Drouth Unbroken

Simia, India, Oct. 24.- All of the rail., ways have reduced their rates for gialn f rom the seaports. to. towns in upper and central India. This should stimulate foreign imports. There is nothing new to report in the drought districts. No rain has fallen lately. The advent of the northeaet monsoon is anxiously watched for, as it may bring a good raint in Madras, with heavy showers in Hyderabad and the eastern part of the central prov-inces. Official reports indícate that up to the present the rural population of the northwest provinces and of Oudh are fully employed in the ordinary farming operations. The government has scheme8 cut and dried for relief works in the shape of feeder roads, small irrlgation projects and minor railway lines. The provincial governments are closely watching for signa of distress. MAY PAT HIS DEBT8. Sultan of Turkey Ha Arranged to Ralse Money. Constantinople, Oct. 24. - The seriou question of the payment of employés of the Turkish service has been satisfactorily solved by an agreement of the centralization of all thé paying departments - justice, foreign affairs, agriculture, public worke, Cheikh-u'.-Islam, posts, telegraphs and . archives. The surplus receipts of the villayets will also be used. Aristakes Azarian, the rich Armenian president of the chamber of commerce, expresses a wish to leave here, so frightened is he at the blackmailing threats of his fellow-countrymen. There is reason to believe that the famous Bancroft canard, dated Washington, was really sent from Philippopolis and given the Washingtsn 'date to make it seneational. london Kxpectg to Import Bold. London, Oct. 24. - The afternoon newspapers agree in saying that the condition of the New York money market points to further imports of gold. The Westminster Gazette says: "It is absolutely necessary, in order that no alarm be experienced, that gold should continue to be imported. We tliink the immediate future of thé' markel is most uncertain, hut after the presidential election, It is believed, the value of money.in London will return to a lower level." His Release Dcinanded. London, Oct.. 24. - The marquis of Salisbury has demanded the immediate release of Sun-Yat-Sen, the Chinese physician, said to be a British subject, who was, according to the statement of his friends, kidnapped while passing the Chinese legation here and who is held a prisoner in the legation on the charge of having been engaged in a conspiracy to overthrow the Manchu dynasty. Noted Spanish Soldier Dead. Madrid, Oct. 24.- Capt.-Gen. Pavía Is dead.