Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-03

1t is estimated at the Treasury Depart
ment that the public debt has decreased
about $40 100000 since the LIST Of June.
This will make the total decrease for the
100000, against $114,0OO,000 the previous
fiscal year.
IN the secretaryof states office atSpring-
field, Illinois, Monday were filed the arti-
Giles OF incorporation of the Atlantic, Mexico
& Pacific Railroad Company, which pro-
poses to construct line Of railway from a
point on the Wabash river, at or near Mon
roe, to or near tae city OF East st. Louis.
The Manitoban government crop bulletin
says all the grain and root crops are In ex-
cellent condition and give promise of an
unusually large yield. The acreage under
crop with cereals Is 1,063,C47 OF which
746,05 acres are In wheat, 235, 584 In oats,
66,OS5 in barley and 14,420 In flax. There
are over 100000 more acres under cultiva-
ton than there were last year.
Our charge d'afiaires at Rio de Janeiro
informs the state department that by the
decree of hay 10th, 1890, 20 per cent OF the
import duties Is to be paid In gold, while
the exchange value of the Brazilian milreis
remains between 20 and "a pence. When
the value Of the m!lreis rises to between "a
and az pence 10 per cent In gold will be
exacted, and when the milreis is at par i'm
port duties may be paid In Brazilian paper.
Charles ScrIbner and others, publishers,
Monday;hegan two suits in the U. s. circuit
court In New York one against Samuel w.
Enrich and Julius 8. Enrich, of the firm Of
Enrich Brothers, and the other against
Isaac X. Funk and Adam w. Wagnalls,
of the publishing firm OF Funk & Wagnalls.
The suits are to restrain these firms from
publishing and selling the Encyclopedia
Britannica, containing "Soribner's Statisti-
cal Atlas" OF which Richard Hewes, OF
Pontiac. Mich, and Henry Gennett, OF
Washington, d. o., are the authors. The
plaintiff prays =. an Injunction.
Captain Eiben, the president OF the board
appointed to try the cruiser Philadelphia,
had an interview with this Secretary OF the
Navy Monday. He reported thai the vessel
had made voyage epeed of 194 knots per
hour over 40-mile course and, conse.
uuently, had more than met her contract
requirements. He said he would submit a
written report on the subject tomorrow.
Ibis report ensures the acceptance OF the
Philadelphia and guarantees her con-
tractors premium OF 100000. They have
made informal application for another
trial, but the department has practically
decided that they must stand by the record
Of the first trisl."
The scale conference OF Iron manufac-
turers and & committee of the Amalgamated
Association OF Iron and Steel Workers at
Pitrsburg ended satisfactorily on Monday,
and the scale of wages adopted at the re-
cent convention was signed by the masters,
1t was the qualifying clauses to the scale
which created a dissatisfaction on the part
OF the manufacturers, hut these we're either
Withdrawn or satisfactorily explaioed and
this scale signed. Work will now continue
for another year without Interruption at NIL
the mills In the country. A few plants will
close down for repairs during July and
August, but In September there will be a
general resumption.