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Newspaper Page Textp-Ct'.-f!,S" 9 1 '-'- -- ALI8ANY, OREGON, TUlfij VY, OCTOBER 21, 1890. 20 cents A WEEK. - '. ' . III- - ' " t' PWR HAHCIKC AND DECORATIVE ENGOLS. L. R. BLAIN Toe him. Mm id Merctot Tsilor I II THE STOCK OF MENS' -AND THE Price, Quality c .or'iNJ, cumnsv,, C mflMO, CLOTHING. CLlxqKSJ, CLOTHING, cLuiniNtJ. ri.oriiiNi, II it.-, 'nps, lilts, Caps' Hat, Caps, Hats, f Caps, SMITH & SENDERS It is Ctroajo to Tell What Lets of Stoves Smith Senders Sell ; From Early ICorn Till Lato at Right, The S.oro is Full of Customers all to their own Delight , "WHY ? It is Because they FA? THE FREIGHT on all COCZS, HEATERS and GANGES sold. Th? tinvra jUtse h at' v of irli i lt thi rat is a jtirtarr, in J he ouiff 1-ase Ihr l iiif (mc that n ill t aru la t tie iouijIi i hauls. It rv i;r.ar trife njdittittff the m od fffoiit this winter. Jlotds fi v all niyht. f tve tLo onlv what we fc;y. I an utttl lor w Jl water or attach d direct to the pipes lor family, fliee or hotel use, awl wil' psitiely take all 1 roues, fish and bugs out of the vvatt-r, autl we hae the largest tU ck. 1 est ass-oiimenr, reiial) goods., ' (i.iiland, Mon tor and Supeii r stoves aud ranges, heatei s and pumpn ui'un b ingfiJooJa. WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AS - LOW Considered ! O V ERC'OATS, OVERCOATS, ( iVERCOATS, O 'ERC ATS OVI RCOATS, ()VKi:C(.IT.S OVERCOATS, OVER(' KITS. lioots; S!ioe., Jioots, Shoe Hoots, S!io.? Hoots, Shoes ate: f'er in the world. BIG AND BOYST GOODS The Deleljratel Freud C URE the xonemttve rgan ol either MX ariMthef iriniiv tiutu in dACJHiv iiih; of stUuulailSs, mbu-c or opium, or thr Mih outtiful Inttis- ction, over inuulKenix, ttc, such &b loos of Brum Power, Wukelu'oeno, thmrin Down Pains in the B-k, Sen.in l Wi-akncwa, Hys tria, Ner-ou ProrratHiu, Nocturnal Oaiia- ouh, Iieucoirhoe, Dizximi-s, Weak aWinory, viof Power ud Impotei. :v which If nv Iwted often lead to proiual'ite old aga r4 inanity. -Price l a box; 6 tuxeft for 6,u0 Sent bv mail on receipt of price. WHIMS fel'AKANIEK U (firec rich every & order reivi, to refund the u r.ner U a Prrwnrl enre ia noteffetted. VYe have Ihouaaiidsof testiniouiala from old ami young-, of both wxits, who have been 'uniuiieiitly cured by the uao c Aptiroditint Circular free, Ail'lrcm I1IK AI'IIKO MKIMI'INr. CW. i-.ierii Branch, tlox, 27. Portland, Oregon. For sale ht r'o.liay & Vmoii, who eaateam i't:.il itriintlvts, Ailinuy, Oregon. ?afer'j m IEKALE Pills Kr FVinale Ir regularities: noth in? iike thera on the market. Mcvei jtail. Sucrwihill 'uHfcil by ironiiiieiit ladies monthly. Guarantee)' to re lieve suppressed ii'eiistruauuii L&&& Coriain Don't lie humbn j el. Save time. Health ani monej. :ikc no other, bent to any to'- Ip-ss 'iy imtii en receipt of prii", $2 00. Ad Ii-.dh Aplim Nrallrlnr umpan) WiMt P.raiK'h tu.. 27, fwrilautl. Or. Sold by Fogtsy & Kaaon, Albany. OregnD I iy ciri d iiy SitiM h'si'iifu. Vt riiaruhte .t, S. IJ l..v r'ilia) .V Mhmoii. imt :&!FISil:Gh Printers FLIKii BLOCK ALBANY 0, ):ir ro-ist i-udif'S are tli Ix-st in tlie inarktt. Trj' iln-in nm tte ciivnc. d. U roam I to order iree Ri.nDGRrr & Son. i wntrarior and ItMlltlrr. nC. SIIKLL WILL n'RNIHU rLASH, SflCIFIC . tioim and detai's tor nil kind of huik' and architecture." "W. work wiwipti) k.ne ami crnomateoil t fie nrt-laS." Eath i. te inrniolii on idxwt notice fr brlcl inii.hni.. reHbleiK-ea, puhjic building. Mhleb, etc PA' NTS AND OILS, wa-il p. jut, il, i'ii"hffl, coil oil, lu'ir.ca'iiiK ,.im,. l.:k-r.-e, etc SlKWAKI & aoX, BUGGIES AND WAGONS. line on hand and can gjiv vi.u . p "ces. 1 EWA ; f tO. 'l,en Me si lh:9 we weaQ CARNIVAL OF CRIME. Wholesale Murders Sweetheirts Killed and Suicides. JUSTICE MILLKK'8 9UCCXSSOK Iomlt to Ohio's Gorsroor Building War Ves els-ABotner Oiank Kiils the Girl Who Wunld'nt Karry Him. CirARLOTTB. N. C. Oct. 20. Coiifider.ible excitement li8 been caused in Keidville, a tobacco town in western North Carolina, on ammut ot the reports ol a mnrdt-r. at it a ponit tbra , lAutl r- " i frdhr fow'n," n, known as Mizpah I Bwi'cii. Sottte time airo a Rich mond and Danville train was wrecked at this point, a nwitch ba ing misplaced by two fiends. Sxdney J,ee, a brakeman, wa lied. Detectives were employed ti terret out. the v ret kers, but di covered nothing. Fiukerton men were Bent there, but they, too. failed. Two weeks ago in old man named Witcher was mur dered at the pot where the wreck beets tied around their heads, came out of the woods n asked his father if he had annymoney, and when he replied that he had not, they hit him with a club aid knocked his brains out. The bov ran home p:d rowed the neigh bore. The old nifi's body was terribly mangled pnd had beeu thrown across the track.. At this point there is a curve, and it is impossible for the engineer to see th trpek over 10) feet ahead. A freight had patted over the bord while the boy was a way, but the body plainly showed binsthata knife had been used. Since that time, regularly every week some poor fellow shares the same fate as Witcher. Jonathan RobbinB was the next. His body was found half a mile further down in the gulley, a knife sticking in the holy. Joe Turner, Ham Houston and Rufus Marrn have all served as subjects for the. a heartless murderers All efforts so 'ar to capture them have proven futile. HbTru, Mont.. Out. 20. The ease of John Evans for the killing of David R. Davin, in thisci.y, on July 14th last, has resulteu in a verdict, of acquittal. Evans is a mining man of good repute and an invalid. Davis was a big burly fellow. The stabbing affray giew out of a loan of $5 which Davis demanded of Evans, and on being refnajetl -fro- rruck Ji vna rod knocked hint down, whereuoon Evans drew a knile and slabbed his assailant in the I owe s. Davi' wound was not concideieil dangei ous by three phy&i.-iantt who at tended the wounded man, but peritonitis set in, and he died in ten days after cutting. The de feuse was that the doctors killed Davis. Cruaurox, la., Oct. 20. Satur day afternoon Elmer Oliver, aged 21, arrived here from Kansas, hired a livery team and drove to the little town of Freedom. He went to the house of Mr. Tittle, ard requested to see the daughter, with whom he was in love. He requested the girl to marry him, but she refused, saying she wat ico youna. O'iver pulled a revol ver and shot fie girl through the temple, causing instant death. He then turned th weapon upon him self ai'd lir-d a lull through his head iii the i-am place he shot the girl. He lived in an uncon scious coi'di'ion until this morn ins, when he d ed. AlKMPiuri.Oct. 20. F. K. Peter son, an employe of the Illinois i -entral, shot aiid killed his wife at r gut. l'eserson found his if s tting on M. Mexweli's lap vt.tii li-r aims absut Irs neck. The husband drew a revolver aud Hred twice at Maxwell, who drew the woman in front of him, and .die received both bullets. Evansville, Ind., Oct. 20. Near Rlairsville ye) terday Henry Kron, in a lit of jealous rage, blew his wife's brains out and then committed suicide, in the pres ence f iheir three children, who, paralyzed wit h (right, were power less to do an thing to prevent the awful crime. HOCIIKKTER. X. Y.. Oct. 20. I. .S. Emery, ticket agent of the Rome. Waterloo n A Ogdcnsburg railroad, the nominee of the labor pirty for congress, committed sin cide last evening. LAKE STEAMKlt ltUKNEI. Thirteen of t'ho Crew Saved Eight Drowned. anil Port IIi ron, Mich., Oct. 20. The Hteamer Annie. Young, of the Lake Superior Transit company, iook. nro ami Durnea tjlhe water edge, olT Lexington, this morning lite steamer Mm h wei.t to tiie rescue and took thirteen of the crew off and brought them hens The balance of the crew, eight men, iook 10 a yawl and were drowned. Names : J. McXaiuara. J. Denvelly. J. Crosby. T. Gallagher. J. Connelly. Three deck hands, names un known. The loong had a cargo of coal ana m.-rchandise. She wis 6SW tons b uuen, yahied at 0,000. The mi'e was badly burned. Try a glaa of die y phosphate ..1 A1.DERMAN, . If. Bolts Antonio, Tex,, yitk o,eoo. SanAhtoI -Jl texil" Oct. 20. A sensation m developed in busi- iieoa sou i uircies nere to-tay wbt flw f fact became publutthMt Bolton, a mem ber of thee Fof aldermen, had fled with.; 1120,000, which he Been red, it 1 fraudulent been eaif iered, by various IWU. Bolton has If Hl the furniture bnatnem 'lu jnjr years, andJ about tlire?' n68ik,nmeBV found to be l assets. Bitot M- ago maue am Tb liabilities were SI fa excess of his Jer making the ened an account aeeiifnmenti !itr.. i - w 5?! .. bank bei ncni mali ""ere bum . nomerour de(Osits, and flnally, according to lite natememj pi the presment ot the bank, overdraw his account f jm. At the Mrst national bank of this city ha secured bv fraudu lent paper, it is, said, S2500. He also obtained $1000 from Cit Afsessor 'Frash, $500 fioin M. J. Knhn ami larger Rums, fo it is alleged, from various parties. In addition to these he sold two lots belonging to a Laredo man for $1200 and took that Bum with him. lie is also alleged to have ab sconded with several thousand dollars belonging to three secret secret societies of which he was treasurer. He as also behind $20,000 with his creditors. Bolton left the eity quietly two weeks ago and is known to have been in San Francisco a week ago. He came to this citv from Australia and it is believed that he has departed for that country. He leaves a wife and several children here. Hard On fh doveruer ot Ohio. Coi.i jibus. Ohio, O.t. 20. The lower branch of the legislature re convened tiii afternoon, the sen ate having adjodined until to-morrow. Governor Camntiell sent a message to tlie house, but the speaker refused to rccoginize his private secretary and an adjourn ment motion was rushed through. Gov. Campbell looks upon the ac tion of thc epeaker as a personal insult. The mearaiie suggested a non-partisan board of improve ments for Cincinnati, to be an notated by tie mayor and an election be held in ipri!. The message; will go to the Benate to morrow. THCRtMIi OLD MAN. Loft Miff pool Thla Morulif Ob V.1WT J&fWgK KVIIUai, - LivEBroote Oct. 2f. Gladstone left this morning on a tour of Scot land. At the rmlway station at Wiuan the crowd "snouted that they did not wantaiim to make a speech, but to reserve his voice to speak in Midlothian and demolish the tones. Gladstone neverthe less made a short speech, in whi'-h he said Midlothian k new what to do of itself. Nothing was left for him to do. He wag heartily re ceived along the entire route. At Carlisle be Baid he had no fear for Scotland, and hoped England would do as well in the home i ule movement. Open for, lleclprocltjr, Washington, Oct. 20. Tlie Btat a department has received a copy of the minutes of the meet ing that had.j ecentiy taken place in the chamber of commerce at Havana, with reference to the McKinley bill and the question of recipiocity. , ine statement which was transmitted to the Spanish minister of the colonies, was ac companied by a letter from the president of the chamber of com merce. which shows the existence of a strong sentiment Livorable to reciprocal relations wun me United States. ' Largo Hallway Sale. Pt. Lotus. Oct. 20. The Mis souri and Arkansas division of the St. Louis, Arkansas & lexas rail way, commonly known as the Cotton Belt, extending from Bird's Point. Mo., opposite t;airo, ins to Texarkann, Arkansas, was sold at auction to-day. It was pur chased bv the reorganization com mittee, General .Louis Fitzgerald, president' ol.-the. former coiiip'iny lMiinc the bicUler for $0,( 00,000. The Texas.! division will be sold under a similar decree at Waco, Texas, Thursday. j Against the Lotteries. Nkw York, Oct. 20. The United States fcxpress company has ! sued peremptoi ordeis to al agents tot to receive money, tick ets or bet of drawings from the Iyjuisiaua lottery company, or in any way to as:st in the tratiBpor- l.ttion ot tottery business. Climbing I'lkes reak. Mamtou PrKiKos, Colo., Ot:t. 20, The first locomotive of the Man itou. Pike's Fenk CK Wheel rail road, reached the summit f Pikes Peak on Sunday noon, Oct. pith, aud the last spike was driven this moi inng. He Woald Ji.t Obey Laws. Salt Lake, Oct. 20. Deputy Marshal Buchman this evening brougm irom rrovo, Warren B. Kffliui, aenienceu tc-day to six months imprisonment and $200 fins and costs, for unlawful co-habitation. 'Smith refused to promise to obey the laws. A11 n lUtt in cloaks jackets at W. F. Read's. and THE WORLD'S FAIR. Space Already Being Set Apart for the Various Exhibit. UNDEKTAKKKS' IN SESSION, Ho Laws for Him Killing Sherp and Oft ttle -Wouldn't Obey the Laws -K.lUd Himself. CT caoo, Oct. 20. At to-day's meeting of the executive commit tee of the world's fair national commission, the director eeneral 1 Mia 7iiiy urKiu toe rPtM ol - ayatemof tmreaoji ior i ne aumiiiistratinn oi Hie worK of the exposition. He announced the aiipointment of Hon. G. F. Armstrong as his assistant, to be sent to different states to assist in organisation. The sub-committee of classification submitted the re port reviewing the entire work of the committee, and mrking an ' 'timate of the number of acres of floor, space and uncovered ground r quired for the various d ays as foil ows: Agricultural i...il, 15 acres; horticultural hall, 5 acres; live stock, KO ocre ; fisheries, 2 acres; mineral palace, 5 acres; machinery hail, 20 acres; trans portation, 20. besides open space ; electrical palace, 4 acres; manu facturers' palace, 20; line arte tfillervt 5, the space to be con nect d by the federal building and those' of the foreign and state gove.nments. IMl'OKTANT IIECISION. Itnllroad Cases Remanded It ark to the (Mi-cult Court for Trial. Portland, Oct. 20. Judne Deady, in the UniHi States cir cuit court to-day, rendered a de cision iemaii";riu to the sfate circuit court the cases of nine per sons who br .uvlit suit iiifun4 tlie Oregon Short Line A l.'mb North e n Railway company, to recover damages. Some of t;e cases art brought by administrators of the persons killeil, and o'hern by per sons who were 'ijured in the acci dent near Ca -cade 1 ocks last spring. The defends nts claim thai the act of congress making the Oregon Short Line railway com-! pany m Utah and Idaho thereby created it a federal corporation, on 1 account ol which it had a riuht ol removal to the federal cour s. The coa t hel l that the act of 18-2 did net-.create a corporation ol tW'Oreg.in Short Lin-," as it was already created nl this act only extendi;. I its righ,;i to go out of Wyoming, (place of creation) and do business iu Utah and Lla ho. LEFT UIS Vlll'NU WIKK. A Son of a nistlncuUhod General Elopes With Htft :tater-lu-Law. New York, Oct. f 0. A special from Syracuse says the village of bldridge is excited over tlie dis appearance of Charles C. Morgan, son of the late General Morgan, who died in California ten years ago, and Mrs. William Emerick, Charles' sister-in-law. Tlie young folks are believed to have eloped. Mrs Emerick's husband left her several months ag and 6nce then the grass widow has been very friendly with Morgan. The latter's young wife is left almost enni lesB and her irieuds are very indignant. CAMPAIGN TltUNDEK. It I Sonorous But Perfectly Harmless. Chicago, Oct. 20. A democratic evening paper will publish the statement that a negro named Dunson. was arrested to-day for improper regis) ratior., and ad mitted to a member of the demo cratic campaign committee, that he had been paid for doing so by a member of the tepublican com mittee. Ilelalso gave, it is as serted, the name oi 8'.ot. -.T mem ber of the republican committee, who, with the hist one secured the illegal registration of teverai hundred negroes. He gave the name of some other republican workers aud it is asserted thev will be arrested as soon as possible. Kllllnc Sheep aud Cattle. DcJiVER, Col., Oct. 20. Gov. CooHr today received informa tion that a large number of White r.ver Utes, who were otl their reset vation for some time, aud had crossed over "llo Colorado irom Utah, killing sheep and cat lie belonging to ranchmen 'n Koutt county. Hie governor at once telegraphed to Sucre' ;ry Nolle asking him to take steps to have the Indians driven back. Coutrac; For New Vessels. Washington, Oct. 20. When the advertisements for proposals for the building ot a rani, torpedo boat and tori edo ci."serwere is sued Saturday, it marked com pie tion by toe navy depaitmeut of all the work of the new construction which it had been authorized to undertake, with two except ons, these are the submarine monitor and a duplicate of the Vesuvius, which, it is rot unlikely, will be constiucted on the lines originally laid down. G. W. Simpson has just received a fine line of sealette jackets in ill styles. Republican Speakers. Massillon, Ohio, Oct. 18. Speaker Reed addressed here to night two of the largest political gatherings ever seen in this dis trict. Thirty-two carloads came over from Medina, where a iass meeting was held in the afternoon. There were big delegations present from other surrounding towns. John Jarrett, consul to Manches ter, England, also addressed both meet ings. General Alger spoke at the opera house. We make a specialty of fine cakes for parties aud weddings. Blackburn A Pironi. MEN AND WOMEN. rf-i rw . ... a-vorporai.Aanner.ia to edit, the G. A. R. magazine. Minister Phelps spends $9,000 a year moiq than his salary in Ger mny. Ingalls speaks of Quay as "that senator who savs litrl.. mul t.u.i so much." Oliver Wendall Holmes is paid to Still use the S:lin ik.1.1 nnn u ill. which he has written fr.r twentv- hve years. Mark Twain reeived $110,000 in royalties from the play in which the famous Mulberry seller ai pears. Gen. Dntyea, organizer of the famous Dm yea Zouaves dm nig the war, is critically ill at his home in New York. Rev. D.-. Meredith, who next to Dr. Talmadge preaches to the larg est audience iu Brooklyn, was a sailor boy. J. H. Salmon is a Brunswick, Mich., antininrinn Ha Vma a vaiuable collection of coins ranging irom o. jb. u. to A. v. ii'i. RllBsell Srnrp kcptia on nl.l t1 K ll the fii st dollar h ever earned in a glass hx in his office. Mi. S 'ge 'hivks a great deal ( it. Mrs. JefTeraon Davis has receiV' ed $?'51, tier half of a rovaliv on i he two months sale of the niento- i.al volr.-ne of her hushaul, pr pared bv her fi iends for her bene fit. Enoch Pratt, the B?lt:more i h -"nthropisi a ho celebrated hi 82d birthday recently, "s as strongl menta'iy r - he ever wa, aid tikes a keen interesi, m everytn ig that goes on. A New Yoiker who hi 9 recently wni some nine m the nrai v ircles of Lindon savs. in the Siv mat there must be at least 1 Jbiog rapines ot Mr. tiladetonn a I read v in nanncript, awaiting the event ol In-. d-atli. John Whistler, the nottd Pottu watomie, w ho du d about a yeai ago, was tlie rictiest man m Indian territory. He was born in ISM, at tort Deal liorn, now Chicago, bui had lived in Indian territory 22 years. I le leaves an immense es tate. His wife is a Sac and Fox of considerable celebrity. Dr. W. M. Taylor of New York is paid $1G,0')'J a year, the largest sal ary paid to any Congregational Minister. Three in Brooklyn, viz: Drs. Lyman, Storrs and Behrends, receive $10,000 each. Dr. Gunsau lus of Chicago gets $8 000 nd Dr. Gregg ot Boston gets $7,000. Col. W. II. Carr. for nearlv 30 tears the chief clerk of the Fifth avenue hotel, New York, will soon retire from that Txisitioii on ac count of ill health. Senator and ex-Secretarv of the Navy William EaUn Chandler is reported by some of his Concord, N. 11., neighbors to have become a chronic invalid. Bayless W. Hanna, of Indiana. ex-minister of the Argentine Re public, has had three light attacks of paralyeU recently, and his con dition is considered serious. Ky., the temporary chairman of the Blue Grass state constitutional convention is a direct descendent of Samuel, a brother of the im mortal George. C. II. Clover, president of the Farmeis' alliance, went to Kansas City years ago almost penniless. ISow lie owns 1C00 acres of line land, 73 head of horres, 100 cattle and lots of farm machinery. William Steinway, who is spoken of as the democratic candi date for mayor of New York, is a native of Germany, and SfNyears of age. His father, who v s a piano maker, emigrated with his tamily to New Yoik in 1854. John La Farge, the artist, has made another hurried departure for the far Or.ent, aloi g with ifeniy Adams of Wpshirgton. This lime it is not Japan, but the Polynesian islamis oi the Paei'ic, which they ate visit'ng in a yacht. Mrs. Custer's most intimate friend is said to be the actress, CJara Mori ii-, between whom and the widow ol the brave a id hand some cavahy olEctT a warm at tachment has existed for many ye.ts. Fast Time. Princeton, Oct. 18 At the an nual lull handicap meet.ug at the Princeton university athletics grounds association, Carey, of "1)3, ran 100 yards in 9 .i seconds, breaking the worlds n cord. Call and seethe late stales in beauty veiling and huiuikeichiefs at the Ladies Bazaar. A yery large assortment of new prints, ginghams, strong cloth, etc., at W. F. Read's. OREGON CENSUS. Several of the Cities "are Offi cially Announced. THE SUSPENSE IS ENDED. Jndgo Deady oa Bkort bins Ths BiWer Ootpnt-Killed tks Girl Becasts She Would list Harry Bin. . Washington, Oct. 20. The cen sus announcement for Oregon is partially given as follows: Astoria: Population,- 7071: in crease, 4268 ; per rent, of increase. 10Z.Z7: - Amna I'opaiauenvuw; iircrcam. wui; -er cent, oi iu . crease, 34 0923. Portland, 47,279 ; increase, 29 1 1 1 ; t cent, of in crease, 197.07. hast Portland: Population, 10,.V.l ; increase 7571 ; p;r cent, of increase, 257.23. The population of the state is 312,419; inciease. 137,222; per cent, of increase, 78.80. KILLED THE GIUL Because She Refused to Have Any- thlnsjto Do With Illm. Santa Barbara, Cal., Oct. 20. Mary Dezirello, aged 22vearB, w as shot and instantly killed this morning by Ramon Toper., a Spaniard, aged 38 years. Topcz had been bothering the girl with his attentions some time past, and had made threats ol violence against her, declaring if ehe did not marry him she enould not njarry any one. This morning he called at her father's residence and called her out to the gate. laying he wanted to make up with her. She refused to have any thing to do with him, when he pulled a revolver and shot her through the body. SI e died almost instantly. Toezthcn shot twice at himself without efTi-'. Toptz fired three shots at the officer, who went o his house to arrest him. He was finally ar rested, and narrowly ctcaind lynching. THE FVNEISAL MEN. They Are In Session In Portland To-Day. Portland, Oct. 20. The North WMtern funeral association net in this city to-day. President 1. W. Bonney, of Seattle, in chair. Rod rail showed 30 membeis present, representing all tlie principal cities and towns of Washington and Oregon, lienor's oi the president, secretary and treasurer read and received, also the i eport of Ed ward llolman, delegate from tre t ody to the international funeial directots association at Omaha. These reports were referred to a special committee who will rej.jrt to-morrow. lr. Samuel Koger delivered the lecture ontbe'Vaure of decomposition and science of preserving dead bodies." SILVEU PRODUCT INCUEASINO. Great Activity In AlVMInes That Were Tlsltcd. Washington, Oct. 20. E. O. Leech, duector of the mini, re turned to-day fiom a visit to a number of mines in the West. Speaking of tl'e trip he said, "A to the prospect of silver mining, and the current production of our mines, I should s iy that the silver product iu the United States is in creasing, and certainly there is great activity in all mining cauiis which 1 visited." Important ICuling. Washington, Oct. 20. Assist ant Secretary Spaulding made a ruling to-day that h n.ber im ported from Canada, pri r to the 13th inst., but the entry of which was not completed until after that date, is ci. titled to t he lower rate ol duty prescribed for lumber in the existing tar i IF law. Gctolier 13th is the date fixed by the Dominion government 'or the re moval of the export duty on lumber. Election f Officers. ew York, Oct. 20. At the meeting of, the Illinois Central Railroad Co. to-d.iy the following ottiseis were re-elected: PrTi dent, Htujvesaut Fish; geiHiul counsel, B. A. Aver; general solic itor, James lout ices; treason r, Henry DeWoli; secretary, Alex ander G. Kackstatf. John C Welling, if Chicagc, who lor l-" years has htcn at the head of the accouiit iig c.e. artincnt, was liis.t vice-president. They Auk For a Lady Justice. Washington, Oct. 20. 1 he local wage worker's f-olitit-al alliance hac presented a H-titoii to Presi dent Harrison, request utg hnn io present the nan.eol i Mrs. KI.7jtli.th Cady Stan. on to the senate i tlio L nited States as assoi iate j isli.u in place of Jusiice Miller, de ceased. llr Killed Himself. Washington. Oct. i0 A. R. Mullet, one ol the lst klioati a'diitects iu ibis city, and lor years super isii g arch "let t ior tuts lieasury depanu.ent, shot sit I killed liiuisell this eveidng at his residence. He had tt in in pour health for a long time, but tii an rial trouble, it is ihcuglu was the chief caute ol his act. l'lliah Ulitfl astro. .lia.. .a -ct jC Sear la. , - 1 uiH'S SI A.