Show DOTS AND DASHES I Newsy Notes Flashed from Far and ft Near London May 12A dispatch t the Times from Buenos Ayres says comi merce Is paralyzed from the low price of products and the high gold premium pre-mium Washington May 11The pjresidenfi today nominated Charles D Walcott of New York director of the geological urvey vice John W Powell resigned re-signed Buenos Ayres May 11The government govern-ment has resolved to abolish all its foreign legations except those in London Lon-don and Paris General Mitre has been elected senator Muskogee I T May 11The sltua Ion brought on by the strike ia the Choctaw nation became so serious that Agent Wisdom today wired to the commissioner of Indian affairs fon help Minneapolis Minn May 11A ape ial from Grand Forks N D says he American Railway union here received re-ceived a telegram telling them to hold themselves in readiness as another strike may be ordered Galveston Tex May 11The seventh annual convention of the National Association As-sociation of Surgeons came to a close today at noon when the association adjourned to next year in Chicago Several papers were read Lexington Ky May 11 Scoggait Bros have sold to G W Leahy Co of Chicago the pair of wining two rearolds Leonas Last and Miss Alice The price was 2500 for Leonas Last and 2000 for Miss Alice Paris May 11An agreement was signed today between M Max Le baudy and Comte de TalleyrandPerl gord and the Prince de Sagan by which a settlement of the scandal was arrived at Shortly after the count was released Washington May 11The Senate in executive session today confirmed the following nominations Seneca Hazle ton of Vermont envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Venezuela Vene-zuela John Steele to be postmaster at Santa Monica Cal Berlin May 12The Post says the German government has decided to assemble a larger number of warships at Samoa The Falke Bussard and he three cruisers Alexandrine Marie and Arkona are said to be under orders or-ders to proceed to the Islands Chicago May 11The Times will say tomorrow It Is rumored States Attorney Jacob Kern will be indicted his morning May 12 for advising the election commissioners to burn the ballots demanded by the grand jury in its investigation into the alleged election frauds in the Twentyninth ward Lexington Ky May 11The ladles have Issued a call for a mass meeting of the citizens of Fayette county op posed to the renomination of Colonel 3reckinridge to be held at the opera house in Lexington Monday May 14 to publicly protest against his renom nation Speeches will be made by several prominent persons Little Rock Ark May 11The grand lodge Knights of Pythias in session at Hot Springs raised a 5000 fund or the purpose of building an ad ditional Pythias home to be erected at that place and raised an assessment upon each member of the order in the United States to be devoted to the fund Final action will be taken by the Pythian conclave in Washington next August |