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Show SUNDRY MATTERS. Anion; Other. cnr lt-ras Telc- srajilird rront the alioaal Capital otrrJar THE RAUM MINORITY RCPORT COMES FOREMOST. IiilU Vetoid hjr the I'rt.Idcal. Tie rabllc.D.-bt.StiltxnTit. Coullnnall!. THE U. S GOVERNMENT AND JEWS IN RUSSIA. Uarrto-i' Condnston on the liar rundla Affair. .Trrtarjr Ulalneandlhc TaritT. B7 TckKraph ta the Xitj i H Va.iitNuro'v M:tvs. Tlie Public Debt Mnienirnl. Tlie Itavnoa JIluorllT Urport. Wasiiisotox, Oct. I. ruUlc tlelit ttottsnent: AKgrtf;rato of In-teret In-teret ln.-arln Ueta, cscliulro of Unitcil States tunds biuetl to l"iicinc rtllroais, SK53,CS5,070, debt on which lutcTrtlMuceaswl flncc maturity, ma-turity, l,750,9j; asgrrKato of debt bearing no interest. Including ICa-tiona! ICa-tiona! UanL fun J di jiwilCTl In the Tn-asiry under the act of July 14, 1830,SIU,C5I t2J; anKgHc o( r. tiflcattfl oft"-et by daih In Treasury, fjMSTrl.OOO; nssrvgito of debt, Including In-cluding certificate-, September 30, lsaj,$l,650,6 5S9;decrca.eof bonded bond-ed debt during the msntb, $12,315, 210, total ctsh in tlieTrca5ury,S9,-G0j,43j; tlieTrca5ury,S9,-G0j,43j; debt k3 caili In the Treasury Trea-sury September 30, 1S9J, SS70,973,. 134, de'it !er ci-li in tlierreasury August J, 1S90, $-7o33,0IJ; decrease de-crease of debt during mouth. S I.5S2.-9JS. I.5S2.-9JS. stokam: land cash. TJie Secretary of Uio Interior to-div to-div rendered a tleciaion in tbe cae of It. TZ. Splorr et al. v. Tlie JCortli-t.ru JCortli-t.ru Pacific llailroad Cpmiany. In vhicli the motion filciton behalf ot Sjiicerfora review of the departmental depart-mental Drci'ion of July 17. 1S9J, if denied. The cae involves 160 acres of land within the limits of Stolaue Fall, Wah., alued nt bcveral million mil-lion dollars. SILVER. The llverofTerlngt today amounted amount-ed to 375,000 ouncv. The turchaet-were turchaet-were So.OO J ounces, as followK 2o-009 2o-009 ounces at $1,139 and 200,0-W ounces at JI.1393. CON FSUMATIONS. The Senate conflnccd tlie following follow-ing nomination;: M!uiterj Ileident and conuU generals George S. Kaiihellor Sew York, Portugal; S. II. Koyd, ilk-ouri, to Slam. Smith A. Whitfield, Ohio, first a-slstnut (wEtmater general, Jamo Liverio liell, Pennayivania, tecond aisl-tnnt potmat.r-gcntral; John 31. Irwin, Iowa, governor of Ari-i3i.a. Ari-i3i.a. Inter-continental railnay com-mlsiion com-mlsiion Alexander J. Jaselt, Peiinaylranla; George M. Pullman, IMuui-: Henry G. Davia, Wr VirginU. kacm iii.soitiri r.n-uKr. The minority of tho f jwcial IIouv committtecapolnted to inveetigate t'je charges agalut I'iiiIon Cum mtt-ionrr Itiilm, M.tnt Lewi and (Juduight, have united in the -Tek tration of j r. oit, wtting fortli their oiunlona 0:1 tlie reuitsof tin invotiitiuu. The retwrt revletrk tlie cvldLUcein the rrfi iterator cae, and nay?: We !an.iut the couducl of a tiublic oflical who InvuLes a protection of the criminal law to screen hlnwelf fama projicr iuve-tigatiou, iuve-tigatiou, aud to hido from public view the detail of a business which is Ielng conductid from one of tlie public bureaus, and concerning tbe cliaraetcr of which o many and iuch damsging charges have U.th made." Asia tho C'urgcof theaJvancc-aitut theaJvancc-aitut of pLnsiou claims for Iieinon, in consideration of llli cbtloraing UiecoalaillstoOer's note, tlie rejiort tales that uo Intimate friendship 13 known to have existed between the comtnltiontr and Lemon, aud there were uo btisintn relations between be-tween them before this transaction. Why should Irmon. a good business busi-ness man, ris-k $1- 030 upon one who is afraid to have his business Inquired In-quired Into? The computed Ilia aytlem was just what Ijemou di-manded, di-manded, and as soon as It was established lie was rvaJy to underwrite under-write the commissioner. IS COXCLUSloS the riport rea If. "Thus it rernu to us the CommaIuner ef 1'em.ljiif has not propetly e-tetmed tlie dell cate duties of his great ofllce, nor lias herneaMired up that high ttand ard of r.atnotic Co .-.Mention for the publlccrvht; whlih should prevail pre-vail in tills department In adjusting the disbursements of nearly one tilled of tlie entire reVinucs of the covernmtnL The I'euslou ORlce is altogether tx) sacred a place for the declopmeut of the vrsonal thrift and enter ri-e maniluted in this record." It was established that tlie 11a-tlon 11a-tlon might properly care for those to whom It owes a gratituJe too sacred for trilling. Itisauwuumsnt to tho muniflcenre ot a grateful feo-plr,and feo-plr,and its hundreds orempluyee rhould be lruti men aud not sunk gamblers. That a place thus hallowed hal-lowed thou Id be used for stock Jobbing Job-bing or speculation, cou verted Into a ? ning plieu for eurjwrations aud a stall for bartering aud double draliDg, Is a reflection upon our govrfnmer.t; Midi a degradation of the public M- r ice, nc taluk,canuct be TOO sTnONQLY CJ.NUKJlM.D. If the real and sensitive demands of tbeocca'Ion be measured by the cx.tmplo of tlie forbearing Nazarene, who scourged from the temple tlie men. hints aud moneychangers, or by tlie commendable conduct of President Arthur lu removing an associate ju-tice of the Arizona supreme su-preme court for borrowing money from an attorney practicing before him, Congress mut a-;reo with us that there should be a betterment of tlie public service by a houe cleaning clean-ing in the pension bureau. As a majority of tlie committee intend to pursue the inve-.Ugatlou at the next esslon of Congress, their report may not be made until that lime. THE JEWS IX RCESIV. Tho President today tran-mlttcd to the House, in answer to a resolution resolu-tion concerning the enforcement of the proscription reports against the Jews In Kua. nV from,UV; Secretary of State upon the subject. InhlTletter Secretary Hlalne refers . -.TrrMrajudence on tbeyame sub-erohe sub-erohe Houm- lnls52, and iVsUncetbat date corres,3ndence Ulnveral-ofaU religious test to our citizens in Ilus-sla,or Ilus-sla,or having interests In Ilussla, and agalnt the enforcement of a disqualification founded on such test, which proceeding is without warrant or recognition in tho Irealy stipulations between tho Uiiited States and Ilu-sia, and, moreover. Is rerugnant to the fundamental doctrine of freedom of conscience and equality of religions on which organized society almost universally rests. Tho Secretary further say, when it was first reported that the Russian government was about to taie a measure resulting In the ex-pul-ion of tost numbers of its subjects sub-jects because of their religion, our Charge d'Adalrsat St- Petersburg advised the Department that he liad the highest authority for maintaining maintain-ing that the Kuxslau government does not contemplate any change from the present lenient enforcement enforce-ment of the Jewish edicts In ISSi. 1HLI.S VETOED. The President today ro'Urnrd without approval the Houo bill declaring Lie retirement of Captain Charles IJ. Stiver, IT. S. A., legal and void, an i that ha Is entitled as suclkculcer to his pay. The President vetoed tho bill for relief of Charles P. Cluteau, for the reason that tne Court or Claim had alreaJymado a finding of ill the facts in tbe case eflscntii! fo- the guidance of Congress. It shjuld decide that an appropriation to lay tbe claim ought to be made. The lUrrundla Artatr. WABMJ.OTOJ-, Oct. 1. sit U un-dersiood un-dersiood Uiat tlie President, after carefully cxamiuing the corres-noudence corres-noudence In Urn Itarrundia allalr, has reached tbe conclusion that It ia uot .compatible with the public Interests In-terests to transmit all of tbe paters to Congress at tlie present time, ani tint therefore none will be sent in answer to tho resolution recently pxs-ed by the House. Tlie decision of the President, though based no doubt on good and substantial rea sons, excites some surprise, inas much as it was known that the ofllcials of the State Department liave 110 ol Jection to making public the pairs in tlie case. In fact, it is knon n that tliey have given the committee on foreign attaint axsur-anoes axsur-anoes tliat the corrtpoudeuco M ouid promptly be submitted to the Houo If a resolution calling for the pipers were passed. The question of Mr. Mizner'd recall is not involved in the refusal of the President to furnish fur-nish the corre-pondence to the llosue. Such a step is said not to have been considered yet. Maine and IbvTTarln. Chicago, Oct. 1. Kx-Assltani Postmaster General Clarkson, in an intrrvlew in a local paper this e en-lug, en-lug, speaking of the tarlU, slid he is pleased Willi it as a whole, but docs not favor tho sugar and tin plate schedule as passed. Iteclproc-ity Iteclproc-ity he looks upon as ' protection's oj tiou on free trade." Whin asked if he thought Mr. Hlalne aould lc an aggressive candidate for the Presidency lu 1692, ho said: "I do not; the man does not live who would rcfue a Presidential nomination, nomina-tion, and if he l tendered it, he would accept, but he will not fight for IL Mr. Hlalne I look Uoiias ihe createst force In the world today." to-day." Mill Wllllnslr le- Little I tocic, Ark., Oct. 1. The republican convention in tho Second Sec-ond CougrrK-iona! district todiy Indorsed In-dorsed the Union Iibor candidate, I-om P. LangUy. Powell Cla ton made a speech. In which ho said the state of Arkansas would never be cleared from the stain of tlie murJer of John M. Cbjtoo as long as Breckinridge remains In Congress. In conclusion he said: "My life was once dear to me, but the time-has time-has now come when I ran take my life In my hands with perfect resignation, resig-nation, and it I can only succeed in defeatiug IlrecklurlJgo I Mil! willingly die in the cau." JllMlater rtieln Talfca. IlACKE.Ns.ecir, N. Y., Oct 1. Minister to Grrnnny Thelps made a speech to the Ilergen County re-liubllcau re-liubllcau convention tonight, in which besaid tlie Uueof protection was the real Itle of the da nnd the force bill csuld not be made the main issue because the (arty Is not uuited on tbe expediency of tin measure. A arraw l.ene. lAXClll.fiio. Va., OcL 1. General Gene-ral Jubal A. 1-arly hvl a narrow esca; from death this afternoiin He was standing in front of a build mg on Malu street which was recently re-cently burned, when suddenly without n moment's warning ihe wall fell, burying him In a mass of debris. He was rescued Jn about twenty minutes, only slightly hurt, from under some large timbers. Allien held tho debris otThls body. They re Iteleaard. riuijMiri.riltA, Oct. 1. After inve-ligallon by tho deputy collector, collec-tor, ItcVi Drs. Minkenberg a no Lucntgeruth, the Catholic clergymen clergy-men u ho arrived yesterday ou tlie -teamer llclgtnland an-1 were mt allowed to laud under the provisions provis-ions i.f the contract labor law, have been released, proceeding oil llielt Journey to St, Paul. They tuvle au alildavit that they had come to this country, not to act as ;,rofesaora. but to deliver lectures oil natural phllo--oplij' aud theology. Xo stipulated mm had beeu set that they should rcccixc. SlUer Tmdlni:. 2Tew Yonif, Oct, I. The trading In silver certilicatcs was verj'lieaTy today. 1,19)000 ounces being sold in the New York Stock Exchange, anJ an equally heavy business between be-tween the brokers outside. The sharp change in the situation since jeterday morning was a decided sunrise. At one lime jesteruay the propcct appeared decidedly unfavorable. un-favorable. One of tlie most prominent German Ger-man houcs sold nearly one million ounces and forced the price down to $1,092. It a as said that this selliuic wasfortheaccouiitof a col winch had been carrying a large block down from around' $1.19, and for silver dealers, who say that when the silver was known to be sold they were willing to begin buying again, and buying orders came in from manysojrees today, carrying tlie price upto$1.14J. The brokers ascribe the Improvement Improve-ment to a removal of the pressure hanging over tho market, to a higher high-er mark' tin London and the pur-chasea pur-chasea by tbe government for the October quota. The United States ofllcials believe the decline was the work of London operators, who depressed de-pressed the market In order to make better terms In tbe semi-annual settlements which were made today. to-day. Menmrra collide. Xew Yonic. Oct. 1. The steam-sh'p steam-sh'p Jafeafte of the Whlto Star line and tlie Dania of the Hamburg. American lino were in collision to-dayas to-dayas both vessels wcro outward bound. Tbe accident occurred be low the quarantine station. Tho pilot of the HajCtttB discovered that the tide was swinging her bow over towards shallow water. To prevent her from running aground she was bent ahead at full speed for tin- pu r-pceeof r-pceeof getting ahead of the Dama and to bold b course In the chan nel. The JJaje!ia being so much larger than the Ikinla, the latter was drawn by the sjctiou over against her. Two of the Jisjttite't lifeboats were carried awajaaand three of the Dania', The tatter's bridgeand captain's deckhouse were also damaged. After examination lioth vessels proceeded. |