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10 King Edward and Queen Alexandra,
died In London on the 18th.
Ii Hung Chang ID reported again in
good health
Andrew Carnegie has donated 81
coo.ooo for the construction Of library
buildings in Sc. Louis This contem-
plates the construction of one mod
ern hre-proof central library building,
- cost $500 900. and buildings in dif-
ferent sections Of the city to be used
- auxiliary libraries bly, ten of
theD-<e cost 500. 700.
Cen Trias and the members Of his
sfa1 surrendered. on the 18th. st
Santa Cruz de Nalabon, Luzou, and
took the oath Of allegiance - TIE
United States. HE troops are march-
ing to san Francisco de NaIabou.
where they will formally surrender
20 Lieut.. Reeves, n eide Of Gen.
Bates.
Prisoners who have lately been re-
leased by Gen. De Wet say they think
he Is madman. They aver that the
terrible fatigues he has undergone,
his anxieties and the intensity of his
feelings have unhinged his mind.
The British and Russians are dis
putting over the limits of railway
property in the Russian concession.
at Tieh Tsin. and the guards of the
two nations are in close proximity to
each other. The British have been
strongly reinforced and trouble 10 i'm.
minent.
With four munifceut donations
100000 each from John d. Rockefel-
Ter and J. Pierpont Morgan and two
anonymous contributions making up
another 100000. the Young Mems
Christian association of New York
will be able to pay all the debts Of
i've Of its branches and be in Q posi-.
tion to further extend its work.
Andrew Carnegie has signifed his
intention to give at least S2sn Ooo. roo
for the erection Of buildings and the
permanent endowment of the pro-
posed technical school in Pittsburgh.
Pa 1t is his intention to make IL the
finest institution of the kind in the
world
Mary Paige, the young girl who. II
II alleged, was drugged and mistrrat-
ed by George +. Abbott. Jr-. David
Patterson and. Henry GLEASON. in
Chapel alley. Brooklyn. has developed
symptoms of pneumonia, and her
young asssilants may have to face rhe
charge of murder.
Lieut--Col- Arthur Hamilton Lee.
who was British military zttashe with
fhe United States army during the
spsnish-Amer;can war. is quoted a,
saying, in the British house Of com.
mons, that the American soldiers. in
point of physique and intelligence.
are superior to any other troops in
the world.
Montpelier (O.l citizena, on the
morning of the 18th. saw a mirage of
cluster of buildings. trees. streets.
ete-, which was easily recognized a.
the village of Edon. eight miles dis
fant. on the line of the Wabash rail
road. perfectly pictured out.
Lieut--Gen. and Mrs. Miles and their
son. Sherman Miles: Quartermaster.
General and Mrs. Ludington, Col. II
H. Whitney. artillery corps, aid-de-
camp to Gen. Miles: Col. Albert
Pope of Boston. Mr.. Frank wibcrg,
of Cincinnati. and Gen. Miles secre-
tary and orderly. left Washington for
Cuba- on the l4th, on an inspection
tour.
Count Boni de Castellane slapped n
fernand de Rodays. editor of Figaro
IN Paris, on the 18th. for stating tina,
he (M- de Casteilane) had betrayed
the De Roulede plot on the occasion
of the funeral of the late President
Faurc, February &c, 1879. A duel VA
the outcome.
A rich strike of gold has been mad<
SC miles from Tombstone, Arix-
which has caused q stampede of min
ers and prospectors- Rich streaks
running SIS. 900 to the ton have beer
found.
Col. VIM. Cary Sanger. of New York
vas appointed assistant secretary oi
war on the 18th. His commission
was promptly made out, whereupoF
Col. Sanger took the oath Of ofics
and entered upon his duties
Gov. Wells Of Utah, on the 18th. IN
. message TO the state senate, vetoed
the Evans bill. designed. under cover
TO rehabilitate the polygamous reia
ton in Mormon families. Gov Well
said the measure was unwise, ans
would precipitste IN avalanche o.
righteous wrath
President Mckinley. on the 18th. II
sued . proclamation extolling the vir
tues of the late Benjamin Harrison
and ordering that the flags ON ever,
public building in the United States
ct every army post in the Unite
States, Cuba. Porto Rico. Hawaii an
the Philippines and on every Amer
can warship in whatever water OF u
globe be placed at half-mast for p
Nod of 20 days
The oGkcias list of foreigners VII
have been made members OF III
French Legion of Honor contains th
1Eo Va S><IAGteAy - tA~ -".-- -
Of the United States; James Deerin.
Of Chicago; Mr.. Humphreys. an arts
ard Mr. PUG. an engineer.
A dispatch to the Central New
ulondon) from Durham says tn
Gen. Delarey, after Gen. Aethuen d
feated him Mt Hartebeestfontein, ha
Eve prisoners shot. Two Of the
were British and three were Dutc
men. who had taken the oath OF ne
trality. They had been previously .
rested At Klarkadorp for refusing
Sight against the British
The president has approved u
sentence of the court-nartial IN u
case of Capt. Samuel X. Schwesek,
S. A., retired. and he has been d
missed from the military service
the charge Of duplicating his pay
counts