ind.; W. L. Pal mer, Carthage. S. D.; W. M. Olin. Bos ton: Rev. R. C. Milner, Chicago; Thoma* B. Rodgers, St. Louis. .Committee on Fredericksburg Battle field National Park—Edgar Alien, Riel mord, chairman; James F. Morriso! Philadelphia: D. R. Ballou, Provident'? , James Dolan, Watertown, N. Y.; Henr * E. Taintor. Hartford. Conn.; D. A. Gro - venor. Washington, D. C.; Peter B. Ayer , Wilmington, Del. Committee on Erection of a Monume t to the Loyal Women of the War—E. To:; - rence, Minneapolis, chairman; Chari s Townsend. Athens. O.: S. S. Burde Washington. D. C.;Ira M. Hedges. Have Ctr.'W \ V • W P T rhnonn Vtraw. N. Y.; W. C. Johnson, Cincinnati; •jeorge A Newman. Cedar Falls, I',.; Washington Gardner, Lansing. Mich. Ailen C. Bakewell, of Lafayette Po»:t, No 1-10, New' York city, who for several ytars has been in charge of the movemi it to secure the introduction of military -instruction in the public schools, is re" ppointed and placed in charged of this Important work. RELIEVED OF HIS POST. First Step In the Purification of French Diplomatic Service. Paris, Oct. 13.—The minister of he colonies, M. DeCrais, has relieved of his post A. E. A. Ducos, French i; rsident superior in Cambodia. The -eason for the measure is evidently the undiplomatic reply which M. D .cos made to the chargesiof Prince ! In* leanthor in the interview publi aed Thursday in Le Matin, in the course of which he asserted that the att. cks upon French officials in Camt dia, which form a part of the memor<.»l to to the French government on3 b hall of King Norodem, are due to the king’s hatred of the work of civ fixation being carried on by the F crich in Cambodia. It became apparent from the interview that King Norodem had not been treated in a manner befitting h s station. On one occasion he was even pnt in chains by the predecessor off M. Ilucos. It is evidently the desire of the French authorities to present a repetition of such imprudence. The Figaro believes that the action of M. DeCrais is only the first t tep in the purification of French colonial methods. - GOING FOR THE NORTH !>OLE. This Time a New York hmla« a Man Will Make Search for the 111 naive Timber. New York, Oct. 13.—William ie igler, a well-known and wealthy citizen of New York eity, announced yesterday that he would -purchase two vessels, fully equip and man them, a id send them in quest of the north pule during the summer of 1901. The expedition is to be in charge of Evelyn R. Baldwin, who was a companion of Lieut. Peary in his £ ttempts to reach the pole iu 1893 and .594, and also a member of Walter W ellman’s expedition. It is Mr. Zeilgler’s intention to have one vessel remain in the Arctic regions while the other returns, for supplies. • The expedition, it is said, will not be dispatched for the non :i earlier than the summer of 1901, aril all the time between this date and That will be necessary for the preparation and outfit. Ships may be ju-irehased, though vessels much adapted for the work may be built. ' MORE GOLD FROM Sk AGOAY. The Steamer City ef Seat le Brins* Passengers and Tremire from Alaska.

Seattle. Wash., Oct. 13.—Yhe steam ship City of Seattle arrived at noon yesterday from Skaguay, v, rth 282 passengers and $750,000 in treasure. Of the latter $498,000 was consigned to San Francisco, and the rt aaainder to local banks and private parties. The outlook on the Chilkat ri er is characterized as sothething g>cd. While as yet bedrock has not bt am reached, the entire district show; fine prospects. The Seattle left Skagua on October 8, and at that time ice vis already forming in many of the s reams flowing into the Yukon. It is expected that navigation will clos; October 20 or thereabouts. SIR THOMAS' CHALLENGE. — It Has Been Received i»;jr the New York Yacht Club am Will he Considered Next Week. New York, Oct. 13.—1 he challenge of Sir Thomas Lipton fc f another series of races for the A ix erica’s cup, which arrived here on board the White Star line steam ar Germanic, was received by J. S. V. Oddie, secretary of the New Yorl Yacht club. Mr. Oddie said the ch< ilenge would be considered at a sp ecial meeting of the cliib, next Wednt d ay.

HE WAGE EARNERS' REWARD

iiitutlstiea Takes from Pay ' Rolls ShowlBB Fluctuation* Dar> las Tea Years. Washington, Oct. 15.—Hon, Carroll X \\ right, commissioner of labor, has ssued a bulletin giving a summary of luta in a previous publication on ‘‘trusts and industrial combinations,** showing the rate of wages in various combinations for a period extending <x.ick, in most cases, from the present yntar to 1891. The data was secured directly from the pay rolls of establishments: Relative wages, ■tewflo war Y ear. 1m . 11*32 ....... wa 30 .*....: . $ n 1*4 . 3S 06 I>U5 .9T 88 ISM .... IS37...I.£. 98 96 1S98 . 98 73 . 161 54 ISOv . 103 43 The bulletin concludes as follows: “It may be stated that during the .years in which the course of wage* declined the rates of 1891 and 1892. in many instances remained unchanged, and in like manner, during the last few years, in which the general course of wages has been upward, the wages in these instances have not, of course, responded to the general rise. In other instances the per cent, was nos tably large during the years of depression, while during the last two years of the period the reverse is true, and a much larger increase really took place than that indicated by the table. In other words, wages in some instances show but little fluctuations, while in other instances they are much more sensitive, responding, quickly to general conditions of depression or activity. The average condition or general level only is shown in the table, and while for the reasons stated the fluctuations during the period have not been so great as popular opinion would indicate, the figures for 1»&9 and 1900 show a gratifying average increase over the conditions of 1S91 and 1892, when wages in gold were higher than at any period in the history of the country prior ttf the present j'ear.” * GENEROUS AND PROMPT, Postal Employes Asked to Contribata to Their Brothers, Sufferers from the Galveston Storm, rf' I? Washington, Oct. PostmasterGeneral Emory Smith recently received from Postmaster,Griffin, of Galveston, a letter telling of the pecuniary and personal loss which had befallen the employes of his office as a result of the terrible cyclone of September 8, of the fearful strain under which they had been working day and night since then and of the admirable spirit which animated the men, notwithstanding their misfortunes. Postmaster Griffin suggested that if the vast army of postal officials, clerks and carriers could know the true condition of the men at Galveston;' a small amount from each might be cheerfully contributed, and would give the needed relief; otherwise it was to be hoped a beneficent government, “to whom we are loyal, w ll hear and answer this appeal.” To this communication Acting Post-master-General W. Mi Johnson sent the following reply: ‘‘The department's in full sympathy with the appeal of the postmaster at Galveston in behalf of the employes at that office who have sh fferetl through the terrible calamity which has overtaken them, and hopes that responses, by thos^who have not already contributed through some other channel, will be generous and prompt, j 1 am gratified to learn that the action taken in this direction by the Nation- | al Association of Letter Carriers is 1 meeting with a hearty response. “Contributions may be addressed to Hon. John A. Merritt, postmaster, Washington, D. C. J [Signed] “W. M. JOHNSQ^T “Acting Postmaster General.** TO PREVENT EXTORTION. Gov. Wood Hay Appoint a Railroad Commission—Caban Currency— Yellow Fever In Havana.

Havana, Oct. 15.—Gov.-Gen. Wood is * considering the advisability o| ap- , pointing a railroad commission to fix rates and regulate construction. This is due to numerous complaints of excessive freight charges, instances being reliably reported where the rates for less than one hundred miles are higher than those ftrom IJiew York to Havana with the duty added. Senor Cancio, secretary of finance, urges the introduction of American currency into Cuba, and the doing away altogether with Spanish coin. He argues that the fact of there being four different kinds of currency, all having different rates of exchange and none regulated by law, serves to complicate the financial situation and greatly interferes with commercial interests. He recommends a special < commission to deal with the question. It is generally admitted that yellow fever will increase in Havana, when the street are opened for the in- . stallation of the sewers, a work which will probably require three years. Raised Fifty Tfeoasaad Dollars. New York, Oct. 15.—Rev. Albert F. Simpson, president of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, yesterday preached his annual missionary sermon at the Gospel tabernacle, and as a result over fifty thousand dollars in cash, pledges and property were realized for the support of the missions and mission work of the alliance for the coming year. W. E. Blaekstona participa ted in the services. The sermon and the offering was the closing chapter of the seventeenth convention of the alliance.