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tional Union has declined 10 auihit
women to membership.
The Cuban Democratic party has
adopted General Bartoiome Masso a.
its candidate for the presidency OF
Cuba.
1t has been decided to hold carnival
In Sydney. Nova Scotia. next summer
To include aquatic sports, rowing ana
yacht racing.
ST. John Dix. who wrecked tour
banks In the state OF Washington Inst
year. has been arrested In London ana
will be extraditei.
King Edward has decided to have
the celebrated Koh-i-Soor diamond
mounted In the crown OF Queen Aiea-
nndra for the coronation.
Laying the keel blocks for the con-
struction OF new fighting cruiser Tor
the Turkish government has been DE-
gun at Cramps shipyard.
President Roosevelt, who has been
lookin. for new team. is opposed 10
docking the tails of horses and wiz not
consider any offers Of banstaiied nni'
mails.
All the German naval officers arc rr-
ceiylns Instructions In wireless tcles'
raphy, ana nll ships OF the German
navy Will be equipped with wireless
apparatus.
Six thousand dollars has been given
Charles q. Baird OF Philadelphia. the
income Of which IL To he used toward
prizes for oratory In the senior class nj
Princeton.
A Constnntlnoplc dispatch says that
n severe earthquake occurred on the
9th instant at Erxcroum. Many houses
sh.s
sought safety In the open.
The Commercial Pacific Cable Com.
pany. recently Incorporated to operate
n cable line between this country nnd
the Philippines. has Increased It's cnp-
itni from 100000 to S3.Ovo.oco
Mother Bickcrdykc OF army fame
died mt Bunker Hin. Kansas. Novcm-
Der s,h. at the age OF clEhiy-four years.
Her work among the Union soldiers
during the war Is well known.
A dispatch to the Herald from Paris
says: The municipal council II 81.
Cloud has decided to give the name OF
Santos Dumont to street lcadin. TO
the balloon park In st. Cloud.
Andrew Carnegie has offered TO pro
vide $4,000 building for the Wood
library OF Canandaigna. New York. on
condition that the municipality shnll
guarantee 5000 annually for Its sup
port.
A deal Is about to bc consummnicd
by which NIL the leading fruit canning
cstnblishmcntssof California outside OF
the California Fruit Gamers Associn-
tion will pass Into the hands OF mn
eastern syndicate.
Tie entire system of the Market
Street Railway Company at San Fran.
cisco has practically been sold to
baltimore syndicate. which Inns for
several months been negotiating for Its
purchase. for S2G.0OO.OCO.
Resolutions strongly protesting
against the ratification OF the reciproc-
ity treaties which Will come before
Congress mt Its approaching session.
have been adopted by the Southern
California Fruit Exchange.
There Is now n bill pending In the
French chamber OF deputies providing
for n graduated tax upon unmarried
persons. increasing rapidly in amount
upon both women and men between
twcnty-onc and forty years OF age.
Berlin adviccs state that ground was
broken for the new American church
on the 9th Inst. A large crowd OF
Americans were present. The United
States ambassador. Andrew ID. White,
Will lay the corner stone Thanksgiving
Day.
Paul Revere. vice president and gen.
crnl of the Sons OF the American Rev.
olution. died on the 10th instant at
Morristown. New Jersey. aged 40 years.
He was n son OF General Joseph War
rem Revere. who fought In the Semi
mole and Civil wars. and n great grand
son of Paul Revere OF Revolutionary
fame.
Andrew Carnegie has given twenty
three employees of the Edgar Thomson
steel works Mt the Braddock plant Of
the Carnegie company enough five per
cent. bonds of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany to make the interest just equal
their salaries. The total amount OF
bonds distributed is said to be about
81 100000.
At a reception of British pilgrims re-
Gently, the Pope forbade the reading
of their address publicly, because 1t ex-
pressed hope for the restoration OF
the temporal power of the pontiff. and
his holiness did not desire n renewal Of
the trouble caused by the Duke of Nor
folk on the occasion Of the previous Pill
grimage.
The National Prison Association ut
its recent meeting in Kansas City
passed resolutions urging upon Con-
gress the adoption of n general parole
law and an indeterminate sentence
law for the benefit of federal prison.
ers. The next meeting of the assoca-
tion will be held ut Philadelphia in Oc-
tober, 1902
Charles Miller and Mrs. n. g. Collins,
alias Grace Arnold, alias Grace Alli-
son. formerly of Cleveland. ST. Louis
and San Francisco. convicted of hav-
Ing used the mails to defraud in con-
Quoting matrimonial bureau, have
been sentenced TO n year and day In
prison by the United States Court at
Kansas City.
Canal Treaty Completed.