FATLS DOWN OUR FLAG High-handed Proceedings of a Mexican Gunboat. DISPUTE OVER ISLAND. American Flag Replaced With the Mex- fean Ensign by Gunbost Democrata- The Island Had Been in Possession of Americans for Many Months, and They Had About 5,000 Tons of Guano Out. A despatch from San Diego, Cal., says:- The steamer Alblon arrived from a month's cruise down the coast, and her passengers teil of a rather high-handed proceeding at Clipperton Island on the part of the Mexi- oan gunboat Democrata, being no less than the hauling down of the Stars and Stripes by an armed force landed for the purpose and in spite of the protests of the men there employed, and the ralsing of the Mexican flag. The story told is as follows: “Our trip down the coast as far as Santo Domingo was vold of any particular ineci- dent," sald Roscoe Howard, one of the pas- sengers.”' “On our returnwe took on a sailor at Acapuleo, and from him I learned that he had been brought to that port by the Mexican gunboat Democrata from Clipper- ton Island. He, with two other men, had been employed by a guano company to take charge of about 4,000 tons of guano that was stored in the warehouses on that Is land, apd when they were there some npiue months ago they hoisted the American flag and notifled the Secretary of the State of their act, Stars und Stripes Lowered, landed ‘On December 14 the Democrata dropped anchor a short distance frown the island and sent a boat's crew of marines to the island, but on attempting to land the boat was damaged against a coral reef and suffe considerable damage, Finally the marin were landed, and after an official 3 the Stars and Stripes were bauled dows from the flagpole that had been erected the Americans and in place the can flag was hoisted. “Having taken formal possession, the ma- rines withdrew and notified the men who remained on the island not to allow any one to take away the inder penalty of violating the Mexican laws, “The island is about eight hundred mil off the Mexican Const, almost due west Acapulco, and is known as au atoll, or eor- al reef. Itis about four miles in circumfer. ence, with a large-sized stake in the center. Two palm trees constity the sole vegeta- tion of the isiénd, which is made the home of millions of sea fowls. The of the richest guano is to be found on island and represents its sole worth, apart from the value of the coral “When the marines session of the island in they were fully armed and prepa battle with whatever resistance mij red aremony 158 guano + ie usands of tons the ianded to take behalf of pos- tered.” Confirmed by Mexican Advices. Offeial intelligence received from Mazat shows that when the Mexican guuboat El Democrata arrived at Clipperton Island, which is thirty miles west of Acapulco, it was found that a party raised the American flag and had coolly propriated all the gaano were operating. I and permacently The Demoecrsta had and found the island very diffi and a boatload of Mexican marines ware up- set in getting through the surf, ing their rifles and themselves by swimming, flag was carried ashore by Julian the stoker of the gunboat, who ran the risk ol being devoured by sharks that abound is those waters, Capt. Genesta ordered the American Jag bauled down and the Mexican Hag was raised. there being little protest on the part of the Americans representing a guano ex- ploring company. This having been accomplished, the gunboat returned to Mazatlan, There are about 20,000 tons of guano on the island, valued at $300,000 in gold. Representations showing that the action of the guano company is one of mere usurpation will be made. Clipperton island is undoubtedly in Mexican territory, al- though not settied by Mexicans, There has been no excitement o matter, Wma mhaericans had Rp beds. where they hey had Dull houses estat lished themselves a very stormy passage ait of access the men 108 They saved Mexican Santos, swords, and a f a 154 POTIMALLY ver the VAN WICK NOW MAYOR, Second City in the World Brought Inte Existence with the Inauguration Robert A. Van Wyok was inaugurated as Mayor of Greater New York at noon Satur- day. The event was marked with very lit- tle ceremony. A few minutes before 12 o'clock Mr. Van Wyck entered the Mayor's office, He was greeted by Mayors Strong, (Gleason, and Wurster, The four men chat- ted some time, and the big crowd of office. holders snd ex-office-holders made a circle around the men. About one minute before 12 Mayor Strong said: ‘Mr. Van Wyck, the people of this new city, made up of five boroughs and 3,500,000 people, have decided that you should be the first Mayor, and de- scend from your position as Judge to as- sume the position of magistrate, “My impression i= that this old eity, in which you and I have lived for about the same number of years—this old city of New York that is passing away, will contribute £3.000,000,000 worth of property to the new city of which you will be Mayor; $230,000,- 000 of banking stock and $1,000,0000 000 of deposits. And you will take charge of this little borough along with the others, and you will always feel, I know, that it is the brightest little jewel In the cluster of five. You have been chosen to be Mayor of one of the largest cities in the world. I congratu- jate you and welcome you as Mayor of Greater New York.” Mayor Yan Wyek in reply said: “The peo- ple have chosen me to be Mayor. received the office from them, and to them I will an- swer.” Then, after a great shaking of hands, the ceremony was completed, and the adminis- tration of Mayor Strong was athing of the | ———— ww “ “ - Contracts for Five New Steamers, The New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company has just completed a contract with ‘the Wililam Cramp Ship and Engine Bulld- ing Company, of Philadelphia, for five new ton 16-knot twin-screw steamers. The plans of the proposed ships fully meet the government requirements for second-class auxiliary crulsers, + Urges Gold Standard for India. The London Times, in its weekly financial article, urges placing the Indian currency wpon 8 gold basis as soon as possible, for otherwise the mints must be reopened, THE NEWS. Roger Wolcott Thursday took the oath of offloe as Governor of Massachusetts for the second term, Jerome B, Pound, publisher of the Chat tanooga News and the Knoxville Tribune, was married to Miss Caroline Willingham at the First Baptist Church at Chattanooga. The couple left for California, A caucus of the Republican the Illinois Senate decided upon an investi gation of the Chicago police. A resolution providing that the president of the appoint a ''Lexow' committee of seven adopted, Fire was discovered in the messroom of the State prison at Sing Siog, N. Y,, where a number of convicts were, Instead oltakiog advantage of the fire to attempt to escape, the prisoners set to work and extinguished it. The damage was about $200, Eight million feet of lumber were burned on the doeksof the Saginaw Lumber and Salt Company at Crow Island, Mich., caus- ing a loss of about $120,000. The docks held about 16,000 000 feet, but all of this wus not consumed, The Supreme Court, at Washington, Governor Budd, of California, refused to grant any further stay of execution In the Durrant case, and he will be hanged to- day. Kid Murphy was killed and Frank and Martin Donohue fatally wounded, as the result of a pistol duel in Chicago. Actor Rateliffe was granted a writ of rea- sonable doubt in New York, but rear rested on the charge of perjury. William T, Buckley, a prominent business membars of Renate wits and Dean was home in West Crest, L. I. The weavers of New Bedford, Mass, have decided to strike reduction in Wages, At Monroeville, Ind., the fss Viola Marquand, ter of a wealthy farmer, and Michasl Miller against a dead bx aged 28 years, daugh aged 26, a saloop-keeper, was found lying ir a room fu the rear of Miller's Botl died from bullet wouads, and case is re garded as a double suicide James H, Eckels, United States Treasury, began his duties president of the Commercial Nati of Chicago. The Bethieham two connlpg tower war vessel in course of Cramps’ ship yard, Philadelphia pany also shipped 18 gun Washington Navy Yard. The Castom House records of Bostou showed that the t ports for 1897 amounted to against $00 338 554 for 1888. The imports for the year 1897 amounted to 182.324 as against $68,616,154 for 1896 Madame Marcella Sembrioh sailed ! rope Taesday, Now next season for a tour of 0 formances, She is to receive #1 800 for eve appearance, the highest paid any singer in concert At Outario the Divisi Court has refused the appeal for a new of Mrs. Sternaman, who is be hanged Jant r of her husband Execu BOW prog i god I'he British steamer Strathness Ir saioon, the ex-Comptroller pal Bank Iron Compa shipped shields for Japanese uction at The forgings to VOY the ihe ital value #108,12 value #54 She will return t wonoert sum ever Napaues, § hen in Lae senteanoe to CRE ion for jaltimore, whi » British 3 Was steamer Aceon, at St reports Mioh Azores, as broken shaft in Istitu was towed bythe Aeon jaft by hor having been t by ie 42.1 Van Under Hubl Thee noe viii was found a gun. the coroner bave g make an investigat! James A, Wright t the American Line, and aptain Sha its marine superintendent, denied the of the report that British stewards on 1 the Bt. Louis had burged on that abip's last trip from Southam inty i the Amerie 1 tf wnsend, of nited Judge 1 the United Court at New Haven, Coan lecision of the Supreme Court of cut in the case Chicago against Mrs Bristol, Conn. The bank sued to recover on a note of several thousands of dollars The steamship Le Bretagne, from Havre brought #300 #00 gold consigned to Muller Schall & Co., of New York City, In transit to Cuba, The next steamer will carry a simi lar consignment, There is much discontent among the labor ers engaged from Costa Rica at lumbla, many of whom have abandoned per manent work. William Hutchins, a colored caterer, was fatally burned in the destruction of a frame building In Newark street, Jersey City, The Baltimore and Ohio Haliroad stands third in the list of freight equipment accord. ing to the report of the Official Railway Equipment Register, in the possession of eight wheel freight cars for all The total number of cars is 34.674. Of this asumber almost 14,000 are box cars and 18. 000 coal cars, the others being refrigerator, live stock, passenger and caboose cars Even with this equipment there are many days that a shortage of cars is severely felt Device for Locomotive Ashes The Baltimore and Obio Southwestern tallway Company has adopted a plan of handling locomotive ashes or cinders at ter- minals and divislogal points which has ree suited in a saving of expenses, The device consists of large pans holding about 8 cubic yards each, which are placed in the pit and when full are moved by & frane to the car, where they ars dumped. The machinery is bandied by one man, and the results have been very satisfactory. sustained the Conneaotd Colon, ( purposes Commander G. M. Brook has been detach- ed from the Mare Island Navy Yard and or- dersd to command the Mohican, with these officers, who are detached from the Inde. petidence: Bosign H. Lansing, Lisut. J D. McDonald, Ensign, C. J, Lang, Easign G. Gegelmn, Lisut, H. H. Dombaugh, Lieut. M, L. Wood, Lieut, T. Porter. Lieutenant Commander N. E, Niles has been ordered to the Bureau of Equipment. Lisut. R. D. Tisdale to the Washington Navy Yard. These transfers have been made in the Fourth Cavalry: Capt. Joseph H. Dorst, from Troop M to Troop D: Capt. Wilbur E. Wilder, from Troop D to Troop M. About eleven hundred postofflces through- out the country were assigned to the money order class on January 3. This makes ap- proximately 25000 postoffices at which money orders may be obtained or cashed, The Montgome:y has arrived at Tampa Fila. No report has come from her to the Navy Department respecting her alleged pursuit of an unknown stezmer off the Flor. ida Coast.’ Assistant Secretary Howell, of the Treas ury Department, bas in preparation a circu iar otter of instructions to officers of the oustoms direeting that additional counter. vailing duties be assessed on sugars Import ed from France RUSSIA WINS IN KOREA. Compromise With England is in Her Favor. ALEXIEFF GETS APLACE. To Be Adviser to Korean Ministry of Fi- nance, While the British Representative Will Collect the Customs—Germany's OQecupation of Kigo-Chau Sald to Have Been Without Russia's Cognitnnece, A cable despateh from Bt. Petersburg, It is nonounced that M. Kuril Alexieff has been entrusted with full power to “promote the development of the com mercial relations between Russia and Korea, in competition with British and Japanese lo- fluences, and to ald in furthering the prompt projected orthodox Russia, says construction of the church at Seoul, The Novoe Vreamya, respective positions of MeLeavy Brown ap i M. Alexieff, under the compromise effected according to which the the Korean customs together, ymmenting upon the by an arrangement two will worl SAYS “Nobody will regard Mr. Brown as the representative of the British flag. He is a mere official in the yf the Korean governmpent directing wustoms, M. Alexieff will attend in adviser to the Korean M he Novostl says “Any Io us onfliot mild be site rebellion nmong Great Br sarvios the and another power w wrtaln y italn’s Aslatie course open to naintain the status quo in y friend re Asia and stions with Without Kussia's Cognlzance, I'he Lond slams te that 1 Russia 1d un Daily Graph wssertion 5 between ard to China; that Ot i without R the o« of the Cezar A df Crerinat SBIR & ¥ d K { that nnoved Hrs spatol t I'he ary Rusrantes I a St. Poterst view SAYS It is reported that Hussian su iynasty NEEDS OF STARVING CUBANS, State Department Announcement on Sab ject of Relief, perst 3 BRIIY retary Hinde lently disposed { thr ress, that the ¢ nt Havana as appropriate & f then 48 A 3 the j§ aited States sted, Bil tril a for women and tavars clothing for bread, fi Hummer fvula Aret medicines pring ipa hard na bason, rice guinin pre fiat ( : . sail 2. ADY urisihing = peas particulary tracts, blankets, and espec condensed milk bea tities of are at first too feeble for ment, Contributions of money enable the purchase of 5 sug plies of medicines and are niso urgently needed to articles of necessity, and to meet the expenses of local transportation in Cuba “The Consul neral, to plies and money wii ba sent will at it the receipt, stor shat the humane peo- Cie whom all sup- organize arrangements f age, and most effective distribull ever he may receive from ple of the | nited States, NIPS THE STRAWBEKRKAY BLOOMS, Effect of the Cold Snap Upon Fraits and Vegetables in Florida The cold weather of January 1 and 2 did considerable temporary damage to vegeta bles, but none of a permanent character, Orange trees will, in some oases, lose their foliage, snd where they were in exposed places in the northern border of the orange belt, will lose a part of their tender growth. Owing to the fact, however, that the sap was down, the trees themselves ware able to re« sist unseatched even lower temperature, Reports from the pineapple belt of the east const indieats that the damage to pineapples was trifling. I'he fail erop of tobacco in all parts of the state was injured badly, Blooms on straw- berries were killed, Early strawberries in the northern section were frozen on the vines, and the plants themseives set back fully six weeks. The tenderest garden crops in all sections, as far south as Tampa, where lacking pro- tection by forests, streams or lakes, were badly ujured, but exposed gardens did not represent more than ball the area In truck, growers having learned by experience the wisdom of selecting weil-protected apots, WILL RUN CHINESE RAILWAYS, Wisconsin Railroad Man Made Dirsctor General of Celestial Lines. Capt. Rich, formerly chief engineer of the Wisconsin Central, and later connected in the same capacity on the Boo line, has been appointed Director General of Railways in China. He has spent most ol the past year in Chins, and while there made a survey through 700 miles of the Interior of thas country for a raliroad from Hangkow te Pekin for the Chinese government, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, M. Leon Carvalho, director of the Opera Comique, died In Paris, aged seventy-two yoars. M. Hanotaux, Frenoh minister of foreign affairs, will call an international conference for the neutralization of the Newfoundland Banks during the fishing season, It Is rumored in London that the Marquis vf Hertford will succeed the Earl of Aber- deen as Governor-General of Canadas, A fresh outbreak of plague in India is re ported. Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford has accepted the fovitation of the unionists of York to contest that seat in Parllament, made vacant by the death of Sir Frank Lock- wood, M. Jules Patenotre, the new French am- bassador to Spain, was received by the Queen Regent at Madrid. M. Patenotre was until recently French ambassador at Washington. Alexander I. Shepherd, formerly of Wash ington, D. C., who known as ‘Boss Shepherd, Is critically sick at Batoplias Mexico was Fire destroyed one-third of Portau Prince, Hayti, and was followed by an It Is ann yielded to bassador at earthquake, in Berlin that China has the demand of the German am Pekin for the dismissal of the commandant of the Chinese garrison at Tsao- Chow for mineed using threatening language to German missionaries there, A false report of was published denied. The sworn Prince Bismarck's death in London, It was quickly new colonial ministry of Cuba was in at Havana The embarge« from Cuba ha Blanco, on exports of tobace been raised by an ediet of Marshal n the Ir troops bave been War be is threatened as no tialing of Consu the Nicaraguan capital The hoisted COREL o Ag had Hal-Nan ’ ontradict report that the ench g 1 yer th f Ch mil four British ip with a view I. McLeary Brown of Corean cus n Peking says Chemulipe ts of niendant Dai COLEress I ie of adopted Great thers wid participa ues 1 rmmer Germal been garelled of Saxony. the wers irkish governmer red troops of @ well-knowi t Harvard Leg sori IR hk ee pei ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE ALY has given ratory, in rise en of the ings bank of the rivers be had and busi ence of all banks i enjoyed the conf al work on yunod, is Mr. Mercle, who ls a statue of om poser G having difficulty n finding satisfactory models for the figures pho, Marguerite and Juliette, by the bust will be { Maj whict FOLD roar ie Caer 8 pose} I WM sur inded An fie} 840 kes Phelps, Jr. whirary has presented a valuable collection ob recent trip around the 1. They include views in JIodia, Chins, nd Siam, and are sccompanied by jable Budhist manuscripts, The Ex-Senator Kenna, In Statuary Hall, has recalled the story of bow He was plowing in hie new statute of ip. and without walting to get Lis coat voung farmer went with the soldiers William H. president of jtestreet Bank of Philadel- Singerivy, t Nationai phia, which recently falied, is 64 years old, but until recently has shown no signs of ad- vancing age. He bas been owner, editor biisher of the Philadelphia Becord tor i and pu A. D, Campbell and Gomer Davies, Kan- sas ed'tors, are each minus a leg, Campbell the right and Davies the let. When buys a pair of shoes he sends the odd shoe to the other, a2 both wear the same sire Each has just presented the other with a new shoe as a Christmas present. Mrs. J. H. Hecht, president of the Hebrew Women's Sewing Society of Boston, has just returned from Earope, snd has brought with her a large contribution to the soclety from Baroness Hirsch, A member of the board of regents of the University of Michigan denies the report thint Minister Angell will soon return from Turkey to resume the presidency of the uni- versity, Mr. Harry J. Hutchins, who has been acting president, wili probably be elee- ted to the office permanentiy. Capt. Willian H. Summer, of Boston, who has retired from astive wrk. though in ex. cellent health, was a seafaring man for 61 years contivuously, The French painter, Edouard Chantalat, fs preparing for the Exposition of 1900 a Jarge canvas represanting the reception of the Emperor and Empress of Russia at the Hotel do Ville, Paris, Lord Roseberry has been invited by the Queen to bring bis daughter, Lady Sibyl Primrose, to windsor Castle to dine and gpend one aight, Max Nordau, the student of degeneracy, figures out that at the present rate of serve sbuse the civilized world will be erazy by 2300, At the session of the Academie des Selences, held at Paris on December 13, the Cuvier prize of 1.500 francs was awarded to Prof 0. C. Marsh, of Yale University, This prizs is “awarded avery three years for the most remarkabla work either on ihe animal kiardom or on geology.” one EE DEADLY (RASH. Many Killed and Injured Collapse of a Floor, by A TERRIBLE DISASTER. Crowds of People Were Gathered in the Bullding, Following = Manicipal Election, to Hear Addresses From the Successful Candidates Many FPoople Crushed in a Panle, One of the hottest and most stubbornly- contested municipal elections ever known In London, Ont., was Monday night by a fatal accident that bas put the mourning. Many persons were killed, and others injured by the co floor of the City Hall, bodies had taken tuiiding and identified, How many were known, as those at once made for their care of friends. more injured neighboring drug followed been from the injured will who suffered but 5 none who by their wors seriously carried 1 wore lores, their Injuries bad been attended to dead were taken to the Alderman Parnell P the defeated candidate T IGAYOT, Boroes the strest, Scene of the Disaster. At the close of the polls a crowd where it had been ym for years past for floes 1s the cus the successful candi address the electors, building was 2,000 crowded { abat reese re, probably people i # There Ee pr peveral newiv-e there was # address 1 Carr secure quiet #, RB. M. Toothe the platforn 6 thers ined the mavo In response Lo numerous cal ushed which the Whe } i which were seated the m There was a sagging of timbers next moment 150 peop ie were hurled below A beam, runnin twenty feet along the center of the ball, had wded way, and the or that section « hie | bottom. A of 1% i 10 given mass standing bOve or were thrown a heaj large sale IR rast ¢ hall, anda 1} balf a ton, came f the vi weighing an the heads ctims Crush at the Doors the crash there was a wild ros At the south door had entered there was where the wd nt were thrown shrieking and en dows ¢ and the 4 ten erly A glance t that a whois were pasped t< itin nhulan ce at the wrec i section of the floor bad dr the ugh the rirsed wt pped, wie having been as neatly cut off as the me with a saw og was an old The building additional stories bad oid walls xX in the Grand i been placed on the Operas House, which adj the first act of’ olns utlding The Paris” bad word was whispered through the thes : A panle by the actors and and the people quietly left the building. Just been whet was imminent ushers, larger, many of ired being in a serious condition jist is likely te be even B.& O Presidents, [he recent annual meeting of the Obio Railroad Company Baiti more and brings t bas had ten presidents in 71 years as Louis McLane Harrison, Thomas Swan, Willlam G The line wae put in cpers- build to Westward it went to i842, and on to Va. by January 1, 1858. The Parkersburg Brapeh from Grafton to Parkersburg was opened May 1, 1857. It is the only raliroad company that is being operated un der its original name and charter. 1870. November, CHINAYIELDS TO GERMANY, The Offending Commandant at Teoa-Chow Promptly Dismissed. It is announced that China bas yielded to the demand of Baron Heyking, German Am- bassador at Pekin, for the dismissal of the commandant of the Chinese garrison at Tsao-Chow, province of 8han-Tang, because of the use of threatening language to the (German missionaries there, The Chinese government has telegraphed a dismissal of the commandant, Killed Wife and Danghter, In a fit of insanity Alexander Carter, s white citizen of Greenville, Tean.. killed his wife and cightesn-year-cld daughter, Mon. tie, while they slept, and then shot and kill ed himself. He is sald to have been mentally unbalanced for some time, THE CHINESE LOAN, Great Britain Said to Mave Arranged to Guarantee $80,000,000, It is learned on excellent authority that in the event of Great Britala guaranteeing the new Chinese loan, the concessions re quired will be the opening of new trealy ports, open to all nations alike, The financial article of the Globe says ith reported on the stock exchange that the British government has arranged to guar antee the Chinese loan of £16,000,000 (§50.. 000,000) at three per cent., the price of issue to be 110, ME SHERMAN ON CHINA, The Secretary of Fists Says American Mights ure Seenved, A Washington special to the New York Herald quotes Secretary Rherman as #ay- ng : ‘I think it will now be in Hne for Russia and France [to take possession of Chinese burts, Their loterests will require such act lon, Grest Britsio has Hoog Koog, which is the seat for English interest, and now Germany has Kino Chau, Russia is desir. ious of obtaining asouthern port, wheres ber ships will not be frozen in during the wis ter tesides her commercial interests such that she ought 10 have 8 Chinese port, such as Germany has obtained, "Bo far as American oon cerned, 1 expect it will have the same rights This de- pends, however, on the commercial reguls- Hons which Germany will in foree, From mv un uf the matter, Ger- many i= no bu she bas te her jaws for tho which hitherto had id ce. Her merchants will consequentiy no 3 subject to of China st Kiso fired to observe Ger. pros will 1 a large city at Kiso Chau and interests as vigorous- Are meres is con piace derstanding tanding itle to Lhe territory sutetitu the 0 have the inws Lau, but will be requ man jaws i we the Germans nmerciai 1 United desire 10 Slates were obiain a iid such sulin by Kong, aud we at Kino We are granted the freodom of the ‘bina its . the Pekin grant it. But we want n« interests are time government we be willing to port Our « factorily protected at the present at Hong iy have the same ommercial treaties, and, besides will probat rights Chau f in tha meow § ¥ b voor rin the same way as are the Englls THEA PRODUCT Or FORMOSA ‘ Most of it is Exported to the United Sates and is of Excellent Quality. quaint tion In the seve 1 tea exported IBURI by the 1 effort riers have put iso has rendered go ‘Dg against the exp Th tot * Te The total produ i far above the average, a: i timate between The De resciull Richa meeting and formulated a bi passed, exterminate the Frisco Board of Heal yas suffer that wi trading stamg Li wants a ng in cigar factories tens al Drop Fe apd the entire shop Ie pow run on t aw pers i from infecti diseases from working Piece work has A tk ilshed in rge Company the daz @ "wt a 1080 Retail itatex the letter to the Detroit the W. C. T. U. tel Ina Union eres Louisville horseshoers want a law requir ing examination as to fitness of an - Apprentices should, those nionists want three-cent fares, thet aber laws are not enforced, and ask that a committee be appointed by the district attorney for their enforcement Members of the Dublin (Ire) Grocers’ As- who worked on Christ. been from the whose places Buffalo u 2 Ly helm MAS Day, have expelled union. Honorary members were open were also dropped. Cleveiand retail butchers will organize to stop the seliing of meat at retail by whole sale butchers. The retaliers will boyoott the wholesalers who keep up the practice. The 8:. Louis delegate to the Federation of Labor convention, 'hil Holner, deciared to the Central Union last Sunday that the Federation will go to pieces becsuse of its Anent the cotton manufacturing boom in the South, the Alexandria (Va.) Garetie says: “The Bouth supplies the material and the iabor, but, as usual, the North reaps ihe larger part of the profit.” A Cleveland member of the Ohio Legisia- ture will introduce a bill compelling ohil- dren to attend school until they are fifteen years of age. Foreign Consals Recognized. The President has recognized the following paged consular officers: Joaquin Torroja, consul of Spain st Phliadaliphis, for Pasnsel. vania, Delaware, Maryiand, the District of Indiana and New Jersey: William BE. Exde, vice-consal v1 Denmark at Newport News, Va; James Houghton, British vice-consul at Newport News, Va, Invmense Ship to be Built. The Hambarg-Amerioan Line has ordered a sister ship 10 the Pennsylvania sad Pre. torin, the largest carriers in the world, Thess ships are of 14,000 tons gross register and 23.500 tons displacement. The com pany has also contracted for two other stea- mers of 10,000 tons grose registers each. These three ships will be iaid down at the yards of Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Bishop C. C. McCabe, who was chaplain of Libby Priston during the war, recently delivered an interesting lecture in Atlanta on “The Bright 8ide of Life in Libby Prison.”
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