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Show at nr.vi:it. Annual lira (In ajf I lie- -VI name a a Construction l'a'ffpav. DcNVEli, Colo., June 17. "Hie third annual meeting of the Nicaragua Nicara-gua Canal Construction Company was held at the efflceof M10 company com-pany In Denver today. The following follow-ing named stockholders wire elected tlfreclori lb? Hie , ensuing year: Warner Miller, A. (.'. Cheney. Alfred Al-fred M. Hoyt, W. L. Scott, 2. O'Shaughuessy, J. W. Miller, R.A. I.ancaster, J. S. Macau ley, N. K. Kalrbauk, Smith M. Wood, Henry K. Hoyt, Robert Sturges, Edward Holbmok. Messrs. Alexander I. Mason and William II. McQickcrcamcon from New York to attend the meeting. The pra-ent officers of the company are: President. A. C Cheney; secretary, sec-retary, J. W. Miller; and treasurer, Henry JL Hoyt. The attorneys of the conijany ore Messrs. Daly.lloyt aud Mason, of New York. TheA-oniiatiy Is, at present activis-Jy activis-Jy eawgea In the cointr'iction of the Nicaragua canal, work hcvinif been commenced about October 5th, 1SS9. Immediately after the adjournment adjourn-ment of the coinjiany, the first annual an-nual meeting of the Nicaragua Mail, Steam, Navigation aud Trading Company was held. The following directors were elected for the ensuing ensu-ing year A. C. Cheney, Alexander T. Mason, John T. Sproull, Jose M. Munoennd Samuel U. Miller. ThN comjany owns and oierates the line of steamers which ply ltween the irtof Oreytown and Granada In tbe t'enubilepf Nicaragua, by way I of the rSnn Juan 'titer and I.ake I Nicaragua. It holds from ('- rov-1 eminent of Nicaragua the exclusive privilege of navigating these water by steam. The greater jart of the inland commerce of the country passes over its lines. AT CiRCYTUWN. ColtlSio, Nicaragua, June 19. The iiple from drey town say little work is being done on the canal. Aluut eighty men ate at work just above where they started the town of America, clearingnuay the brush along the route of the canal. A Jius- atieiits, mostly Americans. Contracts Con-tracts for 20X.M Jamaica negroes have It-en made. The country Is overrun with Americans and Europeans who have no money and can get no work, and all. rare iryiut. to get out jf ilife country. Kolil.ary hj CJIrls. IaU.VCI.L, Mass.. June 19. Kntif McN.imam and Nellie Drury, inch aged fouiteeli, Were arrestcal today charged with larceny of money, jti-lry and women's wearing ajijnrel from fifty houses in var:. us larts of laawrciicc. It was the practice of the M.-Xama-a girl to visit housis. first reti tiding to Im-diaf Im-diaf and dumb. If any opportuuiiy offered she plundensl trunk. -arry-ing with herai.umlerof kefnr:iie urim'. If there wereiniliiiitKUa" when Uie Ma-Nitniim girl vuiteu the houses, that the inmates were going away she and the Dmry girl suli.tueutly entered the building hy Mie rear windows. The MciVauura girl was heard moving aluut in the upier '-ortlon of a house some weeks agoandsupriscd the.occupants when they went up iciloiiy displaying a card Inscribed: "I am deaf and (dumb; please help the unfortunate." Many valuable articles of Jewelry were founJ In her pockets when she was arrested. The case was disinisscil thnuigh the influence in-fluence of friend. The two girls resumed ojsTaftnii at oikv, but escajicd detection until ti!ay. At th:ir homes the ilire found hat, enpts, wnlletaaud artii-U :f jewelrv etc. Sritsallonal Ilnrl. CuLt'JiiitA, S. C, June 19. A sensational duel occurred on the street between Dr. IJaV, of Conga-ree Conga-ree nnd J ustlce Weston, of this clt. The men aru cousins ami young. They quarreled over a family matter, mat-ter, whlpied out revolvers aud beta be-ta n shooting. Both were seriously hurt l.ol.l Milpmrnl In l.rrmanT. New York. June 19. A local papersays: The recent shipment of f-,2.jt,000 in gold to Germany, 57.V),lKX) of which went on the steamship Columbia this morning, has been followed by Mie circulation circu-lation In bniiking circles of several disquieting rumors, one reachiug the government ofllcial?, to the effect ef-fect that the shipments are on direct enters from the German Chancellor. Chan-cellor. One of the leading Innkers here said: "The recent advance In exchange ex-change In Berlin and the low rate of sterling exchange in Germany arose from the Jwllcy of extending the German extort business, and at the tame time placing such nstric-Mons nstric-Mons on imports as to paactlcally prohibit them. The German government govern-ment Is hoarding gold, and no matter mat-ter what excuse the tankers acting act-ing as its agents may make, it Is well understood where the orders come from nnd where the gold goes to." It Is estimated that $10,0Vi,Oi)0 will be Liken by Heldelback, Ickelhelm-er Ickelhelm-er & Co., on the present order ers said today sterling exchange was Just at the gold-shipping iint, and auy further advance in rates would bring put la-ge export orders. or-ders. The worst feature of the situation is tile fact that the gold bars 111 the as-say olllce, which two years ago amounted to S9 (.IWO.OOO, have decreased de-creased to $.12,6cjtl.Oisi. If they should lie all ahsorlied, a drain oil the double eagles In the sub-treasury will follow, and the banks will lose a part of their holdings. Tho opinion on Wall Street is freely expressed that the law allowing allow-ing the withdrawal of gold Ion for exiort should lie amended, and the Treasury ofllclals should insist on laying all checks iu coin. This would limit the shipments of gold to a small figure, for it would tike a wide dlfleretice Iu exchange fur shippers to realize a profit In shipping ship-ping coin, (laid lairs are of knowu fineness, and charged for accordingly. according-ly. On the other hand, gold coin often falls 1 jit cent In-low the standard of fineness, nnd in addition, addi-tion, there Is always a loss by abrasion. abras-ion. I'rrinlnm on CJoIal liairs. WAsiii-fiTOc, Juno 19. Secretary Secre-tary Windom has applied to the attorney-general for an opinion as to whether he has authority to plai-e a premium on gold bars withdrawn from the New York assay office for export. l'nlal Railroad Caalllslain. Chicago, June 19. A collision occurred between a pay and freight train on M10 Kansas City. St. Joseph & Council Bluffs road this morning. Engineer L.W. Yocum, of the pay train, was killed, and sev-eraloUierainjured. sev-eraloUierainjured. Eighteen horses were killed. Ve-rj- Thill. New' Y0RK,JuneI9. Amon; the Mormon immigrants arriving here today was Andreas Olsen, his wifo and four children. They were all detained on' a charge of violating Mie alien contract law. OLsen ad,-mltted ad,-mltted that a Mormon missionary bad promUed to give him work Tfhen hearrlvrd. |