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Show THIN as air. 1 Mtorr :n Whlrh There l "so ronndallon In Faee. WAniinnrot, Aug. 10 The ab-sunt ab-sunt story tbdt th- President pur-puses pur-puses sending a special toessage to Congress emlody log his VleTS on the recliroclty- question Is still floating about in -olltiral circle-!. The story never had tbe slightest foundation In fact, Lul the suggestion was a taking ouo and has found many believers. An ev enlug paj-er CU's-l tbe announcement Uiat the unu-Ul f-TJgth of the Cabinet meeting meet-ing Friday was caused by discussion dis-cussion of U10 propriety of sending a special message to Congress in regard re-gard to reciprocity. o such question ques-tion was considered, nor was it even Incidentally referred to. Jt Is learned thatbtephen B. Elldus, Mr. Blaine's political altar tgo, diflers very widely front the becretary of ti tote regarding the- adoption of the reciprocal relations with our Southern South-ern neighbors. He regards the proposiUon as Inexpedient and Impracticable, Im-practicable, and th)nV.s the United btates wdl commit a graTo error in lending itself to such a schetBc. CE.NSUS MGURES. Tbe Dakotas have undergone a shrinkage process since they Were admitted. In Uie report to the House in March, lS-si, upon the admission of tho States, the population of Dakota was put at 5.VVXHJ, and this was regarded as rather within the mark than beyond it. Tbe figures of Uie inter-decennl-al census of the Dakotas taken in Juns-,1535, were nearer the truth, and have not greatly improved. While tt great many persons ba e been going to the Dakotas, a great many, discouraged by n succession of adverse seasons, have gone away to Washington and Oregon. A comparison of the population of the two btates, according to Uie inter' decennial census of 1S?5, and tbe rough count of the census of 1S90, make the following show tag-lies, tag-lies, lssa. North Datou. 1 Z.1I4 UIJS-O eootb Dakota .... 1Q.IO SXMi TUl ,19.6-4 1A43 It Will h) observed that the population of tbe Htate of South Dakota is equal to the full ratio of the congressional sOime, so tbat that btate will retain Its Ivro repre There is a disappointment In store for Montana. In Uie report upon the admission of Uie btate the population popu-lation was estimated at 175,000 In 15SS The vote Indicated a jofula-tion jofula-tion In IS.; of 151,472. Mr. Porter's rough count elves the btate only 129 1(3. As Helena has been deprived de-prived by the census of about half theporuiatlon it thought It had, the outcome ought not to be sur-I sur-I rising. It Is said at U10 census office that the btates of Minivvsota and e-I e-I rxska show a phenomenal Ipcreae- In iwpulaUon. The -mstal card returns re-turns indicate tbat the increase In each btate will approximate COO.OOO. Tiie imputation of Colorado Is esU-mated esU-mated at 400,000. It was 194.127 in i-.si), thus showing that it has doubled during the past ten yeais. Wushingtou willrobably show a population of 350 000. In ISSO the Territory had 75,110 inhabitants, so that the pe pulaUon has more than quadrupled since tbe census of that year. It Is now considered a settled fact that Illinois will take Ohio's place as thn third State In point of population. popula-tion. The enormous increase lu Chicago nearly SO) 000 In ten years has contributed greatly to this result. A s-eatesl flattie. Portland, Ore, Aug. 10. A sealed bottle was found In Uie harbor this rooming, containing a letter written on cnrtridgo paiier, dated June 23d, 1S90. It stated that the English bark, lAhnond, of Hull, England, wa sinking, latitude and longitude unknown. There were Uilrte-en men on board and all in a starved condition. Army Duellusr. Paris, Aug. 10. In confidential circulars sent to the commanders of the army the government states that dueling In the army will henceforth hence-forth cease to tw obligatory, even In cases where personal violence has lie-en used. t nlrersal MaCTrace. BRUSSFXS, Aug. 10 Forty thousand thous-and people took part In today's socialistic so-cialistic demonstration In behalf of universal suffrage. "Darkskln Joe" raDr.be. Toledo, Aug. 9 A special pension pen-sion examiner has captured "Buckskin "Buck-skin Joe," a famous i?uslon swindler, swind-ler, w bom the department has been ifter for two years. Joe was all through the war, and In tho service's servi-ce's of tbe government seventeen vears altogether, being a member of Custer's regiment, Uie Seventh Cavalry, anil being a famous scout with Custer, Terry, Crook and Benn. He represented himself to be a pension agent and got fees for agreeing to have pensions raised. In sir-defri.. 8roKAs,E Falls, Aug. 9 . special from Col vl lie lays William Jenkins arrived this morning from his ranch, sixty-three miles from here, and surrendered to Uie eu thorities. He stated that be had killed two men, Wnx. Daly and Benjamin Sbaw, in a dispute over a horse trade. Jenkins claims that he acted In sel'-defense. |