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INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS-.

1t IL Now IN Session In wash neton-Yts
Object II to Place Commercial Relas
ons Betweeu tho Unitcd states and Her
sitter K~publi Up \ Psrmanent Basis
"A Grand Excursion Planned. 81.
WARRINGTON, Sept 3.-The congress- az
delegates from the forty-six States and Ter
ritories OF the United States and from the
nineteen sister States of South and Central
America IL attracting widespread attention.
This is really the first great American
conference which has been held for COM
morcial purposes since the discovery OF
the western hemisphere 400 years ago.
A congress between the American States
was held In Panama In 1928. but
it was for political purposes mere
~ and tho United States was not
represented The present scheme orig
mated with Mr.. Blaine under the
then Secretary of State, as he is now. and
cal was issued for the convention. Tho
assassination of tho President delayed mat
tors, but tho call was reissued by Secretary
Bayard under an act approved May 81.
1855. and all the States responded accept
ing the invitation except San Domingo,
OBJECTS OF THE CONVENTION.
The prime purpose of the congress OF
American nations is to consider measures
toward the for mation of an American GUS
toms union under which the trade of tho
American nations with each other shall bo
promoted as far as is possible and profita-
ble." The adoption of q common silver coin
to be legal tender between citizens of ali
American nations, the establishment of q
uniform system of weights and measures,
and common method of estimating valu-
ations on merchandise and fixing duties
are among the subjects designated for spe-
ctal consideration. The improvement
of steamship communication and the
settlement by arbitration of disputes be-
tween the nations concerned are
matters that will receive attention
also Briefly stated, the purpose Of
this country in calling the congress Is to
find some way of inducing the South Amer
lean countries to buy manufactured goods
and articles from the United States instead
OF from European producers as at present
Any thing will be in order which tends to
prove to the people of the Estates south of
u.s. that they can protitably convert their
trade from Europe to the United States
There Is no question as TO the great gain
to the United States it this country could
secure good share of the trade with Gen.
trail and South America.
The extent of the United States imports
and exports of the Central and South Amer
3<n0vN {rr%n 10 $~Il@
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RUMORED or ROYALTY.

QUEEN VICToR1A's recent visit to Wales
brings out the statistics that during her
reign of over half century twelve DAYS
only have been spent in Ireland.
"A GERMAN scientist wishes to determine.
oy means of photography, if the moon is in
hablted, and it is said that the King of
"urtemburg has decided, in order to
solve this interesting problem, to cause to
De made, in the best possible condition,
photographs of the moon; then to enlarge
the negative 1900 times.
The Queen Regent of Spain and her fam.
lily were weighed recently at San Sebas-
tan. King Alfonso weighs IS pounds; his
mother, the Queen Regent, 11S; his eldest
sister, the Princess of the Asturias, 4S: the
lnfanta Maria Theresa, A. The whole fam
lily, therefore, weighs three pounds less than
ex-Queen Isabella, who tips the scale at
A0.
The plan Of honorlng domestics for long
and faithful service is an old one in Den
mark. The wife of Frederick W., the grand
mother OF the late Frederick VII, formed
such a society, and the interest of a capital
then collected is still publicly awarded az
premiums by the Queen of Denmark to
girls that have served the same family for
ten. fifteen and twenty years. It is con-
sidered as great an honor to the family as
to the girl.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has but recently hon.
ored himself with any high military rank.
Though as Kaiser he is the ''war lord'' of
the German army, he remained Brigadier
until a short while ago, when he rose to be
Major General. Since Queen Victoria
made him an Admiral, and the Austrian
Emperor made him a General, Moltke has
urged him to come up to the first rank, AMI
he is now Commanding General
THERE is no doubt that Queen Victoria is
In very bad health. Her rheumatism has
def1ed treatment, and she has grown very
feeble. 1t is asserted that she wishes to
lay her ohicial duties aside. Should she do
SO. the Prince of Wales would read and
sign state documents. In this case he would
assume the title Of Prince Regent, and
would enjoy the use Of Buckingham Palace
and Windsor Castle. Victoria would retire
to Osborne and Balmofsl.
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eA1EA.

DURING the week ended on the oSth ult.
no jurors were obtained in the Cronin MUIR
der case in Chicago. Four Jurors only have
been secured since the commencement OF
the trial.
ALBERT NELSON and Harry Walton, aged
ten and twelve years respectively, were
killed on the 18th ult. at Elkhorn, N Y, by
an explosion of giant powder
ENGINEER SETH TwoMBLY and Fireman
Henry La Cloche were on the 2Sth u!t
charged by the coroner's jury with being
responsible for the death o: the seven per
sons killed In the recent Rock Island disas-
ter at Eighty seventh street, Chicago
JUDGE JOHN L. NIXON, of the United
States District Court of New Jersey, died
on the 2Sth ult at Stockbridge, Mass
In Waterloo, Ia, on the Goth ult NJ F..
Ri lings was declared guilty of the murder
of County Attorney Kingsley Mt Waverly,
Ia, In September, 1887. This was the
second trial
AN explosion occurred on tho 2Sth ult.
In the Rhein-Prussen colliery at Hamburg
on-the-Rhine, and ten men were killed and
several injured
AN incendiary fire on the Doth ult. at
Butte, NJ T., destroyed the finest block in
the business district entailing loss of
over $500, OO0 Three firemen were fatally
injured while lighting the flames.
A BOILER exploded OH the 18th ult. in 4
quarry at Wrightsville, Pa, killing LemueI
Barnes and his WIFE,
1T was announced on the 2Sth ult that
four persons were XII led outright and II
dozen injured by the recent accident on
the express train on the New York Central
road at Palatine Bridge, N. Y.
The exchanges Al the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the week
ended on the 2Sth ult. aggregated 81 ,O02,-
l26, 76S, against sl,044. 6S1, 7S5 the previous
week As compared with the correspond
Ing week of 1885 the the increase amouted
toes
ALLEN CHALKER, q farmer, and his daugl-
ter while crossin the Erie railway track in
a buggy at Garrettsville, O.. on the 2Sth
UT were struck by q fast train and killed
The cruise around the world of the United
States dispatch steamer Dolphin. which
commenced two years ago, came to an end
on the 2Sth ult, when the steamer arrived
in New York
EMMoNs WRIGHT, a farmer living near
Indianapolis, Ind, shot and killed tramp
on the 2Sth ult who had camped on hie
farm.
The percentage OF the baseball clubs in
the National League for the week ended
on the 28sh ult was a. follows: New York,
.6oS; Boston. .647; Chicago. .496; Phil
adelphia, .495; Cleveland, .476; Pittsburgh,
.464; Indianapolis, 4S4; Washington. $50
American Associations: Brooklyn, 800;
St Louis. 1874; Athletic, .562; Baltimore,
$40; Cincinnati, 523; Columbus, .42l: Kan.
cas- City. 40; Louisville. 2oH Western
Association: Omaha. .697; " Paul. $40;
Minneapolis, .5;SS7; Sioux City, 500; Milwau.
kee. AS; Denver, 42l; 1T Joseph. 1888; Des
Noinss. EAT
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BEYOND OUR BORDERS.

A HOTEL to cost 81, l25,ooO is going up in
Sydney, N. s. W.
THERE is a new Count of Monte Cristo.
The Marquis Carlo Ginari, of Florence, has
bought thelsland and its title. He intends
to construct = residence there whose splen.
dor will Guido those of the grottos of the
late Mr.. Edmond Dantes.
HERE is the quantity Of cosmetics used
daily by the women of Berlin: IA pounds
of rice powder, PSI pounds of rouge, 1877
pounds of other colors, ITO pounds of cream
for the lips, GA pounds of glycerine and SO
pounds of cold cream.
LOCOMOTIVES in England are not supplied
with headlights or bells. Headlights are
not used because guards are stationed along
the roads at intervals of mile, and no liv-
ing thing is allowed to 60 upon the track.
Bells are unnecessary, as there are no
crossings at track level.
The true title of the head of the Germanic
confederation is German EMPEROR" not
emperor of Germany Article four OF
the imperial constitution provides that the
liking of Prussia shall ex-officio be presi.
dent of the confederation and bear the title
of German EMPEROR
THERE is a curious little museum in Ber-
lin In which no relics are kept except royal
garters. 1t is run IN conjunction with the
Hohenzollern Museum, and was founded by
William l. Carriers of all the Processes
who have been married since 1917 are to be
found in this unique collection.
The Prince of Wales chief footman, a
turnkey, who enjoys the title of sergeant
footman," was lately fined by London po-
lice magistrate for keeping footman on
his own account without paying the usual
license required by British law for the priv.
ilege of having male domestic servants.
The Australian Government is building
fence of wire netting 5000 miles long to di
vide New South Wales and Queensland, ir
order to keep the rabbits out of the latte,
country. Australia is paying not less thar
32S,0O per year to keep the pests down ir
what are known a. crown lands. The offer
IL still kept up Of e2G,0O0 to any man who
will produce somethj ? that viii extermi.
nate the pests.
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IT is stated that during the coming
winter the Kaiser will inaugurate a
new and splendid epoch for Berlin
society, making his court the most
brilliant that the century has seen. He
will dazzle Europe with the spectacle
Of the youngest great Emperor since
tho time of the first Napoleon, who,
like him, processes to want peace. but
carries his hand on his sword hilt,
swift to follow IL provocation with {.
terrible blow. The Germans are re-
ported to mix some uneasiness
with their enthusiasm over this pros
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A Young Man Who Ruined His Em-
ployer Sont to Prison for Three Years.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 27-Dennis Kelle-
her pleaded guilty to embezzlement Of
money belonging to Captain George r.
Beck, tug boat owner, and was sentenced
to imprisonment for three years. Kelleher,
who is about " years of age, had been
taken into Captain Beck's employ when a
boy, and had full charge OF his affairs. 1t
was claimed that he had appr priated be-
tween s4o,0O and $50, 0oO, completely ruin
Ing his employer
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F. G. BRUFFY, a reporter on the staff
Of the Atlanta Constitution, has been
sent to jail for fifteen days by Judge
Clarke for declining to tell the grand
jury whether or not he saw certain
policeman in the party which brutally
whipped some colored men at East
Point
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Nova SCOTIA is remarkable for the
number of its old people. 1t has a
arger number OF centenarians than
any other country, there being one to
svery $4,000 inhabitants, while En-
gland has only one to every 100000
inhabitants. They are chiefly of the
farming class, in comfortable circum-
stances, accustomed to exercise in the
open air. plain food and plenty of it,
with good Inherited constitutions.
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LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS,

The Annual Brotherhood Convention to
he Held Soon in Denver.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2S-The annual conven-
tioh CT the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers will be held In Denver, Col, on
the second Tuesday in October next The
convention will partake of an inrerna-
tional character, the delegates coming
from all portions of the United States,
Canada and Mexico It will be delegate
body. Each Of the 40 divisions of the or
ganization will be entitled to ono repre-
sentative, SO that the convention will '>s
quite . large and important body.
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The city OF Richmond, Va, has a
unique way of designating its wards.
Instead of numbering them as other
cities do they are called after great
names in our history. For instance,
they have Marshall ward, Jeffer-
son ward, a Madison ward, a Monroe
ward etc
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THE Governor OF Rhode Island de-
,lares that the abolition of the death
penalty in that State has been demon
strated to be a wise law. The penalty
COR murder in Rhode Island is impris-
onment for life, and the Governor pre-
sents statistics to show that as to
crimes OF violence that State is ex-
ceptionally free as compared with
other States, and the trials and con-
victions there are speedy. In this re-
spect it approaches nearer to England
than any of the United States.
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AN old man in North Carolina who
had lived all his life without seeing
railroad, recently got on train, and
before he had travelled a mile, was
thrown off and killed. Yet, on the
other hand, according to a writer in
Scribner's, a man might travel 81, 0OO,-
100000 miles before being killed.
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The startling discovery is made
that Cuba is cracking. Numerous
assures have appeared in the earth
near Matanzas. These disturbances
arc no doubt Il continuation of
those recently felt on tho South At
lantic coast Scientists find that the
earth's crust thickcns from the sea in
land. and that therefore the inland
pressure is towards the nearest coast
line. The crust there and in the
ocean beyond, being thinner. is more
sensitive to central disturbances than
are other portions of the carth's sur
fccC
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HEAVY FAILURE,

Leading Petroleum Exporters Make an
Assignment - Liabilities Over $780,
900.
New Yo.K, Sept 21-Pagenstecher l.
Co., until recently the larg 'st exporters of
petroleum III the country, assigned Thurs
day. The direct Liabilities are stated at
go, 900 to $4,000, and contingent iabili-
ties $50 ,,0oe, on accommodation accept.
ances and Endorsements for Andrew Brown.
of Buffalo. Mr.: Browns omission to take
care of this paper is given as tie cause of
the assignment Mr.. Brown is leading
lumber merchant. Pagenstechcr Il Co. have
been thought by the trade to be in difficult
ty for some time past
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ABOUT $1,000, 600 has been spent in
relief and improvement operations at
Johnstown, Pa, and the commission
has decided to devote 1000, 900 more
to the work. Most of this money is
made up of subscriptions from all
over the country, and contributions
are still coming in. Johnstown is a
monument to the destructive power of
tho clements, but it's relief is the
noblest Of memorials to the generosi-
~ OF q great-hcarted people.
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COLONEL BENNETT H. YoUNG, of
Louisville, was a prisoner at Camp
Douglas, near Chicago, during the
civil wal. When he went he carried
small Bible with him, and this was
taken from him in prison by James
Hickey. soldier. He priced the
Bible, as it had been presented to him
by his parents when he went to fight
for the Confederacy. Colonel Young
was standing at the Phoenix Hotel in
Lexington recently when Private Hick-
ey advanced, saluted. and presented tho
Colonel with the Bible, which he had
kept for cgsr q quarter Of a century.
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guages.

A CARRIAGE road to the top of Pixies
peak has been completed. 1t begins
at Cascade canyon and extends SIX
teen miles, until it reaches the sum-
nit of the mountain, II, 147 feet above
the level of the sea- There is one
point, Grand view, where at an alti-
Jude of 1882 feet one may see the
smoke of a locomotive crossing Mar
shall Pass, ninety miles away.
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ANDREW You've, author of the
hymn, There is a happy land, far,
Ear away" is eighty years of age and
still vigorous. In 1888 he heard an
DID Indian air that impressed. him
deeply, and he composed words to it.
SO the hymn was made. 1t has been
translated into nineteen different Ian
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A NUMBER of Brooklyn capitalists
have decided to open hotel on the
New York plan in Paris. They be-
tievc it will attract American GUS
Toners as we'll as the trade of En-
,lish persons who have visited the
United States.
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL,
FROM WASHINGTON.

De- JAMES p KIMBALl, OF Pennsylvania,
Director of tho Mint, resigned on the oath.
On the oath the Government printing
Office completed the immense work of print
ing the testimony in the seventeen con-
tested-election cases which will como up
for settlement before tho Fifty-frs Con-
gress.
For the eight months ended August
81 last tho immigrants arriving in the
United. st ties Except from Canada and
Mexico) numbered 5W.5 64, against 392, 92
during the same period in 1888
The Jews of tho country on the 18th BE-
gan the celebration of their 5.65Oth New
Year.
Tsm Kwo Y1NG, the new Chinese Min
lister to the United States, arrived at
Washington on tho Goth.
On the Goth the contract for furnishing
postage stamps for the next four years was
let to tho American Bank-Note Company
OF New York. tho present contractors.
In the United States there were 165 bust
ness failures during the seven days ended
on the eth, against III the previous seven
days
THE President returned to Washington
on the 9th from his summer outing at
Deer Park, Md.
Representatives of various women's Or
CARNATIONS met in Washington on the 9th
and took preliminary steps toward erecting
a monument to tho memory of Mrs. Lucy
Webb Hayes. the deceased wife of express
ident Hayes
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Miss CAROLINE WHITING. seventy
one years of age, has been teacher
in New York City for fifty-three years
Says Miss Frances Willard: For
fifty years she has not spent day in
bed; has taught always in the same
school (No. 14), and worn out two
school buildings; has been forty years
principal and has twenty teachers
under her care. and has had not fewer
than twelve thousand pupils. Miss
Whiting has had her home for fifty
years with Mrs. Sabin, and the latter S
mo Their. both of whom were her
pupils"
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One of the novel features of the con-
,titution of North Dakota is declara-
lion that "log-rolling" in the Legisla-
lure is to be regarded rs bribery.

. A WE'LL recently found near Pitts
burgh, Pa. delivers fresh water, salt
water and gas at the same time.
There are two castings, ono within
the other
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EARRINGS. long out of fashion in
England among aristocratic people,
ire to be worn again. because the
Duchess OF Fife wears a pair which
we're presented to her rs a wedding
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ROBERT p PORTER, superintendent
Of the census, estimates our popula-
ton at 65,O0O,O00. He thinks there
are 100000 in cities and villages,
and 5000, 600 negroes.
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pointed Commits
sioner OF tn =
General L a n Il
Office, appeared
at the Interior
Department and
was sworn in.
he will take
charge at once.
relieving Acting
Commits g ion err
5 t o n e, W h o,
since June, has
been filling three
nOSitiOno non,o
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SUNDAY OBSERVANCE,

RESOLUTIONS Adopted at the Paris Con.
gress President Harrison's Views.
PARIS, Sept 2i.-The Sunday Observan %
congress passed Il resolution Thursday to
the effect that in cases where the observ-
ance of Sunday is impossible weekly holt
day should be given to employees The
congress also adopted resolution advising
employers not to pay their men on Satur-
day or Sunday
PARIS, Sept. 27.-1n his letter to the Sab
bath Observance congress President Har-
rison says: Experience teaches me that
workers with head and hands need such
rest as the Sabbath alone can give. Man.
whether regarded as an animal or as an i'm
mortal being, should he assured that rest {"
ROulanger Done For.
PARIS, Sept %.-The municipal commits
sion has decided that the votes cast
for General Boulanger in Montmartre
I'm the recent elections are null and
void, and has declared N. Joffrin, the
Labor candidate, who received the next
highest number of votes, elected The
commission has also nullified the voree
cast for Henri Rochefort in Belleville
The commission confirmed the election OF
Count Dillon (Boulangist) In the depart
ment of Morbihan.
Soon after the opening of the Chamber o.,
Deputies a bill will be introduced in favor
of granting amnesty to NJ Rochefort The
bill will have the support Of the journal
tsttc members Of the Chamber.
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SWORN IN.

Judge Croft Qualities Himself to Enter
Upon His Duties As Land Commits
sioner.
WASHINGTON, Sept. a. - Judge Lewis
Croft IF Omaha Neh the NEWMAN.
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JUDGE CROFT.
AN EMBEZZLER SENTENCED.

", COMMISSIONER, assistant COMMISSIONER
and chief clerk, there being vacancies in
the first and the latter Offices
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Where Are You Going?

when do you START Where FRONT How many
In your par ~ What amount OF freight OF
baggage have rou1 What route do you prefer
Uron receipt III an answer to the above ques-
lions you will be furnished, free OF expense, with
:; ss Fl:
ph'e in:orm. W. HA..sAS Nation which
will e.;e trouble. time and money. Agents will
cali In l,er,on where necessary. Parties not
Vcady to answer above questions should cut out
and preserve this notice for future reference. II
may become useful. Address G. r. WAnRES,
General Passenger Agent, st. Paul, MINI.
NJ ~ aev ~ 81 MoethWssA