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Washin1ton.

The President has vetoed five minor PEN
sion bills.
THE Controller of the Currency has author
lied the organization Of the American Ma
tional Bank Of Waco, Texas; capital, $780,
600.
DIR. BENJAMIN KING, one Of the oldest
officers on the retired lists Of the United
States Army, died recently at his country
residence in Anne Arundel County, Md. age
ninety-two. He was graduate Of West
Point in the class of 1907, and served through
the War Of 1912, the Seminole War and the
Mexican War.
JOHN F. PHILLIPS, of st. Louis, has been
nominated for Judge Of the United States
Court for the Western District of Missouri.
MRS FOLSOM, mother Of the Presidents
wife, has arrived in New York from Europe
and was met at the steamer by Mrs. Cleve-
land.
GENERAL SHERIDAN has approached con-
valescence so near that he has been removed
to his summer cottage at Nanquit, Buzzard's
Bay. on the southeastern coast of Massa-
chusetts.
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.

GOLD has been discovered at Ishpeming,
Mich.
The Connecticut tobacco crop is very small
thia year.
MUSHROOMS cost s125 pound in New
York City.
TIE Dowager Empress Victoria is going to
leave Berlin.
THE faculty of Cornell College awarded
eight fellowships this year.
Ice CREAM was responsible for the death
Of over 300 people last season.
THERE are six colored candidates in the
race for sheriff Of Volusia County, Fla
COLORADO has had an extraordinary rain
fall, the greatest ever known In the State.
TIE largest cotton mill in the world is
in Russia. 1t gives employment to 7O00
hands.
A NEW institution at Memphis, Tenn, has
been named The Jay Gould Medical
College"
Mr.. PARNELL has given dinner to the
in prison.
AN English grocer has been fined s25 for
selling American lard adulterated with cot
tonseed oil.
The once famous Holmden oil farm in
500 to pay taxes.
The ravages of new green bug are caus-
ing steady and increasing decline in coffee
production in Ceyion.
SEALS are reported to be creating sad ha-
voc among the salmon at the mouth Of the
Penobscot River in Maine.
A RUSSIAN expedition is about to be organ.
lied for the ascent of Mount Ararat to search
for the remnants of Noah's ark.
THERE are now seventeen city officials, or
ex-officiais, doing time at Sing-Sing, n. Y,
for crimes and misdemeanors.
THE Fish Commissioners are going to
stock the Pacific Ocean with Holsters, and
have already sent ont carload.
AT least 1000 lady teachers from the
country east Of the Rocky mountains are ex.
pected at the coming convention at San
Francisco
AN expedition il be sent to Salamanca,
Costa Rica, to put quietus on the Indians
of that region who claim the throne for their
King, Santiago.
THE report comes from Marion, Mass. that
the old yellow house on the point opposite
the old landing in Marion Harbor, is being re-
fitted for occupancy by Mrs. Cleveland this
summer.
LOGS estimated to contain 400, 900, 600 feet
OF lumber are just now JammeQ In Gne Me-
nominee River in Michigan, and in places
the piles are from twenty-five to thirty feet
above the surface Of the water.
For the 25 900 soldiers in the army of the
United States there are only thirty TO ur
chaplains. Several Of these chaplains are
disabled, thus large majority Of the l4
army posts are without any religious instruc-
tion.
SENATOR CHANDLER introduced, by re-
ouest. in the United States Senate, bill ap-
propriating $l5O,O00 for the development
and encouragement Of silk culture in the
United Statss 1t creates a division Of silk
culture in the Department of Agriculture,
and authorizes the establishment Of expert
mental silk culture stations throughout the
country. 1t provides for the free distrIbu-
tion to the farmers and others Of mulberry
seed and silk worm eggs.
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,

SARTE. the musician, composed only in
darkness.
THEY are still giving "Pinatore' in San
Francisco.
JULIA MARLowE will probably play '.Amy
Robsart' next season.
The Russian troupe which plays on twenty
four pianos at once is going to London.
ASHLAND, Wis, is building 500, 900
Theatre, New York.
SARAH BERNHARDT is now playing in
Madrid. She is making tour Of the world
and will reach America in 1890.
NILssoN's farewell series at Albert Hall,
London, began with great success. Her
voice is said to be as fine as ever.
ADELINA PATTI is said to believe in the
superstition Of the ''evil eye," and will not
sing where there is a cross-eyed conductor.
NINE JANAUscHECK, the well-known ira
gedienne, is to go out next season positively
for the last time, and is only to appear as,
Meg Merrilles.
MILE. COLUMBIA. formerly Miss Scanlan
Of Chicago. has made great hit as Selika in
"L'Africaine" in the Covent Garden Italian
OPERA London.
PAULINE LUCIA, the great prima donna.
has been engaged by Manager Am6erg Tor
twenty represent,tio to begin at his new
theatre in New York.
ga MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM" is to be
played in open air on the grounds OF MIR. and
Mrs. Schoeffel's cottage at Manchester-by
the-Sea, on the Both of July.
PAUL FEcHTER, son of Fechter, the ac-
tor, was fencing in Paris with his brother-in,
law, and the button of his antagonists 1oll
CHANGED to be forced into his eye through to
the brain, killing him.
REALISM attains its climax in Mr.. Henry
Irvings performance of Robert Macalre In
London. Real water is now an old feature,
but Irving jumps through a window W OF reaa real
glass. The fifty or sixty small panes nave
to be reset every night.
IT is said that since the comedians. Robson
anh Crane, have been in partnershlp-a Pc
riod Of thirteen years-their net profits nave
never fallen below $50, 900 O year. This sea
son they have made s1l, 900 out OF The
Henrietta" without counting the profits OF
their Chicago engagement.
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THE NATIONAL GAME.

LEFT-FIELDER GORE Is no longer popular
In New York.
MACK, Washington's catcher, stands feet
9 inches in his hose. .''
CINCINNATI has never yet made a success
full first trip to the East.
THOMAS, of the Cuban Giants, colored
club, is over six feet in height.
PITCHER CLARKsoN will go to Australia
with the Spalding aggregation. -
CLARKsoN has pitched in more champion
ship games than any League pitcher.
MANAGER SpAuLD1Na, of the Chicagos,
has decided to keep all his new material.
PITCHER K1LRoY, of Baltimore, has been
applying electric treatment to his lame arm.
BURDocK, Of Boston, is the only regular
League player who has not made long
hit.
VAN HALTREN, the Chicago pitcher, is one
of the finest all-round ball players In the
League
IT is a singular fact that the tail-ender,
batting.
DUNLAP, of Pittsburg, has played seven
teen consecutive games this season without
an error
MARK TWAIN is an enthusiast regarding
Hartford, Conn.
FENELLY, Cincinnatis short stop, can
throw the ball to first base quicker than any
other man in the profession.
ONE-ARMED DAILY and Louis Say, the we'll
known professona are playing with semi
professional club at Norfolk, Va.
IT is estimated that there are over GOO
amateur ball clubs in Chicago, with mem
bership of between T000 and SoO0.
PITCHER ROACH, of Wilkesbarre, Penn,
with seventeen strike-e uts, for the present
leads the seasons strike-out record
The first player to give his catcher and
out6elders signs as to the kind of ball be was
about to pitch was Harry Wright, when he
was change pitcher for the famous Red
Stockings of Cincinnati, in 1870. Harry
worked the fast and slow ball, and would
always let his catcher and outfelders know
when he was going to toss good one over
the plate.
SHOCK, Of the Washingtons, haAs accom-
plished the feat twice this season Of hitting
for home run when there were three men on
bases. Few batsmen possess the faculty OF
keeping cool and of having the patience to
pick out good ball at such times, and. on
account of being over anxious, very few sue
ceed in hitting the ball even for one base
when the bases are full.
The crowd at ball match is almost as inn
portant factor in winning games as are the
players. The nine that can depend on the
spectators to back them through thick and
thin and stand by them in veal and woe are
always rolling up their sleeves and stepping
up to the plate in confidential manner with
q wink or two maybe, for the crowd, even
should the score be ten to one against them.
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STANLEY AT BAY.
The Famous Explorer wounded and
Surrounded, by Hostile Natives. q

A despatch from St. Paul de Loando, ATT.
ca, says: "Several deserters from StAnieyr
expedition Of relief to Emin Pacha, have
reached Camp Yambunga. e They state thAs
after traversing the Upper Aruwhimi stan
ley struck into rough mountainous coun.
try covered with dense forests The NATIVES
who were excited by reports spread py Ine;
Arabs, disputed the passage Of the expedition,
and there was continuous fighting. Stanley
was severely wounded by an arrow he was
compelled several times to construct camps u
order to repsl attacks, and was obliged 70 use
the reserve provisions that were intended lor
Emin Pacha. The Soudanese. attached 20
the force had all died or disappeared Ine
deserters estimate that the caravan had loss
one-third Of its men, and they say that many
Of those remaining were ill, including the
Europeans.
when the deserters left. he was surrounded
by hostiles and was unable to send news 70
Emin or directly to Yambunga Malof
Barttelot had returned to Yambunga, where
be was awaiting the men that Mr.. Ward wao
Collecting to form a powerful expedition 70
20 to the relief Of Stanley" g3s
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General Harrison's Career.

General Benjamin Harrison is the son OF
Senator John Scott Harrison. He was born
in North Bend, Ohio, on August 80, 1888
He is the grandson Of William Il. Har.
rison, the ninth President of the United
States. Until he was fifteen years OF
then he entered the Miami Univer.
sity at Oxford, Ohio, where he grad
uated at the age Of eighteen years. In
1852 he studied law in the Office OF Judge
Bellamy Storer Of Cincinnati. He was ad-
;mitted to the bar and n .ried before he was
twenty-one years Of age and although he had
q law practice in prospective, he was pract:-
cally without means, only possessing between
500 and $500, which was advanced to him
BY his father. The same year that he was
graduated he went to Indianapolis and began
to practice law.
In 1860 he was elected reporter Of the State
Supreme Court. When the war broke out
he was elected Second Lieutenant of the In.
diana Volunteers In 1862, at the request OF
Gov. Morton, he raised a company
and was commissioned Second
Lieutenant, then Captain and after
wards Colonel Of the Seventieth In
diana regiment. With that regiment
he went to the front, but had little opportuu.
ity to distinguish himself, his command
only having guard or garrison duty to do.
An opportunity soon came, however. and at
Resaca he achieved rsnown. Shortly after
ward Colonel Harrison was brevetted
Brigadier- General. General Harrison served
with credit and without injury until the end
Of the war. :.
After the war he entered the field Of poll
tics when he returned to his practice of law:
He had taken the stump for Fremont and
Lincoln and supported the then new party
with enthusiasm While he was in the
battle field the Office of Reporter Of
the Supreme Court was declared vacant
by the Legislature. In 1864 Harrison was re-
elected and served until 1865. In 1876 the
Central Committee named him for Gov
ernor. He made vigorous fight, but was
beaten.
In 1850 General Harrison's party rewarded
him by electing him to the Senate, where he
served six years. The Legislature which was
to elect his successor was elected in the fall
of 1886. The Republicans carried the State,
but lost the Legislature and General Harrl.
son was not therefore reelected. His Sena-
torial term expired March 4, 1887, and he
then returned to the practice of his profess
sion.
General Harrison is not rich man. He
owns handsome house IN Indianapolis
where he lives He married daughter Of
Professor Scott, Of Oxford, ard has a son
and daughter. The son is prominent in the
politics Of Montana Territory. General Har-
rison is member Of the First Presby terian
Church of Indianapolis and many years ago
was Sunday-school teacher.
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OUR POWDER SUPPLY

The First Appropriation for Salt
petre Made Since the War.
The $780, 900 recently voted by the House for
firing morning and evening salutes to the flag
brought out a curious fact The powder LETT
over from the war lasted exactly twenty
three years. The last barrel was used on
April i. Since then no salutes have been
fired at any military posts except West Point
Fort Monroe, and Fort Riley. No approprla'
ton had ever been asked for tho purpose be-
fore, and none of the Senators and memberi
knew where the powder for these salutes
came from. However, when the matter was
explained, the House very willingly aGreed
to give the $4,000.
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RECORD OF ALL THE BALLOTS.
Total number Of votes. 50:
Necessary to choice. ce.................4l7

Total number OF votes. ...."........ .oos
Necessary to choice. e.................4l1
In the evening Levi P. Morton, Of New
York, was selected as the party's nominee
for Vice-President on the first ballot,
receiving $40 votes to 1l9 for William
Walter Phelps, of New Jersey, and
103 votes for William o. Bradley, of
Kentucky. Before adjourning Mr..
Boutelle, of Maine, had read the following
resolution, which he desired embodied in the
platform:
"The first concern of all good governments
is the virtue and sobriety Of the people and
the purity of their homes. The Republican
party cordially sympathizes with all wise
and well directed efforts for the promotion
of temperance and morality"
The motion to make the resolution part
of the platform was carried by rising vote,
and then the Convention adjourned without
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BENJAMIN HARRISON. OF INDIANA


The National Republican Convention at
Chicago was in session six days, and ended
by nominating General Benjamin Harrison,
of Indiana, for President, and Levi T.
Morton, of New York, for Vice Presi-
dent. The Convention lasted one week,
and it took eight ballots to decide
the contest for President. On the
sixth day, before the sixth ballot was
taken, two cable dispatches from Mr.. Blame,
who was on a coaching tour in Scotland,
were read The first earnestly requested his
friends to respect his Paris letter the letter
in which he declined to be a candidate), ana
the second asked his friends to respect his
wishes and refrain from voting for MN; bdas
showing gains for Harrison and
then, on the third ballot of the day and
eighth Of the series, Benjamin Harrison, OF
Indiana, was nominated for President, re-
ceiving 544 votes out of SS2 votes cast. The
nomination was then made unanimous amid
great cheering.
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teriais as well as those direcSly empioyeal n
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Ior tne early reouiialng OF OUT navyi aor
tne construction OF coass IorSincations an9
modern ordnance ana otnsr appIoyseo,
modern means OF defence for the protectlon
OF our defenceless harDors ana clties; lot tne
payment OF Just pensions to our soldiers;
for necessary WORKS OF natlonai inPorIsancs
In the Improvement OF harpors ana tne cnaua
nels OF internal, coastwlse ana Ioreign COM.
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MRS. SARAH IELDEN MIrcHELI, who has
inst died at Corpus Christi, Texas aged "
wears, was in youth Fulton's guest on his drsts
steamboat, and among the dancers nee r Ga'. as sns
then Governor of New York, celebrated tho
completion Of the Erie Canal
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In country store and soon developed sucn
aptitude for business that he rapidly rose
in position. In 1850 he was made mem
ber Of the firm of Beebe, Morgan 81 Co.,
merchants of Boston, and in 1854 he moved
to New York, where he established the firm
of Morton & Grinnell. In 1858 he founded the
banking house Of Morton, Bliss & Co. in New
York with that of Morton, Rose g. Co. in
London as correspondents. The London
Arm acted as the fiscal agents OF
the United States Government from
iSTa to 1884. These two firms were active
In the syndicates that negotiated United
States bonds 10 the payment Of the Geneva
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The centenary of the emancipation OF the
peasants in Denmark has been celebrated at
Copenhagen. The city was appropriately
decorated and was crowded with visitors.
There was procession In which so,ooo per-
sons took part.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD.

THE Russian Government will permit
mas. the same examination to which men are
subjected. Apothecaries receiving female
pupils will not be allowed to receive males
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Mr.. Morton's Record.

Levi Parsons Morton is a native of Yer
mont, having been born in Shoreham, May
10, 1924 When very young he became clerk
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SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Senate Proceedings.

117TH DAY.-The Committee on Appro-
priations, reported back the Legislative. E1-
scutive and Judicial Appropriation bill. -.
The conference report on the bill for an In
ternational Marine Conference to secure
greater safety for life and property at sea
was agreed to :. . Resolutions calling on the
Secretary Of the Navy for statements as to
the full Compliments Of officers and men that
will be required for the Chicago, Puritan and
other vessels; and as to the investigation for
testing the practicability OF the defective
turrets designed by Chief Engineer Clarke.
were agreed to. :. After an executive session
Mr.. Harris addressed the Senate on the reso-
luton to refer the Presidents annual mes
sage.
l1STH DAY.-An amendmentto to the Sundry
Civil bill providing that there shall not be
purchased for the use of National Soldiers
Homes any material or supplies the result OF
convict labor was introduced. The Senate
passed the Legislative, Executive and Judi
cial Appropriation bill, with several unim'
portant amendments. =. The question as to
renting buildings in Washington for Govern
ment purposes was discussed. "A message
from the President returning without his ap-
proval q. bill giving pension to the widow
of John A Turley was presented.
18th DAY.-The Senate considered the
River and Harbor Appropriation bill. and
numerous amendments were reported and
agreed to. ... ..r..
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WILLIAM HENNING, wealthy man Of
Hoboken, N. j., committed suicide, being
crazed by the recent hot weather.
GEORGE WILSON has been hanged in
Albion, N. Y, for the murder Of his wife
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Life in New Guinea,

The houses on this part of the coast, as also
in the villages inland, are built upon piles
varying from four to eight feet in height
A few steps up rude ladder lead to a plat
form, on which some of the family generally
recline. A baby, and often young pip, in
nets suspended from the caves, are gently
swinging to and fro. Fishing nets lie in a
corner, with shells attached for weights.
Nautilus Shells with grass streamers or hid
eous carved pieces of wood, hang before the
bamboo door, which is low and narrow, and
leads into the common room where all the
family sleep. The common room is about
twelve feet to eighteen feet, with bare floor
ing of rough planks, generally the sides Of
old canoes. Through the chinks the garbage
is thrown upon the plentiful remnants of
cocoa husks below, for the pigs to eat or the
sea to carry away. In the middle of the
room is fireplace, pile of ashes on some
boards, with spark protector of bamboo
stick hung about three feet above. On the
central pole is hung tom-tom, while here
and there on the grass walls are suspended
gourds for lime, bamboo pipes, tomahawks,
AIDES, spare grass petticoats and net bags.
There is no window, but a movable shutter
can generally be opened on the sea side, and
plenty Of air enters through the walls and
the holes in the floor.
Then, as to clothing, the natives certainly
affect sincere simplicity in the matter Of
dress The only article common to all the
men is a thin string, third of an inch in
breadth, passed tightly round the waist and
between the legs. A band of grass, which
serves as a pocket for tobacco, knives and
decorations of cotton leaves, is for the most
part worn upon the upper part Of the arm.
Some have head bands of red braid or small
rounded pieces of shells, while a few wear
necklaces of shells or teeth, and carved bones
through the nose. Their hair, thick, matted
and long, is drawn up by comb of bamboo
cane The women wear petticoats of woven
grass, sometimes stained with red hue. The
married and betrothed have short hair; the
majority are tattooed with V-shaped mark
and other designs on the breast. Their figures
are squat and not SO erect as those of Hindoo
women, as they generally carry weights on
the back and not on the head.-All the Year
ROund