Show = NEWS OF THE DAY The Russian fleet is being prepared for the Black Sea In the Chicago market yesterday trade was brisk in cattle hogs and sheep The harbor of Victoria B C has been lined with torpedoes in anti ipation i of the coining war Torpedo boats are to be constructed Kaiser Wilhelm has expressed the opinion that Russia was decidedly the aggressor at Pendjeh ExPresident Arthur has resumed the practice of law in New York as counsel coun-sel in the firm of Kneval Ransom The German press express sympathy with England and hope she will make Russia apologize and retire or fight The Ameer of Afghanistan took the news of the battle quietly He said he I had long expected the Russians to adVance ad-Vance to Herat General Kamaroff will not be recalled re-called by the Russian government His attack on the Afghans is considered justifiable justi-fiable and perfectly within the line of his duty Barker Bros of Philadelphia are negotiating on the part of Russia for the purchase of several small American steamers In the event of war they will prey on British commerce The Emperor of China gives the Frenchmen a bitter pill His decree just issued informs his people that France has humbly sued for peace and that he has I graciously granted their prayer I Politicians especially California politicians pol-iticians are beginning to believe that the party recognized by Mr Cleveland in making nominations is no less a personage person-age than Mr Cleveland himself In the New York mining market yesterday yes-terday stocks were active and strong with increased interest and the transactions I covered a larger number of shares of stock than at any previous time of this year The New York produce exchange Wheat was an exciting theatre yesterday took a lively jump on the war news and sales of 2000000 bushels were made in the first quarter of an hour Large buyers buy-ers of last week unloaded freely Sullivan and Ryan are infonned that they may fight their battle in South Carolina Caro-lina without fear of the law several of the lawyers of that State having guaranteed guaran-teed them protection Thus has the chief attraction of Montana departed It is thought the Administration and the House will be together this winter on the tariff and land grant questions relating relat-ing to the railroads but if the President tries to force the suspension of silver coinage coin-age the Democrats will rebel against the Administration A plot to dynamite Governor Hcadlv of Ohio has just been revealed He was the recipient of a wooden box which contained con-tained an infernal machine loaded with dynamite The Governor was suspicious and his suspicions saved his life Detectives Detec-tives are working up the case The London News believes that if General KamarofPs action was a part of the policy of the Russian government it is useless to thiinNf delaying war It will be difficult to deal with a government whose generals have a trick of ignoring instructions While hoping for the best it is necessary to prepare for the worst The Irish feeling over the war question ques-tion is expressed by a Dublin newspaper the Irish Times which says The wanton and audacious insult to this country must be instantly atoned for The Russian Ambassador should get his dismissal and be packed back to a country which disregards disre-gards the elementary principles of civilized civ-ilized contention A London dispatch states that the Tories ridicule Russias reply to Englands demand for an explanation of General KamarofTs attack upon the Afghans They argue that it will be impossible to receive General Kamaroffs defense within less than sixteen days and that Russia will occupy that interval as she has occupied occu-pied the past seven months in reinforcing her positions her army and strengthening on the Afghan frontier Judge Ludlow McCarter of Newark his retirement presentation on N J at a from office said The country is enter L Men are going to ing upon a new era be retained in office not so much for political services rendered but because they have performed and are willing to perform their duty The man who said that public office was a public trust meant something lie meant that a public pub-lic officer held his office for the benefit of of be the public and not for the purpose ing bartered away so that he may at the end of his term step outof one office into another states that v telegram A New York to the latest European i stocks continue subject war news The belief is preva ropean between Russia troubles lent that the and England will assume more definite shape in a short time In the meantime I speculators are waiting although the to the ultimate effect street is divided as between those countries upon of a war the our securities For the time being belligerent news is hailed as an assur advance not only of ance of a general securities but railroad of the better class also of the products of the soil and many manufactured articles while reports of a the peaceful character tend to drive market back into the rut in which it has been running so long |