REDUCTION JDV THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Tlie Showing ISade for October Tlie Amount
Received From All Sources.
Washington special : A statement just
I p it out at tho treasury department , show *
ing the receipts and expenditures of the
government from July 1 , 1885 , to June
30,1886 , presents sonic interesting totals
of income and outgo during the last thirty-
ono years. The totals of some items of
some expense are enormous. For instance ) ,
ince 1885 the government1 has paid out
for pensions in round numbers $825,000-
000 , a small sized national debt , and of
this'sum all but about $25,000,000 was
paid out sinco 1863 , or to pensioners ot
the late civil war. Tho Indians have
cost tho government all tho way from
? 2,500,000 a year , or , in round numbers ,
during these thirty-one years about $165-
000,000. Interest on the public debt has
ranged during this period anywhere from
$1,500,000 in 1858. tho lowest annual in
terest charged , to about $144,000.000 in
Ir
1867 tho highest and in the aggregate
for the thirty-one years amounted to the
vast Hum of $1,315.000,000. a sum about
-equal to the national debt of to-day.
Tho net ordinary expenses " of the
govern ment ranged from $ 63,000-
000 the lowest in 1886. to SI.300-
000,000 , the highest , in 1865 , the
last year of the war. In the way of rev
enues , Biiles of public lands in 1856 netted
the government nearly $9,000,000 , a larger
sum than was realized from this source in
any year till 1884 , when "the revenue from
this service reached $9,810,000. Thetctnl
revenue from this source amounts to about
575,000000. Tho year of the largest net
revenue was in 1866 , when it reached
. $558,000.000. Custom receipts that year
.amounted-to about $180,000.000 , and in
ternal revenue receipts to nearly $310-
000.000. the largest receipts of any year
during the period. That year there ws
-also $38,000,000 revenue from premiums
on loans and sales of gold , and $29,000-
000 from miscellaneous sources. In 1867
the net revenue fell to $490,000,000. and
since then have gradually fallen to $336-
000,000 last year. The year of the biggest
CUB to ins revenues was 1882 , wbcnitrearhed
$220,000,000. The year of the greatest
surplus revenue was from July 1. 1881 , to
June 30 , 1882 , when it reached $145.000- j
000. Since then it has dropped off to
$132.000.000 in 1883 , $105,000,000 in
1884. $63.000.000 in 1885. and advanced
ji ain in the fiscal vear ended June 30 ,
1886. to about $94,000.000.
TOE PUBLIC DEBT.
Tho reduction in the public debt during
October amounted to $13,201.619. The
decrease in the debt for the first four
months of the fiscal year aggregates $34-
788,835. The interest-bearing d-jbt now
amounts to $1,153,413,112 , and the total
interest-bearing and
noii-interest-bearing
-debt , less cash in the treasury , is $1,354- i
347,945. Tho net cash balance in the
treasury to-day is $52,733,199 against
-567.896,321 a month ago. This decrease
in the iiet cash during the month is ac
counted for by redemption of 3 per cent
bonds. On October 1 there were in round
numbers $115.000.000 of these bouds out
standing , while statements report but
$86.848 700 outstanding. The gold coin
And bullion found in the treasurv to-dav is
$246.842.148 , with liabi.liti s ; gold ce'rti-
ficates outstanding amounting to $88,929.-
969. thus leaving a gold fund balance
of $58,537.179. There arenow $100,306.- ' j
800 in silver certificates outstanding , or
, " -about $5,000,000 more than a month ago. I '
"The store of silver dollars now helel in the
treasury amounts to $182,931,231 , an in-
creaso of $1,500,000 during the month.
-Government receipts during October were
heavy , amounting from all sources to
529,538.427 , or ? 750.000 more than in
October ayearauo. Customs receipts were
. $16,75S,0 < 18.$500.000more than in Octo
ber , 1885 , and internal revenue receipts
were $9,479.638 , nearly $2,000.000 less
than in October a year ago. The large de-
ercase in internal revenue receipts com
pared with October a year ago , is almost
wholly accounted for by an unusual
movement of bonded whisky in October ,
1885 , upon which tax was paid. Expendi
tures for October this year were $2.474-
961 , about $2,000,000 more than in Octo
ber , 1H85. Tho total revenue for the first
four months of the current fiscal year is
$123.055.497 , or about $9,500.000 mor
than for the corresponding four months of
1885. On the other hand government
expenditures for these four months in 1886
were $1.021,370,031 , or nearly $7,500.-
000 more than for the corresponding
months of 1885.
THE W03IEN DISPLEASED.
T&e Dedication Exercises of Liberty De
nounced a Farce by Women Suffragltt * . of
New York dispatch : The members of
the Now York State Woman Suffrage asso
ciation were the only people who looked
with , disfavor upon the grand pageant yes
terday in celebration of Liberty's unveil
ing. They had been denied a part in the It
ceremonies on Bedloe's island , and when
they applied for a position in the naval
parade , had been advised to go on the
same boat with the "Circle Ce L. Har
monic. " To emphasize their disgust at
this treatment by the male managers of
the pageant , the women hired a boat for
themselves , and without asking anybody's ing
leave , took up one of the most favorable
positions for viewing the ceremonies on the
island. They chartered the steamer John
Lenox , and it started from the West ery
Twenty-first street pier at 7 o'clock with ard
200 members of the association and their
friends. There were twenty-five men on
board besides the crew. Among the com
pany were Mrs. Lillie Devereaux Blake ,
Mrs. Caroline Gilkey Ro rs , Mrs.
Mary Seymour Hoell , Mrs. Mar
guerite Moore. Matilda Joselyn Gage ,
Harriet R , Shuttutk , Mips Ray Hall , Mrs.
Margarita Parker and Mrs. Belle Thomp
son. Immediately after the veil had been the
drawn from before Liberty's face Mrs.
Blake called an indignation meeting on the
lower doik. After denouncing the cere the
monies just witnessed as a farce , she of pas
fered a resolution declaring ' 'that in erect
ing a statue of Liberty , embodied ns a
woman in a land where no woman lion a
political liberty , men have"shown a de len
lightful inconsistency which excites the t.
wonder and admiration of the opposite ern
icr. "
Other sentiments of a lik * sort were ex
pressed. The resolutions were unanimously will
-carried and were followed by speeches from half.
Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Howell
ia a similar strain. Mrs. Shnttuck read a
poem and Miss Ray Hall , of Brooklyn , sang
an anthem prepared especially for tha
-occasion. Jo
on
THE GERMAN NATT. gold
BBBUX , NOT. 2. The railways' budget snb-
mltted to the bundesrath shows receipts , 45- str
-137,800 marks , or 2,153,900 marks less than in up
1985. The memorandum affixed to the neH upHe
nflTal budget affirms the necessary increaseol cat
tbe numl rof torpedo boats to guard the dif- ter
feient river mouths. It is proposed , on the Sis
-completion of the Baltic and North Sea canal cui
to place six gunboats in the river Elbe aud of
four to guard the other stations. Henceforth isi
10,000,000 marks will be required yearly to af
.maintain an eflective navy.
The municipal authorities of Borne brre I
TOtcd affection and loyalyty for King Humbert wil
of Italy. Bu
ARE NOT A GOOD BASIS.
Call Bonds , Bearing No Interest , Cannot te
Retained by the Banks.
Attorney General Garland has given an
opinionto the secretary of tho treasury
that tho national banks must deposit in-
tltt
terest-bearing bonds to secure their circu
ttU
lation and that called 3 per cent bonds
'cannot ; be used as a basis of circulation.
He says : Certain 3 per cent bonds of tho
United States held by its treasurer as sey
curity for circulating notes of the First
ciN
National bank ot North Bend , Neb. , hav-
ing been called in fo. redemption and havH
ing censed to be interest-bearing , tho bank
irh irci been notified by the comptroller of the
currency to exchange those bonds for indc
cit
terest-bearing ( bonds of the United States ,
The bank in reply asks to know by what
authority the demand has been made , al-
leging that it has once complied with sec-
leti
tion 5,159 of the revised statutes , by dem
positing with the treasurer interest-bearing
bonds of the United States , which are
worth par. An opinion is requested upon
vtl
the question chus presented , namely :
tlfl
Whether the stopping of interest on bonds
deposited , resulting from the call of tho
secretary ( of the treasury'authorized tho
comptroller of the cut rency to require tho
bank to substitute interest-bearing bonds
for bonds now on deposit. II is not open
tta question that the bonds deposited by
ttm national bank to secure its circulation
must be intei cat-bearing , at tho time
thedeposit is * made. On that
point < the law is explicit. It would
seem to be equally , clear that whatever ,
purpose congress had in view in requiring
that the bonds deposited by national
tip should be iuterest-bearini , that pur
pose < has continued the same-fro'ni the first
law on the same subject , iu 1863 , down to
tilai pri-senl time , there being an absunce of
any leg'slative declaration of change in in
tention in that particular. In resolving
tlVI question whether it is essential to tho
valid deposit of bonds by a national bank
that the bonds deposited should be inter
est-bearing during the whole time of de
posit , it may assist us to read the act of
1863 , under which the national bank sys-
tern was introduced , in the light of circtim-
stances in which it was passed. The secre
tary has already mentioned the support to
public credit which may be expected from
proposed assoii.itioiiB. Tho imp rtance
of this point may e.xi-use some additional
observations. The organization as proBo
if sanctioned ry congress , would re
quire , within a very few years , for deposit
IU security for circulation , bonds of the
Uuited States to an amount not less than
$250.000,000. It may well be expected , in
deed , since circulation , by uniformity in
credit , and value , and capacity of quick
and cheap transportation will be likely to
bt used more extensively than any hith
erto issued , that the demand for bouds will
compass this limit. Should congress * ee
fit to restrict the privilege of deposit totho
bonds known nu tho five-twenties author
iziwi by act of the last session , the demand
would promptly absorb all of that.deserip-
tion already issued and make large room
fowi more. A steady market for bonds
would then be established , and the nego-
tintion of them ureiitly facilitated. But it
not iu immediate results th'it the value
of th's support would be only or hi.-fiy
seen. There are always holders who desire
to B < ; ll securities of whatever kind. If buy-
ers are few or uncertain , the market value
must decline. But the plan proposed
would create a constant demand equalling
and often exceeding the supply. Thus a
steady uniformity in price would be mainTo
tained , and generally at rates somewhat ,
above those of bonds of equal credit , but
not available to banking associations. It
is not easy to appre. iate the full benefits of _
such conditions to agpvernment obliged to
borrow ! The conclusion arrived at. nameT
ly , that it was the intention of congress
t'hnt the deposits of bonds by national
banks shoujd be kept interest-bearing dur
ing the whole period of deposit , would , if
correct , seem to be rendered absolutely j
certain by an act of July , 1882 , "To enaNe
ble national banking associations to extend
their corporate existence , and for other
purposes. Section 9 provides that any
national bank may , on depositing lanful
money with the treasurer of the _ .
United States withdraw a proportionate Uc
amount of United Statesbonds on deposit ,
subject , however , to theproviso , 'That not
more than $3.000,000 shall be deposited
during any calendar month for this purQO
pose , ' and to the further proviso , 'That
the provisions of this section shall not apSil1
ply to bonds called for redemption by the
secretary of the treasury nor to the withUn
drawal of circulating notes in consequence
thereof.This language , it would seem ,
leaves no doubt that it was tho intention
congress that when bonds deposited to
secure circulation of a bank are called for *
redemption , tho payment , of them means
the retiring of the circulation they secure ,
unless , indeed , tho bank , as it may law- jjej
fully do , should make anew deposit of an
adequate a mountof interest-bearing bonds.
follows then that unless the First Na .
tional bank of North Bend substitutes in
terest-bearing bonds for the existing deUn
posit of bonds called for redemption , the
proceeds of the latter must be applied to Frs
retiring the circulation secured by it. Mil
BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Chicago special : The large store build- Net
, Nos. 105 to 109 Madison street , was
completely gutted by fire at 5 a. m. to
day. The fire originated in the book bind
of William Wilson & Son. adjoining the
printing establishment of Knight & Leon
, the three firms occupying the upper
floors of the building. The ground floor is
was occupied by the Goodyear Rubber mr
company and SalisburyCline , rubber m
dealers. Shortly after the firemen had ma
gained control the top floor fell in with its lady
weight of printing presses , nome of which e
went crushing through to the basement , "
where a large number of men belonging to Wl
insurance patrol and hook and ladder a
company were at work covering the goods riin
with tarpaulins. The men were buried in The
dehriK.nud nearly a quarter of an hour „
e-j before they were n-srued. j ? °
A. C. Papint-au , n member of the insur- ' . '
ance patrol , was found dead. Capt. James Jy1
Hume. August Bi-rgi-n-Menke. Patrick Mul-
William Carroll and William Darby , of , and
e insurance patrol , nnd Edward McGovJ J ing
, of hook and ladder rcviiptmy No. 3 , ' e88
were seriously injured. MI Govern , it is P.of
thought. ill die. The loss from the fire the
be about $200.000 ; insurance about by
. now
\ not
A NEED FOR HEMP. in
Leadville ( Col. ) special : Late last night pr ,
John Crane , a Swede , was knorked down stif
Third street and robbed of 5300 and a P.ai
watch and chain. Not satisfied , the civil
highwaymen beat him with some blunt in
strument , about the head. He was picked
an hour Inter and taken to his room.
N
IB frightfully rut up , and it is thought
- -
-
cannot recover. For two weeks a reign of „ LT11'
terrors has existed on account of hold-ups. ! 5tH
Sixteen cases similar to C'rane's have ocG ° '
curred in that time , one man being robbed Jar
$1.600 and then brutally assaulted. It and
thought Judge Lynch will open court in Qn
few days. i
BM
'
Uni
It Is reported that the Bulgarian regency quite '
advise the sobranje to elect as prince of Minn .
Bulgaria the candidate proposed by the czar. given
THURSDAY , NonsaiBER
'
Xfw Say TJiat Has Been Bet Apart for
Ttianl&glvlng vnd Praise.
President Clex eland has issued his annual
Thanksgiving proclamation. It 'reads as
follows :
A proclamation by the president ol tho
United States :
"It has long been the custom of the peo-
pie ] of the United States , on a day in each
year especially set apart for that purpona
bj their chief executive , to acknowledgetho
goodness and mercy of God , and to invoke
Eis continued .care and protection. In
observance of such custom , I , .Grover
Cleveland , president of the United States ,
dc hereby designate and set apart Thurs-
day , the 25th day of November , instant ,
tc bo ob'served and keptnsaday of thanks
giving and prayer. On that day let all our
people forego their accustomed employ
ments and assemble in their usual places
of ' worship to give thanks to the Ruler of
oj' ' universe Tor our continued enjoyment
of the blessings of a free government , for a
renewal of business prosperty throughout
our land , for the return which has reward
ed the labor of those who till the soil , and
for our progress as a people in all that
makes n nation great ; and while we con
template the infinite power of GoJ in earth
quakes , , flood and storm , let "the grateful
liciutH of those who have been shielded
from < harm through His mercy he turned in
sympathy and kindness toward those who
have ' suffered through His visitation. Let
us also'in thenidst of our thanksgiving ,
remember the poor and needyuith cheer
ful ' gifts and utmost deeds of charity , so
that ' ' our service * may be made acceptable
in the siijht. of tho Lord.
"In witness wlieieof , I have hereunto Ret
my hand and caused thefaeal of'the United
States to be affixed.
"Done at the City of Washington , this
1st day of November , in the year of our
Lord , one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six , and f the independence of the
United States of America tlie one hundred
and cleluventh.
'By the president , GROVER CLEVELAND.
"T. F. BAYARD. Secretary of State.
THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , November 1. The fol
lowing is a recapitulation of the debt state
ment issued to-day :
Interest bearing debt :
Bonds at 4 % per ceut $ 250,000,000.00
Bonds at 4 per cent 737,770,400.00
Bonds at 3 per cent 80,848,700.00
Refunding certificates at 4
per cent 191,500.00
Navy peiiMon fund at 3 per
cent 14,000,000.00
Pacific railroad bouds at 6
percent 64,633,512.00
Principal § 1,153.443,112.00
Interest 8 993,501.00
Total S l,162,43G,6r3.00
Debt on which interest has
ceased faince maturity :
Principal 12,310,43500
luteiest . ' . 232,492.00
Total 12,548,927.00
Debt bearing no interest :
Old demand aud legal tender
notes 1 346,733.39100
Certificates of deposit.- . . . . . 7,14 ' ,000.10
Go d certificates 88,2919(59.00 (
Silver certificates lOO.SOC.SUO.OO
Fractional currency , less SS-
375,9-W , estimated as lost
or destroyed . 6,953,702.03
Principal $ 519.333 t6i 00
Total debt-rprincipal 00
1,715,193,4119 ' '
Interest 9,22(5,053 ( U ) ,
Total $1 ,7-4,4itf4ti3 00
Less cash items available for
the reduction of the debt $ 217,238,315 ( XT
Less reserve held forredempt-
ioulof United States notes 100,000,00000
Total $ 317,2SS,31500
Total debt lessgavailable cash
items $ 1,407.131.14700
Ne ! cash in the treasury 52 783,199 00
Debt less cash in thf > treasuri" 7
November 1 , 18S6 . § 1,351 , ' 47,947 00
Debt less cash in treasury
October 1 , 18S6. . § 1,867,549,567 00 $
Decrease ( of debt during the
month . $ 13,201,61900
Cash in the treasury available
for reduction of the'public
debt :
Gold held for gold certificates
actually outstanding . S8,29ir69 00 s\
Silver held 'for silver certificates
actually outetJindin- : . 100,306,800 00
United Slates notes held for
certificates of deposit act-
tually outstanding . 7,140,000 00
Cash held for matured debt
and interest unpaid . 21,542.489 00
Fractional currency . 4,057 00
,
Total available for the reduc
tion of the debt . S 217,288,315.00
Reserve fund held for re
qUi
demption of United
Slates notes , acts of Jan- to\
uary 14 , 1875 , and July 12 , wei
1882 . 100,000,000.00 ere
Unavailable for reduction of erey
the debt : by
Fractional silver coin . 0,309,335.00 Th
Mlnnr coin . . . . . . . . 235425.66 ' ret
- I ied
Total . S 2Ha5,757.00 the
Certificates held as cash . $ 54,460 , 700.0C , sta
cash balance on hand. . . 52,783,199.00 the
Total cash in the treasury as hit
shown bv the treasurer' s sot
general account § 451,068,033.00 pis
figl
me
AIT UNPLEASANT DELAY. isi
Milwaukee disjmteh : A romantic story act
told in connection with the search forthe rai
birth certificate of a former Milwaukee bin
lady , who needs that paper in order to be day
married to .in Italian of distinction. The
in question is young , handsome tal
ented , and has been for several years in
Europe completing her musical education.
While : in Italy she became acquainted with east
wealthy physician. The acquaintance fre
ripened into friendship and then into love. vlle _
, parties are now engaged to be married. East
shoi
Some ' time ago the young lady wrote to
have a copy of her baptii-mal ceitiRente
which ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr.
Heuly , forwarded to her. This was done ,
( in few weeks came , another letter stat bas
that the birth certificate WHS also nec
essary , and that the wedding had been h.m.
postponed until New Year's in order that
A
certificate could be secured , as required
the c-ivil laws of Si > ain , where the lady ed
is" , and when * the marriage is to take by
place. The certificate can not be found , the
having been filed according to the Inw
such case made and provided. It is
prolmole that the marriage will have to re
{
Buffer another postponement , or the
parties remove to a country where the
laws are not exacting. .
8U
UNO AGED TO A LORD , Full
New York dispatch : The engagement ia
at
announced to-day of MHB ! Ellen Sprague side.
Singer , the youngest daughter of the late be
General : Anson Staler , of Chicago , to Lord tion
James Wellington Foley Butler , brother
heir presumptive to the Marquis of
Ormand. in the peerage of Ireland and
Baron Qrmnnd , in the peerage of the
United Kingdom. The bride-elect is not
20. handsohie and aeromplwhed. in
Stager met Lord Butler at a ball 000
in her honor while in London.
THE OUTPUT OF TJUE 3HNT.
Report of the Director of Uncle Sam's Sloncy-
Washington special : Tho report of Dr.
Kimball , director of tho mint for the year
ended June 30 , was mado public to-day.
While the mints do more work than during
the previous year , the expenses were less
by $197.000. The pi Id deposits during
the year aggregated $49,606,534 , of which
$32,456,493 was of domestic production.
The silver deposited and purchased was
$37.917,026 , of which $32,454,644 was of
domestic production. Tho coinage of gold
aggregated $33.077.380 ; silver. 30,022-
347. The seignorage on the coinage of sil
ver from July 1. 1878 , to July 1 , 1886 ,
amounted to $31,102.303. At the dateof
the passage of the coinage act of 1878. tho
London price of silver was 55 pence , and
the intrinbic value of the silver dollar 93J4
cents. At no time since has the price been
so . high , and last year the decline was rapid ,
falling to the lowest price ever known. At
the lowest price the silver doll.ir was worth
cents. Thedirecto , estimates the coin
ciirulation in the United States July 1 ,
1886 , at $548,320.031 gold and $308.-
784,223 silver. The production of gold
an'd silver in the world during the cal
endar year 1885 is estimated at $101-
280,000 gold , and at coinage value near
-$125,000,000 in silver. Thepro -
duetiop of silver stead ly increases. The
United States holds rank as the principal
producer of precious metals , its production
being about two-fifths of that of the world.
The coinage of the world for the calendar
year 1885 was $95,000,000 in gold and
$97,000,000 silver. Thediiect or estimates
that about 30 per cent of the consumption
of gold in coinage and 10 per cent of tho
silver consisted of all coins and material
lesmelted. The consumption of gold in the
arts in the United States is estimated at
about $35,000 per annum. The report
embraces a collection of reports by foreign
representatives on the production , con
sumption and movement of the precious
metals in the principal countries , and tho
standard of values , coinage , accumulated
stocks , etc. Accompanying tables show
the rate of silver to gold yearly since 1687 ,
the priqe of silver since 1733 , tlie domestic
production of gold and silver since the
establishment of the mint , the annual pro-
tion of precious metals in the world since
1493 and tiic coinage of the principal na
tions. .
CONSIDERING AN EXPOSITION.
At a meeting of the exposition executive
committee to-night it was ordered that a
convention of the board of promotion , in
cluding the memhcis from various states
and territories , be called to meet in Wash
ington. Tuesday , Dec. 7 , for the purpope of
deliberating upon a plan and presenting
the same to ( .ongresH. The board includes
the governors of the forty-six states and
teriitories , the mnytirs of all cities con
taining a population of 25.000 and up-
viuds , the presidents and secretaries ol
state agricultural socieliesnnd eianges nnd
the vicc-iruents of the Jit. Vernon ahsocia-
tion of tlie union. The programme to be
considered at said convention is an follows :
First A constitutional centennial cefcbra-
tional nt the national capital. March 4 ,
1889 , by the sixteen American republics in
honor of the parent republic the United
States. Second A world exposition at
thenational capital from May 1 to the
end of October , 1892. in honor of the
400th anniversary of the discovery of
America. Third A permanent exposition
at Washington of the antiquities , histories ,
arts and industries of the three Americas ,
'to be the outgrowth of the warld's exposi
tion of 1892 , and to remain under govern
ment control on a plan somewhat similar
to the national museum.
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
The abstract of the condition of 2.852
national banks at the close of business
Thursday , Oct. 7 , made public to-day ,
shows reserves of 52.513.844,751 , bonds
and drafts , 5144,360,714 ; discounted
states bonds to secure circulation , $258-
498,950 ; storks , bonds and mortgages ,
exclusive of United States bonds , $81,827-
7(5 6 ; due from reserve agents , $140.7(57-
579 ; due from other national banks , 58-
526,615 ; exchanged for clearing house ,
595.536,911 ; gold and silver coin and
treasury certificates , 5156,387,696 ; legal
tender notes , 562.812.322 ; liabilities. 52-
573,844.751 ; capital stock pa'd in , $548.-
240,230 ; surplus fund. $157.249.190 ;
other undivided profits , $56,503.492 ; na "
tional bank notes outstanding. $228,677-
JjJ - ; individual deposits , $1,172.968,308 ;
due to other national banks , $218,395-
980 ; due to state banks and bankers , $90-
246,283.
FIGHTING IN MEXICO.
A special from Nogales , Ariz. , says : It
has just come to light here that the gover
nor of Sonora is implicated in a murder ,
which had for its motive political conse
quence. From reliable residents of this
town the following facts are learned : Some
weeks ago Prefect Torres , a cousin of Gov
ernor Toi res , of Sonora , Mexico , was killed
y revolutionists in Montezuma district.
The governor resolved upon some sort of
retaliation , and two weeks ago accompan
by Commandant Tories , a brother of
murdered man , with 150 state troops ,
started for the Montezuma district. At
town of Montezuma. they met the revo
lutionists , headed by Senor Villard. After
some parley Governor Torres pulled his
pistol , fired and killed Villard. Fierce
fighting ensued in which it is said fifteen
men were killed and several wounded. It
impossible to get the facts as to the ex
nu ber , but enough is known to war
rant the statement that a great deal ot
blood was shed. The fight occurred Tues
last.
COULDN'T PASS EACII OTHER.
ST. Loms , Oct. 29 About midnight Wed
nesday n sjlit a coL sion occurred between an
bound accommodation and a west bound
gbc on ihu Wabash railroad near Elwards-
Juccton aud about ten mLs east of
iif St. Lduis. They met on a curve and the
k rciuhed in great damans to the rolling in
stock. Ths enciue.TS and firemen saved
themselves by jump ny. T.ie express and
baggage car was telescoped and Win. Ballou ,
cagu and expressman , was crushed to
Jeatli by the coatents of the car fa ling on
. He nas 24 i ears of age and un narr.ud.
me
brakt-man on the freight wa * sev.rely bruis
by-bein kuocked from the tra n anJ struck
p'eces of broken cars. All knowledge of
wrock was kept from ttoe public until this
afternoon , when wrecked coaches of the pass- ago
anger train WVTC brought into the city for
a'rs.
HARPER'S YOUNQ PEOPLE. This illus
trated weekly publication maintains its
superiority ( for the youth of the country.
of well written stories , beautiful illus inf
trations , choice poetry and miscellany , it rec
once commends itself to the family fire
bers
. What it has been in the past it will ad
in the future the bosh child's publica
a s
in tle United States. Harper & sill
Brothers , publishers. New York. that
poi
HELPING THE WIDOWS.
Tlie convention of the International
Ci
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers held
New York adjourned after voting $86-
for distribution among widows and " °
orphans of eiujineeif. hurt
STAKES ALL HAPPY.
Travelthat Conduces to Ettfoymcnt A ,
Daughter's Ruse.
"C-a-n-t-i "
- - - -
"No , you 'can't I' You've been to the
theater once this week , and { hat's enough.
I've told you once that you could go no
more entreaties. "
"But , mamma , I wasn't asking again. I
was only 'spelling out * tho name of that
wonderful bridge over which we crossed the
Niagara river on our way east , on the Mich
igan Central railroad , last June. It's
called a canti lever bridge. "
"Well , I never ! There you are again at
your Michigan Central books. Seems to
me you'd have them bound in blue and
gilded ; you rend "em as if they were novels. "
'Yes , mamma , I do read them often , I
confess. And I confess , also , that I find
more pleasure between their covers than I
find in mqre pretentious volumes. They
recall so much pleasure so much that I
would delight to expedience again that I
really enjoy rending them. And papa's
pro m IHU that next summer we shall go over
tho Michigan Central route his favorite ,
as he calls it on our annual trip , adds
fresh interest to these practical souvenirs
of a good time. "
"Did your father say we shall go next
year by'way of Niagara Falls ? Well. I'm
glad of that. It beats nil how people
should carts to travel by any other route ,
when there is so much more to be had for
the money on the Michigan Central. "
"There isn't anything on this continent
that cansurpass the Niagara Fulls and St.
Lawrence liver Hcenery. i.s there , mother ? "
"Not to my liking ; and I have been over
this greivb country from end to end. criss
cross and every way. That g.and spectacle
from Falls View , and the scene from the
Cantilever bridge are ahead of anything in
the wav of natural scenery that I can re
call. By the way. I notice that all through
trains now go to Niagara falls instead of
by the old Welland and Erie route , giving
passengers the benefit of that delightful
ride along the east side of Niagara , river to
Buffalo. The scenery along the river is
beautiful ; it tupers off thegr.indeur of the
Falls itself , so that when the traveler
touches the outskirts of Buffalo the rough
ness of the surroundings of commerce and
manufacture do not offer a shocking con
trast. "
"Why , mamma , I didn't know you were
so obscr ing ; didn't dream that you so
greatlv enjoyed the natural scenery on tho
trip ? What do you think of tlie great
four-track rjmd , the-New York Central , by
which tho Michigan Central reaches New
York from Buffalo ? Isn't it si Stunner ? ' "
' 'You are ri ht , it is a 'stunner , ' and tho
Michigan Central is : i stunner from end to
end. Its parlor , dining , sleeping and day
coaches are new and neat , and the way
they go a-spinning over the rails gratifies
all desire for speed without causing undue
weariness. I wouldn't go east or come
west , by any other line if I could help it.
You se'e , the road and the ride are away
ahead of the others , and the scenery id
thrown in gratis.1
' Yes , mamma ; and I say the scenery ia
worth the entiie fare on the road , and tho
ride muht be said to be gratis. "
"Well , my dear , I am glad you are happy I
over your trip ; andlhopcyou will continue
so. Gotoi he theatre with George if you .
want to , and I'll wait for your father. "
Exit daughter , with "I thought therecol- '
lection of that delightful Michigan Central
trip would tune her up to the right key ! i
That road is a blessing ! " j
Travelers on the Michigan Central route
are the road's best advertisers. The bnauc
ties of its scenery are told in parlor and in
drawing room on the return of sight-seers ;
and business men loudly sound the road's .
praises for its speed and comforts. Hence
the large annual increase in traffic over the
Michigan Central the great through route
east and west. [ Evening Wisconsin ( Mil-
waukee ) . j
Ever since the Michigan Central railroad
was built it has boon a favorite with tho
traveling public , because its roadbed was
smooth , its cars elegant , and its service ad00
mirable , but since the road built a new
bridge across the Niagara , river below the
falls , and a station , called Falls View ,
right beside the horse shoe falls , everybody
wants to go that way. Many people canE'
not stop at Niagara Falls , from one train
to another , and they never could see
enouuh of the Falls from the old bridge to
amount to anything , but now , by the new
"Falls Route" of the Michigan Central ,
they can stand on a high bluff for ten min-
utes , right above the seething , boiling caulY
dron , and see more of the Falls in that
time than they could to gtop over for a
day. From "Falls View" station the Mich
igan Central gives its passengers the most
beautiful views to be seen on this earth ,
There may be more beautiful views on He
some other earth , but no railroad runs
Eca
there yet. [ Geo. W. Peck in Peck's Sun.
nai
SHAKEN UP AGAIN.
Charleston special : During the earth-
quake shock which occurred here to-day at
12:26 o'clock all of the public schools
were in session. At the most of tlie white . .
schools the scholars stood the shock pretty
ma
well , but at several of the colored schools
the
quite a panic took place. At the Bethel jej
Church colored school , during the rush that jja
was made for the door , three children were grc
thrown down and tramped upon , and a dui
little girl who jumped out the window was
seriously injured. In another of the col- on
ored schools several more of the scholars
ta-
were injured by falling plastering. None of
the injured , however , were f.itally hurt.
The disturbance to-day was very severe at he pej
Summerville and was sharply felt throughpoj
out the state. Late telegraphic advices ad
state that it was felt as far south as hi"
Savannah. At Savannah there was conh.T
Biderahle excitement , nnd one or two of pu1
the public schools narrowly escaped a Ha
panic. Iu this citv no serious damage u-as
reported beyond the cracking a few brick scr
walls and the tumbling down of a few we
chimneys. and
"
am
CLOSE CALL FOR CARLISLE.
ex
Louisville dispatch : The official count i &
the Sixth Kentucky district gives Cartor
lisle 2.401 ; Theobe. 1,633 ; Carlisle's ma- a
jority , 768. With reference to his comparOf
atively small majority Carlisle said tome
night : "If the vote against me last Tues-
day had been larger than the vote against je
heretofore some significance might be tbl
attached to it. Such , however , is not a Pr
fact. Two years ago my opponentreceived the
nearly twice as many votes as were cast in
agaiimt me Tuesday , and yet two yearsne
my majority was nearly 6,000. If it foi ne
had been generally supposed that opp si- jjt
tion to me really amounted to anything , I jj
think my majority at this election would fif
have been 6,000 or 7,000. 18
de
HONEYCO3IBED BY REPUBLICANS. er
MADRID , Nov. 4. Inquiries have elicited the _
information that three-fourths of the sergeants
ert
recently dismissed from the army were memue
of secret Republican societies. Zorllli5 > ts
a
admit i that the dismissal
of the sergeants was is
serious blow , but thexboast that there are
111 10,000 in the annv in their confidence and
they could at anv moment cau < e an imtin
portant garrison to declare for a republic. . wli
WHILE W. D. Chamberlain , of Mason
the
'
y , was returning'from a trip into tho OI1
country , his buegy , team and himself rolled
down u steep embankment. Mr. C. was not jje (
to any serious extent. xiid
tt ,
. THAT BIG EXPRESS RORHEltY.
St. Louis special : A special irtim Ne
vada , Mo. , says ; Frank James , ex-train
robber received tho following letter yester
day , containing four new bank bills :
Sr.JosuiMi , Oct. 31. To Frank James ,
Esq. Dear Sir : Plensearrepttlu' enclosed
as H memento of the late 'Frisco train rob
bery of October 25. Yours truly ,
JIM COMMINOS.
The enclosure consisted of four unsigned
national bank notes mado for tho Men
chants' and Planters' N.itioiml bank ol
Sherman , Mo. The notes were ono $20
and three $10 bills , the latter of which had
not been detached from each other. The
letter was written evidently in a disguised
hand , and was mailed fro n St. Joseph on
November 3. Manager Damsell. of tho ox-
press company , was sliuwn th < above dis
patch , and said that the detectives were
already following up the clow contained in
it , but he did not know whether the money
stolen October 25 contained that received
by Frank James yesterday or not. Ha
w'ould ascertain , however , as HOOII as pos
sible. He had two theories iu regard to the
affair : The real robber had sent the lettet
to turn suspicion upon James and pul
the detectives on tho wrong trail , or else
some over-zealous detective really tltought
Jim Cummiiiu'H and Frank James were one ,
and wanted to see what effect the rendition
of the letter and bank notes would have
upon him and what disposition ho would
make of them. The matter would bo fullj
investigated , and might lead to some inter *
esting developments.
ASKING FOT/IKItlXG HAM'S ARREST.
St. Louis di.upatch : Supt. Dam el of the
Adams express company , and Robert Pink-
erton , the detective , visited the grand jury
room in a mysterious manner just beforo
noon to-day. Nr. definite information re
garding the object of their visit can be ob
tained , but the inference is that they asked
the jury to indict Fotheriiighani. the mes
senger who was recently robbed , or re
quested the jury to ihsue bench warrants
for his arrest. Folheringham's mother
has arrived heie ami it is understood she
will take legal measures to procure the re
lease of her son from the custody of tho
express people ; and to pruvenl this it is
presumed tin-evpress officials took the ac
tion they did to dav.
SLAVERY IN CUBA.
Two Hundred. Tliousnml Hoiidmen
Freed , by a. IJoyal Decree.
Friends of humanity all over the world will
hear with interest , with pleasure , aud with
gratitude that the queen regent of Spain has
signed a decree freeing the slaves in Cuba
from the remainder of their term < f servitude.
The reform thus consummated by a graceful
and , let us add , womanly act of generosity
began more than fifteen years ago in the law
Oj Feb. 10 , 1S09 , which provided for he con
ditional \ \ libeiation ol certain classes of slaves
in Cuba and for the payment of re ompcnse to
the owners of the men aud women Irccd. In
1879 a bill was pat-sex ! by the coites forthe
gradual abolition of Cuban slarcrt. This law
at once liberated s-laves from , " > > \cars old and
uiivvard. ' Slave-1 from 50 to 53 were ml tree in
18SO ; from 45 to 50 in 1SS2 ; from-10 to 45 in
lbS4 , and from 35 to 40 in ISS . Tho inten
tion of the Jaw was to set free thos Irom 0
to 83 " vears old in 1SSS , and those uuder 30 in
1800.
,
The recompensing of owners has gone on
from the first , but .since 1SSO a sum of 103,000
piastres , has been set annually apart iu tbe
Cuban budget for defraying the.X . | > enses of
the emancipation , each owner receiving re
compense at the rate of 35 J piastres per
.slave. :
Xl'hat the abolition policy has been moderate-
Iy successful is fairly indicated by the statis
tics of emancipation. In the seven years be
tween 1S70 ana 1S77 the number of Vlaves In
Cuba was decreased bv 130 00. ) , but the popu
lation showed a falling oil in the same period
of 20.500. In December , 1S7S , Cuba still had
227 902 negro sl.ive .
We may conclude , therefore , that Queen
Christina has bestowed upou upward of 200-
000 slaves the rights and privileges of free
men , and the act is none the less magnani
mous because it has anticipated h.lour years
the emancipation in 1890 contemplated by the
cortes itself. Spain has long been ibo only
European ' state permitting the existence ot
lavury in its colonies : that , impatient of the
Mow T justifications of legslative enactment ,
-he lias at last rid herself of the re roach by
an act as noble as it was well timed oilers one
more promise of the new and vigorous life
which , seems to be returning to the later years
of her existence as a European state. JTeio
York Lerald.
Tlie Burr and Hamilton Uriel.
When Washington died , Hamilton saw that
there was little left for him tn public life.
had never taken up the implements of
scandal and intrigue to match his unscrumi-
Jou enemies , but he determined that the rem
nantof the Federal party should not be
used by Aaron Burr cither to be elected to the
Presidency or to become the Governor of the
State of New York. As badly as Jefferson
had . pursued Hamilton , the latter believed
that he was only an excited and suspicious
man , and not necessarily a wicked one , and
( Presidency was the gift of Il.unilton to
Jefferson. The Burrites first challenged
Hamilton's son and killed him on tbe dueling
ground. Next Burr drew Hamilton Into a
duel and shot him. The occasion of this duel
wa merely a half responsible pubiication by
one < Dr. Cbas. D. Cooper. This writing con
tained Hamilton's real op nion of Burr ,
though not what be had sail as to that
person , but Burr demanded not merely that
e deny the anthoritv , but the op nion. In
point o'f fact Hamilton believed that Burr was
despicable character , ando he was , as all
" suDsequcnt life proved. Bo h these men
having been revolutionary officers , and the
public opinion at that time sanction iirr duels ,
Hamilton bad toro to the fatal ground.
The incidents of the duel , though often de
scribed , are comparatively unimportant when
see the majestic mass of Hamilton's work
services. Ham Itou ma e his w 11 and ap
pointed the grandfather of George Pundleton
and the father of Hamilton Fih two of his
executor' ) . On Wedncsdav morninir , July 11 ,
1&04 , the parties met at 7 o'clock , ai.il Hamil
immediately fell with a fractured rib and
ball through the liver and the diaj.hriigm ,
and splintered it so far that the fimr'-r < uts > de
the vertebra could feel the p eees of bone
move. In great pain , and attend-d by the
same clergyman to whom he had brought a
letter from the West Indies thirty two years
before ] , Hamilton took the sacrament and died
thirty hours uft < : r the duel. He rece vud the
greatest luneral ever held , up to thit time. In
< United States. His old war horse , dressed
mourning , follow'ed his bier , mid on his
coffin were h a general's hat and sword. Burr
never received nnything else than contempt
the rest of his "life , though he filled for a
little ) while the otfii-e of Vice-President. Mrs.
Hamilton survived her husband more than
fifty | years. Burr lived to bi 81. and died In
6 , jbimned by everybody , and not even &
decent curiosity. Goth , in Cincinnati Enquir
A , wooden Idol , four feet high , fs being
erected at Middlebury , Connecticut , by a
wealthy farmer named Elisha Gcdney , who is
Second Adventist. He insists that the image
Daniel.
Th - French government at the request ol
G < nnan ambassador , liberated a Bavarian
ho had been arrested as a spy.
Atlanta ba < no saloon within her limits , bat
police picked no twenty-two drunken men
Saturday aua Sunday.
The French now occupying the New
iebridcs are erecting substantial buildings
constructing roails to the interior.