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FIRST BLUNDER
or TnE NEw ApMtNIsTRAT1oN.
The Appointment of baltimore Wa, d
STRIKER and eora,aa,s,Hen shman. 70 ths
Head of tho Treasury "a ppoIntment
division Condemned on Ansldss.

WASHINGTON, D. O., March IS. .4Tte 3
appointment Of Eugene Higgins, Of Balti.
more, as Chief of the Appointment Diyis.
ion Of the Treasury Department Is a de-
parture from the line Of policy that has
not been laid down by the Administra.
ton. Mr.. Treyitt, whose head dropped
into the basket was but recently promo.
ted to the position under Civil Service
rules. He had been in the Department
for twenty-five years and was q most wor-
thy and capable officer. He belonged TO
the class which the President has declared
would not be molested. But in this case
Senator German wanted the place for his
friend and Mr. Cleveland weakened. Hig.
gins issa Baltimore Democratic rounder
and believe the Democrats ought to have
the offices. The appointment Is, sharply
criticised by many Democratic politicians.
Mr.. German wanted Il to pay political
debt with and itwas given to him. That
is exactly the size Of it,. IN i,gf
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BLOODY MEETING

Betxssa Two Noted Laaysrs st Hinton
.s;stie '5st,s sharp. Shooting. sid.i
HINTON, VIVA, March 3TF For the
past I've years a political ield has existed
between Ebert Fowler, Assistant PsqseI
cutting Attorney, and ]. Speed Thopps
isao5ri sori, a1awyet tietngst tbs place. They
met on Second street about 3 O'Clock this
aiternoon.a { There lppeafa 10 have been
some Inisnnd ndets,ahd ding Ia 1lnh
should step to,one side 70 let the other
pass, It being D narrow place In the side
walk. After some maneuyeting Fowler
Is said TO haze. remarked, "Nhat do you
mean?" Both drew their reyolyers.
Thompson fred four, and Fowler firing
one shot, and then threw his revolver at
Thompson. Two shots took effect In
Fowier's LEFT leg, Just above the ankle,
shatteHipg the bone. DR.. Peck, who was
called TO attend Fowler reports the loot
Viii have % % 'amnpta iThonp "a
was Spntniufed, aud coolly walked 10 q
barber shop, and was shaved. is Rroseeut-
ing Attorney AIiIler and law partner
oi Fowler, went before 9 Justice oi tie
Peace atidswore out warrant ioi Fhomp.
son, and, bad him put under arrest. AZ
the preliminary hearing Thom on gave
bonds toappeer st theneIt term Of eolItr
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ABOUT RAILROADS.
THE srR1KHs WEST AND SOUTH
No Change In tAe, situation IN Missouri aas
Kan.as4 4Far.lai success. oi.tho strik-
ers in Texas-Ths Baltimore 3
Ohio's New Five Percent Loan.

ls Rn.,!.. March d,la..al.!@ @.s III.
madats issued D proclamation late hst
night warning the strikers and all per
sons associated with them, that interier.
ing with the movement Of engines and
trains, and intimidation OF other persons
who may be willing or desire to work, i
unlawful and calling on all county and
municipal officers to promptly enforce the
laws and commanding indiyidhalsl or com.
binations Of individuals in any way en-
gagged or concerned in interfering with
iree traffic Of railroads, or the intimida
ton sot their employees, to desist 40 once
and without further warning.
At q private conference Of Vice PreSi-
dents Hays and Hoxie and General So-
licitor Brown OF the Gould lines about
strike matters, held here. to-day, tele-
gram was received Afrom. Gov. Martin, Of
Kansas, saying he would be here Sunday
with the railroad commissioners OF Kan
sas to discuss the situation. Gov. Mar.
maduke Of Missouri will also attend, and
1t Is expected the meeting will determine
the future action of the two States and
the railroad towards the strikers, and
statue quo will be maintained till then by
! ha rnada y
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NEW sYonK, March 1s.-Mr. Jacob Biaz,
Consul General from Guatemala to New
York city, said to-day: "I don't known
who has declared war, or against whom it
isIdeclared. l imagine, however, that. It
was declared by Senior Barrios, the Presi.
dent Of Guatemala, with the coniederrated
States Of San Salvador and Honduras,
against Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The
first, three, you know, have beentryingto
effect q, ,eonfed ration Of all the StatesSof
Central America. Nicaragua and Costa
have not favored 1t. On Monday ! re.
ceived a cable dispatch fromthe Secretary
of, Legation at San Salvador, a saying that
PIesident Barrips had roclaimedi that all
the States OF Central America were one con.
federation. suppose this has led to war. I
don't anticipate that the war will continue
long, Guatemala, Honduras and San
Salvador have much the advantage. The
first has o million and . quarter inhabi-
tants. Honduras has lS00, 900 and. San
Salvador, about 100000, The other two
States have not 800 1000 altogether. Costa
Rica Is the most unpopular government in
Central America. The war, II successful
in bringing about confederation, will be
good thing both for the United States and
Central America. II will help commerce
and give stability tothe new government.
The States, united, willIhe strong divided,
they are nothing. As confederation they
could obtain money and open up i'm!
provements throughout the country. .ehsii
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I, CENTRAL AMRRIcA.l
Raz,o.' psesee-A ualea ravotsd-So

Barrios' pseree-A Union Fayored-No
Faith In the Adyenturer.T
La LlnRRrA,. San SALVADOR. VIZ GAL
WESTON, March X. The decree issued by
President Barrioso proelaimtng . Central
American Republic did not become, pub.
lie here until yesterday. In It he states
that after serious consideration he issued
the decree proclaiming himself Ghetto
the Republic ofSGnatemalajand the Cen
,tral American Union as o single Republic,
assuming the title Of I"supreme Chief Of
Central America, taking as such the abb
solute command, and declaring that any
one pronouneing himself opposed to The
union or embarrassing his movements win
be treated as q traitor TO the great cause
of nationality and subject himselfrto' the
pains and penalties thereof He urgesall
chiefs officers and soldiers Of! Central
America to Join him, offering promotion,
with decoration and compensation. ~
The people Of this State favor the union,
but have no confidence In General Barrios,
who is an adYenturer and cffei despot,
Therefore war was declared. The five Re
publics ot Central America were one
nation until ] $50. The Federation stood
for religious freedom, and on this account,
the priests opposedit 1t and broke .itup. All
the unhappiness and wars OF Central
America have had their origin In the dis,
OF the union. ~
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THE STRATEGIC POINT,


q d
The position occupied by Herat, on the
high road betweent1ndia and Persia, the
center spotof nlextensive and fertile val.
ley, well watered by channels made from
a perennial stream, marks her out as the
natural garden and granery Of Central
Asia. 1t is situated on q plain about
$500 feet above the sea, and is fortified
with mud walls, presenting the form Of q
square, each side oil whichis something
under mile in length. The streets are
ill.built, narrow and dirty, ll5i.s53cs5 Z,
Herat, however, is only a shadow Of its
old splendid self. Its origin and early his.
tory are unknown or little known. There
was town there before Alexander, and
the modern city stands on the site of one
Of the four cities OF Arrianis ..s.Arian Ar
taioana, Aria Metropolis, Candace, and
Sousia Akhla. The Persian chronicles not
so.yery much later speak of Herr, the cap.
ital OF Aria, as 9 place OF considerable i'm
portance. In 1851 the Turcomans cap
tured and sacked and probably destroyed
|it, vet when In 1889 Gengbis, Kahn took II
after q siege ofsix sInonthsitwas acity Of
10000 shops, $50 schools. IL, 600 occupied
dwellings, and {, 1000 baths, carayansafies,
and water mills. OF the Inhabitants, l00,-
600 are said TO have beenl slaughtered at
the secand sack. I'm l$0S Miriam ,Shad,
and in 1857 Jehan shad, smoteit severely,
and twiee,in'the sixteenth century twas
attacked by the Ushecks, who were once
beaten back alter o siege Of eighteen
mehths, and enoe succeeded In capturing
and pillaging the city. alsiI tasf,lipSI
Herat is not only strategically important
on account ofits location, hut Is celebrated
for the stupepdous character OF the earth
work upon the city wall is built. II aver
ages $50 feet wide OF the base, 50 feet high;
tits crowned by a wall 25 feet high, ID
feet thick, supported by $50 semi.cural
towers, protected by q ditch. 40 feet wide
and IS feet deep, General Eerrier. who
resided there In 1915, says the city Is
simply an immense lredonbt, and being
without thinking deienses, could not hold
out twenty days against q modern Euro
pean attack. II Is also commanded by
SOME rising ground on the southeast, gand
It's water supply could be easily cut of
from the outside. In 1887 the Afghans,
under Major Pottinger5 beat off a eohtiiI.
Gus attack for nearly ten months Of 95 900
regular troops and fItys pieces Of artillery.
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-r' Intruders.
= s:wxsdTseToS, ID. Cl March 9Th an.
swer to q telegram, from the Secretary Of
War relative to the exact condition Of
affairs in Oklahoma, General Hatch to-day
telegraphed from Caldwell, Kan, that no
tresbassers were now In the Indian Terri
tory. About twelve hundred settlers, he
said, were camped in Kansas near the
Territory border. They were threatening
to 90 over the tne, but as yet had taken
MOI steps of that kind.I The troops arS
stationed In. the Territory. The General
said he win drive out any invaders who
may attempt, 70, settle on the lands. AT
The: meeting Of the Cabinet. yesterday the
Oklahoma question was considered at
length. II was said the impression pre-
vailed among those who contemplated dJan
invasion OF the Territory, that President
Arthur's proclamation relative 10 trespass.
ing upon the Indian lands had become in
operative With the close OF his administra.
ton sTo. prevent such action of the I'M
ysdefsas would naturally enste upon the
pfesalenee otgsdehi impression, II was
thought best that President Cleveland
should issue ion similar 10 that
issued while Mr.. Arthur was Chief Rxecu!
tive.
Fafhis proclamation Is nov prepared and
has been Issued. At forbids the Invasion
OF trespaBsers upon the Indian lands Ia
the Indian Territory, 9.lllf .l6TTY |
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NEWSPAPER oHANGEs .
80 rlllIIIlllIlIlll LTTTal-1 .l'1l.I J !
The CLEVELAND, q iLepdcrn Absorhs ItI Old
~ y sitPfRIyaI.S the .fIeri % ~ NJ

The Cleveland q lLepder" Absorhs Itl Old
rr RisaI, Tho tiIeraid,s 2 : ltIi!s, I, \
}CLEyEtASn, o., March Is; The negotia-
tions which have been pending between
the Herald Publishing Company for the
purchase ofthat concern by the Cleveland
Leader Printing Company and the Ptainl
dealer Publishing Company were lconsamI
mated tonight! The total subscription
list, news agencies and carriers routes afo
To be transferred i to and consolidated
with the leader together with, the files
running back To- 1915, the year: the Herald
was established. The gPldtaadealse takes
the perfecting press, type, maphinerY!andi
all Axtures, and will remoye immedia lately;
into the HftdR building, and commence q
morning edition In addition TO Its evening
edition. The, Pldfnded Will be bae ked
by abundant capital and will he made q
first class Democratic daily. % il5s2ltsi
r. The IsdlsT will have It's circulation in
creased by that Of the Herald. The Assoj
ciated Presstf stfranohisei held by the ftfald
will he cancelled a. The circulation of the.
morning and evening Hffold for, the past
year has ranged iron IL, 600 TO 2l5 900
copies daily,liwhich added to, the ISGies
gives it q daily circulation oI more than
So, 600 copies. alte
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FatA.sNINa,s1pRA
ofnsiarn 'lh tAeIrsea.ati,. sTotty Ispsslall

T7qAssnts Di.ehqIged,g
WsaHsTaeS, March ls The first de
cided action Of Secretary Manning fn.re.
gard to theIe6anges in the force under The
Treasury Department was announced thit
morning. 1t consists III q material red6ci
ton Of force in the special agents division
shereNyitis expected a sayineot $4,000
annually will be effected. The services oi
forty persons In various parts Of the CONN
Try have been dispensed viii, and notices
to that effect mailed them today. The
list ineludes ssixlspeeialt agents, tWenty,sii
special inspectors, OF customs and ten
employees whose names are borne
on the so.cllled Fraud ron. y This
actioh reduces the number 81 agentS 10
twenty-five, inspectors 10 twenty-five and
fraud roll employ 10 fifteen. II islstated
atthe department. that these changes are
made solelyiihQthe intsFestB Of economy
and no new appointments WILDE madeto
fill the vacancies created. Secretary Man!
ming has also. decided hereafter thatfhe
appropriation for The prevention and de-
lection Of frauds upon the custom greye,
nues shall not be used for theipdrp6se 6i
making permanent appointments, but
shall bseonaped strictly 10 paying toria!
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BIG BREAK UP.
4gpr&eiSss Mn F.Il. ssf. .SYor ! lstRB,itSll g Y

ASBhlHnio ore Firm Rail9 tori over 1biion
9lIAqltVa 0'D6iIars.A 10 J 'A.tr X
BALTIMORE, March lS.155Pope & Cole,
dealers in metals, have made an assign,
ment,toe Wn,. Ksyser, for the benefit Of
their creditors. Their liabilities are stated
at one million dollars., 4,s,s ,s.,,i ar |
Much surprise was caused in business
circles by the report that the. firm had as.
signed y The report had been In circula-
ton, but, q few moments when the an
nouncement Of their embarrassment was
made by the firm itself! The Ehouse has
long been looked upon as one Of tho
staunChest in business circles here, and
many, express ,theS belief that its embarr
Erassneht will Be only temporary. Its
now. being brpited about that the cause ol
The collapse lies in the fact that certain
pfiSate parties who,have been behind the
firm refused to adyanee any more money,
The liabilities are fully $1,000, 900. 1.-THE
assignment lis made 20 Wm. Keyseri
Alessrs, George, A. Pope and George p.
Cole afe the GENERAL partners In the firm,
andT MeSsis.5J ~ ltSg Garrett NYm. eyser,
Geo. ". Ward and John s. Gilman are
the special partners. j. w aarrett had
$4,000 invested; Wm. Ksyser s90, 600
and g. W, Ward and ! 1, Gilman " each
y Va H.
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EASTERN QUESTION.
!T:[.HIE ,ERoNTInR IMBRoeIIe 9
between Russia and EnEiand-AiDsserip
Il i.tton otHsrat, tbs Strategic Point ATsm.
1s9 porary Peace said to Have Been (
~ Patched up-other Matters.

p LONDON, March lS.-Baron AIohren.
helm, Russian Ambassador, has been In
teryiewed at Paris in regard TO the pres
emit Anglo-R Russian situation. He express.
ed the opinion that the Emperor William
would exert his influence to avert war,
and also endeayor to induce, England to
make some concessions. He secuted the
idea that Russia would withdraR her
troops from the positions at present occu-
pied. Such actions would reflect dishonor
upon the Russian arms. tIn3case England
did not declare war, II was certain, In his
opinion, that Russia would not do so, He
thought It extremely unlikely that Eng
land would declare war, as she has her
hands full already. De Giers, the Russian
Prime Minister, ID animated by, q desire
foripeace. The influence Of the war party
In Russia has diminished since the death
81 General Skobeioff. "a ~ q Eziia
Consols made q further slight decline.
At O'Clock this afternoon they were 96j
formoney, and 90 for account. n
Dispatches received atythe War Office
to-day from Sir Peter Lums1en, announce
that he Is on the Persian botlerin the i'm.
mediate vicinity Of Herat. He Intends 10
enter Herat with the fotce ut Ibis com!
mand and make all preparations llecessa.
ryito defend that point from .anyiattack
that the Russian forces may make, should
such action be contemplated. 'iS 20
The force which, Sir Peter Lumsden has
is a small one, and. scarcely able to cope
with even the small force Of Russians al.
ready in that section. He started out last
September, as the British Commissioner
for the delimitation Of the northern from.
tier Of Aighanistan, with an escort OF $50
men ofthe1lth Bengal lancers, 800 camels,
and 800 mules. This probably comprises
the whole Anglo-Indian force at his com.
mand. but at least 800 Afghan cavalry
may also be with him, as the Afghan Com.
missioner was To- have an escort ofthataize.
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9suEnMAS,s HuFF.y .yt
Why tho Ohio senator wanted to Retire
From tho Finance Committee.

Why the Ohio Senator Wanted TO Retire
From the Finance Committee.
WAsuISoroN, D. G., March 13.=In the,
absence of any authentic information
gossip is busy over the rumored reasons
for Senator sherrnan's declination to. serve
upon the Finance Committee. To an
Associated Press reporter, who asked Mr..
Sherman for his reasons to-day, ..,e said /:
'Tt / have any apologies to make / will
make them to my constituents."1 rs b
The report two years ago that Mr.: sher-
man Wished to be restored 70 The chair
manship of the Committee, ,on Finance,
from which he withdrew TO become Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Is revived, and itis
said't some personal III feeling existed
between himself and Senator Morrill,; the
present chairman Of the Committee, in
consequence.dp 1o 9ff1oi. } gtI9i-
Mr.. Morrill, was asked In regard TO the
matter to-day and replied he had nothing
to say, but added 20 far rs he knew the re-
lat;ons between Sherman and himselfwere
cordial. There is said to be a feeling
which Ia not entirely cordial between
gShermanand Aldkch, and arumor ailudes
to q demand or request said.
10 have been madeiby the former that the
latter should be esremoveu from the com
mittee, in default OF which he (Sherman)
would no longer serve. This cannot be
traced toany authentic source, but on the
other hand none who should know
the facts are found eir,to deny
It. It can be said whom the
subject tof Sherman g retirement was rel
leffed TO III caucus the other day, the col,
loQuy which enshedj between Sherman
and Morrill, was kindlyin tone, each PRO
Tossing sincere personal esteem for the
other. The onlyfeason brought toward
therefore. for the retirement OF Sherman
was his belief that the interests OF his com
stituents were not fairlyconsidered in the
action Of the committee upon the. wool
tariff Sherman, asked then 70 be relieved
FROM .artherserviee,I but the caucus by Q
formal vote declined 70 relieve him.
The Misunderstanding between sherf
man and Aldrieh dates back, 1t jsl said, 70
the action OF the committee respecting the
tariff, and has been revived and possibly
increased by controversy over tie 'fefqhat
ipg andN Natipnal bank measures, in respect
TO which the two were advocates oi differ!
ent courses OF procedure. Itia lkely that
nothing. furtherIwill bePheard OF the mat
ter until the next session, as the, commit
tee will have, nothing 10 DO beyond the
consideration Of the nominations during
the present session. q . T"
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PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 1S.-The strik-
ingminersIwere reinforced to-day by ac-
eessiens from the Hampton mines along
the line Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
this will involve the force employed by
thelNewlY ork and Cleveland Gas Coal
Company and other extensive mines. The
miners President,t Costello, asseits that
NOT q single mine on the Monongahela
river is in operation in full, and says that
the strike Is the most determined ever
arranged here. Several mills have closed
down in consequence Of a failure Of the
coal supply from the mines included in
the strike. No-eforts looking towards q
compromise have been made.
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ST. PErERsDuRd, March lS.-The tone
Of the Russian press continues extremely
bellicose! Open declarations are made
that Russia intends to have Herat, lNoyoe
yremya, and calls the approaching meet
ing Of Lord lDudrin and the Ameer Of
Afghanistan, a military demonstration
on the Russian frontiers. Russia and
r the writer continues, twill
soon meet on dry land and the result will
be that the isolated security hitherto en-.
joyed BY the British Empire will. DO de.
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TKMPoRARY pEAcE
Patched Up Between Eauiand and Russia.
Will 1t Prevent War; l'-'Iqe1

wiz ~ EEcNtht WHIT ~ 4
,LoSboS, March l3.-In the House Of
Commons this afternoon Gladstone an
nounced that an agreement had been ar
rived at between Russia and, England by
the terms of which neither the Russian
nor4he Afghan forces eonld,advance any
further on either side oi,the frontier.
The members :of the Commons heard
the announcement with almost q general
senss Of reliei, the agreement .afording
a reason for the hope that;a war would
yetbe averted -hydi lomatie means, II Is
believed that Sir Peter Lumsden has the
Afghans sufficiently under control TO pre-.
vent a collision between Afghan and
Russian outposts pending q pacific set
tlement Of the frontier dispute. Some
prominent conservatives, however, point
out that the agreement win not prevent
Russia from maSsing troops on the border,
dsbatabls terfltoryi and they. object 10 the
Russians being allowed TO remain even
temporarily, OF, territory claimed as be-
longing TO AiHhanistan. y ts