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VOL. XXXVI-No. 31.! SALEM, OIlEGON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1886. 1 WEEKLY EDITION EASTERN. News of tlie "Week from Ile yondthc Rockies. Tli Knlirhts Templar. St. Lor is, Hi!.t. 22.-The K nights Tem plar grand encampment met this morn ing at 11 o'clock. There was some delay in getting to work. The time wuh con sumed with consideration of reports sub mitted yesterday. The session wuh hold with oloHod doo'w. The i-ommittm ap pointed yesterday will submit reports to the em-am pmimt at the session held to morrow. Htdllvun Coming. Nkw Yokk, Sept. 22. John L. Sullivan Httid last night!."! Mart from hen; Thurs day or Friday, with Pat Sheody, and will oo Btraieht through to Ban Francisco, though 1 may Htop in Chicago and give an exhibition, 1 expect to go to Austra lia, from there to England, to meet any one who wishes." Commissioner Black's Reports. WHiiiN(iT0N. Sent. 22. Commissioner of pensions Illack has filed with the sec retary of the interior his report of the op erations of the iH-iiHion bureau for the lineal vear ended June IHSti. I-'roin the report it appears that on June laHt there were ,ilw,7H.i imiisionerson the rolls, voui)ioHid of 25,Ro-4 army invalids, HO, 1(12 armv widowB, minor children and du- imndant relatives. 2,il5.'l navy invulidH 1,877 navy widows, minor children, etc., iind 1K,S..S Biirvivors ol the war oi ihi-', showing a Iohh during the year of 1,4'.H of thiH class. The amount paid for pen sions during the year wuh $j:i,7!l7,(iol.il, dillerenco in umount paid and annual value representing accrued and arrear age lienHioiiH paid during the year, $!!) 41(1. Certificate!) of nil kinds, including 7(l,8i) increane certificates wound to wid owh and dejmndontB under the act of March 10, 18HU. were issued during the past year which, the report Bays, hIiowb an increase of work of the oflice. ThiH is especially true of the BjK'.eial examina tion division which, the commissioner says, bttH Biived the government over fo,UOO,0H). The amount of cxenditureB fur Btationerv, printing and binding, has been diminiBhed by fl 1:1,583 for the pant year. Of the appropriations provided for theexiKsnseB of the office, f:i()5,M2 'lias been covered hat:k into tlie treamiry. The clerical force during the year wuh dimin iBhed by 100. -' The rresldont ut Washington. , Wahiiinutu), Sept. 22. The president and his wife, accompanied by Mrs. Fol Bom and Col. and Mrs. Lamont, returned to WaHbington to-iiight at 9 o'clock. Quite a crowd of men, women, and cliil- , dren had assembled to we the presiden tial party. They were driven at once to tho White house. Postmaster General and Mrs. Vilas met the party at the Ex ecutive matiHion and remained chutting with President and Mrs. Cleveland for an hour. The president is slightly sun burned and looks in excellent health. Martin Irons Interviewed. St. Lot'iH, Sept. 2.1. Murtin li ons, leader of the lute strike lust spring on the Cioukl Bystem, was brought here from Kansas City to-day by Sheriff Skidmore, to stand trial on a charge of complicity in the noted wire tapping affair. The master workman was interviewed in re gard to his recent arrest in Kansas City for drunkenness, and he stated that he wuh not drunk at the time, lie was ar rested by an oflicer, who arrested him for vagrancy, and upon examination that charge was withdrawn, and he was ma liciously rearrested for drunkenness, lie says it was a put up scheme to bring him self and Knights of Labor into disrepute. A heavy kmbk..i.emunt. The Charter Ouk Life Insurance Co. Kobbed of I.tirc;e Amount. Nkw Yokk, Sept. 211. A special from Hartford says: It is now said that Goo. M. Bartholomew has been robbing the Charter Oak Life Insurance company, in which lie is interested, for sevei.d years. When I'hiiikett's latlur died, the sou was left $f0,(KRl. Me invested it with liar tholomow, and it all went. Plunkett, then, for roveng'!, induced Bartholomew to put bis name to a large amount, and when thus secured he turned about and left the latter in the lurch. The auditors of the Charter Oak are severely criticized for allowing if 127,000 of the funds to be lost. Many of the city banks held Bar tholomew's paper, in all, it is said, to 2,000,000. Tho Schuyler Klectric Light Co. are losers by nearly $2U0,UU0. Bar tholomew's eon is on tho verge of bank ruptcy. TO IHSSOIAB I'ltnKKHESCKS. II.vutfohd, Sept. 23. Preliminary pro ceedings were taken this morning in the probate court, on motion of the Pho-nix National hank, which bus u claim of $10, 000, to put George lM. Bartholomew in insolvency. The court fixed next Wed nesday for action. This is done to dis solve preferences and attachments in the case. A KKCEIVEIl AI'l'OINTKO. New Yokk, Sept. 23. Judge Andrews to-day appointed Gen. Louiu Fitzgerald receiver of the property of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Co. in this state, for the protection of policy holders. MOBK lNDKUTliUNESS. Si-KiNiiFiELD, Sept. 23. It is said Bar- UioIoQ-w'h indebtedness to tho llolyoke v ator rower i;o. will amount to tfaityiuu. This amount is believed to bo amply se cured. Trying to Oust Portland's Collector. Washington, Sept. 23. Ever since the inauguration of Cleveland persistent ef forts have been made on the part of a portion of the democratic party of Ore gon to secure tho removal ol the present collector of customs at Portland, a repub lican and appointee of President Arthur, and whose term of oflice will not expire for nearly two years to come. Affidavits charging him with being an offensive partisan nave heen showered upon the secretary of the treasury, and letters by the bushel urging hiB removal have b'jun sent to the president, hut the collector still remains in oflice, much to the dis gust of half a hundred democratic poli ticians of Oregon, all of whom are as pirants for the place. Another and more determined etlort is now being made to secure the dismissal of the republican otliceholder. A lengthy petition and a numtier ol athdavits, tell ing all sorts of things about the Portland collector, the principal offense laid to his door being a charge that be is a bitter partisan, and that his continuance in of lice is u menace to the future success of the democratic party in Oregon, have been writ to the president. As these re cent charges are but a repetition of those before filed, and which the president deemed unworthy of consideration, it is hut fair to presume that this last raid will not he any more successful than those that have preceded it. Those who are in a position to know say that the collector will not be disturbed. Should he hy any- chance be dismissed, it is said the posi tion would to tendered to Frank T. lodge, of Portland : not on account ot Ins stand ing as a democrat, but rather because of the high social position of his active friends in Wasliinuon, anion k whom is a banker, W. W. Corcoran. The appoint ment of I tod tie would be a terrible blow- to the workers and machine men, from which class has come the appeals for the removal of the republican collector. IN' THE "OCAKEIC" CITV. Progress of tlie Relief Committee Busi ness Active. Charleston, Sept. 24. Letters having been received from all partH of the coun try asking whether the period of great distress in Charleston has not passed, statement is made by the relief commit tee that, through the generosity of their fellow-countrymen they feel themselves in a position to furnish sustenance and temporary shelter to all who need it : but at the same time they estimate the relief funds at command or in prospect fall short of money required to make habit able the homes ot persons who are un able to repair their buildings without aid The government engineers have inspect ed tiiio buildings out ol (000 in the citv and estimate the damage to those in siiected at 3,200,000. This, however covers the greater part of the most costly structures. The relief committee will deal first with those whose homes are small, the object being to make as uianv roots as possible tight, foundations Becure, and chitnnej-B safe, before cold weather comes, The homes of widows and orphans and other helpless persons will have first care No loss of any person having more than a house will be considered at this time They will also disallow claims for plaster ing, as unnecessary for reasonable safety and comfort. lhe subsistence committee have sup plied nearly all the persons requiring provisions, and the uumber of rations issued to-day was the smallest since the commissariat was established. The force of clerks and working force is being grad uallv reduced. To-day was very quiet. No shocks were felt here, and there was only slight tremor at Summerville. Business is grow ing active, and our merchants are hopeful. ltiuiK'-d for a Terrible Crlinn. Macon, G,v., Sept. 24. Frank S. Hum phreys was hanged to-day at Milledge ville for t he murder and rape of two ladie Carrie Kaines and Ella Humphreys ins kinswomen on March 4. lie con fossed bis guilt to the sheriff last niidit out made no statement on the scaflold. A NOTUKK ICSCAPAUr;. J. t. ('use, tlie Millionaire's Son, iMurrles a Dashing Widow. KAt'lNK, O IS., hept. Z'. It lias just been discovered that Jackson IrvingCase 22-year-old son of the millionaire J. I Case, owner ol Jay Eye See, Phallus, and other well-known race horses, was secret ly wedded last March to Henrietta Roy, divorced wile of a poor young mechanic. Young Case aspired to be a blood, and for several years has been the leader of a fast siit of young sons of rich fathers. While out with the boys one night over three years ago, Case met Mrs. Hoy, and an entanglement followed, but no one ever dreamed of marriage following. The father is boiling over with rage at bis son's escapade, and threatens to cut the hoy oil' without a dollar. Case is esti mated to be worth from five to eight mill ions, and, though devotedly fond of his son, is a man of iron will, and it is the general sentiment that he will never for give the lad fur the mesalliance. WIGGINS KIUICI'I.KD. Prof. I'roi-tor makes Fun of Him Situation nl Charleston, -The St. Locis, Sept. 20. Tho English as tronomer, Kicliard A. Proctor, in an arti- cle contributed to the GloVomntrt.To ' ' entitled "Mr. Wiggins' Prophecy," says: It appears to me shameful that any man, even though he be not a student of science, and therefore fully aware of the mischief he is doing, should spread abroad predictions of coining disaster, in a sort that foolish folks are likely to be disturbed and terrified. Mr. Wiggins, a half educated and wholly unscientilic em ploye of the meteorological office in Otta wa, has long endeavored to acquire a cheap reputation by weather predictions of that kind which of itself assures the student of science that the weather prophet is either ignorant or exceedingly knavish." AT CHARLESTON. Charlkkton, 8. C, Sept. 20. Two shocks of earthquake occurred here last night. The weather is fine to-day and most of the city congregat ions attended service in their own churches. Open air worship on the Battery was continued and largely attended. The city is crowd ed with excursionists. Tlie signal oflice here applied to the weather bureau at vv asnmgton ior indications covering uie period of Wiggins' prediction of an earth quake. To-night the following dispatch was received Irom Gen. llazen : 1 here are at present no indications of any se vere atmospheric disturbance between now and the 30th. Timely notice will be jiven you should any change occur." A IJF.PORTKR IX TKOI HLK. Con hided by a Young Lady, and Licked by Her Friend. Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 27. Tuesday last, the Evening Journal published a sensational article charging that two young ladies "moving in first circles had committed forgery, raising checks given them by their fathers trom to S0 and from 10 to $100. No names were given, but a pretty close description waB given. On Friday "night the writer of the article, a reporter named lenhart, was decoyed into a saloon and assaulted by Raymond Gilchrist, Bon of ex-Attorney-Goneral Gilchrist of New Jersey, it being under stood be was acting on behalf of the daughters of Thomas Gannon, a wealthy coppersmith. This evening, Lenhart was detailed to report a session of tlie board of public works. While the board was in session, Miss Amie Gannon, the elder Bister, stole up within reaching distance of the re porter, and proceeded to belabor him un mercifully with a cowhide. Tha room was quickly in an uproar, the lobby tak ing sides with the young lady, and the officers of the hoard trying to protect the reporter. The enraged young woman was at last separated from the object of her attack, and was accompanied home by her father and some friends, while the reporter, after adjournment of the board, was accompanied home by a police officer. Gilchrist has been arrested, charged with assault and conspiracy. liettei- Times for the Future. New York. Sept. 27. The World has been canvassing various business inter ests ot the city, and this morning gives interviews with leading merchants, which it introduces as follows: '-ihe long pe riod of depression in business seemB now to have given away to one of prosperity. Merchants and general tradesmen agree that prospects for the fall trade are. very bright, There is no boom, but a steady, healthy growth. Every one sees indica tions of better times. It is the univer sal opinion in commercial and financial circles that not only is the present condi tion of business better than it has been for a number of years, but that the future is of greater promise than for a long time.'' Foollhh Superstition. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 20. For three nights past citizens of the northern part of Atlanta claim to have seen three moons, each marked by bloody stripes. A belated pedestrian first observed the phenomena. 1 le. awoke several families in the neighborhood, who bear witness to seeing the same marvelous exhibition At lust the matter was told m whispers, but seeing tho manifestations a second and third time they have become con vinced that there is something portentous about it. lhe negroes accept it as a ful tillmeiit of lhe prophecy that there skull be signs in the heavens "before the end of the world, which event they now claim will take place on the 2!th. Grotesque exhibitions of superstition, which tookH place to-day at various places of worship lor the colored people, were almost be yond belief. Another llond Call. Washington, Sept. 27. The acting secretary of the treasury this afternoon issued the one hundred and forty-third call for redemption of bonds. The call is for $15,000,000, 3 per cent, loan of 1882, Another Sharp Shork at Charleston. Washington, Sept. 28. A dispatch from Charleston, says : At two minutes past 1 this afternoon thovo was a sharp shock, accompanied by the usual rumb ling noise. The shock was violent enough to shake buildings and caused many people to rush into the streets. The continuation of those shocks, with Wiggins' alleged prediction, has a de moralizing effect upon the people here, and many win stop in the open air to night. '1 lie shock this ufternoon lasted six or eight seconds, but it seems to have been felt only in Charleston and vicinity . . . A laro lnvolre of liuie buntliiR curttilus Juit arrived. Lsce euniuii!i, three yards and three and a hnlf Umg by the pair, white anil nrunin; ah.o curliiiiiH by the yard at iie. Kereen cur tains at lf and Hi1 Hc, nil new fresh goods, at the PACIFIC COAST. News by Tclcrraph from West of tlie Rockies. A ienwaii Paper "Flops." Sam Francisco, Sept. 22. The German "Demokrat," which has been a staunch republican pajier for many years, startled the German reading public of this city, yesterday morning, by coming out with a long editorial leader declaring its deser tion of the republican party, to serve in the cause of the democrats. Giving rea sons for its bolt, the paper says in local affairs it has been strictly independent, but in state and national affairs it has al ways supported the republican party, be lieving that a republican form of govern ment was the best, for the interests of the people at large. Of late years, however, it has noticed a tendency on the part of the republicans to allihate witn the vari ous incipient party organizations now in the field, and in consequence the party has become exceedingly corrupt, uiaine s first speech in the Maine campaign and the platforms both state and national adopted by republican conventions dur ing the past four or five years are critic ally reviewed at great length, and excep tions taken to the attitude of the party on religious and prohibition questions. Sam Jones Coming. San Francisco, Sept. 22. Rev. Jas N. Beard, of the Central Methodist church, has received a communication from Sam Jones, the Georgia evangelist, announcing that he w ill soon come to San Francisco as an evangelist, and will after ward make a trip to every large city on the Pacific coast. Methodist ministers are taking steps to accord him a hearty welcome. WIGGINS AGAIN. He Predicts that Southern Cities will be Shaken up on Sept. 30. San Feakcisco, Sept. 23. A dispatch to the Call from Ottawa, says: Prof. Wiggins, who claims to have foretold the Charleston earthquake, is daily growing more positive in his prediction that much greater disturbance, also of subter ranean origin, will visit the southern sec tion of the country on September 29. It mav, he asserts, visit Southern Europe as well. The earthquake wave is to move trom east, to west, reaching as far north as San i-rancisco on the Tacihc coast, Un the eastern coast there will be no trouble, beyond severe storms and prob ably hurricanes, liis performance is an nounced for 2 p. m. on the day specified. The force, he said, would be far greater than that which caused the recent dis turbance so disastrous to Charleston, and the country would alike be affected. He predicts that New Orleans, Macon and Mobile would be ruined, as these cities were right in the path of the subterrane an and meteorological phenomena. VV al ter II. Smith, president of the astronom ical and meteorological association for Canada, agrees with Prof. 'Wiggins in substance. He says the sheck will be ushered in by a heavy storm in the west and northwest, and rough weather on the Atlantic coast. He looks to see great damage in the district south of the thirtieth parallel ot latitude, which near ly passes through Jacksonville, Ha. Mutiny at San Oueutin. San QfENTi.N, Sent. 24. About 150 convicts mutinied yesterday morning and when ordered to go to work, refused to do so. The prompt action of the offi cers in charge, who immediately gave or ders to all the guards to bring their guns to bear upon the mutineers, had the ef feet of cowering them and preventing an outbreak, which might have resulted in the escape ol a large number, lhe rins; leaders were placed in solitary confine ment. In the afternoon two of the con victs got into a tight in the jute mill, and upon the guards attempting to separate them, some thirty-live or forty convicts attacked them. Help soon arrived and several shots were tired over the heads of the mob, w hich had the effect of quieting them. Six of them were locked m a dun geon and ordered to be flogged. F'ire at Port Townsend. Poht Townseso, Sept. 24. A fire broke out this morning in the lower part of town in some Chinese quarters. An alarm was given at once, and the fire bri gade arrived promptly. Water was turn ed on from three hydrants, and most of the pioperty was saved. Five wooden buildings valued at about $4,000 were burned or torn down to save other prop erty. The new water works were used to-day for the first time, and proved very effective. Most of the furniture and fix tures in the buildings burned were de stroyed. The iron foundry and Franklin hotel were in flames manv times, but were saved after exertion. The foundry was damaged in about if 300. There is no insurance on any of the property. Tlie Conspiracy Cuses. Vaxcocvkh, Sept. 20. At the Novem ber term, 1885, of the U. S. district court at this place, twenty-seven citizens of Ta coma were indicted by the grand jury, on which were several women. They were indicted under three sections of the revised statutes, under five or six counts. Counsel for die conspirators tiled demur rers to the indictments. J udge Hovt sus tained almost every demurrer, and the indictments were quashed. The cases are to be resubmitted at once to a new grand jury, comjwsed of men and women taken from the body of this district. To day twenty-seven citi.ens from this coun- ty left for Tacoma, to serve on the grand and trial juries in these anti-Chinese ases. Among them are some women who were on the original iurv that indict ed them here last November. Why Huntington Came West. San Francisco, Sept. 25. It is now re ported that the occasion for C. 1'. Hunt ington's presence on this coast is for per sonal inquiry into the traflio situation. lie is hero to look over the ground and decide as to the advisability of closing the war of rates. It is said that thus far he has had no forcible argument present ed against the continuance of the fight. 1 le has found that the Pacific Mail has been the greatest suffer from the cut, and that the Southern Pacific company has gained a large number of its customers, as well as those of the Cape Horn route. lie nas also lound that tho local trallic of California lines has been greatly increased and that a class of tariff to which hislcom- pany was a stranger has arisen. With bhiegrass hay being sbiptied from Ken tucky to feed California thoroughbreds, and an immense grain tonnage seeking a route via New Orleans, with a large increase in tea shipments, in spite of the Canadian Pacific and Northern Pacific competition, and with California vegeta bles, hops and other products, aud train- loads of Hawaiian sugar goinsi overland at fairly remunerative rates, he is not as yet willing to bring about peace. In short, Mr. Huntington has found that the tariff reductions have not affected the revenues of his lines from overland bus iness, while the consequent gain in local tramc has been very great. SHOT FOR A DEER. Clark Richards, near Koseburg, Killed his Son, Special to the Statesman. Rosebubo, Oregon, Sept. 27. Ihis af ternoon while Clark Richards and son were bunting about three miles from Roseburg, the latter mistook his father for a deer and shot him through the ab domen. The wounded man died this evening. The family is highly respected. Left the Pnlpit for the Bar. San Francisco, Sept. 27. About six teen months ago the Olivet Congregation al church, located on Noe and Seventh streets, installed as its pastor Rev. Spald ing Witter. Last evening Mr. Witter an nounced his resignation, desiring that it might take effect immediately, and pro ceed to preach his farewell Bermon. In closing, he spoke of the pleasant relations he had maintained with Olivet church, and gave his reason for thus suddenly re signing the pastorate. He said he was educated for the bar, but was prevented from entering upon the practice of the law and forced into the ministry by a very distressing family affliction. He was sensible that he was not adapted to the ministry, and had for some time desired to leave the pulpit for the bar, out providence nad seemed to Hedge up his way. At last, however, the way was open to him, and he proposed to leave not only his pastorate but the profession. It is said that Mr. Witter has made ar rangements to enter a law firm in this city. Great surprise and regret were ex pressed by the congregation over the sudden and unexpected change. Nominations by tlie American Tarty. Fresno, Cal., Sept. 28. The American party, in state convention here, to-day nominated the following : For governor P. D. Wigginton ; lieut.-governor, Frank M. 1'ixley : secretary ot state, V. M. W son; controller, J. E. Deany ; treasurer, ueorge 1J. White; attorney general, A A. Daggett. Sherman Opens the Campaign. Portsmouth, O., Sept. 23. Hon. John Sherman, who made the opening speech of the Ohio campaign here to-night, ar rived this afternoon and was taken in charge of by a committee of the Morton club, under whose auspices the meting at niL'ht was held. Senator Sherman briefly traced the history of the two great parties from 1854, characterizing the republican party as the party ot economy, and democracy as the party of opposition. Coming down to the administration of President Cleve land, he claimed that his tdection had been brought about not by discontent of the masses, but by a coalition between the states lately in rebellion and the citv of New York. HEADING LAW. The young man was a bright fellow, always ambitious, but when he was a boy at school his father died and he had to go to work to help supjiort his mother and sisters. His great desire was to be a lawyer, lie got a job as freight brake man on our road. He was the front brakeman of a through train crew, and his duties required him to be out on the top of the cars near the locomotive nearly all the time. Out there he had books with him, and for two years he read law on the top of a freight car. At night he held bis book under his lantern and con tinued his .wading, flying across the country, sometimes in weather cold enotige to freeze the ambition out of an ordinary man, and yet in two years be acquired a knowledge of the principles and precedents of law which readily se cured him admission to practice when he applied for it. If your hair Is turuin gray, don't use tlie poiM.nous ilyes which bum out its life and pro (iuoe many iiseries of the scalp. Ave rs Hair Vkor is harmless, and will restore tlie uatorul color of tiie Hir. MimulHLe its iirowth, and bring back its youthful gloaad b:auty. FOREIGN Record of News from Over tlie Atlantic. A Mysterious Tragedy. London, Sept. 24. A sensation has been produced by the announcement of the discovery of a mysterious tragedy in a car compartment. The discovery was made last evening, but was not made public until to-day. When the 6 o'clock train from the city on the underground railway arrived at Queensford station last evening, the newsboy noticed blood drip ping from a compartment of a first-class carriage. He raised an alarm, and a gentleman was found lying on the floor. lie was unconscious, and blood was flow ing freely from his head. It was found that on his forehead was a deep wound four inches in length. This evidently had been made with an instrument sharp and heavy. The scalp was not only cut clear through, but the skull was crushed in and brains were protruding. On bis person were found a gold watch and chain and some rings. None had been disturbed. He had very little money. The man was at once conveyed to a hos pital. He is s ill unconscious, and his condition is precarious. It has been learned that his name is Moritz A. Fish er, and that he is head of the house of M. A. Fisher & Co., foreign agents, of No. 35 Caler lane, E. C. The police as yet are unable to gain a clue to the mur derous attack, or to the identity ol his assailants. The Precarious Peace of Europe. Constantinople, Sept. 27. Turkey's agents abroad report that the peace of Europe is endangered by the present tem per of the English and Austrian cabinets against Russia. The Turkish war department is about to equip and drill 60,000 Turkish horse men in the same style as the tossacKS 01 Russia. Our Own Beecher Entertained. London, Sept. 23. The Congregational board of ministers formally entertained Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and wife this afternoon in Memorial hall in Farrington street. Rev. John Munn, president of the board, presented Beecher with an ad dress of welcome in behalf of the Oon- gregationalists of England. The Ameri can clergyman replied In an eloquent, characteristic manner. EASTERN. NO WAR PROBABLE. Bismarck does not Want Europe Irrigated with Blood, just yet. New Yokk, Sept. 28. Thomas Power O'Connor cables from London to the Star : I am assured there will be no war this year, over the Eastern question. Bis marck has resolved, at almost any cost, to prevent fiuhting, and is considered in official circles here strong enough to have his own way. English special correspon dents generally at European capitals are said to habitually exaggerate political events on the continent. Statements printed here of the Austro-IIungarian feeling against Russia are declared to be misleading. Austria and Hungary are not solidly anti-Russian. The population, according to this version, are as much split on the Russian question as the Eng lish liberal party is on the Irish home rule question. The Magyars are in a mi nority in Hungary, and the Sclavs, who form the majority, hate them, and look to Russia as the champion of their scat tered race. Every movement started by the Magyars arouses strong race feeling among the Sclavs, and statesmen of Aus tria begin to realize their position and the uselessness of seriously opposing Russia's design, beyond the usual paper protest. Ex-President Arthur. New York, Sept. 28. Ex-President Arthur to-day felt the effect of his jour ney from New London and was weak and depressed. He remained in bed until late in the day, and had but little appe tite. He did not sleep well after his trip. Many friends called during the day and evening, and those who desired to see him were permitted to do so. He speke cheerfully of his condition, but admitted that he felt better at the seashore than here, and thought that perhaps he should have remained longer. Secretary Manning. Washington, Sept. 28. Secretary Manning will not take his place at the head of the treasury department on the 1st of October, but it is thought by those who ought to know that he will be found at his desk as soon as reasonably cool weather sets in. His physicians advised him not to return to Washington while there is a possibility of a hot soell, and he will follow their advice. When he does return to his office it is certain that Manning will not undertake to work as hard as in the past. He will be relieved by bis assistants, as far as possible, of merely routine work, and he will find that the demands upon his strength will not be Sf great as formerly. Vanderbilt for Mayor. Nkw Yokk, Sept. 22. The Sun says: William W. Astor's election as president of the republican association of the elev enth assembly district has given an im l;tus to talk of Cornelius Vanderbilt as republican candidate for mayor. Hen ry George's nomination is also helping Vanderbilt. i n I i