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And Festive Re-married {" Widows >
Add to Their Pin Money.

WASHINGTON, April 2o. - The
Commissioner of Pensions to-day di-
rected the suspension at the Phila-
delphia agency of lO2 pensions, which
have been paid although the PEN
sioners are dead. In some cases, the
Commissioner says, the persons in
whose names the pensions a,e drawn
have been dead since 1871. He has
also directed the suspension, at the
same agency, Of pensions to seven
widows who remarked in 1881, but
have continued to draw pensions
ever since. The Commissioner has
asked the Attorney General to bring
suit against the pension agent for
moneys so unlawfully dlsbursed
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Setting the .sBosph ore'' Business

= LotDoN, April GA spe 'iaf Cabi:
n ct meeting has beeataummoned for
t morrow. Earl Spencer, Lord
Lieutenant of ireland, will come
from Dublin to attend the meeting.
In the House of Commons, this after
noon, Lord Edmund Fitzmamice.
Under Secretary of State for foreign
affairs, said he was happy to state
that the Guvernm Mt was on the
point of arriving at an arrangement OF
the misunderstanding with France
growing out of the suppres sion OF the
Bosphore-Egyptien. This arrange
ment, added Lord Edmund, would
prove alike satisfactory to France,
England and Egypt.
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All Quiet at Panama.

PANAMA, via Galveston, April p.
The city is quiet. The moral effect
of occupation by the American fore IS
has been very great Not a shot has
been fired since. The Colombian
troop. from the South are expected
to arlive here this evening. An
excited meeting was held on Sunday.
Seditions speakers were stopped
under pain of arrest by Aizpurn.
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Sttll Gaining.

New YORK, April 27.-Beginning
at IL o'clock p. M, General Grant
slept at intervals until 2 o'clock, after
which his slumber was almost con-
tinnOus until 8 O'Clock. When be
had been dressed he remarked that
he felt good and refreshed. When
DR.. Douglas left the house at $50 he
said the patient was fully as we'll as
yesterday. He could not say he was
better. Flags are flying and
bunting is displayed on the street on
which Grant lives in commemora-
ton Of his birthday. The General
to-day is 66 years old.
TAKES A DRIVE.
General Grant took drive in Cen
trail Park at noon to-day.
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GENERAL GRANT.
His steady Improvement Still Going
On-His Gratitude.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Dr. Doug
las yesterday felt some anxiety lest
General Grant would become ex.
ceedingly weary of the undue excl e.
ment attending his birthday, but
when the physician left this morn
ing he said the General was as we'll
as yesterday and that he is daily
growing stronger.
Presents and congratulations cor
tinued to-day, several being received
from California and distant points.
At 7 o'clock Washington Mclean,
of Cincinnati, called and had an in
terview with the General, lasting
over three hours. He EXPRESSES III :
belief in the Generals perfect recov-
cry to health, as he believes the d s.
ease is simply an liberated sore throat
resulting from excessive smoking.
He found the General lively and in
the best of spirits and profuse in lis
acknowledgment of thanks f, many
kind renemorances of his friends on
his birthday. DR.. Douglas arrived
at the house at 10 o'clock for the
night. Tne G .neraps condition is
about the same as this morning.
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BANQUETING PENDLETON
The Civil Service Ref0rmers Give
Senator PendletOn
Send.OH.
A Serious Railroad Strike.-.FlOOd In
Arkansas.--Pensi Frauds
In Philadelphia.
DINING SENATOR PENDLE rON.
The Mugwumps Give Him . banquet
At Delm0Mtc0's.

NEW OKk, April Ao.-De9pAt0 ouo
inclemency of the weather tonight
the complimentary dinner given at
Delmonico's, to Minister George II.
Pendleton, py the Civil Service Re-
formers, was largely attended. The
main dining-room was elaborately
festooned and draped with American
flags. aud hung with baskets of
flowers, which were scattered at in
tervals along q raised table, at which
the President, George William Cur
tbs, ana other distinguished people,
were seated. Mr.. Pendleton sat at
Mr.. Curtis right, as the guest
of the evening, and be-
yond him. on the same side,
were Mr.. Evarts, Hon. Wayne
MacVeagh and others. .EShortly after
9o'clock Mr.. Custis raped for order
and loosely opened his address by
saying that 'this assemblage is a
pleasant congregation If impractica-
UlC SIS1Outal lcos 0uA0DlC tSOAVAAnOAS* S*sa
lists, harmless theorists and political
lunatics, who have come to make
public atonement for their suppos ed
follies and mistakes, by offering their
tribute Of respect to that American
statesman who has identified
his name with the least
romantic of all things con. .mandlng
public attention, reform of the civil
service. We have seized this &C.
casion to offer to one of the highest
OF the Government off cials Our honor
ana regard, because that e. ntleman:
as D Senator Of the United tat.s and
as 3 distinguished leader CT II political
party, has declared in the Senate
that he believed the spoils system was
great crime.
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FOREIGN TELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS.

The Channel fleet is returning from
Ireland.
The Russian Minister of Marine
has completed an inspection of all the
forts at Constadt.
Tue publication of the revised edi-
ton of the Old Testament, has been
postponed until the l9:h of May
next.
Fifty heavy guns have been sent
from Keiff to Finland. The Car
has signed orders tor the equipment
of the whole Russian fleet.
The Russian Reserves are mob.liz-
ing. All business transactions now
being entered into at Odessa, are un-
dertaken subject to heavy war risks.
1t is reported in London that news
papers published within the Russian
Empire, have been forbidden to print
anything in reference to current
events in Central Asia.
The City and Suburban handicap
was run yesterday ut London. Bird
of Freedom won by a head. There
was desperate and exciting finish.
Woodlark was bad third.
The Duke Of Cam bridge, Comman-
der-in-chief of the English army,
yesterday inspected the ITO 'ps at Al
dershot, that are under orders for ac-
tive service in case of war.
The Russian advance south # Mer-
uchak, is regarded iu Parliamentary
circles as dlspelling the last hope OF
apeaceful solution, and the precursor
of a Russian advance upon Herat.
Boertwood Lodge, near Noting
ham, the country seat of the Duke
OF St. Albans. was seriously dam
aged by fire yesterday. Many val
liable pictures, rare books aud old
china, were destroyed.
The Russian Government has Or
dered the Southwestern Railway to
prepare several hundred railway car
riages and have them ready at as
early moment as possible, for the
purpose of transporting troops.
France, Germany and Austria have
been discussing the project for the
promotion of q neutral league, and
have invited Italy and Turkey to
join them, but neither of the latter
powers have as yet given q decided
reply.
The English Cabinet, in council
yesterday, discussed the question OF
the removal of the Irish Crimes Act.
The Government will make the mat
ter the first business of Parliament
after the redistribution of the seats
bill has been disposed of.
The speech of Gladstone in the
House of Commons on Monday, on
the vote of credit, is received with
profound interest in Europe and is
published in full in all the newspa-
pers. 1t dispel!ed any idea that may
have be en- entertained heretofore that
England will make concessions t"
Russia. The general opinion Of the
press is that the speech makes war
certain.
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POst0mce stamps +,

WASHINGTON, Aprifz9.-The Post
Office Department, to-day, opened
and scheduled proposals for supply
ing adhesive postage stamps for the
next fiscal year. The number of or
binary stamps required is l,452,3l5,-
$50; of newspaper and periodical
stamps, =, ,l63 3S5; OF postage due
stamps, 12,947.1 10 and of special de-
livery stamps, 5,0OO,O 600.
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Mail Destroyed.

WASHINGTON, April 29.-The De-
partment of State is today informed
by the United States Consul at Colon
under date of April 1lth, that mails
from the United States and else
where, for Bogota, Carthayea, Bar
ranquilla and the interior of Colon
bia for the last TWO months or more,
were destroyed by fire at Colon on
the 3lst of March. They were stored
in the Natl ,nal postoff1ce awaiting
an opportunity to forward them.
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War Preparations.

LONDON, April %. - Immense
quantities of coal are teing shipped
to Cape To wn, South Africa, f,r the
use Of British armed cruisers and
meE-of-war, in the ev' m of the out.
break + 4 war betwet England and
Russia.
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Room i'm Barley.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 81 Arley
was the feature of the Produce Ex-
change to-day, from 81. l6z. the clear
inr rate of Saturday, it made jump
on the opening this morning, OF
nearly 10 cents. 1t rose until IL
reached $l.2ei, at which figure 1t
closed.
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Poor John Mccullough.

ST. LOUIS, April. .2s The great ac-
tors mind i. rapidly giving way.
Che friends of John Mccullough, the
actor, now visiting mere. are getting
anxious over his condition, which
seems to be growing worse rapidly.
He has wandered about tn. city for
several days, imagining himself in
Chicago and Cincinnati, and inquir-
ing constantly for streets and pl :ces
in those cities. The evidences are
that his mind is being rapidly under
mined.
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A Russian Spy I'm Victoria.

VICTORIA, B. c., April 2s A
Russian VINO visited Victoria and
vicinity about q month ago, under
the pretense of buying furs, Is now
known to be Russian spy, who took
drawings of our Notifications and
harbors. He went from here to San
Francisco. The authorities here are
constantly receiving offers of service
from British subjects resident ia
Washington Territory, Oregon and
California in caselof war with Rus
sia.
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PEACE IN PANAMA.
AjzDurn and His Followers Surrender
Internationally to the Gov.
ernment Troops.
All Political Offenders to Be Par
donel, Except the Incendiaries
Of Colon.

PANAMA iva Galveston), Arri1 %.
-Messrs. Carros Il Clement, Peace
Commissioners to Buena Ventura,
are detained at Cali. The strength
of the expedition, which has arrived
il Panama bay, is 85O'men, under
Modaya, as civil and military chief.
Col. Reyes commands the forces If
the expedition. 1t has been sent to
restore order in the State of Panama.
then it will go on to relieve General
Santa Domingo Villa. at Carthagena.
A note was signed by Modaya and
Reyes, two chiefs Of the expedition,
to the Dean of consular corps, setting
forth that their object was to main
tain order, to give the necessary
guaranty for the safety of life and
property and the free transit of the
isthmus. At meeting of Consuls.
yesterday afternoon, with Aizpurn
the latter said that while he did not
entirely accept the title conferred on
Senors Modayo and Reyes, he was
willing
TO DIsBAND HIS FORCES,
deliver up their arms and retire to
private life, upon certain conditions !:
First, that he would resign to gentle
men Who could constitutionally
claim power sec. nd, q pardon for
political offenders as such. but prose-
cution and Punishment Of all Offend
ers against the CANNON law in
Panama, Colon. or elsewhere
on the isthnus. These briefly
constitute tie terms upon which
Az yurn desir4s.. t, surrender.
The Commissioners have carried
these terms to the national COM
mander who IT fused to listen to any
terms. The tiual meeting of the
consular corps in conjunction with
Admiral Jou-tt, Commander Nc
Calla and the contendlDg powers
took place this afternoon, when the
b, j poss. be luton of the present
political iii :ul'y was arranged.
Aizpurn SURF, ndered uncondi.ion
ally AMI t"g. ther with his followers
will retire from the city according to
THE TREATY AGREED UPON.
to be signed Tomorrow. Tue city,
together with the revolutionary
armament, will be delivered over t"
tie Government troops under the
command ofCo'. Keves. As s ION as
the Government troops enter the
city, Col. Monyteg will then assume
the civil and military governorship
of Panama, until the reorganization
of the State Government. All pOllti-
cal offenders will receive full pardon,
excepting these implicated in the
recent Colon inceudiaries. Tnese
latter will be apprehended and tried
as criminals. The Government
troops are expected to disembark to-
morrow Thursday morning at 4
o'clock, and it is believed every thing
will pass off peacefully.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
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War Rates on the Suez Canal.

+, fARIs, April 27.-The Suez Canal
commission has decided 20 place
pr'zes captured in naval warfare
ssaaverslng the SueZ Canal upon the
same footing as men.of-war. The
ir i"ofk OF the commits sion is progress
ing favorably.
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Ell MAHDI AGAIN TO THE FORE.
He Makes 1t Lively for the British TN
the SONGlan.

SUAk,M, April 29.-Hostile Arabs
are again becoming troublesome to
the British. Scouting parties Of these
Arabs now made constant attempts
to destroy sections of the suakim and
Berber railway already constructed,
and they cut telegraph wires when
they can. Every night now FL
Mahdi's men fire upon and into the
British forts.
CAIRO, April 29-Lord WoIseley
left here to-day for Suakim. He is
expected to return in q fortnight.
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Moving Oh to Herat.

LONDON, April 28.-A special dis
patch from Tirpu(, dated April 26th,
SAYS the Russians have Occu pied
Akhdtepe and are actively at work
making military road from Penjdeh
to Herat.
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Lucky Baldwin Out Of I.uc x.

Los ANGELES, April 29-L III Per-
kins, daughter of u former tenant of
E. J. Baldwin, has instituted a
breach of promise suit for $780, 600
against Baldwin. She claims to have
her promise in writing.
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Fortifyfng Bermuda.

NEW YORK April 2S.-Fas.engers
on the Bermuda steamers report that
the British are putting the island of
Bermuda :. complete state of de-
fense. :;
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Mitchell and Cleary to Fight.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.- An
agreement has been signed for .
round glove contest, Marquis of
Queensbury rules, between Charles
Mitchell of LONDON and Mike Cleary
of New York, to take place on May
22d. The winner is to have rs per
cent. of the receipts the loser %.
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NORFOLK. Va, April o. The
Russian corvette "Strelok,' left this
port at l O'Clock this morning. Her
destination is unknown.
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Getting Out Of the Draft.

COPENHAGEN, April 29.-Sweden
and Norway are urging upon Den
mark the expe diency of uniting with
them in the event Of war, declaring
strict neutrality.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 2o.-B.rley
made another jump to-day. From
$1.26f. yesterdays closing rate. it
rose TILL on close the price was $l.323.
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Turning Thom Out Sure.

WASHINGTON, April %. - The
President, to-day, appointed the fol-
lowing e liz ctors of Internal Rev.
enue: Cornelius Voorhees,, for the
Fourth district of Montana, vice
David A. Stewart, resigned; John
Whitaker, for the district of Oregon,
vice John e Cartwright, suspended !;
D. Frauk Bradley, for the district OF
South Carolina, uice Ellory M. Bray
ton, suspended; Hamilton s. Shep-
paid, for the sixth district Of Vlr-
ginia, vice VIM. f. Craig, suspended.
He also appointed John Hobson to
be Collector of Customs for the dis
trict of Oregon, in the State of Ore
gon.
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The Querta Railroad.

LONDON, April g. The Conserva-
tive leaders in Parliament propose to
vote q censure of the Government
owing to their abandonment of the
Quetta railway in 1881,
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RuENA VENTURA, April 2s- -
Yesterday afternoon The firing OF
c,,ra was heard at Cali, near Buena
Ventura. 1t is rumored that An in
snrrection has again broken out
there.
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Selling Our Shells.

HALIFAX, N. S., April 28.-The
transfer of the Arctic steamer, Alert,
from the American to the British
Government, was formally made to-
day at the dock yard.
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Wheat Advancing,

LONDON, April 28.-The war news
has caused an advance cf four shil.
lings per quarter in the price Of wheat
in Kent.
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War Inevitable.

LONDON, April 27.-The opinion
in the lobbies tonight is that Mr..
Glidstone's sp eech shows that war i.
inevitable.
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BERLIN, April q. Gen: Wiener,
aid-de-camp to Emperor William nas
started for st. Petersburg.
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THE FIRE RECORD.
Burytng the Victims Of the Vtcksburg
C0nflagratiOn.

NOm1aARFAulUns
VIcKsBURa, April 26.-The bodies
of the five firemen who perished in
the recent fire here, their remains
being found in the ruins, were buried
to-day. 1t was the largest funeral
ever witnessed here. The total num-
ber of bodies recovered is thirty-seven
and it is known that more are in the
ruins. The work of eXhumiDg the
victims was suspended yesterday
evening, having been conducted up
20 that time by the FiroMen's Charl-
table Association.
FIRE IN ONTARIO.
STRATHROY, Ont April 26.-Five
of the largest business houses, one
livery stable and a number Of other
buildings were burned last night.
Assistance from PetrQlia saved the
town from destruction. Loss not as-
certained.
CONFLAGRATION IN ARIZONA.
DENVER, April rs A Tribune
Republicans Ash Fork, Arizona,
special says: A fire yesterday de-
stroyed nine buildings, including the
Colman hotel, signal and quater-
masters Offices. Loss 5,0uO; no
insurance.
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The Governor TurmsHVp.

MILES CITY, M. T., April ~. -
Governor Carpenter has issued a
proclamation, to-day, against dis
eased cattle coming into the Ter
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CALIFORNIA; Wine Crop Safe.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2s.-The
Chronicles crop report from all parts
of the State show that in all counties
but one (Shasta) the grain yield will
be only one-qualter to three~quarters
of last year. This is largely due to
the decreased acreage. The fruit dis
tricts rep'It a largely increased acre
age and promising crops. What is
lost in grains will be made upin fruit
and wines.
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DUBLIN, April 2S.-The reception
given to the Prince of Wales at
Omagh, to-day, was very brilliant
affair. The nationalists had pre-.
pared to make a counter demOnstra-
tion, and were arrayed in proc cession,
but the police charged upon them,
captured their black flag and drums,
and dispersed them completed y. tits
stated that the Government has pro.
posed to buy for Prince Victor, eldest
son of the Prince of Wales, as place
of permansnt residence in ireland.
the celebrated Ardbriecan palace.
This magnificent seat is located at
Navan, in county Meath. between
the rivers Boyne and Biackwater, at
q point near their confluence.
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SHEERNEss, England, April 2S -
Four torpedo boats lying here are
ordered into commission fer immedj-
ate service.
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the amputation of his second leg, is now at
the Sisters Hospital and is getting along
nicely. He has SO far recovered that he
expects to be able to leave ina few days for
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,u.,.s and His Princess at Home.

LONDON. April 2S.-The Prince
.nd Princess of Wales have returned
to ,ondon from their visit to Ire
land.
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MONTREAL, a1ssisez.5 A citizen named
Ouellette has brought suit for 5 10, 900 dam
ages against DR.. Berry, city vaccinator, for
causing the death OF his two children with
impure vaccine matter. The Doctor says
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General Sheridan expects to leave
Washington in few days, on an in
spection tour Of the military posts Of
the West.
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take Herat and a great deal more. Sir
Peter said that Russia would never have
urged her absurd demands she had be-
lieved that England was in earnest in
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sprLA, India, June 6.-The Russian tele-
e system has been completed as far as
Mtry, and is now being extended to Saraha,
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----..~z s.,sskscs Mer own neck. ana then
told him to kin himself. He had kept try
ing all the afternoon, part Of the time with |
a razor, and again by hanging. He has |
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Sending Up the NormOns.

SALT LAKE, April 29.-James G.
Hamiltt II, Bishop of the Mill Greek
ward, was arrested to-day on the
charge of polygamy and unlawful
cohabitation. He was taken before
the United States Commissioner and
waived examination. Bailed ut
So 500. The witnesses we're placed
under $500 bonds each, for appear
anca before the court. Angus M.
Cannon was convicted of unlawful
cohabitation after q three days. hard
struggle. The motion to quash the
Indictment because it did not set up
in words that the defendant was a
man'-was overruled. The proffe1
to prove no sexual commerce was
ruled out, Judge Zane holding that
living with three women and giving
them out to the world as his wive,
constituted the crime of c"h .bitation.
The jury found him guilty and the
first b ,llot. He will be sentenced on
Nav Oh. Defendant is the President
of this Stake and a brother to John
@ Cannon.
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Postmaster Moule, OF Bercial, Meaehes
county, says this has been such a saceesallJs
season for lambs, that his sheep herd g.
L. Il 1
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WASHINGTON, April 27.-William
Dickson this afternoon entered suit
against ex-Attorney-General Benja-
min H. Brewster for libel, laying
damages at $5O,OOO, In having in
Philadelphia. on the 23d day OF
April, to a reporter of the Press, used
the following language concerning
him: "Dickson sold that trial.
Bowen was a bad man, too; nearly
as bad as Dickson, aud that is saying
q good deal" Through this utter
ance Dickson says he has suffered In
his reputation. The writ was placed
in the Marshal's hands, but the dep
NV failed to serve it before Mr..
Brewster left the city.