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The authorities at Washington have requested
the Russian. government to release the cargoes of
the steamers Ardbi and Calchas, seized by .the
Vladivostok squadron. ' Although the Calchas is
a British vessel, it had an American cargo.
ence in New York, paid a visit to Judge Parker at
Esopus.
An Associated. Press dispatch, under date pf
Brussels, Sept. 5, ,sayq: "The government of the
Netherlands has Anally decided to erect the palace
of peace given by Andrew Carnegie in the woods
of Schevenlngin, on a hill overlooking the ocean.
.The democratic state convention for the state
of Connecticut met at New Haven on September. 7.
Judge Robertson of New Haven was nominated
for governor and the balance of the ticket is as
follows: Lieutenant governor, Henry A. Bishop
of Bridgeport; treasurer, John M. Ney of Hartford.
Aii Associated Press dispatch, under date of
Chicago, Sept. 5, says: "Wendell Miller, the 12-year-old
son of George M. Miller, president Of
Ruskin university at Glen Elyn, 111., was killed this
afternoon by a foul ball while watching a baseball
game. Young Miller was sitting in the grand
"stand, when the ball flew up and struck him on
the temple. He died in three minutes."
It Is reported on good authority that Prince
Sviatopolk-Mirsky has been selected to succeed the
late Minister Von Plehve of Russia, who was as
sassinated; The prince is now governor general of
Vina and a military officer.
The engagement is announced of Crown Prince
Frederick William of Germany and the Duchess of
Mecklenburg-Schwerln. Important reasons of state "
exist for this marrage. The German emperor
wishos to bring the German court into closer
relations with Holland and Denmark. Duchess
Cecilia is a niece of the prince consort of Holland
and her brother is married to a sister of the future .
queen of Denmark.
The democratic state convention of the state
of New Hampshire was held at Concord on Sep
tember 7- Henry F. Hall is of Concord was nomi
nated for governor by acclamation and 'Others
were nominated as follows: Comptroller, Judge
William Belcher of New London; secretary of
state, James Huntington of Woodbury; congress
man at large, William Kennedy of Naugatuck. Four
presidential electors were named, an,d a resolu
tion was adopted condemning the "action of the
republican governor of Colorado in deporting citi
zens of that state with a view to the destruction of
labor unions:"
The democratic, state convention for the state
of Delaware met at Dover on September G. After
a bitter contest Caleb S. Pennewell, who is in his
eightieth year, was npminated for governor and
the remainder of the ticket was as follows: Lieu
tenant governor, J, R. Clements; attorney general,
L. I. Handy; auditor, W. T. Carter, jr.; treasurer,
J. T. ShalUcross; insurance commissioners, F. D.
Baldwin and W. R. .MpCabe; congressman, Edward
D. Hearne; presidential electors, J. Harry. White
,man, Nicholas R.'.Jphnsop and Landreth L. Lay-
,on. ,. .., ...........
An Associated Press dispatch, under date of
Chicago, Sept. 7, says: "A strike of upwards of
200 school children was declared at the Longfellow
school today because the principal had been trans
ferred since the close of the last term. The chil
dren say that they will not go to school until she
comes back. Later the little 'strikers' decided
to go back to the school and submit to the rule
of the new principal. The end of the 'strike' fol
lowed a conference betwen the mothers of several
of the dissatisfied pupils and the new principal."
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Tetf''tlibrlisaiid 'iCriights Templar are in attend
ance , at the conclave at S'an Francisco. 'King
Edward sent .a special representative in the person
of the Earl of Eustbii.
An Associated Press dlspatph, under date of
.Aijtoona," Pa., Sept. 7,. says: "The extensive Penn
sylvania railroad shops here were tolay ordered
on full time of fifty-five hours a. week. Ffteen
thousand persons are benefited by the order."
Judge Kelsey- of Chase county, Neb., is in a
rather novel position. Two young people, F. B.
Martin and Miss Maud Miller, had planned, an
elopement and took the judge- into their confidence,
inviting him to accompany them to Cheyenne.
The judge accepted the invitation and now he is
under arrest on a warrant sworn out by the mother
of the girl, charging him with abduction. Judge
Kelsey treats the matter as a joke.
' Reports from S'an Antonio, Tex., say that a
plague of mosquitoes is infesting the town of
Eldorado. The insects are of enormous size and
seem to stay near the swampy parts of the city.
The residents are tortured by them and one
woman has lost her reason as the result of being
bitten.
The number,of admissions to the St. Louis fair
grounds on Labor. Day was 207,504. This is 8,000
more tlian the number at the Columbian exposition
on Labor Day.
Eight persons were killed and fifty badly hurt
in a railroad wreck onr the Wabash road at Pen
dleton, Mo. The accident was caused by the day
coach leaving the track and plunging down an
embankment carrying the dining car with it.
An Associated Press dispatch under date of
New York, sept. 7, says: "Two thousand men
were killed and 4,000 wounded in the recent three
days' battle between the Uruguayan government
forces and the revolutionists, according to a Her
ald dispatch from Buenos Ayres, Argentine. Gen
eral Vasquez, minister of war, who led the gov
ernment troops, is asserted to have been defeated
and driven back, abandoning arms and munitions."
Governor Odell has set at rest all talk about
himself as a candidate for re-nomination for gov
ernor of New -York by declaring, duringa confer
ence of fciate leadei'Si that under no circumstances
would he be a. candidate and tliat he did not
want the place.
American. Minister Squires at Havana rhas
cabled tL estate department that the. Cuban, senate
has ratiwed the treaty of extradition recently con
cluded between this. country and .Cuba.',"-'
A chemical' labratory for the examination of
imported1! food products has been opened in sNew
York city by. the department of agriculture.
The," next Arkansas legislature will : stand:
Senate, democrats', 34; republicans, 1; house, dem
ocrats, 95; -republicans, 5. . -
Democratic -editors from -all over the United
States, -who wdre present at the national confer-
An Associated Press dispatch, under date of
"Washington, D. C, Sept. 7, says: 'Major Peter R.
Egan surgeon in the United States army, brought
suit today against W. H. Taft, secretary of war,
to comnel him to remove from the record of court
martial" proceedings, adjudging him (Major Egan)
not guilty on charges of neglect of duty, the in
dorsement on the court's finding of Colonel Saimo,
the reviewing ofllcer, then commanding the depart
' ment of Colorado, which indorsement the com
plainant says is in enecc punisuuiuut iur uuuseu
offenses of which he was found not guilty at Fort
Douglas, Utah, in December, 1901."
Something, remarkable, in the way of a cure
for tetanus has been discovered, at South Omaha,
Neb A little son of Mr- and Mrs. John McKeon
"L became very ill a few days ago. His Jaws and
' neck pained him severely and his speech seemed
to falter Dr. McCrann was calle'd and upon, exam
ination, 'found that the child was suffering from
lockjaw as the result of a largo splinter in his
foot The doctdr then ordered that the child be
taken to a room where the temperature was. ex
' tremely cold, contending that the inhalation of
, cold air would T)e beneficial, Accordingly, after
the wound was dressed, the b6y was taken lothe
chilling room "of the Jetter brewery, and a nurse
called. Ills terrible convulsions are gone and tho
'doctor holds out hope of his entire recovery.
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, Tho president and Mrs. Roosevelt will give a
dinner to the archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs.
Davidson at tho whito house on September'' 24.
Tho British ambassador and Lady Durand will
entertain the. archbishop and Mm. Davidson id
the same manner probably on the 2Gth.
The great packing Irouae strike, which began
on August 12, is at last settled. Mr. Donnelly In
a conference with the allied trades, announced that
he would order the butchers to return to work.
The general body of tho allied trade, however,
were in favor of continuing the strike, but Presi
dent Donnelly dcclnrcd that unlo8 it were called
off the union would be disrupted and accordingly
ordered the men to go back to work.
A dispatch from St. Paul, Minn., announces tho
death of Mrs. Sarah Stevens, an actress, at tho age
of 70 years. Mrs. Stevens belonged to the company
that was presenting "Our American Cousin," the
play which Abraham Lincoln was Witnessing when
he was assassinated.
An Associated Press dispatch, under date of
St. Louis, Mo.. Sept. 8, says: The national Afro
American council in session here, representing
over 10,000,000 of colored people of the United
States, today Issued an address to the country pro
testing against the 'Inhuman and indiscriminate
system of depriving citizens of our country of life
and liberty without due process of law.' "
Referring to tho democratic state convention
for the state of Utah, which was held at Salt Lake
City, Sept. 8, the Associated Press dispatch says:
"The democratic state convention today nominated
James H. Moyle of Salt Lake City for governor,
Judge O. W. Powers for congressman, and adopted
a platform Which reilects the recent renewal of
charges of church interference In Utah politics, and
the reorganization of nn anti-church party deny
ing the right of any power to dictate political
' nominations!"
The entire republican ticket was successful In
the state election at Vermont and the republicans
also maintain control, of the legislature. It is
said that the majority is fully 31,000.
The Arkansas state election was held Tuesday,
S'ept. 6. The democratic state ticket was elected
by about G5,000 plurality. Governor Davis ran
behind his ticket and his majority may go as low
as 25,000.
The following figures are of Interest in connec
tion with the great packing house strike which has
just been settled: Strike began July 12. Number
of persons involved 53,000. Number of cities in
volved directly, 12. Wives and children of strik
ers, 250,000. Total duration of strike, working
days, 57. Loss of wages to employes, $5,000,000.
Loss to packers, all cities (estimated), $7,500,000.
Less to stock raisers, $2,500,000. Loss to railroads,
$1,000,000. Paid to strikers in benefits (mostly
supplies), $100,000. Paid by packers in increased
wages,. $250,000. Number of cattle tied up on
ranges, 250,000. Number of sheep tied up on
ranges, 275,000. Number of hogs tied- up by strike,
350,000. Loss to public by increased prices of
meat, $5,000,000.
Following the capture of Liao Yang by the"
Japanese, General Kuropatkin has accomplished
a successful retreat to Mukden in good order in
spite of the harassing Japanese, sodden roads, and
hampered- by more than 12,000 wounded. Reports
from good authority estimate the number of
killed on both sides at 50,000 and In five days tho
Red Cross nurses have cared for 122,300 wounded,
A man named B, F. Slagel, under arrest at
Topeka, Kansas, for burglary, has confessed that
he Js a deported miner from Colorado and that he
took part in the dynamiting of the Independence
depot waere fifteen non-union miners were killed
outright and several others were injured, -S'lagel
also gives the names of others who were Implicated.
President Roosevelt' presented to the1 Oyster
Bay free library' the chair presented to him when
he was governor of New York. -' . .
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