AMERICAN NEWS. San Franscisco, June 29.

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A MERICAN NEWS. San Franscisco, June 29.

Tiik Navy Depc^'nenb has directed that on ana alter July Ith, 1889, the national flag on all Government vessels of the United States shall bear 42 slai& \n honour of the proposed new .States. The Wai Department, on the contrary, will not alter the ainiy colours till the formal admission of the four States. A dispatch fiom Quebec, June 27th, mentioned that the steamer Victoria was ashore at Isle Voice, and the vessel would be a total loss. The wreckage is thus accounted tor. A London dispatch of June J7 says Stanley's agent was in that city arranging for a lecture tour for him in October next. His return to London betore autumn is regarded as a ceitainty. ' Four cases of leprosy have been discovered at Cape Breton, N.S. There are already nineteen cases in the Lazaretto at Tracadie, Lower Canada. A tremendous hurricane devastated the countiy surrounding Queebec in the lower counties on June 4th. Irreparable damage has been dene to btock ; houses weie unroofed, and two or three people killed. The wife ot e x-President Hayes was smitten with an apoplecticstroke June2lsb, and died on the 28th. Dr. Me Dow, in gaol at Charleston, awaiting trial for killing Captain Dawson, an Engli&hman, editor of the "News" and " Conner,'" was. elected suigeon of an influential Charleston military company on June '21. Regaulcd as significant or the drift ol public opinion in the case. William J. Hilton, a wealthy merchant of Franklin, Ky. , and who \\ as thought to be dangerously ill, deliberately binned 000 in greenbacks and Government bonds on June 21st, to prevent hio wife, with whom he had a disagreement, and his son, who is a profligate, from inheriting. An attempt was made to find the merchant insane, but the jury declared him of sound mind. In the Harvard-Columbia College freshmen boat raco, June 27bh, when? h o Columbia crew stopped rowing, six of the crew fell in a dead iaint from exhaustion. A case of yellow fever appeared in Brooklyn, New York, on June 19th, much to the consternation of the community. j General William H. Dimond, of the firm of Williams, Dimond and Co., San Francisco, has been appointed superintendent of the U.S. branch mint in that city. Dimond is a native of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, born ot white missionary parents. John K. Moore, attorney for David D. Hancton, of Middletown, New York, has begun a suit in equity against the city and county of San Francisco and a number of' other defendants, claiming a large portiou of the si bo on which the city is built under a grant fiom ilannel Michel torina, a foirncr Governor in California, to one Fernando Marchina. The complaint states that the monthly rental from this property is and tho usual recovciy is prayed. The suit is consideied a huge black-mailing' scheme. Simon Cameron, a leading Republican statesman, United States Senator, Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln, and subsequently Minister to Kussia, died at his residence, near Harrisburg, Va., June 26 rh. He was born in tho same State in 1799. Statistics of the Tieasury Department show that dining May tho expoib trade ot tho United States amounted to $52,169,197, and imports to !j»68,724,994 ; exports ot gold, and imports, $753,894 ; exports ot s-ilvei, #4,449,776 ; and imports, >?1, 936,729. The immigration during the month was 74, 248 persons, being a decrease of o'er 24,000 for the same month in 1888. "English capitalists are investing heavily in American industries. A report made on June 24 shows they have put §200,000,000 in them within a year, and if they continue will soon gain complete control in uany directions. had been offered for the Waldi Factory, Elgin, Illinois. Mrs Sarah Jane Whifcoling was hanged on June 25th, in Moyamon«mg Gaol, Philadelphia, for poisoning her husband and two childicn to get the insurance on their lives, amounting in all to $400. She was quite at ease, and said she did nob <{ mind hanging more than sitting down to bicakfast."" By an accidental explosion in Hyer Brothers' fireworks establishment, corner of Hawlcy and Summer streets, Boston, June 21st, live persons were killed and several others badly wounded. The four-mile straight-away boat-race between the 8-oarcd crews of Yale College and tho University of Pennsylvania, was rowed on the Thames River, New London, Conn., June 21st. Yale won in 23min. i 50sec. i Great damage was caused by the bursting of a dam on the eve of June 17th in . Kansas. Unionfcown and Bellctown were Hooded, and seveial lives lost. John Gilbert, one of the oldest and bestknown comedians on the American stage, died in Boston on J une 17th. He was born in that city in bhe year 1810. Madison Square Garden, New York, has been engaged for ths International Maritime Exposition to open September 21sb and clo&e on October 26fch. The object is to promote the ocean-carrying trade of the United States.

One touch of dead-beat nature makes the whole world a skin. Silver buttons are used on yachting gowns instead of gilt ones. A tea gown of latest pattern is in old roso India silk with the Watteua fulness in tho back laid in accordion plaits. A black costume is extremely chic if woi n with a yellow turban of fancy straw trimmed with black ribbons and feathery