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Government Finances.
WHAT SECRETARY SHERMAN SAYS


secretary Sherman, who left for Ohio to- day.
cerning the future financial operations OF the
Treasury, replied:
The Treasury operations will probably here.
market. 1t is probable that before the first of
Cctober nearly all the called bonds outstanding
amounting to about 81, ,7OO, 900, LII be presented
Ior payment, and VIII be paid for through the
money will go to different parts of the country,
elsewhere than New York. the payment may
cause some movement Of currency from That
city; but 1t will naturally soon come back again,
Treasury payments viii be equal to our receipts
aid no more, except the small balance Of the
fractional currency fund which Congress re.
quired to be paid out"
"What win be the probable amount OF gold
imported In payment OF breadstuns, &c?"
country will be very large. 1t Is evident that
our exports will be greatly In excess OF I'm
ports. and mainly OF breadstuf1s, meats and
cotton; but the excess will be paid for largely
they would all come back. Still some gold win
come. and our domestic production OF gold will
stay here. This will give the banks an excel
lent opportunity to provide themselves with 8
coin increase, instead Of U. S. notes, of which
their reserve now consists. The t. S. notes
Will ali be wanted In active use for the largest
had.'
"How about the price OF silver Hasn't it
adyanced?"
Yes the price OF silver is advancing some.
What. There is better demand for silver for
Chtua, and therefore the price is higher In San
francisco than in New York. should not be
surprised II the bulk OF the silver OF the Pacific
coast should go to China and that our supply
for coinage should come from Colorado, Mexico,
and perhaps London;
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THE COMPANION OF THE PRINCE
IMPERIAL.

NRw YORK, August ia Plymouth, Eng
ana, special says:-Lieut. Carey, the com
panlon OF the late Prince Imperial on the fatal
eXpe0tlon 10 ItelZf, was expected TO arrive
mere at noon tomorrow (Tuesday) on the
Jumna, but 1t is now understood that be will
not land but will proceed at once TO Ports
mouth. The feeling In favor OF the young Of
fcer has gradually dIifted round strongly In
his favor. II has been arranged that so soon as
the Jumna arrives committee Shall 60 on
following address, which has been signed by
10000 persons, including everybody OF Import
ance In the city:-"We, the undersigned men of
Plymouth, In welcoming you back to your ma
dence In your valor as British Officer and
honor as gentleman and sincere sympathy ia
the trying circumstances In which you were
placed Tne 10000 signatures were all gath.
cred to-day, the address Itself having been a
very sudden Inspiration,
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GEN. GRANT ON THE RICHMOND.-The Asbury
Park tNJ Journal of the 10th instant, says
Through the kindness OF Mr.. E. w. NcEWan,
OF Asbury avenue, we are permitted to make
an extract from a letter from his brother, who
is on board the United States steamer Ashuelot
low In the japanese waters. Mr. McEWan
says:-We had two ladies on board the Rich
mond, and as they had the cabin General Grant
was obliged to live In the ward room. 1t was
vacant room without particle OF furniture,
ana the mattresses used were taken from the
paymaster's stores and were the kind issued to
the men. One officer contributed sheets, another
a pillow and furnished the towels and soap.
NO room IN the ward room presented so shabby
an apf earance as the one occupied by General
Grant
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The MAHlIeas.

BALTIMORE. August l9-vfrgfnta sixes d.
ierred Q: 90 consols 6Sh; do second series. 2sH /;
BID today; sugar ssssdyDA sost. sSSsH - %"
BALTIMORE, August l9.-Ootton drm and o
changed. Wheat southern steady, except for fanev
ern .ss xsasn sGe Do aGs S
land. l09%; No western winter red. spoe ond
August iOssei osh; September; l0ssSaI06k;
6ias xte 0%in. soussssS S Arm -
southern white. 81 do yellow. 90; wesasrn mtSsd.
= sSet and s3 Ars1st AsA.aSss' September. l7ss5x:
Ss e 20 %issd sSs s2ss wss.
32A Rye quiet, 68s60 Hay oteody-orisrs - 49,
Iennsylyania and Maryland, lSO0Ali I O0 Proyisso1s
firm and Without chsnge- Buftsr firm and sc8ivan
so.Gs, isia ioo1Ss PssroisS%r sSsr1 Recsed i2sl EN
renneG ". Coffee very quietNRio cSr~nes IN. y,
49, IL Whsky dull os,Ssl o. Freisi1ts uncSsnesd'
2.S2S barrels: wheat So S1O bnssis:
Vhest wv Uusneis DATA 70 600 bushels 6hipmsnfs-
7so 500 S1sSss corn q eoS oSSpsns SasS sas-whsa
eNEy YORK. August 9-Stocks strong Mooev.
0a.; o,. Exchanse long 48lH 81; Ghort, ISSE Govern.
nisnW NrW stT9rs Tmp md hieber:
whest dull Corn shade eesier. W.
- AOMDON August 10, II 50 p. m.-U. 8. bonds. 4
11oeA Er.e. 2ss; Do eeeond consois, Tx We*
Ss@trsi " az New N1c1s asss2 0s2sfs. soH
ozH- Reading. 20k. SA'
1oRk AA1K1Ts fHm Ay3uNoou
W. xxNosnOw19 9uoeaoons were current IN Nsv
eon - - p NJ - repogted by L0W1s John,
Ssss ss TN; ~ Sc %s s,ss9ss ss9s,d d: ,Ss:
SxSSI 1ake 6hore. 6lH; Northwec6 71T: n iSs1d
W. u Tssssaph' slxi Psqac &id TX
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FALsETTO BOUGHT BY MIR. LORILLARD-Mr
P. Lorlllald has purchased from Mr.. j. W. Hunt
Reynolds the bay colt Falsetto, by Enquirer
dam Farfaletta. by Australian, three years DID,
at Saratoga, for $4,000. 1t Is reported there
that Mr.. Lorillard intends sending Falsetto over
to England to join Parole and the other "good
ones" he has there. Mr.. Reynolds has disposed
or nearly the whole OF the stable that he brought
from Kentucky; Mr.. Brewster having pur-
chased Fol tuna, the full sister Of Falsetto four
years old, and another party having borght
hand. Mr.. Reynolds will not be likely to take
her back to Kentucky, as she Will never make a
'atar"
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The SPRAGUE EsTATE.-The Canonchet farm,
now occupied by the discOrdaut Spragues,,
stands on the books OF the bankrupt firm Of A.
q w. Sprague, valued at S45O,0OO. Mrs Sprague
refuses TO make any further statements, but is
determined to resist any attempt to deprive her
OF the custody OF her children, while Governor
Sprague has become silent, and the lawyers are
hoping to patch up some sort of a compromise
Dy Whlch the breakup OF the family may be
avoided. To bis immediate friends the Gov
ernor speaks OF his wife as Infatuated" q term
wnlch, 1t Is urged, does not necessarily imply q
by her husband for her household expenses in
Washington $2,5OO year, which was In addition
70 the property she enjoyed In her own right.
about $1,000 apiece from the estate, although
MIS-. Sprague says she has repeatedly urgeo
MN TO accept larger and more regular allow.
ahce: Mr. Sprague, who is very proud, has
atWays refused to DO this, saying that he would
never 1 De "salaried man In a firm where he
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e. Ihe Youngstown CO., Erenirg: Ners, hither-
out Tor the republican ticket,
gS Up to midnight last night no cIew TO the
mystery OF the Frye murder, in Boston, had
peen received. Murphy has been discharged,
no evidence being obtained against him
eETwo streams OF lava flowed from Mount
Vesuvius last Friday as far as the base of the
cone, but there was no eruption on Saturdav 0
EAn accident occurred yesterday on the
don, N. c., and Portsmouth, va by which one
man was Killed and two seriously wounded A0
- McGurick, the alleged murderer or Tanes
Needs sasa IN PhilaGeiphia October 7th, 1855, was
the Erie police, after desperate resistance "
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HORRIBLE DEATH OF AN INFANT-An Env.
lish wife and mother living In Chelsea went tn
sleep on box in the kitchen fortnight a9o
with a baby in her arms. When she was
aroused about midnight she found that the
OF Dill ty water, and been drowned Medical evi.
del ce showed that the Child was well nourished
but It's 1nsides was full OF soap-suds The haSv
aid was thus sufrocated. ''
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KISSING THE DEAD LIPS OF THE WOMAN He
MURDERED.-Ltzzle SchaDdel, one OF the women
shot In st. Louis Thursday night by Thaddeus
the morgue. Baber. on being taken there. threw
himself with loud Cry by the CONN, and re-,
peatedly kissed the cold lips OF his mistress.
While the coroner's jury was being formed he
got on his knees by the cofnn and broke into
cOnVufSfya sObS
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REPRESENTATIVES OF GEORGIA-A resolution
presenting the names OF James Oglethorpe and
crawford W.. Long as the Representatives of
Washington was passed Unanimously in the
georgia mouse yesterday, and will pass the
senate today without dissent, and at once be
OF Or. Long will be presented Friday. fhe ood
by q. S. Senator Gordon 'A.o -Nu'
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MALE AND FEMALE COUNrERFErrKRs-InM MfI.
s,aa, Waukee, late Saturday afternoon, detectives
derson, who had been passing conntarfeir
money They belong to a regular gang. and
nall nail from Chicago. The arrests are Considered
sey seTy important, as the coins-dollar and half
ooiiaI sii'er pieces so perfect as to deceive
experts Their spuriousness could only be dis.
covered Dy cutting them In two. After their
aIIest Earl and Mary Henderson telepraphed
trouble and asking that assfstance he Sent :.
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A Steamer Suuk,

LACHINK, CANADA, August 19.-About 1920
last night the propeller City OF St. Catharines
ran aground In Lake st. Louis, two miles above
Lachlne, and sunk In five minutes. She is
loaded With railroad iron. The steamer is con-
stderabiy damaged, and her cargo will have to
De removed before she can get afioat.
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THE WIFE OF Cool BURGESS SUES FOR
DlvORCE.-Su1ts have been commenced by Mrs
Edna Burgess, wife OF Cool Burgess one In the
supreme court at New York for d1 1vorce and the
other In the marine court for Judgment of
5000. The facts which led to the Shooting OF
Wlogery, at Toronto, by Burgess, will no doubt
come out In the trial
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1he Webb.BOyniOn Swimming
Match
R Ri1rOad Accident.

LANCASTER. PA, August IA misplaced
switch caused an accident this morning to the
express, at Dillervtlle, on the PennsyIvani !.
rallroad. The engine, tender baggage car,
two Adams express cars and peach car were
wrecked. the engine being thrown into the
ditch, but no one was injured
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A CURIOUS CASE OF HYDRoPHoBIA has oc.
cured IN Paris. A young GIRL living In the Reu
des Batignolles, had PRETTY little Havana
poodle OF which she was very fond. One day
dog. 1t was. ia fact, going mad, and to her
great sorrow, 1t had to be killed About q week
after the cir! became melancholy. She shut
nerseif up IN her room and remained for hours
she suddenly rushed distracted out OF the house.
making horrible cries, and she has not since
Deen seen. Her sad condition Is accounted for
Dy the circumstance that she used to Wipe the
foam on her pets mouth with her pocket hand
kerchief. She is supposed to have committed
suicide.
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A CONVICT NAMED SANDFORD in the Forest
CO., Pa, jail, cary Saturday morning sat fire to
u Ine casing around the window OF his cell In the
hope OF burning hole through which he could
escape, but the flames spread so rapidly that he
was forced to call the keeper, and narrowly es-
caped roasting to death before the fire was ex-
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SIXTEEN PASSENGERS INJURRD.-Two coaches
on the south bound train OF the Charlotte, Col
umb1a and Augusta railroad were thrown down
an embankment near Columbia, s. c., by
broken rail-, on Sunday night, and turned
completely over. Sixteen persons were injured,
but not seriously.
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MRS. STEWART WON'T BE BLACKMA1LEp-
the New York Tribune publishes to-day a let
Ter received from DIR. John c. Minor, the family
physician OF Mrs. Stewart, explicitly denying
tne rumors published to the effect that MI g.
stewart was deceived into the belief that the
remains OF her husband were recovered. The
!etter states that Mrs. Stewart and Judge H1l-
ton are Id perfect accord and are determined
not 10 De Dlackmailed. The letter regards the
Iecent puolcatl0nS as the last trump card OF
tne roo0ers, under the belief that Mrs Stewart
had Deen deceived by Judge Hilton and pre-
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THE MRS. SARToRIs WHO Is DEAD.-Mrs. Mel
lie Grant Sartoris Is not dead, after ALL as
stated In yesterdays STAR, but Mrs. F. w. Sar-
tor1s is. The latter was before her marriage
ADELAIDE Kemble, the younger daughter of the
great actor, and niece Of the famous Mrs, Sid
dons, inherited the talents which have made
her family so eminent, and In her younger
herself. She was born about 1916, and her edu-
cation was conducted with the view OF making
her concert singer. without any view to the
stage, but at the age OF seventeen she appeared
IN London. and by 1912 had achieved q world
wide reputation. She married Mr. Sartoris In
ls43. Algernon G.. F. Sartoris, Nellie Grants
husband, is her only surviving son.
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THE AMERICAN CRICKRTERS have reached OF.
tawa. The international match will commence
at 10 O'Clock this morning, and continue for two
days. The betting is slightly In favor of the
American team. Last evening the Ottawa
Field Battery Band gave promenade cOncert'on
Parliament Hill in honor OF the American team,
and this evening there will be a complimentary
excursion down the Ottawa
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tH-The barn of Mr.. Melville HOPKINS at
Halfway Station, Chesterfield county, Va was
struck Dy lightning early yes erday morning
and farm tmplem entS.
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Ihh WALLACE COMMITTEE continued its Bos-
ION ,n Inv InsesMgation yesterday. NJ KildufT said
voting for Butler. Hundreds of Democratic
names were struck from the voters register in
worcester. j: A: Perham was offered Si0 to
morrow.
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SARATOGA, NJ, August l9.-The rain ceased
curing the night leaving the track very MUDDY.
The weather this morning Is cool. No pools
were SOLO on the nrSt race, mile dash tor q
purse OF $4OO, Checkmate being REGARDED AZ al,
together superior to Or1ole. Checkmate won
easily in 1:46sS. "-
Forth second race, one mile and a-half. for
q purse OF 500, the Following pool was sold:
Gov. Hampton, $500; Gabriel, $46 Jennie b. so:
surge, $35. Gov. Hampton won, Gabriel sec.
ond, Jennie third; time 2:45.
For the third race, selling race, one mile and
an eighth. Tor purse OF 500, the following
pool was sold:-Egypt, 115; Dan &, $50; Eunice
$50; Edwin A, 40: Patrol. 20. Edwin A. won
the selling race, Dan K. second, Eunice third.
Time, 2.01ss.
For the fourth race, free handicap hurdle
race, two miles, over eight hurdles, for a purpe
OF $500, the following pool was sold:-ReddinV,
100; Disturbance, 20; Moonstone 60,
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JERSEY CITY, August 19.-The centennial an
niVersary OF the battle OF Paul1s Hook was eel.
eprated here to-day. Salutes were fired at
sunrise and at noon by the Hudson county
artillery. The oration was delivered by the
Hon. Chas. d. Winfield, addresses by Jas. B.
Freedenburgh and B. w. Throckmorton. In
the afternoon there will be q parade OF civic
and military organizations and the fire and
police departments. In the evening there Will
be an exhibition of fireWorks
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T. ~ 11Ane o11!c8nHdH7S SU1Ct0Oe
NEW YORK, August 19-CharleS Bahret.
traVelllng salesman, who committed suicide by
shooting hims elf In a room at the Burnett House
10 Cincinnati yesterday, was In the employ of
Sussleld, Lorch & Co., importers OF optical goods
can assign no cause for Bahret having taken his
life except that it was done In mt OF melan.
chOlfa " Va A0A"u-
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THE FUTURE OF DENvER-OvER THE MOUNTAINS
FROM DENVER TO LEADvILLE-SCENRRY THAT
BEATS Sw1TZERLAND-THE WONDERS OF SOUTH
PAkK-THE GREAT MINING CAMP OF LEAD
VILE.
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CANONCHRT TO Be SoLD.-A large amount OF
the A. IL W. Sprague estate, including the man
sion near Narragansett Pier recently brought
into. conspicuous notice, Is advertised by the
United States marshal to be sold at auction on
the 4th OF September, to satisfy Judgment in
behalf OF the National Bank OF Commerce. of
New YOrk.-[P Providence .louralnL Aun 1a
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The FALL RIVER lMAss.) WEAvERs will have
mass meeting Thursday to consider what ac-
ton they will take as to the spinners STRIKE 1t is
claimed that the imported strikers are now get
ting more than the old splnners, and that there
fore the Weavers ought to get more too. 1t is
believed that general strike will result IL the
manu- acturers refuses TO pay the weavers higher
WappS
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NEW YORK NOTES.
The Cotton Evch

NEW YORK, August 19-The members of the
Cotton Exchange held q meeting yesterday to
discuss the advisabilities OF establishing mini
mum rates OF commission on the following basis:
TO non-residents nOn-members 37H cents per
bale for buying and selling to city non-mem-
berS 25 cents per bale; between members 81 per
100 bales. The maximum commission to be
PAID to agents to be 10 cents per bale, no mem
Der TO employ more than one agent In any city
or town outside Of New York. No agent to be
allowed in New York and no rebate TO be paid
under any pretext on city business, the penalty
for the first ofense to be 81 600 fine for second
onense to be fine OF S. 500 and suspe ension nom
the privileges OF the floor for 12 months. A res
olntion requesting the board OF managers to
frame the proposed regulations and bylaws was
carried by vote OF ~ to 10.
1he Webb-BOyniOm Swimming
Match
Matthew Webb and Paul BOyntOn met YES.
day IN this city and completed the arrange
ments for their swimming match. 1t is to take
place at Newport on Friday next, and the men
yesterday deposited 81 900 each, to which James
Gordon Bennett adds purse Of 81, 900. The
course is to be at beach No. l, which is closed In
from the wind on all sides except on the south
east. The water is calm and the men will have
no breakers to contend with. They will swim
between two buoys, one-haIf mile part. and
the last lap will be made from the nearest BUOY
70 tne shore, which is distant one-half mile.
People on shore can see the entire race.
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BOTH DROwNED.-Charles Waters q ,ao or
Emlra, fell from the steamer Lake View at
Gassenovia, N. Y, yesterday. The pilot, Geo.
Johnson, plunged after him and both were
drowned. The steamer was entirely unnro
vlded with life-buoys or boats though often
crowded with PASSENGERS ~
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TROY. N. Y, August 19.-Mrs Patrick Hanna
proy had an altercation with Matthew Duffy, In
her saloon, at the corner OF Hill and Washin0-
ton streets, at 6 O'Clock, last evening, In the
course OF which she struck him over the head
with the rung OF an old-fashioned rocking chair,
1Ifict1ng injuries OF which he died at O'CLOCK
this morning. She is under arrest.
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KILLING A CONsTABLE-In a difficulty at Cen.
teyi1e, La, on saturday, George Parish, "ard
constable, was shot and instantly killed IDy
Louis Wendal, who has been placed In jail,
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BOATRACING IN ONTARIO.
RaYrie R0Win1 Glnh Ramaaa.


BARRIE: ONT, August 19.-The second annual
regatta OF the Barrie Rowing Club Commenced
yesterday on Kempenfelt bay The weather
was line and the water In splendid conditfOn.
Inc nrSt race was Of amateur double sculls
TWO miles with turn. A silver cup worth S25.
ten entries. Six started. The Colingwood
Clup took the lead and maintained it through-
out Time, Is minutes.
Inc second race OF amateur, four cared boats,
two miles with turn, for a cup valued at s9O0'
to be won two years consecutivcly by the same
cluD. Five crews entered and three started.
PeterborO, Toronto and the LanderS OF Hamil
ton, Peterboro winning by hall length, Time,
Is minutes.
The third race, open to ladies' WAS one m,le
1or $50 cup, two started. They gave no names
ouI Ihe younger OF the two proved victorious.
The professional single Scull race was the
next on the programme and was by far the
most attractive OF the regatta Eleven started,
taxing positions In the following ORDER Elliott,
toronto; Frank Gaudaur, Toronto; John A.
hennedy, Portland. Me; James Riley, Sara
Brooklyn. N. Y; Edward Hanlon, Toronto:
VIM. McKeen, Toronto; Bob Berry (coloredl.
toronto; j. Hanlan and p. Pattullo. Toronto
b. Hanlon and Riley passed the winning line
together In q minutes seconds, with Kennedy
third, IA seconds later, and Elliott fourth: but
Gaudaur Claims the fourth money and saws Ell.
lott did not go over the full course.
grand concert was given in the evening the
proceeds going TO the Hanlan homestead Most
OF the scullers were present. The race OF the
amateur single sculls was postponed until to.
day: Roach. OF Toronto, is still the favorfte in
the betting. II is expected that Frank, Gaudaur
and Elliott will row over for the fourth money
10 day, aid E. Hanlan and Riley for the first
and second money tO.mOrrow
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NegOtiatiOns I'm Omehoc

QuEBEc, August ls.-At a meeting OF the
leading citizens last night commitfAe c9ns
sistlng OF members from both the Irish ana
French societies and their priests and Others.
was appointed to try and arrive at some peace.
ful arrangements.
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THE FUNERAL OF Mr.. Jos. F. Frye, who was
persons last Thursday night, took place vester
day, largely attended by friends and relatives
including many representatives Of the leather
trade ~NASi
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A BANIsHKD EDITOR-It Is now understood
that the reason for the expulsion from the city
OF Mexico OF Senor Llanos Alcaras editor Of
the Spanish paper Cdlonia Espanola, was that
city and offering money to the men to pro-
nounce against the government. The penalty
for the of1ense was death, but President Diaz
merely banished Alcaras from the country.