Minor Telegrams

MINOR TELEGRAMS.

Blockade Begins Oct. 12.- Mr. Powell, United States minister to Haiti, has cabled the state department that he is now informed that the blockade of Haitien ports will be effective Oct. 12th.

..Embezzler Surrendered. - The secretary of state has issued a warrant for the surrender to the Norwegian authorities of Martin Johansen, now held in New York, who as treasurer of a match factory in Christiania is said to have embezzled about 2,000 kroner.

Cornerstone Laid. - The cornerstone of the proposed memorial bridge across the Potomac to connect Washington with Arlington cemetery was dedicated at a big open air meeting in the White lot Thursday. The stone weighs seven tons and was cut by the stonecutters' union of the District of Columbia.