Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-29
Telegrams to The Star.
YELLOW FEVER SPREADING
BRITISH ADVANCE ON CABUL.
DISTRUST OF THE AMEER.
JERSEY CITY CATHOLICS EXCITED
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Antf.AdministratiO EiZZle I'm Eng.


LONDON, Sept; 29.-The mass meeting sum-
moned to assemble on Saturday in Hyde Park
to denounce the incapactty of the government
TO be failure. The attendance was meagre
and no prominent leaders were present.
Failure OF the British Hop CrOp.
Several circulars issued by the hop factors
concur in the statement that this seasons crop
Is the smallest since that OF 1860. The blight is
universal throughout Kent, Sussex and Wor-
cestershire. At Farnham there are moderate
stocks OF yearltngs and Of old hops remaining
in the brewers hands, but there are few offer.
Ing In the market. A considerable Importation
from America and the continent Is probable
The continental crops are good.
Distrust Of the Ameer.
dispatch to the Times from Simla says
''Thsre Is very general distruSt Of the conduct
OF the Ameer during the Cabul outbreak; but as
he has now come TO our camp he has given
material guarantee for his future good beha-
vtor. The gates of Cabul are closed, apparently
with a vague idea that the British are close at
hand" The Times, in leading article this
morning, points to the fact that Daoud Shah
being alive and at the British camp confirms
the suspicious of the Ameer's insincerity; as he
IN dlSpatch 10 the Indian government at the
time of the outbreak stated that Daoud had
been killed while endeavoring to quiet the
rebels.
Depression of the French Cotton
LONDON, Sept. ga dispatch from Paris to
the Times says: A committee of the Roner cot
ton factory overseers have addressed a letter
to the president of the tariff committee urging
him to expedite the committees labors. They
state that not one quarter OF their production
finds market, and the stock Is increasing
alarmingly. Prices are so low that wages have
fallen 25 per cent. Unless there is some change
soon the Industry will come to complete
. standstill.
Prince Jerome Napoleon.
ROME, Sept, 29.-The Liberia denies that
Prince Jerome Napoleon's visit to King Hum.
bert has any political significance.
The English Cotton Strikers.
LONDON, Sept. 29.-It is expected that the
cotton operatives at W1gan who have stood out
against a 5 per cent. reduction of their wages,
will resume work in few days. meeting OF
81 representatives Of the Oldham cotton opera
lnelr not1ce OF per cent. reduction In wages.
A Single SculI Race.
LONDON, Sept. 29.-The single scull race be-
tween John. Higgins, Of Shadwell, and R. W.
BOYD BOYD OF Middleooro,, 1d for s4oo; came OF today
Putney aqueduct to the ship at Mortlake, and
was easily won by Boyd.
The Ameer in the British Camp.
LONDON, Hept. ga dispatch from slmla,
published in the second edition of the Daily
Telegraph, says" Many persons here regard
the Ameers arrival In the British camp as an
astute move on his part to foster the belief that
the British envoy at Cabul. On the other hand,
bgh officials express confidence In his limo.
cence."
The British Advance on CabnI.
The Ameer accompanies the troops. 1t is ex-
pected that the column will arrive before Cabul
on Wednesday next. Resistance is unlikely.
Sir Frederick Roberts has received instructions
to issue manifesto to the Afghan people that
the army advances on Cabul to. avenge the
treachery to the British envoy in that cit
that the peaceable inhabitants Will not be mo-:
iested, but II opposition is offered those persons
with arms in their hands Will be treated as ene-
mics. Non-combatants. women and children,
are advised to withdraw to place of safety.