Show SEWS NEWS WASE washington INGTON oct 25 secretary bayard who returned V tu last night made the following statement today to aS al representative ot of the associated press in regard to the ia letter att eer ot of hlson of ef california to tab british minister on the subject of ft effle pending ending presidential election and t toe e british ministers reply yes I 1 have read both lettera I 1 have not seen the british minister since he went to europe last spring until he called on me this morning at the department ot of state lord sackville west has no other or better means of the know knowledge dedge or the intentions of the president than any one of the six sixty live alve millions of people M his is worth no more than that of any one ot of them on the ground ot knowledge and much less on the ground of 0 interest in the subject while 1 there here must be a concurrence of opinion as to the impropriety of the expression of individual views uy oy any one holding the position ot of foreign foreia n envoy it is still to be hoped we will b be able to settle the issues involved in the pending canvass without the imp importation 0 of 0 foreign inter interference ferente or lin i n our domestic affairs faira af the american people will be prompt to resent and nd repel as impertinent any such buch atte attempts n 1 apts but this will easily be recognized as a political lotical pitfall arranged by the california letter with its objects so plainly stamped upon its face and addressed to the british minister into which lie he has so su surprisingly ing tumbled such petty schemes to break the I 1 lall all ot of despairing politicians will be held in their proper estimation by popular intelligence MINISTER WEST was shown the interview with secretary bayard this evening and aad asked what lie he halto say about it kit he sald said nothing I 1 dont care to criticise criticism critic ise it the letter fetter sent from california was undoubtedly written for the purpose of en ell trapping me in a few days 1 expect to be in a position to make public the manner in which tile the altair was planned and the ideis identity of the persons concerned in it ahe lenorls which are aie being directed to discover the t ick were instigated by me and I 1 think I 1 shall succeed in making e evary grything cry thing phun 11 at your interview with secretary aagard ilits giorni morning ug did you discuss this matter aikem the reporter 0 yes replied loud lend sack sackville ille 11 naturally al ay ellough enough it we a alluded to tile the matter but not at any ally len length 1 I have nothing to be sorry sony for h mever however said lord sackville except that iwas I 1 was entrapped this anair reveals to me a new phase in the ways of american po politicians politician liticia ways that in in this instance are disastrous to nie me in othar otan r american ays I 1 can delight but I 1 would like to be excused from having aily anything thing to do with politics in the united states the cabinet meeting today was a long one lasting until three the british miDi ministers letter was the chief topic lopic under consignation consideration BALTIMORE oct 25 A man luan giving the name of walter A 3 an unusually competent journals jour nalis arrived here a short time ago made io in fluent ial friends secured money on worthless drafts and skipped it is is now said he is a fugitive from J ustice in many cities including san francisco CHICAGO oct 25 2 A mail pouch which left boston on Tn tuesday esclay arrived in chicago lat evening over the michigan southern So uthera road with all of its registered matter gone and the supposition is a large amount of money was obtained by the thief the bag was cat open the thief taking a package canta containing ining first dabs matter onla boniv this leads to the belief that the perpetrator pe is some one connected with the postal service the ro robbery libery IS ia supposed to have been committed between botton boston and cleveland BOSTON oct 25 the news of the robbery of the boston mail pouch discovered in chicago was waa received this morning at the registered letter division of the postoffice post office the pouch poach left boston at 8 Tue tuesday morning and contained 35 packages of first class matter much of this going beyond chicago some of the letters being addressed to nan aa francisco only 1 13 3 pieces were going to chicago all the others were for further west E each ach package contained I 1 to 12 letters letter sall all of which must have either contained money at checks charleston oct 9 2 at spartans spartano burg in this state yesterday R senn and helena boland were tooth both sentenced to be hanged dec 14 for the murder ot of mrs senn two years ago senn bonn was infatuated with miss bolard and poisoned his bis wife to get her out of the way YORK oct 25 captain covert ot of the bark sil silas las fisk arrived from turks island yesterday his vessel was wrecked on grind grand turk september ad and a crew of eleven and three passengers lost only covert and a sailor bailor named quintin paul were aasved I 1 philadelphia oct 25 at the united states mint today a large bar purporting to be gold was received from the west it resembled in shape the ordinary bars ol of that precious metal and in appearance it looked something like it but when placed in the hands bands of the assayer the ofil official cial stated that it was spurious and of little value A bar of gold of the same size would be worth superintendent fox would not disclose the name of the party from whom the bar was received but has telegraphed to the senders that it was spurious A whisper was heard beard in another direction that a western bank bad been imposed upon by a swindler and had made an advance on tile the bar new HAVEN conn oct 25 daniel hand an aged and wealthy resident of Qu quinford ilford has given the american missionary association of new york to be held in ia trust and the interest to be devoted to the education of colored people in the old slave states he was in business in charleston when toe the war boke out and was was obliged to fly leav iWig upa his business in the hands of a southerner G W williams who developed the original investment of to the present suni and paid it ic over to hand S since i nce the war he returns it in the shape of this bequest ST hi eXTER SHURl oct get 26 the papers express indignation at the manner in which kin king milan of servia secured a divorce from queen natalie and denounce the divorce as illegal urges queen natalie to appeal to the patri aren of constantinople and other chiefs of the orthodox church to annul the action ot metropolitan sius NEW YORK oct 26 the following lowing fal circular has just ilist reached the chinese merchants of new york from their home offices in hong kong kocg and I 1 gentlemen you arp are hereby notified that you tire are to discontinue dinue the purchase of arti articles cies from american sources its as they are aie being tie severely verely boycotted by kirn kim berkof bers of trades unions and other citizens rhese are the artitles articles now prescribed petroleum white sheeting all kinds ot american calico watches batche and american fire art arms gingerroot ginger root and flour with the exception of a few chinese firms in new york the above circular wiil have dd effect but many san francisco firms will leel it more moie severely as several of them are heavy deal dealers cirs in american flour petroleum and cotton goods PITTSBURG oct 26 secretary coke of tile the window glass glam works association today gave out A portion ot of 9 a vate letter he received from T V powderly in which toe the latter declared himself a protectionist mr mi coke says lays the letter was written waiten in answer to one which national Dib district triet assembly no had sem to 10 the master r workingman working maa asking 1 tas his opinion as to legislation in then their cause and placing speakers bp eakers in the field to advocate the cause of protection during tile the campaign the tol following lowing are extracts the letter which coke gave out no ao explanation is necessary as to the course taken by L A it if the members think thick they are that is sufficient for me so ion long as the action taken does not interfere with the working assembly I 1 lam am not free to advocate either party and have not done daae so by word action or instruction you are at perfect liberty to denounce me through the press if you yon catch any trace of my fingers in this campaign except it be for some well known friend of the laborer I 1 believe in protection and never have bought a single article made across the ocean it is my invariable practice to ask where the article was waa manufactured before I 1 purchase it it if I 1 cannot get a homemade home made article artic leI will wait till I 1 can J would not allow a single article to land that we can manufacture ourselves I 1 would not allow any workmen to come over and take the place of our own I 1 am a protectionist and in many respects niffer differ from those who are prea preaching claing protection in this campaign were it not for labor organizations there would be no protection for the men who work these things are laats and abt I 1 ata am accused of partiality for t the he democratic party I 1 am neutral in in this campaign and intend so to remain till election day LONDON oct 26 the parnell commission again listened to attorney general websters presentation of the times limes case today the speaker continued to recite a catalogue of outrages supposed to be traceable to members of the league and then quoted from the speeches of dillon billon and other Parnel Parriel lites to prove their support of the plan of camp campaign he dealt in sue sac cession with a series of utterances made by william obrien 0 arien cully cox kenny and matthew harris to sho show their sympathy with the outrages and he be intimated his bis intention to deal at I 1 length with the violent orations oration s of league members made tu la county clare during the years 1885 1886 and 1887 at this the presiding justice haenens Han patience seemed exhausted and leaning forward he be asked the attorney general if he did not think he had bad already given sufficient indication of the line of argument he be intended to adopt sir charles russell counsel for parnell suggested that the attorney general might had him copies of speeches he meant to quote from and thus save time the attorneys attorney general replied that be bem must deal vv with ith all the irish counties he had picked out as affording id the most striking kinz character of the leagues cause he quite understood justice hannans hint and he was desirous of adopting any practical suggestion which would enable him to shorten his remarks the attorney general concluded his remarks by stating that the men who actually participated in the outrages would be called as witnesses and would tell what moneys had been paid them and how the crimes they were hired to were arranged adjourned journea du nril irl I 1 tuesday new YORK oct 26 considerable alarm has been occasioned over the death in a hospital in brooklyn of captain john gillard of yellow fever the health authorities however assert that there is no cause for fear as everything possible 0 to te prevent the spread of the xi disease sease has been done the steamer carets immediately returned to lower quarantine where her e she will be thoroughly fumigated fumigated the th e portion of her cargo discharged was also dis infected Theli The hack ack in which jillard allard rode to the hospital was thoroughly infected disinfected dis the officers are at work trying t locate the passengers WINNIPEG oct 26 at a public meeting at portage la prairie last night resolutions denouncing the canadian pacific were passed the e whole country is aroused farmers for miles around gathered at morris to force a crossing four hundred northern pacific men are said to be in that vicinity awaiting the decision on the injunction unc before forcing a crossing PIERRE dak oct 26 about 20 sioux indians under the white ghosto from lower bruhl agency passed up bad to reinforce the standing BOCK indians in the rumored coming light with the crow lildia indians ns it is expected that chiefs with about indians will join them at cheyenne the crows are out in force and expected to strike the blow while the sioux chiefs were at washington but they are late the latter have returned CLEVELAND oct 26 david sellers and wife living near mount hollead were murdered last night and their farm house fired by the perpetrators of the crime it is supposed to have been the work of burglars the laughter daughter and hired mau man were awakened by the smoke and escaped with difficulty search parties paries are out now CHICAGO oct 26 julius kaveberg Ka peter thompson thomas nicholson and john magee were placed on trial today charged with placing dynamite bombs on the tracks of the north chicago street railway during the recent strike of the conductors and drivers tae policeman who arrested the prisoners gave the statements made by the defendants these were in effect that the bombs were ordinary railway torpedoes incapable of doing any damage and that there was no intention of harming any one the goject being merely to scare the new men Mamp nis oct 26 the grand jury returned indictments against benjamin gratz and orson gratz L W jones and joe L wood and mr bly warren members ot the firm of warren gratz st louis the manipulators or 01 toe tee bagging trust the indictment charged them with unlawfully conspiring to buy all bagging in the market and the output ot the mills tor for several months to double the prices on ba bags gs requisition papers will be applied tor for at once and the indicted individuals brought here at once for trial the attorney general will prosecute witt with vigor and thinks the indicted parties nave have clearly violated the law ST louis oct 26 referring to the dis dispatch dispa paten tco froan memphis term tenn with ref reference irence to the indictment of the members of the ohp jute bagging combination benj gratz said he did not know or care anything about it the firm of warren jones gratz were only manufacturers and did not own a yard of nagging baggin PARIS papas oct 26 at the meeting tonight to night at which GOO were present a party of anti leaded headed by bullier provoked a free tight ight many persons were carried off the he place with lacerated and bleeding faces during the turmoil bullier fired elred a revolver from the platform into the audience he was immediately thrown down and belabored with sticks one of which penetrated his neck bullier fired again three times whereupon the gas was put out and a general rush in made e for the doors EL PASO oct 26 the task of en forcing the chinese exclusion act proves no easy one along the mexican frontier ren tier el paso texas and paso del norte mexico are separated only by the rio grande which is at present practically fordable for ten months of a year there are two or three hundred China mCD in the two cities and heretofore they crossed freely from one to the other collector maffin is enforcing the law as fully as his bis small force of inspectors will wilf permit ermit but it is an easy matter for the ahl chinese nese to violate them moreover the china men can easily come up the mexican central railroad or across the country from guamas giamas or other pacific points and slip across the line into the states LONDON oct 26 no official communications have as yet vet passed between the cabinets of england and the united states with reference to lord Sack villes letter on the presidential cam campaign lord salisbury has sent to lor lord sackville several dispatches deploring the ministers injudiciousness it is reported that the united states state government will make some demand in order if possible to counteract the ida injury ury 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