THE EVENING STAR UBLISHED DAILY, Except Suday, AT the stab BUILDINGS, ortbwsrt Conn Peaarylraaia At*, ud 11th St, by te Evening Star Hewspajxr Company, 8. h. HIT«JLN>, PrttfU Tits Immw 8ta> !» ¦erred to snfeafTfton In 3m tj 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, W asuinotov, August 30. 1S89. by sstisfsctory evidence presented to the d It has been made to appear that the Na- .. ital Bank of Washington. in the city of laahington. 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 of Washuurton. in the city of W aahmgton, in ) liutrict of Columbia, la suthorijed to commence . business of banking aa provided in section olttM of Revised Ststutes of the United Ststes. In testimony whereof witneaa my hand and aeal of IS -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 bank ithua. 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 TO announce 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 or He Free exhibition of psiutiUKa day and svening. se.'1-lm >UNI TED STATES VETERINARY HOS- PIT AU 414 3D ST. N. W. ^Telephone 1006. C. BARN WELL ROBINSON, el:ltn.th«a-lw Veterinary Surgeon. ,NtW STOCK CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS Now on hand. Other uew goods. One Price- No trouble to ahow goods. . ^ MUDDfMAN, 1206 F »t. and other securities. l-gmSgnXEV. J and delynln^^ D .^t^tbuildin^ fig EQUITABLE COOPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION. "EQUITABLE BUILDING," 1003 * 8T. * ASSETS tL044.781.37. Office hottrs. from U a. m. to 4 30 p. m. On the ftret Vedneaday is each moutu the office will be open from 16 to & o'clock i>. ul Advance* will be made promptly at 7 o'clock. Subscription* for shares to the 17th israe received ily at the office of the Association. Equitable Build- |lng, lOUl F at Shares 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't JNO. JOY EDSON. Sec'y. wy»l ,FREE HAND CRAYON PORTRAITS made 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-one years' experience. business quietly and legally trans¬ acted. _ sel .-tu,thha riVHt Y0UNO LADY WHO NOTICED GENTLEMAN X quite often at tjmi* ran. e meeting on Friday evening, August 30. and who sat In rear of her partner, another young lady, and who retired on tho entrance of two other young ladies on his left to the rear aeata to the right, would like very much to know her. Address W. W.. Star office. se!2-6t* UTHOKIZED PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY. Wllluuna A Co. Communications J romptly at- tended to and stnctly conAden Ual. Office open all hours. »1 »1LLXAMS. Mansgcr. >J JO F at. a.*. my4-5m* til VIL-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 PLAC4 where first-class Second-Hand Clothing can be sold at table prices Audiess or call at til U Dak K 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, commencing SEPTEMBER 10. we will sail yst LOWER THAN EVER. ¦0TH1NG TO BE TAEEN INTO THX NEW HOUSE. Old Store will be Open for Business until JANUARY L 1890. as it is the only remedy we have to get rid of tho IMMENSE STOCK gathered there, aa we will poaitively not take a DOLLAR'S WORTH OF OLD GOODS INTO 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 GRZEN FT >8 both Imported and Domestic.wo bavo tho Domeetlc in Tin and the Imported in Tin and in Glass The qaality of theee goods is all that one can deeire, being very sweet and natural in Savor and the prices are very rasenusbto mdosd. In tact, wo are offering a rtaniilsil bargain in the way at Fins French Pees la Olasa Ooads that usually sell at 46 to He., while oar price 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 J NO. 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' hall on WEDNESDAY, 18th instant, at 3 p.m. Br order. P. O'FARRELL, Poet Commander H. E. WEAVER, Adjutant 1* _ THK MEDICAL, DENTAL AND PHARMA- .O1 ceutlcal Department* of Howard University will open MONDAY, Sepleuiber 30. at 7 [i m. Prof. /. r.R. Dutour will deliver the opening address. The CJllc 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 river opposite 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 received from the St*la department at Washington which *l«ak* for itaelf. The wine* which carried off the Brat award of merit at the Melbourne exposition were from 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 Jury refused to allow our California wine* to Compete with 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 which adds another leaf to the laurel* trained by the Ingle* nook wine* for their excellence and purity We know that you will fully appreciate this honor, and we hoi"e that fins important announcement will aid you in pushing the Inglenook wine* to the position they so well 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 not the llrm of Alfred Greeuebaum & Co. received any award ot merit for their display of wines at the Mel¬ bourne exposition, and, in reply, to inform you that it appears from tbo list of awards granted to Ameri¬ can exhibitor* at the above exposition that the lirni of I A. Greenebiuro A Co. of San Fr-inciaco wan awarded the 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 fall rush by leaving the.r order* for Trousers aud Suits at once. You *.cure a better choice, too. Satisfaction or no sale. G WARFIELD SIMPSON, "Expert in Trou¬ pers," cor. 9th and u n.w. *eIB-lit MARCEL PELOUARD, FORMERLY OF the 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, ATTORNEY and Counsellor-at-law, has removed his Law Office* from Kellogg Building to the Adam* I Building, 1333 F *t. n.w. selO-Ot rT3r~FOR .SURE AND LARUE DIVIDENDS " VzS Subscribe for Stock in THE WASHINGTON Ulu ESTATE COMPANY. Orricic : "13 F street northwe*t CAPITAL, *300,000; SHARES, »«0 FACH Charter r«UM by the State of Virginia and U JBUYS, SELLS, IMPROVES AND EXCHANGES REAL ESTATE. i . OFFfci rs : JOHTf H. WAL'i ER, President. HARRISON M. BENNETT, Vice President. . W. MosBY WILLIAMS. Secretary JOHN RIDoUT. treasurer and Attorney. Uoakd or Dibectoks ; JOHN H. » ALTER, Presideut. AMNON BKHREND, I<r. H M. BENNETT OJO A. JOKDAN. JARED C. NICHOLS HP j»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 the ompany'* 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 at he 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 and aould 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. KIH LIS. jT-^i»JOHN C. WEIDMAN. BOOKBINDER. 420- C«s-511th»t. n.w. MatriiziueH buuiid iu nil price* Fine Binding a specialty. ONE HUNDRED IXlLLAltS REWARD r for the arrest and conviction of the party iorgUig 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-room Suite*from <2o. Walnut Bed-room .Suites from #40 Uair-ooth or Plush Parlor suite* from S3o. Ingrain Larpeta from 25c Bruaaela Carpet from 75c. All t>e .^ e and L,,J 1 re« ot Charge J-.aay weekly ymontWy pay menu taken and no note* required at 3ROGAN*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 apecialty is made ofPiumes Cleaned, Dyed aud Curled at short Notice. CkapMUx cleaned like new. se 13-2w* f^=»LADiEs re Turning from their *u*mer *oJourn should not by sewing on a tieavy machine cancel all the benefits of mountain airs md ocean toreeaea, but should exchange immediately for_a Wheeler k *ilaon HikIi Arm No. 9, which la too light 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. Ac Eaumites Given for Paiutiug. *e 14-8t* 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 to 7 p.m. Telephone 1173. sel2-lm k A CARD. ¦ 1 will be located at 12th and Maryland ave. a.w. until further notic*. Will be glad to see my trieud*. aud 1 respectfully ask all indebted to call and aettle their bill* at an early date, a* I wish to close up my lumber business. Respectfully, *el2-<st JAMES F. BARBOUR. 92.50 FOB PATENT DIXON CHIMNEY Cap 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. *29-1 m n.w. | .MEMBERS OF THK ROCHDALE CO- OPERATIVE SOCIETY desiring to avail tlieiuaelvea of the Coal contract of the Society should call immidiately at the house of the Secretary, 905 H street U.W., or uu some member of the Executive Com¬ mittee aud make the necessary arrangemeuta, the time being luiutod to September 17. bee that you ar* in po*session of the proper Trade Card. H sel0-7t J. W. HaRSHA, Secretary. riokdan7oii"n st71< wTgeneral contractor for all kind of pavements; brick, asphalt and artificial stons walks, and granolithic pavements, 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 at WeaM 70. >18-3m ,MRS. LA B1LLE. FORMERLY OF 1205 t at, has reopened her business at 1331 * rinout ave. ^ Dressmaking In all branchesi se7-2w* FRESH HAVANA AND KEY WEST SUGARS. 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 $30 FEB 1.000 AS 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 8 ATTORNEYS 7 AUCTION SALES. ...... ......... . ...... pages 6 and 8 BOARDING Paw 8 BUSINESS CHANCES P»*e 2 BICYCLES P»*8 2 CITY ITEMS « COUNTRY REAL ESTATE fW 8 COUNTBY BOARD PW 2 DEATHS ' DENTISTRY P»« 7 EDUCATIONAL. *»«. 3 EXCURSIONS mm *"*. 8 FAMILY SUPPLIES Pww 8 FINANCIAL - P««« 7 FOR RENT (Room) P®«» 2 FOR RENT (Stokes) P»»r» 2 FOR RENT (Houses) P»*e 3 FOB SALE (Bouses) P»<re 2 FOR RENT Pv?e 2 FOR 8ALE (Lots) Pw 8 FOR SALE (Miscellaneous) Pure 3 GENTLEMEN'S GOODS P»«« 8 HOTELS P«W® 2 HOUSEFURNISHINGS P»*» 6 LADIES' GOODS Pw 7 LOCAL MENTION ...P*tT« 8 LOST AND FOUND P»*8 2 MARRIAGES P**« 5 MIMICAL -P*<r8 0 MISCELLANEOUS PMf» & MONEY TO LOAN PW 8 NOTARIES PUBLIC 1W 8 OCEAN STEAMERS Pwn 7 POTOMAC RIVER BOATS . PwM 7 PIAN08 AND ORGANS Pa*8 8 PERSONAL Pstre 1 PRINTERS Pxre 7 PROFESSIONAL Ps*6 8 RAILROADS Pure 7 SPECIAL NOTICES Ps*9 1 SPECIALTIES Pwre 2 UNDERTAKERS PW 2 WANTED <Board) IW 2 WANTED (HELP) PWT9 3 WANTED (Houses) l'«*ra 2 WANTED (Lots) Pwe 2 WANTED (Situations)) .PstTO 2 WANTED (Miscellaneous).... Ps*e 2 WANTED (Rooms) P»« 2 The Star Out of Town. The Evening Stab will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired, at the rate of fifty cents per month, fcf Bui all such orders mutt be accompanied by the money, or the aper cannot be tent, at no accounts are kept 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; Second Lieut. 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 naval observatory 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 last Tuesday, was found yesterday morning off Thomas point, near Annapolis, Md. A Complimentary Dinneb wiis given in San Francisco last night to Hon. M. M. Estee, who will leave there today for Washington as a delegate 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 the brain 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 has been taking testimony in Boston during the past week, yesterday visited Cambridge, Water- town, Lexington and Concord. They dined at Concord, where they were guests of Judge E. It. and Samuel Hoar. They returned to Boston late in the afternoon. Tbansfebbed to Brooklyn..Wm. L. Cowan, who for the past thirty years has been master sail maker at the Washington navy yard, has been transferred to the Brooklyn navy yard to take charge of the sail loft there. Anotheb Indian Commission..The Secretary of the Interior yesterday appointed R. V. Belt assistant commissioner of Indian affairs; A. M. Tinker Indian inspector and G. W. Parker special Indian agent, a commission to negotiate with the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians of Dakota for the surrender of 789,000 acres of land. Tho Indians on the Sisseton reservation have already agreed to take lands in allotment in severalty, and 127,8»7 acres have been set aside for that purpose for their use and 1,417 acres of land have been reserved for church and other purposes. Expebt Railway Mail Clebks..The result of a special case examination of railway mail clerks connected with the fifth division, the headquarters of which are at Cincinnati, has been reported to Railway Mail Superintendent Bell. The report states that 111 clerks made an average higher than 99 per cent, while ten passed without an error. One clerk correctly distributed 2.098 cards indiscriminately ad¬ dressed to cost offices and distributing points covering the entire state of Illinois in about two hours. Another correctly distributed 1,869 cards in fifty-nine minutes. Patents have been issued to citizens of tho District as follows: Luther G. Billings, two patents.type writer cabinet and cabinet for type writers; Frederic P. Dewey, condensing fumes 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 that the land in Colorado occnpied by the ruins of the former residences of the "Cliff dwellers" be withdrawn from disposal until the historical value can be ascertained and steps be taken to Sreserve them from wrongful removal or estruction. American Machinery in Mexico..Minister Ryan transmits for the information of the State department statistics of the value of American machinery imported annually from the United States into Mexico, from 1880 to 1887, inclu¬ sive, which shows that the exportation* grew in value from #162,384 in 1880, to #4,000,000 in 1887. Refused to Review the Decision..The Secretary of the Interior has refused a motion for review of the department decision rendered December 27, 1888, revoking and setting aside approved 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, and Robt S. Jenkins at Zuni. Isle of Wight conuty, Va.: John W. Straw bridge at Horrisville, Har¬ ford county, Md. Pension Fraud#..The commissioner of pen¬ sions has been advised that James Dunn, Justice of the peace, who was indicted in Jnly last for making three false certificates and presenting false affidavits in the pension claim of Elisa¬ beth Tanner, has entered a general plea of guilty and was fined in the United States court at Springfield, I1L, in the sum of 910 and costs, the latter amounting to about #230. He has also been advised that Benjamin F. Been of Port Henry, N.Y., has been arrested and held to bail in the sum of 92,000 on a charge of vio¬ lating section 6485, R.8.U.S., in the pension claim of Sidney Knight Henry H. Jennings has been indicted in the southern district of Illinois (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 THE BULKS WILL PROBABLY REMAIN AS THXT OTHER CONQRE88MEN IN TOWN. There is quite an influx of Congressmen in the city today. Some are here to look out for their winter quarters and to get their children at school. Representative Brnum of Indiana is here to get his children at school and has taken a house for the winter. A Stab reporter asked 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 about and we will be very apt to make it interesting for them. I do not think they will do anything with the tariff." "How about the rules?" "They cannot change the rules so as to avoid the constitutional provision that a majority of all the votes shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, and with but one, or at best two, more than a quorum, all told, they cannot hope to have enough members present at any time to carry through any radical measure. Of course we shall not interfere with the organi¬ zation of the House, bat they cannot do any thing that oar party is determined they shall not do." Judge Kelly and Representative Hcistand of Pennsylvania and Representatives Snvder and Catchings are in the city also. Mr. Catchings is getting up his brief in the election contest brought against him. WHO WILL IT BE? Gen. Merrill Likely to be Appointed Commissioner of Pensions. While Gen. Warner will not say so in as many words it is pretty well understood that he has declined the pension commisaionership. At one time Gen. Warner had almost made up his mind to accept, but business matters inter¬ fered to a greater extent than he had thought they would. It became entirely impracticable for 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 he could not afford to accept the office. He is now insurance commissioner of Massachusetts and has business prospects before him that are bet¬ ter than the pension commissionership. Nevertheless it is expected tint the place has 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 the President and Secretary Noble would like him to take the place, lie is an ex-commander-in- chief of the Grand Army and is the chairman of 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 had no information whether Mr. Warner had ac¬ cepted the position of commissioner of pensions or 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 in respect to the two 3,000-ton cruisers authorized to be built by act of Congress. The department failed to secure * bid for constructing them within the limit of cost imposed by Congress. It was not possible to reduce the requirement as to speed and incresse the premiums, as had been done in the case of the 2,000-ton vessels, for the law had fixed these specifically. There was little hope of securing lower bids upon re- advertisement so that aside from awaiting the tardy action of Congress the alternative seemed to be to build the vessels in navy yards. It is this phase of the case that Secretary Tracy is considering, and should ho be able to satisfy himself that the work can be done in a reason¬ able time and at a moderate cost it is highly probable that he will decide to have it done at the navy yards. Upon the first point it may he stated that while the eastern ship building navy yards are now crowded with work, Naval Con¬ structor Hichborn is prepared to recommend that the Mare Island yard be given an oppor¬ tunity to show what it can do in the wav of building a modern man of war. Acting under the authority conferred by Congress the con¬ struction bureau has been actively increasing the plant at that yard. Machine tools of the latest type are being delivered rapidly, and the acting chief constructor believes that within two months the yard will be able to undertake successfully the construction of at least one of the nineteen-knot cruisers. THE CASE OF CAPT. ARMES. Revoeatton of the Order for Inquiry Into 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 of army 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 original order bad been suspended and that the board would not assemble. Although this latter order has a temporary tinge it is a practical revocation and the chances are that Capt. Armes will never be tried by an army board as to his sanity. This action by the department rather surprised people, but it is probably the most sensible thing that could be done under the circumstances. THE UNKNOWN COMPLAISANT. The first order was issued on the complaint of a party whose name the department was determined to keep a secret, instructions being given to the board to this effect. This would have necessitated a degree of secrecy that would seriously embarrass the board in its in¬ vestigations and probably lead to no results. It would have been extremely difficult for tho medical men to pasB judgment on the case, and there would l>e much adverse criticism of the action of the department. THERE ABE MANY PRECEDENTS for such actions, however, for many sn officer, both active and retired, have been examined for sanity and incarcerated in an asylum when its lack was discovered. The original order was not at all extraordinary, but when the authorities came to review the case, consider¬ ing the existence of courts of law near at hand, they concluded that it were better to stop their proceeding, especially as they had received an intimation from the complainant that he preferred to have recourse to the BETTER, SURER AND KOBE REOULAB METHOD of determining Capt. Armes'mental condition. a legal court. Where such emergencies arise at frontier, away from civilization aud courts, such summary means as medical boards are necessary when suspicion is entertained M to an officer's sanity, but where there are no such obstacles it is always better to leave the matter in the hands of the civil authorities. That is the principle upon which the order was re¬ voked. Capt. Armes is acting very shrewdly in this matter and is undoubtedly advised by wise men. He was fully prepared to meet the med¬ ical officers this morning and had a number of friends ready to accompany him to the museum to give their evidence. He threatens to bring suit against Gen. Schofleld, who, as acting Sec¬ retary of War, issued the order convening the board to examine into his mental state. Tax Senate Committer now investigating the question of reclaiming the arid lands west by means of establishing reservoirs for irriga¬ tion purposes held a meeting in Denver, CoL. yesterday. Testimony taken was to the effect that the entire eastern portion of the stats oould be irrigated by the reservoir ijntcai and hundreds of thousands of acres of laaid that are now 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 State Ticket. GEKESAI GOSSIP FBOK EUROPE. Earthquake Shocks in California. CHOLERA SPREADING IN PERSIA. Louisiana's Duplicated Bonds. THOSE LOUISIANA BONDS. Condemned But Carried Alone as Part of 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 registered in the auditor's office belong to them. The ques¬ tion why the discovery of the payment of these invalid coupons was not discovered sooner isex- f lained by the fact that up to the time Treasurer ipes came into office the coupons of state bonds paid by the fiscal agent were turned over to the treasurer, as at the present, but were re¬ tained by him and not sent to the auditor's office at all The consequence was that he was charged with their value. They accumulated there UNTIL THF.T EXCEEDED *2,500,000 IX AMOCNT, and were only counted and destroyed during the last session of the general assembly, when Ma], Burke's accounts were settled, credit given him for this amount and the coupons burned. 8ince Capt. Pipes has been in office the system has been changed and the coupons are sent to the auditor's office for registration as soon as they are received. It is highly credita- Jh *° Au<^tor Steele's management of the office that the discovery was made iust as soon as the limited clerical force at his command permitted him to undertake the registry of the coupons. The seminarv and agricultural and mechanical college bonds, though condemned and ordered destroyed, have never been deducted from the statement of the bonded indebtedness of the ** wor*ky of note that in calculating the interest paid on the state debt up to the time of Treasurer Burke's settlement with the state, it is necessary to include the condemned bonds in the state's debt in order to make the interest 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 PAID on the condemned seminary and agricultural and mechanical college bonds since 1880 the sum lost to the state would scarcely exceed $65,000 or $70,000. It is likely, however, that innocent third persons will have a valid title to the bonds if they have been sold in the market for the reason that the article of the constitution declaring them null and void gives no indication of their identity by number or 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 been stopped. NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS. They Assemble Today to Nominate State Officers. Then ton, N. J., 8ept. 17.-The delegates to the republican state convention were astir early this morning, and by 10 o'clock the vicinity of the leading hotels was made lively by the music of several bands. The Grubb men are still full of confidence and declare that the situation today since the arrival of all the delegates, is more favorable even than last night, when a number of delegations were absent. Magowan and Kean are still in the fight with understand¬ ing that whichever develops the greater strenKth in the convention will receive the other's support against Grubb. The platform is now nearly complete. The interesting point is the plank on the liquor question which the committee have decided to pledge the convention to stand by the record of last legislature and national plat¬ form, which means practically, without so saying, a declaration in favor of local option. the convention assembles. Shortly after 12 o'clock today the republican state convention met in the Taylor opera house. On the platform were Gen. E. Burd Grubb, ex-Congressman Halsey, Con¬ gressman Kean, Rer. Dr. Uanlon, president of Pennington seminary; Rev. Messrs.Wright and Studdiford, 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 offered a prayer. After the reading of the call for the convention Joseph H. Gaskell of Burlington who had been substituted for the state commit^ tee's first choice, was chosen temporary chair¬ man. John I. Blair of Warren and Peter Ryle of 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 the party, and was applauded for a refer¬ ence to the necessity for protecting American ineustries. "Lincoln," he said "raised the slaves from servitude, while Har¬ rison represented the principle to raise Ameri¬ can workmen from an almost equal servitude today. As to the liquor question, republicans had 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 a storm, each faction cheering lustily for its own candidate. Finally the applause gave way th opposing hisses, and when quiet was restored a punster in the gallery yelled: "What would we do without Grubb?" After the election of temporary secretaries the roll was called, which showed that all the counties were fully represented. Each count? then named its choice for vice presidents and the usual committees. The committees got to work and a recess was taken till 2 o'clock. To Hunt a Murderer With Blood Hounds Hopkinsville, Kt., Sept 17..The excite¬ ment over the killing of Conductor Lemon by Wm. Brame of this city continues, as Brame has been seen by reliable parties near hers in the past forty-eight hours. Those who are most determined in the efforts to catch him Sesterday received s pair of blood hounds from ashville 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 congressional party, consisting of Members of Congress £Uen 0f Baoon ot Vork. Springer of Illinois, Mansur of Missouri and Perkins and Peters of Kansas, were tendered a public reception yesterday afternoon, during which the citizens informed them of the congressional legislation desired to benefit the territory. Speeches were made by all the Con¬ gressmen. Mr. Springer was given an oration when he roee to speak. The Congressmen left last night for Oklahoma City. m A Famine la MoMeMgn. VraxA, Sept 17..It is now stated AUSTRALIAN AUTONOMY. A Measure Which is of Considerable In¬ terest to Amerlc London, Sept 17..A bill which is of interest to Americans is the western Australia, which the government will reintroduce next session. The purpose of thin bill is to grant to western Australia the same measure of home rale as is enjoyed by the rest of the colonies. The gov¬ ernment proposed the bill last . session, and then becoming alarmed at the discovery made by some wise tory that the measure, if passed, would hand over a territory about the size of France and Spain put together to a population of a few thousand, retreated under the plea of pressure of business. The government, how¬ ever, have made more or less binding bargains with the Australians, who are heart and soul for autonomy, and the measure is bound to be debated when parliament meets again. ONE SECRET or THE -IFFA.I*, and what in some measure renders the success of the bill of interest to America, is the fear of England that the western Australians once in sole possession of this large country would use their power to exclude immigration and thus cut on one of England's means (one largely used) of ridding herself of her obnoxious pop¬ ulation. With America closed on the one hand and Australia on the other, two large doors will have been shut to the outpouring masses for 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 Victor of Wales to India and what effect a royal visit will have upon the queen's subjects there. They have been rather neglected of late and the presence of the young man is expectcd not to inspire them with any amount of loyalty. The Srince is expected to arrive at Bombay on ovembiir 9. He will go direct to Poonah and will visit Hyderabad, Travancore, Mysore and Bangalore. NEWS FROM THE COAST. Probable Fate of the Captain of an Abandoned Vessel. Norfolk, Ya., Sept. 17..It is thought that the schooner passed off Chinoo League Sunday, 8th instant, on her beam ends, water-logged and abandoned, and reported here by the schooner Oarrett P. Wright, is the schooner Gaston T. Hubbard, Captain Insley, which sailed from this port the 4th instant for New York with a cargo of pine wood, as nothing has been heard of that vessel since her departure. A dispatch from Hog Island, Northampton county, says: ''On Friday afternoon last an islander found the body of a man on the beach in an advanced state of decomposition. A few bills made out to the schoouer Gaston T. Hub¬ bard, a pilot license to the same vessel, a pawn ticket issued to Mrs. Insley for a watch pledged for $4. a pair of spectacles, a rule and three 11 bills were found upon the body, which, from these circumstances, is thought to have been that of Capt George Insley of the schooner Hubbard. Capt J. E. Johnson of the life-sav¬ ing servica took charge of the remains and holds the papers, money, Ac., for those to whom they belong. The body was buried necessarily near the spot where it was found in the best manner practicable." An Earthquake Shock in California. Santa Ass a, Cal.. Sept 17..A perceptible shock of earthquake was felt here yesterday afternoon. A Swimming Contest. Fresno, Cal., Sept 17..E. C. Pinkham of Stockton, Cal,, defeated Albert Sundstrom of New York in a 100 yard swimming contest at Palace baths here last night The match was for £250 and the gate receipts. Pinkham's time was one minute and six seconds, which is said to be the fastest ever made in America. A Convict's Assault Upon a Sheriff Bcrlinoton, Iowa, Sept 17..Deputy Sheriff Tate, upon entering a cell in the Fremout county prison at Sidney, Iowa, yesterday, was jumped on and nearly pounded to death with a chair leg by a convict named Haynes. The convict secured Tate's revolver and would have shot the officer desd but for the intervention of another prisoner. Havues was in the act of unlocking the prison door and escaping, when other prisoners, hearing the noise, rushed upon him and overpowered him. Tate's condition is critical and should he die there is such ex¬ citement that Havnes may meet death by lynch- 1Dg' . 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 and Northwestern track from Council Bluffs to Mis¬ souri valley, and between Crescent and Stoney creek 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 no train could have passed over In safety. The next tram due was the limited passenger, and he resolved to avert a terriblt wreck if possi¬ ble. He ran to Honey creek, 3 miles, anatried to raise the operator, who was not at his post He then aroused the section, and they took the hand car and went to the broken rail, arriving there just in time to flag the limited and stop it within a few feet of almost certain destruction. . ? Frost in Michigan. Holland, Mich., Sept 17..The hot weather of last week, with the mercury registering from 85 to 92 degrees, was followed by a cold snap so that a frost was observed vesterday morning, the first of the season. Late corn needs one week more warm weather. Prize Fighters Arrested. 8t. Louis, Sept 17..Tom Allen, ex-champion pngilist of the world; Tom Kelly, Dan Daly, Ed Kelly, Artie Flint and Charlie Daly, who took part in the Daly-Kelly prize fight in Lincoln county, Mo., two years ago, the longest prize fight of its class on record, have been arrested and were taken yesterday to Troy, Mo., for triaL 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 and then taking a weapon he first disabled his enemy, sfter which he gouged out his eyes. The Mexican was fonnd yesterday in a pitiable plight, the screw worms having already begun to work in his wounds. He will not'die, but will 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 Missionary Duncan and 1,800 Indians had been driven across the border into the United States by government 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 was informed of what wsf taking place. He se¬ cretly took McCully oat of a rear window and boarded the train for Chester. The lynchers heard of the escape just as the Chester train palled oat sad rushed to the depot, bat were loo late. McCully will be bald at'Chester until his trial takes plaoe. Murdered and Bobbed. Asslakd, Kt., Sept 17..News White's creek, fifteen stiles from hers, on Baady river, of the death of Mrs. Canter, a widow. She recently drew s psasina sad wsat to barf for her money, sooompeaied by a etor 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, oom posed of board of tmlr n«s ud cilUfM, **. he'd *' the PkUc house tost night to kto action for the purpose of calling . convention of representatives at St Joseph to give publio expression to the demand of the west to secure WOfV . fair for ona of the weetern trade center, aa against the east The lengthy reeo- ution was adopted and arrang«a.sat* made to hare them printed and distributed. The 0*11 con]r'nUonPres»>nl* arguments in favor of holding the world a fair at aome ona of the trade center* weat of the Allegany mountain*. It calla attention to the fe£ JfJ ®' .tb® «»*** agricultural are* that would be traversed by the visitors. who if the fair ia held in the eaat. would barelv penetrate the outer edge of the republic and would gain little knowledge of the country and ita 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 of all tne railroad* of the east and aouth in 1WM waa leaa than 47,000 mile*, while in the weat there waa nearly *0,000 milea of railroad completed and in operation. Thia afford* ample accommodation to the traveller*. The weatern road* need the great beneflta which would be conferred upon tnem. aaya the reeolutiona, by having the expostuou at aome point easy of acceas to the million* who patronize them and alao to the people of the seaboard states. The weat should not always be compelled to Journey to the Mat, *ay* the reeolutiona. Let the eaat oome to the weat 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 foe October 2. Chicago haa already signified ita intention of sending a atrong delegation and it ia expected that St. Louis and other weatern cities will be heard from aa aoon as the work¬ ing committees there are informed. ELECTRICAL EXECUTION'S. A British Electrician Claim* there It M 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 of the post office department said that th« act recently passed by the New York legislature, providing for tne execution of condemned murderers bv electricity. would hav« to be rescinded. He claimed that it was impossible to get a curreut of sufficient intensity to kill a man with certainty. He had experimented with 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* taking shock* and at the time *upposed to have been killed, but were afterward quite well. He said that the sensational reports published in the newspaper* about people being killed by shock* 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's alliance in this portion of the cotton belt of Alabama are aiding to break down the Jute tru*t, which i* being antagonized in every part of the state by the introduction of cotton bsg- &ing as a substitute for baling the cotton. The itter system is a new one, and the farmers are unable as yet to prepare the material on account of the failure of the factories to supply the de¬ mand. Increased facilities are being rapidly adopted for turning it out, and before long cot¬ ton bagging will entirely supplant the Jute, notwithstanding that a loss of 50 cents or 91 per bale ia sustained by those who use cotton I agging. lu some section* pine strsw is being woven into bagging, which is said to be much superior to Jute. It i* not inflammable and will Erotect cotton better thau any covering yet rought into use. Three Men Killed. An.Ok., Sept. 17..About four miles from here at midnight the central north bound passenger 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 to spreading 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 here from Yalta on board a Bassian gunboat. She was 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 occurred late*last evening on the Evanaville and Terre Haute railroad near Patoka. The south bound freight train No. 53. heavily loaded, was pre¬ cipitated into Patoka nver, the bridge over that stream giving way under the weight of the train. The e ngine aud four car* passed safely over, but the remainder of the train plunged through the J awning gap in the track. The cars piled one upon the other, many being crushed into a shapeless mass. No lives hsve been reported lost, although several trainmen are known to hsve gone down in the wreck. A wrecking 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 name of Charles M. luce, auditor and general freight and passenger agent of the road, a young man who ha* worked up from an inferior position and in whom unlimited confidence had been placed. Yesterday morning, realizing that the change contemplated would result in the elec¬ tion of another auditor and the exposure of his books. Kice confessed to a defalcation of 98.000. Rice gives no explanation of hi* conduct only admitting he needed the money and took it, expecting to return it in the future. He ha* a wife and one child, and is not extravagant is his habits. Eearful Fatality from Diphtheria. Boose, Iowa, Sept 17..A fearful fatality was reported yesterday m the family of John ZinthaL There were ten children and all left in a wagon for Milwaukee about September L They were ten days on the road and on arriv- 3 in Milwaukee nine of the children were en with diphtheria, aix dying within sis day a 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, the board appointed to investigate and report upon the plans of the battle ship Texas, reported for duty at the navy yard yesterday and started to work. They say the length of the ship will not be altered or the lines be altered, but the coal-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 dock arrived 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 for Lynn, witn coal, arrived this morning. From the 8th to the 14th she toy insid* the Delaware breakwater held by the violenoe of the gale. Monday started her engines and wns barely able to prevent going ashore with anchors dragging violently. Whils there saw nearly thirty vessels blown ashore and from thirty- five to forty lives lost Roughest experience for 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 the morning and as they did not return at night n search was made yesterday resulting in the finding of the bodies In Wolf river. Krohn leaves s wife and eight children and Smith a wife and two children. The Dutch Partlameat Opened. Tax Haoux, Sept 17..The Dutch parti wus opened today. The *-*.* the ssssiou alluded to th_ «oo of the jubilee of his reto^nad^M it tlfied to the bond of frunMi* " end the people.