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According to advices received from
London on Juno 20 a bloody battle
has beon fought In Morocco in which
the forces of El Menobhi were almost
wholly destroyed by the rebels under
Bu Hamara. The losses are put at
6,000 fighting men, and one report had
it that the leader of tho government
forces was killed.
Tho situation at Sorvia Is growing
somewhat complicated owing to the
attitude of tho powers toward the new
government On June 20 it was re
ported that Greit Britain had practi
cally broken off diplomatic relations
and tho English minister had been
ordered to return hone. The Dutch
representative at Belgrade has been
instructed by his government to as
sume the same attitude as Great
Britain toward the new government
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A project is on foot to build a new
railroad in Alaska starting from the
southern coast at Resurrection bay
northward to the Tanana river. This
"vill extend a distance of about 413
miles and will make tho interior of
the country accessible at all seasons
of the year. Tho Bcheme Is under the
control of prominent capitalists and
its success seems assured.
On Juno 20 Governor Cummins of
Icwa on receipt of advices that a crisis
was approaching in the street railway
Strike at Dubuque, la., sent to that
city three additional companies of
inijitia. The present strike was in
stituted on May 7 since -which time all
efforts to operate street cars in Du
buque has caused rioting, and troops
were sent
The Vj'ry Key. Herbert Vaughan,
cardinal and arenbishop .of Westmin
ster, died In London on Juno 20. Car
dinal Vaughan was born on April 15,
1842, and became archbishop of West
minster in 1892, Aside from his work
as a church prelate, his great life
work was the founding of the foreign
missionary college at' Mill Hill, near
London.
A Washington dispatch under date
or 'Juno 21 says: "General Greely
has "been informed Uiat 680 miles of
the Sllhrrmrlno nnliln 4r Vn lii i,.
tweon PUget Sound and Alaska have
been shipped from New York to Seat
tle.' The remaining 750 miles will be
shipped from New York in August.
This is. the first long cable ever made
in-, the United States. It Is of ths
seamless rubber tye. Captain Edgar
Bussell, signal corps, has started for
Seattle to make preliminary arrange
ments for laying tho cable and will
bo followed in August by Colonel
James Allen, who has general charge.
Recent reports from China brought
news of an insurrection in the pro
vince of Yunnan which is causing
grave alarm. It is said that tho in
surgents now number about 50,000 and
bo far the government rorces have
tared badly in their, encounters with
the rebels.
operatives, and the cost in wages alone
was about $1,300,000.
On June 22 the state board of elec
tion commissioners at Jackson, Miss.,
ordered a state primary election to be
held on August 6. This action means
tnat tho United States senator from
Mississippi will be chosen by popular
ballot. Senator Money, the incumb
ent, and Governor Longino are candi
dates for tho position.
The special session of the Kansas
legislature called to devise a way to
repair the damages done by the floods
in Kansas, met at Topeka on June 24.
Various plans have beon advanced for
the relief of the flood sufferers.
It was reported from Manila on June
22 that the charges that American
officers looted p .blic buildings in Ma
nila after the surrenaer of the city
in 1898 have been revived and may
possibly lead to a formal investigation.
According to advices from London,
throughout many parts of Ireland
thousands of acres of potatoes have
been ruined by recent frost and rain
and it is feared that the failure of the
Irish potato crop will entail much
hardship on the peasants.
The strike of the street car em
ployes in Dubuque, la., was settled on
June 23, the street car company agree
ing not to discriminate np-n inst unioa
men; to recognize the union's griev
ance committee; to allow appeals to
directors from the general manager's
decisions; to reinstate all strikers,
and to give clearance cards to Dev
ereaux, Noonan and Hennessy,- whose
discharge caused the strike.
It was reported from Frankfort,
Ky., on June 23 that it has been de
termined that the special term of the
Harrison circuit court to try Jett and
White for the Marcum murder will bs
convened at Cynthiana Monday, July
27, Judge Osborne presiding.
New developments in the situation
with regard to Russian occupation of
sections or unina aro looked for as a
result of a visit recently made by the
Russian war minister to the emperor
of Japan. It is reported, however,
that the Russians are Increasing their
forces in China, and a raid on the
frontier of Thibet was recently mad3
by 1,000 Cossacks.
tho ministers of France, Holland and
Turkey have withdrawn from the city,
thus following the lead of Great Brit
ain. United States Minister Jackson
has also left Belgrade. On June 24 the
new king entered the capital and was
received with great enthusiasm.
On Juno 2i it was announced from
Washington that President Roosevelt
had sent a letter to the attorney gen
eral urging a vigorous prosecution of
those charged with dishonesty in the
postal department and suggesting
that special attorneys be appointed to
assist in tills prosecution. In accord
ance with this plan, Attorney General
Knox has appointed Charles Bonepart
of Baltimore a special attorney, and
a like appointment will be tendered to
Mr. Holmes Conrad, rormer solicitor
general.
Ex-Congressman Driggs was in
dicted by the federal grand jury at
Brooklyn, N. Y., on June 24 for al
leged connection with the securing of
contracts from the United States gov
ernment for certain automatic cash
iers for the postofiice department It
is said that Mr. Driggs has been re
ceiving a salary of $12,500 from this
company for introducing the macHines.
Harvard University at Cambridge,
Mass., held its 267th commencement
on June 24 and degrees were bestowel
upon 1,368 men by President JEliot
The resumption of the debate on
the Irish land bill in the house of
commons on .June 24 was marked by
the introduction by Mr. Wyndham,
chief secretary for Ireland, of an
amendment designed to remove the
difficulty in regard to the retention In
clause I. of a provision for a minimum
price at which the tenants may re
tain their buildings and permit bar
gains to be made outside the judicial
zones. ThiB amendment was adopted
without division and it is regarded as
almost certain that the success of the
Irish land bill is now assured.
In the United States court at -Macon,
Ga., on June 24, Judge Speer im
posed a fine of $100 each on three
young men for holding a negro in in
voluntary servitude. This fine was
afterwards remitted during good be
havior. The offense was that the
young men, who are prominent farm
ers, caught a negro who had gotten
in debt to them, gave him a whip
ping and made him go to work for
them. Judge Speer said that the pro
blem of the times could not be solved
by harsh measures, and he wanted it
understood that tho laws of Georgia
wero against such treatment
A Washingtondispatch dated Juno
24 says: The youngest member of the
union of American republics has come
forward with the first contribution
toward the fund of $125,000 required to
provide a new home for the bureau
in this city. The contribution is $1,
500 cash, the full amount of Cuba's
quota, and Director Rockhill is look
ing forward to similar prompt action
on the part of the other South and
Central American countries.
On June 24 Sir Thomas Llpton, the
owner of the yacht Shamrock III.,
which is to race the American yacht
Reliance in the near future, arrived In
New York and President Roosevelt
sent Adjutant General Corbin to wel
come him on behalf of the president
It was recently announced iron
New York that Ira D. Sankey, tho
evangelist, is now hopelessly blind.
Ir is said that Mr. Sankey's trouble
has been growing on him for the last
two years as a result of an attack of
trachoma.
The board of- conciliation which was
created for the purpose of adjusting
any grievances in the hard coal regions
and which is composed of three rep
resentatives on each side, met in
Wilkesbarro, Pa., on June 25 and or
ganized. William Connell of Scran
ton, one of the operators' representa
tives, was chosen chaiman and Thom
as Nichols was elected secretary of
the board,
It was recently announced that a
departure in the navy is marked by
the issue of a circular from the navi
gation bureau c Uing for the enlist
ment of electricians for the wireless
telegraph, who are expected to be se
cured for $30 pe: month.
The special session of the Kansas
legislature recently called for the
purpose of providing relief for the
flood stricken sections of the state,
passed fifty bills, only two of which
are general bills. One of these gen
eral bills is to re'mit taxes on property
The eighteenth session of tho im
perial Japanese diet convened on May
S came to an end Juno 4, according
to a cablegram from- Toklo via: Vic
toria, B. C. Tho main achievement of
tho diet was the passage of the naval
expansion bill.
On June 21 the textile council de
clared the strike in the Lowell, Mass
mills at an end. Tho strike began on
March 30 and involved about 17,001)
A cablegram from St Petersburg
under date of June 23 says: A nev
edict sanctioned by the czar, prohibit
ing tho sale in Finland of guns, am
munition or explosives of any sort,
except under the most severe restric
tions, has "been issued. Violations of
the provisions arqpunisliable by a
heavy fine or imprisonment. The
holding of rifle meetings Is also in
terdicted, except by special sanction
of the governor general of Finland.
The edict Is regarded as being a long
.step towards, the complete disarma
ment of the Finns.
The United States European squad
ron, Rear Admiral Cotton In command
anchored at Kiel on June 23 and wa?
met by the German fleet commanded
by Prince Henry and saluted. De
monstrations in favor of the American
fleet were participated in by tho
townspeople.
It was reported from Belgrade, Ser
Ia, on June 23 that in accordance' with
instructions from their governments,
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