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NEWS OF THE WEEK
Mr. Gladstone is rapidly recovering from the effect of the operation on his eyes. T. De Sousa Rosa, the Portuguese minister in Washington, has been appointed to fill the same position in Paris. Justin McCarthy has issued an appeal to the Irish people to lend their aid in keeping up the liberal majority in the commons. Lord Frederick Roberts, formerly commander-in-chief of the army in India, will succed Gen. Lord Garnet Wolseley in the autumn as commander of the force in Ireland. Nouri. archdeacon of Babylon. who claims to have been wrongly placed in an asylum in Oakland, Cal., by Dr. G. S. Smith of San Francisco and others, announces his intention of suing the United States government for $5,000,000 damages. ment. Mr. Gladstone is making rapid improveMr. Gladstone's eye continues to improve. The Maney court martial was continued. M. Dupuy has partially completed his cabinet. At Ashland, Ky., eight puddling furnaces resumed. The Bank of Tempe at Tempe, Ariz., has suspended. The establishment of the commune was celebrated at Paris. A posse is in pursuit of the Longview (Tex.) bank robbers. The trial of Erastus Wiman was postponed until June 11. Queen Victoria's birthday was officially celebrated at London. All the saw mills of the Big Sandy district in Kentucky have resumed. Sir Francis Johnson, chief justice of the supreme court, died at Montreal Fry's army broke camp at Cincinnati and left via the barge route for Pittsburg. The Michigan democratic state convention will be held at Grand Rapids June 28. The Lucania S average speed from New York to London was 21.75 knots, the fastest on record. Governor Flower vetoed the bill prohibiting the display of foreign flags on publie buildings. Judge Nelson refused to restrain the court martial from proceeding with the trial of Lieut. Maney The commercial affairs committee of the Austrian unterhaus approved the AustroRussian treaty. Lewis, a guest, was burned to death at Ladonia, Tex., in the destruction of the Columbian hotel. Sutherland, who is mixed up in the Gravesend political troubles, surrendered himself to the authorities. The Commonweal army organized at Denver march to Washington now numbers 600 men. An explosion occurred in a mine at Anderlues, Belgium. killing six? miners and injuring several others. Near Tacoma Maj. W. T Gillespie, a wellknown mining man, and Arnold Bernberger were killed by a cave-in. Capt. J. R. Meredith. the well known civil engineer, committed suicide at Pittsburg. Financial trouble. M. Brisson has declined the task of forming new French cabinet. M. Dupuy is considering an invitation. Relatives of Simsrott viewed the remains of the body found at Chicago and say it is not that of the missing treasurer The reports that Princess Alix of Hesse, the fiance of the czarowitch of Russia, is in bad health are officially denied. Gen. Sir Donald Stewart and Gen. Lord Wolseley have been created field marshals. This is an exceptional English honor. The engineers at St Paul re-elected Deloss Everett of Philadelphia as third grand engineer or publisher of the Journal. The populists of the Sixteenth Illinois district nominated P. D. Stout of Morgan county for congress. John A. McBeth, ex register of the Denver land office, was found dead In his room is supposed he committed suicide by poisoning It is stated that M. C. McDonald, the well known Chicago sporting man, is candidate for congress to succeed Allan ca Durburrow On Monday/the application for a writ of will be argued before United States District Judge Nelson in the Maney court martial James R Potts a young gold seeker from Mich while Adrian, shoot the Vermillion river rapids trying at Tower, Minn. Suit was filed against the Topeka water works by Strong Santa Fe road, to recover $125,000 loaned that company in 1880 The engineers in convention at St. Paul passed resolution thanking Represent tive Balley of Texas for asking for Jenkins's impeachment. Edwin R. Parker, formerly general manager of the Empire freight line at Buffalo, committed sutcide at Norwalk, O. III health was the cause. Kim Wing of Merida, Mex., has reached Mobile, Ala. en route to Hong Kong, China, where he goes to get 200,000 of his countrymen to settle in Mexico. Sutro, the San Francisco millionaire, will give the city Sutro Hights, valued at $1,000, 000, providing the Southern Pacific makes a rate of 5 eents to the place. The Commonwealers at Ogden, Utah, threaten to disregard the injunction of. the court and march through Davis county to Salt Lake. There is talk of dynamite. H. H. Artz, who was removed from the adjutant of Kansas by Governor Lewelling, will lead the Topeka contigent of the Commonweal army to Washington. Edward Massey, in the Ohio penitentiary, knocked down Elijah Lynch, another prisoner, and cut his throat. Death is extremely probable. Massey is believed to be insane. At Acquilla, Tex., the engine and six cars of a freight train on the Texas Central railway jumped the track. Engineer John Elliott and Brakeman Arthur Woodall were crushed to death. Three hundred and seventy-five Coxeyites reached Denver from Salt Lake over the Denver & Rio Grande road: 200 of the men were the Utah contingent under the command of Gen. Carter The Farmers' loan and trust company of New York, the holder of the thirty-milli dollar mortgage on the property of the Northern Pacific railroad. filed an amended and supplemental bill for foreclosure. At Oakland, Cal., B. W Parkhurst, a wellknown real estate man. filed a petition of insolvency His total indebtedness is $303,000. Parkhurst has estate worth $169,000 mortgaged for $129,000; personal property worth $131,000. Attorney-General Little has given an opinion that the Master plumbers' association of Kansas comes under the provision of the state trust law and that members in combining against non-members are subject to criminal prosecution. Howell Ford, aged twenty four, son of Col. J. S. Ford, a wealthy owner at Earlington, Ky and whose residence is at Nashville, Tenn. committed suicide at Chicago by firing a bullet into his brain. He is supposed to have been temporarily deranged. WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.