The Republican journal., 1898-06-23
News Notes.

Importers say that revenue tax of 1Oc.
pound on tea ought not to raise the re-
tail price.
Admiral Dewey has been elected an
honorary member of the New Y ork His
tomcal Society.
Work on the old monitors and gunboats
is being rapidly pushed at the League
Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia.
In New York City an aged man of mis-
cradle disposition, said to be worth about
$50. 900, was found dead in filthy ROOM
A SUIT for 100000 damages for libel
has been brought by W. r. Hearst of the
New ork Journal against the New ork
World.
Queen Victoria has made public her in
tention to direct the erection of a monu
ment to the late William f, Gladstone in
Westminster Abbey.
James 7. Watkins. a member of the
editorial staff of the New \ ork Sun, and
an old associate of Bret Harte in editing
the Overland Monthly, is dead.
Last week British ship arrived at Bos-
ton, from New South Wales, with the
largest cargo OF wool ever received at that
polt-2, 800, 600 pounds, valued at $780,
600.
In the Spanish Cortes the government
is attacked from all sides Sagasta denies
government responsibility for the disaster
at Manila OF for Admiral Cervera S tactics
Coy. Bradley of Kentucky received in a
single day last week 500 letters from per
sons who wanted TO be Generals, Colonies,
Captains or Leutenants in the regiments
now being formed.
Gen. Greeley has issued an order to the
cable companies that hereafter no news
concerning movements of American yes
sells or American troops will be permitted
to be sent to foreign countries.
Mrs, Mary Spooher of New Bedford,
Mass, is 104 years old, and Mrs. Mary
Dow Plavey of South Boston, Mass, is
1903 years old. The formers birthday is
February oth and the latter's May 10th.
Both are in good health.
Annoyance is expressed in shipping cir
cles of New FORK City because the gov
| eminent harbor patrol boats seem to be
mine fields. They claim that shipping is
Capt. Low of the fruit steamer Allie
ghany, Just arrived at New York from the
! West Indies says that the Cuban race has
been practically exterminated, greater
| portion Of the peaceable population hav-
ing died since Gen. Lee left Havana.
! The English man of W al Nelson. now in
the harbOr of Melbourne, Australia, has
| been ordered to be sold She was built in
| 1911, and was then the largest line of bat
| tie ship in the British navy. Her oak
timbers are said to be as sound rs when
| she was finished.
Experiments are being made in the Rus
sian army with tail observation towers,
which may be readily unjointed and dis
| tributed among the men during a march.
In their drills with these, squads of sixty
| men can erect complete structures in TWEEN
ty minutes.
| All the English newspapers speak in
terms of the highest praise of the daring
exploit of Lieut.. Hobson aud his little
crew of heroes in successfully sinking the
Merrmac in the neck of the harbor OF
| Santiago thus completely blockading the
| channel and imprisoning the Spanish fleet.
About 1000 wealthy refugees from Cuba
are quartered in the hotels along the coast
Of Jamaica 1t is estimated that about
| 81, 900, 900 in coin has been taken to ia
maica from Cuba by refugees during the
past six weeks Almost without excep-
ton these people are hostile to Spain anG
in favor of the United States.