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the United States man-of:war' Baltimore,
completing his journey By O. sail up the,
Sound on board this vessel.
As a result of the e-Attorney-Generafs decis-
ION the name.of General Adam Badeau will
be dropped from the retired list Of the army,
to date from May 19, 1862. when he accepted
diplomatic appointment.
SUPERINTENDENT PORTER says that the
final result Of the population OF the country
will be announced In time for Congress to
pass an apportioument.
THE Senate Committee on PostoRces and
Postroads ordered the Anti-Lottery Mail bill
be reported to the Senate, with recommen-
dation that it pass
THE Philadelphia will succeed the Balti-
more as flagship of the home squadron, the
command Of which falls to Captain Henry
Erben.
THE Salvadorian Government has made:
full reparation for its seizure Of the United
States Consulate.
THE Photographers Association of Ameri-
ca held its annual session In Washington
Professor Otis Mason delivered the address
of welcome, which was responded to by
President Appleton. Buffalo, N Y, was
selected as the place for the next meeting.
Foreign.
MoFFArr COLLEGE, on Isle Perrot, ten
miles from Montreal, Canada, has been
burned to the ground. Over 800 students
were in attendance, and they are now quar-
tered in outbuildings and farmhouses.
TIE Queensland Cabinet has resigned,
owing to lack OF support in Parliament on its
budget proposals.
Two revolutionary movements are being
led in Guatemala by Generals hungary and
Barrundia, President Barrillas was prepay
ing for flight from the country, and United
States Minister Miner has already left.
GENERAL MIRANDA has been defeated in
Salvador by the forces Of Ezeta.
PRESIDENT CELMAN has been succeeded as
Chief Executive Of the Argentine Republic
by Senor PelleSrini. Quiet has been re-
stored, and the financial panic is over.
EMPEROR WILLIAM sailed from England
for Heligoland to take possession of that isl
and.
ANOTHER soldiers mutiny has occurred in
England, this time at Chatham, where twen-
ty men were arrested and imprisoned.
NUMEROUS villages In Hungary have been
burned, and their stores Of grain have been
lost, One woman and six children were
burned to death at Borosbociard.
A pRorRAcrED drought in the Azore Isl
ands has ruined the crops. Many of the In
habltants are In an impoverished condition,
and refuse to pay their taxes.
TIE western and central portions Of Bo-
hemia have been visited by severe storms
and waterspouts. The damage is great, the
crops in these sections being ruined.
THE spread Of cholera 10 the south of
Spain has caused panic among the inhabi-
tants. A general exodus has begun to the
north of Spain and to Franco. The number
OF deaths from cholera In Jeddah during
twenty-four hours was 1S.
WHrrELAw REID, the American Minister
to France, gave a dinner to the members or
the Consular Convention In Paris.
TIE British steamer Halcyon collided with
the British steamer Rheubina near Vigo,
Spain. The Halcyon sank. Thirteen persons
were drowned.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, Of Germany, has ere
ated Prince Frederick Eitel his second son,
Duke Of Heligoland.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, of Germany, took
part in the autumn parade Of the Guards at
Berlin.
NATIVES attacked detachment Of the
Spanish garrison at Yap, Caroline Islands,
killing twenty-eight men.
JUDGE MILES O'RE1LLY, Of Hamilton,
Canada, is dead. aged eighty-four. He was
the oldest Queens Counsel with the excep-
tion Of Sir John A. McDonald) and thu old
est Judge in the Dominion, having been
elected to the Bench in 1887.