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CENSUS BUREAU.
y Thorough Investigation to be Made
by a House Committee.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Committee
on Rules will report favorably to the
House the resolution to investigate the
Census Bureau. This action is based
upon a resolution introduced i'll the House
two weeks ago by Anderson OF West yir-
ginia, who believes the census office has
neen conducted as political machine,
and that the census returns were unrelia-
bic and untruStworthy. His selection by
Speaker Crisp OF the committee is gem
orally expected. The Investigation COM
mittee Will colisistof seven members, and
will be empowered 20 call Tor persons and
papers, and, i'll fact, given every power to
make an exhaustive and thorough inves-
legation OF the methods employed III talk
ing the eleventh census.
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New York, April Warner Miller,
President of the Nicaragua Canal, an
nounces that Henry NJ. Fiagler. John w.
Mackey, Austin Corbin and Andrew
Carnegie have become largely interested
in the company. Miller said that since
Mackey entered the company it would be
likely 10 still further increase the conf
dence of the people of the Pacific Coast
in the undertaking. He is only waiting
for an improvement in the financial stu
alton to place the bonds of the canal on
the principal markets OF the world.
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McKiuiey * WILLING

WASHINGTON, April 1.-Governor Nc
Kinley was spoken to about the challenge
from the Rhode Island Democratic COM
mittee to meet Ex-Governor Campbell in
joint debate, and said he would be clad to
do SO, but it has been intimated that a
joint debate would be arranged between
himself and eX-PresIdent Cleveland. who
was going TO Rhode Island. In either
case he was at the service Of the commit
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Police officials scored.

NEW YORK, April 1.-The Grand Jury,
which has been investigating the evil
dence presented by Rev. DR.. Parkhurst
and agents as to the existence of gam
bling and disorderly houses, as well as
general violation of the excise laws.
without interference by the police.
brought a presentment at o'clock this
afternoon which scores the officials of this
city most severely, and in plain words
charges them with corruption.
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BADLY MuTILATED.
SeriousAccident to Young Man Near
Grass Valley.

SeriouSAccident to Young Man Near
Grass Valley.
GRASS VALLEY, April Yesterday
afternoon James Phillips, aged Il years,
was blasting powders on the farm of his
stepfather, Robert Johns, about twelve
miles south OF this place. A hole was
charged with giant powder, the fuse
lighted and Philips retreated to a safe
place. The blast did not go off as soon as
expected. and he went 10 see about it.
lie began digging with pick around the
charge of powder when an explosion oc-
Cured. The fingers of the right hand
were blown oil, the palm of the hand
stripped out and both bones of the right
arm were badly broken halfway between
the wrist and elbow. The hand was am
putated. FLYING rock struck the Young
man about the face and chest. The in
iuries may prove fatal. The hurt man is
now at the home OF his mother in this
town.
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KILLING OF BoNHABEN.

Barry Suirenders to the Sheriff and is
Charged with Murder.
VIRGINIA New, April Jeremiah
Barry, who killed Auguste Bonhaben in
Laigneau's store last night, voluntarily
gave himself into the custody of the
Sheriff few hours later, and is booked
on charge of murder. Barry claims
that the pistol was accidentally discharged
during scut1le with his victim. Laig-
neau alleges that Barry deliberately fired
the fatal shot, after making a threat to
XII MN, and that his (Laigneau's life
was saved by Bonhaben grappling with
Barry for the purpose OF disarning him.
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ESyELopED IN FLAMES.
Two Plumbers Terribly Burned With
Gasoline.

PORTLAND orr, April la serious
explosion took place at Piedmont, a
s,burb of Portland, about hali-past .
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The plumb
crs while engaged in making sewer
,,ine connections, We're seriously burned
through the explosion of plumbers
Gasoline pot. Both were enveloped in
- IN an instant. Their clothes were
Nod off to the skin. Fortunately their
ar;as were heard by some OF the other
, - men about the building, and as
r,,iclsly as possible hose was turned on
than, This is all that saved their lives.
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LATEST ORIENTAL ADVICES.
Protest Against Foreign Lit
erature at Human.
SEVERAL CHANGES IN THE JAPAN
ESB CABINET.

Many Newspapers Suspended by the
Government of Japan on Account
of Articles Published During the
Late Electoral Campaign-Trouble
Still Continues In some of the Elec-
tion Dfstricts-Sma1l-Pox Epidemic
Decreasing in Severity.
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Death From ScaIding.

OAKLAND, April Ia Southern Pacific
brakeman named Snyder was scalded
While at work below Niles this morning.
lie was placed on special and it started
Tor the railroad hospital here. but the en-
CINE broke down at Niles, and while
lying there Snyder died His remains
were BROUGHT to Oakland later in the dav.
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Gathering of odd Fellows.

y meeting of the members of the yari-
Gus Odd Fellows lodges composing the
Third District was held last evening at
Odd Fellows Temple under the auspices
OF Capitol Lodge. Grand Master J. y. +.
Wilson was present, and the degree staff
of Capitol Lodge exempliiied the third
degree of the order. The Grand Master
delivered an eloquent and instructive
address. \ banquet was INDUCED i'm
and speeches were made by represent
atives OF various lodges.
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DEATH RECORD.
An EX-Justfce of the Court of Claims
Found Dead III Fed.


WASHINGTON, April l. = Charles D.
Drake, late Chief Justice of the United
States Court of Claims, was found dead in
bed this morning. Justice Drake was 81
years old. His death was wholly UNI
expected, as nc retired in his usual
health. lie had an attack of the grip
recently.
ATLANTA, April I.-George n. Lester,
Attorney General of Georgia, is dead
He was member Of the Confederate
Congress.
CHICAGO, April MARY Riordan, an
old settler of Chicago, and mother of
Archbishop Riordan OF San Francisco,
aged IS years, is dead.
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Investigating Customs Frauds.

SAN FRANCISCO. April There are
ten special agents of the Customs De-
partment now in San Francisco, and they
are thought to be investigating gigantic
frauds in importations. The discovery
OF frauds practiced by Riess Bros. has
made the Treasury officials think there
are more to be unearthed.
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GEARY's ANT1-CHINEsE BILL.
Belief That 1t VIII be Passed in the
House.

WASHINGTON, April Congressman
Geary's anti-Chinese bill will come up on
Monday under the suspension of the
rules, and will probably pass, though a
two-thirds vote will be necessary. If it
fails 1T will come up some other day, but
the object now IS to pass it before the
present law expires, on May 4th. The
debate will be kept down as much as
possible and an effort will be made to
pass the measure the same day that it is
brought up. Ii Mr.. Geary be successful
be will leave on Monday night for Provi-
dence, K. l., to join the other members
OF the Democratic Congressional Com
nlittee. who are now giving their time to
electiOneering.
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Holland CoIonists.

NEW YORK, April IA large party of
rich Hollanders arrived on the steamer
Rotterdam from Potsdam this morning.
They are out TO settle in Iowa and Cali
tornia, where several Dutch colonies are
doing prosperously. The newcomers are
all well-known men in their own coun-
Irr-
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Caused by a Broken Rail.

BAKERSFIELD, April Last night
about s O'Clock the switchboard engine of
the Southern Pacific Company jumped
the track and turned clear over on its
side. Engineer Hutchlns' leg was broken.
The cause was broken rail.
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MURDERER DEFINING.
Finally Landed in Prison at Nc
bourne.

Finally Ilandou IN PfISOn at Mel
bourne.
MELBOURNE April This morning
the steamer Ballarat arrived at the wharf.
and Deeming was quietly brought ashore
at IL O'Clock. An immense crowd as
sembled to get glimpse OF the prisoner.
but the route to the prison was strongly
guarded by police. and it would hardly
have been possible Tor the excited pop
uace to have taken him from the captors.
Shortly after he landed Deeming was
taken to the Police Court, where he was
formally charged with tile murder of his
wife at Windsor. The magistrate re-
manded him for the week.
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Double Murder.

MONROE la, April IA double muir
der has occurred in Moorehouse Parish.
\ white man. L. 7. Norseworthy, accused
james Baker (colored) OF stealing geese.
4 quarrel ensued, both opened IRE at
once and both dropped dead.
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THE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, April LIN the House,
after some filibustering, the resolution for
the investigation OF the chan ges against
the Census Bureau by the Census Com
nittee, passed.
After some further obstruction on ac-
count OF the lack of quorum the House
went into Committee OF the Whole on the
free wool bill.
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The Bowmanites won.

CLEVELAND, April 1.-The Dubs-Bow-
man Evangelical Church Bishops fight
was again passed on to-day by the Cir
cult Court. Judge Epson held that the
general conference OF the Bowmanites at
indianapolis was the true general con-
ference.
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Frencl, AIan-oewar

SAN DIEGO, April 1.-The French cor
vette Champlaine, Captain Gourdon, az
rived this morning from Callao. stopping
az Acapulco and Mazatlan. She wifi re.
main till Tuesday and sail for San Fran
cisco TO STAY a month.
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weaycrs on a Strike.

OREGON CIrY (or.l, April about
fifty weavers in the Oregon City Wooden
Mills struck this morning because the
management refused to discharge fore
man who is Objectionable.
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Murder In the second Degree.

DUBUQUE iowa, April 1.-The Jury in
the case of Hansbey, who recently shot
and killed street-car driver named
Lochner, returned a verdict OF murder i'm
the second degree.
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Mount Wilson HALLWAY

Los ANGELES, April Ivy. II. knight.
representing the Pasadena and Mount
Wilson Railway Company. reports that
material is rapidly BENG taken to the
base OF the mountain to be used in the
construction OF the railroad. Work will
begin Immediately.
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Powder-Hoase Blown Tn.

PoTTsyILLE (Pa.1, April 1.-The mix
ing-house of the National Dynamite and
Powder Company at Ferndale blew up
yesterday. John Long was blown to
atoms.
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Silver Purchases.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The offers of
silver to the Treasury Department to-day
aggregated 49, 900 ounces The amount
purchased was 325, coo ounces at prices
ranging from .S750@g .S75S.
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New England, the birthplace of wooden
ship-building in this country, still MAIN
tains her supremacy in this department
time to come.-Industrial Journal.
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The Cotton Mansion.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1T is reported
that the Cotton mansion, on Mob Hill,
has been purchased by George NJ. Pull
man OF Chicago as wedding gift to his
daughter, who IS TO marry Frank Carolan
OF this city. The house is valued at
S200, 200.
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Gov. Markham,s Tour of Insnect,on

NAPA, April 1.-Governor and Mrs.
Markham, with Director +. d. Ham,
this morning went to Yountyille to in
spect the Veterans Home there. The
Governor finished the inspection of the
insane Asylum here and expressed HIM
self as being well pleased with the result.
lie THINKS the institution the best con-
Quoted OF the kind on the coast
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BehrIng Sea Questfon.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Cabinet
to-day again considered the Behring Sea
question. It is understood negotiations
for the modts giUendt are progressing
fayOrably
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NEGRO HANGED.

FAIRBURN (Ga.l, April 1.-Walter
Cook, a negro, was hanged here to-day
in the presence of 10000 people for the
murder of Andrew kizer, a we'll known
planter.
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Cuban Sugar shfpmentS.

HAVANA, April LA statement made
by prominent gentleman from this city
shows that up to the 18th ult. the sugar
exported this year from all Cuban ports
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the Senate
and House.

WASHINGTON, April l.-Senator Nor
gan's resolution for inquiry into the
operations of the silver laws, offered yes
terday, came ap, but at Morgan's request
it was laid over till Monday
After the routine morning business
the Indian appropriation bill was taken
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Duluth, Mimi, is to have the largest
docks in the world. They will have Ca
pacity of l,000.000 tons year.
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TERRIBLE TORNADO.
A Windstorm Creates Sad Havoc
Throughout Kansas.
TWO TOWNS ENTIRELY WIPED OUT
OF EXISTENCE.

lot House Left Standing In Tona-
wanda - The storm Swept Every
thing in Its Path, and Left Dead
Bodies Lying in It's Wake-Great
Numbers Fatally Injured, While
Many Others Were More or Less
Seriously Hurt.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Rain General Along the Slope-Snoy
Ing In the Mountains.

Rain General Along the Slope-Snow-
Ing In the Mountains.
SAN FRANCISCO, April Nv Gather con-
ditions and general forecasts: The storm
this evening forms trough from Wash
ington southwark to Southern Nevada,
with rails general along the slope, ox-
cept in Utah, Arizona and Southern Cali
fornia, and IN these sections rains are an
ticipated in the near future, by the south
after It centers in Southern Nevada,
which cause will be effected as soon as the
pressure begins rising on the upper Cali
lorna and Oregon coast. There was a
general slight rise in the temperature or
several stations, except in the sacramento
and San Joaquin Valleys, where cloudi-
ness and rains gave lower maximum
temperature than yesterday.
SNOW AND RAIN.
SHASTA, April 1.-Snow began falling
at this place early this morning, and still
continues falling, with indications OF an
alI-day SnoWstorm. At noon il measured
TOUR inches. 1t is reported very deep on
the mountains north of here.
REDDING, April L. 1t commenced
showing here this morning. Fruit on the
loWlands was injured by the frost We'd
nesday night. The uplands did not suffer
as the fruit was further advanced The
rainfall for the season is twenty We
inches.
NEWCASTLE, April mo appreciate
damage has so far resulted from the pre-
valllng wind and rainstorm. All indica-
tons are favorable for a heavy yield of
all varieties Of fruits. The hay crop will
also lA GOOD
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Arizona Republicans.

PHOENIX (Ariz.), April 1.-The Repub-
hcan Convention assembled this after
noon and elected sixteen delegates to the
Territorial Convention to meet in this
city April Sth. The convention warmly
Endorsed President Harrison's admins
tration, the operations of the Mckinley
bill, Congressman Bowers efforts in the
line of protection, and also Endorsed ct
ing Governor y. 0. Murphy for delegate
to the Minneapolis Convention.
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In proportion to its size, England has
eight time as many miles of railroad as
the United States.
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Gus Diech, a teamster, while driving
along the street was struck by falling
tree and severely injured.
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DEED OF AN INSANE MAN.
an Italian Laborer Shoots His
Wife and Brother-in-Law.
EE THEN FIRES A BULLET INTO
HIS OWN BRAIN.

a rounG Man Seriously Injured While
Blasting With Giant Powder Near
Grass yaIley-Two Plumbers Ter
ribly Burned by an Explosion of
Gaso1ine-The Transcontinental AS
sociatfon St;1 in Session at San
Diego.
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amounted to l2S, ITO bags and 2,514 hogs
heads, total in weight of l79, los tons. as
against 100, $50 tons for the corresponding
period last year. The stocks amounted
to ISL, 235 bags and 3,477 hogsheads, ag
gregating Ia, ISL tons, as against III l53
tons last year.
Steamer and Nine of Her Crew Lost.
LONDON, April 1.-The Norwegian
steamer Louise has been lost off the
north coast of Norway. The captain,
first officer, chief engineer and seven
Seamen were drowned,
, 1892-11-16

Sinless creatures do not lnhablt this terrestrial
globe Of ours. Errdre est hHmdnum. But when
we find in our daily life a man so ready to
point out peoples short comings-here, writ
ing in parallels las he calls it) Of a clergyman's
conduct towards his better half-there, stig-
matising q neighbour as a Pharisee. what Is
the conclusion to be derived at? Why, GER
tainly that such q man ought to be himself a
paragon Of virtue | know you have been
hurt my dear friend Briscoe by the unchari.
table writings Of others, yho some time ago
pointed out your past failings, which / think
rather unfair. But nil disperandum is your
motto | see. Why not heap Goals Of fire on
their heads brother?
But stop there is something else. l have
yet another hold Of you. What about
your letter on Saturday /? Have you yet dis
covered that grammatical blunder? If not
let me tell you a secret-only a gentle re-
hinder. There is a rule in Syntax which says
-"Pronouns should agree with the nouns for
which they are used" sc. You remember
this, don't YOU? How then have you violated
this :? How could you have written thus
1T is therefore becoming for Mr.. Paul, Mr..
Briscoe, and Mr.. everybody else to renounce
our besetting sin, instead of their besetting
sin There are three nouns in the third
person, viz MIR. Paul, Mr.. Briscoe, and Mr..
everybody else; hence the Pronoun our is
inadmissible and 50 if you run over the last
part of your letter, you will, | am sure detect
the error.
Of course I do not pretend to be a public
critic az your worthy self; yet think if you
exercise a little more precaution in the dis
charge of your duty you would thereby be
greatly benefited.
Thanking you for space,
I remain, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
?. E. PAUL.
Frederiksted, 14th Nov. 1892.
, 1892-11-16
To the Editor Of the St. Croi1 AUis.

Lear DIR,
AS a rejoinder to Mr.. B%riscoe'S last
letter, spare me yet a little space to state the
following -
Keep COOL was his advice to me. Well,
this is not so easily done as said, especially as
tho me ans resorted to was not sufficiently eff
fective. Besides, / also have a lawful right
which l can exercise freely. What a boon
His contradiction of what | presumed was
his meaning, when, in his former letter, he
spoke of valuable time being wasted, &c, is
apologetical; and although not expressed, yet
to a scrutiniEing reader it is al indirect apology
which l accept with oomplacenoy.
Again, when | wrote about Example and
Preoept, l did not parlicularise anyone nor
did l point to any sin of Mr.. Briscoe'8.
hope I shall neUar be guilty of pointing out
the mote in my brothers eye, leaving the beam
in mine untouched. 1t was a general remark
which affects me also, aS he Justly intimated.
am only surprised to know that he took it as
personal.
When caps among the crowd are thrown,
What each man fits he calls his own"
That l am culpable as other men are before
The Omniscient, l am fully aware of the fact.
, 1892-11-16

We are indebted to q correspondent for some
interesting information about the mongoose,
supplementing our article in the Aois of the
9th inatant.
Our correspondent says about Mongooses:
/. That they are fond Of eggs and chickens
the former of which they generally remove a
little distance from the nest before casting.
Compare the habit Of the Egyptian ichneu-
mon of digging up the crocodiIe's eggs and
dev0uring the young crocodiles)
2. That they are bold in Selling their prey
and will only give up their attempt when they
think themselves in danger Of being caught,
or killed.
3. That they decoy chickens initiating the
clucking Of The hen but that when attacked
by a dog they make a noise resembling that
made by a cat when vexel. The first Of these
two observations will have Unusual interest
for those Of our readers who know that our
domestic fows are all probably descended
from the Jungle fowl of' India. In the mon
goose and the fowl we have very ancient ac-
quainIance now brought together again in this
Western World. IL it possible that the re-
markabIe power Of the mongoose to initiate
the clucking Of the hen is an Inherited talent,
acquired BY some Of the animals ancestors in
the Indian jingle in remote ages, perhaps
many thousands Of years age? The power IS
indeed SO remarkable that many may prefer to
question the accuracy Of the observation,
We may mention in this regard that we were
told of this practice of the mongoose a day or
two before receiving our correspondents letter
by a person living in another pnrt Of the
island. We can scarcely therefore believe
that there has been any mistake but At the
same time We would gladly hear what others
may have to say about the matter.
4. That they burrow near old walls and
under the wild pine (Bromelia peaga'n).
s. That they do not ike clear places, such
as pastures, and are seldom known to attack
their prey there hence it is advisable to put
out hens and their broods on such places.
Thus our correspondents observations close
with one of practical value for poultry keep
ers, who, in so far as they have not already
made the same observations or themselves
here learn Of one way Of helping themselves
to escape depredations Of their new enemy.
, 1892-11-16
KILOGRAMS.
ST CROIX STATION.

C1. t1EOIA d hllON.
London. November l2th.-Ihe Post Master
General II plying to a deputation from Ply
mouth promised to consider the proposal to
despatch the West Indian mails from Bay
mouth instead of Southampton.
New York. November l2th.-The race for
the Liverpool Autumn Cup was won as fol
lows ~ Hindgall, lst Ermac, 2nd Lady
Rosebery, 3rd.
Dispatches from Dahomey report that
Colonel Dodds has ordered to be shot all white
men found in the army Of King Behanzin.
Among tho number it is said there are 3
Germans and | Englishman. German agents
deny having supplied King Behanzin with
quick firing rifles. 1t is further stated that
the French have seized a British steamer with
a cargo Of Winchester rifles and ammunition,
beyond doubt intended for the Dahomeyan
army. Later. Geographic adyices from Colo
mel Dodds give details of the capture Of Cana
on the 4th instant. The place was carried by
assault. King Behanz II commanded IN person,
and any show of cowardice on the part
of any of his troops was punished with
instant death. The French losses were s
Killed and IS wounded through falling into
All ambush laid by the natives.
Paris advices state that the victims of the
b~omb-explosion viii have a state funeral at
Notre Dame.
kilograms from New Orleans state that
5000 men representing 80 different trades
have returned to work, this IS considered q
victory for the employers.
Rumours of a coalition between the Argen-
tine Republic and Peru to attack Chill are
denied in London and Buenos Ayres.
Intelligence from Madrid ann 0 unces tia
the Queen Regent and the King and Queen
of Portugal have opened the Columbus Expo
sition in that City.
In England the result of the American
election has been received with great Satistac-
ton, especially in the Iron and Tin
plate districts where the worlS which have
been closed for some time are now about to
resume operations,
Demerara. Nov. 12th.-Quarantine against
United Kingdom and United States removed.
New York, November l4th.-London news
announces that there is a dense fog over that
city which almost causes traffic to be suspend
ed.
The President of the London Local Board
has recommended the construction of Public
works in order to relieve the distress of Eng
lands unemployed workmen.
A demonstration Of unemployed workmen
was held at Trafalgar square yesterday.