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GMMfe died iilrfli! FikM 4SEED TO GO. MlMlgWUt TOBO THAT WOT WAKT*D HBBC. DOINGS OF THE DAY. MAHSNBY, ILLINOI& m HArPENTSGS TS BTXBT KNOVir HEMBPffltBE ' " toimillHt Sammary at the "latest• ^Sfcws by Wlre-Flres, A^ilrtito, CrtBiwi, Mtttie*, Religion* ©ommercensnd Craps, with Minor Afffclrs. J " ' * > BUSINESS IS BOOMING, i, An Unusually Heavy Volnme of Trade % ported by Dan's Agency. THE review of trade for last week, as reported by B. 6. Dun & Co., Is as follows: The simple feet that beiiH exchanges wittMe Of New York, in the 1M t week but one of a Presi­ dential cammlgn, exceeded those oi last year by JO>a per cent., the clearing* of last year having been exceptionally large, proves that i ha volume of legitimate business is unprecedented, for only apart of the increase can oe attributed to «lO«M of speculative operations. heiorts in­ dicate marked improvement in the volume of trade at Nashville, Memphis and Detroit, and a satisfactory business at nearly all other cities, but at rhiladelpbia, Pittsburg and Kansas City the prevailing quiet is attributed to political excitement. A enude of stringency in money waa noted at St. Paul, ami an active de­ mand at Kansas City, with some doubt about business prospects in Western Kansas, which leads to c mtion in de&.ing with that section. Improvement in collections was noticed at {Southwestern and Northwestern centers. The dry-goods trade was comparatively quiet. Boots and shoes Bold freely at full rates, especially in the West, The coal trade was scmewhat dull. The stock market, after a 1 ttle depression, was Jess active but stronger, and the average price of the more active stocks was a fraction higher than the i rsvious week. Tbe exports increased the last month about 3 per cent., while the im­ ports fall below last year's about 7 per cent. With wheat, corn, colfe \ lard, and petroleum a little lower than the previous week, the general average of prices, nevertheless, reinaiuKi sub­ stantially unchanged. The business failures numbered 275, as compared with a total oiiSi the previous week. SAILED FOR EUROPE. ?h* Widow of Anarchist Parsons Cram tin Ocean. A NEW YOBK special of the 2d inst. says: Mrfc Lucy Parsons, the widow of the executed anamnist of Chicago, has gone to London, En­ gland, on the invitation of the British social * Democratic Federation, of which William Mor­ tis, thf author of "Eavthly Paradise," is a leader, for the purpose of tak­ ing part in the com­ memoration of the 11th of November, the anni­ versary of the Chicago executions. Two mass- meetings, at both of which she wilt be a speaker, are to be held tiiore that day, the first in Kegents Park in the forenoon, and the other in Hyde Park in the afternoon. She may also ,r, t>e present at, another meeting -- a mortuary ^anniversary-- the even- : of that day. She said that the Chicago c e x e c u t i o n s w o u l d b e ' commemor a ted this year not only in Great Britain but also in Franoe, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, and other European countries, ne well as in a hundred oitiM of the United Sta'es. She expects to return before December to Chicago. THE MURCHISON LETTER. SfepIanatioB of How the Epistle Come to 9B Made Public. THE Times of Los Angeles, Cal., the paper that first printed Lord Sackville's letter, publishes what the editor claims are the real facts connected with the IBnrchison-West correspondence. The ^Kiaesrays: Information has been gathered directly from the few persons who are on the inside and pos- eeaeed of all the facts in the case. The Idea of writing a letter to Minister West originated with Murchison himself in the latter part of August or early in September. He is a reputable citizen ef Pomona, in thia county, of English parentage. He conaulted a confidential friend in its prepare t on. Kurchison said at the outset, and before sending the letter, that the object was hot to perpetiate a Joke or gratify curiosity, but to get Minister West's opinion on the topic embraced in the letter. MurchUon's letter was dated Sept. i and .West's answer Sept. 12. The Minis­ ter's letter was received at Pomona Sept. A) and kept by the receiver until Oct. lii, a full month, when it waa brought to Los Angeles by W. A. Bell, City Attorney of Pomona, and laid before W. P. Fitzgerald, a member of the State Republican Committee ; Henry J. Gage, Dele- gate-at-Large at the Chicago Convention; Harri­ son tiny Otis, editor of the Los Angeles Timet; and one other local candidate. Tfiey saw the Importance of West s letter in a political point of view, and it was unanimously determined by the persons present to make ate letter puollc without delay, which was done, the date of the Ant publication here being Oct. 21. * > A Murderer Confesses, FBBD ANSCHLAG, who is in jail tit Loft Angeles, CaL, under sentence of death for killing Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock, of Elgin, 111., some months ago, has made confes­ sion of the murder of his neighbor, Julius Feugh, in September, 1887, in Butte County. He charged George Stenger and one Barder with inspiring him to commit the crime to obtain Feugh's money. Sten- has been arrested at baa Francisco. ' , ' Farmers Lose Their Hones. ALTERNATE sections of land in Allen ' County, Kansas, which had been granted to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail­ road Company, but were claimed by set­ tlers, were held by Judge Brewer, in the United States Circuit Court at Topeka, to belong to the railroad company. This affects 5,000 farmers who have made ex­ tensive improvements daring the last ten or fifteen years. . . ,*,• . Tascott Again. . 4 opposed to be Tagcptt has been arrested in the mountain wilds of Am­ herst, Va., where he was doing odd jobs Jh>r farmers. Thomas A Watts recently saw a description of Tascott, and the un- Icnown man s appearance tallied so far with the description that he was arrested '<*nd will be held until identify ( J? 8aekvllle Laid OH! THE Hon. Michael Henry Herbert has "'been appointed British Charge d*Affaires '* "at Washington. Lord Sackville has re­ turned to England on leave of absence, it is understood that the English Govern- •; juent will allow his case to rest until alter «•«! •HP Presidential election. •$> with an as. MO la jail. AN important decision, and on* which will be of ifcteritet to business Aims, has been rendered by Judge Gordon, at Philadelphia, Pa. Crew, Levick JS *Co., oil merchants, sued the Bradstrect Com­ pany to recover damages for alleged untrue information fttrnished them. The plaintiffs had asked the agency to give them a re- fiort of the Union Refining nnd Manafactur-ng Company of New Jersey, and they re­ ported that the company had a paid-up cap­ ital of $600,000 and were in goodcondition. On the strength of this Crew, Levick A Co. gave them credit for the amotint of *1 ,500, which they have never been able to collect. It was alleged that the Union Refining Company was insolvent at the time the report was furnished. The Judge, on a motion of non-suit, granted it on the ground that the contract was as if between two private people, the de- fendent corporation being a private and not a public one, and that Crew, Levick & Co., in signing their contract with them, had waived the right to recover on the ground on which they are now striving to get a verdict. He said that if they could have proved willful or malicious negli­ gence the circumstances would have been different. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. THE now Council Bluffs and Omaha street car and wagon bridge has been for­ mally opened to the public. At least one hundred thousand people wert present at the exercises. Special trains on all the railroads leading into tbe Bluff's brought thousands from the State of Nebraska. The Governors of Iowa and Nebraska were present and participated in the exer­ cises. A mammoth industrial display was made by both cities far surpassing any­ thing ever seen there. The procession was over six miles long. The work of con­ structing the bridge was begun last No­ vember. The structure with approaches is 3,000 feet long, and cost $600,000. It is handsome and durable and will be of incalculable advantage to the cities, ANDREW FULTON, ox-Mayor of Pitts­ burg, Pa., was shot and seriously wounded in the right shoulder by his wife at his ranch 6oaie fifteen miles from Denver, Col. It appears that Ful­ ton has been intimate with a woman, Emma Johnson. The intimacy began in Pittsburg when Fulton was Mayor. She had two children by him, the youngest being 8 years old. About three weeks ago 6he 6ent for Fulton to go to Colorado, to be present at the christening of the child. Fulton arrived at Denver and was met at the depot by Miss Johnson and her sister and started for the ranch. Mrs. Fulton arrived an hour later, followed him to the country, and shot him. IT is reported that ex-Governor Hoadly has notified the City Comptioller of Cin­ cinnati that $4,000,000 floated by that city recently for street improvements are probably invalid, owing to some legal in­ formality. Mr. Hoadly's opinion is, how­ ever, given in a qualified way. Bx an explosion of natural gas at Lima, Ohio, John Schultheis and Peter Klein were burned to death and Joseph Hubbard killed by the collapse of a brick wall which fell on him as he was passing the building where the explosion occurred. AN Albuquerque (New Mexico) special says: While detectives are scouring Southern California to find the cor­ respondent of Lord Sackville-West, the man is here in New Mexico, and wrote his letter from this Territory. These are indis­ putable facts. The supposed Chas. F. Mur- chison is in reality Charles F. Lit minis. He is the St. Louis Globe-Democrat cor­ respondent and a stanch Republican. Lummis is a simon-pure Englishman of eccentric habits and bitter in his denun­ ciation of the Democratic party. About three years ago he came through this Ter­ ritory on a pedestrian tour across the continent. Reaching Los Angeles, Cal., he secured a position on the Times, where he remained until a few months ago, when he came to New Mexico for the benefit of his health. He wrote his letter to Lord Sackville as a campaign trick and hopes to reap notoriety from the scheme. Lummis is at present at San Mateo, a small Mexican village in Valencia County, a visitor in the family of Bacons, who are Republicans, and where he is engaged iu writing up sensational literature. THE Mexican Central passenger train, due at Denver, Col., was held up about sixty miles north of El Paso, Texas, by three masked men. They climbed on the engine over the tender and at the point of a six-shooter forced the engineer and fire­ man to 6top the train and get off. They di­ vided the train and left the passenger cars and ran on six miles, when they again stopped and robbed the express car, get­ ting over $2,000. Express Messenger M. T. Villegas jumped out of the car at a side door while the robbers were breakiug the end door and ran off iu the darkness with the keys to the safe, thus preventing the robbers from getting the valuable contents of the safe. The robbers went with the engine nearly to Juarez and then aban­ doned it. 'ihey cut the telegraph wires and it was several hours before a dispatch was received at Juarez telling of the rob­ bery. The robbers were Americans. JOSEPH DICKEBHOFF, of Akron, I id., was knocked down on a side street at Akron, Ohio, and robbed of $7,320, which he carried in a valise. Be­ fore leaving Akron, Ind., * where he owned the Akron Eagle, he sold all his property and took his cash to buy a home at Akron. He started to go to the house of a friend who lives on a dark side street, when two men stepped up and or­ dered him to throw up his hands. He says he yelled "Murder!" and was hit on the head with a stone and knocked senseless. The robbers stole a horse and buggy and made their escape. Lot;is BBUBAKER, of Washington, Kan., aged 24, while recovering from an attack of typhoid fever, called his mother, aged 55, to his room. His sister, on hearing a scuffle soon after, went to the room, and was horrified to find her mother lying on the floor dead, with her throat cut. As she entered Brubaker drew a knife across his own throat, but without inflicting a fatal wound. He fought desperately, but was finally over­ powered. He is considered a hopeless maniac. eo after him. TbM cap- v dand*!i*d Seeks, nporttoaJbrntK n*d attempted to escape. 11M wagoner faction has retaliated by killing Hiles Torry and fatally wounding John. Cul Garrett of the Wagoner crowd was killed »nd ^Cytjps^\V. Davis seriously wounded TN Hon. John P. Campbell, ex-mem- ber of Congress, died suddenly at his home in Hopkinsville, Ky., aged 69. HE married Miss Mary Faulkner, of Martins* burg, W. Va., sister of ex-Minister Faulk­ ner, deceased. FIRE at Lynchburg, Va. destroyed Mormon's tobacco warehouse, Amslee A Bro.'s carriage works, and Heffernan's sash and door factory. The insurance is ~ and the loss in excess of $50,000. i Z X ACROSS THE OCEAN., EASTERN OCCURRENCES. ^Y»w BEDFORD, Mass., was visited by J two well-defined earthquake shocks. The shocks were preceded by a rumbling *®d three distinct oscillations were felt, followed by a tremulous movement. The movement was preceded by two re- Kirts not unlike those of a heavy gun or under, and then came a distinct move- intent to the ground. The shocks were IFafr Haven acrosB the Acushnet in A LARGE herd of cattle was struck by a I Hartford and Putnam train at a grade •crossing a curve near Bolton Notch,Conn., jabd fourteen were killed. The high rate «of speed alone save! the train from being jburied down a steep embankment. | MRS. GEORGE WATGH, at Harrisburg, JM. Y., accidentally shot and killed her .six-year-old daughter while endeavoring jto take away a pistol which the child had round and was playing with. The mother iWent violently insane and will probably :"*-maiu so. AT Nanticoke, P&, Joseph GTasch, a POLITICAL PORRIDGE. TWENTY-ONE women in convention at Boston, Mass., nominated Miss Alice D. Stockton, of AVheaton. as candidate of the Equal Bights party for Governor of Mas­ sachusetts. The candidate i8 twenty-six years of age. CHARLES STEWART WELLES, of New York, who was nominated for Yice Presi­ dent by the Equal ltights party in place of A. H. Love, has wiitten a letter of ac­ ceptance. His platform contains twelve planks, the principal one of which, of course, is suffrage for both men and women. He wants to Btop the adultera­ tion of food, to reform the marriage and divorce laws, and favors a pro rata tax, Government ownership of all public im­ provements, and several other things. Tho ticket is now Lockwood and Welles. A LONDON telegram says that the Echo du Nord states that the President oT the Geographical Society of Lille has, received news from Africa that Henry M. Stanley has been massacred, with all his^ expedition excepting two men. The Sec­ retary of the Emin Bey expedition, had received no news of the reported mas­ sacre, and entirely discredits it, but he added: "If by the end of February Emin Pasha should send letters to Europe with-' out announcing the arrival of Stanley at Wadelai, then I will feel there is xeasqn to be anxious about his fate." ADVICXS from the Bonny River, Africa, give a revolting story of savage atrocities and cannibalism. ' The Okrikan tribe, in revenue for some injury, invited a party of Ogonis to a friendly palaver, and then en- trapped and massacred them. A cannibal festival of the most horrible and indescrib­ able character followed. Then an attack was made upon the undefended villagers and the most barbarous outrages were committed. It is estimated that over one hundred and fifty persons, including women and children, were killed and eaten. JOHN TAYLOR, aged 35 years, a resident of Chicago, shot himself in a train from Paris near Marseilles. He was taken to the Hotel Dion, where three bullets were extracted, two from his head and one from his side. He is a Hebrew, and talks with an English accent. He was formerly wealthy, but lost a fortune in the recent wheat corner. THE elections iu Prn«sia for Wahlma Enner were exceedingly quiet everywhere. Only 15 to 30 per cent, of the electors voted. The Social Democrats completely abstained from voting. The Freisennig {>arty again secured nine districts in Ber-in with considerably increased majorities. The returns indicate little change .in the composition of the House. Count Douglas was defeated. The Centerists were vic- Cologne. t t " 4 FRESH AND NEW THE Washington Capital announces that Mrs. John A. Logan, although absent in Europe for a year, is to be associated with the editorial direction of a new illus­ trated monthly, to be called the Home Magazine, of which the first number will be issued in November by the Brodix Pub­ lishing Company of Washington, D. C. Her name will appoar as the principal con­ ductor, and her assistants will be Mary J. Safford and Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker. IN an opinion rendered by Justice Bradley in the Drummer Tax cpse of William G. Asher versus the. State of Texas, the Supreme Court of the United States has declared unconstitu­ tional all State laws imposing a license tax upon commercial travelers not residents of the State imposing tho tax. Asher was a resident of New Orleans, and while selling goods by sample in Texas was arrested and fined for violation of the State law making it a misdemeanor for any person to do business as a commercial traveler without having first taken out an occupa­ tion tax. Asher contested the constitu­ tionality of this statute, taking the ground that it was repngnant to the clause of the Constitution giving Congress the exclu­ sive right to regnlate interstate com­ merce. The State court decided against him. Asher appealed the case to the Supreme Court, which gave a decision in his favor. AN attempt was made to burn the Cana­ dian Pacific bridge at Headingly, Mao. The bridge was saturated with oil and considerably damaged. The fire is supposed to have been the work of indignant settleis who side with the Gov­ ernment in its troubles with the Cana­ dian Pacific. The Manitoba Legislature will likely adopt retaliatory measures against the Canadian Facific, which will piobably include a removal of the exemp­ tion from taxation now enjoyed by the road, and which amounts to $500,()00 per annum. AHID the firing of cannon President Diaz of Mexico and the Ministers of the Interior, of Public Works, of War, of Fi­ nance, and of Justice departed on a spe­ cial train for San Luis Potosi to be pres­ ent at the inauguration of the new Nation­ al Bailroad. CAPT. KENNEDY, cf the British bark Creedmore, has reported at New York that Sept. 9 he aided the British ship Arden- eaple, which bad been in collision with and sunk the British ship Earl Wemyss, sixteen passengers of the latter, including the Captain's wife and three children, perishing. The Creedmore landed the wrecked crews at Barbadoes, and Captain Kennedy later heard that the Ardeneaple reached Fernando in a badly damaged con­ dition.;;;. MABKKT REPORTS. ; ' CHICAGO. CATTLE--Prime Steers $ 5.50 @ 6.09 Good 6.00 @ 5.50 Common. /..... 2.50 ^4.00 HOG*--Sapping Grades...... 5.25 @5.75 BHEF.P 2.50 4.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed 1.17 @ 1.18 C.jkn--No. 2 .40 M .41 Ovrs--No. 2 24 KYF.--No. 2 65 BUTTE a--Choice Creamery fit CaKESE-Full Cream, flat .11 EGGS--Fresh. .1® POTATOF.S^-Car-Ioada, per ba 95 PORK--Hess 14.50 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash l.ll CORN--No. 3 40 OATS--No. 2Wh!te..... 29 ;UTE-NO. 1 57 ;BABLEY-- NO. 2 11 POBK--Mess 14.50 DEyBOlT, SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. 6, H. GII<MORB, representing an East- em wholesale firm, has returned to St. Louis from the King's River district ia 4 , 1 Northern Arkansas. He reports a fresh {Hungarian, while attempting to dope with outbreak of the Terry-Wagoner feud in young Polish girl named Pika, was dis- *^ftt section. Last January three and set upon by the young ?L1 brothers and two of *'• brothers, one of whom held hnl T ^ "°a' WT tvfcB* the other struck him several blows Recently Sam Meeks, a cousin CATXX* HOGS. SHKKP WHEAT--No. 2 Red CoitK--No. it White..... OATS--No. 2 Mixed TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. S Red Co UN OATS--Na 2 White NEW YORK. CATTIB Hoas hHBKP W{IKAT--Ho. I Red COKN--No. !4 OATS--White Poaa--New Mess ST. LOUIS. OATTI>K HOGS WHEAT- NO. 2..., CORN--No. 2.............. OATS--No. 2 RIB-No. 2 ;••••• INDIANAPOLIS. CATTMC Hoas...... SHEET..... LA MBS. . . . , ...» jj * Hoas WHKAT--No. 2 Red.. CORN--No. ...V OATS--No. it Mixed............... K*is--No. 2 FOB*-- Mess. KANSAS CITY. CATTLE--Cboioe Medium Common. Hoas..... Ssnr .'25 & /27 I :£* <9 .40 ($15.03 0 1.12 % <9 .58 & .73 ($15.00 & 5.25 @ 5.50 & 4.03 & 1.14 .«J6 Seoretnty Bayard WrouT the Presi­ dent nnd SU»w th« Minister Received the News --Ihiitltement la Diplomat!* and Folltletx {Jftnele*. WASHINGTON, Oct. 81.--By direction of tho President the Secretary of State has in­ formed Lord Sackville that for causes here­ tofore made known to her Majesty's gov­ ernment his continuance in his present official position in the United States is no ^onger acceptable to this government, and would, consequently, be detrimental to the relations between the two countries. Sackville Declines to Talk. At the British legation access was dented to all newspaper men and they Were in­ formed that Lord Sackville had nothing to . say. Your reporter managed, however, to have a copy of the reDort of Secretary Bay­ ard to the President sent to the Minister. After about half an hour Lord Sackville in person returned the copy and cordially ex­ pressed his thanks for having had an op­ portunity to read the report, which he said he had not seen before. He declined to ex­ press any opinion in regard to it. Lord Sackville wore a pleasant smile and he did not seem in the least disturbed at the turn affairs had taken. ' Mr. Bajrard Interviewed. Secretary Bayard when seen said that there was nothing he could say in addition to what was stated in his report to tbe President. The government's action, lie said, constituted a complete severance of our relations with Minister West. The Secretary did not care to enter into any speculation as to what Great Britain would do in the mat­ ter or as to when a new minister would be sent here, but Sackville, he said, would no longer be recognized in any event. Secre­ tary Bayard declined absolutely to give out anything in regard to spirit in which the communications of the United States were received by the British government. The matter, he said, was the subject of letters or messages between two parties, and neither had the right to give out the con­ tents of these communications without the consent of the other. What has taken place between the President and himself he had given to the press, but the other cor­ respondence he did not feel at liberty to make public. SECBmRl It A YARD'S REPORT. 4.00 5.00 3.00 1.13 .42)6® .27 & 142 & 1.14 MM,® .43* .25 .2B 8.50 fi.75 8.00 1.13 .48 .80 15.75 4.50 4.75 O 5.50 & #.25 a 4.75 m 1.14 0 .50 & .40 ($16.50 & 5.59 <0 5.50 1.11^® 1.123$ .38 .22 .51 8.50 6.0) 8.00 3.50 •38* & .23 & M 0 6.00 & 5.75 (4 4.00 0 4.50 4.50 Jj09 & 5.73 C<* 1.10 .46)6 <» .27 .58 & M 14.50 4315.95 4.50 0 6.tT 8.50 i<$ 4.50 150 0 3.50 4.50 0 5.50 8.00 0 4.09 Official Communication to tho President on the Sackvllln Matter. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.--The Cabinet meeting lasted about two hours, and'was attended by Secretaries Bayard and Endi- cott and Attorney-General Garland. It was devoted mainly to a consideration of the case of the British minister, and the result is shown in the statement furnished to the press by the Secretary of State. ' After Secretary Bayard had prepared this state­ ment he walked over to the White House and submitted, it to the President for his approval. The President perused it care­ fully and suggested a few verbal changes in the introduction, and when these had been made the members of the press were furnished copies of it. The following is the full text of Secretary Bayard's statement: "To the President: The undersigned has the honor to submit for your consideration the following statement, with a view to re­ ceive your direction thereon. _ "On the 4th of September last a letter purporting to have been written by .one Charles F. Murchison, dated at Fomoma, Cal., was sent from that place to the British minister at this capital, in which the writer solicited an expression of his views hi re­ gard to certain unsettled diplomatic ques­ tions between the United States and Great Britain, stating at the same time that such an expression was sought for by him for the purpose of determining his vote at the ap­ proaching Presidential election. He stated that he was a naturalized citizen of the United States of English birth, but that he still considered England the mother country, and this fact led him to seek advice from the British representative in this country. He further stated that the information he sought was not for himself alone, but to en­ able him to give certain assurance to many other persons in the same situation as him­ self, for the purpose of influencing and de­ termining their political action as citizens of the United States of English birth, but who still regarded their original obligations as paramount. The letter also contains gross reflections upon the conduct of this government iu respect to questions now in controversy and ftnsettled between the United States and Great Britain, and bpth directly and indirectly imputed inRir>oprity in such conduct. Mr. Weet'e Offense. "To this letter, the British minister at once replied from Beverly, Mass., under date of the 13th of September last. In this reply he stated that any political party which openly favors the mother country at the present moment 'would lose popularity and that the party in power is fully aware of that fact,' and that in respect to the 'questions with Canada which have been unfortunately reopened since the rejection of the [fisheries] treaty by the Republican majority in the Senate, and by the Presi­ dent's message to whicli you allude. All allowances must therefore be made for the political situation as regards the Presi­ dential election.' "The minister thus gave his assent and sanction to the aspersions and imputations above referred to. "Thus under his correspondent's assur- ance of secrecy, in which the minister con- •*-rred by marking his answer ^private,' ho undertook to advise a citizen of the United States how to exercise the franchise of suifrage in an election close at hand for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States; and through him, as the let­ ter suggested, to influence the votes of many others. "Upon this correspondence being made public the minister received the representa­ tives of the public press, and in frequent interviews with them intended for publica­ tion added to the impugnments which he had already made of the good faith Of this government in its public action and inter­ national dealings. Although ample time and opportunity have been afforded him for the withdrawal, modification, or correction of his statements, to some of which his at­ tention was called personally by the under­ signed, yet no such disavowal or modifica­ tion lias been made by him through the channels in which his statements first found publicity. Cannot Be Permitted. "The question is thus presented whether it is compatible with the dignity, security, and independent sovereignty of the United States to permit the representative of a for­ eign government in this country not only to receive and answer without disapproval, and confirm by his repetition, aspersions upon its political action, but also to inter­ fere in its domestic affairs by advising per­ sons formerly his countrymen as to their political course as citizens of the United States. "As between this country and Great Britain there can be no controversy as to the complete severance of the ties of origin­ al allegiance by naturalization. Disputes on this point were finally put at rest by the treaty of naturalization concluded by the two countries on tbe 13th of March, 1870. Therefore it will not be contended, nor was euch contention ever admitted by us, that citizens of the United States dt British ori­ gin are subject to any claim of the country of their original allegiance. "The undersigned also has the honor to call attention to the provisions of section 5335 of the revised statutes of the United ' Btates by which severe penalties are visited upon the citizen of the United States who, without the authority or permission of this government, 'commences or carries on any verbal or written correspondence or inter- tootto ... ^ pute or or frith any intent to defeat tlnl msasams,' of the government of the United States? These penalties are made equally applicable to every dtlnn of the United States, not duly authorised, who 'counsels, advises, or assists in any such correspondence' with similar unlawful intent. Snekviile'e Dismissal Suggested* "The undersigned respectfully advise* that the attention of the Attorney-General of the United States be directed to these en­ actments in order that an investigation may be made, with a view to ascertaining whether they have not been violated in the present case by the correspondent 6f the British minister. "By your direction the attention of the British government has in a spirit of comity been called to tha conduct of its minister, as above described, but without result. It there­ fore becomes necessary for this government to consider whether, as the guardian of its own self-respect and of the integrity of its Institutions, it will permit further inter­ course to be held through the present Brit­ ish minister at this capital. It is to be ob­ served that precedents are not wanting as to the question under consideration. It is a sgttled rule, essential to the maintenance of international intercourse, that a diplomatic representative must be persona grata to the government to which he is accredited. If by his conduct he renders himself persona non-grata an announcement of the fact may be made to his government. In the present case all the requirements of comity have been fulfilled, the facts having been duly communicated to her majesty's government, with an expression of the opinion of this government in regard thereto. Respect­ fully submitted, T. F. BAYARD." HOW LORD gA.CKVn.US TEEtiB. The British Minister Not Excessively Dei- lighted at Being Asked to Go. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.--Following is the report of an interview between an As­ sociated Press reporter and Lord Sackville; He (Sackville) carefully read the Secretary's statement through, pausing frequently to ex­ press his feelings iu gestures rather than words, and in a few instances he even coodescended to make some remark by way of criticising Secre­ tary Bayard's strictures upon his correspon- denotv For instance, ho took exception to that part of the statement wherein tho t-'e :retiry alleges that AM erienn citizens of Knglish birth still regarded their original obligations of alle­ giance to the mother country as paramount. The Minister compressed hia lips and shook his diplomatic head in disapprobation and denial when he read in the Secretary's statement the following passage: "The letter also contained gross reflections upon the conduct of this Government in respect to questions now in controversy and unsettled between the United States and Great Hrlta n, and both directly and indirectly imputed Insin­ cerity in Buehcondf.ct." When the Minister came to that passage In which the Secretary holds him responsible for frequent interviews with him published in the newspapers he fairly spoke out and expressed the opinion tnat it was a new thing in official in- tercouse for a Minister to be held responsible and officially censured for newspaper publica­ tions, the accuracy of which had not been ac­ knowledged. The Minister politely but flrrtly decl'ned to say what communication had taken place be­ tween himself and his own Government in re­ gard to this matter. He would not give to the press for publication the letter which he admit­ ted ne had received from Secretary Bayard. Whatever was wanted for publication, he re­ peated over and over again, in a more or less petulent tone, must be obtained from the State Department. "Have you ever la your lon<? experience In the diplomatic service of England," the correspond­ ent inquired, "known another Instance of this kind, an instance in which a foreign Minister has been similarly treated for s similar occur­ rence?" "I should very much prefer," said the Minister, to bo excused from making any comparison or indulging in any ci iticisms. The criticism in this case, it seems, must all be on one side, and I am content to have it so." Does this notification from Secratary Bayard Anally determine your lordship's departure from this capital?" Well, really, I am verv unwilling to enter into any public discussion of any part of this matter, but I should think that it seems to bear that meaning." , , "Of course your lerdshlp has not yet fixed the date when you will take your farewell of Wash­ ington v" "Not .iiift yet," said his lordship. "One might suppose that after more than forty years of active diplomatic service and exile your lordsh p would now be disposed to re­ tire and enjoy at home and at leisure the. peer­ age honors which you so worthily inherited not long ago." One might suppose so," said his lordship. You would probably not like to enter Into any speculation as to who is likely to be tho next British Minister at WashingtonV" "You are right. I would probably not." "Would you care to say whether it is at all likely that the British Government may resent the action of our Government in this matter by dismissing the United States Minister at London?" I would not care to say; I do not knowl* - * _______ t • i AFTER MURCHISON. > The National Democratic Committee Offers 91,000 for Hie Rts Real^Tnme. PONOMA, Cal., Oct. 81.--Tho National Democratic committee has telegraphed to Postmaster Stein and J. A. Clark of this place to offer in the name of the committee * a reward of $1,000 for the name of the1 author of the Murchison letter and to spend; : $1,000 in detectives and means to apprehend the author. Several Republicans here Who positively know who the man signing him­ self Murchison is, say that he lives here, walks the street > every day, and that neither Patrick Egan nor any non-resident what­ soever had anything to do with the letter. It was conceived in Ponoma, written in Ponoma, and by a resident of four yean standing. Perhaps Hutchinson Wrote It. A Washington special of Wednesday says: "If the people who are searching in California for Murchison wil? look for a man nqmed Hutchinson they may get on to the track of the gentleman who sought political advice from the English Minister. A man named Hutch­ inson was here in September and told •riends who showed him some attention that he was a naturalized Englishman, that he had some acquaintance with Lord Sack­ ville, and was very anxious to call upon him. He did not succeed in this because his lordship wns out of -town. Hutchin­ son bad a good deal to say about politics and about our relations with Canada, and said he was in a good deal of doubt as to which ticket he should vote this fall. He spoke several times of desiring to see tho English Minister for a certain reason. Hutchinson had lived in Pomona, Cal., and was intending to go to Los Angeles when he left this city." No HONE8T appetite ever rejected an egg in some guise. It is nutriment in the, most portable form and in the most con­ centrated shape. Whole nations of man­ kind rarely touch any other animal food. Kings eat them plain as readily as do the humble tradesmen. After the battle of Muhldorf, when Kaiser Ludwig sat at a meal with his burggrafs and great cap­ tains, he determined on a piece of luxury "one egg to every man and two to the ex­ cellently valiant Schwepperman." Far more than fish--for it is a watery diet- eggs are the scholar's fare. They contain phosphorus, which is brain food, and sul­ phur. which performs a variety of func­ tions in the economy. And they are the best of nutriment fcr children, for in a compact form they contain everything that is hecessary to the growth of the youthful frame. Eggs are, however, not only food --they are medicine also. The white is the most efficacious of remedies for burns, and the oil extracted from the yelk is regarded by the Russians as an almost miraculous salve for cuts, bruises, and scratches. A raw egg, if swallowed in tine, will effec­ tually detach a fish bone fastened in the throat, and the whites of eggs will render the deadly corrosive sublimate as harmless as a dose of calomel. They strengthen the consumptive, invigorate the feeble, and render the most susceptible all but proof against jaundice in its most malignant phase.--Eastern Farmed. HAKD-PAINTPD china tea trays an vory much admired and make a pretty wedding present. • HOTAHUB REDUCTION IN THE »UB- UC DEBT FOR OCTOBER. Tfc* President Designate* ThWedey, No­ vember 29th, ne • Day of Tbantogtrtng-- Tke Army Ovdnaneo Bureau -- Other News. [Washington special.] The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement for the month ending Oct. 31: NTTENSST-BEABCTA DEBT. Bonds at4 ̂percent • 197,908,000 Bonds at 4 per cent 6«W ,066.150 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. - 130,690 Navy pension fund at 8 per oent.... 14,030,000 Pacific railroad bonds at 6 per cent. 64,623.512 Principal Interest .• 858,123,! t.r" ,169,196 Total "... • 965,292,478 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE - HATCBXSX# Principal. 1835,685 I n t e r e s t . . . . 1 6 3 , 1 1 0 Total...; 9,528.795 DEBT BEABINO NO INTEREST. Old demahd and legal-tender notes.* 816,737,833 Certificates of deposit. Gold certificate* Silver certificates Fractional currency (less •8,375,934, estimated as lost or destroyed).... Principal. Principal. Interest... 11,3HU,003 140,613,658 2.9,7t 8,1.8 6,921,316 TOT AIi DEBT. ...» 735,635,919 *1,036,13:,917 7,81 ,'0/ _ Total ...Sl.7j3.487.ik4 Less cash items available tor reduction of debt.. .$391,078,218 Less reserve held for re­ demption of United ...... ; States notes 100,000,000 • 481,675, »• Total debt less available easn items *1,311,782,008 Net cash in the Treasury 74,491,93J Debt less cash In Treasury Nov. 1, 188b.. *1,137.290,096 Debt less cash In Treasury Oct. JL 1888 1.141,875,658 Decrease of debt during tile month 9 4,58.5, fit Decrease of debt since June 30. 1888. CASH IN THE TBEA8URT. Available for reduction of the puolio debt: Gold held for gold certifi­ cates actually outstanding. * 140,613,6~8 Silver held for silver certivicates act­ ually 329,781,182 TJ. S. notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding 11*580,000 Cash held for matured debt and in* terest unpaid .- 9,097,992 Fractional currency . 416 Total available for reduction of debt * 391,675,218 BESEBVS FUND. Held for redemption of U. S. notes, acts Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12,1882.$ 100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of debt: Fractional silver coin $ 24,088,768 Minor coin > 10,H4 Total Certificates held as cash....... Het cash balance on hand .$ 34,179,183 331,958, 10 74,491,9*1 ~ Total cash In Treasury as shown by Treasurer 's general account.* 624,304,487 GIVINGTHANKS. f; The President Proclaims Thursday, Jfef. 29, as a Day of Thanksgiving. The President has issued the following proclamation: "Constant thanksgiving and gratitude are due from the American people to Almighty God for His goodness and mercy which have followed them since the day He mode them a nation and vouchsafed to them a free government. With loving kindness he has constantly led us in the way of prosperity and greatness. He has not visited with swift punishment our shortcomings, but with grociouB care He has warned us of our dependence upon His forbearance, and has taught us that obedience to His holy law is the price of a continuance of His precious cifts. "In acknowledgment of all that God has done for us as a nation, and to the end that on an ap­ pointed day the united prayers and praise of a f ateful country may reach the throna of grace, . Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby designate and set apart Thurs­ day, the 29th day of November, instant, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, to be kept and ob­ served throughout the Isnd. "Cn that day let all our people suspend their ordinary work and occupations, ami in their ac­ customed place of worship, with prayer and songs of praise, render thanks to God for all Hia mercies, for the abundant harvests which have rewarded the toil of the husbandman during the year that has passed, and for the rich rewards that have followed the labors of our people in their shops and their marts of trade and traffio. Let us give thanks for peace and for social order and contentment within our borders, and for our advancement in all that odds to national greatness. "And, mindful of the afflictive dispensation with wnich a portion of our land has been vis­ ited, let us, while we hr.mble ourselves before tbe power of God, acknowledge His mercy in setting bounds to the deadly inarch of pestilence, and let our hearts be chastened by sympathy with our fellow-countrymen who have sutfered and who mourn. "And as we return thanks for all the blessings which we have received from the hands of our Heavenly Father, let us not forget that He has enjoyed upon us cl ar.ty ; and on this day of thanksgiving let us generously remember the poor and needy, so that our tribute of praise and gratitude may be acceptable in the sight of the Lord. "Done at the city of Washington, on tbe first day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty- eight, and in the year of independence of the United States, tbe one hundred and thirteenth. "In witness whtrjof I have hereunto signed my name and caused the seal of the United StateB to be affixed. GROVER CLEVELAND, the President: T. F. BAYARD, > • r \ \^;C. ^ 'Secretary of Stati%f'j>v GEN. liENETS REPORT. What Has Been Don* by the Army Ord­ nance Bureau Daring the Year. [Washington, (D. C.) special] In his annual report Gen. Benet, Chief of Ordnance, says that the bureau expended $1,507,382 during the last fiscal year, and that 41,130 rifles and carbines were manu­ factured at the National Armory. Investi­ gations have been completed relative to the determination of the charge, projectile, rifling, etc., for an arm of smaller caliber than the service piece. It is the intention to use compressed and perforated cart­ ridges, but as yet the powder-makers have not succeeded in producing a satisfac­ tory powder, the desired velocity be­ ing accompanied by too great a pres­ sure. This matter of a suitable pow­ der is still under study and trial. The results obtained in France with the Lebel rifle seem to point to a radical innovation in tho manufacture of powder for small arms. The report says that a tract of sev­ enty acres or land Immediately outside of the city limits of Columbia, Tenn.. has been selected for an arsenal, and the work of con­ struction will begin as soon as the title is accepted. In the absence of regular appro­ priations the bureau has availed itself of the proceeds from the sales of unserviceable material to proceed with the manufacture of experimental gftns at the Watervliet Ar­ senal. and they will be completed this win­ ter. In improving tho facilities of this place S20,0u0 hiis been expended, and tools from other arsenals have been assembled there, so that the present capacity is about flfty field guns and one eight-inch and one ten- inghgnnper annum. 5^w ^ AGAIN AT LIBERTY. Presidential Pardons Large AJfectlnf Number of l^uplr. The President has granted pardons in the following ' cases: Joel E. Bowman, con­ victed in the Western District of Virginia of violating internal revenue laws; William Frayser. convicted in the Western District of Arkansas, assault with intent to kill; Frank Cagle, convicted in the Western Dis­ trict of Arkansas of illicit distilling: Felix Maness, convicted in the Eastern District of Arkansas of violation of internal revenue laws; Moe Kan, an Indian boy, convicted in the District of Kansas of grand larceny; Elmore Field, convicted in the District of Colorado of larceny; A. S. Marriner, con­ victed in the Eastern District of Tennessee of robbing the mails. An application for amnesty was granted in tho case of Lewis Larren and Christian Madrau, convicted in Utah of polygamy, and an application for restoration to citizenship was granted in the case of Kirk land M. Fitch, undergoing sontence in the Northern District of Ohio for embezzlement of bank funds. Bailroad Manager Appointed. M. J- Carpenter, of Chicago, formerly local manager in that city for the Chicago and Northwestern road, and later general pur­ chasing agent for the Duluth and Iron Range, with headquarters in Chicago, has been appointed general manager of tho Du­ luth and Iron Range, with headquarter* In Duluth. , Favorable for Winter Wheat. The weather crop, bulletin issued by the signal office says: "The weather has "been generally favorable for farm work ih the winter-wheat States, and the rainfall forth* month of October has doubtless affectedth* .winter-wheat cropfavorably." •HE £BA*Eg TKOtZUUnW 0» £«xU I-ABS IN IWf«V«MKIBS.. dao of tho Most Noted Eenseu'cbsraeteee of Dalroia Ekes Oat m Wsmlln Extoi- oneo--Figures Showing tfco Season's Po- tstottoU. [Sioux Fells (Dak.) spaaM.] Mary Ann Irvine, one of tike most noted characters of Dakota^ I* dead. During her residence of thirteen years ia tlio vicinity of Sioux Falls, ahe proved kacaalf smost venomous Amazon; bad lived aad died in the utmost filth and squalor, leaving thou­ sands of dollars of accumulated wealth. No woman tn Dakota, nor probably man. was more dreaded by all who eame in contact with her than Mrs. Irvine. Yielous. re­ vengeful and mean, she would h*»jtate to do nothing against the person or property of one who had Incurred her hatred. For years" she figured prominently at nearly every term of court as .defendant in various charges, such aa applying the torch to the property of neighbors Who had aroused her passions, threatening their lives, etc. A loaded revolver was her con­ stant companion, and many a has been made its target. It has always been believed font Mr*. Ir­ vine had more to do with the murder of Mrs. Egan in 1882 than Mr. Eg^rwho waa hanged for the crime. She Sftan were intimate, and many circumstances impli­ cated her in the murder; but no one to testify against her. and Egan himself re­ fused to "squeal." For the last two years she had been living in Sioux Falls, ahd her reign had been one of terror to the neigh­ borhood, for, no matter how muoh she im­ posed upon her neighbors, they quietly submitted rather than make themselves the objects of her vengeance. In hunting through her hovel immediately after her death several chickens which ah* had stol­ en from a neighbor were found in the cellar. No one ever darkened her door*, and it was only a very short time before she died that even her own children dafed to enter her house. When it was discovered that she was dying, and she was asked if a physi­ cian should not be sent for, she objected to incurring so great an expense, and not until she had struck a bargain with the doctor for his fee would she allow any medicines lo be administered. Her sleeping-room was found so full of all manner of filmy rub­ bish that much of it had to bo dumped out of doors before the attendants could find room to get in or endure the stench. After her death a search among her effect* re­ vealed deeds, mortgages, notes, bonds, andf cash to the amount, in the aggregate, of $35,000. Tho woman was 63 years old, and had three children, to whom har properiy < will revert. THE POTATO CROP. 4 ? PI gurcs Showing tho Yield the Present Season to Be the L>argost Ever Grown. . The following estimate of the potato crop of the United States for 1888 appeared in the Chicago Farmers' Review: There is no longer room for doubt that the potato crop of the present season is the largest ever grown in tho United States. From statis­ tics furnished by correspondents of the Farmers' Review, based on actual harvest returns, we make the following estimate: Ohio--Acreage, 156,963; average yield, 96 bushels; total. 15,068,448 bushels. Indiana- Acreage. 99,875; average yield. 68 bushels; total, 6,791,500 bushels. Illinois--Acreage, 146,317; average yield. 82 bushels; total, 11,- 997,994 bushels. Iowa--Acreage, 150,276; average yield, 118 bushels; total, 17.- 732,568 bushels. Kansas--Acreage. 120,- 916; average yield, 57 bushels; total, ,6.892,212 bushels. Nebraska -- Acreage. 66.538; average yield, 84 bushels; total. 5,589,192 bushels. Michigan--Acreage, 158.- 468; average yield. 96 bushels; total. 15,212,- 928 bushels. Wisconsin--Acreage, 112,264; average yield, 109 bushels; total, 12,286,776 bushels. Minnesota--Aereage, 670,000; av­ erage yield, 108 bushels; total. 7,386.000 bushels. Dakota--Acreage, 65.707; average yield, 90 bushels; total. 5,913,690 bushels. Missouri--Acreage. 85,316; avorage yield, 89 bushels; total. 7,593,124 bushels. Kentucky Acreage. 52,072; average yield, 77 bush­ els; total, 4,009,544 bushels. Total for the eleven States and Dakota, 116,373,916 bushels. In the thirty-three other States and Territories we assume that the aver­ age yield will be equal to that of 1884--viz., 85.8 bushels per acre, as reported by the Department of Agriculture, which, allow­ ing for increase in acreage, would make a total of 100,272,143 bushelB. or a grand total of 216,646,059 bushels, against 306,164,425 bushels in 1883,190,642.000 bushels in 1884, 175.029,000 bushels in 1885, 168.051,000 bush­ els in 1886, and 134.000,000 bushels In 1S0& WASHINGTON^ TERRITORY. Figures from the Annual Report of Gov* Eugene Semple. Eugene Semnlo. Governor of Washington Territory, in his annual report estimates the population of tho Territory at 167,962, an increase of about 24,000 during tho year. Jhe taxable property is given at $64,621,182. gain of over $65,000,000 in the last ten years, and a large increase over last year. Public lands have been entered during the year as follows: Original homestead en­ tries, 312,740 acres; timber culture entries. 89.264 acres; cash entries. 133,803 acres; pre-emption filings. 359,643 acres; coal land, 18,720 acrcs; desert land, 24.000 acres, and timber land. 85.600 acres. During the' year the Northern Pacific Railroad Company sold 268,700 acres. Coal mining, the report says, is in u prosperous condition, the mines having produced 1,133,801 tons, as against 525,705 during 1887. Gold and silver mining is also in a prosperous condition^ The salmon pack for the year was 360,820 cases, but neither the canneries nor the fishermen have made anything on the year's work. The Governor urges the admission of tho Territory into the Union; recommond3 tho allotment of lands in severalty to all Indi­ ans; a liberal appropriation for tbe enforce­ ment of the Chinese exclusion act; the es­ tablishment of a port of entry on Gray's harbor, and liberal appropriations for sur­ vey* of the public lands. GEN. GRANTS MEMOIRS. The Suit Brought by Gen. Badeau for 910,000, Settled. A suit to recover $10,000 and interest for services rendered to Gen. Grant while tho latter was engaged in preparing his "Per­ sonal Memoirs" was begun a few month* ago by Gen. Adam Badeau. The case has been settled on the basis that the widow of Gen. Grant agreed to at the beginning o£ the controversy. Mrs. Grant never disputed the fact of her husband's having made a; contract with Gen. Badeau. The claim, however, was coupled with an assertion of joint authorship of Gen. Grant's personal memoirs. Mrs. Grant could not admit tho truth of this assertion. Recently Gen. Ba­ deau withdrew from his suit this claim. Un­ der these circumstances Mrs. Grant settled the suit. ILL-FATED^PROSPECTORS. The. Bones of Two White Men Bleaching on the Blaekfoot Hills. A party of prospectors, headed "by Mc­ Donald. the half-breed, who had induced the Flathead Indians to divulge their long- kept secret as to the location of some re­ markably rich mines iu the Blaekfoot coun­ try. in Montana, while clambering over the; steep mountain sides'were horrified to find; the skeletons of two white men. Ohe had a bullet-hole through his forehead, and; both had evidently been killed by hostile Indians. Beside tho skeletons lay a small pile of quartz. Evidently the men were thai first prospectors and pioneers of the Blaok-; foot Hills, and for years had lain on tho bare, bleak mountain side. The Oldest Soldier. Lorious Smith, who recently died in mont at the age of 92. is thought to have been the oldest soldier in tbe civil war. Inl 1863 he enlisted in Company I, Twelfth Ver­ mont Volunteers, being at that time 67 year* old. He did not look it. being remarkably strong and vigorous, and at the timo of his death did not appear to be over 60 years old. The Iowa Graybeards had some pretty old; men in their ranks, but it is doubtful if an were as old as Larious. THE leap-year privilege is said to be- six hundred and sixty years old, hav­ ing been established in 1228 by an acfci of the Scottish Parliament, in these words: "During the reign of her bles­ sed majesty, Margaret, every maiden lady of both high and low degree shall have liberty to speak to the man she likes. If he refuses to take her to be his wife, he shall be mulct in the sum of £100 or less, as hia estate may be* except and always if he can make it ap­ pear that he is betrothed to another woman, then he shall be free.**