The state herald., 1897-05-14
TELEGRAPHiC BREvirIE ).


tentiary.
Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas cattle buy
crs swarm throughout New Mexico, and urC
making large purchases at the highest prices
known for n decade.
Dr. j. II. lloander has been appointed
secretary of the international Bimctalip
Conference Commission. lie Is professor OF
economies at the Johns Hopkins University,
and French and German scholar.
The Queen Regent of Spain has issued q
decree authorizing the raising uf tS.Ol,ODl
to be secured by the customs duties uf
Spain to meet the cost Of military operations
In Cuba and the Philippine islands. The
Bank of Spain will undertake. the issue.
As tribute to the memory of General
Grant, Yang Yu, former minister from
thlnn to the United Statvr. has planted q
tree In the ground under which the caskct
OF General Grant lay for twelve years. The
tree is called GinkgOh,lo-Ba by Chinese bot
anlsts, and is said to grow TO u hcl, ut OF
abou; 100 feet
The receipts of the Internal revenue In.
renu show that the people OF the United
States are drinking more beer and less
whisky every year. During the last sin
months there has been an Increase u & per
only l per cent. in the consumption OF
spurious liquors.
Forest fires have broken out afresh In the
mountalns Of eastern Kentucky aud West
Virginia, and are devastating wide
stretch of country. AT least four farm
houses are reported to have been burned on
the Virginia side before the farmers could
check the advance. mountainccr died
while fighting the fire.
An anonymous donor has sent the sum of
t3o,'oo to the committee OF management Of
the Paris charity bazaar. which was the
scene of last weeks terrible tragedy from
hre. This amount with the proceeds of the
hrst days sale, II 500. equals the full re.
celptS of the bazaar of 1896 and the com.
mittec Is thus enabled to make distributions
as before.
y legislative investigating committee has
reported shortage OF $4,000 in the ac.
counts of State Treasurer Collins. and Tc.
qnested his impeachment and immediate
retirement from office The funds were lost
through the failure Of the Merchants Ma
tlonal Bank OF Ocala. Collins is accused OF
having made deposits there long after the
stability OF the bank had been questioned.
The board of directors OF the Kansas pen.
itcntlnry have announced to the convlcts
that the regulation striped uniforms will he
discarded, beginning on the Fourth of July
The new garb Of the convlcts Is to be of
gray material, with black stripes along the
outer seam Of the trousers and around the
coat sleeves. The old striped uniforms will
be worn only In the coal mines and by OF.
Tenders against prison discipline.
Secretary Long thinks 1t is good policy to
lay up the new hattleshlps and big cruisers
In fresh water until they are needed. 1t
costs SGOu.OO0 or SIOO,OOp a year to main
tain hattleshlp In commission, and not
more than $4,000 or 100000 To keep them
In order II they are tied to post iu some
navy yard. He proposes to save this money,
and for cruising purposes to use only the
small gunboatS, which are very much less
expensive to maintnln.
The heirs Of Jay Could. who moved from
New York 10 TarFytuwn, SO some critics
said, to escape high taxation, have had
their assets nearly pundrupled In size by
the board OF assessors OF Turrytown. Last
year the Gould estate was down for SIS5.
800, This year the estate Is taxed at $3.50
90, as real and personal tax, and Ia this Is
added Howard Gould SDO.UU personal
Frank Gould $4,000 personal Helen Gould
$4,000 personal" This makes the total
for the Goulds Sl.G5O.OuO.
The unltcd States revenue cutter Bear has
sailed On her annual cruise to the Arctic.
She viii stop at uuga island and Cualaska
aud then proceed to Point harrow. returning
to the sound next November. Aboard the
Bear Is the coast and gcodctlc survey
party, which Is 10 make survey OF the
rribyloG Islands, at the head Of which Is W.
w Duillcld. sou OF the chief of the United
States coast and geodctlc survey service.
With him are Fremont Morse. g. H. rui.
nam and George l.. Putnam aud siN college
boys, mostly from Chicago,
Instructions have been issued by Commmis
sloncr of the General Land Ohicc Herman
to the registers and receivers " the va
rious United States land offices. under the
provisions of section q, act of June 10, iSiI,
which provides that homestead settlers on
all eeded Indian reservations be and are
hereby granted an extension " one year Ia
which 10 make the payment now provided
Icy law. These officers have been especially
directed To irform all parties applying to
make proof aud payment fnr such lands OF
the pro'lA0ns u the homestead act brfuFr
acting on thelr applications.
The Interstate oratorical contest was held
at Columbus, Missouri, on the 9th. The
judges were; On thought aud composition
Walter Miller, Of Leland stanford uniycr.
SHY. barrot wriail, of Harvard University.
aud President ]. II. Angel NJ Ann Arbpr
University. On delivery Myron ", Reed
" Denver, Colorado; President u, II. Jrssr.
Of the Missouri State University. and pN
senator Ingalls, OF Kansas. These award
ed the flrst prize to rrnrlc y. Decker. of
Park College, Missouri, whose oratlun wa.
Un "fhe Basis Law 81 Progress second
prize To g, =. ncll ~ the Colorado state
University. whose subject was "sInIrsmrn
aud Nhtion;" l.. y. Booth. of Minnesota
came third. The subject of hls Grafton wa,
The Needed Element In Present reform. &"