THE EVENING STARUBLISHED DAILY, Except Suday,

AT the stab BUILDINGS,ortbwsrt Conn Peaarylraaia At*, ud 11th St, byte Evening Star Hewspajxr Company,

8. h. HIT«JLN>, PrttfU

Tits Immw 8ta> !» ¦erred to snfeafTfton In 3mtj t» carriers. on their own account. it 10 cento per¦ek. or 44c. per mouth Copies at the counter, *Bto eeck- By mall.pustacs prepaid.50 cents a flje fJdmirifl

Vol. 75.No. 14,033. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1889. TWO CENTS.SPECIAL NOTICES.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Omcior Comptdollu or the Ccbbbuct,

Wasuinotov, August 30. 1S89.by sstisfsctory evidence presented to thed It has been made to appear that the Na-

.. ital Bank of Washington. in the city oflaahington. In th- District of Columbia, baa complied

> all the provisions of the atatutee of the United-ea required to be complied with before an sssocia-i ahail be authorized to commence the bualneas of

.ukinr[Now. therefore, 1. Edward B. Lsrey, comptroller of

. curreucr, do hereby certify that the National Caj>-1 bauk ofWashuurton. in the city of W aahmgton, in) liutrict of Columbia, la suthorijed to commence. business of banking aa provided in section olttM ofRevised Ststutes of the United Ststes.

In testimony whereof witneaa my hand and aeal ofIS -e thia 00th day of August, 1SS9.(sKALj E. 8. LACEY,

Comptroller of the Currency.So. 4107.1NATIONAL CAPITAL BANK OF WASHINGTON

Cor. 3d at. and 1"* ave. a.e., Capital 8,»00.000. ^We do a general banking buaineaa, and solicit the^-counts of all who may find it convenient to bankithua.

DIRECTORS.¦OHN K. HERRELL H. A. GRI9WOLD.tHOS. W. SMITH. OEO. r. HARBIN.ILLKN C. CLaRK. vs. p. c HAZES.(HAS. O. DVLIN. PH1LO J. LOCEWOOD.B EARN SHAW. W. H. MAKLOW.C. MoCALLEY. OEO. F. PYl.ES.luU.V U. SLATEB. J. W. WHELPLEY.Jam-l H. WALKER.

officers.JHN E. HERRELL Pree't; THOS. W SMITH. Vice

iTea't. W. B. BALDWIN. Caahier. ae7-2w

.JOHN W. REYNOLDS, ARTIST, BEOS TOannounce the reopening of his studio and

rt i»rli>ra at 5oi> 11th st. u.w Eree-liand crayons,| aalei and 'ill I- rtrait* made from photographs orHe Free exhibition of psiutiUKa day and svening.se.'1-lm

>UNITED STATES VETERINARY HOS-PITAU 414 3D ST. N. W.^Telephone 1006. C. BARN WELL ROBINSON,

el:ltn.th«a-lw Veterinary Surgeon.,NtW STOCK

CRYSTAL CHANDELIERSNow on hand. Other uew goods.

One Price-No trouble to ahow goods.

. ^ MUDDfMAN,1206 F »t.

and other securities. l-gmSgnXEV.Jand delynln^^ D.^t^tbuildin^figEQUITABLE

COOPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION."EQUITABLE BUILDING," 1003 * 8T.* ASSETS tL044.781.37.

Office hottrs. from U a. m. to 4 30 p. m. On the ftretVedneaday is each moutu the office will be open from

16 to & o'clock i>. ul Advance* will be made promptlyat 7 o'clock.Subscription* for shares to the 17th israe receivedily at the office of the Association. Equitable Build-

|lng, lOUl F atShares are #2.50 per month..1.000 advanced on each share.

Pamphlets explaining the objects and advantage of|Uw Association are furniahed upon application.

THOMAS SOMLRV1LLE. Pres'tJNO. JOY EDSON. Sec'y. wy»l

,FREE HAND CRAYON PORTRAITSmade and delivered at on<-e on payment of

Idler week. Prices $10 to 475. H. B. SMITH, artist,cor. OIL and Mu>. ave. Oven until S p. m. Jy lO-lOw

PERSONAL./ COLUMBIA CONSERVATORY OF Ml'SIC,

vy 913 Pennsylvania ave.Piano Technique a specialty. Beginners flO per

quarter. jeel7-lw) E H.\HT, Principal.GOODRICH. ATTOUNEVAT-LAW.1J4 I)E \R-

e born st, Chicago, advice free, twenty-oneyears' experience. business quietly and legally trans¬acted.

_

sel .-tu,thhariVHt Y0UNO LADY WHO NOTICEDGENTLEMANX quite often at tjmi* ran. e meeting on Fridayevening, August 30. and who sat In rear of herpartner, another young lady, and who retired on thoentrance of two other young ladies on his left to therear aeata to the right, would like very much to knowher. Address W. W.. Star office. se!2-6t*

UTHOKIZED PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY.Wllluuna A Co. Communications J romptly at-

tended to and stnctly conAdenUal. Office open allhours. »1 »1LLXAMS. Mansgcr. >J JO F at. a.*.my4-5m*

tilVIL-SERVICE EXAMINATION gUESTlONS/ and Answers. Send 10c. to

a. W. FLYNN, A.M.. Ivy Institute.su27-lm* Southwest cor. 8th and K sts n w.

JVSTH'S OLD STAND IS THE ONLY PLAC4where first-class Second-Hand Clothing can be

sold at table prices Audiess or call at til U DakK Hi

Postponement Of Opening

or

JULIUS LAN'SBURGH'S

MAMMOTH CARPET, FURNITURE AND UPHOL¬

STERY HOUSE

TO MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23.

Until then we will continue at oar old stand, 316

7th st., and sail everything from 15 to 75 par cent

leas than coet.

Sow are Your Opportunities.

UPHOLSTERY GOODS REDUCED ONE-HALF.FURNITURE REDUCED ONE-HALF.CARPETS REDUCED ONE-QUARTER.Do you need aCarpet* If so you can select one of oar

old patterns of Body Brussels, best duality, at 90c.

per yard.Do yon need a Tapestry Carpet?Do you need a Wilton Carpet?Do you need Smyrna Ruga?Do you need Art Squares?If so savs on every purchase enough to bay some¬

thing else yoa may need.

Next Week,commencingSEPTEMBER 10.

we will sail ystLOWER THAN EVER.

¦0TH1NG TO BE TAEEN INTO THX NEWHOUSE.

Old Store will be Open for Business untilJANUARY L 1890.

as it is the only remedy we have to get rid of tho

IMMENSE STOCKgathered there, aa we will poaitively not take a

DOLLAR'S WORTH OF OLD GOODSINTO THE NEW QUARTERS.

We have too many Bargains to enumerate them.Now we have Losses.no Profits.Get the benefit of oar Reducttoua. Save oonaidsra-

aio by baying at

JULIUS LANSBUROH.

sel3 316 7th st n.w.

FRIDAY. SE1T. 13, 188S.

ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY

are now offering a ^tll lino of NEW CROP GRZENFT >8 both Imported and Domestic.wo bavo thoDomeetlc in Tin and the Imported in Tin and in GlassThe qaality of theee goods is all that one can deeire,being very sweet and natural in Savor and the pricesare very rasenusbto mdosd. In tact, wo are offering artaniilsil bargain in the way at Fins French Pees laOlasa Ooads that usually sell at 46 to He., while oarprice on this lot is o*ly 30c. or 84.00 per doses fall-sUad Glass Jara.

MXlfWJ&ZO YOUNGS COMPACT.

4i» NINTH ITREIT.

?.l Wo srs still '-gr* Flow and we

ofuring sotue very choice grades at bargain rates.Mil S. T. a

SPECIAL NOTICES.ft-^=S»HEAD<jUARTERS JNO. A. RAWLINS

POST, No. 1. G. A. R.The comrade* are requested to attend the funeral of

Past Post Commander N. B. Fithian from Elks' hallon WEDNESDAY, 18th instant, at 3 p.m. Br order.

P. O'FARRELL, Poet CommanderH. E. WEAVER, Adjutant 1*_ THK MEDICAL, DENTAL AND PHARMA-.O1 ceutlcal Department* of Howard Universitywill open MONDAY, Sepleuiber 30. at 7 [i m. Prof. /.r.R. Dutour will deliver the opening address. TheCJllc are invited to be present For clmflars ad-

»f C. B. PURVIS, M.D.,ael7toocl 1118 13th *t. n.w.

»WR ARE OUT FOR TRADED"

SEE OUR STOCK AND PRICES.GEORGE 8PRANSY.

*17 One Price Clothier. 434 7th at.NOTICE! .TO WHOM IT MAY CON-

..cern. .lhere will be aold at public auc¬tion at Colonial Beach on THURSDAY^ Sept. 19,1889, on* Boom Derrick, incomplete, to pay charges,«c. The aauie waa caught adrift in the Potomac riveropposite the Junction Wycomico river about June 10'"t-

. , _W. C. WALCOTT,It Colonial Beach, Westmoreland Co., Ya.

,SAN FRANCISCO 8EPT.4,1888.. John H. Maobuder,1417 New York aveuue,

Washington, D.C.Dear Mir: Without any of your lavor* to reply to, we

beg to hand you herewith a copy of a letter receivedfrom the St*la department at Washington which*l«ak* for itaelf. The wine* which carried off theBrat award of merit at the Melbourne exposition werefrom the celebrated Inglenook Vineyard, the prop¬erty of Capt. G. Niebsum.This houor ia the more gratifying from the fact that

When the wlaa* were entered for exli.bitlon »nd com-petition at the Melbourne exi>oeitiou the colonial Juryrefused to allow our California wine* to Competewith the Auatralian wines, and we were forced to com-

8ete with the French and Oerman wines,with the grat-/lng ceault of carrying off the palm. It la a victory

of which we Americans feel very proud, and whichadds another leaf to the laurel* trained by the Ingle*nook wine* for their excellence and purity We knowthat you will fully appreciate this honor, and we hoi"ethat fins important announcement will aid you inpushing the Inglenook wine* to the position they sowell deserve.

We arc your*, truly.sel6-2t ALFKED GREENEBAUM & CO.

.DEPARTMENT OF STATE,.

. Washington. August 24,1889.ALTRILO GmUNRBAL'M A Co.,

No. 61 1st street,.

San Francisco, Cal.:Gentlemen: I have to acknowledge theTerelpt of I

your letter of the 29th ultimo, asking whether or notthe llrm of Alfred Greeuebaum & Co. received anyaward ot merit for their display of wines at the Mel¬bourne exposition, and, in reply, to inform you thatit appears from tbo list of awards granted to Ameri¬can exhibitor* at the above exposition that the lirni of IA. Greenebiuro A Co. of San Fr-inciaco wan awardedthe first order of merit for White Wine.I am, gentjermen, your obedient servant,(Signed) WILLIAM F. WH VRTON.selo-2t (Copy) Actinic Secretary.

,MilN SHOULD ANTICIPATE THEIR. .__ want* aomewliat and get ahead of the fallrush by leavingthe.r order* for Trousers aud Suits atonce. You *.cure a better choice, too. Satisfaction orno sale. G WARFIELD SIMPSON, "Expert in Trou¬pers," cor. 9th and u n.w. *eIB-lit

MARCEL PELOUARD, FORMERLY OFthe British legation, ha* opened his Caterer'*

Establishment at 800 18th at. n.w Nice newly-fur-ni*heu Rooms aud first-class French Board at reason¬able price*. sel2-6t*

,REMOVAL..F. P. B SANDS, ATTORNEYand Counsellor-at-law, has removed his

Law Office* from Kellogg Building to the Adam* IBuilding, 1333 F *t. n.w. selO-OtrT3r~FOR .SURE AND LARUE DIVIDENDS

"

VzS Subscribe for Stock inTHE WASHINGTON

Ulu ESTATE COMPANY.Orricic :

"13 F street northwe*tCAPITAL, *300,000; SHARES, »«0 FACHCharter r«UM by the State of Virginia and U

JBUYS, SELLS, IMPROVES AND EXCHANGESREAL ESTATE.

i . OFFfci rs :JOHTf H. WAL'i ER, President.HARRISON M. BENNETT, Vice President.

.W. MosBY WILLIAMS. SecretaryJOHN RIDoUT. treasurer and Attorney.

Uoakd or Dibectoks ;JOHN H. » ALTER, Presideut.

AMNON BKHREND, I<r. H M. BENNETTOJO A. JOKDAN. JARED C. NICHOLSHPj»IMMONS. BARTOW L. WALKER.It will be remembered that this company hu pur-chased nearly a million feet of ground near

LINCOLN PARK,which comprises the so-called

.. ,

" FLANAGAN TRACT."It 1* the intention of the Boird of Director* to place

portion* of thi* land on the market for sale and to lm-prove other portions by the erection of hue

RESIDENCES.Further Information with copy of Charter and Con-

ititution will be gladly furnished by application at theompany'* office, to any of the officers, or to the tol-uwimr persons, who are authorized to receive and re¬ceipt for subscription, 5 per cent being payable athe time of subscribing. I

W. .MOaBY WILLIAMS, Secretary,013 F St. n.w.,GEO. A. JORDAN, 1417 F St.n.w.A. BEHBLND, 513 7th st. n.w..J. AUGUSTUS TAYLOR. 1321 F it. n.w.fOHN H. WALTEt^LEO. SIMMONS, or VillGIL

_. .. . Subscription Agents.By order of the Board of Director*w MOsBY w"JJams,*elo-3t Secretary.

a--^5»WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, TRADINGUN-der the tlnu name of Ryder ft Kirliu, hereby

*',udi»ao.ve the existing copartnership,ill bills dne the aud firm to be paid to £. H. Kirlln.Ill indebtednaa* ia also saaiimed by the said E. H.Kirliu.R. Q. RYDER.

_ . . . , .E. H KIRUN.

The tinder*hrned. Intending to continue the Linie.Ce-and General Building supplie* business at corner

if Mas*, ave. and F *t. n.e., would thank the public for;"e liberal patronage extended the old firm andaould be thankful t >r a contlnuan. e ot the same. .Mr.»¦ Q- Ryder will atill continue the Sand 13u>ines* at¦he old *uud os James Creek canal and 17th st.«I*-3** E- H. KIHLIS.jT-^i»JOHN C. WEIDMAN. BOOKBINDER. 420-

C«s-511th»t. n.w. MatriiziueH buuiid iu nilprice* Fine Binding a specialty.

ONE HUNDRED IXlLLAltS REWARDr for the arrest and conviction of the partyiorgUig my name to postal cards dunning my custom-

r, ..F. G. ALEXANDER,

*el4-3t* Home Market, cor. 1 ltli and 1 sta. n.w.

-iaCREDIT. CREDI1! CREDIT!Furniture. Carpets and Hourffurniahing

i>x>da in General sold on Credit at Caah Prices po£ar Bed room Suites fromi <15 up. 0*k Bed-roomSuite*from <2o. Walnut Bed-room .Suites from #40Uair-ooth or Plush Parlor suite* from S3o. IngrainLarpeta from 25c Bruaaela Carpet from 75c. All

t>e .^ e and L,,J 1 re« ot Charge J-.aay weeklyymontWy paymenu taken and no note* required at3ROGAN*S CREDIT HOUSE, 739aud 741 7Uiat.n.w..614-oin 4

,ATI 1NTION. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AND_

others! Know that at Depoilly'* Goldeu¦trich Faether Dye Huu*e, 123:JGst n w . a apecialtyis made ofPiumes Cleaned, Dyed aud Curled at shortNotice. CkapMUx cleaned like new. se13-2w*

f^=»LADiEs re Turning from their*u*mer *oJourn should not by sewing on a

tieavy machine cancel all the benefits of mountain airsmd ocean toreeaea, but should exchange immediatelyfor_a Wheeler k *ilaon HikIi Arm No. 9, which la toolight to Injure the weakest.Kl-i-lm OFFICE, 437 8th n.w.

FALL STYLES NOW." ~~

Really Pit and Finish Guaranteed.bottom prices.

SN YDER & WOOD,TAILORS AND DRAPERS,.14-3T 423 11 tli »t. n.w.

>D. M. FRA1N. PAINTER AND DECO-. rator and Dealer in i'mnta. Oil, Glaus. AcEaumites Given for Paiutiug.*e14-8t* No. 1343 14th st. n.w.

A BLllUEND HAS REMOVKD HI!">tfice and Kexidence to 1214 K st n.w.

Offc.e hours from 8 to 10 a.w, l:30to2p.m.- 5 to7 p.m. Telephone 1173. sel2-lm

kA CARD.¦ 1 will be located at 12th and Maryland ave. a.w. untilfurther notic*. Will be glad to see my trieud*. aud 1respectfully ask all indebted to call and aettle theirbill* at an early date, a* I wish to close up my lumberbusiness. Respectfully,*el2-<st JAMES F. BARBOUR.

92.50 FOB PATENT DIXON CHIMNEYCap aud Ventilator; Warranted to Cure

ley chimneys. Dealers in Stoves, Range*. Fur-uacea, Mantela. DODSON' * HODGSON. 1220 H st.

D.w. se!2-6t*DR. & S. CARROLL,

.^ 1 DENTIST.Has removed his office from 12th st to 1325 F St.*29-1m n.w.|

.MEMBERS OF THK ROCHDALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY desiring to avail

tlieiuaelvea of the Coal contract of the Society shouldcall immidiately at the house of the Secretary, 905 Hstreet U.W., or uu some member of the Executive Com¬mittee aud make the necessary arrangemeuta, the timebeing luiutod to September 17. bee that you ar* inpo*session of the proper Trade Card. Hsel0-7t J. W. HaRSHA, Secretary.

riokdan7oii"n st71< wTgeneralcontractor for all kind of pavements; brick,

asphalt and artificial stons walks, and granolithicpavements, cellar* and areas made dry and durable.au22-lm

COMMUTATION TICKETS,

pcouponbookacontaining 100 tickets, transferable,good fur six months, on all lines ot the Herdlc Coaches,lor sals at ths Company's c Q.cvs, 10th aud C sta. as.,and 1912 Est. n.w., aud at tne following drug aton*;t P1TZER fcCO .oOl K Capitol at.T. E. OURAM. 1211 Peuna. ave. n.w.F. McC. CR1SWELL, 11«1 F *t. n.w.A. J. sCHAFHIKT, North Capitol aad Hst.ROB*T SCHOLL. 21st and G atWeaM 70. >18-3m

,MRS. LA B1LLE. FORMERLY OF 1205t at, has reopened her business at 1331* rinout ave. ^Dressmaking In all branchesi se7-2w*

FRESH HAVANA AND KEY WESTSUGARS.CHAMPAGNE wines.All the lea/Hr k brands, at New Yorkprtos*PEMBROKE PURE RYE WHISKY.THOMAS RUSSELL.

Importer Wines, Brandies aud Segar^fl5 1213 Pennsy lvania svenue.

kSPECIAL UNTIL SEPT. 20 ONLY.

PRIME GEORGIA FLOORING FOB $30FEB 1.000AS

0TH 8T. AND KEW YORK AVE H.W.W* will aeB at this price only la tote of 3,000 feet or

mors. TVs Flooring la klla dried. aU one width,withoat a knot, no sap ssd no defects.

L1BBEY, BITTINGEB * lm.IJB. .

Dealer* U Lumber and Mill Work.

Washington News and Gossip.Jsdcx l* Advertisements.

AMUSEMENTS Vrn 8ATTORNEYS 7AUCTION SALES . ...... .......... ...... pages 6 and 8BOARDING Paw 8BUSINESS CHANCES P»*e 2BICYCLES P»*8 2CITY ITEMS «COUNTRY REAL ESTATE fW 8COUNTBY BOARD PW 2DEATHS 'DENTISTRY P»« 7EDUCATIONAL. *»«. 3EXCURSIONS mm *"*. 8FAMILY SUPPLIES Pww 8FINANCIAL -P««« 7FOR RENT (Room) P®«» 2FOR RENT (Stokes) P»»r» 2FOR RENT (Houses) P»*e 3FOB SALE (Bouses) P»<re 2FOR RENT Pv?e 2FOR 8ALE (Lots) Pw 8FOR SALE (Miscellaneous) Pure 3GENTLEMEN'S GOODS P»«« 8HOTELS P«W® 2HOUSEFURNISHINGS P»*» 6LADIES' GOODS Pw 7LOCAL MENTION ...P*tT« 8LOST AND FOUND P»*8 2MARRIAGES P**« 5MIMICAL -P*<r8 0MISCELLANEOUS PMf» &MONEY TO LOAN PW 8NOTARIES PUBLIC 1W 8OCEAN STEAMERS Pwn 7POTOMAC RIVER BOATS . PwM 7PIAN08 AND ORGANS Pa*8 8PERSONAL Pstre 1PRINTERS Pxre 7PROFESSIONAL Ps*6 8RAILROADS Pure 7SPECIAL NOTICES Ps*9 1SPECIALTIES Pwre 2UNDERTAKERS PW 2WANTED <Board) IW 2WANTED (HELP) PWT9 3WANTED (Houses) l'«*ra 2WANTED (Lots) Pwe 2WANTED (Situations)) .PstTO 2WANTED (Miscellaneous).... Ps*e 2WANTED (Rooms) P»« 2

The Star Out of Town.The Evening Stab will be sent by mail to

any address in the United States or Canadafor such period as may be desired, at therate of fifty cents per month, fcf Bui allsuch orders mutt be accompanied by the money,or the aper cannot be tent, at no accounts arekept with mail subscriptions.Govebnment Receipts Today..Internal rev¬

enue. $210,593; customs, $860,696.Ahmy Changes..Cadet Charles Young, U. S.

military academy, to be additional second lieu¬tenant, tenth cavalry, August 31, 1889; SecondLieut. Win. H. Camp, seventeenth infantry, re¬signed September 14, 1889.Naval Obdebs..Commander Henry Glass,

ordered to duty at the naval academy Septem¬ber 21; Lieut Commander Uriel Sebree. or¬dered as executive officer of the Baltimore; En¬sign A. B. Clements, detached from the navalobservatory and granted one year's leave.Miles Keiiok of Chicago ha6 been appointed

a special inspector of customs at Chicago.The Bodt of Daniel Bbown, one of the sea¬

men lost on the Passaic's whale boat on lastTuesday, was found yesterday morning offThomas point, near Annapolis, Md.A Complimentary Dinneb wiis given in San

Francisco last night to Hon. M. M. Estee, whowill leave there today for Washington as adelegate to the International American con¬gress.Ension Maubice L. Read, U.8.N., was taken

to the naval hospital at Brooklyn yesterday.He is suffering from partial paralysis of thebrain and is in charge of Passed Assistant Sur¬geon Howard E. Ames. They both were at¬tached to the U.S.S. Palos, in Chinese waters.Senators Hoar. Pugh, Butler and Eustis,

members of the Senate committee which hasbeen taking testimony in Boston during thepast week, yesterday visited Cambridge, Water-town, Lexington and Concord. They dined atConcord, where they were guests of Judge E.It. and Samuel Hoar. They returned to Bostonlate in the afternoon.Tbansfebbed to Brooklyn..Wm. L. Cowan,

who for the past thirty years has been mastersail maker at the Washington navy yard, hasbeen transferred to the Brooklyn navy yard totake charge of the sail loft there.Anotheb Indian Commission..The Secretary

of the Interior yesterday appointed R. V. Beltassistant commissioner of Indian affairs; A. M.Tinker Indian inspector and G. W. Parkerspecial Indian agent, a commission to negotiatewith the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians ofDakota for the surrender of 789,000 acres ofland. Tho Indians on the Sisseton reservationhave already agreed to take lands in allotmentin severalty, and 127,8»7 acres have been setaside for that purpose for their use and 1,417acres of land have been reserved for churchand other purposes.Expebt Railway Mail Clebks..The result

of a special case examination of railway mailclerks connected with the fifth division, theheadquarters of which are at Cincinnati, hasbeen reported to Railway Mail SuperintendentBell. The report states that 111 clerks madean average higher than 99 per cent, while tenpassed without an error. One clerk correctlydistributed 2.098 cards indiscriminately ad¬dressed to cost offices and distributing pointscovering the entire state of Illinois in abouttwo hours. Another correctly distributed 1,869cards in fifty-nine minutes.Patents have been issued to citizens of tho

District as follows: Luther G. Billings, twopatents.type writer cabinet and cabinet fortype writers; Frederic P. Dewey, condensingfumes from metallurgic furnaces; Chas. W.Hayes, dust guard for car axle boxes; Jas. A.Maloney, speculum; Richard Rich, ice transpor¬tation and storage vessel.

The Rciss op the Cliff Dwellebs' Homes..The Secretary of the Interior has directed thatthe land in Colorado occnpied by the ruins ofthe former residences of the "Cliff dwellers"be withdrawn from disposal until the historicalvalue can be ascertained and steps be taken to

Sreserve them from wrongful removal orestruction.American Machinery in Mexico..Minister

Ryan transmits for the information of the Statedepartment statistics of the value of Americanmachinery imported annually from the UnitedStates into Mexico, from 1880 to 1887, inclu¬sive, which shows that the exportation* grewin value from #162,384 in 1880, to #4,000,000 in1887.Refused to Review the Decision..The

Secretary of the Interior has refused a motionfor review of the department decision renderedDecember 27, 1888, revoking and setting asideapproved swamp land list No. 5, Lakeview, Ore¬gon.VlBOINIA AND MABYLAND PoSTMASTEBS..

Isaac T. Hudgins has been appointed post¬master at Fitcbetts, Matthews county, Jas. W.Hubbard at Washborne, Patrick county, andRobt S. Jenkins at Zuni. Isle of Wight conuty,Va.: John W. Strawbridge at Horrisville, Har¬ford county, Md.Pension Fraud#..The commissioner of pen¬

sions has been advised that James Dunn, Justiceof the peace, who was indicted in Jnly last formaking three false certificates and presentingfalse affidavits in the pension claim of Elisa¬beth Tanner, has entered a general plea ofguilty and was fined in the United States courtat Springfield, I1L, in the sum of 910 and costs,the latter amounting to about #230. He hasalso been advised that Benjamin F. Been ofPort Henry, N.Y., has been arrested and heldto bail in the sum of 92,000 on a charge of vio¬lating section 6485, R.8.U.S., in the pensionclaim of Sidney Knight Henry H. Jenningshas been indicted in the southern district ofIllinois (United States district court) for mak¬ing a tolas affidavit in his claim for pension.He has entered . plea of guilty; sentenoe sus¬pended.

LIVELY SESSION EXPECTED.The Democrats to "Make it Interest¬

ing" for the Republicans.A 8*8810* AT WHICH KOTHUfO WILL at ACCOM¬PLISHED, -THE TARIFF AND THEBULKS WILL PROBABLY REMAIN AS THXTOTHER CONQRE88MEN IN TOWN.

There is quite an influx of Congressmen inthe city today. Some are here to look out fortheir winter quarters and to get their childrenat school. Representative Brnum of Indianais here to get his children at school and hastaken a house for the winter. A Stab reporterasked him today what he thought would be ac¬complished by Congress this winter."Nothing," he replied. "I think," he added,

"that there will be a lively time from the start.We have a lot to worry the republicans aboutand we will be very apt to make it interestingfor them. I do not think they will do anythingwith the tariff.""How about the rules?""They cannot change the rules so as to avoid

the constitutional provision that a majority ofall the votes shall be necessary to constitute aquorum, and with but one, or at best two,more than a quorum, all told, they cannothope to have enough members present at anytime to carry through any radical measure. Ofcourse we shall not interfere with the organi¬zation of the House, bat they cannot do anything that oar party is determined they shallnot do."Judge Kelly and Representative Hcistand of

Pennsylvania and Representatives Snvder andCatchings are in the city also. Mr. Catchingsis getting up his brief in the election contestbrought against him.

WHO WILL IT BE?

Gen. Merrill Likely to be AppointedCommissioner of Pensions.

While Gen. Warner will not say so in as manywords it is pretty well understood that he hasdeclined the pension commisaionership. Atone time Gen. Warner had almost made uphis mind to accept, but business matters inter¬fered to a greater extent than he had thoughtthey would. It became entirely impracticablefor him to accept.There are plenty of other candidates in the

field, but the general impression is that Gen.Merrill of Massachusetts will be appointed.Gen. Merrill has said to friends here that hecould not afford to accept the office. He is nowinsurance commissioner of Massachusetts andhas business prospects before him that are bet¬ter than the pension commissionership.Nevertheless it is expected tint the placehas been or will be offerred to him, and that

he will accept. His appointment would be ac¬ceptable to the Grand Army men, and both thePresident and Secretary Noble would like himto take the place, lie is an ex-commander-in-chief of the Grand Army and is the chairmanof the Grand Army pension committee.Gen. Warner called on the Secretary of the

Interior toduy and had a conference with him.Subsequently Secretary Noble said that he hadno information whether Mr. Warner had ac¬cepted the position of commissioner of pensionsor not.

NEW WAR SHIPS FOR THE NAVY.1 he Two 3,000-Ton Vessels May be

Built in Government Navy Yards.

Secretary Tracy is giving careful considera¬tion to the question as to what shall be done inrespect to the two 3,000-ton cruisers authorizedto be built by act of Congress. The departmentfailed to secure * bid for constructing themwithin the limit of cost imposed by Congress.It was not possible to reduce the requirementas to speed and incresse the premiums, as hadbeen done in the case of the 2,000-ton vessels,for the law had fixed these specifically. Therewas little hope of securing lower bids upon re-advertisement so that aside from awaiting thetardy action of Congress the alternative seemedto be to build the vessels in navy yards. It isthis phase of the case that Secretary Tracy isconsidering, and should ho be able to satisfyhimself that the work can be done in a reason¬able time and at a moderate cost it is highlyprobable that he will decide to have it done atthe navy yards. Upon the first point it may hestated that while the eastern ship building navyyards are now crowded with work, Naval Con¬structor Hichborn is prepared to recommendthat the Mare Island yard be given an oppor¬tunity to show what it can do in the wav ofbuilding a modern man of war. Acting underthe authority conferred by Congress the con¬struction bureau has been actively increasingthe plant at that yard. Machine tools of thelatest type are being delivered rapidly, and theacting chief constructor believes that withintwo months the yard will be able to undertakesuccessfully the construction of at least one ofthe nineteen-knot cruisers.

THE CASE OF CAPT. ARMES.Revoeatton of the Order for InquiryInto His Sanity by an Army Board.Had it not been for the intervention of offi¬

cial authority, Capt. Geo. A. Armes, retired,would today have appeared before a board ofarmy surgeons at the medical museum for ex¬amination as to his sanity. But he didn't go,for he received a notice from the War depart¬ment last night to the effect that the originalorder bad been suspended and that the boardwould not assemble. Although this latterorder has a temporary tinge it is a practicalrevocation and the chances are that Capt.Armes will never be tried by an army board asto his sanity. This action by the departmentrather surprised people, but it is probably themost sensible thing that could be done underthe circumstances.

THE UNKNOWN COMPLAISANT.The first order was issued on the complaint

of a party whose name the department wasdetermined to keep a secret, instructions beinggiven to the board to this effect. This wouldhave necessitated a degree of secrecy thatwould seriously embarrass the board in its in¬vestigations and probably lead to no results.It would have been extremely difficult for thomedical men to pasB judgment on the case,and there would l>e much adverse criticism ofthe action of the department.

THERE ABE MANY PRECEDENTSfor such actions, however, for many sn officer,both active and retired, have been examinedfor sanity and incarcerated in an asylum whenits lack was discovered. The original orderwas not at all extraordinary, but when theauthorities came to review the case, consider¬ing the existence of courts of law near at hand,they concluded that it were better to stoptheir proceeding, especially as they hadreceived an intimation from the complainantthat he preferred to have recourse to theBETTER, SURER AND KOBE REOULAB METHOD

of determining Capt. Armes'mental condition.a legal court. Where such emergencies ariseat frontier, away from civilization aud courts,such summary means as medical boards arenecessary when suspicion is entertained M toan officer's sanity, but where there are no suchobstacles it is always better to leave the matterin the hands of the civil authorities. That isthe principle upon which the order was re¬voked.

Capt. Armes is acting very shrewdly in thismatter and is undoubtedly advised by wisemen. He was fully prepared to meet the med¬ical officers this morning and had a number offriends ready to accompany him to the museumto give their evidence. He threatens to bringsuit against Gen. Schofleld, who, as acting Sec¬retary of War, issued the order convening theboard to examine into his mental state.Tax Senate Committer now investigating

the question of reclaiming the arid lands westby means of establishing reservoirs for irriga¬tion purposes held a meeting in Denver, CoL.yesterday. Testimony taken was to the effectthat the entire eastern portion of the statsoould be irrigated by the reservoir ijntcai andhundreds of thousands of acres of laaid that arenow worthless be converted into the beat agri¬cultural land on the continent. The commis¬sion leave for Cheyenne today.

I Telegrams to The Star.

NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS

They Meet to Nominate a StateTicket.

GEKESAI GOSSIP FBOK EUROPE.

Earthquake Shocks in California.

CHOLERA SPREADING IN PERSIA.

Louisiana's Duplicated Bonds.

THOSE LOUISIANA BONDS.

Condemned But Carried Alone as Partof the State's Debt.

New Orleans, Sept. 17..The Picayune'«Baton Rouge special says regarding the semi¬nary and mechanical and agricultural bonds:

It is doubtful if these bonds were ever de¬stroyed. They are not in the treasurer's office,and some of the coupons now being registeredin the auditor's office belong to them. The ques¬tion why the discovery of the payment of theseinvalid coupons was not discovered sooner isex-

flained by the fact that up to the time Treasureripes came into office the coupons of state

bonds paid by the fiscal agent were turned overto the treasurer, as at the present, but were re¬tainedby him and not sent to the auditor's officeat all The consequence was that he was chargedwith their value. They accumulated thereUNTIL THF.T EXCEEDED *2,500,000 IX AMOCNT,and were only counted and destroyed duringthe last session of the general assembly, whenMa], Burke's accounts were settled, creditgiven him for this amount and the couponsburned. 8ince Capt. Pipes has been in officethe system has been changed and the couponsare sent to the auditor's office for registration assoon as they are received. It is highly credita-Jh *° Au<^tor Steele's management of the

office that the discovery was made iust as soonas the limited clerical force at his commandpermitted him to undertake the registryof the coupons. The seminarvand agricultural and mechanicalcollege bonds, though condemned and ordereddestroyed, have never been deducted from thestatement of the bonded indebtedness of the

** wor*ky of note that in calculatingthe interest paid on the state debt up to thetime of Treasurer Burke's settlement with thestate, it is necessary to include the condemnedbonds in the state's debt in order to make theinterest reach the value of the coupons sur¬rendered and destroyed by the legislative com¬mittee, so great was the number of theBe cou-pons it was utterly impossible for this com-mittee to number them before burning them,and they were only counted to get their aggre¬gate value.

ir INTEREST HAS BEOCLABLY BEEN PAIDon the condemned seminary and agriculturaland mechanical college bonds since 1880 thesum lost to the state would scarcely exceed$65,000 or $70,000. It is likely, however, thatinnocent third persons will have a valid titleto the bonds if they have been sold in themarket for the reason that the article of theconstitution declaring them null and voidgives no indication of their identity by numberor otherwise.The agricultural and mechanical eollege and

seminary bonds were as follows. $1.000 bonds,numbers 710 to 905 inclusive, $500 bonds, num¬bers 1,902 to 2,065 inclusive and 419 bonds of$100 each, the numbers of these are also given.Payment of interest on these bonds has beenstopped.NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS.

They Assemble Today to Nominate StateOfficers.

Thenton, N. J., 8ept. 17.-The delegates tothe republican state convention were astir earlythis morning, and by 10 o'clock the vicinity ofthe leading hotels was made lively by the musicof several bands. The Grubb men are still fullof confidence and declare that the situationtoday since the arrival of all the delegates, ismore favorable even than last night, when anumber of delegations were absent. Magowanand Kean are still in the fight with understand¬ing that whichever develops the greaterstrenKth in the convention will receive theother's support against Grubb. The platformis now nearly complete.The interesting point is the plank on the

liquor question which the committee havedecided to pledge the convention to stand bythe record of last legislature and national plat¬form, which means practically, without sosaying, a declaration in favor of local option.

the convention assembles.Shortly after 12 o'clock today the republican

state convention met in the Taylor operahouse. On the platform were Gen.E. Burd Grubb, ex-Congressman Halsey, Con¬gressman Kean, Rer. Dr. Uanlon, president ofPennington seminary; Rev. Messrs.Wright andStuddiford, and ex-Senator Hobart.The opera house was gaily decorated and at

either side or the stare were portraits of Lin¬coln and Harrison. Garrett A. Hobart, chair¬man of the state committee, called the conven¬tion to order. Hev.Dr. Wright of Trenton offereda prayer. After the reading of the call for theconvention Joseph H. Gaskell of Burlingtonwho had been substituted for the state commit^tee's first choice, was chosen temporary chair¬man. John I. Blair of Warren and Peter Ryleof Passaic cs-orted Mr. Gaskell to the chair.

MB. CiASKLLl. B SPEECH.Mr. Gaskell said he accepted the chair as a

compliment to the young men of theparty, and was applauded for a refer¬ence to the necessity for protectingAmerican ineustries. "Lincoln," he said"raised the slaves from servitude, while Har¬rison represented the principle to raise Ameri¬can workmen from an almost equal servitudetoday. As to the liquor question, republicanshad taken advanced ground and would not re¬treat from their position.

naming the candidates.A mention of the names of the different gub¬

ernatorial candidates raised something of astorm, each faction cheering lustily for its owncandidate. Finally the applause gave way thopposing hisses, and when quiet was restored apunster in the gallery yelled: "What would wedo without Grubb?"After the election of temporary secretaries

the roll was called, which showed that all thecounties were fully represented. Each count?then named its choice for vice presidents andthe usual committees. The committees got towork and a recess was taken till 2 o'clock.

To Hunta Murderer With Blood HoundsHopkinsville, Kt., Sept 17..The excite¬

ment over the killing of Conductor Lemon byWm. Brame of this city continues, as Bramehas been seen by reliable parties near hers inthe past forty-eight hours. Those who aremost determined in the efforts to catch him

Sesterday received s pair of blood hounds fromashville with which to continue the bant

Reception to a Congressional Party.Kansas Cm, Ma, Sept. 17..A special from

Guthrie, L T., says: The visiting congressionalparty, consisting of Members of Congress£Uen 0f Baoon ot Vork.Springer of Illinois, Mansur of Missouri andPerkins and Peters of Kansas, were tendered apublic reception yesterday afternoon, duringwhich the citizens informed them of thecongressional legislation desired to benefit theterritory. Speeches were made by all the Con¬gressmen. Mr. Springer was given an orationwhenhe roee to speak. The Congressmen leftlast night for Oklahoma City.

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A Famine la MoMeMgn.VraxA, Sept 17..It is now stated

AUSTRALIAN AUTONOMY.A Measure Which is of Considerable In¬

terest to AmerlcLondon, Sept 17..A bill which is of interest

to Americans is the western Australia, whichthe government will reintroduce next session.The purpose of thin bill is to grant to westernAustralia the same measure of home rale as isenjoyed by the rest of the colonies. The gov¬ernment proposed the bill last . session, andthen becoming alarmed at the discovery madeby some wise tory that the measure, if passed,would hand over a territory about the size ofFrance and Spain put together to a populationof a few thousand, retreated under the plea ofpressure of business. The government, how¬ever, have made more or less binding bargainswith the Australians, who are heart and soulfor autonomy, and the measure is bound to bedebated when parliament meets again.

ONE SECRET or THE -IFFA.I*,and what in some measure renders the successof the bill of interest to America, is the fear ofEngland that the western Australians once insole possession of this large country would usetheir power to exclude immigration and thuscut on one of England's means (one largelyused) of ridding herself of her obnoxious pop¬ulation. With America closed on the one handand Australia on the other, two large doorswill have been shut to the outpouring massesfor which neither England nor any other coun¬try has any use.

ruxci albe&t victor's visit to ikdia.Speculations are indulged in by the press

about the coming visit of Prince Albert Victorof Wales to India and what effect a royal visitwill have upon the queen's subjects there.They have been rather neglected of late andthe presence of the young man is expectcd notto inspire them with any amount of loyalty. The

Srince is expected to arrive at Bombay onovembiir 9. He will go direct to Poonah and

will visit Hyderabad, Travancore, Mysore andBangalore.

NEWS FROM THE COAST.

Probable Fate of the Captain of an

Abandoned Vessel.

Norfolk, Ya., Sept. 17..It is thought thatthe schooner passed off Chinoo League Sunday,8th instant, on her beam ends, water-loggedand abandoned, and reported here by theschooner Oarrett P. Wright, is the schoonerGaston T. Hubbard, Captain Insley,which sailedfrom this port the 4th instant for New Yorkwith a cargo of pine wood, as nothing hasbeen heard of that vessel since her departure.A dispatch from Hog Island, Northampton

county, says: ''On Friday afternoon last anislander found the body of a man on the beachin an advanced state of decomposition. A fewbills made out to the schoouer Gaston T. Hub¬bard, a pilot license to the same vessel, a pawnticket issued to Mrs. Insley for a watch pledgedfor $4. a pair of spectacles, a rule and three 11bills were found upon the body, which, fromthese circumstances, is thought to have beenthat of Capt George Insley of the schoonerHubbard. Capt J. E. Johnson of the life-sav¬ing servica took charge of the remains andholds the papers, money, Ac., for those towhom they belong. The body was buriednecessarily near the spot where it was found inthe best manner practicable."An Earthquake Shock in California.Santa Assa, Cal.. Sept 17..A perceptible

shock of earthquake was felt here yesterdayafternoon.

A Swimming Contest.Fresno, Cal., Sept 17..E. C. Pinkham of

Stockton, Cal,, defeated Albert Sundstrom ofNew York in a 100 yard swimming contest atPalace baths here last night The match wasfor £250 and the gate receipts. Pinkham'stime was one minute and six seconds, which issaid to be the fastest ever made in America.

A Convict's Assault Upon a SheriffBcrlinoton, Iowa, Sept 17..Deputy Sheriff

Tate, upon entering a cell in the Fremoutcounty prison at Sidney, Iowa, yesterday, was

jumped on and nearly pounded to death with achair leg by a convict named Haynes. Theconvict secured Tate's revolver and would haveshot the officer desd but for the intervention ofanother prisoner. Havues was in the act ofunlocking the prison door and escaping, whenother prisoners, hearing the noise, rushed uponhim and overpowered him. Tate's conditionis critical and should he die there is such ex¬citement that Havnes may meet death by lynch-1Dg'

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An Unknown Tramp's Heroism.Des Moines, Iowa, Sept 17..The story of

an unknown tramp's heToism comes from Coun¬cil Bluffs. He was walking on the Chicago andNorthwestern track from Council Bluffs to Mis¬souri valley, and between Crescent and Stoneycreek he found a broken rail on a high em¬bankment, where the rail makes a sharp curve.It was an outside rail, next to the river, and notrain could have passed over In safety. Thenext tram due was the limited passenger, andhe resolved to avert a terriblt wreck if possi¬ble. He ran to Honey creek, 3 miles, anatriedto raise the operator, who was not at his postHe then aroused the section, and they took thehand car and went to the broken rail, arrivingthere just in time to flag the limited and stop itwithin a few feet of almost certain destruction.

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Frost in Michigan.Holland, Mich., Sept 17..The hot weather

of last week, with the mercury registeringfrom 85 to 92 degrees, was followed by a coldsnap so that a frost was observed vesterdaymorning, the first of the season. Late cornneeds one week more warm weather.

Prize Fighters Arrested.8t. Louis, Sept 17..Tom Allen, ex-champion

pngilist of the world; Tom Kelly, Dan Daly, EdKelly, Artie Flint and Charlie Daly, who tookpart in the Daly-Kelly prize fight in Lincolncounty, Mo., two years ago, the longest prizefight of its class on record, have been arrestedand were taken yesterday to Troy, Mo., fortriaL

A Dishonored Husband's Revenge.Paris. Tex., Sept 17..Pedro Gozalez,

Mexican, who made his home with one Jeff.Brown in the Dark Corners, 16 miles from bere,became criminally intimate with both Mrs.Brown and a young daughter of Brown's, sev¬enteen years old. This coming to the knowl¬edge of the father and husband he waited Sat¬urday night till the Mexican was asleep andthen taking a weapon he first disabled hisenemy, sfter which he gouged out his eyes.The Mexican was fonnd yesterday in a pitiableplight, the screw worms having already begunto work in his wounds. He will not'die, butwill be blind and otherwise crippled for life.Brown has fled.

Driven Into the United States.Chicago. Sept 17..A Winnipeg special says:

Principal Grant of Queens college, Kingston,in a sermon last night declared that MissionaryDuncan and 1,800 Indians had been drivenacross the border into the United States bygovernment and by other Presbyterian mis¬sionaries who are practising and im¬moralities.

Illinois Lynchers Foiled.Sparta, III., Sept 17..John McCully, who

shot and killed Constable Crossan last Thurs¬day, narrowly escaped lynching last night.The lynching party organized and made prep¬arations to attack the Jail, when the sheriff wasinformed of what wsf taking place. He se¬cretly took McCully oat of a rear window andboarded the train for Chester. The lynchersheard of the escape just as the Chester trainpalled oat sad rushed to the depot, bat wereloo late. McCully will be bald at'Chester untilhis trial takes plaoe.

Murdered and Bobbed.Asslakd, Kt., Sept 17..News

White's creek, fifteen stiles from hers, on Baadyriver, of the death ofMrs.Canter, a widow. Sherecently drew s psasina sad wsat tobarf for her money, sooompeaied by aetor friead, J '

her head ia

THE WORLD'S FAIR.A Convention to be Called of TbOM

* Want It la a Vntera Ctty.St. Jotkm. Mo.. Sspt 17..A. mass meeting,

oomposed of board of tmlr n«s ud cilUfM,**. he'd *' the PkUc house tost night to ktoaction for the purpose of calling . conventionof representatives at St Joseph to give publioexpression to the demand of the west to secure

WOfV . fair for ona of the weetern tradecenter, aa against the east The lengthy reeo-ution was adopted and arrang«a.sat* made tohare them printed and distributed. The 0*11

con]r'nUonPres»>nl* arguments in favorof holding the world a fair at aome ona of thetrade center* weat of the Alleganymountain*. It calla attention to the fe£JfJ ®' .tb® «»*** agricultural are*that would be traversed by the visitors. whoif the fair ia held in the eaat. would barelvpenetrate the outer edge of the republic andwould gain little knowledge of the country andita vast resources. The resolutions preaent in(lowing language, the advantage* to both the?iaitor* and country that would inevitably fol¬low on ita location at interior point. The.trongeat argument made ia that the mileage ofall tne railroad* of the east and aouth in 1WMwaa leaa than 47,000 mile*, while in the weatthere waa nearly *0,000 milea of railroadcompleted and in operation. Thia afford*ample accommodation to the traveller*.The weatern road* need the greatbeneflta which would be conferred upon tnem.aaya the reeolutiona, by having the expostuouat aome point easy of acceas to the million*who patronize them and alao to the people ofthe seaboard states. The weat should notalways be compelled to Journey to the Mat,*ay* the reeolutiona. Let the eaat oome to theweat but once and take a look at the great em¬pire living on thu aide of the Allegheniee.¦The date of the convention was set foeOctober 2. Chicago haa already signified itaintention of sending a atrong delegation and itia expected that St. Louis and other weaterncities will be heard from aa aoon as the work¬ing committees there are informed.

ELECTRICAL EXECUTION'S.A British Electrician Claim* there ItM

Certainty of Killing.Loxdox, Sept. 17..In a discussion before

the British association on the subject of elec¬tricity Mr. W. H. Preece, chief electrician ofthe post office department said that th« actrecently passed by the New York legislature,providing for tne execution of condemnedmurderers bv electricity. would hav« to berescinded. He claimed that it was impossibleto get a curreut of sufficient intensity to kill aman with certainty. He had experimentedwith an enormous current and had tried with a

spark 'JO inches long to kill a pig, but could not.He knew of several instance* of person* takingshock* and at the time *upposed to have beenkilled, but were afterward quite well. He saidthat the sensational reports published in thenewspaper* about people being killed byshock* from electric wires had. upon inverU-gation, been found to be nonsense.

To Break Down the Jute Trust.Chicago, Sept. 17..A dispatch from Green¬

ville, Ala., says: The members^of the farmer'salliance in this portion of the cotton belt ofAlabama are aiding to break down the Jutetru*t, which i* being antagonized in every partof the state by the introduction of cotton bsg-&ing as a substitute for baling the cotton. Theitter system is a new one, and the farmers are

unable as yet to prepare the material on accountof the failure of the factories to supply the de¬mand. Increased facilities are being rapidlyadopted for turning it out, and before long cot¬ton bagging will entirely supplant the Jute,notwithstanding that a loss of 50 cents or 91per bale ia sustained by those who use cottonI agging. lu some section* pine strsw is beingwoven into bagging, which is said to be muchsuperior to Jute. It i* not inflammable and will

Erotect cotton better thau any covering yetrought into use.

Three Men Killed.An.Ok., Sept. 17..About four miles

from here at midnight the central north boundpassenger train collided with a freight train,demolishing the engine aud killing three men,the engineer, fireman and a brakeman.

Cholera Spreading In Persia.Lohdox, Sept. 17..Cholera haa made its

appearance in Bagdad and the disease tospreading in western Persia.

Ex-Queen Natalie at Odessa.Odessa. Sept 17..Ex-queen Natalie of Ser-

via, who ia going to Belgrade to nait her son,the youthful king Alexander, arrived herefrom Yalta on board a Bassian gunboat. Shewas received with royal honors. She will pro¬ceed for Belgrade tomorrow.

A Train Plunge* Into a River.Evaxbvillx. ba, Sept. 17..Word reached

here last night at the offices of the Mackey sys¬tem to the effect that a serious wreck occurredlate*last evening on the Evanaville and TerreHaute railroad near Patoka. The south boundfreight train No. 53. heavily loaded, was pre¬cipitated into Patoka nver, the bridge overthat stream giving way under the weight of thetrain. The e ngine aud four car* passed safelyover, but the remainder of the train plungedthrough the J awning gap in the track. Thecars piled one upon the other, many beingcrushed into a shapeless mass. No lives hsvebeen reported lost, although several trainmenare known to hsve gone down in the wreck. Awrecking train was seut out from this city.

Confessed to a Defalcation.East Saginaw, Mich., Sept 17..Bobsrt

Laughlin, superintendent of the Saginaw, Tus¬cola and Huron railway, tendered his resigna¬tion Saturday, the same to take effect Septem¬ber 30. Informal talk aa to his probable suc¬cessor brought prominently forward the nameof Charles M. luce, auditor and general freightand passenger agent of the road, a young manwho ha* worked up from an inferior positionand in whom unlimited confidence had beenplaced. Yesterday morning, realizing that thechange contemplated would result in the elec¬tion of another auditor and the exposure of hisbooks. Kice confessed to a defalcation of 98.000.Rice gives no explanation of hi* conduct onlyadmitting he needed the money and took it,expecting to return it in the future. He ha* awife and one child, and is not extravagant ishis habits.

Eearful Fatality from Diphtheria.Boose, Iowa, Sept 17..A fearful fatality

was reported yesterday m the family of JohnZinthaL There were ten children and all leftin a wagon for Milwaukee about September LThey were ten days on the road and on arriv-

3 in Milwaukee nine of the children wereen with diphtheria, aix dying within sis

daya They contracted the diaeaae on the road.To Investigate the Plans of the Texan.Norfolk, Va., Sept. 17..Naval Constructors

General Hughe*, Taylor and Armistead, theboard appointed to investigate and report uponthe plans of the battle ship Texas, reported forduty at the navy yard yesterday and started towork. They say the length of the ship willnot be altered or the lines be altered, but thecoal-carrying capacity of the ship will be re¬duced and possibly the machinery and arma¬ment made lighter. The board of naval offi¬cers appointed to inspect the new dry dockarrived yesterday and commenoed work today

A Steamer's Rough Experience.Lnrx, Mass., Sept 17..The steamer Centi¬

pede, Pennsylvania and Beading railroad com¬pany, Capt Hanson, from Philadelphia forLynn, witn coal, arrived this morning. Fromthe 8th to the 14th she toy insid* the Delawarebreakwater held by the violenoe of the gale.Monday started her engines and wns barelyable to prevent going ashore with anchorsdragging violently. Whils there saw nearlythirty vessels blown ashore and from thirty-five to forty lives lost Roughest experiencefor many y«

Drowned While Ptshlag.NXXXAX, Wis., Sept 17..Fred. Krohn and

Frank Smith of Fressout, were drowned Boa-day while fishing. They went ont early in themorning and as they did not return at night nsearch was made yesterday resulting in thefinding of the bodies In Wolf river. Krohnleaves s wife and eight children and Smith awife and two children.

The Dutch Partlameat Opened.Tax Haoux, Sept 17..TheDutch parti

wus opened today. The *-*.*

the ssssiou alluded to th_«oo of the jubilee of his reto^nad^M ittlfied to the bond of frunMi* "

end the people.