Show BRIEF TELEGRAMS General JDiaz has arc ptol the port folio of public works for Mexico Tho wires west were up Thursday night and reported heavy rains In California Cali-fornia A Land Le gua was organized at Chicago on Thursday night to aid the Irish Leaguers Blocks declined steadily Thursday afternoon ernoon the decline from tho highest point being 8 v Arrangements are already being made at Chicago for the Sangerbund which takes place next June The WycliS semimillennial celebration celebra-tion by tho American Biblo Society took place at New York on Thursday night The financial programme of the new Eluiiian minister is to reduco the army and nary expenditures in time of peace The cuitomary daily interpellation took place in the Chamber of Deputies of France on Thursday and government came victorious by long odds Secretary Sherman expects to reduce th public debt from fS 000000 to 10 000000 during this month and to payoff pay-off the balance of 13000000 of C percent per-cent tGntlld Gould has fully decided to retire from the U P directory because of disagreement disagree-ment and opposition from the officers o the proposed consolidation with the Central Pacific Secretary Thompson desires a repeal of the proviso to the act of June Ii 1878 thus restoring to the president authority to appoint ten cadet midshipmen at large annually SomA of the democratic members of the next House have suggested informally that the democrats may obtain control of the House by forming a coalition with greenbackerg The treasury officials say that Burcbard director of the mint has construed the law authorizing the coinage of 2000000 monthly Their construction makes the amount much less American Jews attribute the persecution persecu-tion of the race by the German government govern-ment jfaousy because of thlr financial finan-cial success and high literary and scientific ability An association for an international cotton exhibition was organized at Atlanta At-lanta Gaf on Thursday The plan embraces em-braces an exhibition of cotton and manufacturing man-ufacturing machinery Counter demonstrations to those of the Land Leaguers in Ulster Ireland have been decided upon by the Orangemen which will tko place on the same days and probably lead to fights Secretary Thomson has relieved himself him-self of wetLy rcfiVctnns in hi > report on the conditionof the navy ana which nstiulod the bulk of the Associated Press dispatches of Thursday night At Pulaski Tenn a I mob overpowered the sheriff and took from him n negro named Smith who had been sentenced to twentyono years imprisoment for attempting at-tempting to ravish a girl and hung him Gen Garfields friends ny ha will very likely have one member ol bis cabinet cabi-net from the Pacific Slope considering it politically necessary to have that section of the country represented in his administration admin-istration Parncll Beggar J D Sullivan Seton Se-ton and Dillon are making efforts to have the trial f travelers postp nod sn as not to interfere with their constitutional constitu-tional right to be present at the opening of Parliament Senator Edmunds friends think ho should have been invited to the dinner given to Gen Garfield last Saturday at the White House Both Edmunds and Elaine wee in town at lIsa timo but neither wero invited Senator Bek said that ho should oppose op-pose a holiday recess lorger thin one week Ho says the members should stay in Washington and attend to business busi-ness and drink their Christmas and Now Years whisky there if they drink any at all |