The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1892-03-26
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Chicago is raiding her many bucket
shops.
Anthracite coal has been advanced 80
cents per ton.
People at Delphi, Ind, are zinc mad
because of an alleged find"
Philadelphia will send another cargo of
grain to the Russian peasants.
Edwin Booth has contributed 81, 500
toward the Actors Fair in New York.
John Jones and two other men were
fatally stabbed in free fight at Carbon,
Ind.
Prohibitionists have changed their Ma
eional Convention city, and will meet in
Cincinnati June 90.
Ex-Governor Meyer, of Nebraska, is
seeking to have his case against Cover.
nor Boyd re-opened.
Portugal is in financial difficulties, and
will probably have to suspend payment
Of interest on its national debt.
The census of New York shows pop
nlation of 6,479, 730, an increase of 49,
BIT over the Porter census of 1890.
The opposition to Mills as United States
Senator is dying out in Texas, and he
will probably receive unanimous cleo
ton.
1t is feared that in spite of the efforts
of the government Portugal will be com.
PEELED to suspend payment of interest on
the national debt.
An attempt to defeat Frederick s. Cou-
dert at the annual election for President
of the Manhattan Club, New York, was
q complete failure.
In a quarrel at Roseburg, Ore, A.
Hansbrough, brother of Senator Hans
brough, of North Dakota, was stabbed to
death by Nicholas Jones.
Tennessee Democrats will hold two
State conventions one to nominate
State candidates and the other National
delegates. The first one will be Oh
May 26.
Brown University students and faculty
at Providence, R. l., have signed me.
MORALS urging President Andrews to de.
cline the offer made to him by Chicago
University.
A dispatch from Rio Janeirc states
that during the last fortnight there were
IT'S deaths there from yellow fever. The
crews of 20 steamers have been attacked
by the disease.
The statement is made by a German
newspaper and denied by another that a
fund is being raised for the payment OF
the Kaiser's debts incurred through ex-
travagance and love of display.
part, from east 70 west, Gfr r,070 ----s55
rom north to south. 1t embraces the
lrea between the Tooth meridian and the
Coast Range, and from the British pos
sessions on the north to Mexico on the
south. This space contains over million
of square miles-one-third of the area OF
the United States, excluding Alaska
EQUAL to more than 900, 900, 900 acres. All
If Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyom-
Tug. Idaho, Colorado, and Nevada, and
portions of California, Oregon, Washing
ION, Texas, Kansas, Nevada, North and
South Dakota, and Montana, lie within
this belt. 1t is estimated that 100, OOO, 600
acres that are now desert may be re-
deemed by irrigation so as to produce the
cereals, fruits, and garden products posi-
ole in the climate where the lands are To-
Gated.
When it is remembered that 1910, 900, 900
acres, about equal in area the States OF
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois combined, the
gigantic possibilities and future OF SO
g-eat an extent of fertile and productive
! nd now lying fallow, may be imagined
when it is made "to lacgh with har-
vest" The four States above named now
aave population of about Is, OOO, 900, and
sould easily support thrice that number;
- that estimating the cultivable area OF
she arid region at 1870 100000 acres, and
doubtless it greatly exceeds that amount,
the United States has in that desert land
an empire awaiting development, capable
Of supporting population in comfort, al
most equal to the now existing popula-
ton Of the entire republic.