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an invitation of the Iriquois club to an at the deliver address Auditorium, He Chicago, the afternoon of April 23. will also respond to a toast in the evening at the club's banquet, which is to be a "sound Democracy and sound money demonstration. Speeches will be made by Senator Caffrey of Louisiana, ex-Senator Vilas of Wisconsin, Hon John K. Cowen of Baltimore, Hon James M. Beck of Philadelphia and other men of national reputation. Miscellaneous News. Applications for an enlistment in the artillery average thirty a day at Boston. Fire destroyed the town of Whittemore, Ia. causing a loss of $25,000. Mrs. Ida May Steele was arrested in Trinidad, Colo., charged with horse stealing Grade teachers in the Chicago public schools have won their fight for higher salaries The Victor mill at Cohoes, N. Y. the largest woollen mill in the United States, burned Tuesday The United States cruiser San Francisco sailed from Lisbon Tuesday, going in a southwesterly direction. A ledge of gold bearing quartz has been found by men engaged in grading at Seventh street in San Francisco President Schurman of Cornell university is now on a two weeks tour through the west and will visit the University of Nebraska on the trip. The veterans of the civil war living in Oakland, Cal have decided to offer the services of a full company to the government in the event of war with Spain. The vote on equal lay representation in the general Methodist conference. taken in the Kansas conference Satur day, resulted in a victory for the proposition by a vote of 89 to 23. Preparations have been made by Director Walcott of the United States geological survey for an extensive exploration of the geological, topographical and other features of Alaska. I.G. Reed. a prominent Philadelphia newspaper man, while visiting at New York city, became violently insane. Reed is 45 years of age and is a brother of Rev. J.S. Reed of San Francisco. The Rock Island Plow company has raised the wages of the molders in the shops 10 per cent. The increase affects 600 men, and under the new scale the men will receive on the average $2.7b a day Captain Coach of the Seventeenth infantry, who has been detailed for several years as assistant inspector general of the national guards of Missouri, has been ordered to join his regiment at Columbus. O. The Kanawha and New River coal miners, West Virginia, have been or dered to strike on April 1 and 2,000 men will come out unless the operators agree to meet the terms offered by the United Mine Workers. The Goebel election bill passed the Kentucky house March 11, 59 to 22 over the governor's veto and is now a law During its passage two of the members Depp and Elmore, engaged in fisticuffs, but peace was restored. Mr. W. A. Platt of Colorado Springs, Colo. has been appointed receiver of the Commercial bank of Denver, in place of Frank Adams, resigned, and also of the German National bank of Denver, in place of Z. T. Hill. The board of control of the Colorado industrial school for girls has selected Mrs. Ursula L. Harrison of Chicago superintendent of that institution, the inmates of which have been giving the management a great deal of trouble Two Kentucky towns were fire swept Saturday morning. At Monticello the court house, the postoffice, a bank, and many other places were destroyed with a loss of $35,000 Golden Pone suffered in the same manner to the extent of $25,000, every business house being burned General Lee Kadeski, commander-inchief of the uniform rank Catholic Knights of America, stated to an Asso ciated Press representative that of the 25,000 members of the organization, all well drilled men, 10,000 men could be put in the field within 24 hours in case of war. The 36th anniversary of the navai battle of the Monitor and the Merrl mac was celebrated by a banquet given at Philadelphia March 9 by the Pennsylvania commandery of the Naval order of the United States The guests included prominent citizens and distinguished navy army officers. Spiegel Grove, the home of the late ex -President R. B. Hayes, at Fremont. D. was advertised March 11. to be sold at shersiff sale April 11 to satisfy a judgment of $5,000 The judgment was damages for injury sustained by Mrs. Addie M Smith in a runaway caused by the Hayes family' S dog Everything is stir and bustle at the Mare island navy yard at Vallejo, Cal. Hundreds of workmen are being added to the usual force to rush the work of preparing the Charleston, Philadelphia, Hartford, Pensacola and Adams. The Charleston and Philadel phia have been ordered completed at once, and it is chiefly on that account ;hat so many extra employes have been added to the payroll. The large smelting plant of the Deadwood and Delaware company, a mile east of Deadwood, was totally destroyed by fire Thursday morning As far as is known the fire originated on the first floor from an overturned pot of molten lag The buildings were constructed principally of wood, were very dry and burned fiercely Four hundred men ire thrown out of employment The OSS of the works is estimated to be $230,000, with $100,000 insurance. The convention at Fort Worth of the