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News of the Week
'(Continued from. Pago 13.)
slon to proceed to South Africa Aug
ust 9, and inquire into the sentences
Imposed by the military courts, wltn
the view of ascertaining whether it is
expedient that such sentences and fines
be remitted or reduced.
In denying a rumor that Dr. Leyds,
who was the European agent of the
Transvaal, was returning to South Af
rica, Mr. Chamberlain, the colonial
secretary of England, made th1o im
portant announcement on July 23 that
all those not of African birth who
had fought against the British could
not be allowed to return to South
Africa.
Reports as to the health condition?
among the American soldiers in the
Philippines contain records of hero
ism of the men detailed to serve as
nurses for the cholera patients, and
the commanding officers are taking
opportunities to make special mention
of the brave work of those engaged in
the work.
A report dated July 25 says: Four
wrecks, three of them resulting in one
or more fatalities, occurred yesterday
in various portions of the country as
follows: Rock Island, near South
Omaha, one person killed, two injured.
Panhandle road, near Xenia, 0., at
least five killed, many persons injured,
several fatally. Ohio & Little Kanaw
ha, two killed and many injured, sev
eral fatally. Ontario & "Western, six
passengers injured. In two of the
wrecks, those on the Rock Island and
Panhandle roads, the cars caught five
and in the case of the Panhandle
wreck at least two persons were
burned to death. The total number
killed is not less than eight and the
aggregate of injured not less than
twenty-five.
A Parkersburg, W. Va., report an
nounces that Judge JacKson In the
United States district court on July
. 24 sentenced "Mother" Jones and sev
en other organizers of the United
, Mine workers and a number of Hun
garian miners guilty of contempt ia
violating his injunction order of June
19. With the exception of "Mother"
Jones and the Hungarians, they were
all sentenced to sixty to ninety days
In jail.
It is reported that the contributions
to the mine workers' defense fund
for the anthracite strike, In less than
one week, have reached ?123,000, ex
clusive of the assessment of the men.
Many of these subscriptions are from
men that are not concerned in the
strike at all.
A Washington dispatch, dated July
24, says: The Japanese government
has served formal notice on the state
department that it claims possession
of Marcus island, toward which Is now
heading an American expedition un
der Captain Rosehill, with a purpose
of exploiting its guano deposits. Re
garding it as extremely desirable that
no collision occur, the state depart
ment has taken measures to notify
Captain Rosehill that he must offer no
resistance, should he fall In with a
Japanese warship. He landed on this
island about thirteen years ago. Ho
put up a sign and deposited a bottlfi
setting forth his claims to the Island
erected a flag polo and hoisted the
United States flag. Then he sailed
away from the Island, leaving it unoc
cupied, a fact which may vitiate his
title. Of these facts he Informed the
state department, but he neglected for
many years to file in the treasury de
partment the bond required by the
Guano island laws. In fact, this bond
was only filed within the last year.
Meanwhile, finding a deserted island,
some Japanese landed, and began o
take away the guano. Thero aro be
lieved to be two score tf thera now
on the island, as the Japanese govern
ment holds that their title is good.
The Japanese warship carried the mes
sage from this government to Rose
hill, advising him to offer no resist
ance, and, as it will probably reach
Marco3 island, distant only 1,000 miles
from Yokohama, before the Rosehill
schooner, which sailed from Honolulu,
$,000 miles distant, it is expected that
there will be no clash between the
schooner's passengers and the Japan
ese coolies now on the island.
A Yokohama cablegram says: It is
officially announced that the Janaesc
cruiser Jasagi will convey the diplo
matic agent of Japan to Marcos island.
The explanation is that it is the desire
of the government to reassure the Ja
panese residents and convince them
that the Rosehill claim is untenable.
It is asserted hero that the Island wts
annexed to Japan in 1898, and that it
was discovered by a Jananese subject
in 1879.
The chief engineers at Washington
have received several annual reports
of officers in charge of rivers and
harbors improvements, making esti
mates for the fiscal year of 1904 as fol
lows: Captain C. S. Richie submits
the following estimates for the Gal
veston, Tex., district: Galveston har
bor, $450,000; Galveston ship channel
and Buffalo bayou, Texas, $700,000;
to complete the project, $3,400,000.
South of the Brazos river, Texas,
$275,000; Brazos river, between Valas
co and Richmond, West Galveston bay
channel, Double bayou and the mouths
of adjacent streams, $130,000. Aransas
Pass, Texas, $300,000; to complete tho
"project, $1,340,000. Trinity river,
Texas, $275,000; to complete the pro
ject, $3,875,000. Brazos river from
Richmond to Old Washington, $50,000.
Galveston channel, $200,000; to com
plete the project, $1,485,000. Captain
Richie says that in substituting oil la
place of coal for fuel on the dredge
In Galveston harbor makes a saving
of $500 to $1,000 per month.
A cablegram from London announces
that the entire cabinet of the Servian
government has resigned, owing to
the defeat of the government In tho
election for a president of tho na
tional assembly.
A Manila report, under date of July
24, says: Captain John J. Pershing
of the Fifteenth cavalry, who is In
command of the Latino (Mindanao)
expedition, has arrested the sultan of
Binadayan as a hostage for the deliv
ery to him of the Moros who, on June
22, attacked two Americans. The sul
tan offered to produce tho dead 'body
of one of the Americans and a relativ3
of the leader of the party which at
tacked them, and to surrender ten
slaves, but Captain Pershing refused
to entertain the suggestion. The sul
tan then ordered his followers to pro
duce the guilty Moros. On Tuesday
one of the offenders was brought Into
the camp of the Americans. He was
horribly mutilated. Before dying he
confessed to having participated In the
ambush of the Americans. Tongul,
the leader of the attack, has fortified
his house and defies the sultan of
Binadayan and followers to capture
him.
A dispatch from St. Louis announces
that the dedication of the World's
fair will take place in the Palaco of
Liberal Arts on April 30, 1903.
A cablegram from Manila, under
date of July 24, says: Ross Douglas,
former treasurer of the Island of Ce
bu, has been found guilty of embezzle
ment. He has not yet been sentenced.
A cablegram from Paris reports that
serious disturbances prevail in the
Catholic country around Brest on ac
count of tho closing or tho unauthor
ized schools. Tho country side has
taken up arms, and is determined to
resist any attempt at the forclblo ex
ecution of the premier's order.
Reports from western Texas an
nounce that tho rainfall there Is char
actorized as tho worst over known.
Cloudburst has been followed by
cloudburst and the country has been
Inundated, causing great loss to the
railroads and interrupting telegraphic
service and travel.
A London report says that It Is an
nounced from Montreal that the Cana
dian Pacific railway has offered lo
establish and work a weekly fast ser
vice between Quebec and Liverpool In
tho summer and between Halifax and
Liverpool, where it is regarded as an
offset to J. Pierpont Morgan's ship
ping combine.
A Pertinent Query.
Why is It that when Cleveland and
Hill are assailed by democrats repub
lican papers always come to their
rescue. Newkirk (O. T.) Democrat-Herald.
Easy For Them.
The republican papers aro able to
commend both tho meekness of Bev
erldge and the savage aggressiveness
of Penfield. Paducah (Ky.) News-Democrat.
Dollars Above Patriotism.
Mr. Morgan's proposition to placo
the vessels in his shipping trust at tho
disposal of tho British admiralty
would not be a satisfactory arrango
ment in tho event of war between
Great Britain and the United States.
It would turn our own ships against
us. The man in pursuit of the dollar
is not long on patriotism. Sioux Falls
(S. D.) Press.
Bear it In Mind.
Tho big metropolitan dailies, have
been against tho democratic party for
the past six years. About half of
these papers aro nominally demo
cratic, but they invariably abuse and
misrepresent the men who have
charge of the party. It Is tho country
weeklies that really fight the party's
battles Democrats should not forget
this. Lamar (Mo.) Democrat.
Entitled to Trust Confidence.
It strikes us as just possible that
the trusts and combines will regard
the republican program of tariff re
vision as a tub thrown to the whale
of republican discontent and intended
for use only during the campaign.
Surely the fidelity with which the
Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh con
gresses have stood by the monopol
istic combinations entitles the leaders
to a continuance of the confidence of
those great interests. Washington
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