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preston that he did allow GERONIMO co,

as among the conditions that no should
not be surrendered to the civil authorities
of Arizona for trial, and that he should be
| taken away from the vicinity. The war de-
partment people are angry at the assump,
| ton OF authority Gen. Miles has made and
| he will be called strictly to account for the
position he has taken. The Star says:
| What the result will be can only be con-
| iectured, but unless there are some very e1-
| tenuating circumstances not apparent on
| the outside a reprimand is the least that
can be expected.
The comptroller of the currency has au-
| thorized the First National Bank OF Downs,
Kansas, to begin with capital OF $780, :
| 900.
| The president has appointed Quincy A.
Brooks collector of customs for the district
of Puget Sound.
| The court martial of Capt. w. S. John
| son. charged with duplicating pay accounts,
began at Washington.
| Postmasters commissioned: Dakota:
Fort Yates, W. P. Gilbert. Iowa: Cali
| fornia. ]. 81. Ward. Minnesota: Frank
Laucamp.
! John Nelson committed suicide at Lenox,
Iowa, by taking poison. He lett property
valued at $4,000.
Frank johnson OF the town OF Chetez,
| Wis, charged with incestuous relation with
| his fifteen. year-old daughter, pleaded gull
| ty in the circuit court and was sentenced
! by Judge Clough to eight years in the pen
| itentiary at Waupun.
| E. E. Henry, a prominent druggist Of Om- e.
ro Wis, took drink OF carbolic acid in
mistake for beef extract and died i n terri
| BILE agony ten minutes afterward. He was
| thirty five years OF age and leaves wife
and two children.
| Diplomats at Vienna believe that since
| the return of Count Kalnoky, Austrian
minister for foreign AFFAIRS from PesJh,
Austria's attitude against Russia 8 occupa-
! ton OF Bulgaria is more pronounced. This
| is partly accounted for by the belief that
Austria fears that If Bulgaria is occupied
by Russia King Milan will be deposed in
servia and Servia and Bulgaria will be both
| Russianized. This. it is argued, would
cause disorder in Bosnia and probably 4
conflict with Montenegro. The state oi
siege in Bulgaria has been raised.
| The Massachusetts, democratic state con- :.
vention was called to order by Hon. P. A.
Collins John F. Andrew was nominated
by reclamation for governor. The ticket
was completed follows: Lieutenant
state, John r. Thayer; treasurer, Lewis
Warner; attorney general, j ohm w. Corcor-
| an.
The board OF engineers-Gen. C. B. Com
stock, Col. O. w. Poe and Capt. j. E. Post
appointed by the government as a COM
mission to examine the Illinois 81 Michi-
gan canal and the proposed Hennepin ca
nal to consider their value tothe commerce
OF the country met in Rock Island. They
drove to the Rock river and made an ex-
| animation as to the course OF the river
from Milan to its mouth, for there the
proposed canal is to debouch into the
Mississippi.
| The secret OF Geronimo's surrender
comes out in Gen. Miles report He prom
| Used the barbarian exemption from trial
in Arizona by the civil authorities. OF
course, such trial would end Geronimo's
career OF violence and blood. Miles is
threatened with trial for assuming too
much authority.
The statement in Gen. Miles official re-
! port of the Apache campaign. made public
captured, but surrendered conditionally,
is contradicted by Capt. Lawton, who was
in command OF the troops at the time OF
the capture. In q private telegram to
Lieut.. Albee, of the Winchester armory,
dated Albuquerque, Capt Lawton explic-
lilly denies that the surrender of Geronimo
was coupled with any conditions whatever.
! Higgins, the Apo intment clerk, is medi-
tating more discharges from the treasury
| AoIis IA dA AuCc1 lew ~ Ac" udyS ago ne
said: Here is most fragrant case that
| came under my notice. showing how pat
ronage is abused. An $1,000 clerk in the
! treasury turns opt to be retired naval
| officer drawing $40 month in addition to
| a pension OF $72. Another case is that OF
a chief OF bureau who draws So, 600 and
| his sons and relatives in office who bring
| the total receipts from the government Of
| fees they hold up to 50, $50. Then, too
have discovered cases where husbands and
wives are borne on the rolls the woman
under her maiden name, both living togeth-
| er under the same root. All these matters
| will be brought to the attention OF the Sec
| rotary.
! The public debt statement issued shows
| the reduction OF the public debt during
| September to be $40, 627, OI3.17, and total
cash in the treasury s465, 375, 613.93.
r. M. Johnson, assistant superint endent
OF the railway mail service, has been dis
| missed.
| Sproule, the American convicted OF muir
der in British Columbia, is respited until
| Oct. 20.
| Miranda, of Newport yE@1 +hcri orericsaa
| sloop Saehem, is dishes al e Dleasara IN
| They haven't yet PROD arsi1l ,Ta,,+ nf
can beat an American y or saddleru
| Vi SduuitTy
| A dispa tch to the N
alleged story OF the ASST -.r.-s.,.u-z,r,
| DRY A. Storrs at Ottawa, |
The story is tina Storrs We:
! the gang whose secrets he ha - 49, <
There were 255 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during the
week ending Sept. 80, against 1856 in the
preceding week.
The store OF A. S. Gage g. Co., OF Chicago.
was reopened Oct. l, by the assignees, who,
| under the order OF Judge Prendergast, will
conduct the business for the benefit of the
creditors pending settlement OF the at
fairs OF the firm. The liabilities are esti-
mated at $500, 600, and the assets at
81 100000.
A dedication of nearly $40, 1000 in the
Union Dime Savings bank of New York
city has just come to light. The defaulter
is Otto Baumann, receiving teller, who has
been in the employ OF the institution for
two years and who was implicitly trusted.
The official census of the Sioux Indians