The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-13

liabilities of about S3OO,OOO.
Congressman OFerrall. of Virginia is re-
ported as saying that the South will not vote
for the Peoples party candidate
The most recent estimates place the total
loss by the St. Johns conflagration at .2O,-
600 600. with insurance less than s5,OOO.OOO.
Secretary of the Navy Tracy desires 1t to be
understood that there are no vacancies in the
list of APPOINTMENTS for 1892 at the Naval
Academy.
Mondays offers of silver to the Treasury
aggregated / COS. 900 ounces. OF which bIl wv
were purchased at prices ranging from sO.Si6i
to S0.S770.
There il said 10 he q general panic at Vic
toria. British Columbia. over the epidemic OF
small pox. Several of the Leading hotels have
been closed.
During the first ten day Of July customs re-
ceipts at New York were S3.ZSO.OOO. an IN
crease OF $500. 600 over the corresponding pc
Rod Of last year.
general census Of Costa Rica recently
completed shows population OF 243,2O9.
San Jose is the most pOpuious province. with
76,7lS inhabitants.
1t is proposed TO organize as an adjunct to
the militia of the District OF Columbia bat
talon composed exclusively of clerks of tho
Government departments.
The striking New York payiors returned to
work Monday. The non-unson men recently
employed are still working, the contractors
refusing u discharge them.
Yellow fever is reported TO be raging in
Vera Cruz. Mexico. and many deaths have al
ready occurred. Many If the native families
have removed TO the City OF Mexico and other
places.
The Warrior river, in Alabama was on Sum-
day night reported 10 be forty-seven feet
above low water mark, and there has been
great damage 10 crops IN the vicinity OF Tus-
caloosa.
H. NJ. S. Blake on Sunday made the run
from Halifax TO st. Johns. N. f., in twenty
seven hours an average of nearly twenty-five
miles an hour. She used only two boilers
her other two being under repairs.
The issue of standard silver dollars from the
MINIS and Treasury Offices during the week
ended July yth was Sil5.39j. The issue dur
ing the corresponding period Of last year was
7469 235. The shipment of fractional silver
coin from the 1st 20 the 9th instant aggregated
,067
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has refused to credit further the state OF Ken
lucky There ia no money in the treasury
aud the June telegraph bill is unpaid. The
Western Union will take no State kilograms
unaccompanied by the cash, and there Is no
money for such use.
The boat house of the Manhattan Athletic
Club, in the Harlem river. at New } ork, was
sunk Monday with "a number of shells aud
small boats. 1t Is thought the ropes were cut
by gang of Italians, who had some trouble
with the contractors for the cutting out OF the
bank where the float was to rest.
A decision has been rendered by the Com
missioner of Patents IN the controversy be-
tween Thomas A. Edison and Joseph W.
Swan as 70 the right TO a patent for an cleo
trio light carbon tor lncandescent lamps. The
decision. which is in favor of swan. was
made on an appeal from the decision of the
eGsmlners-in-chlet awarding priority OF In
yention 10 Edison.
There appears to be a determination on the
part Of organized labor in Chicago to form
military companies % combat the Pinker-
tons when the next clash between capital and
labor occurs. The leaders of the various
labor organizations in that city. when quss-
toned IN regard TO the matter. all confirmed
the rumor that the working people intended
armiDg themselves.
There is much dissatisfaction among the
Democrats of Kansas over the action OF their
State Convention IN indorslng the Peoples
party nominations. and a number of Demo-
cratic conventions have already been called
10 name Democratic candidates, including
one IN Jerry Simpsons district. Without the
Democratic vote in that district Mr. Simpsons
chances are said TO be small.
on Sunday. while cruising in the Lower St
Lawrence overhauled schooner laden with
contraband liquor and other struggled goods
The crew Of the smuggler were well armed.
and the Constance was obliged 10 send for
help Before IL arrived the smugglers
eluded the Constance. and 1t IS supposed
they sailed for st. Pierre Miquelon.
The United States Attorney at New York
has been instructed 10 institute suit for q re-
view Of the recent decision of the board of
general appraisers that the date of importa-
ton into the United States is the proper date
to take the value Of foreign currency in as
certaning the duties. The general practice
Of the Department has been to take the value
Of the currency at the date of expectation
from the foreign country.
Captain Hooper, commanding the revenue
steamer COTwin. has made a brief informal re-
port 10 the Treasury department in regard TO
the seizure Of the British steamer CoQuitlan
ut Port EtcheZ for violating United States
customs laws in transferring her cargo in
American waters without permit. He says
he has turned the vessel over 20 the United
States marshal at Stka for prosecution under
the law. lie estimates the value Of the vessel
and cargo at 100000.
At 8 o'clock Monday evening the miners
employed by the Mclean County Coal Com
pany, OF Bloomington. Ill.,. 10 the number Of
three hundred. called at the home of A. Z.
Stevenson. Democratic nominee for Vice
President. Mr.. Stevenson has for q quarter
of a century been a stakeholder of the COM
pany and for about one year. since the death
Of his brOther-in-law, the late Matthew l.
Scott. of Bloomington, president of the
company. Mr. Stevenson was at home and
cordially greeted the miners. who include
men Of many natonaities.
The American Republican College League
has established its headquarters with the Re-
publican National Leage in New York city.
President James +. Burt. of Michigan, il in
charge. The mission OF this league is a Decu-
liar one. 10 proposes 20 fight the free-trade
idea as taught by the professors in the various
colleges OF the land by organizing the stu
dents of those institutions SO that they will
debate the economic questions and not ac-
cept blindly the theories of their instructors.
President Burt says that American colleges
are turning out free traders az the rate of
$4,000 q year. and 1t Is the leagues purpose to
reduce this output. Harvard be says. has a
league numbering 800 students and his own
alma mater. Michigan University. one with
/, 400 members.
Fast bound shipments of freight from
Chicago by all the roads last week amounted
to 5IO3l tons. against 60 III for the preceding
week. decrease of 3.023 tons. and against
81 1872 for the corresponding period last year.
an increase Of $3.50 tons Lake shipments
amounted 70 %. 74j tons against o. l23 tons
during the week previous. Through ship
ments Of Hour. grain and provisions from
Chicago TO the seaboard by the roads in the
Central 1ratfic Association aggregated for the
week lI.1ig tons against 20 345 for the pre