Exposition, Venezuela, and Armenia
One of the most unique features in expositions is that to be seen at the Lewis and Clark Exposition to be held the coming summer at Portland, Oregon. Guild's Lake, which is said to be the largest body of water ever inclosed within exposition grounds, is to have its entire bottom studded with electric lights, encased in water-tight receptacles. The effect at night will be a striking one. There is a probability of trouble between the United States and Venezuela over the course which the latter has taken toward certain foreign investments, and her failure to carry out her agreement with the powers, whose demands against her were decided by the court of arbitration. The American consul who has visited the stricken districts of Turkish Armenia, reports that conditions of extreme distress exist there. In addition to their poverty the people are in constant terror, because of the depredations and cruelties of the soldiery camped among them.