The silver star., 1897-06-10
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terian Church will be held at winona. Wis
consul.
whitelaw Reid has been sent from this
country to London as special ambassador TO
attend the Queens jubilee.
Two Americans named Callahan and
| Kline. interested In mines near Arneca,
Mexico. have been assassinated-
Philip McElhone. recently convicted OF
taking valuable documents from the Con
gressional library. was fined 500
Ambassador Porter upon being presented
| to President Faure Of France. was required
to make his address In French. which he
| did
The federal grand jury found nine indict-
ments against John F. Johnson. late presi-
| dent Of the State National Bank Of Logans-
port. Indiana
John Richmond and several other Irish
members We're suspended from the House OF
Commons Friday because they persisted In
talking about Irish taxation.
Pietro Accirito the anarchist who on April
end last attempted TO stab King Humber'-
| while the latter on his way to the races,
has been sentenced to the galleys for life
Civil Engineer o. E. Peary has been de
tached from duty at the New York navy
| Yards and granted five years leave of alb
| senee. This is to enable him TO prosecute
Arctic explorations.
A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro announces
that revolt has taken place at the military
school there. The cndets eventually sub
mitted TO the troops after pitching their
arms and ammunition into the sea
In the Austrian Parliament the other day
free figh; occurred. The members over
turned the desks smashed inkstands. flung
books in the face of the speakers INDUCED
/ in coarse invective-. and finally came 10
blows in general riot.
The secretary of the navy has accepted
the offer Of the owners OF the American
| steamship City of Everett now at San
| Francisco TO charter that vessel 10 the gov
eminent for the transportation of grain
| from California TO bombay for the famine
sufferers in India at $4,000
1t is announced that John u. Rockefeller
has issued an edict against Sunday labor
by the men employed on his docks on
the upper and lower lakes. While the men
are expected to respond TO calls to load or
unload vessels at any hour of the day or
nl-hi, they will not be asked TO work be
tween midnight SATURDAY and midnight sun
day.
During a special service in the cathedral
at Pisa the 2.,th. upon the occasion OF
the unveiling of an image Of the Virgin.
candle fell. setting tire 10 the building and
causing a panic among the many persons
present. During the rush for the doors nine
persons We're killed and twenty-five others
wounded. three Of them seriously The fire
was Immediately extinrushed. The damage
slight.
Mrs. Langtry. the actress will arrive In
California for a short visit about the LIST OF
July She will soon leave England on her
long Journey. Mrs Langtry will spend most
, Of her time here her ranch In Lake
county. She intends to make extensive i'm
provcments on the place. important among
them being the restocking of iiie farm. with
the Intention OF breeding hgh-class cattle
and horses.
A law Is now In force which protects reg
istered mail more than formerly. 1t pro-
vldes that no greater sum than so can he
allowed on any one letter and claimants
must show that the letter contained SO in
order to recover that amount. The govern
ment has never before been responsible for
registered letters though employees In whose
hands losses occurred In many cases
required 10 make good the loss.
Private adviccs per the steamer Glen Avon
from Yokohama. state that the faraway
province OF kw.isnn. China. was the scene
OF an attack upon the Christian missions re-
GENTLY and 1t i rumored that Rev. Father
Mazei. who was In charge of the chapel ut
Loli, murdered. II is feared that other
whites were massacred. Owing to the re-
moteness Of the scene 1t was impossible to
obtnIn ny details Of the nifalr.
The United States government has accept
ed Ii bid for 1.2jO.CD pounds OF foreign
grdnulated sugar, entirely ignoring the
offers made for supplying the home produc-
ron BECAUSE the American Sugar Refining
Company arbitrarily dictated the price at
which dealers In It's sugar should sell. while
the Importer had a free field. and. knowing
the rate fixed by the sugar trust. cut under
II sixteen oue-hundredths u n cent pound.
Rev. a. q. Harrison. pastor Of the Peo-
PIES Tabernacle, and his family have dis
appeared from their home at Washington,
aud 1t Is reported that the reverend gentle
man is 1000 shor, In his accounts. lie was
given entire charge OF the church funds
and. according TO the charges. failed to pay
bills for furniture carpets and church
organ. for which the money was given him.
and also borrowed large sums from his par
ishioners.
Certain Inquiries that have been propound-
| cd by the Turkish government as to the
| record OF DIR. Angel. who has been appoint
| ed successor 20 Mr.. Terrell minister to
| Turkey. have led to the erroneous conclu
| sion that formal objection has been made
| to the minister. or In other words that our
| government has been Informed that Dr. An.
| geil is persona non grata. This Is denied
| but It is admitted that the question Is under
| discussion.
| The announcement is made In san Fran
| cisco that ON June itb next another OF the
| beautiful daughters Of the wealthy Chinese
| merchant Of Honolulu. An Fong. In to marry
| an American. The prospective groom Is
| William A. Hcnsbnll, formerly OF San Fran
cisco. and one Of the most prominent law.
| yers Of the Hawaiian capital. Miss Helen
| An Fong is said 10 he even more beautiful
| than her sister. whose marriage To Captain
| whiting Of the United States navy crcnted
| u profound sensation IN naval circles some
| two years ago.
| Another new bridge Is TO span Niagara \
| gorge. II will take the plncc Of the upper
supervision bridge and is TO be finished by
| April I. 1888. The bridge Ii designed to re-.
place the upper suspension bridge. nnd will
he built on the pnrnbolc principle. and It
| will undoubtedly be one Of the greatest en-.
| cheering fcnb OF the year. When It II
| finished. changes on both sides Of the river
will tnkc place. The trolley ears will carry
| people from one side 10 the other. connect.
Ing With the observation line on the Cana.