Show DICKENS birthplace FOR be ext month will see the sale of an interesting freehold residence in commercial road portsmouth it being tho birthplace of charles dickens the hi value of the residence is greatly increased by the fact that no other mem orial to the great novelist exists in portsmouth and by the the local residents it i considered a fitting opportunity for the formation of a dickens museum which would prove a great antrae alon to his numerous admirers from all parts of the world when the authors native town several suggestions have been made and meeting ia to be held to consider the best means for securing the property although uncle sams printing establishment lish ment is now tha largest in the world public printer palmer will request an appropriation from the next congress 0 nearly tho public printer think that the capacity of the government printing office should be doubled and he proposes that two large wings to the architecture of what now known a the new office be built the public printer ays that the present structure which haa but recently been completed doan not give him abne half the room to carry on the contant ly increasing business of the government berlin oct 1 the emperor frederick church here hals been entered by burglars who abstracted a number of valuable ornaments i terion teri conn oct 1 cephas B Royer fi ft retired manufacturer has iven to the wesleyan university of middletown conn as a contribution to the fund of being raised for that institution in addition to this gift hag been contributed and the alumni have pledged oct 1 the superintendent of the mint has just delivered to the war department apesos pesos for the philippines the coin was taken from the mint under military escort and transferred to the transport jh ennan which today for manila |