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Show . h r sews op the da.yJ !l : :. fl Bashi Bazooka have sacked and burned several villages in Eastern Roumelia, - -. A Phillipopolis dispatch says: The merchants mer-chants here nave suspended payment. The Bank of Phillipopolis has closed its doors. General anarchy prevails in commercial circles. : It is estimated that there has been a decrease de-crease of about $12,000,000 in the pnblio debt during the month of September. Payments Pay-ments on account of pensions during the month were about $4,000,000. - ; " " ; '". In the great stallion contest at Mystio Park, Boston, yesterday, Pilot Knox won three straight heats, beating King Wilkes, Montgomery, King Almont, and Westmont. Time, 2:19, 220 and 2:20. ' The typographical Union of New York is still boycotting the Tribune and. its candidates. can-didates. They are now threatening Davenport, Daven-port, the Republican nominee for Governor. It is a significant f aot that the printers of New York kept Blaine out of the Presidential Presiden-tial chair. The Treasury Department yesterday purchased 85,000 ounces of silver for delivery at the New Orleans and Philadelphia minta ; The prices were higher than usual, but it was necessary to make the purchase -in order to complete the quota of coinage for the month. The Massachusetts Republican Convention Conven-tion adopted a platform yesterday in which one clause demands the immediate and unconditional un-conditional suspension of over-value silver dollars, and another urges a vigorous enforcement enforce-ment of the Edmunds law in Utah, with the passage of, such amendments as will give it increasedjfficacy, and the encouragement encourage-ment of the "Kansas" plan of settling Utah Territory with law-abiding citizens. Two thousand persons were present at the Exposition building in Denver last night to witness the . sparring contest between Jack Burke, the "Irish Lad," and John P. Clow, champion of Colorado. Local celebrities celebri-ties amused the audience for an hour or more, when Sheriff Graham announced that both principals would be placed under arrest if a single knock-down blow was given, and directed the contestants not to use other than six-ounce gloves. All bets were then declared off. Burke announced that anyone believing him a party to the hippodrome, could get their money at the door. Four rounds were then fought, Burke in earVi showing his immense superiority over Clow. No decision was given. Again the Chicagos whipped the New York ball players yesterday, the score being two to one. There was an indescribable scene of tumultuous cheering and hat-swinging at the White Stocking Baseball Park, at the close of the ninth inning, when it was certain that victory had again perched on the banners of the Chicago team, giving them an almost undisputed claim to the National league- pennant. They defeated the New York stalwarts by a score of 2 to 1, with an inning to spare. The attendance was 11,300, this,and despite the sky, which constantly threatened rain. The game was a splendid, exciting contest throughout, and until darkness began was totally devoid of errors. United States Minister Merrill has sent to the Department of State copies of the regulations recently promulgated by the Hawaiian kingdom, controlling the immigration immi-gration of Chinese. - In substance the regulations regu-lations are as follows: No vessel will be allowed to land more than twenty-five Chinese Chi-nese passengers at any port in the kingdom, unless the passengers in excess of that number num-ber are provided with passports entitling them to enter. Passports entitling the holders hold-ers to return to the kingdom will be granted persons of Chinese nationality, or who may hereafter become resident on the islands, provided such persons have been engaged in trade or have conducted some industrial enterprise en-terprise during at least a year of their residence. resi-dence. No return passports will be given to Chinese laborers leaving the islands. |