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Aug. 15, 190a
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appointed ambassador to Germany
April 1, 1897, and It is reported that
his resignation is on account of ill
health.
It is announced from Rome that Mgr.
Guldi, at present in the offlco of
Cardinal Rampolla, tho papal secre
tary of state, has been appointed apos
tolic delegate at Manila.
According to an official proclama
tion of the German government, the
meat inspection law will go Into force
in its entirety o April 1, 1903, with
the exception of the section which re
lates to doing away with tho second
examination of meat once officially In
spected, which section will take effect
October 1, 1904. This action is re
garded as having an important effect
on the American export of meat to
that country.
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News from Port an Prince, Hayti,
reports the formation of a new gov
ernment by the firminist party. The
government has been set up at Go
naives, with M. Firmin as president,
and it is believed that the government
will ask foreign nations to recognize
it as a belligerent power.
It is xeported that two masked men
held up the Chicago, Burlington &
Qulncy train two miles north of Sa
vanna, HI., at 11:30 o'clock on Tues
day night, August ft. The robbers are
said to have secured $2,000.
Dr. William M. Beardshear, presi
dent of the Iowa agricultural college
at Ames, la., died on August 5 as the
result of nervous prostration while at
tending the meeting of the National
Educational association at. Minneap
olis a month ago. Dr. Beardshear was
president of the association last year,
and was regarded as one of the fore
most educators In Iowa, having been
president of the agricultural college
for ten years.
According to Manila newspapers re
ceived at the war department, the ca
ble dispatches from that city have nofc
given full information as to the prog
ress of American arms in the Island.
An account of the battle of Bayan,
Mindanao, states that of 500 native
engaged In the conflict only 40 sur
vived, and the courage and persever
ance of the Americans was marvelous.
A Manila dispatch of August 6 re
ports that an engagement took place
In Batfvan province on the preced
ing Monday, in which the Ladrbnes
were dispersed by a detachment of
the Thirteenth infantry.
A collision occurred on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St Paul road,
between Collins and Rhodes, la., on
August 6, and as the result the engi
neer of both trains and nine laborers
were instantly killed, while thirty
nine were Injured, some seriously.
It is announced from London that it
is very probable that the Earl of Dud
ley will succeed Earl Cadogan as lord
lieutenant of Ireland,
It Is reported that Colombia- threat
ens to take a British vessel, and as
there is no British warship at Pana
ma, tho captain of the American gun
boat has been directed by this gov
ernment to protect British interests
and Interfere in this sefaure if asked
to do so. The state department has
notified the British embassy, as it is
feared that international complica
tions may ensue.
A great amount of damage was
caused in Huerfano county, Colorado,,
on August 5 by a severe storm. Four
cloudbursts have been reported, and
the damage to railroad beds and. other
property will be great.
A Washington dispatch says that a
recent mall from the Philippines con
tain an interesting summary of the ro
sult of .court-martial cases in those
Islands. It shows that tho accused in
227 cases were dishonorably dis
charged, in 231 cases forfeited pay and
allowances, in 116 cases suffered other
punishments, in 110 cases were fined
and in 320 cases were sentenced to confinement.
An Indianapolis dispatch, dated Aug
ust 7, say.gr The monument recently
erected over the gravo of Nancy
Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln, at
Lincoln, Ind., will bo dedicated Octo
ber 1. Colonel Charles S. Denby of
Evansville, former minister to China,
will be asked to deliver the dedicatory
address.
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Neues Wiener Tageblatt of Vienim,
published by the Times, states thatT
General Lucas Meyer has not been in
vited to tho Boor conference to be held
on August 31 because Mr. Kruger ca
not forgive hij behavior while in Lon
dqn, where ho dined several time
with Lord KitchOner.
A dispatch from Washington, dated
August 7, reports: All the prelimin
aries have been arranged at the state
department for submission to arbitra
tion at The Hague of the Pius fund
claims case. The arbitrators for the
United States are Sir Edward Fry of
England, formerly chief justice of the
court of appeals of England, and F.
Do Martens of Russia, tho well-known
authority on International law. Mexico
has selected as her arbitrators Pagano
Guainas, Chile, a. judge of the court of
cessation of Italy, and Savornin Loh
man, a judge of tho highest court in
Holland. These four men will select
an umpire to act in case of a tie. Thte
arbitration tribunal will meet at The
Hague on September 1. The American,
party will consist of Judge William
L. Penfleld, solicitor of the state de
partment, who will act as the counsel
for the United States; Jackson H. Ral
ston, agent for tho United States; Wal
ter S. Penfleld and Henry V. Armesr
assistant counsel for the United States..
Mis Margaret M. Hannar private sec
retary to Assistant Secretary Adee,
translator of Spanish, and Miss L. N.
Larklns, stenographer, and W. S. Pen
fleld will act as disbursing officer of
the delegation. Ho and Mr. Armes will
sail from New York Saturday next to
arrange for accommodation at The
Hague of the remainder of the party,
who will leave New York on August 16.
An Associated press dispatch from
Rochester, N. Y., dated August 7, says;
Mrs. Bridget French, a prominent in
ventor, is dead, aged 72 years. She
was born in Queens county, Ireland,
and came to this country in 1850. Bot
tling in Rochester. Mrs. French de
vised anu patented at least tnirty-six
useful contrivances and up to the tim
of her death was busy on others.
Another mine explosion Is reported
from Colorado, near Trinidad, and It
is said that thirteen men were killed
and some others are missing.
A cablegram from Brest, France,
under date of August 7, reports ex
citing scenes on the occasion of the
expulsion of a number of sisters from
their school at Landerneau, near
Brest The populace sympathize with
the nuns, and demonstrations of hos
tility toward the soldiers who exe
cuted the orders of the premier took
place.
It Is reported from Washington on
August 7 that Secretary Shaw made a
ruling relative to the readmission to
this country of articles of foreign pro
duction which had once been imported
and duty paid thereon at the time of
original importation. The secretary
has decided that the privilege of free
re-entry may be properly accorded to
all articles of foreign manufacture or
production under proper safeguards for
the protection of the revenues, pro
vided the articles so admitted shall
not have been advanced in value or im
proved in condition while, abroad. The
articles should be registered with full
description at the custom house on ex
portation and a certificate issued to
the owner, and on their return they
must be fully identified as tfle articles
exported. The secretary has Issued In
structions to the collector of customs
at New York in connection with this
decision. Heretofore the department
has held that no matter how many
times an article of foreign manufac
ture was brought Into this country, It
must pay duty each time.
II II !
According to a report from New
York, under date of August 7, a tele
gram from The Hague, credited to the
It is announced from London that
England has accepted the offer of J.
Pierpont Morgan, to give the admiralty
claim on all the combine's ships. As
evidence of tho acceptance, it is stated
that the government has chartered tho
Corinthlc, the first ship built for tke
combine, which has just been com
pleted in tho Harland ship yards.
A. London cablegram, dated. August
8, says: The premier, A. J. Balfour,
announced today the appointment of
the following commission of inquiry
Into the conduct of the Boer war: The
Earl of Elgin, chairman; Sir Henry
Norman, Sir John Hopkins, Lord Esh
er and Sir John Fudge.
Communication between Washing
ton and Annapolis was established, on
August 8 by wireless telegraphy under
tho auspices of the navy department.
This was in the naturo of a test of the
practicability of the system for use
in the navy department.
An Associated press cablegram from
London, under date of August 7, says:
The morning papers discuss with great
warmth, the decision handed down by
Justice Bfgham In tho king's bench di
vision of the high court of justice yes
terday in a case where the Welch Coal
Owners' association sued tho miners'
federation for $500,000 damages for or
dering stop days without consulting
the mine owners. Formerly stop days
had been mutually arranged by a
sliding scale committee, but in this
case the men acted independently.
Justice Bigham decided In favor of the
defendants on the ground that there
was no malice In the action of the
men, who believed that a reduction in
the output would benefit both parties.
The 'decision is hailed as a victory for
the labor parties. The conservative
newspapers urge that the dispute be
carried to a higher court in the hope
of obtaining a reversal on the ground,
that Justice Bigham's decision places
an enormous power in the hands of the
labor organizations.
A dispatch from Washington, dated
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