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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
COUNTERFEIT $50 SILVER CERTIFl-
Gates in CIRCULATION.


now 30 yards wide. The State authori-
ties hope to save the balance of the
levee. A camp of State laborers in the
rear of the break was submerged and
some 800 worth of provisions de-
stroyed.
ST.. LOUIS, March 15.-Prentice Tiller,
the Pacific Express company robber, is
still housed at the Lindell hotel in charge
of express officials. He still continues to
aid them in Strengthening up the books
and accounts. He will be turned over to
the police this evening. Tiller says posi-
lively he will plead guilty and not seek
to avoid punishment.
COLUMBIA, s. c., March ia special
to the Register from Greenville says
William I. Barrett, agent of the Mutual
Reserve Fund Life association, New
York, committed suicide. His last
words were: sit takes more courage to
live than to die" Peouniary embarrass-
ment was the cause. He squandered a
fortune five years ago in fast living.
HAVANA, March ia bandit band in
the province of Santa Clara had an en-
counter with troops yesterday. Three
bandits were killed and 10 taken pris-
oners, and of the remaining 30, 20 gave
themselves up and eight escaped.
Among the last was Deurace, the leader.
CITY OF MEXICO. March 15.-The flrS
through train over the Central railroad
left this morning, taking Mr.. A. j. Cas-
sat, of Philadelphia, General Manager
Robinson and several friends. The train
was composed of the private cars of
Messrs. Cassat and Robinson. The road
will be opened to freight and a limited
passenger traffic April /. Regular ex-
press trains, with Pullman's, will COM
mence May /.
LONDON, March 15.-A Suakim dis
patch dated IL this morning, gives an
other account of the panic last night
among the Egyptians in Baker Pasha's
camp at Zereba. 1t says false alarm
spread that Osman Digna had rallied,
routed General Graham's forces, and
was advancing on Zereba. The report
produced a panic among the Egyptians,
many of whom openly announced their
sympathy with Osman Digna. A riot
ensued, and order was only restored by
the arrest and imprisonment of the mli-
tineers, two Of whom had to be bayo-
neted.
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much uneasiness in diplomatic circles
by official information from Berlin to
the effect that sudden and extraordinary
activity has developed in the German
navy, and the Imperial Admiralty has
just issued an order commanding the
Immediate doubling of the number of
German marines and sailors. New sub
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scale have also been ordered. The Ger
man Government has also taken steps
to establish, on q permanent basis, a
German commercial station in West
Africa.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-The sub
committee of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs to-day considered the
Lasker resolution and agreed upon re-
port and resolutions concerning it, The
action of the subcommittee will be sub
mitted to the full committee Monday.
The resolutions as agreed upon state, in
effect, that the action of the House of
Representatives was simply an express
sion of sympathy with the German peo-
pie in their great loss, and the House
has no concern with those relations be-
tween the Legislature and the executive
branches of the German Government,
which prevented that expression of SYM
pathy from reaching the body to which
1t was addressed.
CHICAGO, March ia sparring exhi-
bition was given at the Natatorium, in
this city, tonight, at which Mervine
Thompson, the Cleveland man, was the
chief attraction, being pitted against a
local boxer named Breennock. Three
thousand people were packed in the
building-all that it would hold-solely
to see Thompson, His appearance was
greeted with some cheering, but the
crowd guyed him little after he had
made few passes at his antagonist, on
the theory that he was not equal to Sui
Ivan in sparring skill. He allowed
Breennock to administer number of
sounding blows, receiving them good
naturally, and only retaliated once, put
ting in a body blow, which sent the
young man against the ropes and com
PEELED him to sit down and be famed.
When the fourth round ended Duncan G.
Ross announced that he would match
Thompson against John L.. Sullivan, or
any other man, for glove or bare hand
fight for $1,000. Pat Shelly, local
sporting character, Immediately stated
that he was authorized to match Sullivan
for $4,000. Ross ut first wanted to make
u match of $500 side, but finally con-
cluded to make match for $1,000 side
and both men put up deposit of $500
each for fight to finish within three
months, either with or without gloves,
the articles to be signed next week.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-From the
Secret Service Division of the Treasury
department reports are received that II
is believed that certain counterfeiters
are concerning measures to simultan'
eously pass upon the public, especially
in cities in the Southwest, counterfeit
$40 silver certificates. A ample Of the
same has just been received at the Office
of the Secret Service Division. The
issue is series of 1880, signed JOSEPH
Gilfillan, Treasurer United States. The
paper Is thick, greasy and stiff. The
| note Is one-eiphth of an inch shOrte]