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International Medical Congress.

ATLANTIC CITr. Juno 16.-About 800 dele.
gates to tho International Congress OF HomG-
patio Physicians arrived In town to- day. and
this morning the American Institute OF Homr-
psthy. a subordinate organization. held its an
nual mceting. some of the delegates to the
congress- being also delegates to the American
: DR.. Il. Y. Kinne OF Paterson waa elected
PRESIDENT. The next meeting place will be ct
Washington. Tho Congress organized to.
nipht
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THINK THE FAIR WILL BE SUCCESS.
Tho WashinEton Diplomats Pleased with
Their Visit to Chicago.

Iuo w diplomats fIeABed with
Their Visit to Chicago.
WASHINGTON. June 16-The foreign diplo-
mats who visited Chicago for the purpose OF
personally inspecting tho progress made with
the Worlds Fair project returned TO this
city this evening delighted with their trip
and very we'll pleased. they said, with what
they had seen and learned. MIR. Ssvellon A.
Brown. tho chief clerk OF the State Depart.
Diplomats had heen handsomely entertained.
Their reports to their Home Govern ments will
with the stupendous character of the plans OF
the undertaking. with the zeal and interest
,ha IN by c =.
In It's absolute success After reaching Wash
ington telegram. signed hy nlI the Nom bers
pressing their hearty sympathy with him In
the work. and wishing him success
Minister Guzman OF Nicaragua said to O re.
porter: II think from present prospects that
the Exposition will bs the best ever held" 80
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starting for tho sealing waters.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1G.-The revenue cutter
Corwin took coal to-day and sailed for the
Pribylov Islands Cant. Hoopsr. II Is said.
carries copies, OF the Presidents proclamstion
ordering a close season, which he will DIS
tribute TO- all vessels concerned that may 10
found In the Bshripg Sea
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st. Paur. Sunday Theatr,ea,..

ST. PAUL. juno lG.-The leading society
women OF this city have been trying to close
the theatres on Sunday by getting up u mon.
ster petition, signed by nearly 6.0O) persons.
requesting the managers to close the doors OF
theatres respectfully but firmly declined. and
the smaller houses OF course followed suit. 1t
ter tEto the courts.
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sw11zKR1AND,s SAD ACCIDENT

Moro Dead Bodies FOund-The Numb0r 0f
Fatalities not yet Knowa.
BASEL. June 16.-The lower one OF tho two
railroad cars suspended over the broken
bridge near Mocnchsnstein. whore the terrible
accident to an excursion train took place on
Sunday last was lifted to-day and more dead
bodies wore found This carriage was resting
on the bed ct the river not far from whore the
number OF dead and wounded is not vet accu.
rately known.
Tho total number OF the dead is now placed
800.
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EIeetr,e.l storm ID New York State.

SYRACUSE. June 16.-Onondaga county was
visited by severe electrical storm this after
noon. In the southern and eastern portions.
1t is learned. much damage was done. Tele.
graph amt telephone wires are down. Tho
weeks drough.
Weed. mort, lightning St uck the Presby.
terian Church. tearing down tho spire aud
shocking number OF persons.
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Cured Actor Barnny's Ears.

BERLIN. June 16-The actor Barnay re-
Gently quarreled with Herr Clausner. o critic
on the Boersen Courier, for over-using tho free
list for tho benefit OF friends Clausner. after
writing some insulting letters to BarnaI
cu1ed tho latter's ears in the presence OF two
witnesses and has published defence Of the
ASSAULT. The affair is the subject OF lively
press discussion
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BIRMINGHAM. Ala. June 16.-John Siverly
bought pound OF powder. pair OF shoes. and
new tin pan at Moulton yesterday. He put
the powder and shoes In the pan. and set It In
tho back OF his wagon. whore the sun shons
on 1t. Ho then started home. lie was not
smoking. and there WAS no fire about the
wagon but mile out OF town the powder OK
ploded. knocking him out OF the wagon. almost
bly, II 10 thought that the new tin acted like a
mirror. and concentrated ths rays OF the
sun SO as to explode the powder.
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Bright Outlook for Brasil Predicted.

RIO DE JANEIRo. juno 1G.-Presldent da Fon-
SEGA. at the opening OF Parliament Yesterday.
made an optimistic speech. In which he dwelt
upon the good relations which exist between
Brazil and all foreign powers. The President
also said that the condition OF the country was
Ia tho revenue receipts. In conclusion. Iresi-
dent ds Fonseca said he hoped to be able
fndIna II necessary to Impose fresh taxes upon
the people.
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4 LOG CITY MAN AND THE CIRCUS.
He Draws $1,000 from tho Bank to Oblise |
Bunco Steerers.

huncO Steerers.
AMSTERDAM. N. Y. June 1G.-Uncle George
Mckay. q retired auctioneer worth 100000.
came down from Log City to visit Wallace's
circus to-day. A benevolent looking man
with bushy gray beard bowed graciously as he
shook Uncle George by the hand and wanted
to know II he didn't remember ex-Judge
Smith OF Hamilton county. The "ex-Judee."'
Uncle Georges companionship.
Tho Judge bought the choicest drinks and
The Iatter was Ihtiodured to Mr.. Waliace's
conideptinl AGENT" who had few thousand
to Join him in advertising ihe show. uncie
George drew 81. 400 from the First National
Bank. and the sharpsrs cleared out with 1t.
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Considerable damage was done by tho storm
In Brooklyn 10 unfinished buildings awnings,
and fences. The flagstaff on public school 4s
in Lafayette. near Classon avenue was shat
tered BY tho lightning, and considerable dam
age was also done to the cupola and corhice OF
the building. Lightning also tore aWny tho
tiagpole on building in Ewen and Msseroe
streets.
Tho gale swept away tho heavy canvas on
welcoming the Bescher statue on The ity Hall
plaza and prematurely unveiled tho bronze
figure Of the preacher.
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Found After Six Years.

John Rsordon OF 1ss Hudson street was
swindled out Of watch and chain six years
ago by man he knew as Capt O'Brien. He
went to tho Tombs and got warrant but
o,Drien could not be found. Reordan mot
his arrest J he prisoner said he WAS Edward
F. Robinson OF Brooklyn. He was remanded
to SEQ II there was warrant out for him at the
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HIS RoYAL HOLINESS UNDER CLOUD
weIshmen Hiss when tho Rand Plays &c Cd
Bless the Prince OF Wsies.''

B1ess the Prince OF "ales."
LONDON. June 16.-The popular crusade
against the Prince OF Wales shows NO signs OF
abatinG in strength or bitterness After the
leo ure delivered last night at Carnarvon.
Wales. by Henry N. Stanley the bind played
God Bless the Prince of Wales" The Welsh
men. however. no sooner hoard tho fst
strains OF the familiar air than they iaisei
a storm Of hisses which almost drowned tho
noise OF the band.
At seven religious meetings hold in various
parts OF tho country yesterday the Prince Of
Wales was roundly denounced for tho share
he took in the baccarat scandal.
Al the Methodist Conference. now heing held
at Leeds, the visit 10 Tranby Croft was classed
as q gamblers Orgy"
In q letter published to-day in the Pal Mau
Gazette the writer asks why q Captain In
household regiment. who is wanted By the
police In connection with the Cleveland street
scandal and who Is now residing in Tunis,
should have been allowed tn resign. whom Sir
William Gordon Cum ming was diemtssed from
tho army for his share In the Tranby Croft
scandal.
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Attempt to Blow Up Moaunent.

ROME June 16.-Last evening zinc box
full OF dynamite was exploded beneath tho
Capiioins monument inscribed to Victor
Emanuel. Garibaldi. Cayour. and Mazzinii.
Ia monument was NOT seriously damaged.
Tho out rag. Is attributed TO extremis s OF the
Clerical DArty.
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Went Down In the Harbor

The tngboat AnnaJ. Kip ran on the rocks
west OF Governors Island yesterday morning
stove hole in her side. and sRuk. Her men
ESCAPED In a ANAL boat. She was raised In
tho afternoon by the Baxter Wrecking Com
pany. and was towsd to Red Hook.
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BERLIN. Juno 16.-Emin Pasha. on behsf
ri Germany. has concluded treaties with
FIVE Sultans In The Victoria Nyanza
district. and has concluded an agree ment with
tho British compRny's agent In relation to nav
,gation on the Victoria Nyanza-
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Made Clerk or Trenton Poison.

TRENTON, juno 1s.-The Board Of State
Prison Inspectors met to-day and elected W.
J. O'Dopnell OF Newark as clerk OF the prison
to succeed Edward Mullen. deceased. ODon.
nell Is nIewelor. and he gets tho place IL is
said as a reward or Democratic parry SER
vices. Harry O'COnnor OF Newark is to be
made deputy keeper at the mex. mcoting Of
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The East River Tunnel.

LoNo ISLAND CRY. June l6.-The Committee
OF the Board Of Alderman tonight reported
against the granting Of the franchise to tho
Now York and Long Island kailroad COMPANY,
70 hui!d the proposed East River tunnel
through certain stresth The report Was filed.
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The White Star freight steamship NomndIc
came into Quarantine in hurry last night.
She expected to clear and come right up to her
pier, but she was too late. Fory-one yalua-
dozen Of them ars said to be Tor members OF
tho Vanderbilt family.
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Notes or Foreign H.pp snipxs.

Notes or FOreign Happenipgs.
Mr.. Gladstone has recovered his usual state
OF health.
Tho Irish Land bill passed the first reading
ond reading was fixed for June 25.
Tho Cow OF lava from Mount Vesuvius.
which It was expected Was on tho point OF
stoned
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unawares as their merry laughter and
suatches of song are borne over the calm
water.
The favorite rendezvous of canoeists
about New Y Ork for these pleasant little
excursions is at one Of the many springs
under the Palisades, or just within the
mouth of Spuyten Duyvil Creek, before it
is polluted by the mud and slime OF the
Harlem. Gay toilets and ratty uniforms
enliven the beautiful scenic background,
when all are met. Nine times out of ten,
when they push off from the shore. the lady
sits gracefully reclining upon the piled-up
cushions in the bow of the boat. but facing
the stern and looking unutterable things into
the eyes of the man with the paddle. Any
one who has ever taken out one of the SUI
perabundant summer girls at Bar Harbor in
one of the open canoes which ply there
will appreciate the situation. Once liz a
while, though, one will see a woman
womanfully plying her own paddle, either
keeping stroke with her husband, or pro-
polling light canoe all by herself. One of
the Lest builders of canoes has special
size and model after which he has built q
good many boats for ladies wishing to pad
dle alone.
It's very different affair at regatta of
the American Canoe Association. or one Of
the larger clubs. Then you shall see tiny
feet of craft spre ding huge sails to the
wind. and fairly flying through the water, the
skipper sitting on the windward deck with
his toes caught under the lee eoaming, lean
ing back till every ounce Of his weight tells
against the pull of the wind, wet to the skin.
and grim eyes watching the man ahead. This
is the most exciting sport known to civiliza-
ton except, perhaps, guiding fine horse at
full gallop in a steeplechase. The boat
leaps and bounds as If it shared the excite
ment of the contest, and responds to every
motion of the sailors body and every touch
of his hand as no other craft can do.
MacGregor, the father of modern canoe
ing, padded down the ALBANIA and Pharpar
rivers of Damascus in Rob Roy scarcely
over two feet wide. Since his day the canoe
has been specialized. until now the term
covers anything between ten-pOund Ness
muk, which a stout boy can carry on his
back, to big racing machine with 200
pounds of lead in her keel and sail like a
small yacht. or late the practice of increas-
ing the size of canoes has been checked Ivy
the American Association, which has so ar
ranged its "elass" measurements as to en-
courage the "all-round' canoe, which is rea-
sonably good for cruising as well as racing
purposes. The usual dimensions are now
fifteen or sixteen feet in length and thirty
inches in width, and for general purposes
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this is about right. For padding in shallow
streams where portageS are frequent a man
OF medium weight will find boat fourteen
feet long and twenty-eight inches wide big
enough to carry him and his camping kit
For family canoe the larger size is, Of
course, preferable.
Even within the same dimensions great
improvements have been made in the model
ing OF canoes. The first builders Whitfield
away their hulls into shockingly hollow
lines at bow and stern. Now the lines are
much more full and gradual, giving finer
speed under full sail and greater buoyancy.
A similar evolution has transformed the
sail. The old lateen or leg of mutton-tri-
angular both-were the first favorites. Now
the big topped lug sails, battened 10 keep
them fiat when tile wind tugs at them, have
taken their place, with the result that
thirty-inch canoe frequently carries twice
as ambitious q spread upon short masts as
she might have done ten years ago upon
longer ones. The spread of muslin is some
times amazing, considering the size OF the
boat which carries it.
The canoeists themselves are responsible
for most of these Improvements. Such men
as X. w. Gibson, who owned the best canoe
of her day in the Snake, and again III the
Vesper, and don't know how many since !;
&. Il. Vaux, who gets Il new canoe about as
often as q suit of clothes, and who Is sad to
be the only man who can crawl around hlS
mast and back into the we'll without an up
set, and Grant Edgar of Newburg; Bar
ney of Springfield. and Brokaw, Jones aud
Quick, have changed the whole science OF
canoeing since the association was founded
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PAGES 13 TO Is.

times. He was driven to Paso del Norte.
on the Rio Grande, but maintained himself
there. 1t was the Mexican Valley Forge.
AMI when we are considering the fight
Ing qualities of this brave people, for the
MeXicans are as valiant in war as they are
courteous and friendly In peace, we must
not pass oyer one Of the most famous battle
fields of Mexican history, the field of Mo-
limo del Rey. or Kings Mill. The historic
mill still stands south of the castle of Cha
pultepec, and near it is monument which
commentaries the gallant resistance of tile
Mexican troops to the attack of General
Worth's army on the morning of September
9, 1s47. 1t was hot fight, the MexicanS in
fiicting great slaughter on the Americans.
but General Worth succeeded in carrying
the position: Ulysses 5. Grant was Lien
tenant in Worth's army, and young Grant
won fame as a soldier in that fight The
taller building in the illustration is the his
toric "molino," or mill. There is an arsenal
and foundry belonging to the Government
at and near the mill in these days. By TAX
ing carriage through the forest Of Chapul-
tepec one comes directly to the mill. nIat-
ter of five mihutes' ride.
After the American troops had carried the
strong positions of Case Mata and MOIiuo
del Rev they attacked the Castle of Chapu-'
tepec, heroically defended by the young
cadets of the military school. In front Of
the castle stands n neat monument to tho
cadets who died on that terrible day. To
the homer of the American soldiers it is re-
corded that they gave the heartfelt tribute
of brave men to the gallant lads whom they
had, at wars stern behest, to kill Some OF
the lads, it is related, fought like tigers"
Neither the battle of Moline del Bey nor
that of Chapultepec was necessary, II We
may accept the judgment of General Grant,
who declares in his memoirs" that the two
positions might have been turned When
Grant was here he revisited the old battle
fields and drove down the San COsme road
over which he had howitzers dragged TO
tended that the war with Mexico was a
wanton and wicked one, piece of politics
and nothing more.
Long, long years ago that conflict ended.
To-day Americans and Mexicans, in friendly
alliance, are working to develop the wealth
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r r Eosf,r.

other who plays very safe and at the same
time brilliant game. Z. /. Ellison is usually
the fourth member, besides which the club
has among its members such men As X. f.
Foster the author of Fosters Whist Manual,
and the inventor of self playing with cards /;
CAPTAIN Green, W 10 MADE himself famous
by compelling tile DeschapelleS Club in
Boston, over which ''G w. p" presides, to
back down in their pretensions TO being the
champions, and many others who are only a
trick or two behind the match team in
strength.
L. ID. Thayer is the shining light of the
Common wealth Club in Worcester. He
does not trouble himself much about the
latest fashion in leads, but his insight and
memory are of the best, aud the records so
carefully kept by this club of the individual
scores Of its members show that he has led
the list for long time. and always has a
plus mark in front Of his figures at the end
OF the sinnih.
At the Boston Press CLUB E. G. Howell Of
the Herald is the champion. He knits his
brOws and fTowns horribly during the early
part OF the hand, but when an opportunity
occurs Tor pretty coup, which he never
misses, he inelines his head to the right and
smiles. Then the adversaries know that
they are lost 1t was Howell that solved
tie problem which yexed whist clubs torso
long, as to how to arrange eight players in
tournament that each should have each
one Of the other seven for partner once,
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thing the first round, and on the second the
adversarieS usually have taden the lead by
trumpng IN, and proceed to avail them
selves of the minute information intended
for the partner alone, who las perhaps
passed tricks lie might have won while
waiting for the long-winded explanation OF
the contents # his partners band. Many
things viii be settled at Milwaukee.
The results of the congress are to be pre-
served in the form Of an association of
whist clubs, those jliniug binding them
selves TO adopt the rules and regulations
elect officers and hold annual meetings in
various cities after tie fashion OF the ath-
letic unions. The whist column of some
paper will be selected as the official organ,
and for the discussion OF all matters of in
teresu to whist-players. This department
will probably be in charge of some of the
well-known writers on the game of which
there are quite n number in this country.
G. w. Pettes Of the Boston Herald, author
of American Whist Illustrated" is very
able ana prolific writer. Then we have
Fisher Ames, author Of "A Practical Guide
to Whist 7. ID. Lother, author of Laws
of American Whist; R. f. Foster, author
of Fosters Waist Msnual'; C. c. s.. au-
thor of Concise Whist" and Dr. +.
Minz, the whist editor Of the illustrated
American. who IS famous as double
dummy problem composer. Strange as il
may seem, with the exception of DIR. MintZ,
all the writers on the game are very poor
players, or at least very poor ''cart.-hold-
ers." Pettes had the lowest score in his
club last year; Foster is known in his own
club as the Jonah; while the great Cav
endish himself is VIGOROUSLY unsuccess-
full player, all of which should be a great
consolation to those who think that book
knowledge is q guarantee OF success IN whist
OF the three great games of modern times,
it has been remarked that in chess it is the
man; in whist tits the cards, and in poker
it is about half and half.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Labor is restless In 1899 there were 1000
strikes in the world.
This country in 1878 produced 5000 boxes
of raisins. In 1890 the product was 2, 197,-
463 boxes.
Asa genuine curiosity in the world of
crime is recorded the arrest and conviction
of Dayton Ohio man who stole an UNI
brella.
Soak waste paper in water until soft and
pulpy, then squeeze into balls, put on the
fire with piece OF coal and you will save
coal and increase the heat. So says an ex-
change.
The first sewing-machine was patented in
England in 1850, sixty years before the
birth Of Elias Howe. who is popularity cred
tied with the invention and who first made
it practical success.
A colored woman who died the other day
near Columbus, Mo, was so old that she
had forgotten her age. When asked about
it shortly before her death she said she was
between 80 and 134 years.
An apartment house to accommodate 800
families will be erected in Dresden, Ger
many.
OF all the Kings of European countries
the steadiest opponent to capital punish
ment has been the King OF the Belgians.
Mrs. Grants correspondence is so large
that she finds it impossible 10 attend tn it all.
She gives preference 10 letters from old
soldiers, and endeavors to answer them with
her own pen.
In China, by recent imperial decree, men,
bers of the royal family and mandarins of
the first rank will be hereafter permitted to
approach the Emperor without knocking
their heads upon the ground, etiquette being
satisfied if they quietly crawl into the august
presence on all fOurs.
A process of increasing the keeping
qualities of wine by electric treatment to
destroy the ferment has been successfully
tested in France. The wine is passed
through tube containing series of silver
disks connected to the pole of a 25-vot
alternating machine having frequency
of l16
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STATUE OF CHARLES " OF SPAIN

scope in The observatory, and instruments
for measuring the direction and force of
earthquakes. Students take turns in OBJ
serving these phenomena of not infrrquent
occurrence here, and L recall that on the
morning after night when we had really
severe shock 1 went early to the Minerva
and found the courts wet with the water
that had Overfowed from the great swim
ming tank.
Of interest also to Americans is the fact
that when General Grant, at the close Of his
historic journey around the world. came to
Mexico, in 1880, he was lodged in the Mi
neria in sumpuously prepared apartments,
aud treated quite as if he had been visiting
sovereign.
Humboldt in his ''New Spain" speaks
eulogistically of the School of Mining Engi-
neers, and remarks on the democratic fash
ion which puts boys in cotton clothing, the
sons of Indians, in the same claSs-rooms with
the tOys of the upper-clasS families.
At the very beginning of the long and
noble Paseo de la Reforma stands the fam
ous equestrian statue of Charles ~ of
Spain. This statue, of colossal size is nota-
bic for the fact that it is entirely the work
of Mexicaus, the sculptor being Manuel
Tolsa, also famous architect. and the
caster. Salvador de la Vega. The immense
quantity of metal used, about so tons, indi-
Gates the size OF the statue. 1t is considered
by competent judges one of the few re ally
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THE BARRACKS OF La MERGED.

good equestrian statues In existence 1t
dates back to 1902, when the casting took
place in the San Gregorio Gardens, but over
year was spent in finishing it.
1t is not strange that when the war OF in-
dependence broke out popular feeling should
have been directed against this statue of a
Spanish king. AT that time the statue stood
in the center of the great plaza in front Of
the cathedral and national palace. The pa
triots we're unable to gaze on the statue with
any degree of complaceney, and so they
made big glnbular box of wood which COW
cred it, painted the bnX blue, and left it I'M
til 1924, when the bronze king and his horse
were taken down and stored away in OBJ
scure retirement The statue remained
twenty-eight years hidden from the public
gaze, when, in 1852, it was again set up
where it now stands, at the entrance to the
PaseO, and directly in front OF the house oc-
eupied by Mrs. Alice de Iturbide. whose
son was the heir Of the Emperor Macmillan
and grandson of the Emperor Augustln /,
the great Iturbide whose name is renowned
in Mexican history, but whose ambition
tempted him to assume imperial dignities
which resulted in arousing popular indigna-
ton, eliminating in his being shot at Pa
dila.
Rding-masters point out the bronze king
to their pupils as good model of firm
seat, but, as the king has no stirrups,