Show BY TE TELEGRAPH LE I 1 lek IEK ER WESTERN UNION une USE amid AMIS itcan U anz washington 18 it was announced the ot of june that the court of claims judgment in the union pacific railway case would be entered in accordance with the computations made by experts pursuant to the opinion of jle jue court previously rendered and that tire tue computation which had just been coin com showed an indebtedness of something over only miles comprising the subsidized portion of the kansas pacific branch were involved in the case the remaining miles of that part of the union pacific system being non subsidized and thus exempt from the claims of the government the earnings of the kansas pacific branch had however been kept account of asap as a pard part artof of the whole and the court decide decided dasa as a means of ascertaining certa ining the amount due the government as 5 per iper cent of the net earnings in g 8 of the subsidized portion that t the fi earnings of the whole branch should be divided pro rata upon a mileage basis subsequently to th the e announcement of june 1 the attorney general asked the court to ito suspend entry of judgment to the ruling ot the court of claims in respect to the basis upon which the kansas pacific debt was to be computed it having been suggested that the actual earnings of the subsidized road were proportionately greater than those ot the other part and that if the actual earnings i could be ascertained the government would be the gainer pursuant to the request entry of judgment was suspended ended agents of the department of austice justice and interior department have since invest investigated abed the subject tho thoi roughly and the ile conclusion has been reached to make no further contest over this question this conclusion having been communicated to the court judgment has today to day been entered in accordance with the opinion previously announced in a favor of the government for the sum of pending the trial of this case agents of the government and of the ua union 1011 loii pacific entered together upon an investigation of the accounts to ascertain the indebtedness of the road under the thurman act and on account of the five per cent of the net earnings which the company was required under the acts of 62 and 64 to pay into the united states treasury they reached the conclusion that there was due from the company sum was paid into the treasury and now stands as a partial offset to the judgment of the court itis it is also stated that there is due to the com company companion on account of the earnings of the various branch roads not included in the recent litigation and on various other accounts of minor importance a considerable additional sum which with the amount already paid in will leave the balance probably not more than a hundred thousand dollars due the government upon the judgment of the court the case was begun besun more than five years ago MEXICAN MAILS the superintendent of foreign mails malls has communicated to the mexican postal authorities a desire on the part of the government to nave the transfer of american malls facilitated at paso del norte opposite el raso paso texas it was represented that passengers could reach the city of ot mexico from new york in eight days whereas the mails were nine days days en rente the additional 24 hours being consumed in transfer formalities when crossing the mexican frontier at the su suggestion estton estion of the united states department the mexican authorities have already adopted the plan of distributing mails for points in mexico this side of the capital from the train instead of carrying r ng the mail untouched to the city of 1 mexico plexico and sending it back for distribution which was formerly the practice appointments the resignation of john A tufts indian agent at union agency in indian territory has been accepted bernard magoonaugh has been designated by the secretary of the interior as custodian of the detroit michi michl michigan uan can arsenal property vice J 1 A Pa patrick tHick resigned james WM W M harris of port rort townsend washington territory has been appointed special timber agent of the general land office leonidas russell kussell ot of tennessee has benn bean beon appointed medical examiner in the pension office vice john R ross resigned aaron S coleman of new ew york has been designated to act as chief oi of the special examination division of the same office NO INDIANS adjutant general drum has hay received a telegram from col bradley stationed at santa fe saying that there are now no hostile indians in new mexico there is an impression at the war de that the hostile indians have also left arizona tr izona THE cnora the printed report of the agricultural department giving the condition of the marions crops as ao shown wn by the june returns is just out and contains a tew lew points eints concerning wheat not furnished f in n tile the synopsis furnished on the loth it is stated that the general average condition of 62 for winter wheat is the worst official showing bince since IM 1868 in 1881 it was 71 74 and 75 in 1883 while the great crop years of 1880 and isso 1882 it was 99 in june from a close study of the returns it is certain that a large artion portion of the reductions in area is discounted counted is in returns of the condition yet in a few states it is evident that further allowances must be made for tor unanticipated destruction of area by re planting future conditions or misconceptions of present appearances or soth both both bolh together are not likely to change the tile total wheat crop of the count country ry more than ten million bushels above or below the estimate given of three hundred and sixty million bushels still disasters prior to harvest or wet weather afterwards might possibly make a greater creater reduction sufficient unto the day however is the evil cyll thereof LIMA llva via galveston IS 18 general caceres with meo men is now in the neighborhood of lima having dodged the column of col mas and a final struggle is expected to take place in L lima ima lma within the next few days clays the result cannot be foreseen as general caceres cacere as is the idol of the lower classes and is generally popular but the organization of his men is bad th the government has well organized troops here and are preparing depari ik a warm reception for gen aeres keres caceres gatin gatling guns have been placed on the roof of the palace and the presidents dents house bouse BOSTON 18 hanlon and teemer met here tonight to night and arranged to row five races of 2 3 3 M 4 and 5 miles for a side with the privilege of increasing it to 1000 a aside side khe the first race is to be rowed august ath and an interval of two weeks is to elapse between each succeeding race the places have not yet been a agreed reed on cincinnati ahlo uh 0 o 19 diews news comes from whites b Ky that link banks leader of butla outlaws urr uri s in that county entered jas 11 II fragers frazers Fra store on wednesday afternoon and drawing a revolver said to frazer they would settle accounts frazer who is described as a law abiding citizen put his own construction st on banks action and shot him dead it is said that banks has killed three men this year in knott county kentucky the war between the hall jones factions is still raging at the last encounter yesterday each party lost a man this brings up u the tile list of af killed to nine in the last it three t ree weeks one of the jones jdnes party returned a day or two uvo ago from cincinnati where ha he ba had bad I 1 invested in sixteen shooters gitil with which they are conveniently armed PORTLAND me ale 19 fire today to day oldy destroyed stroy ed the building owned by S K L layman a a and dama damaged ed two acl adjoining Joining b buildings 1 id 1 is loss insurance 2 SOUTH era FRA mass 19 nearly the entire force employed at the para rubber kubber shoe compall companas Comp anys 7 S works went out on a strike tits tots morning in support of tile the striking f boot makers A body of strikers numbering about men and girls paraded the streets with a band the conduct of the procession was orderly HOT SPRINGS ark 19 advices advises from front Ilic indian ilan llan territory teral Terai ter tory indicate that cherokee politics are now at fever heat the recent convention of the union party a r t y 0 of I 1 deleware district adopted the fo following i i 0 w ing platform upon which a I 1 lively ively cam campaign is heine belne made cammatti palti patTi we believe elleve in a government of the people by the people in opposition to rings an and syndicates favor honest economical administration of our government ern ment and that honest competency should be the only tests in filling posts of public trusts leasing our lands west of the meridian to cattle syndicates di cates and favor the present law and are opposed to its repeal indianapolis 19 frank whiting and charles daniels convicted burglars were arraigned in the criminal court yesterday when judge norton asked whiting if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced or noun ced the prisoner spranz sprang to his feet abused the court with a volly of profanity then tearing tearing away from the sheriff hurled a pair of handcuffs the missile passed over the judges head shattering the heavy plate glass then turned fiercely upon the police and had to be severely beaten before he was subdued his ills friends in the courtroom court room pressed into the prisoners box and the officers were finally compelled to draw revolvers the two men were finally handcuffed and taken to michigan city CHICAGO 19 every employed of the city ity government has bee been n requested by mayor harrison through the various chiefs of department to hand in a written resignation similar action was taken in one or two departments recently but the new order has been made general no special reason is assigned except mr harrisons belief that the mayor should be free if he chases upon assuming office to appoint such subordinates as may meet his views the general handing in of resignations does not necessarily imply that all or any of the employed emp loyes will be removed washington 19 the second report ort on the mineral resources of the united united states by albert williams william jr chief of the division of mining statistics and technology of the tile united states geological survey is now nov in pres press cressand sand saud and aud will be issued shortly as one of the them census publications Ac according carding to the report the commercial product of the coal fields during was long tons the spot value of the commercial product was including local consumption etc the total product iu in 1884 may be stated at 1 long tons and the value a at t the mines was the total production that Including is colliery liery biery and local consumption of anthracite was 1100 long tons less than in aw we 16 value was less the total bituminous coal production itier increased eased longi tons over that of 1883 but bui its value was less the total output of all coals showed a net gain on tonnage of long tons and a decline in value of the production of crude petroleum in isu 1881 was barrels of 42 gallons each total value at an aver ace ase spot price of 85 cents was 1 compared with 1863 1883 the production was W barrels greater but the total value was less from the report it appears that 89 goo long tons of iron ore were inia mined in in 1884 valued at the mine the pi pl iron made aggregated logt lo 10 long iong ng tons a decrease of tons as compared with 1883 the Th evalue value at the furnaces was or less than in 1883 the product of copper in 1884 including pounds made from imported pyrites was pounds worth at an in average price erice rice oi of 12 cents per pound in new ark york the amount was pounds greater than the production of 1883 but the value was less les S the total value of the product of 1884 1881 was and ot of the non mineral product making a grand total of tables sho showing lying t the ll 11 e quantities quantity tl c S and values of the mine mineral i products prodie its of the united states in 1883 and 1882 are up appended for comparison from allese these it appears that the TOTAL VALUE OP OF METALS and minerals produced in 1884 1881 was less than in 1883 and that the decline in 1883 from 1882 1883 was the net decline says gays the author of the report has been due rather to a depression in price than a decrease in quantity indeed several important substances show a decided increase in production notwithstanding the general dullness of trade tracie the over producing taking the whole field held into consideration has been less than was generally feared manufactures batard bayard ba rd has formulated a plan by b w which h cri cei he e proposes to obtain f for fon or ameri american manufacturers through the medium of united states consuls in europe all the information they desire regarding manufactures abroad he has written to a lar iare large lare e number of manufacturers of all kinds kinds of articles throughout the country asking them to submit to him any question covering the subject upon they desire information regarding the manufacture of their respective classes of goods in foreign countries and these questions will be sent to united states consuls consul abroad with instructions to obtain the information sou sought ht mr bayard hopes by this plan to procure for our manufacturers rs such information as will show conclusively whether in the tile price ofray of raw material cost of labor i improved mp roved machinery etc american or u european manufacturers have the advantage in the production of manufactured articles secretary bayard believes that the possession of such information regarding the cost cosi of manufacture and price of raw materials abroad will also be of great advantage to the united states government in the collection of the duty on imported articles of foreign manufacture tue TUB exposition the indian exhibit at the new orleans exposition will probably be presented to tile the french government as representatives of that nation have indicated a desire to secure a collection which exhibits the progress made by the indian tribes nowara toward civilization the entire government exhibit is now how bein being g t transported ran sported to this city 1 1300 laoo w ears cars a r being required for f 0 r the purpose part of the exhibit w will ill lii probably be turned over to the smithsonian institute for permanent exhibition LOCUSTS the commissioner of agriculture has issued a bai bal bulletin ballatin letin prepared by prof riley luley entomologist of the department upon the periodical cicada 11 with the view of meeting the demana demand for information upon the subject and with the further view of soliciting data that will enable him more moru completely to map out the geographical limits of the thirteen and devent seventeen elen clen year ear broods the bulletin which is a pamphlet of nearly fifty pages is now ready for distribution trib ution CUTTING dowis DOWN ET EXPENSES in pursuance of the policy adopted by secretary manning of cutting down clown ex expenses p anses in the various bureaus of the tr treasury a sury department wherever possible e without detriment to public business persons employed as storekeepers gaugert gau gan gers etc in the internal revenue service have been removed since murch march the average per ver per diem pay of these employed emp loyes was 4 1 THE BOOMERS the war department has received a telegram from captain bennett of the ninth cavalry at fort reno keno indian territory stating staling that lieutenant stevens of the jintil cavalry Caval rv has returned from oklahoma after having thoroughly scoured the country no boomers were found in oklahoma REPAIRS TO washington ASHINGTON AV MONUMENT the broken roof stone of the washington monument was placed in position today to |