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less is greatly disproportioned to tn
number of houses burned as every ten
ement was crowded to its utmost capac
ity. many Of them containing S or
families.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.-Orders hav'
been issued for the police to arrest vag
fants in the street, playing upon music
Il instruments.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16-Washington dis
patches say that Member of Congress
who was member of the Banking an6
Currency Committee last Congress, statei
that he shall advocate system in the
next Congress which will permit unre-
stricted free banking, conditional only
upon adequate bonded security for cir.
culation. He believes that banking. un-
der some condition Of adequate security
should be as open to competition as any
other business. CLIFTON L. Mearam,
another Member of Congress of the
same Committee, expressed like views
with the addition of the control of re-
demption. The Congressman first al
tuded to states that be is informed that
the National Banks will oppose any
considerable increase of National Bank
circulation, and corresponding with.
drawal of greenbacks, under such cir
cumstances as would so hasten tho ne
cessity of redemption of National
Bank notes as to utterly destroy present
profits of National Bank calculations.
The Times says that Father O'Farrel,
pastor of st. Peters Church. informed
his parish on Sunday last.that he wish
ed to retract anything dictatorial he may
have said to them during his convass of
pupils for his new parochial school. The
Times adds that this action of Father
O'Farrel is said to have been the result
of an intimation from the authorities of
the Catholic Church that the extreme
measures resorted to by him are not up
proved of The Commissioners of Edu-
cation have taken an intense interest in
the affairs of the First Ward public
school, the existence of which has been
threatened by the clergy of 81. Peters
Church, aud express their firm deter
mination to uphold in the ward, at all
hazards, the system Of public school iu
struction which has been SO persistent
ly assailed.
WASHINGTON, D. G. Sept. 16.--Admir
al Pennock. commanding the North Pa
cifc Squadron reports that he has had
several friendly talks with Alaska Indi-
ans. Many chiefs visited the ship and
seemed to be impressed with the impor
tance of being on good terms with the
United States. There are only . few
traders at quarters in the vicinity and
no settlement exists at Sitka. The Ad-
miral visited Sitka and remained II
days during three-fourths of which time
there was heavy rain.
The population are much diseased and
there has been great falling off in
trade. Exclusive of the Garrison there
are not more than 80 inhabitants, most
ly Russians and half-breeds.
For some years past there has been
bad blood between the Stiskeen and
Chilicot tribes and when at Etalia Har-
Dor Admiral Penncck was solicited by q
Stickeen Chief to use his good offices in
bringing about reconciliation. The
Admiral talked the matter over with the
chief of the Chilicots. whom he found
ready to bury the hatchet.
DETROIT, Sept. 16.-The mail train
west last night on the Detroit and Mil
waukee Railroad ran over a COW neal
Lowell, throwing off several coaches and
killing two passengers named Wm. .Bea-
men and Calvin Mitchell, both of Mich.
]. l.. Barchan, Mill Agent and Burling-
ton Express messenger was severely in
iursd, and several others were injured,
none seriously.
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-Denny Chapman
member of the Board of Trade shot
himself through the head this morning,
in a wash room, and died two hours af-
terwards. Losses in speculation sup
posed to be the cause.
PANAMA, SEPT. 19.-No violent dem
onstrations have been made since the
shooting of Col. Acatequa and Senior
Bermudez On the 24th ult. but almost
nightly there are reports of uprisings.
and an intended attack by negroes out
side the city. .s....
SAN FRANc1sco, Sept. 17.-Flsur $5
1906 25 superfne; 6 1897 25, extra.
New ORLEANS, Sept. ia Pieayane
special from Shreveport of the 18th, says
the numper of new cases of yellow fever
to-day is less than fer several days, and
the number of interments reduced from
SO yesterday to 25 to-day. Not thought
however, that there is any abatement,
but material for the fsver to work upon
is considerably diminished.
SHREVEPORT, Sept. IT, The Times
this morning says: Number of deaths
is fearful to contemplate. The mortal
ity is beyond precedent. and looks as if
but few will comparatively get well.
Thus far very few have got about, while
some linger along between life and
death. In some few instances whole
families have been swept out of exist
ence in a short space of time. A sudden
change in the weather last Sunday, sent
scores to their beds which accounts for
the large number of interments in the
last two days. They are dropping of