The silver star., 1897-06-03
TELEoRAPHic BaEviTlEs.

The gold reserve In the treasury 10 nov
about &145.O00.OO0.
The sugar industry In Germany Is sait
to be In very bad condition.
Five small boys were drowned while play
ing with a raft in Chicago river.
The President has ordered General Mile,
to attend Queen vIctorla's jubilee.
A man who attempted to rob carload Of
people at Tacoma was shot and killed.
The annual meetings OF the baptist soci
eties were held at Pittsburg last week.
The Presbyterian General Assembly
opened at Eagle Lake Indiana. on the l9th
White Caps near Mountain Grove. Missts
sippi killed two men suspected of being
thieves.
Governor Black of New York has signed
| the bill Infiicting the death penalty for train
wrecking.
Charles Caviilc, the noted swimmer. was
drowned Mt San Francisco hy remaining
| under water too long.
| Colonel Staikos. with the last detachment
of the Greek expeditionary force, embarked
for Greece on the oath.
The English steamer Ethelred was repent
edly fired upon by n Spanish war ship, but
managed TO escape uninturcd.
United States Senator Joseph II. Earle Of
South Carolina died on the 10th. The gov
ernor will appoint his sy .ressor
A silver service costing slo,ooc has been
presented to the cruiser Brooklyn by the
citizens of the city OF brooklyn.
Henry Bolln. who. while treasurer of the
city Of Omaha. stole Sl05. 600. has been sent
to the .penitentiary for term Of nineteen
years.
Arrangements are being made for the es-
tablishment of new line Of steamers to ply
between San Francisco and South American
ports.
The big Yerkes telescope. with a lens
measuring forty-one and one-half inches has
been completed. 1t is gift to the Chicago
University.
The Beknap Savings Bank at Laconia,
New Hampshire closed Its doors on the
10th. About $1.OO0O0O is due depositors.
The bank will go info voluntary liquidation
The governor of Kansas has appointed two
women notaries public. The governor of
Mississippi has declared every office in the
state open TO women. unless they are es-
pecially debarred by statute.
An expedition. presumably French. as
French officers and men actively took part
In 1t. has captured and burned the town of
Wa-Wa. in the Boussa country. Africa. One
hundred men were kille: and 200 made pris
oners.
The steamer Empress of India from Yoko
hama brought news of fire which com
pletely wiped out the town of Hochioji. In
the silk district of Japan. Nearly 1000
houses were destroyed and between forty
and fifty lives were lost.
A mine at Newburg, West Virginia. Is on
fire and threatens the existence of the town,
which is built over the mine. The fire was
started years ago by malicious persons. and
has recently grown large that the resi-
dents have become alarmed.
George Francis Train has begun suit to
recover property in Omaha valued at 500
e1t.'S. He once had claim to 1t. but it
was sold under foreclosure while he was
shat mp In a New York insane asylum.
Omaha men are not alarmed.
The Saguache County Telephone Com
pany has been incorporated. with n capital
stock of $1,000. to operate a telephone line
in Sagunche county and have Offices In the
town of Saguache. by Charles Tarbell. ].
Tracey Melvin and C. $. Cornelius.
In accordance with the action taken at
the miners national convention held at Co
iumhus, Ohio. the miners of the Pittsburg
district are preparing for general strike
for the restoration of the G9-cent rate.
There are 23.ooo miners in the district. but
It is not believed that all OF them will
strike
According to dispatch to the Daily Mail
from Vienna the Tageblatt says: The Sui
tan has consulted the Shiek III Islam who
has declared II To be the will of Allah that
Thessaly should be reunited to Turkey,
Should he act upon this religious prompt
ing. 1t may he extremely difficult for the
powers to prevent his purpose from being
carried out.
The street cars ran at Toronto for the
first lime last Sunday Ihar tIx,
patronized. Notwithstanding that there was
n steady downpour of rain all day. There
was no disturbance or incident of any kind
connected with the running Of the cars. In
view of 81 decision given by Judge Ferguson
denying an injunction. II is not likely any
further attempt Will he made to Interfere
with the running Of the ears The money
taken 10y the company last Sunday will be
given to the city hospitals.
The quarterly dividend statement OF the
Fall River mills does not show that there
has been much improvement In the printed
cloth market. The average amount paid out
In dividends Is s7-i0 Of per cent. which
Is the lowest In years. On a total capital
Of x22. IL; pD twenty-five corporations have
paid TO their stockholders x102.0J0. Fifteen
companies have passed without declaring
against twelve last quarter. The latest to
pass are the Barnard. Granite and Laurel
Lake. WhitH nave hllpWeti the usual time To
pass without a dividend for the first time
In years.
The iron men In Cleveland have lust
awakened To the fact that while the small
furnace men ana manufacturers have been
bcmoaning hard tines Carnegie's maiiagers
have corraicd NIL the business In sight Car.
nsgic Is prepared this year to consume
5W0.1n tons Of ore. Mt least double the
quantity he has ever used In one year. Prac.
iicalIy nli Of this ore will be furnished by
the Rockefeller mining interest. To-day nm
agent OF Rockefeller chartered fifteen ore
steamers for the entire season. Rockefeller
already owned eighteen steamers ana had
control Of four others. and he intends "a
charter still more. for II II said he will bring
down over 2.Oo0,O0O tons Of ore this season
The late Mrs. John II. French Of BeioIt,
Wisconsin. devoted $4,000 to public be
quests: f5.O0O TO Beloit College, provided nc
viviscctioD shall ever he practiccd there
$1,000 to the American Humane Education
al Society Of Boston; 5000 10 tho wiscon
sin Home Mission Society: $4,000 to the
First Congregational Church Of Bcioit. u ,O0t
to the Illinois Anti -vlvirection Society oi
Aurora. Illinois; $1,000 TO the American