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will DO large.
A statement OF the operations Of the Patent
Office during the last fiscal year shows that
during the twelve months ended June 80 last
1900 applications for patents were received,
2,674 caveats were filed, II, III patents were
issued, and l,547 trade marks and labels regis.
tered. There were 1928 patents granted but
withheld for payment OF final fees. The tota!
receipts OF the office were $703, lag, being
Sl54,495 in excess OF its total expenditures.
. Foreign News.
II the Russian army is further increased, j
is thought ut Berlin that a proportionate in
crease OF the German army will be absolutely
necessary.
The English army OF advance into Afghan
istan has fought a battle with the Afghans
who advanced to the attack from Cabul II
heavy numbers. General Roberts, the Eng.
lish commander, reports that the fighting was
heavy and lasted all day, but finally resulted
III the complete rout Of the Afghans, whose
position wal carried. The British loss was
about eighty killed and wounded. Special
dispatches report that at one time during the
fight two companies OF Highlanders were op'
posed too 900 Atghans. The latter held thei'
ground until the Highlanders were within
twenty yards. The total Afghan force is said
to have been eleven regiments, with artillery
and an immense number of hillmen. The
backbone of the resistance is broken tor the
present, but the whole country is seething
with excitement, and the people would rise a.
the slightest reverse 10 the British.
Prairie fires in Manitoba nave done great
damage, many farmers having lost theil
houses, wheat and hay stacks.
Forty houses and the new government
buildings at Riga, Russin, have been burned
down.
In q naval engagement of Mejillones the
Chilian feet captured the Peruvian ram Huas'
car. Under Captain, now Admiral .Grau, the
Huascar has borne tho whole brunt OF the
present war with Chill, especially since the
Pilcomayo, the only other vessel in the Peru
Wan navy OF any value, ran on a rect during q
battle and sank. At Iquique the Huascar sank
the Gillian wooden ship Esmeralda. Captain
Pratt, OF the Esmeralda, was killed while
making a gallant attempt to board the ram.
Off Antatogasta she captured tho CHILEAN trans
port Rimac with 240 dragons, 10000 pesos IN
coin, and a cargo OF supplies tor the army. Shit
also engaged without very positive results the
Chilinn iron-clad Blanco Eucalada and the
corvettes Magallanes, besides capturing many
launches and merchantmen, bombardmg An
~taiogasta, sinking o pontoon arsenal, making
two or three raids along the CHILEAN coast ano
breaking up the Chilian blockade OF lquique'
AS the armies on land cannot got at each
other on account of the desert which lies be-
tween them, and as the Peruvians have nc
a to speak OF left to meet the comparatively
fine squadrons OF the Chiliansait is difficult tc
see how the war can last much longer.
Two hundred and sixty-seven more English
farmers have sailed from Liverpool tor Texas
Five men were killed by q boiler explosion
ut the dye works in Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng
land,
Thirty-six buildings in Shediac, N. B., were
destroyed by fire a few nights ago, causing {
total loss of about $l00, 600. .
General Roberts and the British army o
advance into Atghanistan have entered Cabu
after completely routing the Afghan troop!
who opposed them. The Amer, Yakool
Khan, is strictly guarded in the British camp
Revolving Me1icans have captured the city
of chihuahua and General Trevino with gov
eminent troops has been sent against them
The Duchess OF Edinburgh, daughter-in-laV
OF Queen Victoria, has been prematurely de
liyered OF O still born child.
The anti-rent troubles in Ireland are increas
ing. Five hundred tenants OF the Marquis o
Sligo and the Earl OF Lucan met near West
port, in the county OF Mayo, Connaught, ant
solemnly pledged themselves to pay no rem
until a reduction should be granted proper
tomato to the great fall of prices OF all kind
OF agricultural produce. A notice was postet
at Warrenpoint, county Down, Ulster, tina
any mar coming into the county to pay more
than five dollars an acre tor land may bring
his coffin with him.
The Kurds have revolted in Turkey, ant
are robbing and numbering people up to thu
very walls OF Mossoui, a largo town on TIT
1igris.
At a conference of delegates representing
l40, 900 miners, held in Leeds, England, {
resolution Yves passed favoring n national emf
grafton scheme to lessen the competition
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