The state herald., 1889-11-22
BY TELEGRAPH.

The type founders arc organizing o
trust.
The Queen OF Portugal gave birth to
y son fcw days ago.
The next National Farmers Con-
gross will hc held In Iowa.
JEFF Davis is seriously Ill and his
relatives have been telegraphed for.
The wire.makers formed trust on
the 10Th, with capital Of sl2, 100000.
The Sandwich Islands desire closer
commercial relations with this country.
A cotton oil mill at Demopolis, Ala
bama, burned on tho 18th. Loss sl25,ooo.
The new South American republic
will be known as tho United States Of
Brazil.
Tho new State OF Washington COM
monced business amid great rejoicing on
tho 18th.
The average monthly production OF
olcomargarinc during the last fiscal year
was =, a,02O, ,O0a pounds.
Tho now Catholic university ut
Washington was dedicated with imposing
ceremonies last Wednesday.
The Imperial family Of Brazil were
allowed Just one hour In which TO prepare
for their departure from the country.
President Harrison is said to have
selected George McCrary Us Stanley Mat
thcws' successor on the Supreme bench.
jewish merchants living mt Tom
kins Bend, Louisiana, have been warned
to leave before January lst or suffer death.
Commodore Sieard, chief OF the
naval bureau Of ordnance, has made es-
Inmates for the next fiscal year amounting
to s5,5i6,72
William Sprague, war Governor OF
Rhode Island and afterwards United States
Senator, is now living in poverty. He was
once worth s1O,OOo,0O0.
Simon Yandcs OF indianapolis has
endowed the English chair at Wabash
College with $4,000 A fcw years ago he
gave 10000 for the same purpose.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany have sent another communication to
Postmaster Wanamaker protesting against
the schedule rates he has established.
The Dowager Empress OF China
takes great interest in tho development
OF the Celestial Kingdom and spends n
great deal of time In consultation with
railroad projectors.
Nellie Bly,, the well-known lady re-
porter on tho Now York World has started
on trip around the world which she in
tends making In seventy-fivo days, beat.
Ing Jules Vcrnc's time by five days.
The Eiffel tower has just paid its
shareholders 100 francs n share. For
twenty years from this time the share
holders will receive half of the net re-
ccipts of this marvellous monument of
nineteenth century engineering.
Six months ago there were not six
children in all the country around the pres.
cnt town Of Eddy, New Mexico. Now
there are il0 pupils between the ages OF 5
and 20 registered in the Eddy public school.
Tho lower Pccos Valley is rapidly settling
up.
Brazil has had surprising rcvolu-
tion. The Imperial Government has been
ovcrthrown, the Emperor banishod and a
republic established. The army seems TO
have been the leaders in the movement
which was accomplished quietly and with
bnt little bloodshed.
King Kalakaua, Of the Sandwich Is
iands, proposes TO visit Washington, d.
c., this season, and u house at the Capital
Is being prepared for him In luxurious
style. II is surmiscd thnt Kalakaua is dc.
sirous OF comforting with Secretary Blaine
regarding tho future Of Hawaii.
A discussion arose In the Washing
ton Legislature the other day as TO whether
the section Of the constitution which for
bids appropriating money for religious pur
poses allowed chaplains TO DO employed.
The question was finally settled by iIvit
ing pastors TO offer prayer daily gratui-
tously.
The general missionary committee
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church began
LIS annual session In Kansas City Wedncs.
day morning. The work Of tho committee
consists In determining tho fields OF work,
etc, for foreign missions. Tho committee
will npportion q, o0o, 900 and will continue
in session from day to day until all bust.
ncss is disposed Of. t
A meeting was held In Boston on
Saturday last, ut which tho officials Of the
Union Pacific and Denver, Texas x Fort
Worth virtually agreed upon consolidation
of tho latter road with tho Union Pacific
branch lines In Colorado. Tho notion
must be ratified by the directors and stock
holders OF both roads. but there is little
question but what that will DO done.
President Hnrrison's message will
bc sent to Congress In typewriter form.
Heretofore 1t has bccn tho custom 70 havci |,
out In type and copies printed by trusted
men ut the government printing ofiicc. The
President, however, has decided TO depart
from tho practice OF his predecessors, und
tho newspapers will bc thrown on their rc.