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Business Not Big, But
Fairly Well Dis
tributed.
FINE APARTMENT HOUSE
Important Sale of Northeast
Property-Novel Cement
Construction.

There is a stronger undertone-as they
say IN Wall Street-in the real estate
market Although the transactions of
the past week were not. as a rule, of
exceptional Importance, they made up
quite respectable volume. Sales were
fairly distributed as to locality, though
the eastern section was able TO record
the larger share of them,
Apart from all this, the brokers an
pesred to be decidedly more hopeful of
the immediate future than they have
been for some time, They say that
they are satisfied if their business is
only moderately good at this season OF
tho year. and especially in this par
ticular year. which, under the peculiar
local conditions, is a pronounced ham
dicap upon all business that involves
the element OF eventual possession or
or speculative profits.
Ii speaks well. they say. for our peo-
plo that the acquisition Of small resi-
dence properties suffers no appreciable
interruption. 1t shows that Washing
ton is losing more and more with every
year it's former character of a city of
boarding houses, and that its pepula-
ton is growing steadily into a COM
munity OF house and home owners.
Hence 1t is that the absorption of
small properties, ne matter how rapid
~ they are furnished. is regarded as a
favorable indication,
Added to this are the never seasing
inquiries from other cities concerning
property, both improved and uniH-
proved, and a number of incomplete
deals for unimpFeved property, some Of
which are of considerable magnitude.
Thus 1t will be seen that the real estate
brokers are justified in their elatien,
even il their present profits do not Fun
up into the figures to which they are
accustomed,
Not only the brokers, bat other men
familiar with matters and things in
Washington, express absolute conf
dence in the future OF local real estate
al! agree in the assertion that better
or more profitable investment cannot
be found anywhere,
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Building Operations.

Extensive changes are 10 be made in
the building Sis Seventeenth Street.
which Is owned by DR.. Joseph II. Bryan.
A new front OF stone and brick win take
the place Of the present one Of red brick
A large back building is 10 be erected
ana the interior is 10 be arranged for
use as doctors Offices on the first and
second floors, and for bachelor apart
meDts on the two upper floors.
Architects Speiden & Speiaen have pre-
pared plans from which B. 3. Bennett
has commenced the erection Of two
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Novel Construction.

A. B. Mullet & Co. architects. have
made plans for a novel warehouse for
J. B. Kendall. on X Street, between
Third and Four-and-a-Half Streets The
building is fifty feet long by 102 deep.
and only sixteen feet in height The
novelty lies in the fact that all the walls
are Of cement. They are twelve inches
IN thickness. but hollow. and had to be
built up inch by inch in wooden forms
The floors rest on independent timber
supports. Only about a foot day could
be put UP. The cost Of construction is
about the same as brick.
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ed with all possible speed. The archi-
tects, Marshall & Hornblower, have
practically completed all the plans fol
the interior Of the building but have
rot yet satisfied themselves as TO the
style OF facade or the general gurd-
ton of the exterior. They have ample
time IN which 20 evolve the best posi-
BILE results as II will take a good while
to eNcavate for the foundation and then
construct the latter. The Crawford
Company Is doing the excaVating.
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Important sac in Northeast

A large transaction In Northeast real
ty has just been concluded, the closing
negotiations being made yesterday.
William p. Lipscomb has bought from
the John Sherman Estate Company the
houses 40 20 las f Street, and in the
same sauare-72o-lots - 20 SC. %. 49, %,
40 and 14i. The price paid FOR the
houses was s1s,s06.25 and the considera-
ton for the unimproved land was S23.-
$3.50. or S1.25 the square foot
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PRICE. $1,000.

A six room brick in Southeast
section, In perfect order. Sold TO
close an estate. VIII make a good
home or pay 10 per cent as an In
vestment- Could not be built for
the price asked. exclusive of
ground. Terms, 500 cash, balance
same as rent The best chance to
get a good. comfortable home at
a very low price ever offered in
the District Of Columbia
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They are finished in hard wood /;
9 rooms, Reception Hall; Tiled
Bath, Cabinet Mantels, large cellar
and furnace heat
There is absolutely nothing lack
ing in these houses to make them
comfortable homes.
No. 1909 Florida Ave. N. E. will
be open.
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New National Museum.

The first shovel Of dirt for the exca-
walton for the foundations of the new
National Museum was thrown out last
Wednesday. and work viii now be push
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FOR sALE-HoUsES.
FOR SALE-HOUSES.
The Cheapest Properties Ever offered
in Washington Real Estate.
PRICE saAoo.

A six room modern press brick
bay window house IN Southeast
section, north OF Pennsylvania
Ave: good lot. The house is to
be sacrificed TO close an estate;
can be sold on most accommodate
ing terms. The house is practi-
cally new
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Price, $3.50.

a seven room modern brick, one
square from Lincoln Park; in per-
feet order. The house could not be
cheapest house we ever offered.
Terms, $500 10 $500 cash, balance
500 per month; same as rent
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Attractions in Real Estate Field

HOWARD F. JOHNSON K co. have
secured control Of the property at
EHaston Terrace. and announce on an
other page OF this paper one OF their
famous Red Tent Sales Thirty-three
cents a day will buy fine home site,
they claim-and a good lot for 500.
They offer 10 per cent discount for cash,
or per cent discount for half cash.
WASHINGTON HIGHLANDS COM
PANY claim they have the greatest
real estate proposition yet offered in
their first addition to Washington High.
lands. The terms are - cash and 81
per month. with prices from 800 TO SEA
No interest, no taxes.
H. K. HOWENSTEIN co. announce
the completion Of new Colonial homes on
Princeton. Harvard. and Dearborn
Streets, between Seventh and Eleventh
Streets. They are two-story bricks.
open on three sides The terms are only
500 cash and S2s.s0 monthly. The prices
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PRICE, $4,000.

A six room modern house on 18th
st. Sc, north of Pennsylvania
ave; side and rear alley. VIII
make a good home or pay well as
an investment
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JOSEPH /. WELLER.

/ FOR SALE-Seven room bun brick, one
block from Lincoln Park; 5000. AZ n
St NV. seven rooms. s., 600 less than
! cost, 10 close an estate w p MET
CALF, 1893 g St leI9-3t
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FOR SALES. 500 A nice little home.
located on paved street Southeast; two
story bay window brick; six rooms
and bath; good condition; small cash
payment and balance monthly.
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JOHN f. DONOHOE e SONS pre-
sent a list Of houses, priced very lowly.
They are modernly constructed and
finished in tasty style. They are com
Portable homes. situated centrally. and
sold on easy terms.
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FOR SALE-Investnents
bricks. renting $500 mo. Price. s.. 500.
bricks. renting $3.50 mo. Price. s. $50
VIM. IA. SAUNDERS * CO., 1407 r st.nw
jel2-tt
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BARNARD & MARK: This popular
real estate firm has taken hold OF the
property at Riverdale, Nd The i'm
proVements have all been made, and
they viii sell at low figures, and should
you desire TO build a home on the prop
erty. advance you the money to do SO.
ana allow you TO pay IL back monthly.
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g. r. SAUL co.
9TH and / Streets ~. w.
Phone North ~

FOR SALE-HOUSES.
FOR sALE-WAITl WAITE WAITH
until you see those houses just being
completed on Seaton st. NV, between
Ist and North Capitol SITS. Terms.
$3.50 cash-baIance $50 a month.
STONE * FAIRFAX,
fc1S-5t S04-S06-S0S + st. NV
FOR SALE 100
a nine-roOm dwelling; good sized lot.
on st. NV. This Is q low price for
this house-such a good location.
STONE & FAIRFAX,
1e1S-2t S0t-S06-SE 4 ST. NV.
FOR sALE-Near Pension Office, two
story, bay window dwelling six rooms
and bath. Reduced TO s, 200.
STONE x FAIRFAX,
jelS-2t s04-S06-S0S f st. NV.
FOR SALE 8. 80
9Th ST. Sc near Pennsylvania ave.
Bay window brick six rooms and
bath. a very pretty new house.
STONE < FAIRFAX.
jelS-2t S04-806-SOS II st. NV.
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John F. DoNoHOE & SONS,

Phone East 81. sOs East Capitol St
Jels-3t
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are $3.50. Sanitary and weH-selected
decorations
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STONE & FAIRFAX advertise a list
OF houses for sale at very low figures,
and state that it will not re long be-
fore their properties on Seaton Street
between First and North CAPITOL are
ready for occupancy. and then one OF
the best bargains in real estate will be
presented.
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FOR SALE-Only $1,000. One-half square
from Massachusetts ave. ne. a prettv
two story bay window brick; six
rooms and bath. newly papered and
Palnted' near cars and convenient TO
Library and Capitol.
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FOR sALE-HoUsES.
ONE SQUARE FROM CAPITOL.

NO1AN|a
A DECIDEDLY LOW PRICED HOUSE
ON WIDE ST. PARKING OF -
FEET. Two-story and large cellar
bay-WiDdOw pressed brick dwelling,
with large rooms, six and bath. Lot
is feet front by good depth. Bound
to enhance in value. Well rented 20
desirable white tenant
MANY OTHER BARGAINS, IN
EVERY SECTION OF THE CITY.
JOSEPH /. WELLER,
REALTY BROKER.
Tel. L. $50. No. COZ + ST. N. w.
je19-tf
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FOR SALF-HOUSES.

FOR SALE-CORNER STORE AND
DIV ELLlNG, located one square from
front; good grocery trade established;
rented at $25 month Price, So, $50.
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remrkable
family
British
the Tansvaa republic afwad founded The pilgrims forced
expert While still
Mosekose,
the father of his of the Lmppo River He
Dutch
bondage finding his
believed
himself
20
through all the until
only commandernchef but president of the republic
his fight before British
dictator
1t has been said that had Jubert president
might aveted
and in Chamberlain he bulheaded
the
doubt Kruger thought that by the Beers striking
in in
prophecy
the relief Ladmith the
hope
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Steamboat Inspectiou scanda1.

The awful disaster TO the excursion
steamboat Slocum has brought the adj
ministration face to face with another
scandal. The evidence before the cor
oner'S inquest and the official investi-
cation. as FAR as 1t has proceeded,
shows incompetence and laxity, if not
venality on the part of the inspection
service. The worst feature of the ter
rible exposure is that President Roose-
welt has allowed the corrupt Republic
can machine of New York to dictate
the Federal appointments, which in
clude the steamboat inspectors. This
is shown by press dispatch from Oys-
ter Bay, which said:
United States Senator Thomas C.
Platt, of New York. arrived here to-
day and had a conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The Senator came by
Invitation of the President, who de-
sired to consult him regarding the out
look of political affairs in general
aud New York State in particular
"A few days ago the President had
an extended conference with Governor
Odell, and it was with the idea Of OBJ
tanning the benefit of the views of
both the New York leaders that he in
vited Senator Plat to visit him to-
day.
Regarding his conference with the
President Senator Platt said: I had a
pleasant and satisfactory talk with
President Roosevelt. We discussed
national political affairs and to some
extent political conditions in New York
State
That picture Of the close political
relations between President Roosevelt
and New York leaders shows they still
dictate appointments, Which was the
indirect cause OF the deplorable con-
dition of the Slocum. that led TO the
sacrifice OF hundreds of innocent wom-
en- aud children.
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One lIundred Years 400.

The American squadron, consisting
Of the frigate Constitution and four
teen other vessels. arrived in TripoN.
The Emperor of Germany sent O
special envoy.to congratulate Napoleon
on his accession to the throne Of
France.
Many thousand bushels Of wheat
and -four arrived at Cadiz from the
United States.
reinforcement of 1900 British
troops arrived at Barbados and began
operations against Martinique
The American squadron blockaded
The port and began the siege of Tripoli
which lasted until the following spring
The English Baltic fleet attacked tina
French squadron at Hayre. doing con-
siderable damage.
All the powers of Europe. except
Russia, Great Britain and Sweden, had
acknowledged Napoleon as Emperor of
France.
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Tie Up the war God.

American ships may be the next sub
jectS of Russian search. now that the
Vladivostok squadron has gone into
the Pacific. 1t is to be hoped. however.
that Mr.. Roosevelt will not act on the
mere rumor. or the mere possibility. 1t
is also hoped that in case our ships
are searched the Russian officers will
not find any stray copies of Mr.. Roose-
velt's KiShenev protest in the ships
literature. This might anger Russia
To the verge of firing on us. AT the
time il was written. the Russian Min-
lister TO the United States declined TO
present it 10 his country. thus avoiding
unpleasantness.
Everything considered. Mr.. Roose-
Welt appears to better advantage in
seclusion at oyster Bay than In inter
national business. There are a great
many people who wish that Mr.. Reose-
Welt would become addicted 10 the
habit OF hitting the pipe OF pesee. In
troublous times Mr.. Rooseyelt's reStive-
ness makes the public nneasy.-St.
Louis Republic.
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WILL ELIMINATE MEAT.
Chicago Restaurant Keepers Can n
Longer Buy at Profit.

Chicago Restaurant Keepers Can No
Longer Buy at Profit.
In Chicago the meat famine is rapidly
becoming a fact. Practically all the re-
serve stock in the storehouses is said to
have been exhausted and the retail mar
Sets are having difficulty in securing suf-
icient meat to accommodate customers.
Restaurant keepers are having trouble
getting full meat supplies for patrons
who rebel at q vegetarian diet. Some
markets had steaks but no roasts, others
had beef but no pork. In a few cases
the butchers had meat of no kind Some
OF the best known restaurants in Chi
cago threaten to eliminate meat entirely
from bills of fare in case the market goes
higher.
The same conditions prevail in many
of the large cities in the middle West.
From Cincinnati comes the report that
tenderloin beef is so scaree that even
the highest priced restaurants are unable
to serve it. st. Louis, Kansas City, To
peka, Springfield and st. Paul are among
the cities which already are beginning
to experience the first symptoms Of fam
inc. In these centers, as well as in many
others in the East, including Boston,
prices have advanced several cents a
pound
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snark. from, the Wires.

William Listimer, aged % years. was
drowned in the flooded lake near Ripley,
o. r.
Kansas City, Kan. has raised the min
iInum salaries of graded school teachers
from $57 TO $50 per month.
Since June / the school fund Of Kan
sas has been increased by sos, 997. Ga
from interest and sale OF school lands
Tie Rock island Railroad will spend
$3.50, 600 this summer in the improvement
Of it's terminal yards in Armourdale,
Kan.
Mrs. Lottie EngIe, 81 years old, wife
OF Otto w. Engle. well-known resident
OF St Joseph, No. committed suicide at
her home by taking carbolic acid. She
was respondent over III health
William Paine. colored, was arrested
in Hiawatha. Kan, on a requisition from
Kentucky, charging him with shooting
a colored woman at Lexington, Ky,
seven years ago. 4 detective took him
back to Lexington.
Three daughters OF NJ. and Mrs
Frank kemmon. aged 20. 10 and %
years respectively. and Mrs. James Hub
bard and child Of Meter Va. were
drowned while bathing near Meter. Their
bodies were recovered.
The defunct Joplin Evening Post at
joplin. Mo. is to be re-established II
Is reported on inside circles that Col VIII
Ism II. Phelps viii finance the enter
prise
The Postofice Department has an
nounced the adjustment Of the Omaha
division OF the rural delivery service. The
territory viii be divided among the st.
Louis. Kansas City and St. Paul diTss-
ions
The German battieship Schwaben.
while on her trial trip ran aground near
the island Of Fehmarn, d6maging seven
ty feet Of her bottom. She proceeded TO
k.eI under her OVID steam and was there
1scksd for repairs
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has ever been lighted, belled or
buoyed, and the officials of the Trim
ity House regard them as lying out
side their sphere of operations. let,
though not in the main line of cross
Atlantic traffic, there can be no
doubt that they have frequently
proved fatal to vessels. There are sew
eral actual records of wrecks upon
and it is probable that they are partly
accountable for some of the disappear
ance of vessels which are reported an
pually upon the Atlantic. Even in
broad daylight the main rock is a men
ace. for, with its steep. tall sides and
its pointed top. always whitened by the
deposits of sea birds. it is Invariably
taken at first sight for a ship at full
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landed upon. Only in the finest weata-
er. when the almost ceaseless swell Of
the AtlaLtic has subsidized for an hour
u two. is Il possible to land. while in
winter tho ocean waves fairly overfo2
its summit This summit can only lie
reached. even when q landing has been
effected. BY an ascent on the north
eastern face of the rock. 50 precipitoas
are its other sides
Yet. isolated as Rockall s. It forms.
nevertheless. the summit or peak OF an
extensive submarine plateau known as
-Rockal Bank" which extends In a
northeasterIy and southwesterly dirsc-
ton for about 10 miles. which has
breadth Of about forty miles and aboat
hasf OF which IL submerged to q depth
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
forty Years Ago.

News that Gen. Forrest had been de-
feated and wounded by Gen. Smith at
Tupelo, Miss. confirmed Confederate
loss was $500.
Detailed reports Of Gen. Sherman'a
operations before Atlanta showed ire
mendous Confederate losses and al
most continuous fighting.
Much apprehension was caused in
the North by a Confederate raid in the
Shenandoah valley.
News was received at Louisville that
Major General Mcpherson had been
killed in operations before Atlanta, Ga.
Guerrillas operating along the Han
nibal and st. Joseph Railway in Mis-
souri, destroyed much property ana
robbed citizens.
Correspondence between Horace
Greeley and representatives Of the
Confederacy looking toward peace ne
gotiations made public at Niagara
Falls. H.,
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of less than 100 fathoms. Probably
within comparatively recent times Tin
the geological sensel the greater part
of this "bank" was exposed as dry
land, which disappeared partly
through gradual subsistence and partly
through the action of the sea waves
Close to the main rock and with
deep water between them lies a dam
gerous reef, exposed at low tide,
known as Hazelwood Rock; while a
mile and half southeast lies another
similar rock, known as Helen's Reef.
from q vessel of that name, whose
wreck upon it first made it known.
To the mariner Rockall presents IT.
self as a serious danger. Neither the
main rock nor the surrounding reef
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
Seventy-fwe Years Ago.

The Greek National Assembly re-
convened at Argos.
The census of South Carolina showed
a great decrease in population.
Differences between the contending
parties at Buenos Ayres had been adj
iuSted and tranquility restored.
A Spanish expedition from Havana
appeared at Tampico, Mexico, and ef-
fected a landing without molestation
on the part of the Mexican troops
All departments of the government
at Washington were particularly busy.
clerks and chiefs working over hours.
The United States by purchase from
the Indians obtained the title to 6,600.-
900 acres of land in the Northwest
The terms of the Brazilian govern
ment loan were agreed on in England
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NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Prohibition Ticket Is Nominated
Woman Stricken Deaf and Dumb by
Fright-Extensive Fire in Soldiers
Grove-Farmer Wants a Wife.

The principal business Of the Prohibi-
ton State convention, at its recent ses-
sion in Madison, was the making of
speeches and raising money In the lat
ter industry S1,244 was realized The
principal speech of the morning was
made by Alonzo Il. E. Wilson. chairman
Of Illinois, who belabored both old par
ties, especially the Republicans. He pre-
dicted another election for Oliver w.
Stewart in Illinois, and said that inside
of twelve years he would be sent to the
United States Senate. When it came to
nominations. the following tickle was
placed in the field: Governor, W. H.
Clark, Ripon; Lieutenant Governor,
George Fl. Trever, Whitewater; Secre-
tary of State, Charles L. Hill, Rosen-
dale; Treasurer, John Berg, Holman; At
torney General, Matthew Mott, Neenah
Railroad Commissioner, Alfred A. Mel
ling, milwaukee,, Insurance Commission
er, Charles A. Loomis, Green Bay; cleo
tors at large, Jasper Dexter, Cambria,
and William Ager. Eau Claire. The
highest number of votes cast was POP.
The platform heartily endorses the prin-
ciples and ticket of the national conven-
ton at indianapolis and in addition
pledges the party TO oppose the liquor
traffic and manufacture in all forms.
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AN OCEAN PERIL.

Rocka1I Rock and Reefs May Have
Caused Many Wrecks.
The disaster to the Danish steamer
Norge, which struck rock and sank
near the west coast of Scotland, with
the loss of GAG lives, calls attention to
the great peril that threatens navi-
gators at that point, description of
which is of interest.
Rockall is a lonely pyramidal rock,
some seventy feet in height and $50
feet in circumference, rising sheer out
of the wild Atlantic waves 300 miles
from the nearest point of the Scottish
mainland and 260 miles northwest
from the nearest point on the Irish
coast. There is neither soil upon it no.
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sandy beach around it, the depth of
water close up to it being twenty or
thirty fathoms A crock" therefore,
it must be called, rather than an is
land, or even an islet, and of all the
rocks and islands. great and small.
surrounding the British shores it is at
once the most remote, the most desc
ate, the least known and in many re-
.pects the most remarkable.
Not only has IL never boosted hu-
aan inhabitant. but no holiday tripper
or sportsman has ever desecrated its
sions Is it even known TO have been
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Leading citizens Of Chicago, reused
to action by big fire in downtown dis
trict, formed citizens associations to
secure more perfect administration OF
municipal affairs.
Ground was broken at Grand Haven.
Mich, with elaborate ceremonies, for
the new Michigan and Ohio Road,
which was to be 400 miles long and
cost $30,O0O,0O0.
Report reached Madrid OF the muir
der at Cueuca OF twenty four repubii-
cans by Carlist revolutionists.
A land slip in the province OF Ma
varre, Spain, destroyed the village of
Alarra and several hundred inhabit-
ants.
Appointments OF Baron de Chatand
as French minister OF interior and M.
Matthew Bodet minister Of finance left
the Bonapartists without a member In
the cabinet.
Charges Of Theodore Tilton against
the Rev Henry Ward Beecher invoiv-
ing Mrs. Tilton were made public in
New York
Allegheny County, Pa, was swept
by a rainstorm, 400 square miles mum
dated. and hundreds of persons killed.