, 1901-04-25
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ne lIllidlid Hlult lpuSt blouIuo q lew
days ago.
King Oscar of Sweden has accepted
the post of arbitrator on the Samoan
claims of the United States, Great
Britain and Germany.
The Turkish government has raised
n loan of 81. 100000 from the ottoman
Bank, to settle the claims of the
Cramps and the Krupps.
d. II. Lewis, late cashier of the now
insolvent Farmers National Bank OF
Vergcnnes, Vermont. is accused of
having embezzled 100000.
Eastern capitalists are forming n
combine which will control all the
dredging work on the great lakes. 1t
will have Il capital of S10,OO0,0O0.
In addition to the gift of 81, 0OO,0 0
20 Armour Institute, Chicago, recently
announced, Mrs +. ID. Armour purposes
soon to erect and equip Il new build
ing.
The engagement of Miss Martha
Hichborn, daughter of Rear Admiral
Hichborn, to James G. Blaine, Jr,, is
announced. The wedding will take
place June 4th.
Secretary Hay will endeavor 10 as.
certain the sentiments of the leading
members of the Senate before trying
to negotiate another ship canal treaty
with Great Britain.
A site of 145 acres is said to have
been acquired in Ireland for the cree.
ton of II royal residence, the plans for
the building have been approved and
work will ommencc shortly.
Miss Ellen Anne Griffin, who died in
New York II few days ago, left $4,000
for the maintenance of her black and
tan dog, Dandy jim" She also re.
membered several nephews and nleces.
1t is reported that Emperor William
has sent his chief cook 10 the United
States to learn how to make buckwheat
cakes, and incidentally to look into the
American style of cooking generall%.
1t is reported that the Rolled Steel
Car Company OF Pittsburg cOntem-
plates establishing n large plant, to
employ 5000 men, for the purpose of
buileing steel cars at Youngstown,
Ohio.
The Cramps will launch the new
bat~leship Maine Memorial Day. Sur
vivorS of the Maine and widows and
orphans of sailors killed in Havana
harbor will probably be invited TO at
tend.
TIL first cable of the new East River
bridge in New York city was raised
-hllh ilNh ny II lbNfIlhl tllSlHt anu
drawn taut 100 feet above Ii water.
The actual raising of the cable took
just seven minutes
Gifts of money for educational. re-
VICIOUS and benevolent purposes in the
United States for 1900 amounted TO
S47 ,5OO,O 600. These are the figures of
Mr.. ROssiter Johnson, editor of Apple
toms Annual Cyclopedia.
The British war office has decided to
strengthen the Notifications of ia.
maica. Quick-firing guns of the latest
patterns are being sent out, in addition
to the heavy guns recently placed in
the forts about Fort Royal.
The Glasgow, Scotland, municipal
committee has recommended the
awarding of Il big contract to an Amer
lean steel company for the supplying
of 1850 tOnS of rails and fish plates
for the municipal street railway of
Glasgow.
After much search three bars of gold
stolen from the specie room of the
North German Lloyd steamship, Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, We're found be
hind II cornice of the corridor of the
second-class saloon. The thief has not
yet been discovered.
A report from the consul general at
' l'llilais ~ nv Aal tlall l.
ment gives the preliminary results of
he census taken last December in
Austria-Hungary. The present popu-
lation Of the Austro-Hungarian mon
archy is about IG,S9O,OOO.
on the Manchuria railroad the rails
nave been laid on the Itailar-Zizikar
division and the remaining t%wo-thirds
of the whole line between Tchita and
Nladivostock is nearly completed. The
whole line. it is believed, will be opened
for passenger traffic next month.
A floral parade that will surpass
anything of the kind cver attempted
in the West. is one of the features
contemplated for the entertainment Of
President Mckinley when he visits
Chicago in June. This novel welcome
will take the place of Il military dis.
play.
On Captain Schlcy's return from the
South Atlantic it Is not expected that
he will be assigned to any further
duty, as he will retire next October,
and there would hardly be time for his
taking up n work Of any magnitude
in the few months remaining of his
acting service.
Captain John MCGOWAN has been
retired with the rank of rear admiral.
He broke down in health while com
handing the monitor Monadnock on
the Asiatic station several months
ago, and has since had a short term
of service in command Of the naval
station ut Key West.
The Postofiice Department at Wash
ington has changed some of the names
in the state of Washington-'Spokan"
in place of Spokane; Lake KOotenai"
for axe K%ootcnny; Pend Oreille'
for Pend d'Orcillc; "Clcalum" for
Cle-Elum; "%SanpOil' for Sans Poll,
and "Okinagnn' for Okanogan.
Over 100 newly enlisted soldiers Of
the Fourteenth cavalry at Fort Leav-
enworth. Kansas, hav recently de
serted, the only reason. SO far as
known, being their belief that the
war in the Philippines is ove and that
they would be likely 10 have To serve
here ut nome, which they dislike.
Joseph Chambcrlain's organ, the
Birmingham Post. learns that the Rus.