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WASHINGTON.
The Com;..;onsr.h;n ~ p.,.,,.

Enc C0nassionership of Patents.
WAsHINGToN, Aug. 23.-Mr. Mitchell of
New Britain, Conn.,, is again spoken of in
connection with the Commissionership of Pa
tents, for, notwithstanding Mr.. Marbles quail
flied denial of his intention of resgning there
are indications that he will voluntarily surren-
der the commissionership ON the return of the
President, or soon thereafter, to engage in a
more lucrative occupation. Mr.. Mitchell is q
lawyer OF large experience in patent matters
and is warmly supported by Senator Platt,
chairman of the Senate COMMITTEES on patents
Senators Anthony, Hawley, Aldrich and 9TH
or New Englanders. A circumstance which
gives color to the belief that Mr. Marble really
does intend to resign is the fact that he recent
ly engaged fins suite of offices and has fur
nished them quite expensively.
Civil Service Rules in the Treasury.
The first appointment in the Treasury De-
partment under sthe new civil service rules
was made today to fill $500 vacancy in the
National Bank of Redemption Agency of the
Treasurer's office. The Civil Service Com
dies to the Acting Secretary of the Treasury,
who selected that of Miss Mary r. Hoyt,
which was the first on the list.
Gen. Crook and the Indian Captives.
Gen. Crook, in referring to. the letter of
Gov. Terroza of Chirahuahua, regarding the
punishment of the Indians recently captured,
said he sym pathized with the object OF Gov.
people of both countries, but the Indians are
now prisoners and surrendered with the IN
derstanding that past misdeeds woald not be
punished, provided they behave themselves in
the future.
BrewerAand the Revenue.
1t was noticed short time since that the
Internal Revenue Bureau would hereafter
require a statement under oath from brewers
giving the ingredients used by them in tie
manufacture and adulteration of beer. Mr.
Lewis Schlsde, attorney of the Brewers Asso-
citation, subsequently, called upon the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue and made the
point that there was provision of law au-
thoriZiDg the Commissioner to demand such a
statement, and the Commissioner seems to
have been convinced by the arguments of
Schlade, as the latter has sent notice to the
brewers that it is entirely optional with them
whether to make out statement of materials
used by them, and asserts that the Commits
sioner has so admitted.
Operations of the Moonshiners.
Commissioner Evans reports that the reve-
nue. officers still continue to experience some
trouble Ia breaking up the "Moonshine" dis
tillers of Tennessee and North Carolina. He
says that he has no idea that Illicit distilling
will ever be fully stopped in the mountain re-
gions of the States.
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YACHT MYSTERY.
The Vessel Probably Cnpsized-Two
Bodies Still Missing.

The Vessel Probably Capsized-Two
Bodies Still Missing.
Boston, Aug. 25-The Herald's New Bed
ford despatch says the yacht Mystery, recently
lost and tow ed to this port, was hauled upon
the beach this afternoon, and at low water
examined and articles removed from her cabin.
Her bottom is in good condition, with the ex-
ception of small hole on her port quarter,
just above the water line, which probably was
done in towing to port, or else stove while in
the water after filling. The personal effects of
the Sargent brothers were found, as well as
charts, etc. One life preserver also was found,
showing that but three had been made use of.
A small calendar clock in the cabin had
stopped at 6 A with the indicator at II, show
ing the disaster occurred on the 18th inst.
Something startling must have occurred for
when found she had sail all set, jib and flying
jib, and the tender had not been used, showing
it was intended to beach her. The opinion
offered by experienced boatmen here is that
she capsized, which seems most probable, as no
mark of going on the rocks appears, and the
vessel is oversparred and carried tso much
sail. No other body has as yet been found,
though the shores have been patrolled con-
tiDually.
NEW BEDFORD, Aug. 26.-FrieDds of Leices-
ter Sargent and Joseph w. Bartlett, the miss
ing men of the yacht Mystery's party, are
still here and are making every possible effort
to find the bodies Nothing has yet been
heard Up to this time. 1t is the opinion of
people best informed that unless the bodies
are found in day or two, they viii not be re-
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PURELY SENSATIONAL.
A Rulnored Plot to KIdnap the
President.
DesperadOes lowering Near Yellow
stone Park.

OGDEN, o., Aug Excitement exists in
this city over a report. which appeared in the
Wood River Times last evening, that party
of cowboys had started for the Yellowstone
Park to kidnap President Arthur. Sheriff
FAIRY has detailed two trustworthy Deputies
to look the matter up, with instructions to
summon strong posse and arrest the kidnap-
pors If the facts are as stated. The Times
says; "During the past two weeks number
of strangers, all well provided with good rid
ing animals and firearms, and resembling
party of regulators or Texas cowboys, have
been camped on Willow creek, and oonsidara-
BILE curiosity has been expressed as to the in
tentions of the party. Some accounted for
their outfit by describing them as party or
ganized to go MP into the Indian country on
prospecting trip, while others believed them to
be party of Arizona rustlers. During sever
al days past some of the party have ridden
through the town in defiant manner,
mysteriously appareled. From man who
came in to-day it is learned that the party, who
induced him to join and make certain pledges
of secrecy, were organized to proceed to the
Yellowstone Park. They left last night, going
on the stage road, and the informant escaped
during the night. The object of the expedi-
ton is TO corral and capture President ArthEr
and party, and to spirit them away into fAe
mountain Businesses and caves, where they
will be fed, but kept prisoners, while members
Of the party act as pickets to prevent theft be-
ing surprised and captured while negotiations
for ransom are conducted. The captain or
leader of the party has an idea that heavy
ransom will be offered by the personal friends
of the President, after the search for the
Presidents party shall have been given up,
and that $500,000 or so can thus be extorted
from the secret service fund and divided
among the party on the principle adopted BY
Italian banditti. The escaped member of the
party says that there are Go men in the outfit,
some of whom were guerrillas in the late war,
and that five wild Shoshone and Bannock In
dians 60 along as guides and scouts, who are
armed with repeating rifles and scalping
knives. The leader is a Texas desperate, on
whose head price has been set, and with the
exception of two Italians, who left the ra IL
road grade, and few others, the party are
cowboys. A grand council was held the night
before last on the prairie, when every man
swore by his dagger in the freight, to do his
duty.
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There were twsnty-two deaths from cholera
In Alexandria Saturday. 1t is reported the dis
ease has baoken out in Sumatra.
rumor in Dublin Friday night that Earl
Spencer had been assassinated cansed great
excitement. The story turned out to be entire
ly groundless.
The King of Dahoney has liberated the gar
rison Of Portuguese fort on condition that the
place shall not be ceded to England.
Parnell will contest the county OF Devon at
the next election for members Of Parliament.
Rioting between Orangemen and Catholics at
Coatbridge, Scotland, was renewed Saturday.
Twenty-Five persons were arrested.
The Pittsburg Glassgathiners Assembly has
seeded from the Knights OF Labor
The chairman of the Republican State COM
mittee of Pennsylvania has issued a circular
asking for contributions to the campaign fund
and stating that the present laws of the United
States and of Pennsylvania prohibiting the as
sessment of Office holders should be faithfully
observed
Miss S. L. e. Gilmett, propretress of the
School street dining rooms in Brockton, feel
ing i'll Friday evening took, as she supposed, a
dose of medicine, which afterwards proved to
be rat poison. Medical assistance was imme-
diately summoned, bat it is feared she cannot
recover.
Mr.. VIM. Rockafeiler's double team, Cleora
and lndepeDdence. trotted at Charter Oak
Park Saturday for record, making a mile in
ZIG H. Their previous record of 2.18 "a was
made at Fleetwood Park.
By the failing of a scaffold at the King Of
Bavaria's new palace at Lake Chem, twenty
eight workmen have been killed and seven
teen injured.
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A FRENCH VICTORY.
Annam Forts Bombarded and Cap
tured.
The Annamites Thoroughly Routed and
700 Killed.

PARIS, Aug ga telegram has been re-
ceived by the Ministry Of Marine from Saigon,
dated to-day, announcing that the French have
bombarded and captured tho forts and batter
les at the mouth Of the Hue river after bril-
liant land attack. The occupation occurred on
the 18th, 10Th and 20th instants. Seven hun
dred Annamites were killed during the en-
gagement. The only casualties suffered by the
French were several men slightly wounded.
The gunboats Vipere and Lynx have entered
the Thusan passage. The French admiral has
granted o truce. A blockade has been de-
clared. NJ. Harmand, the French civil COM
missioner in Tonquin, has gone to Hue, the
capital OF AMMAN, to negotiate with the An
Mantle court, which is greatly alarmed at the
movements of the French.
PARIS, Aug. 26.-Gen. Banet, French COM
mander in Tonquin, telegraphs that nothing
has occurred at Hanoi since the 9th inst.
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Compe.i,i,e prill Of .hs knixh,. rempl.r

SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 25.-Over $4,000 peo-
pie witnessed the competitive drill of the
Knights Templar today. The contestants
were the Rapers of Indianapolis, DeMolays of
Louisville, and st. Bernards of Chicago. Three
army officers were judges. There were FIVE
prizes, valued from $4,000 to 5000. The
st. Bernards were the favorites with the spec
tators, but the decision is not yet given.
SAN FRASc1sco, Aug 26.-Last night the
drill made known their decision. The DeMc-
lays were awarded the first prize and chose the
miners vase always spoken of as fourth prize.
Rapier Commandery who won the second prize
selected an onyx column and the St. Bernards'
third prize winners chose a silver globe. The
remaining two prizes were retained to be COM
peted at next years tournament Of State Com
manteries. Much surprise is expressed at the
selection made by the DeMaays, the intrinsic
value of the vase being $1,000 less than that of
the column chosen by the Rapier Command
ery.
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NEW YORK
Crushed i'm m Tunnel.

PoUGHKEEP IE, Aug. 26.-Three young men,
Nathan Freeman and Henry l.. Mitchell of
Cambridge, Mass, and stranger said to have
been waiter in the Parker House, Boston,
got on top of sleeping of the traia which left
New York on the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad at 9 o'clock last even
ing while it lay at Peekskill, their purpose be-
ing to steal ride to Albany. While the train
was passing through Roa Hook tunnel Mitch
ell and the .unknown man had their skulls
crushed by striking the top Of the tunnel.
Freeman was not injured. The bodies of the
two men were taken off at this station and will
be buried in the cemetery here.
Terms to American Rapid Operators.
NEW YoRK, Aug. 26.-The American Rapid
employees have been notified that all the ad-
vsntages accorded them during the strike,
when the company acceded to their de-
maDds, have been revoked. They will hereaf-
ter receive the old rates of wages paid before
the strike, and will be required to work the
same number of hours.
The Maine Lumber Raft Beaches New
York.
New YORK, Aug. 25-The big raft from
Maine passed safely through He'll Gate last
night and was towed down the East river to
the Erie basin, where it arrived in good order
at o'clock this morning. During the fore
noon hundreds have visited it.
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THE MUSTER.

Troops Break Camp winners
of the Prizes.
AUGUSTA, Aug. 25.-The muster came to an
end this morning, the troops breaking camp at
7,50 o'clock, and soon after boarding the trains
for home At the company team match this
morning the Frontier Guards of Eastport car
ried off the silken scarf by score of PAT out
of possible $50.
The badge for the champion marksmen, pre-
sented by COL Harrington, was won by e. j..
Cram, Co. D. 1st Regiment, and BENZ. Conley,
Co. e, I'd Regiment. This has been the most
successful muster held in the State since the
war.
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No Prize Fighting i'm Kausa.,

TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 25.-Governor Click
hes addressed letter to the prosecuting attor-
ney of Atchison county, calling attention to
the law regarding prize fighting and request
ing its strict enforcement. The attorney gem
eral in an interview last night stated that the
law would be enforced and neither Slade nor
Mitchell would be permitted to train in this
State. The penalty prescribed for fighting or
preparing to fight is from one to ten years i'm
prisonment.
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THE oGUNQUIT DISASTER.
One of the Rodiss Recovered.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H, Aug. 25.-None of the
bodies of the victims of the 0gunquit drown
ing accident are yet recovered.
DR.. Little, Prof. Stafford and Mr.. Gould, par
ents of three of the victims, have been on the
beach since sthe accident, and patrol is be-
ing constantly kept for three miles along shore
The heavy surf has not yet subsided.
WELLS, Aug. 26.-One of the bodies has
been found, that of Greenough Thayer of Ca m
bridge, Mass.
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1t is stated upon good authority tnat on the
occasion of one OF Marwo ood's recent visits TO
ireland, and while travelling protected by some
constabulary, one of the latter tried his hand
at chatting" the executoner. He bore IL
quite imperturbably, and when asked whether
he had son, replied in the attrmatlve.
"And," continued the questloner' viii YOU
nnt him into YOUR own line of business?"
sWell," said Marwood, with keen look and a
slv Twinkle in his eyes, ''if he's good boy I
will. but if he turns out blackgnard I'll make
an Irish policeman of him." The questioner,
it IL said. left Marwood alone for the remain
der of the iourney.-London Society.
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Am A,,emp. a, whol,,ule po,,ou,nu.

ROME, Ca, Aug, 25.-Three families of me-
groes residing near Forestville recently had q
quarrel with Mrs. Walter Price. A few days
ago Price carried home some beer and -four,
which he distributed among the neighbors.
Nine of the colored persons who partook OF
bread made of the flour and who drank some
of the beer were taken sick with symptoms of
arsenical poisoning. A woman and her child
are dead and three others are in a critical con-
dition. Price has been arrested.
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LABOR TROUBLES.

The Brass Workers Withdraw from the
Central Union-The New York SUN to
be BoycOtted.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-At a meeting of the
Central Labor Union to-day, notice of with
drawal was received from the Brass Workers
Union. The secession was caused by the re-
cent action of the union in excluding reporters
from their meetings. A resolution to boycott
the Sun because, as they alleged, il was mimi
cable to working mems, interests, was unani-
mously adopted. Strikes will be ordered to-
morrow, onsa number of new buildings where
members OF the various building trades will
all go out together.
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A su.pected Murderer shot.

PARK CITY, Utah, Aug. 26--At late hour
last night number of masked men stopped
Engineer Thomas, Roadmaster Hughes and
fremen In the employ of the Utah Eastern
railroad and compelled them to return to the
shops aud taking an engine and caboose run
about 30 masked men to Coslville, some twen-
ty miles distant. Leaving number of men in
charge of the train the vigilantes proceeded to
the county Jail. Bringing their guns to bear
ON the officials they obtained control of the
Jail and after taking a man named Jack
Murphy from his cell returned to the train
and ordered an immediate return to Park
City. Upon arriving here the vigilantes took
Murphy and hung him to telegraph pole near
the station. Murphy was arrested ON suspic-
lon of having shot man named Brennan last
"Wednesday and was awaiting trial.
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STATE NEWS.
YORK COUNTY.

YORK COUNTY.
Frank T. Hillman of Lyman, had horse,
harness and wagon stolen from his barn Friday
night the team being valued at $3.50. 1t
was black horse and straight-bodied, oover-
ed wagon. Suspicion points to a former en-
pleye.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The gratifying announcement is made that
the SIS. 600 needed TO secure the full amount
pledged in the aid of Coburn Classical Insti-
tute-including $4,000 for the new building
has been subscribed, and nearly two-thirds is
already paid in. This also completes the en-
dowment of Hebron and Houlton academies.
OXFORD COUNTY.
A Grand Army post numbering eighty-four
veterans, was established at Bethel Saturday
night, and Hon. Enoch Foster chosen COM
mander. Visiting comrades from Lewiston
were present.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A week or more ago, a little daughter of s.
S. Pineo, Milltown, pitched headforemost into
a we'll, falling twenty feet to the water below.
She received no material injury. The bucket
was lowered and she clambered fntoit, and
was hauled ont. On being asked If she was
frightened, she answered, No, but By cracky,
1 scared q toad"
IN GENERAL.
The Maine corn canning industry started in
1886, and has developed so that nov there are
few towns In the State that do not In one way
or another derive some benefit from it. Last
year about IL, ,000, 900 cans of sweet corn were
put up, and the factories in several localities
would have put up third more il the crop
had not been injured by the drought Corn
raised for canning purposes pays from $40 to
over 500 per acre. and the amount of money
distributed among the farmers last year for the
crop was about $3.50 900. Unless some unfore-
seen accident befalls the present crop, a larger
amount Of money will be disbursed than in
any previous year.
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COTTON SPINNERS.
Saturdays Testimony Before the Senate
Labor Consmitfee.

Saturdays Testimony Before the Senate
Labor Conimiffee.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-The first witness ex-
amined to-day by the Senate Subcommittee
ON Labor and Education was Robert Howard,
a cotton spinner of Fall River, Mass. He
served one term in Congress in 1881. There
are $40 mule spiDners in Fall River. and three
fifths of all the calico prints produced in the
United States are manufactured there. There
have been many strikes since the organization
of the operatives, but their condition mas been
greatly improved. The witness described the
system OF grading wages adopted in Oldham,
Eng, and also to certain extent, in Fall Riv-
er. The wages of spinners before their organ
ization averaged S7.20 a week; now they av-
erage 5000 Mr.. Howard thought that cer-
tain qualities of manufactured goods could be
made in this country cheaper than in England
and there was no reason why American goods
should not compete with English manufactures
in the great markets of the world.
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THE PANAMA CANAL.
Disorsanivation I'm the Management
Little Work i'm Progress.

hltttc WORN m ErVSFsss.
PANAMA, Aug. 16.-Crowds of laborers and
much freight continue to arrive for the canal
company. The disorganization in the man
agement also continues. The dredge, imported
at much cost, cannot do the work expected of
it, and much other machinery is lying idle,
having proved inefficient for the service for
which it was imported. Eight thousand men
are said to be at work, but journey across the
iethmus mould lead passenger to believe that
a general strike was going on. Little actual
work is being done, although the expenditures
increase daily, aud each steamer from France
brings new chiefs or sub-chiefs who are unac-
qusnted with the work, many of whom
promptly return to France on the plea of sick
ness. Cases of yellow fever are few and far
between. The Star and Herald published the
articles of Freire of Rio Janeiro on the disease
in the vain hope of inducing the authorities to
see that the dead are properly inferred.
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The uIaekereI Fleet.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 25.-Oficers Of
the U. s. Fish Commission steamer Albatross,
which arrived here to-day, reports having
counted one hundred and forty sail in the east
ern mackerel feet cruising around Mt. De-
sert. Some of the feet have started for the
Gulf, after mackerel.
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Can for n Free Trade Conference.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25.-The Missouri Free
Trade League, has issued an invitation to all
who oppose protective tariff and favor gem
unine reform in the revenue laws to a confer.
ence at st. Louis on October 2, for the discus
sion of this question. The meeting will be
non-partsan, and all organizations sympatLiz-
ing with the movement are invited to send del
gates, and individual sympathzers are also in
yited
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THE HILL INVESTIGATION.
Report of the Experts Examining tho Chi
cago Heating Apparatus.

Report OF the exports Examining tho Chi-
caxo Heating Apparatus.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25-The experts ap-
pointed by the Hill Investigating Committee
to inquire into the heating apparatus Of the
Chicago custom house have made their report.
1t sustains the charges made TO the committee
that the contract had not been honestly per-
formed. The delinquencies are specified and
described. Hills friends are dissatisfied over
the report, and claim that unfriendly experts
were selected.
Mr.. Coleman, prosecuting counsel, has COM
pleted his argument and submitted it to the
investigating committee. 1t is said that
the record OF the testimony taken in the course
of the investigation makes more than 1000
pages of closely printed matter. The argu-
ment of the counsel alone will occupy more
than 300 paoes
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METEOROLOGICAL.
INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TwENTY-FouR
HOURS.
WAR DEPT OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL
OFFICER, Washington, ID. G.
August q, A. M.
For New England,
Fair weather, winds mostly northerly, rising
barometer, stationary temperature.
SPECIAL BULLETIN.
Northerly winds prevail in New England,
Middle and South Atlantic States, Tennessee
and Ohio valley, north to southeast winds in
the Lake region, and upper Mississippi valley.
Southerly winds in the Missouri valley; else
where the winds are variable.
The temperature has fallen in New Eng
land. South Atlantic States, Lake region and
east Gulf States, and risen in the Missouri
valley. Local rains have fallen in the South
Atlantic and east Gulf States; elsewhere fair
weather prevails
Fair weather is indicated in New England,
the Middle Atlantic States and lower Lake re-
gion on Monday and Tuesday, with stationary
or lower temperature. Local rains are indi-
Gated on Tuesday in the upper Lake region,
with rising temperature.
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The Recent Outbreak of Typhoid Fever az
Rye Rsaeh.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug 26-The recent
outbreak of malarial typhoid fever ON Rye
Beach and vicinity has been traced to the wat
er in well near adjacent to the cottage OF Mr..
Lewis, who died, which had been polluted by
cesspool. So far there have been two deaths
and one of those now sick is not expected to
recover.