The state capital., 1891-11-07

THE steamer Maine, WHICH VIII ply
between New York and Providence, &.
l., on the Stoninaton line, was
launched at Wilmington, Del. on the
S1st
AT the close of business, on the Dist,
the treasury department had redeemeu
$40 gO3 200 fOur.and- -a.half per cent
bonds, leaving outstanding $4,601, 500.
A BosroN dispatch of the 1st an-
nounced that the doors of the Maverick
national bank would not be opened on
the Cd. The suspension is alleged to be
owing to embarrassments caused by the
recent suicide Of Irving Evans. The
| hank will be put In the hands of re-
ceiver
THREE hundred printers, employed
by the Metropolitan Job Printing Co..
New York city, struck, on the 31st for
two dollars an hour in the midst of a
| rush. and nearly caused the company
| to lose a $40, 900 forfeit before they were
pcremptorily ordered back to work by
the secretary of Typographical Union
| No. 6.
THE malt-house Of Henry Kunze, in
ST. Louis, was burned on the night OF
the 1st, together with so, 600 bushels of
malt The total loss is about S36, 900;
covered by insurance.
The peasants of the Russian province
of Samara are SO reduced by starvation
and want that many of them are un-
able to go to the government distribu-
ting points for supplies Of food. In
one village no less than forty-two have
perished, and the number of dead in
the whole province will amount to not
| less than 200.
DR. STEINER. of Berlin, publishes a
letter from Emin Pasha, in which the
latter mentions his intention of cross
ing to the Cameroons, but makes no
mention of the Wadelai. DIR. Steiner
declares that there is no room for Emin
in the lake region if Wissmann is re-
tanned as governor.
CHEvALIER Mort, of Italy, vice-con-
sui at Boston, has been transferred
temporarily to take charge of the Ital-
ian consulate at New Orleans, vacated
by Consul Corte, whose rabid utter
ances on the New Orleans Malta affair
caused his departure from that city.
THE census office. on the 3D. an
nounced the population of Mississippi
by minor civil divisions. The popula-
ton of the state is given as 1899, 900,
against 1,131, 597 in 1880. OF the sew
enty- five counties in the state eleven
| show decreases.
The receipts from customs at the
port of New York for the six months
ended September 80, 1891, were S2S,-
5SS. $50 less than for the corresponding
six months of 1890.
| CoMMANDANT SELFRIDGE of the
Charlestown navy yard has received
instructions from Secretary Tracy di-
recting that the cruiser Newark be
made ready for sea by the 10th. Orders
were also given that in employing men
for work on the cruiser the civil-service
rules recently put in force must be
strictly adhered to.
On the Sd the district convention of
coal miners, in session in Pittsburgh,
Pa, declared their strike at an end,
and 100, 900 diggers in the Pittsburgh
district resumed work at the 10 cent
rate. They had demanded 92 cents per
ton for mining.
| M. IURIlS, W l. ooEh. W
theatrical fame, who is charged with
having shot and killed Policeman
Grant in San Francisco, on September
II, was before Judge Trout. on the Sd,
for arraignment, and pleaded not guilty.
THE Peace congress opened in Rome
on the Sd, Signor Biancheri presiding
NJ. Maillefeu, French delegate, ad
dressed the meeting, and was followed
by Herr Baumbach, of Germany, both
, speaking in the interest of universal
peace.
A BOAT attached to the British bat
tle-ship Howe, which contained crew
of ten men. capsized at Portland on the
!, , 3D. Four Of the sailors were rescued
! but the other six were drowned before
assistance could reach them.
TYPHUs fever is prevalent and spread
! ing in the famine districts of the gov
ernment of Kazan, Russia.
GEN Z. BURD GRUBB, minister o
the United States to Spain, and Mis-
Violet Sopwith, daughter of Hon
Thomas Sopwith, of Lismore, Scot
land, one of the board of governors o
the Bank Of England, were married il
London on the 3d.