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The Bey OF TunIs ana His can,o,
lie Voitaire, April 1871.

| e ,o's"oe, dpTH iSm,
In 1872, the Bey, like all monarchs whit
respect themselves, wished to have a few
pieces of artillery, and, moreover, riied artil
lery.
He negotiated with German for this end
and the said German went to work at once
to procure the guns. He found Just what he
was looking for on the ancient ramparts of
Frankfort, where there were some old can
mons that had been rnsting away for centu.
ries. The municipality joyfully seized the
occasion of getting rid of them at the lowest
conceivable price.
II Is true that the said cannons were not
rified at all; but this fat did mot discourage
our German i'm the least.
He got master-machinlst to forward the
lannon's TO The Burnous OF the Prophet-so
the Arabs term Tunis--after having duly
rihed them, just for formality's sake.
Then, rejoiced At his successful speculation,
ne bothered himself no farther about the
matter.
Three months later the cannons arrived at
heir destination. But how shall the sur
Prise and fury Of the Bey be described
They were rihed-cn the outside!
Aud they remain In the same condition |
wen unto this day.
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kilograms In Brief.

OTTAWA, May 25.-Johnny Rain, Of this
| city, ran a mile in 1928 to-day, the fastest
time on record in America.
CITY OF MEXICo, May 27.-The Grant
contract was approved by the Senate, and
Grant and Eads leave for the United States
tonight. They will sail Tomorrow for New
Orleans.
NEW YORK, May 27.-Max Strakosh made
an assignment to-day. He is absent and par
ticulars are not obtainable. This IS the Sc
quel of the failure of his last operate VEN
lures. He was indebted to Lolita and Bel
locca and a number of other singers. Chas.
II. Nelson is the assignee.
SAN Francisco, May PA. J. Fritz, a
prominent local politician and Captain of
the Calling Battery, N. G. c., suicided at
his residence last night by hanging himself
to bed post. The cause is supposed to be
temporary pecuniary embarrassment.
COLUMBUS, May 2S.-John Z. Thompson
denies that as Sergeant alarms Of the Ma
tlonal House he is short. His business man.
ager is a careful man and would undoubted-
ly have notified him of any shortage. Not
having done so, none could have occurred.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The President
has appointed Charles Key to be Consul
General of the United States at Berlin.
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Virginia Readjusters The New York Senator

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i snip.
| WASHINGTON, May 27.-Information from
the Virginia election, held yesterday, so far
as received, Is unfavorable TO the Readiust.
/ ers.
a number of Republican Senators and
Representatives, who went to New York
when the Senate adjourned, have returned
here. All OF them took an interest in the
Senatorial contest in New York and some of
them were consulted by leading Republicans
OF that State, having in view some settlement
OF the Senatorial fight that will prevent anv
serious division in the Republican ranks.
The proposition or plan urged by many In
relation to pcstponing the Senatorial election
y as follows: That the present Legislature.
being two-thirds Republican, must elect
Senators some time, but the election can be
mad al special session, when the present
bitter feelings shall cool; that both wings Of
the party say they are willing 10 obey the
majority opinion Of the Republican party IN
New York. Let us take recess until nex,
December. Between now and then the Re.
publicans Of every county will meet In cor-
vcntion and nominate candidates for Ieois.
lative and local officers; that these conyen. |
tions can by resolution express their wishes
and sentiments ~ TO their choice Tor Sena-
tors, and thus the Legislature at the adjourn
ed session will have the distinctive will of
The party to guide IL. This plan would make
lure Of electing Republican Senators by the
present Legislature, and Republican Senator.
Eho know much Of party affairs In New
York think Il will he adopted Is the best
way out OF the trouble.
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General Grant Robbed

LITTLE Rock, June 1.-The robbing of
the badges and Jewelry Of General Grant
was discovered by Mr.. Agee, route agent of
the Southern Express Company, who OPEN
ed the package left in charge of the express
company at Texarkana by King, who, it was
charged, was in the employ of the express
company, but who has never been an employ
&c. Grant left St. Louis in a special car.
Hing was special baggas emaster. Fitspat-
rick has not been employed by the Southern
Express Company since June last. The
baggage of Grant was not in charge of The
express company during the trip. King
sealed the package with his private mono
gram, thus arousing suspicion, and it was
opened. The jewelry was found, which
was forwarded to the Iron Mountain Road.
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Buffers Criminal Nephew.

DENVER, May 27.-This mornings Ne,r,
says that W. II. Canty, who is sentenced to
be hanged at Colorado Springs, June II, for
the murder of Deputy Marshal Perkins at
Buena Vista, last April, is a nephew of Ben
Butler. and that his name is VIM. III. Sails
bury, Of Salisbury, Mass. He was forced to
leave his home OH account of recklessness :;
went to California and made a fortune in
the gambling and saloon business; after
wards lost all and came to Colorado three
years ago. He has two sisters, one married
and wealthy. living at Lawrence, Mass,
Since the murder his friends
have been doing everything to save him.
Massachusetts, lawyers are here working in
his behalf.
LOWELL, May 2S.-Referring to Denver
dispatch, reporting that one Salisbury, alias
Canty, now under sentence of death in that
State, is nephew of General Ben Butler,
the family of the General say they have no
knowledge of any relatives named either
Canty or Salisbury.
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Sustained.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-The investigation
ordered by Postmaster General James int,
the charges against George A. Steel posta
agent IN Oregon, of completely in mai
route frauds, recently preferred by George
4. Cole, present postmaster of Portland, and
other parties, the tendency of which was
postponed Oh Sleel's nomination as postmas.
ter for Portland at the last session of the
Senate, has resulted in a dismissal of the
charges as being wholly without substantial
foundation, and Steel has been further VIM
Dictated by his appointment As postmaster at
Portland by the President at the instan ce of
the Postmaster General
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THE PLANETARY CONJUNCTION,

Astronomers say that il is only once in
some thousands of years that the PRINCIPAL
planets assume the relative positions they
will occupy on the 10Th of June, 1881, and the
beautiful astronomical spectacles that have
this year attracted popular attention will
be eclipsed in the estimation of the learned
by the conjunction of the planets, or their
getting in almost astraIght line in space To
render this more readily Ineligible, we
notice one of our exchanges has subjected it
to the irrepressible newspaper diagram, and
we give herewith the relative situation which
1t is stated they will be in at 3 a. IN. on that
date, when the approximation Is the closest
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A Twenty Dollar Dinner.

Partisan gourmets are much exercised over
phenomenal feat in dining which In their
eyes surpasses the expensive feasts of Apicius.
The great feast consisted In ordering din
ner for one so expensive that 1t actually
should cost $50. To an American this would
not seem much, with his $40 wines ON every
hotel bill Of fare. But i'm Paris large bets
were made that NO one could order and eat
$50 dinner. One expert succeeded, and bon
wants and household economists may both
be interested in seeing how he did it. The
bill Of fare was: A dozen Msrenne oysters,
20 cents; bird's-nest soup, S.; hors d'9uvrs
Of caviar, ETC., 90 cents; carproes en- caisse,
sI.60; trufiied partridge, $40; asparagus,
-; Cainembert cheese, 50 cents; grapes, 90
CENTS; bottle Of Chateau Haul Brion (ls6s),
a; Chateau Latte ll650), -; total, 5000.
This h considered the most expensive Angle
dinner that has " recent years been eaten In |
Paris. The contrast between the P1risian |
md our own prices = very striking.
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The Star Route Inves,;ys+;o,

WASHINGTON, June Upon invitation
OF Secretary Window, McGraw, Sixth Audit.
or Of the Treasury Department, and his
Deputy, Lilley, rendered their designations
this afternoon. The action of Secretary
WINDOW was taken, it is said, at the request
Of the Postmaster General and ATTORNEY.
General, both of whom represented the re-
moVals necessary to full and complete
investigation Of the star routes. This iuyes-
tIgation has reached point now, it is said,
where legal machinery wall very soon be put
In motion. To-day Col. VIM. A. Cook was
commissioned Special Assistant Attorney
General, to take exclusive charge, under the
Attorney-General, Of the prosecution of these
cases in the courts.
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NEW YORK SENATORIAL CONTEXT

AT this writing only the first ballot Is re.
ported from Albany. The telegraph wire has
been down or occupied with private business
for three days. II Is difficult TO analyze the
vote or estimate the chances Of any cand-
dale. The eastern press comments, usually
spontaneous on such occasions, are also con-
splcnol'sly absent. II Is evident, however.
that conkling and Plat did not secure a Re-
publican caucus. The votes of Jacobs and
kernan indicate the Democratic strength
which Is "a. conkling ami Plat lead the
Republican candidates, but are many below
the number necessary TO elect. The poll Of
the joint convention being 100, II requires 81
votes TO elect. IL Is presumed from known
considerations that the Cornell vote can be
had for CoEkling and Plat whenever neces-
sary, and that Wheeler and Depew represent
ii,e Administration strength, while The sup
pofters OF the Others are on the fence. II IL
ist clear whether these scattering voters are
sincere FOR their Tnsn Or are waiting 10 sec
v ..ich way to lump. II II not likely the sec-
pnd ballot will develop much more than the
lirst, and II Is likely 10 BE- a long struggle. |
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Consuming the New Testament

NEW YORK, May Pin the General As
sembly of the Reformed Episcopal Church
to-day resolution was adopted declaring
That as The new version of the New Tesla
m"nt had been issued and was now presented
I" the Church and the Christian world for
theIr acceptance or rejection; therefore, it
was the sense Of the Council that the re-
vised edition Of the New Testament should
be reverently and carefully examined will
view to It's ultimate approval by the church.
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papers. Advertisements are news. They
tell the readers what they want to know
where goods can be bought, what they are
sold for, who has houses to rent or sell, who
wishes to purchase real estate, where en-
ployment and labor can be obtained, and a
thousand other things that they want to
know. 1t is an error to suppose that only
the editors aud reporters supply news worth
reading. The skillfu advertiser furnishes a
good share of it, and if there are any readers
umns of their paper they miss good deal of
information that would prove valuable to
them.
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Land Question.

WASHINGTON, May 2s.-The Secretary q
the Interior has under consideration The
question whether or not on lands once offer.
Ell at public sale, but afterward for some
cause withdrawn from ordinary private en-
Try, pre-emptors are still required to file their
claim In thirty days and make proof and nav.
ment within twelve months after settlement
after such land shall be classed as unofya,.d
A'u '.aDie 70 be filed upon within three
months was paid Tor In thirty-three months,
- IN 'ne case Of land never proclaimed for
safe. he has instructed the Commissions
% 'ne General Land Office to continue /.
heretofore IN force formany years and .r.ar
sucl' lands as uinofrered, 50 faras pre-emDtioD
tights are concerned, and that they can b
canned only ~ filing within the same period
= lands actually subject to private entrv.
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IL Is held by some that a condition like
this necessarily demands some unusual per.
turbations on this earth, such rs storms,
earthquakes, ETC., this conclusion being de-
duced from the known effect of the moon
on tides, the force Of which will be aug
mented by the other celestial bodies In the
same direction. 1t Is also argued that great
physical disturbances occurred at a similar
period In past history. We have no faith In
these predictions. The stars have their an
pointed places In the universe. moving
grandly In their orbits and sustained by the
great Law that created them. If any physi-
cal or meteorological disturbance should
result from the conjunction, 1t is not as vet
indicated, and the stars are now nearly ALI
In the positions they will then occupy. As
the sun Is nearly million and half times
larger than the earth, and he stands between
the earth and the stellar array Ia the meas
ureless space beyond, We think he will be
able to protect us. II might also be men,
toned Incidentally the earth Is $1,000, 900
miles from the sun; Mercury, which Is only
about one-thifd the size Of the earth, will be |
so,ooo,OOo miles beyond the sun; Mars, half |
the size OF the earth, will be 10000 900 |
miles beyond the sun; Jupiter, $4,000 ,Ooo;
Saturn, s72.0o0,0Oo, snd Neptune, 2,746, 0Oo.- |
200 miles. The mr. list who drew the abo re
has given Alcyone, the central star of the
fleiades, and which Is believed to be the sun
'entre OF the universal universe, too promi-
,ent place relatively on the diagram, but
his Is excnsable under the necessity of get
ing the picture all none column. II nothing
Unusual results from this conjunction. ID will
elease future generations from much appre.
tension; and. II ANYTHING serious does hap
ZEN. remember the New NORTH NEsr cali ,
4 your attention ~ II III time. and will
lronIcle tho event In the style now In
ogue, "a we predicted In our Issue or
une 81 etc. ,
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THE BALLOTINtl AT ALBANY
No Choice on First Ballot.-Too Many Horses in
the Field.

ALBANY, June 1.-The Senate and As.
sembly in joint convention to-day balloted
for U. S. Senators.
The LIST ballot in joint convention is as fol-
lows: For the short term-Conkling, So;
Wheeler, %; Rogers, Is; Fenton, 3; Pome-
roy, z; Edick, /; Wadsworth, /; Jacobs, So;
Cornell, IL; Crowley,3 White, =; Bradley,
z; folser,2; balance scattering.
ALBANY, June 1.-The 1st ballot to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation. of
Platt resulted as follows: Plat, 20; Depew
70; Herman, So; Folger, 4; Cornell, II;
Davis, 2; Lapham, s, Miller, 8; Crowley,
4; Evarts, 3; butcher, .; Morton, /; Wads-
worth, 2; Tremain, /; Ward, 3; Rogers, 1.
NO choice IN either case.
The chair announced no choice and the
joint convention adjourned till Tomorrow
noon.
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The Latest from Albany

ALBANY, June "A resolution to adjourn
S'ne die next Saturday was lost in the Assem-
bly, to-day-29 to GS-only Democrats voting
yea, and concurrent resolution to take q
recess from Friday till Tuesday next, was
adopted.
NEW YORK, June 2.-The Times on the
Albany situation says: Interest concentrates
on the Cornell and Conkling ranks, which
are reported as more compact and more SAN
guine than they have been during the last
TWO days. They claim at least three new
votes.
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Death of Commodore Mutt.

NEW YORK, May 2G.-Commodore Mutt
the iliiputiau, died this morning of Bright's
disease.
NEW YORK, May 27.-Commodore Mutt
VINO died yesterday, met, two years and a
half ago Lillian Elstan, at Redwood City,
California, while on a tour through the west
anu to her, atte: brief courtshp, he was
married. She is a lady of slight figure, al
though not much below tie average size.
She was devoted wife, and yesterday as the
dead man lay coflined at the Anthony House
she sobbed as though heartbroken.
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- ~
Star Route Storm,

NEW YORK, May 27.-Telegrams from
Washington say there were mutterings TO-
gay OF the Star Route storm to burst next
week. MacVeagh and James are working
steadily aud hope to issue all warrants and
nave the arrests made early in June They
expect to prove huge conspiracy and to
snow 10 whom most of the stolen money
was paid. Appeals and threats are going up
10 GARFIELD to stop the investigation.
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THE DER BY.
Lorillards Iriquois Wins the Dav.

NEW YORK, June l.-There is great ex-
ctement and enthusiasm at the clubs md
exchanges over the victory of Iroquois in
the English Derby, and Pierre Lorilard was
showercd with congratulations as he stood in
the midst of great crowd. lie is the own
er OF the first American horse that won the
Derby or won place there. Iroquois has
been heavily backed here. He will be one
OF the most prominent horses at the Ascot
and Goodwood races. 1t is stated at New
port that Lorillard won 100000 on the
Derby.
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NEW YORK, May 30.-The Express AL
oahy special says: 1t may be accepted as a
true prediction, if the stalwart leaders arr.
not reelected, final adjournment will fol-
low. The Senate and the Assembly will
nominate tomorrow. Ballotting will begin
wednesday. The stalwarts will present
Conkling and Plat, the half breeds profanity
Cornell and Depew, and the Democrats two
from the following: Clarkson N. Potter. ex-
Senator Schoonmaker, Erastus Corning.
Gen. Spinnel and J. c. Jacobs.
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The Philadelphia Times, which has al.
ways been friendly TO the Northern Pacific
haIiroad, criticises Mr.. Billings action In
selling his S9,0O0,000 Of stock i'm the road
AFTER the repeated statements of his great
interest In the project, his purpose to push Il
to completion, and his determination never
10 sell to Mr.. Willard or his friends. How
ever, he bought at 40 aud sold at 90. reali-
Hhe handsome profit. The Times saws The
men who originally invested their money in
the enterprise have not much show for IL
The shares are now simply sometbing IN
aeal IN on the street. and they have thus far
bern worthless as al investment. They nav
oii'y those who speculate In them, and those
VINO speculate successfully are those who
have money enough TO control the companv.
The common shareholders have been obliced
10 look on while the men in charge of their
properly have grown rich. II Is fact that
wh'Ie this property has never yet been In A
c'hdilion to earn anything, many of the
managers Of the enterprise have been made
rich by 1t. We do not wish to charge or in
Innate that they have been dishonest in the
management OF the trust committed tn
them, but there can be no doubt that thu
stock has been run up and down at the pleas
ure OF the large operators, and that this BUSH
ness has been more strictly attended to than
the business Of completing and equippinp
The road aud putting 1t In the way of earning
money for those who have owned shares
nom the first. The road has row had seye-
raj sets Of managers, and in each set are
some who have made fortunes out of this
non-paying property.
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BEAVERHEAD COUNTY.
From the Divon Tribun.

T'V" Wc DHtoH ITtOuHe.
The Tribune complains that its canyassine
agent, Thos. O'Brien, has bilked it.
we understand that Mr.. T. G. Power, o.
Fort Benton, will soon open mammoth az
ricultural establishment at this place.
From every indication, we are led to be
heve that the Utah & Northern will imme
diately commence the building of branch
roaa from this place to Helena, and in less
than two years Dillon will be connected with
the capital.
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Mail Confractnr Eaii.d

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The old Pioneer
Mail Company, A. Arnot, St. Louis, with
headquarters here, has failed. 1t has carried
mails in nearly every State and Territory
and been in business 46 years. The recent
curtailment of contract service was the chic,
causa ~ ''NJ
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Head With inssrsss.


Abmsv Pres.
Good fresh advertisements are not the
least interesting and valuable portion Of 1
newspaper. We have BEEN told that PROM
inent New York Journalist hoped 10 sec the
day when the profss3n his Journal would b
- large thai b could dispense with advsr-
tlssmssfs altosetlsr. We think he q psista-
ken in his opinion Of advsrising and news
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LONDON, Ontario, May 27.-The humble,
persons on the Victoria is now known to be
nearly TOO, burden out of all proportion tc
her strength and capacity. The crowd al
lrst enjoyed the oscillation Of the vessel
which they increased by moving from side to
side, shouting, Let her sink; we'll ONLY
have to wade ashore" The experiment
caused the vessel to ship water, to the terror
OF some and the delight of others. When
the supports of the upper deck gave way all
was over and with terrible crash
the boat capsized. At this time the upper
deck was full, causing strain on the sup
ports. Many were crushed at once, and
many were thrown into the water and
drowned. Many were rendered unconscious
and died. The steamer Princess Louise was
alongside in four minutes and her decks
were crowded. The search continues for
bodies, many of which are badly crushed
and bore evidence of the terrible struggle for
life. The Victoria is complete wreck. 1t
Is stated that her boiler shifted with the
rocking of the vessel. Her captain, Rankin.
says there was light load going down, but
he could not keep back the crowds that tried
10 NIL her on her return trip. He tried to
make them leave the boat. but could only
induce about fifteen or twenty. He also
tried by threats TO induce them to leave the
upper deck, but in vain. He noticed the
peculiar rocking Of the vessel, but could not
leave his post The engineer sent word TO
him that unless the boat could be straight
ened there was danger. He had determined
10 beach the boat on a sand bar two hundred
yards ahead, when the crowd OH deck rushed
to one side to see the effect betw cen two row
boats, and the vessel with a lurch went bow
down. The boiler shifted and went through
the side, which ended matters, as it carried |
away the lower deck and let down the top |
deck. There were not over one hundred |
persons below. Many persons were impris.
oned between the water and the
top deck, but they had breathing space,
which would have saved many had not 9TH
ers climbed on the floating deck, crushing it
down and smothering them. Many were
saved by swimming out and off of the deck
sides.
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The Chicago Times Of May 2j publishes
the new version Of the New Testament :;
and yet the Times is not, technically speak
ing, a religious sheet.