Show no news from our PACIFIC R B A director talks about the becent turn of affairs political pointers sept 1 is not a word of nes received at the state department part ment from minister egan ing the state of affairs in chill save the brief cablegram sent last week telling of the unimportant skirmish the officials of the department are at a loss to this reticence on the part of the minister ter except upon the theory that communication between the cable terminus ter and san iaac the capital where minister eg resides are not vat fully restored 1 as union pacific director 1 I hare nut beard that gould aage or dillon bave sold any of their union pacific holdings as reported they all ara heavy subscribers to the debt certini cata and it would be hardly likely for them to sell out at this time upwards of three quarters of the debt are now placed and the amount is being steadily increased 1 do not know whether billon is going to resign or not assistant secretary nettleton and secretary tracy returned from new york if the president returns to within the next three week as he is expected to do ho will find the chita house scarcely habitable as it ia not expected that the workmen can possibly finish the repairs batore the first of october and to et through that early it has been found necessary to postpone a portion of the work to be done until next kummer secretary foster reports our financial condition to oe be excellent and improving avery day he anticipates najt the slightest difficulty in taking up such of the ia cent onda as ahall not j be presented for extension at 2 percent on or before september 5 which ia the last day that they can be extended ha does not think tha amount to be redeemed will macch exceed and he has an available balance of of the in the much written about gold reserve rea erve aued these bonda like all issued by our government ara mado payable in should the holder desire it and as the treasury has in its vaults more than in sold coin in addition to the gold reserve thera will be no difficulty in accommodating tha owners of the bonds prevented for redemption even should they all desire to ba paid in gold aliis state of ia very gratifying to everybody but the democratic wail era who haap for months beba efty ine that the united states treasury and that when the lime cam to take up theae bonds it would io compelled to default in the payment of them of course those of them who amor anything lenaw better all the lime but having bean eo uc last aall in their campaign of they have for lack of uny other principle adopted that method republican party it raised a broad smile in ton when crisp said that the contest for the was a friendly one mr crisp may DO in his feeling towards hia opponents but they or rather him when they ara running around abusing him and trying to create the impression that ha is the friend of all the democrat tic hobbyists lobbyists and that lie will be under their control if elected this is arti true of those who are working for mr mills they are doine every taini except charging personal crocked ness to bring discredit upon mr krisp and they are doing that by influence by saying that he baa promised more committee than exist for the purpose of obtaining pledges of support if this be a friendly contest pray what would mr crisp cal an un friendly contest LONDON sept 31 the oriental con ereah opened to day the rev chas taylor master of st johns college cambridge presided at the opening ceremonies |