The Monticellonian., 1895-10-04

occupy Port Arthur is without fousda tion.
 TIE Berlin Reichsanzeiger published a decree, on the 27th, setting forth that after October no cattle or hogs shall be imported into Germany from any country without being quaran' tined
 ABRAHAM KAYLoR, aged 72, highly. respected citizen of Huntington coun- ty, Ind, fell dead on the platform of the Chicago & Erie railway station at Huntington, on the 24th, while wait- ing for a train.
 IT is asserted by those who claim to be eonversant with the facta, that Cuba will have the rights of belligerency ac- corded to her by Mexico and several South American republics before the end of September.
 LORD DUNRAvEN has decided to keep yalkyrie in this country until next spring, possibly longer. There is said to be a prospect of special race be- tween the Yail1yrie and George Gould's VigiIant next year.
 A DISPATCH from Shanghai, on the 24th. said that the entire province of CheKiang has again been placarded with anti-fereign and anti-Christian proclamations, causing great anxiety among the foreign residents.
 FAILURES throughout the United States for the week ended on the 27tb, ns reported by R. c. Dun & Co.,. were ' 2l6, against 235 for the correspond ing week last year. In Canada the failures were 50, against 55 last year.
 ON the 9th Nelson Morris, of Chi cago, flied an amended objection in the United States circuit court to the or der Of sale of the Whisky trust disti1- leries. This is said to be a new move to continue the fight against the reor- ganizafion committee.
 J. ;. V. ODDIE, secretary of the New York Yacht club, has received cable message from Charles Rose, of Lon don, personally confirming the ehal- lenge sent through the Royal Victoria Yacht club. in his name, for race in 1896 for the Americas cup.
 IN letter to Guy M. Gest, of Cincin- nati, Thomas r. Drew, an American lawyer writing from Nicaragua, says he has completed deal for the pur- ebase of 260, GOO acres of land in the southern portion of the Mosquito coun- try for American colonists.
 
 TIE state department was, on the e7th, advised of the payment In Lon don of the Spanish draft for the Mora claim. and the deposit of the net pro- ceeds to the credit of the secre tary of state in the New York subtreasury. The draft called for the payment of sl,4f9 GOO in gold.
 A SPECIAL meeting of the Dominion cabinet was held, on the 27th, to take decisive steps in summoning parlia- ment to give effect to remedial legis- lation promised the Catholic minority should Premier Greenway of Manitoba failed to take action in re-estab1ishing peroehial schools.
 ON the 26th Gov Culbcrson issued ealf for a special session of the Texas legislature to consider prize fighting. He hopes to secure the repeal of the occupation tax law, and thereby pre- vent the orbett-Fitzsimmons fight. 1t Is said public opinion commends the governors action.
 ApyIcEs by mail from Japan indi- cate a decrease in the number of cases of cholera, the number of new cases in Tolio daily having decreased from forty or fifty to only nineteen. Be fore the steamship Empress of India sailed from Yokohama, on the 14th, the disease had almost disappeared there, and marines were freely allowed ashore.
 To GIVE effect to the presidents or aer providing for the examination of candidates for consulates the secre- tary of the treasury, on the 25th, ap pointed board, consisting of the third assistant secretary of state the solicitor and the chief of the consular bureau, to examine candidates as they are nominated by the president. The exam ination will be severe but perti- hent.
 TIE Calumet and Hecla company of Houghton, Mich, is materially increas- ing it's output of refined copper, and ore stored from the operations of pre- Vious years is now being smelted. This years output of copper will be nearly 20. GOO, GOO pounds more than last year, an increase of one-third. At the present price of copper the company is earning nearly $500 GOO net profit every month.
 THE trial of the alleged Cuban fili- busters at Wilmington, Del, on the s3d resulted in the acquittal of the ac- cused, and they were discharged amid general rejoicing in the court room, which spread, with the news, all over the city. On the same day, at Will mington, N. C., the case against the captain and crew of the steamship Commodore, also alleged filibusters, was dismissed.
 IN the Irish national convention which met in Chicago, on the 18th, 1t was boldly declared that, no matter what the sentiments of the American government or the American people, the time had arrived for the Irish in America to abandon constitutional agitation, to take up the sword, and to seek the independence of their isle by the use of weapons rather than through