The London Times declares that the | supply of gold is now adequate for the | cause they are unable to pay taxes. neods of the world. So varied is the climate that all the products of the polar and the tropical there. regions can be raised The Kaiser says that he is very glad United States make such good citizens, as he to know that Germans in the hears, and he thinks that this is a great country. A Kentucky woman, as the New York World alleges, recently brought suit against a railroad for killing her horse She got for cent for hus- $150 the and her husband. the horse and one band. The New York World “While the farmer in prosperous times observes: may not make as much money as the other hand, he does not suffer like him in city man, on the pression for lack of f The Memphis (Tenn. lanche calls for a sta felony for a manufacturer or merchant to put out short says that there isn weight goods, and WB plaint all over the country weights, That quality is of than quantity Ne w York World, by the fact COnsln Das rece i§ sown ived 81,000,0 for her butter product than Michigan, although the latter 000.000 pounds to only 40,000,000 in Wisconsin. There are now only six Assis Paymasters in the Navy, and were appointed earlier than 1 is the lowest grade and it carries the rel gign. The As the Naval content to { *¢ their professional — BACT II prejudice against the staff and seek for the young men placessmshg pay corps. i) -— ee yerage age of men in the lowest rank of the what greater than that of li corps is perhaps some- of like rank The Baltim on the 1 which economic It says that vehiel having bre to such add-tired benefit The horse N the road, mus and sleep, wh can go twenty-f steam wagon, in vantage that the have over the wagon horses, except that of rail and easy grades The Secretary of the Navy approved a report made by a Board of has just Officers recoramending a complete change in the uniforms worn by the navy. Fortunately for the officers, however, the changes are not will entail in the pm such ns much additional expense irchase of new clothing, and are to be made gradually, so that they will not be compelled to purchase complete outfits at once, The present navy uniform is regarded ns one of the the but the changes which are now ordered are handsomest in world, said to be demanded by convenience and comfort. The present heavy over. coat will lose the belt around the waist, and the hood at the back is to be fixed 80 that it can be detached and need ¥- worn only in extremely cold weather, The present white helmet for hot climates is to be abolished and a white cover, used over the regular service cap, is to take its place. Two years from now the special full dress is to | suffer many alterations, which, it is believed, will improve it, and other changes that individually are of no great consequence are to be made from time to time, which collectively will meke a considerable difference in | the outfit of an officer, of Mexico ren. Ounces, In Spain thousan 1s of small property | holders are sold out every year be- Christian Indians of the Dakota tribe raised nearly $2000 last year to Christianize their pagan Sioux breth Vicksburg, Miss, i8 no longer a river town, Except in high water the boats are obliged to land nearly three and a miles below, railroad carries passengers and freight to the city. of the Europe, Franco is considered one of but in Brittany the beggars are so the ways in armies and on festal days range for along the highways to solict alms. most fortunate countries numerous that they infest high- themselves in close ranks miles The people of the United States ex- pended in 1880 $24,000,000 for police, 812,000,000 for prisons and reforma- tories and $23,000,000 for the support “Viewed light,” comments the Chicago Record, to be the most in this of the judiciary. ‘erime seems about expensive lt try indulge Civil Service the country to examination for ports, attract that he was clerkship en fluence or otl ran over » list of twenty oz hese statae among which werp fliose of authors, ATHY fete; pootd, inventors, philosophers, orators, an 1 philanthro- : pists ; but he could recall in honor of WAITIOIA, he said, “we have Washi nugget stickis a big mountain of quartz. As quickly as possible a claim was staked out, i but, in spite of all precautions, much valuable surface stone was stolen be- guard could be estab » fore a proper lished. reports, the regular monthly output amounts to of from the mine now From thirty tons ore picked from a bulk of 1400 tons, 18,- | 000 ounces of gold was obtained, and ! the remainder of the stone is expected to yield from five to six ounces to the ton. Out of 650 tons of stone raised from a depth of fifteen feet, twelve tons were picked, giving 8500 ounces of smelted gold. From another part of the mine four tons selected out of 160 tons of ore yielded 1600 ounces of gold. Some of the surface “is so rich in gold that ounces can sometimes be picked out in a fow minutes.” Down to the fifty-foot level only it is esti- mated that gold to the amount of 40, 000 is The population of the place amounted to about 1500 some weeks ago, but since then has diminished in consequence of the terrible hardships which must onnees now in sight | be encountered there, owing to the olirsato and the scarcity of water, which in the dry season can only be procured at certain points, and thea | haa to be paid for, According to the published | 2000 | THE CRADLE OF VICTORY. A PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION AT DOBBS FERRY, N. Y. Marking the Spot Where the Final Overthrow of British Rule Was Planned by Washington and Ro- An Address by Viee President Stevenson, chambenn THE NEW METHODIST AUDITORIUM, Largest Bullding Devoted Exclusively to Religious Purposes In the | United Methodists from all over the land will a semble at Ocean Grove, on the Jersey const, during the summer of summer sorvices will be {nsugurated in the new auditorium on July 1, and the inter ost in the great religious revival proposed to conduct will not be flag until August 30, when campaign against the minions of closs with a ten<day can whieh It is allowed to the summer evil w At Dobbs Ferry, N, Y., the New York So- | eloty of the laid the bases ng of the American Revolution | stone of a monument at the old Livingston mansion to mark the placs where the The day chosen Washington planned Yorktown cam paign, for the celebration | was the anniversary of the formal adoption | of the Btars and Rtripes ns the United States | flag. No efforts were sparod to make the oo casion a memorable one Early in the | morning a flood of gay streamers and wis displayed from the and at 10.80 o'clock people began to at the Livingston house, w the lite exercises were to take placa The so and its guests, accompanied by the full ma- rine band from the Brooklyn Navy Yard and an detachment from the Naval Battalion, left New York on the Starin Line steamer How rd Carroll from the foot of West Forty ourth street at ten o'clock, On 14 Were m persons, including Vice-President Stevenson Mrs, St , and Miss St Mis Harbort, dau! f Beorotary Nu Herbert, Mrs Lavinia H. grand-nieo Nir Guy Rav, CO W. Daealion Rear-Admiral (3 y ra i [2] 14 1 n Ma flags | houses of ara ot v ety board the staan re than 1 ons vanson , ter of tha Dan na fun | shester ( anty The itera in the fol} Dr. will be of gray peo ted that jt " It wil next. ha a O14 Glory’s Birthplace ng rare sR Pont a. J 1s Fiag Day the Pen onial Dames of America sett in the Btate Houses were pioes of that society Lration is to foster an thea v va of inger gans and in furtherance of thismore than f dred sehoel children, girls and wor resont in the morning, and were addresssd by Mayor Stuart, Herbert Walsh, Dr. Edwar i Brooks and Mrs, E. D, Gllleaple, a great granddanghter of Benjamin Frankiln, Each of the apeakers related tales of the country's groatness and the herole deeds of its son and daaghters, The exercises wore g winded by the presentation of a small United Rtates flag to each of the children present. | HPlag Day” will be observed annually there after, * . nd ’ ings in the minds o ' Observed In New York, The auditorium, Camp, of New Yor Jallding Committe exclusively devoted the country, its seating « Tet Ing in excess of that of the | Tabernacle in Balt Lake City, The auditorium is 1 its front facing old deep by 161 feet In width, o ments, The contre of feat eloar from the sonerete | from the cornloes on the Ooenn, the | oven fifty foot, the interior tha grand and imposing towers will adorn the d in it This arrang tem of exhau townrd t! of air fs draw speaker, and thrown up ! above the r The rear a: are constructo * | panels The regular programme States, Those 80 that the throu ibhrata the of the lowsr tier can of the iiskors of the « moved, a A blow young mw tiers n the w tocturs FIFT'(-THIRD CONG! he Senate. = . Liar was yer SOUS ons, 24 ; nays, 19, The ‘ | was then taken up, Eight para. graphs of the agricultural soh denomad of Tariff t Tha conlerance report on the vania and New to o YOr was agrw NMetdins & 1497 ise mn Day ng the Indl 150 Day ! i order in the debate on the Indian Appropr atton bill, Mr. Johnson Indiana, as sailed Mr. Holman, and cama near to blows with Mr. Maddox, of Georgia. The bill not disposed of, —<=The House passed a ficlenay bill to provide money lor the pay- ment of dismissed employes of the printing of was io | offies, The National, State and n flaw wore dlaplayed on the City Hall and many public and private buildings in New York Uity, In commemoration of the 117th ann yarsary of the adoption of the Bars an Ktripos as the National ensign. + is sn I— WIFE, OHILD AND SELF, Made Desperate by Hunger, a Hoosler Borrows a Gun and Ends All ‘ ) inislr inieipal The grown sons of George Broek found the bodies of thelr father, their mother and their youngest brother in a secluded hollow near Gorden, Ind. The bodies were (nolosed in a rude pen, built by Brook to keep the hogs from devouring them, The fact that the pen had been built shows that Brock had planned the murders oare- fully. He persuaded his wife and boy to leave the houss with him, on the pretense of oing to onll on the mother of Mrs. rock who lived a short distance away. When they neared the hollow whare he had erscted the pen, Brook shot and killed his wife and son with a gun he had borrowed from his brother {n-Jaw, and then dragged the bodies inside the pea. There wera evidences of astruggle between the husband and wife, before Brook killed her, After covering the heads of his two vietims with sacks, Brook lay down on the ground besids the body of his wife, By the ald of a wagon spoke he toushed off the n. His head was blown off, and was nd some distance away. He had been made desperate by poverty and hanger. COXEYITES DROWNED. Boats Upset and Their Occupants Lost in Platte River. At least fifteen of tha Donver contingent of Coxey's army lost their lives by drowning in the Platte River, Colorado. Ooroner Martin went down to Brighton with ecoMps, He roturnsd at noon, being unable to secure any of the bodies, Four have been washed ashore on the other side of the river, about eight miles from Brighton, at a point known as Mo Kays Bridge. One man found drowned at Brighton has been identified as Charles MoCane, a Missourian, a momber of the Utah contingent, They started off during the day, until about 300 had taken passage in twenty-six boats which had beets built of light material by ths Coxeyites at Denvor. The storms had greatly swollen the stream, and a very high wind made navigation extremely dangerous, It was MoKays Bridge, about six miles above Brighton, that caused the most trou: ble. The flood poured under it with the of a mill-race, and there, hidden by t siroam, wora barbed wires stretohed noross, 10 prevent the passing of stock under the bridge at low water, Tho wire caught mi of the boats and overturned them, About 850 men afterward encamped beside Sue sivas st Brighton, drying their alothes recuperating. members nstroot a | 1 ner | ing interest in everything rel Artes Caxpres, the Ssoretary of State of lo "wore | Georgia, Is popularly known us the Plowboy of Pigeon Roost Bonar C sidest liv of i= the use of Boston, the H Wixrnanor, ng ex-Speaker TITHS, Hana, is the CA | t of Hoosler State ne office that General Harrison y into the fleld at the outbreak the NE¥AT moals in game thing sirloin He always eats in his shirt-sin his every day for b fried potatoes jettors while he sats Geonor Wirtiame, the Young Men's Christian Asso knighted the other day by is still hale and hearty, and takes an abeero- ating to the wai- fare and progress of the association Mus Mr. Gladstone's daughter, first roads all the new books sent to him. Sho selects those she thinks he would CAre Mr. Gladstone reads a new book very rapidly He rarely gives more than sn hour to the average novel, but he manages to get its points, Ousen Ww Dew, cver tO son Oxg of the popular song writers in most England Is J. L. alloy, an Irishman by birth, and a lawyer by pootession, He stands high at the English bar, but being passi mately fond of musie, Hke Silas Wags, he drops into posiry by way of yecreation, but he writes with more heart than men do for bread and butter Tur Emperor of Germany drinks nothing but Mexican ocoffes, and a year's supply is gent to him regularly after every harvest from a plantation in the State of Michoaoan, which lies on the Pacific const of Mexico about midway between the United States and Central Ameorion, There is a large Ger. man colony there which has been cultivating coffee fot MANY years, Tae King of Italy has conferred upon Professor Virchow, the famous German surgeon, the grand cross of the Order of St. Mauriceand Lazarus, one of those men who seem to have time for everything, He is a university professor, an oditor, a contributor to numerous journal a politician, and finds opportunity to attend the meetings of scores of societies to which he belongs. Ae a rosult of the privileges extended to Chinese exhibitors by Congress in connec. tion with the Midwinter Fair, San Francisco, Cal. it is stated that fully 280 Chinese labor- ers bave gained admittance to the ocouitry, and are doubtless now registered, | and the Sagar Scandal Comm! Professor Virchow fs | THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Tur final drill class of ‘04 took (N. ¥.) Miltary hop was and place Academy given In the evening Bamver, McKervey and Franklin, Penr were train near Polk, Penn, dross parade of the nt the West Point the graduating wi inm nine killed by Two your wore Me amed York frowned Bound while bathing south and West, w Washington. SESATOR YUAY €Xpifar : that Senators and Represen were in- terested in n Washington street raflway deal, Was ives the rocted to investigate the matter has 1 nated Josep Taz President Foreign, nbet the sd to death at bed, by an es of stitution was made | Nuanny 400 on the Unite Gravesend, § he reception hioago, at guests atte: i Ktates ngiand Kparx, France, Italy and Germany sent warships to Morocco, where civil War was thought to be inevitable, Provenry was destroyed by valued at ¢ nore than #1,000,000 ire in PROATA ing victories, ried to have ow ade Baaziniax Insurgents are ga General Saraiva's troops are rep taken Baunlista de OCurim and lobe n vaneing upon Santa Anna A CABLREGRAM capital of Korea, reports that the have boot overcome and peace has been restored. The United Statos steamship Baltimors, orderad to Korea to protest Americans, Is in Korein waters Loup ( land, Is dea from BSgonl, the revels LERIDGE A Chie! Justice of Eng I HARVESTERS DROWNED. They Were Going Home From Irelant to Scotland. A passenger boat returning to Westport Quay, Ireland, from Achil Island, with eighty harvesters. to be shipped to Beotiand, cape sized, probably because it was overorowded. Thirty bodies were recovered paved was not yet known The drownod were youug people of both sexes, Inhabitants of Achill Islsnd, and were nocustomed to migrate exch year to England and Scotland, The people of the island are extramely poor, The disaster was due to an # ‘emp! turn the boat without lowering sail. Most of the vietime were kept under water by the salle, which were fully set when the vessel went over, The thirty bodies were brought to Westport The number Davrisong, not to be outdone by Boston and Philadelphia, has decided to follow the example of t cities, and the park foe Svanple a1 thoss cities, an Lhe Rock Jui
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