Show tae TELEGRAPH GRAPH TIDINGS baw U to the illers id l federal finances washingto aug I abe debt statement sav shows s a decrease in tho debt during july of cash in the treasury gold certificates certificate 10 silver certificates certificates oade of deposit outstanding OW refunding certificates outstanding legal tenders fractional currency cash available on august debt less cash in in tho tile treasury N aug 1st ast discipline NEW YORK aug I col collector lector robertson taking possession session of the custom house said I certainly shall make mako no changes antho in the forces until I have been satisfied by actual expert enco one that such change changes would bo be for tb the benefit of the public I propose to conduct my office on business principles and do ev everything or thing in ill ray my power o W to increase the the effifie efficiency y of of t alio IC government I do not hii wish to make great promises of what I propose to accomplish accod li 11 sh but I propose IDS this office shall be te administered in the mutual interests of the government and the tho merc merchants lants whose business bringa brings them in in connection with it changes of course will be made but not until I am satisfied they will bo be of advantage to the service on oil a strike NEW aug I the butch butchers ars frs of if this city struck saturday mo morning aning for increased wages there was no imo time for argument as orders must be filled and there was no way to do it except by agreeing to the terms of the men the bosses were rendered helpless from the fact that deserters refused to work with any but union men in all the houses on oil the cast side with one exception enough of the men on were put to work to fill out the orders of the day but with no other agreement than that they should be i paid according to their da demands i free trade Lox loviov iov aug L the question of free trade versus protection comes more and more to the front and ia is being very earnestly discussed in manufacturing towns even leading liberal papers write against free trade amone amona them is the newcastle chronicle joseph cowens paper which without condemning the tile principles principle of free trade would protect english industries the tile edinburgh Dlin burgh courant says there cannot bo be the slightest doubt that the battle of free trade lias has now tobe to be fought over again and though the so called fixed principles of tile abstract of the theorist of trade and commerce will trill have to submit to coni I sa s1 sid I crable ra ble modification in ili tile course ofine wie ordeal it is not a question for arty discussion it is a matter of pressing and vital importance involving the weal if not the very existence ofilio of the nation the opponents of free trade hit lit upon a good gooi booi rallying cry and watchword wa in ili the phrase of air trade under which heading the manlin morning post is publishing sl si me striking letters from froin sorrow LITTLE ROCK arhaug ark aug A gaz mes beeve special says II 11 pool an aged merchant of el paso who lost his wife and three c children hildren in two weeks there some eighteen months since committed suicide at this morning by bye shooting himself through the head and breast fearful explosion NEW N zw YORK aug IA I A 31 azatian Maz az atlan 31 mexico exico special gives an account of ah dri explosion in a government magazine caused by a guard smoking the building was situated in the centre of tho business portion of the town Tho explosion completely raised the magazine ic and dest destroyed roved many houses in in the immediate vicinity besides doing considerable damage to others and killing a large number of people immediately after the explosion soldiers and citizens went to work to the tile bodies of those known to be 10 buried in the ruins seventy bodies were recovered among them F francisco ran cisco penna district judge the number killed and wounded is not yet known as several bodies are said to be still buried in the ruins congresses and conferences lo 10 roar aug L congresses and ond conferences are just beginning in ili various parts of europe the worlds conference of the young mens christian ass opened this evening at exeter hall liall tho the american ican delegates arrived at Nf on tuesday and after a short tour through ireland readied reached london today taking stratford on avon nav on their iva way y the in international medical congress 01 OIK jens US in london on Tu tuesday emlay then follow the literary congress at vienna ra the geographical congress at I venice enice the socias science Conr congress at dublin church congress at necea newcastle S tile western international congress gre ss lias has just closed at liverpool halaver lal ra laver vor Loxla ox august I parnell was 41 named for offensive language and for disregarding authorities in in tho the chair and gladstone moved his suspension for the remainder of tho the sitting parnell rose and interrupted gladstone Clad stone he ile said he be would not go through the farce of awaiting a vote aa as tile speaker interfered with the fre freedom edoin of discussion he ile then left the house the motion for hie his suspension was carried by a vote of 11 to 14 parnell was named for persisting in ili spite of the speakers ruline in raising the question of the irish political ariso prison n era ers and declaring the tile authorities of tho the commons were always on the side of power parnell leaving eaid said I call tile public to witness that that you mr president lent have refused us freedom of discussion cus sion gladstone said he be had never b before heard such buell words used in ili the house |