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Show j . . :ews of the day. j New York managed to raise the wind for her yacht race, bnt the Grant monument is still unbuilt. Russia has conceded the Zulfikar pass to England. Now if Parnell would concede Ireland, England might be happy. Cleveland has any amount of "back I bone," but he has no "spare-rib." People think he should set a good example to bachelors, bach-elors, and get one. The Superior Court of North Carolina has decided that a railroad company cannot force a passenger to ride in a smoking car if he objects to doing so. Af ter declaring a quarterly dividend of S 1,119,000, the Western Union Telegraph ompany have on hand a surplus of $4,430,-000. $4,430,-000. This dividend will be paid on the 15th of October. "With boiled Chinamen in San Francisco and baked Chinamen in Wyoming, says the Denver Newsj it is clear that the Mongolian problem is rapidly becoming a burning question ques-tion in this country' -. . .-v. C-A U. General Logan's new book has just been placed in the hands of- his pubHshera, and its title is the "Great Conspiracy, Its History His-tory and Origin." It will appear about the first of the new year. The international cricket match was resumed re-sumed in Philadelphia yesterday, and the English team finished their first innings with a score of 147 runs against 209 made by the Philadelphians in their first inning. They have an enterprising lot of gamblers gam-blers over in Omaha. They offer, if they are permitted to shuffle the cards without molestation for a year, that they will pay all the street improvements and keep up the water works. Articles were signed at Dallas, Texas, List night for an eight-round glove contest on the 8th of October, between William Ross, alias "Black," and Lemuel McGregory, "St. Joe Kid;" the weight of the gloves not to exceed four ounces. General McCook is at Cheyemio having in charge the Chinese Consuls, with instructions instruc-tions to give them the most complete protection, pro-tection, even from insult or incivility. It is thought that work will be resumed in Iwo of the mines on Monday. The London 'Daily News Paris correspondent corre-spondent telegraphs that Palermo was illuminated il-luminated last night in honor of the appearance ap-pearance of the vision of a saint, carrying with it the assurance that the cholera epidemic epi-demic would soon become extinct. King Alfonso presided at a Cabinet council yesterday. The council authorized Admiral Antaquer Bobadilla to purchase two men-of-war out or the appropriation granted in the budget for the increase of the navyi Germany's reply to Spain's recent note is expected next week. John Coulbert, who was arrested in London Lon-don last month on the charge of having abducted ab-ducted for immoral purposes a girl under 13 years of age, was found guilty yesterday and sentenced to fifteen months' servitudeThis is the first conviction under the provisions of the Criminal Law Amendment act. . Members of the Knights of Labor say that the subject of boycotting Chinese laundries laun-dries has not been mentioned in their meetings. meet-ings. It is further stated that the boycott could not be issued against these laundries on the plea of cheap labor, as their prices are generally higher than those of the washwomen. wash-women. A Toronto, Canada, dispatch Bays: The electrical railway running from this city to the fair grounds is a perfect success. There were carried, on an average, passengers each trip, at a speed of fifty miles per hour. On several occasions this speed was increased in-creased to f tdly-sixty-five miles, or more t han a mile a minute. Galveston, Texas, is experiencing a deluge. del-uge. It has been raining there for five days, and the streets are perfect canals. In many places in the city water stands knee deep. Heavy seas have prevailed since -the deluge set in and a series of encroachments are reported along the eastern end of the island. At 11 o'clock last night the downpour still continued. The yellow fever epidemic at Vera Cruz has been very malignant. About fifty per cent of all the cases prove fatal. Inasmuch, however, as many families and single persons who were subject to the disease have been absent from the city since the outbreak, there was a scarcity of material for the attacks at-tacks of the epidemic. The American Con-buI Con-buI himself had been attacked, but was already convalescent and attending to the duties of his consulate. Interested spectators loudly cheered the crew of the "Genesta" yesterday for the superb manner in which they handled their graceful craft. The English cutter, her owner, captain and crew, received an ova tion after the race, and between the cheering cheer-ing and the noise of the steam whistles and the din of fog horns, the course seemed a veritable Bedlam Everybody was satisfied with the race and the weather and all other conditions were as favorable as could be desired. de-sired. The "Puritan" will be sold to the highest high-est bidder next Wednesday. This step as been in the minds of the owners for some time. They built the "Puritan'.' hastily as ' an experiment to meet the crisis. She is too large to be run for pleasure. As a sloop she is not fitted nor furnished luxuriously' enough. Her cabin, is finished in plain pine, and all her belongings are of the simplest ! description. The gentlemen who contrib- I uted to her building are fully satisfied they ; have no further use for her. By Warner's silver compromise bill it is j provided that silver certificates take the place of one and two dollar greenbacks ! which the Treasurer has stopped issuing. A i bullion certificate is also provided for, ! which shall be redeemable iu silver, bullion ! or lawfnl nionev. at the option of the Gov- ; erument, the latter alternative preventing j i the making of a corner on bullion. The i ! market rates of bullion at which these certi-! certi-! ficates are to be redeemable are to be deter-: deter-: mined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr.. ! Warner thinks that this compromise bill, if i presented in Congress, would bi opposed by !t wo classes; first, the gold standard men, i and, second, the extreme silver men. who think that anv compromise is a conoession i to the fjold men and should not be connteu-j connteu-j anoed. He is confident, however, that a ! compromise silver bill will pass Congress at j t he next session. ; Colonel Bee, the Chinese Consul at San Francisco, has made up his mind from con- versations with the citizens and officers that I any attempt to bring the offenders to justice t through the local authorities will fail. It is ; his intention to telegraph the State Depart-! Depart-! ment through the legation, calling for more i rigorous measures for the prosecution of the ! criminals by the United States courts under i the provisions of the treaty with China. J Colonel Bee says that all of the proceedings that have beeaJhad in the matter so far are a bold farce, and unless the matter is taken i in hand by the United States authorities ! there will'be nothing done. He finds that i eleven of the Grand Jury before whom the cases of the men already arrested will go, I are citizens of Rock Springs. Many of them : are miners and all of them sympathizers with the rioters, while of the pettit jury, i fourteen of the twenty-four are residents of ! Rock Springs. Colonel Bee states as one re-i re-i markable result of the inquiries that of the ! men engaged in. the outbreak not one was an ' American-born citizens. He deems it es-' es-' pecially significant that the outcry against j the Chinese, which is depended upon to i justify these outrages, comes from men who jare not themselves natives, and many of ! them not citizens of the United States. |