The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-04-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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Asked by a reporter what he considered his
greatest work. Anthony Hope replied; 1T has
never been written
Smoke is arising from some Of the largest
mountain peaks in Hawaii and there are tean
of a general volcanic eruption
The Peace Society OF Copenhagen had snc.
ceeded on March 81 in collecting $4,000 signl-
tures to an appeal for disarmament.
John Henry MeCncken. son OF the chancellor
OF New York University. has been elected prcsi-
Dent OF Westminster College. Fulton, No.
Benjamin F. Newcomer. Of Baltimore. has
given the Hospital for Conaimptives in that city
$1,000 for the purchase Of hospital site.
President McKiney's iuil-iength portrait has
been nearly completed by Charles A. whippie
Daily sittings are given in the White House.
Cen John NJ Palmer's trouble with his eyes
Is growing worse every day. and il il feared
that total blindness will be the ultimate result.
Bellamy storer. the newly selected Minister to
Spain, is vice president Of the Harvard Alumni
Association. He graduated from Harvard in 1851.
The total number of battles fought during the
American civil war reached the astounding AZ
uIe OF s,isS. The figures taken from the
official records.
At the laying Of the cornerstone OF the new
Chicago posiotfiee building General Merritt will
be marshal Of the parade and General Wheeler
commander OF division.
Eisht-ycar-oid Lizzie Mckinney. Of Bristol.
Pa, tried to outdo her playrnates BY Jumping
rope 800 times. She Overtaxed and strained her
self and died soon after
The ink plant OF New Granada is curiosity.
The juice OF it can be used as ink without any
preparation. At first the writing is red but after
few hours it changes to black.
"a husband who advises his wife to smoke
has Just been writing to the London Daily
Mail" He thinks that il smoking is soothing
to the nerves. women need it more than
men do
The will OF the late Miss Mary Moran. Of Bal
timore, gives $4,000 for the endowment OF the
chair of Celtic in the Catholic University at
Washington for the preservation of the Gaelic
language.
Returning soldiers who have served beyond the
are sporting their foreign service stripes
proudly This stripe. to our army as
foreign service is to history, is a narrow bar
of red. worn low down on each sleeve.
Only 1900 pictures have been accepted foe
this years Paris Salon. the average for yeas
past having been over 1000 The paintings sent
in by artists who are hors eoneours and not sub
Iect TO examination bring the number up to
1,92L
Spiders webs have been utilized for making
iady's dress which is at present in possession Of
Queen Victoria, being gift from the late En-
and beauty it is said to surpass the most vat
liable silk.
One of the effects of the severe weather n
Northern Illinois to kill a good deal of the
clover. Wheat. which month ago was thought
to be in good condition. is found to be worth
less. The acreage OF corn will be larger. because
wheat and clover must be plowed up.
Certain Mexican papers comment bitterly on
the reported sale OF the famous iron mountain
at Durango to C. l.. Huntington. One says:
Mexico is losing her belongings one by one
and is being reduced to the condition of a men
dieant in the presence Of the Yankee"
Bishop Potter and William Dean Howells were
among those who declined Invitations to the
workingmen's dollar dinner held at the Grand
Central Palace, New York. Among those who
accepted were DR.. Nct;lynn. D. H. p Belmont
Judge Gaynor, and the Rev. Minot j. Savage.
Records for high speed in express train serv-
ice have been made on French railroads lately.
showing average of 4.5 miles per hour. in
GLIDING stops. Special compound locomotives
OF the fourcylinder type. designed for this
ice, are employed exclusively on these trains.
writer in the Arena for April contends
that the death penalty has been a failure in this
country. basing this conclusion on the increase
of homicdes- The figures given are somewhat
startling. In 1880 there were only 1870 homi-
cides in the United States, but in fifteen years
went up 70 lu-JVJ-
substitute for galvanizing iron and steel,
which consists in the use OF bath composed OF
zinc. tin, and aluminium. produces a coating
that is firmly adherent that the sheets will
permit working, and will resist corrosion- 1t is
further claimed that metal thus treated be
raised 10 red heat without injury.
Prof, Zickler, of Moravia, proposes to utilize
the ultraviolet rays of a beam of light for sig
Mailing, and he has already put the system into
operation between points mile apart, but the
limitations experienced in projecting artificial
illumination preeludes the extensive use OF the
discovery in the present state Of the art.
The socialist vote in New Haven shows
heavy gain In 1896 that party polled in the
city 4O5, and last November COS. On Tuesday Of
last week the socialist vote jumped up 10 go.
a gain OF over 800 in five months. The spring
election in Bridgeport recorded about the same
socialist increase. New Britain surprised the
State by eleeting five socialist councilmen.
There is a dispute as to who shall occupy
certain store in Fulton Street. New York. and
the result Is the appearance of two huge signs
At No. O. is one reading May l. will remove
to No. 20. three doors above. George J. Heu-
bic" The other. ''three doors above" reads:
ION and after May l will stay right here. and
nobody else will move in. ID. W. Gardiner
Medical practitioners in China probably do not
barker after royal patients. A Chinese physi-
clan who recently called to prescribe for the
Emperor was not permitted TO look at his august
patient. much less to ask him questions. The
Dowager Empress told him how the Emperor felt
as accurately she could describe his condition,
and the physician had to base his diagnosis on
her guess.
Speaking OF insurance in this country. the for
eign secretary Of the Royal Exchange Company
tells the London correspondent Of the ''New York
Journal that this year will prove unprohta-
BILE one to foreign countries here, il there
are more big fires and there Is some talk
OF the withdrawal OF the English firms because
OF the supposed incendiary origin of so many
of the CONGREGATIONS
The Birmingham (Ala.) Daily News speaks
thus of Booker 7. Washngton's recent address
before an exclusive white mems club Of that
city: For hour and half the speaker held
the audience. and held it we'll His wit was at
times superbly brilliant. He received more ap-
plause than any speaker who has been in Bir-
mingham in years. The force of truth in
him, and that is the secret OF his power"
An eccentric wedding took place recently at
st. Peters Church. New York. when an artillery
officer named Galloway was married to a lady
named Martha Washington. The happy pair the
bridesmaids. the best man, the pastor, Mr. Roche
and twelve brother-officers of the bridegroom who
were present. were all over six feet high. In
order TO preserve the record in its completeness
no Others were admitted to the ceremony.
Yale divinity school students have hit upon
novel way for assisting themselves in paying
their expenses through the theological course.
They have opened tailoring establishment in
one OF the rooms in West Divinity Hail. and
have sent out circulars stating that, owing to
the fact that they have rent to pay, they can
make a slIit OF clothes from - to 80 more cheap
~ than ordinary tailoring houses. They state
that they guarantee for year all stIits against
rims loose buttons.