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The News and Observe, VOL. XXXIX. NO. 18. TTKHE tU&efflfiESTr ©DIBCBMLftTITOKI ODF AW ©AiKiDtLORSA OMDOJif. OUR NEUTRALITY LAWS SP ANISH XBW SPA PI.HS CLAIM THAT THEY ARE BEING VIOLATED. THE GOVERNMENT IS CENSURED The News That the Insurgent* Were Allowed to Hold a Meeting in This Country With the Cuban Flag Flying Alongside the Star« tad Stripes Caused These I ufavoiable Coni* in puts—Cuba to he Blockaded and 10,000 Hermits Sent From Spain. Madrid, Aug. 23.—1a regard to the news that Estrada a'd other Cuban ui surgent leaders are allowed to hold a meeting in a Forester hail " v ith the fl j g of the Cuban Republic flying alongside the stars arid stripes, caiuminating Spain, her army and Cuba, collecting money and recruiting men for rebellion," as announced in a dispatch received here, the Imparcial, says: “The government of America and its representatives may think as they like of this mode ot understanding that neu trality to which they are bound; but out side of them there is no man who sup ports fair play who will not censure the conduct of the government of the United States. If they continue to authorize such meetings in which Spain and her army are insulted and funds collected for expeditions against us, our course is clear and Europe shall be made ac quainted with how the United States un derstand their international obligations. Deeds and not words, acts and not prom ises, are what we want. Let us sacrifice everything rather than the honor of our country. Let us reach the most extreme disasters, if such is our lot, but let us not either be deceived or degraded by any weakness.” The semi official E3 National, says that the government has decided to dispatch one hundred thousand men and all the ships necessary to blockade the Island of Cuba and crush the rebellion during the first months of 1896. Gefi. Salcedo has arrived at Corunna. He states that it is only a que,stion of time and weather when Capt. Mart'nez Campos will “sweep the rebels into the 3ea.” Many Persons Sentenced to Death. Havana, Aug. 23.--Maximo Gomez, the insurgent leader, it is stated, has issued a proclamation sentencing a num ber of well known persons to death. THE BANK NOTE BOYCOTT. Knights ot Labor Will Try to Put it Into Effect After September 2. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 23 —H. B. Martin, of the Executive Board of the Knights of Labor, who has just returned from the East, declares the Knights are dead in earnest as to the boycott of the National bank note urged by General Master Sovereign, and that the boycott will be put into effect after Labor Day, September 2. "After that date,” said he, “all Knights, their friends, farmers’ organi zations, Populists and money reformers generally, are requested to refuse to take bank notes for any obligation due them. We expect active support from the silver men who recognize in the banks the bit terest enemies to the white metal. Many labor organizations have already given notice to their employers that they desire to be paid off in legal* tender money and not in bank notes and many employers will co operate with us. We shall put the bankers on the defensive, arouse public sentiment against banks of issuc and ultimately wipe out the malign in fluence of the banks on our currency system. “It must be remembered that bank notes are not legal tender and no man can be forced to take them By the time Congress is in session next December, we expect the boycott to be in full swing and to have a good effect on legislation.” Thinks it the Sheerest Nonsense. Chicago, 111., Aug. 23 - George W. Howard, ex-Vice President of the Amer ican Railway Union, who was sent to jail by Judge Woods for contempt of court, was released to day. He came di rectly to the city. Regarding the future of the American Railway Union, he said: “The A R. U. is a thing of the past. The effort to re organize it, I am sure, will never succeed. In regard to the order of Master Workman Sovereign, of the K nights of Labor, which requests laboring men to refuse bank notes in payment of obligations, I think, it is the sheerest nonsense—the worst kind of bombast and ninety per cent of the work ing people of America will look upon it in this light. The people need money in any shape 1 , and I predict that the order will be ignored ” A Negro Rapist Hanged Richmond, Va., Aug. 23.— The negro Harris who was recently charged with an attempt to commit a criminal assault upon a six-year old white child, in King and Q ieeu county, and sentenced to be hanged, was executed to day in private. A unique feature of the case was that the child was the daughter of the jailer of the county who made the arrest and on the way to the jail protected the prisoner from a mob of would be lynchers The prisoner confessed his crime. A Train Bobber Caught. North Pi.atte, Neb., Aug. 23- Geo. W, Ostrander, a Lincoln county farmer, has been arrested for complicity in the Union Pacific hold-up near Brady’s Island, and has been fully identified by the engineer of the train. WHO It ILL WIN THE FUTURITY? No One Hors > is Looked Upon as Cer tain oil he Rich Prize. New York, Aug. 23. —Should the pre j sent favorable weather continue, the | greatest of all Futurity contests will be : decided at the Sheepshead Bay Race I Track to m irrow. It will be a battle be tween the best two year-old colts and fillies in this country. While turfmen consider it a great honor to own a horse th;o has won a futurity, the $7,000 that go« s w ith it is a more substantial and desirable possession. contrary to precedent, no one horse is locked upon by experts as having an t vershadowing chance of capturing the rich prize. Iu former years, favorites in the betting have won the prize. Last year it went to Gideon and Daly’s beau tiful filly Butterfly; iu 1893 the black Whirlwind Domino secured the event for Messrs. J. R. Rnd F. P. Keene, and so on down the list comes Morello, His Highness and Potomac, all speedy Futu riiv winners and nearly all were her alded as winners long before the events were decided. It is diffc rent this year. The crop of two year olds are, as a lot, better class than ever before. Ibis year stakes have been divided among the different stabhs and cue after another the youngsters have had to see themselves beaten by a colt they have previously won from and apparently from no good reason. Each week of the racing season during the spring pioduced a likely Futurity winner and therefore their number has be<n multiplied, until it is larger than ever before. To morrow two or three will start a 1 about equal favorites in the betting, with possibly a slight difference in favor of Hastings. The reason for this possible favoritism of Hastings, is the fact that he has defeated Phil Dwyer’s Hand spring in one of the fastest races of the year. When he was bought by August Bel mont for $37,000, he was thought to be the only colt which was dangerous for Handspring. The latter is a likely second choice, although be ought really to be the favorite. P. J. Dwyer has another candidate in his fast filly Axiom. She will be a hard one to beat if they get away promptly. She has fully as much speed as Hastings, and, with a prompt start, will be able to make him extend himself as he never did before to keep the lead. Requital should be up in the first lot. He has shown his ability in work and his last race was won very easily from Crescendo. Since then Requital has been worked and has shown his owner that he is going to be a hard colt to beat. In the early spring Hazlet was speedy, but he has not done so well since. Applegate was expected to be one of the favorites, but he did so badly in bis work yesterday that his owner said it was doubtful if he started. THE DURRANT MURDER CASE. The Defense Will Make a Vigorous Attack Upon the Police. San Francisco, Gala., Aug. 23.—The prosecution in the Durrant case, are in fresh trouble over the business connec tions of juror Nathan Crocker, who owns a rock quarry, and has been endeavor ing to induce the Board of Supervisors to use material for concrete work from his quarry. Attorney Dickinson, of Durrant’s counsel, is also attorney for the majority in the Board of Supervisors, and the prosecution fears this will de tract from Crocker’s usefulness as a ju ror. Durrant will probably l>e a witness in his own behalf, this determination hav ing been reached on account of Mrs. Leake’s claiming to have seen Dur rant and Blanche enter the church together the day Blanche disappeared. It is believed at least six persons will corroborate Dur rant’s alibi statement. The defense will make a vigorous attack on the police, and seek to show that they had treated Durrant unfairly. Newspaper men’s unreliability will also be alleged. No progress was made to-day in the trial. The case will be resumed on Monday. HE WAS TIRED OF LIFE. A Prominent Mason ami Business Man in Virginia Suicides. Alexandria, Va., Aug. 23.- Frank A. Reed, a prominent citizen of Alexan dria, shot and killed himself at his home here to-day. He was about sixty years old and was president of the Alexandria Board of Trade, Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Virginia, Vice Pres ident of the Washington, Alexandria aud Mount Vernon Electric Railway, and a member of the Washington Board of Trade. Mr. iieed bad been despondent for some time over business and personal affairs, and his worry is supposed to have caused temporary insanity. Shot Herself iu lied. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28.—Mrs. Ella Bloomfield, aged 21 years, shot and in stantly killed herself this morning. Her husbaud, Samuel Bloomfield, was awak ened at 7:30 a. m., by the report of a pistol. He found his wife lying dead be side him with a bullet hole over her right eye. Her hand rested on the handle of a revolver which Bloomfield had plac ed under his pillow. He thinks the shoot ing was accidental. The Bloomfields came oue year ago from Elgin, 111. Two Convicts Killed. Weldon, N. 0., Ang. 23. While the convicts otj the State farm, in North ampton county, were being taken to the dykts on the Roanoke river, this evon ii g, three attempted to escape; two, colored, killed. The third escaped. RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY. AUGUST 24. 1895. A ROAD PARLIAMENT THOSE INTERESTED IN GOOD ROADS INVITED TO MEET IN ATLANTA. DURING THE COTTON EXPOSITION The Meeting Will be Held in the Hall of the House of Representatives on the 17th, 18th and 19th of Next Oc tober—Delegates at Large to be Ap pointed by the Governors of the Vari ous States—Object of Meeting to Dis cuss Methods and Compare Results. Washington, D. C., Aug. 23.—The following statement was given out at the Agricultural Department to-day: The Secretary of Agriculture is charged by Act of Congress to collect and disseminate information concerning the public roads. To this and all legally authorized organizations of officials and of private individuals who have given special attention to this subject, are hereby notified that they are cordially invited by the Governor and General Assembly of the State of Georgia, the Mayor and Council of the City of Atlanta, the authorities of the Cotton States and International Exposi tion, and the various local commercial military and social organizations, to gether with the National road confer ence and the National league for good roads, to the assembling of a ‘ road par liament,” to be held in the hall of the House of Representatives at Atlanta on the 17th, 18th and 19rh of October, 1895. The invitation is urged upon ad State highway commissioners, State and local road investment associations, and upon commercial bodies and boards of trade and transportation, agricultural socie ties, and farmers organizations, univer sities, agricultural colleges and engin eering schools, societies of civil engin eers, humane societies, (he league of American Wheelmen, and c oinage and bicycle builders’ associations, aa-I ail other organizations or individuals espe eially concerned or experienced in the improvement of highways are likewise cordially solicited to be iu attendance or represented. It has been suggested that delegates at large may be appointed by tiie Gov ernors of States, and asked to participate and report directly to the Governor of each Commonwealth the results of the meeting. Real progress in road improvement is observed by the Department of Agricnl ture since the organization of the office of Rvftd Inquiry-. The Importance of. general exchange of views among those concerned in road legislation and con struction throughout the United States, cannot be over estimated. A majority ot the States of the Union have recently adopted new systems of road legislation. Many of them are ac tively engaged in road construction under new methods. A comparison of methods and results will prove of the utmost value to the people. Government Crop Report. Washington, D. 0., Aug. 23.— The Chief of the Division of Statistics of the Agricultural Department declares that there has been no dispatch of any kind whatsoever since August 10, relating to crops and their condition, authorized by anyone connected with that division. Thus is re affirmed and verified by the Secretary. The above statement is given out in contradiction of the rumor that since the issue of the crop report on the 1 Oth of the month, the Department of Agri culture has increased its estimate of the winter wheat crop one-half bushel per acre, which would aggregate for the eu tire country nearly 11,000,000 bushels. The published estimate is still adhered to aud no intimation of any change in the original figures have been given out. THE DEFENDER ALL RIGHT. President Herrshoff Says the Boat is as Sound as a Dollar. Bristol, R. 1., Aug. 23. —The many rumors and reports which have been printed and circulated by other means io many quarters during the past few days regarding the condition of the yacht Defender, were answered this afternoon by a positive statement made to an Associated Press representative by President John B. Herrshoff, of the Hershoff Manufacturing Company, in which he not only denied emphatically that there was any truth in thse reports, but declared that the boat had more than met the highest expectations of her builders. The several recent accidents which have happened to the Defender, in cluding the fact that she has been aground twice, since the uncertain acci dent at the time of her launching aud her withdrawal last Tuesday, from the race with the Gould boat, have led many people to believe that the designers and ! builders were sadly disappointed at the i outcome of their labors. Although the flerrshoffs and members of the syndi cate have been fully cognizant of public : opinion, they have strenuously declined to make any denial of weight until to day. “There is nothing the matter with the Defender and never has been any serious trouble with her,” said Mr. Herrshoff. “The boat was as sound as a dollar when taken off of the ways by the right arm aud is just as sound to day. Tho re ports that her hull has been wrenched either on the ways, or in running aground or in any of the trial spins or races, are unqualifiedly without founda tion.” ' THE VOLUME SHRINKS AND IHE SHRINKAGE IN BUSI NESS IS RATHER LARGER THAN USUAL. BUT FALL PROSPECTS ARE GOOD Much Depends on the Crops and the Outcome is Not Yet Clear-General Trade Iu the South is Waiting Until the Cotton Resins to Move—The Enormous Corn Crop in the Central and Western States is Beginning to Exercise a Favorable Influence. New York, Aug 23.—R. G. Dun A Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade, which issues to morrow, will say : “The volume of business shrinks, as is natural in August, and the shrinkage seems rather larger than usual because transactions in July were somewhat in flated for that month. Some industries are doing more than ever before and the prospect for fall trade is good in others, although much depends on the crops, and the outcome is less clear than speculators on either side are disposed to admit. Industrial troubles have not entirely ceased, but during the past week have become much less threatening. The price of wheat has fallen 33 4 cents during the week, recovering a frac tion on Thursday, in spite of all efforts to hold back supplies from farms and to encourage buying. Wheat ought to go abroad freely at present prices, but At lantic exports, flour included, have been only 1,352,602 bushels for the week, against 2,< 91,764 last year, and for four weeks only 4,348,682 bushels against 10,937,447 last year. Cotton has advanced a fraction to 7.75 cents without any definite change in crop prospects and as usual the immense volume of stocks carried over, in mills aud commercial hands here and abroad, about 3,000,000 bales American, is by most traders not appreciated. In cotton goods the demand ia rather more active as the price of the raw ma terial advances, but otherwise the busi ness has not materially changed, and the quotation for print cloths is a shade lower this week. Sales of wool are again smaller than in 1892. Failures for the week have been 222 iu the United States, against 234 last year, and 43 in Canada against 33 last year. Bradstreet’s Weekly Review. New York, Ang. 23.—Bradstreet’s to morrow will say: The volume of general trade through . ,■ the east, south, sonth west and on the Pacific Coast is no larger in volume. In fact, at several south ern and eastern centers rather more of quiet is reported than a week ago. At western and central wes tern points, with some exceptions, signs are conspicuous of the favorable influ ence on business of the prospectively enormous Indian corn crop and the very large harvest of spring wheat. At the East stimulating influences are found in continued activity iu leading industrial lines, notably iron aDd steel, the recant marked advances in prices of which met als at eastern centres is being echoe'd from Chicago and St. Louis. At the South, grocery, hardware and dry goods jobbers are relatively mest aetive. General trade is as favorable as anywhere else South in the Carolina’s and Georgia. The Louisiana rice crop, it is estimated, will amount to 1,600,000 bags. Needed rains have fallen in South Carolina. General trade at the South is practically waiting “until the cotton begins to move.” THREE BRILLIANT WEDDINGS. Three Children of John I>. and Win. G. Rockefeller Soon to be Married. New York, Aug. 22.— The World to morrow will say : Miss Emma Rockefeller, eldest of the four children of William G. Rockefeller, oue of the two brothers who control the Standard Oil Company, is engaged to marry Dr. David Hunter McAlpin, Jr., of this city, son of the millionaire to bacco manufacturer. The wedding will, in all probability, be celebrated this fall. It will be one of three weddings soon to be entered into by the children of John D. and William G. Rockefeller. Mks Edith Rockefeller, the youngest daughter of John D., whose engagement to Harold McCormick was announced last June, is to be married next month. William G. Rockefeller, couisin of Miss Edith and brother of Miss Emma, is soon to marry Miss Emma Btillman. METHODISTS IN POLITICS. Ohio Presiding Elder* Ask United Ac tion Against the Saloons. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 23.—An im portant, circular signed by every presid ing elder of the Methodist Church in Ohio has been sent to the members of that denomination throughout the State. It calls for united political action on the part of all Methodists in an effort to elect to the next Legislature as many members as possible who will fight the saloons. The circular states that “special services” will be called for by the elders in this connection in every Methodist chu’ch in Ohio. Terrific Rain in lowa. Sioux City, 10., Aug. 23. —There has been a terrific rain fall in North western lowa during the last 24 hours. Ouawa reports 7 12 Inches with a government guage, and at Castinet, a foot is reported to have fallen. Considerable damage has been done to crons by the enormous fall. FROM NORFOLK TO HAMBURG. A Regular Monthly Steamship Service to be Established. New York, Aug. 23.— The Hamburg- Ameriean Line, which now has regular freight and passenger steamship lines from Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans, has decided to establish a monthly steamship service from Norfolk to Hamburg, to be in creased as the needs of the trade mav demand. The first steamer to leave Norfolk on this line will be the Polaria, which will sail October Bth, and steamers will leave regularly thereafter every month. The United States Shipping Company will act as agent for the line at Norfolk. From Pensacola to Liverpool. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 23.—The Louis ville and Nashville road has perfected negotiations for the inauguration of a steamship freight service between this country and Europe, the vessels to ply between Pensacola and Liverpool. The ships to be put into the line are of im mense capacity and the property of the United States Shipping Company, of New York. The first ship is to leave Pen sacola on or about October 23rd, and monthly sailings are to be guaranteed thereafter. Should traffic justify such an exten sion of the service ships will clear for Liverpool fornightly instead of monthly. The L. & N. expect a heavy cotton traffic with the steamship line as the vessels will run between the center of the cotton fields and the greatest cotton market in the world. KANSAS HAS A CANDIDATE. Though a Republican, Judge Caldwell is for Free Silver, Topeka, Kan., Aug. 23.— The move ment in favor of Judge Henry O. Cald well, of the United States Circuit Court, for President in 1896, on the Republican ticket, has been revived to day. Judge Caldwell will visit Topeka next Tuesday on business connected with the Santa Fe Railroad receivership. His visit is likely to be made the occasion of a demonstra tion by free silver men and railroad em ployes in Topeka. The Daily State Journal publishes a leading * article nominating him for the Presidency. It says : “On the question of money, Judge Caldwell stands squarely for the free coinage of silver. In a recent interview at Denver, this able jurist said it would be little less than a crime if the people of this country permitted Wall street to fasten upon this nation the gold stand ard.” Judge Caldwell’s position on labor matters is c< rumeuded and his famous Omaha decision in the Union Pacific re ceivership quoted. GROVER TO TOUCH THE BUTTON And Set in Motion the Machinery of the Atlanta Exposition. Atlanta, Aug. 23. —It has been ar ranged that President Cleveland will touch the button at Gray Gables on September 18th, and set in motion the machinery of and unfurl the flags on tho Cotton States and International Ex position buildings. The principal ad dress of the opening day will be deliv ered by an orator of national reputation whose name is not yet made public. The board of directors has directed the com mittee on ceremonies to issue an invita tion to Broker T. Washington, President of the Tuskagee (Ala.) Normal and In dustrial Institute, to take part in the ex ercises of the opening day and to de liver an address on that occasion, thus recognizing the negro race in the official programme. BASEBALL YESTERDAY. At Brooklyn: it. n. b. Brooklyn, 2 010 2 0002—7 77 Pittsburg, 30 0 0 1 0 0 i 1— ti 10 1 Batteries: Stein and Grim; llawloy, Pore man and Merritt. At Philadelphia (first game): it. h. b. Louisville, 0 0 1 002 0 0 1— 4 0 I . Philadelphia, 000 2 20010—5 14 1 Batteries: Carsey and Grady; Inks and Warner. At Philadelphia (secondgamie): it. h. b. Philadelphia, 20 2 04200 2—12 16 1 Louisville, 0 01100100—3 10 3 Batteries: Orth and Clements; Weyhing and Warner. At Baltimore (first game): it. f. b. Baltimore, 101 0 42000 8 7 4 Washington, 200 11 011 0— 010 4 Batteries: Clarkson and Clarke; Malarky arid McGuire. At Baltimore (second game(: r. h. b. Baltimore, 2 110 2 s—ll 10 2 Washington, 000040—4 0 3 Batteries: McMahon and Clark; Corbett and McGuire. At New York: r. h. -h New York, 0 3 0 0 1 30 0 *— 7 10 4 St. Louis, 100003000—4 13 5 Batteries: Meekin and Farrell; Brelten stein and Pietz. II ATTLE WITH OUTLAWS. The Christian Gang of Murderers Sur rounded by Officers. Aiidmorb, I. T,, Aug 23 —The noted Christ an gang of murderers and out laws have been surrounded by a cordon of deputy United States marshals, six miles west of Purcell. In an encounter between the outlaws and marshals to day, Bob Christian and Deputy Marshal Hooker, of Puroell, were both shot and badly wounded. Officers were finally forced to make a retreat and telegraphed to tho sheriff for re-inforcements. A special train bear ing a strong posse of deputy sheriffs left here and a desperate battle seems inevit able. Allentown, Pa., Aug. 23.— Tho Hast ings-Gilkeson ticket has been elected in Lehigh county by an overwhelming ma jority. The indications to night are that Senator Quay has but 42 votes out of a total of 160 in to morrow’s couuty Con vention. This insures the Lehigh dele gation in tho State Convention for Hast ings and Gilkeson.*“ PRICE FIVE CENTS. CONVERTS BUTCHERED THE BRUTAL OUTRAGE UPON THE AMERICAN MISSION AT FOO-CHOW. CHAPEL AND SCHOOL WRECKED The Special Commissioi ers Scut to liu- Cheng to Investigate the Massacre of Missionaries There are Virtually Prisoners-*Viceroy Liu, Who is Re sponsible for the Cheng*Tu Riots is a Member of the Com mission--For* signers are Indignant at This. London, Aug. 23.-- A special dispatch received here from Shang Hai says that many Chinese converts were butchered when the American mission outside Foo- Chow was attacked and the chapel aud school were wrecked by an iufuriated mob, as exclusively cabled to the Asso ciated Press from Uoug-Koug early dur ing the morning of August 22. The Inquiry a Farce. London, Aug. 23.- -Special dispatch from Shang Hai, says that the members ot the commission* which recently left Foo Chow for Cheng Tu in order to in vestigate the recent massacre of mission aries there, are virtually prisoners, and that Commander Newell, of the United States cruiser Detroit, has gone to Cheng-Tu to consult with Mr. J. O. Hix son, the United States Consul at Foo- Chow, who is the leading member of the commission, about the landing of ma rines for his protection and for the pro tection of the other members of the com mission. Viceroy Liu’s Appointment. Washington, D. C., Aug. 23.— 1 tis said at the State Department that if the report is true, that Viceroy Liu has been appointed to investigate the Cheng-Tu riots, then the foreigners have good cause for cc iplaint. If the report be true, it is probable both the British fc\d American governments will protest. Viceroy Liu was governor of the Prov ince in which Ohtng Tu is situated, and he was said to havt b en guilty of gross negligence, which, by some persons, was regarded as amounting to complicity in the Chinese riots of last J une. There are a great many men in China named Liu, and it is thought possible that there has been a confusion of names. Foreigners are Indignant. London, Aug. 23.— A dispatch from Shang-Hai published in the Pall Mfill Gazette this afternoon, says that the ut most dissatisfaction and indignation pre vails among the members of the foreign colony at the appointment of the form erly degraded Viceroy Liu who is regard ed as being the originator of the Cheng- Tu riots to investigate the recent out rages and the cause thereof. Strong Fleet in Asiatic Waters. Washington, D. C., Aug. 23.—1 t is said here that Ku Cheng is meant where ever Cheng-Tu is used in the London dispatch, as Cheng-Tu is the scene of the June riots and is 1,400 miles from Foo-Chow. Naval officials,though with out information themselves, are inclined to discredit the information in the dis patch. Acting Secretary McAdoo said it was observed that dispatches of this charac ter came byway of London, while another high officer said that there was an evident intention on the part of Greaft Britain in the whole Ku-Cheng affair to get the United States government to pull chestnuts out of the fire, and pointed to the fact that there did not seem to be any anxiety on the part of Great Britain to land troops or to be in undue haste to force an explanation. The Navy De partment thought that if Commander Newell had gone on any such mission the department would have been noti fied. It was also said that marines are scarcely ever landed at the request of the Consul, specially when there is a Minis ter in the country. However, should there be tiouble of the kind indicated, the United States has a strong force in Asiatic waters. We have seven ships there, some of them good cruisers, of our fleet including the Baltimore (flagship), the Charleston, Detroit, Yorktown, Machias, Monocacy and Concord. The last named four are not very formidable though good fighting ships. The new cruiser Olympia will leave for the Asiatic station in a very short time, as she is now being coaled at San Francisco. GOLD MEN ARE JUBILANT. England W ill Take no Fart in tin lu* ternational Conference. London, Aug. 24.—The Times’ Berkn correspondent says that the supporters of the gold currency are jubilant at the statement by Hon. A. J. Balfour, first Lord ot the Treasury in the House of Commons, to the effect that the English government will take no steps looking to au international bi-metallic conference. “The national Zeitung,” the corre spondent sajs, “says that he has burst the soap bubble which the German bi-metal lists blew from the votes in the Reich stag aud the Prussian Diet. Undoubt edly Mr. Balfour’s statements will put an end to the deliberations of the Fed eral government’s question. Only noisy agitators believe that action is po-sible without England’s co-operation.” Stevenson Back From Alaska. Tacoma, Wadi., Aug. 23.— Vice Pres ident Stevenson and party arrived from Alaska to day. They are the gnests of John A Parker, at whose residence an informal reception is being held. Tho party s’arts east to morrow morning over the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
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