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| to explore COLORADO. UHr f.H. ...I.
The antelope herbs of New Mexico show
| an Immense Increase.
An agent of the trust Ii busy buying up
| whisky ilstilleries In Kentucky.
| An unsuccessful attempt to kill President
| Faure with a bomb was made at Paris on
! the l3th.i
| The celebrated postal dog. which has trav-
| eIei so. extensively, has been killed for
| viclousness. e. =.
! All gambling and dance halls and variety
theaters in Spokane. Washington. have been
closed by the authorities.
Five turquoise mines In Santa Fe county
and several In Grant county. New Mexico.
were sold yesterday by order of the court
for $75.37O
The trustees of Howard University. the
col0red college ut Washington. have decided
to confer the degree of LII. ID. upon John
wannmaker.
The first judicial congress has assembled
for the purpose of rearrnnging tho laws gov
erning Central America. subject to the np'
provnl of ench Republic. .t
There Is serious division In the Reformed
Episcopal Church On account of action by the
general council restricting ministers to the
use OF tho black gown In the pulpit.
At Berlin, Herr wocifcrt. an neronnut.
and n machinist named Knnbe, fell 5000
feet from mn airship. Benzlnc used In tho
steering gear motor exploded. causing the
disaster.
by n vote of the people. Il.OO0 Inhabitants
have been added to the population OF OAK
land. California. and ST.O0O.OOO to Its as
sesscd valuation by the creation Of Greater
Oakland.
Secretary Long has refused to allow three
graduates from Annapolis to resign from
the naval service. They wanted to engage
In private business. but the government
needs them.
A new volcano has broken ont about two
thirds OF mile from Tehauntepcc. Mexico.
In the seismic disturbance the village OF
MisteIuiln was destroyed. The fatalities,
II any, are not reported.
Santa Teresa. the Mexican maiden who
was banishcd from Sonora. Mexico. hve
years ago. because of her wonderful cures
and Influence over the Mcxicans. has left
FL Pnso. Texas. for Morcnci. Arizona.
Miss Evelyn Louise Lease. daughter of
Mary T.. Lease. has accepted nm Invitation
to deliver n lecture In July before the Ma
tionni Chnutnu1un assembly In jamestown.
y. Y. This will he her Initial appearance as
n lecturer.
A severe earthquake shock. lasting some
seconds. was felt at Calcutta on the l2th.
The shock extended to Howrak. across the
Hoomly river. where much damage was
done. Several buildings collapsed. some
lives were lost and n number of people In
Jured more or less severely.
Advices from Simferopcl. Russia. say that
torrentinl rains have fallen In that district.
!nundating n portion of the province. Many
persons have been drowned. the rivers are
nveriowIng and running the crops and the
damage to the wheat crop Is enormous.
Drouth prevails In northern Thurida.
The House of the Texas Legislature has
adopted a resolution to have committee
appointed To Investigate the charge that
there were northern professors occupying
chairs In the Texas State University who
were teaching Republican politics and rid.
iculinG the history of the .'lost cause"
Deiagoa Ray. according to reports ema-
mating from good sources. Is already In the
possession OF the British. and the Increased
number of troops which has been and Ia
being sent to Cape Colony IL really intended
for the occupation of the new possession
wscn the time comes for announcing 1t.
Many meu have recently deserted from
the warships New York. Massachusetts and
Texas. while Mt Hoston. Twenty-elght men
took leave of the Texas and thirty are miss
Ing from the New York. 1t Is not known
how many are missing from the Massachu-
sctts. In every case the leserters are of
foreign birth.
The practical consolidation of the gas com
pnnlcs of New York City ana brooklyn has
caused d sensation In financial circles. The
companies concerned. the Consolidated. the
Standard Equitable and Fast River. have
n total capital stock Of S54.iI5O00. two
thirds of which Is represented by the Consoi-
idatcd. and a bonded Indebtedness OF S11,-
10000.
In u deal for coal lands In East Tennes.
see and southern Kentucky the amount of
money Involved will be between s5.0OO.OO0
and SlO,OG0OOO. The Coal creek and Jellcv
t.t, IL tYIv not h,
acquired until later. are In tho deal and the
only mine Of any consequence left to com
pete with the syndicate will be the state
mine Mt Irusby mountain.
|. A special to the New York World from
London says: General Miles, who recently
came to Europe to witness the Greco-Turk-
ish war MS the representative of the United
States army. Is to ride mounted In the
Queens jubilee parade In n position very
near to the Queens carriage. The place
will be second only to her mujesty's body
guard. His assignment to 1t. regarded here
| as evidence of the British governments
good feeling. Is likely to create something
| of n sensation.
| The steamer City of Everett. laden with
grain for the famine sufferers in India, has
sailed from san Francisco for Calcutta.
| Prior to her departure. religious services
| were held on the deck of the vessel aud par
| ticlpated In by II number of local clergy
| men. The cargo OF the Everett comprises
| 1900 tons Of corn, consigned to Bishop Tho
| burn of Calcutta. nnd to Rev. DR.. Hobbs.
who sailed the Everett. The corn and
the cash contributions, amounting to $500,
| 900, will be distributed In India by Ameri-
can missionaries representing all the
| churches. ...r't s'
A special to the Chicago Times-Herald
| from New York says: "Another advance OF
| ne-s!xtcenth of n cent n pound has been
| ordered on grades Nos. and OF domestic
| refined sugar. This Is the third fractional
| advance within n few days, and follows u
| rise ordered Thursday OF one-cghth OF n
cent on all grades of refined sugars except
| Nos. ). o, IL. Il. 10 and 10. In which grades
| the figures were advanced one-siXteenth of
| n cent per pound. These advances, COM
| Ing after thousands OF tons of raw sugar had
| been rushed In before the tariff bill becomes
| a law, means. 1t is said. the nmassing of
| millions OF dollars by the American Sugar
| Refining Company, otherwise known us the
| Sugar Trust ~
The United States torpedo boat Porter. on
| Sunday. made the marvellous record Of IL
| mile In less than two minutes. with scarcely
| an effort. A few days later she made the
| circuit of Long Island In faster time than
| 1t has ever been made before, and success
fully pnssed the most severe test that has