The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.

4 EuCOur1LllE reports OF q QcCfIe1ct OF TIC
plague have beea received by the medical al
! thoTities England
Emigration in Hungary has assumed unusual d.
1 mansions lately. In one month (slarchj l5.59i
passes were issued 20 enigrants-
France has ss.50o.OOO inhaldtsnts. Of whom
! about laSD0.OOO live by mining. manufactures.
transportation, and general comnerce-
Sir William HeCcrrnae a distinguished surgeon
o. the hhglisn Army. states that he has never
seen wound made b an explosive ballet.
The North German Lloyd Is about to start a
Sse-Inship line on the faag-t Eiang River, in
China, 10 connect at shanghai with oeean ships.
The British Government expects 4 drought in
India about twice in every nine years. and great
famine ike the preset about twice in a century
Every indication points to the fact that this
viii be great year for apples Orchards all over
| the country are reported TO be in excellent coz
dition-
BOlirisns have no trouble in securing natural
I ice The Indians bring supplies down to the
cities from the mountains The product Is n0t
! expensive
ern shipbuilding plant The works VIII Be erect
Cd on the island Of Ssnt Elena az the eastern end
Of the city.
plan IS on foot in Paris 10 erect monument
at Waterloo IN honor o. the French soldiers VINO
fell in the battle there which decided the fate Of
I Napoleon and Frame.
In Paris I'll artists must have rested quietly il
their graves fer ten years before their handiyors
in the shape Of pictures can be hung on the Waili
OF the Louvre Gallery.
Il is the humidity more than the heat in thi
PHILIPPINES that hurts people fFom Europe as'
/ America The thermometer, in the shade, rarel,
ranges over eighty degrees
The electric lamp born in Is02. when 81
Humphrey DaEy produced electric light by pas
ing current Of electricity from battery o
ZOO ceiLs over charcoal points
Minnesota alone produces approximately about
So.OJO.oCo bushels Of wheat. about one-thirty-
seventh OF the total production al the world D
thiS she Is able 70 export two thirds
Large forest fires are rare occurrences in Ger
! ago near Celle. HanOver. would have been cor
siGered quite blaze even in America
The Paris Memorial DiP'om.fiqae'' announce
that the Sultan Of Trr<ey has ss4t y 800 worth o
Turkish tobacco and cigarettes present TO tn,
British soldiers and Sailors in South Airica-
some Russian scientists ascertained that cleo
tTifed seeds germinated more rapidly. ard gave
better and quaker results than seeds which dad
lot BEEN submitted 10 preliminary elcctrihcati0n.
Pedsgogaes in the private schools IN China arr
paid at about the ;ate Of one-hslf penny day
for each pupil. Many Of the teachers are able on
this stipend 70 lay up something for rainy
The Mediterranean. Ehich has heretofore been
free from the invasion Of sharks is becoming ac-
Quainted with these terrors Of the deep They
make theiE eHtEsnee through the Suez Canal from
the Red Sea
The highest var expenditure Of modern times
was undoubtedly that Of the American civil war,
when the eRormous sum Of s, go 0O9.0s5 was *
Ieneed Tie FraEco-Gernan var cost France
$3.50. Oj0,J00
Out OF 100000 pieces Of registered mai han
died annually IN the United State the loss his
been on7-thousznGth Of l per cent and IN the
transmission Of ordinary letters the loss IS bu,
seven h0UsaEdths o; Der cent
The prize puzzle Of the day Is where is Aali.
Haldos L he alive desdg Has he been cap
tured. Ct IS he stiH spriz-ins over the mountain
courses n the Philippines UDder any OF these
circunst@rc5s he Las made some kind q = nyurs
IN history.
There are about 5000 people travelling about
the country today, asking questions that many u
The people interr0gated consider very impairment
but q a general rule reply 70 with equauirnity
and good viii The quCsJioners are tie census
e1umeTzIorS-
The question whether street railroad in Berne,
Switzerland. should b. operated by COMPRISED air
or change 10 eloctricity made was rrcertIy
, oecicec By popular vote There were l.95f
votes cast fer electricity ard LIZ in favor q
compressed air
, From Richmond, Va, 70 Atlanta, Ca. along the
line Of the principal railways. il seems as if it
were impossible TO get out Of sight OF new cot
ton m Is, either n operation or IN course d
construction These mills are principally the
growth Of the last decade
Electricity Is bound to play great part-in the
! deyslopment Of the Cape Nome gold fields Al
ready a large shipment Of electrical apparatus has
been shipped 70 that region Of treasure. The
shipment includes dyuamos, copper way, inSrllat-
ed wire, and lot Of other machinery.
sister OF Charity in Philadelphia recently con-
1 structed doll robcd as a nun. which Is a feature
! at ! church fair She got az ordinary doll and
/ after = lot Of clever sewing and dressil-. sue
ceeded II making Il look like 4 pocket edition Of
D look.
! II representations are 10 be depended on Texas
{ ( viii make 4 ncw record On wheat this year r
. + Huff. Of Wichita Falls, estimates the Texas
I wheat crop Il 1900 at upward Of l2.OG0.1l0 bush
els. 5.0Joao IN excess Of the record crop 81 IS9l
otHe-S present. az the milcrs convention es-iu1t-
= 1 Cd l4.000OS'.
: London's IRE brigade is % have installed and
maint8iRed for two years wireless teiegraphy IN
struments 10 connect the fire station Al Strsathsm
Green and a temporary substation in S,rcStham-
{ Il seems curious use for wireless tcleCraphy
Z when ordinary FIRE alarms or telephones would
o answer the purpose
Among the visitors 10 the recent CoDfsderate r.
D union At Louisville was Col John R. Lane, ths
y commander OF the Twenty-sixth North Carolina
Regiment, which underwent such terrible slaughter
D ( at the battle OF Gettysburg. lie wore the uni-
' form II which he LED his regiment on the great
! days. July and ,. lSG5, thirty-seven years ago.
E An ezterprising citizen Of London enjoys
y monopoly in the manufacture Of burglars tools
JimmiCs. skeleton keys. dark lanterns. and othe.
2 useful articles IN the trade Of burglary are a.
: WAYS lrocUr3ble az his shops He enjoys an I'm
. Ms tty from police supervision. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
: MS peculiar trade. there Is no law under which
he can Be arrested.
\ new US tor the phouosrlph has been found /.
New South Wales where q candidate who found Il
impossible 20 visit all parts OF the sparsely settleS
region he wished 10 represent in the Legs azure
dictated his Speech into an instrument and sem
a number ot-copies about for his constituents I.
% hear a large picture Of himself helping The vol
erS 10 know whom they voting for.
. The Nosdd1utscher LLOYD Company has roccut' !
ordered a steamer which, II e claimed. VIII *
the largest vessel afost II Is 20 be built by III
Stettin Vulcan Company, and viii hc s06 feet i.
/ length. The engines viii BE- on the Schiick svs
n ! ten and viii be o, q 100 indicated Horsepower
% It IS expected that the steamer VIII be completed
n in 1902.
m The Ancient and Honorable Artillery C0mpznI
is OF Boston has been in existence for more than
200 years lis admirers iasst that its age entitle,
IL 10 an exemption from the shafts Of ridicule tina
50 many irreverent individuals az al time
q ing and dead have smelled hostile powder. and
be that Of itself sufficient to entitle it to popular
respect
The street railway authorities OF Kansas CitJ
will run al night their lines during III,
Democratic National Convention The citizens
| generally seem determined 70 establish a recorJ
which VIII commend itself 70 conventions Of al
kinds political, religious. social scientific an
h.