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ern section of this city in the person of Mrs. Anna Coates, colored. She was born near Port Tobacco, Maryland. She cannot fix the date of her birth. but was 20 years old when Washington died, in Lecember, 1799. This would make her 110 years old. She has 2 good memory and remembers Washington's funeral and the invasion of Washington City by the British in 1814. She has two living sons over 75 years of age. She works every day at Wasnington. Sorghum Experiments. WASHINGTON, May 5th Chemist Milen of the Agricultural Department left to-night for the purpose of selecting sites for stations to conduct experiments in growing and manufacturing sorghum. He expects to establish stations at Rio Grande, New Jersey; Venner, Louisiana, Cedar Falls, Iowa and at Starling and other points in Kansas. During the past week he has established a station in Maryland, on the gounds of the Maryland Agricultural College. He is sanguine of the successful results of the experiments. An Extra Session Probable. WASHINGTON. May 5th .-Senator Ingalls says that, in his opinion, there will be an extra session of Congress called next fall, probably about the middle of October. This course has been deemed judicious with a view to organizing the House of Representatives and getting the legislation in shape before the holiday recess. Congressmen Reed, Cannon. McKinley and Henderson of Iowa also indorse this belief. whileamong the Senators and members generally the opinion all drifts that way. An Irrepressible Crank. NEW YORK, May 5th.-George Francis Train, who has been fasting for sixteen days, delivered one of his characteristic lectures at the Union Square Theater this evening, to a fairsized audience. He was dressed in a queer and ancient style. The speaker explained that his other clothes did not fit him. There was no particular connection in his remarks, but some of his points were aimed at the late great celebration in this city, which he called a fizzle. Diamond Contests. CHICAGO, May 5th.-The games of baseball played throughout the East to-day resulted as follows At Cincinnati-Cincinnati 12, Louisville 5. At Columbus-Columbus Baltimore 10. At Kansas City-Kanses City 1s, St. Louis 12. At New York-Athletics 5. Brooklyn 1. At Baltimore-Baltimore 10, Columbus 8. Justice Gray to Be Married. WASHINGTON, May 5th.-The marriage of Justice Gray to Miss Jeannette Matchews will take place early in the present month. The Supreme Court will adjourn May 11th, and it is probable that the date for the happy event will be on the following Wednesday. the 15th instant. Owing to the recent death of the bride's father. Justice Matthews, the event will be strictly private. A Military Inspection. CHICAGO, May 5th.-Secretary of War Proctor and Adjutant General Drumm arrived in the city this evening. together with Generals Schefield Crook and Williams. They will leave morrow for the regular inspection of the military posts in the West, going first to Rock Island, thence to Leavenworth, Fort Riley, Denver, Cheyenne, Omaha and St. Paul. Coming to California WASHINGTON, May 5th.-Lieutenant Sumner C. Paine, U. S. N., under orders to join the United States Iroquois at the Navy-yard, Mare Island, Cal., arrived in this city Tuesday from his h me in Bangor, Me., and is stopping with his father-in-law, Prof. J. H. Coffersus. at 1901 I street, northwest. He will report for duty aboard the Iroquois on the 15th inst. A Run On a Bank. MINNEAPOLIS, May th.-There was a run on the Anoka National Bank yesterday. caused by the rumor that the Washburn Mill Company has assigned. The bank had plenty of cash and paid the deposits as fast as ca led for. Senator Washburne is the President and largest stockholder. He says the rumor was groundless. A Palatial Residence. WASHINGTON, May 5th.-Chief Justice Fuller has purchased of Judge Andrew Wylie the later's residence property on Fourteenth street fronting Thomas circle, between Vermont avenue and M streets, for $100,000. The Chief Justice will take possession of the property next autumn. In America at Last. NEW YORK, May 5th.-The passengers of the steamship Danmark, which foundered at sea, who had been left at the Azores by the steamship Missouri, were landed. at Castle Garden from the steamship Wieland to-day. There were 320 of them. A Double Murder. LYKINS (Pa.), May 5th. - An Englishman named Ware snot and killed two persons here last night during a quarrel over agame of cards. His victims were named Jones and Miller. The murderer was arrested. The French Centennial. NEW YORK, May 5th.-The French people of this city to day celebrated the centennial anniversary of the dawn of the French revolution by a mass meeting in Webster Hall. A St. Louis Blaze. ST. LOUIS, May 5th.-A fire to-day destroyed the Harrison Wire Works and the Crown Cartridge Company's factory adjoining, together with five small dwellings. Loss, $50,000.
