Tombstone epitaph., 1893-07-30
BY WIRE.

A number of brokers went 10 the wall yesterday in New York, and a panic on Wall street is question Of but few days.
 The parade of the commercial trav- elers yesterday at Chicago in Lonor of the Worlds Fair, was notable one. IL is estimated that 5000 of them par ticipated.
 A rumor has reached Washington that the arbitrators in the Behring Sea controversy between the United States and Great Britain, who have been in session in Paris since March last arguing in the case, had decided in favor of the Knitted States.
 Silver was again taken in over the counter at the sub-treasury at Chicago yesterday after temporary stoppage, so that the big receipts could be gone through and counted. Local banxs are sending in large quantities of dol lars and lesser silver coins which they exchange for currency.
 The Erie Railroad company yester- day went into the hands of receivers. John King and J. G. Mccullough were named by Judge Lacombe of the United States circuit court. The Fries credit has been sayagely at tackled in Wall street Of late, owing to themixed condition of it's finances.
 France, Italy. Switzerland, Belgium, and Greece have agreed to exclude the two and half franc silver piece from international circulation in the LaAtn union.
 At a joint meeting Of the Omaha board of trade and Commercial club resolutions were adopted calling for the repeal of the sherman law and stating that "in the judgment of the Mercantile Associations of Omaha, any future legislation in the interest of silver should be upon ratio which will make the silver dollar possess the same market or intrinsic value as the gold dollar.
 Secretary Carlisle intends to weed out clerks in the treasury department. He began operations yesterday by dropping six clerks from the rolls. It IS said that less than ten per cent Of the clerks in the treasury are Demo- crats.
 Much interest is aroused among ststistioians over the discovery that the figures of the balance of trade against this country for the fiscal year ending July 30th last, as shown by the records of the bureau of statis- tics oi the treasury department, are about $40 1000 900 out of the way. h. stead of an adverse balance of $93, ,O00-
 
 about s50,OOO,OOO.
 At Salem Vice-president Stevenson was welcomed to Oregon by Governor Pennoyer, who, in a speech, called at tention to the hard times prevalent in Oregon, and attributed the business trouble to the financial policy of the government during the past two years He declared that the simple repeal oi the Sherman act would be a violation Of the pledges of the Democratic party to the people, and called on the vice president to use his influence to. ward securing the use of both gold and silver as standard money of tbe country.
 The insurgents are m posessisn o the capital city of Nicaragua. | Russia has decided to take a hant in the France-Siam squabble,
 All of the big lead properties a Aurora, III have closed down.
 Pueblo Colorado was visited by flood yesterday. Damage $I00,0OO an, many homeless families.
 Bank failures yesterday are enum erated ss follows: Two at Helena one in Kentucky and one in Portland
 Denver banks are being guarded b, armed bodies of men. The militia i prepared to move on a moment notice.
 Cris. Evans pleaded not guilty yes terdsy to the charge of killing Wilson