The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-22

EIH JRSDAT, JULY %, 1897. &isfSs
Ell Gl-i PAGES.
that the House IS going to prevail over
the wicked Senate
Kansas City. Kan, has rescindcd Its
81 order to make women prisoners work
lin overalls on the rock pile
3,sas& The! President, according to q WASH
$5ipston dispatch, has finally determined
Nj 70 restore the consular fees cut Off by
S the last administration.
tt & The Ohio election is coming on apace
I$d 7ii s.! this fact anything to do with the
81 lbumptiousncss OF our roreign policy?
a asks the indianapolis News.
2i4
sa.s Ieoborowsl1y, the Russian explorer.
y has discovered II place in Central Asin
where no rain, but only snow, falls at
4 any time throughout the year.
Russian and British steamers are pre-
y pairing to search the Siberian coast for
hfrA S. a. -Andree, who started for the
North Pole in q balloon on the l1th
!. instant.
According to the New York Times cy-
IS 1dence has just been produced that the
ii Chinese We're in Mexico 1000 years ago,
and that they We're in the South Sea is
Y lands even before that.
5 5,5t Through the Japan mail, which has
II been received at Tacoma. Wash, the
n Afikado declares that his country is not
Y troubled with a 'tsweled head" so far
q as Hawaii Is concerned
3.5$ Senators Teller. Pettigrew and Allen
n and q, number OF Populists held a con
{ ference at the Maltby in Washington
4 Monday evening and all agreed that the
Z, light In the future must be on the silver
i question;
a# Efforts are being made by the commit
4 tee In charge or the Logan Day ccre-
& monies and the ex-Confederates' Asso-
" citation Of Chicago to secure the pre-
& sence Of Miss Winnie Davis at the dedi-
!; O. ton EEK rcises, which takes place at
'M Chicago or&the 22d
I'll The New York Herald asks very prop
N srly: Are We prepared for war with
Il any nation today? Even poor, effete
q Spain, ruined as she is, would infict
" rs upon ,ia many Millions Of loss. and as we
h are m essentially l business and money
RI TIT
y oula e what it5would cost to go to war
1: With any nation. even the weakest.
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a Washing ton woman OF an inouirine
turn Of mind Investigated the Washing
ton directory the other dayto find out
d how many Washingtons there are in
4 that city. To her amazement she dis
y covered forty George Washingtons
Il seven Martha Washingtons. and nine
teen Martha Washingtons. none OF
IN IS no. ma re even directly descended from
81 she first Preaident
..ss!:s&If 4 t is true as sstated, observes the
81 New Orleans States, that the sugar trust
ISL, 2 I74s, 900 tons Of raw sugar inits ware
SD oNses. "a New York, Boston. Bal,i-
ft tIsn.e and Phflad phiaT It has a supply
4son5: hand which will meet the demands
s,fs co, sl1ners for the next ten months to
sf3 cone and for that length OF time the
"a q ernnlcnt will derive very little reve-
M nue. from rom the 3duty on sugar.
ss$s The Standard OH Trust has declared
81 axe her g vidend Of 10 per cent on It's
stIi tal Est cl:i Mr.. 10 ksfeller's part OF
diyia end VASES, ooo ,ooo and his
q VIA: ON his stock in the
TN !: "a srdl Comp amounts to
.0oo. 81 NI + coke Ter Is op-
ri 60 r5y;5 glsIat lon ahich would
$50 3$is en- tirely
sE dra,in istsatlon