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THE NEWS OP THE WEEK.
On ftily 6 tho popo colobrated tlio
twonty-fourth anniversary of Ills ele
vation to the pontificate
Rov. George J. Johnson died in St.
Louis, July 7. Ho wan 78 years of ago
and for 59 years had boon a Baptist
minister. ' ' '
Reports from London assort that al
though, no. official announcement of
tho fact has yet been made, King Ed
ward w'llf bo crowned August 9,
Tho democratic congressional com
mittee for tho Eleventh district cf
Texas nominated W. L. Barry lor con
gress on July 7.
Tho navy department Is lnformod
that tho first consignment of armor
for the now battleship Nebraska has
been shippod.
Tho president has issued a ' pr6c
lamatlon dated July 3, romoving dis
criminating duties upon Cuban ves
sels ontoring United States ports.
Tho Cuban governmont has signi
fied a desire that tho United States
abandon Its coaling station and rail
road at Triscornia, established in
1899.
today. Major Garuoner declined to
produce testimony showing that tho
military had boon hostile to tho civil
authorities, saying that such ovidonce
was not availablo and ho would leavo
tho chargo unproved.
Gen. Calyin H. Frederick died In
Omaha, Nob., on July 10, at' tho age
of 74. General Frederick was ono of
tho votorans of tho civil war, and was
breveted brigadier general March 13,
1805, for gallant and meritorious ser
vices' in tho flold.
, A report from Panama, Colombia',
Under date of July 5, says that threo
revolutionary generals who were re
cently mado prisoners by tho rebel
chief, Herorra, for insubordination
find tried by court-martial have been
sontonced to fifteen years' imprisonment.
Tho democrats "and populists of tho
Sixth congressional district of Ne
braska have nominated Gen. P. II".
Barry for congress. General Barry
lias served as a member of tho Ne
braska legislature and asadjutant gen
oral. Ho also sorvod In with distinc
tion in tho civil war.
Tho crown prince of Slam is to visit
tho United States some time before
Soptembor 1. Tho government is ar
ranging to givo him a cordial reception.
Beatrice, Neb., suffered heavy losses
on account of an incendiary 'fire on
July 10. Tho high water had loft tho
town without firo protection, and very
little could be done to fight the prog
ress of tho flames.
Tho threatened strike of the freight
handlers In Chicago took place on
July 7. About 9,000 men were called
out and every freight house of tho 24
railroads woro practically tied up. The
strikers demand an increase in wages,
extra pay for 'overtime and holidays,
and recognition of tho union.
Rov. Dr. Augustine' C. Hirst, a
prominent Methodist minister, died on
July 10. Ho has boon pastor of the
First Methodist church at Omaha,
Nob., for two years, and prior to his
service at that place, he held pastor
ates at Chicago and Columbus, O. Rev.
Hirst was plxty-two years of age.
Tho torritory of Oklahoma Is mak
ing an effort to secure a colony of 45,-
000 Finlandors who are coming to
America to live. It is stated that 60
per cent of them will be able to pur
chase their .own farms.
On July 7, 'Joseph Chamberlain, the
colonial secretary of Great Britain,
suffered a painful accident by "being
thrown against tho glass front of it
cab In which ho was riding in Whlto-
11. No serious injury is anticipated.
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A national defense fund to which all
organized labor and the public in gen
oral will be asked to contribute is the
latest proposition oh foot to help the
striking anthracite coal minors If they
need assistance. It Is understood,
however, that tho miners' union will
accept no aid until their own re
sources aro exhausted.
indefinitely, and they aro also to take
part in tho reception to be given Lord
Kitchener on his arrival In England
about July 22. Tho king's dinner to
about a half million London paupers
took place July 5.
It is announced from Chicago that
a packing trust has been consummated
with John D. Rockefollcr as tho central
figure In part of the negotiations and
comprising several gigahtlo compa
nies. Tho Swift and Armour -Interests
have already been consolidated,
and prospects are that the other promi
nent packing companies will also ; fall
into lino.
It is announced that President Cas
tro of Venezuela has determined to
lead the troops in person against tho
revolutionists. In some quarters this
action is taken as an Indication of the
seriousness of tho situation.
The continued rains of tlie past
week have done great damage to
growing crops and railroads. The
downpour in western Iowa and east
ern Nebraska has had no precedent ic
years and has caused many washouts,
costing the railroads alone hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
A dispatch from Des Moines, la.,
under date of July 7, says: The Syn
dicate Land Co.,xwith a capital of $1,
000,000, today filed its articles of in
corporation. The company has pur
chased and has options oh millions of
acres of land in Hamilton and As
sinibone and proposes to colonize and
develop these lands as rapidly as
possible.
It is reported that two hundred
miners are entombed at Johnstown,
!Pa., in a mine belonging to the Cam
bria Steel company. It Is feared that
at least 125 men ure killed and the
scenes at the openings of the mines are
indescribable. At 1 a. m. oh July 10
,65 dead bodies had been recovered.
Officials of tho mine state that the ex
plosion was due to fire "damp.
According to an Associated press
dispatch the threatened, Turko-Bul--garlan
complications arising frorh the
forcible removal of the. flag and coat
of arms from the Bulgarian agency at
Serres, Rumella, for which Bulgaria
demanded satisfaction, have been
averted by the dismissal of tho chief
of police of Serres and Turkey's rec
ognition of Bulgaria's agency there.
President Mitchell is sill confident
of victory in the anthracite coal strike.
Ho declares that tho end is not far off,
and that the strike will be settled only
on conditions that every man returns
to his position. Tho progress of the
contest in Pennsylvania, however, is
being marked with riots, and these
disturbances appear to be spreading
to all lines of industry.
On July 11 tho court-martial of Capt.
James A. Ryan of the Fifteenth cav
alry on tho charge of unnecessary se
verity to natives was concluded at Ma
nila. It is believed that he will be acquitted.-
In his testimony he contend
ed that the water cure was not tor
ture, and asserted that Its use had
saved more American and Filipino
lives 'than 'other expedients, of tho
campaign.
reau for tho Boer forces, the total
losses of the latter during the war
wero 3,709 men killed or died of
wounds and 32,000 made prisoners of
war, of whom 70d died. The Boor
forces in tho field numbered about
75,000.
A cablegram from Blomfontein, Or
ange River Colony, under date of July
11, says: Difficulty has arisen regard
ing tho oath of allegiance. Many of tho
officials of the late Freo State gov
ernment, refuse to sign tho oath,
though few of them object to signing
the document called "tho declaration,"
acknowledging King Edward the sov
ereign. The oath of allegiance, how-.,
ever, is much more binding.
A dispatch from the Now York Hor
ald announced the fearful ravages of
cholera among the natives of the Phil
ip'pine islands. On account of disobed
ience of sanitary regulations in the
army, soldiers are in grave danger.'
It is said that there has not been such
an attack of the disease in the islands
since 1882. Some figures submitted
aro as follows: November 2 to July
4 Total cases, 10,332; total deaths,
7,713; cases in the army, 104.
A dispatch to the Chicago Record
Herald from- Monmouth, 111., under
date of July 9f says: William Mc--Kinley,
who has just been nominated
by the democrats for state senator,
Is one of the prominent merchants of
this city and a leading citizen of this
part of the state. Born at Canton, 111. 7
he was reared on a farm, and' is a self-,
made man in every sense of the term.
In 1885 he embarked in business fit
Sciota, and in 1808 he came to this city, -where
ho has since built up an import
ant implement depot He is 40 years,
old.
A cablegram from Berlin, Germany,
says that the Standard Oil company
and the Russian Oil company have
signed a contract dividing tho British
market, two-thirds going to tho Stand
ard and one-third to the Russian company.
According to a special from Lon
don, Generals Botha, Dewet and De
la Rey intend visiting America, their
object being to collect funds for the
relief of tho Boors ruined in tho war.
It is also said that General Botha is
arranging an official history of the war
from tho Boer side written by him
self, Dewet and other leaders.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Short of Percy,
UIH., celebrated the sixtieth anniver
sary of their wedding on July 7.
Eleven children, 30 grand-children,
and 14 great-grand-chlldren joined ?n
the coiehration of this wedding anniversary.
In regard to tho Gardener court
martial case, a cablegram from Ma
nila says: The taking of testimony
by the hoard appointed to inquire in
to the charges of cruelty, etc., brought
by Major Cornelius Gardener, gov
ernor of Tayabas province, against
American officers and soldiers, closed
It was officially announced in Lon
don on July 11 that tho coronation of
King Edward would take place on Sat
urday, August 9. The ceremonies have
hoen changed somewhat, as thoro is to
be no royal procession as originally
planned, and according to tho advice
of tho king's physicians tho ceremony
itself must not oxceod one hour.
On July 6 most of the churches in
Great Britain colobrated the announce
ment that King Edward was out of
danger with informal thanksgiving
services, special music and tho sing
ing of tho national anthem. The gov
ernment has issued orders that the
Indian and colonial troops now in
London shall postpone their departure
The forty-first annual convention of
the National Educational association
began Its session at Minneapolis,
Minn., on July 7 and continued till
July 11. Some of the notable persons
addressing the association were Pres
ident William R. Harper of the Uni
versity of Chicago, Nicholas Murray
Butler of Columbia university, Jacob
G. Schurman of Cornell, and William
T. Harris, commissioner of educa
tion of the United States.
Much damage 'is reported through
out the agricultural "regions" on- ac
count of the unprecedented rainfall
of the last few days. In Iowa and Ne
braska many streams have overflowed
their boundaries causing a great
amount of. damage and: loss, and in
some sections of these states cloud
bursts have occurred, accompanied iu
some cases hy heavy wind storms. In
Iowa the capital city, Des Moines, has ;
suffered severely from Inundation of.J
a large part of the city, thousands have
been driven from their dwellings, and
the worst is feared.
The Chinese governmont has ap
pealed to the United States to use its
good offices to cause the allied powers
who still retain their soldiers at Tien
Tsin to evacute that place in conform
ity with the spirit of the Pekin agree
ment which settled, the Boxer troubles.
It is announced from Washington that
Secretary of State Hay will make a
plea to the various governments In
conformity with China's request.
As one of the results of the proc
lamation of amnesty in the Philippines
on July 4 Agulnaldo, the Filipino
leader, was set at liberty. Tn an in
terview between him and General
Chaffee, upon being asked if he had .
any complaints to make of American
discourtesy or hardness, Agulnaldo re-'
piled that he had no such complaint
to offer. It is also reported that Aguln
aldo intends to visit this country to
deliver a series of lectures on the con
ditions in the islands and make a plea
for the independence of his countrymen.
According to a dispatch from Pre
toria, Transvaal, under date of July
10, says: According to an estimate
of tho Red Cross identity depot, which
fulfilled the functions of a casualty bu-
At the coming joint army and navy
maneuvers on tho Atlantic coast in
September, according to the plans of
Secretary of the Navy Moody, tho
press of the United States is to be
challenged to secure information by
being regarded as common prey and
put upon their own resources. Secre
tary Moody points out that" his plan
will be valuable in bringing to light
news "leaks," for which officers who
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