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AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
TO
Timely Mention of the Doing of the Na
tional CnngreM, Departmental. anil ,Kc
rutW ODIclal Action, and fUbetneut
f Arm and Navy,
Thursday, .Inly 0.
Albert 13. Hall of Kearney. Neb., hns
been granted u putent for 11 hftme nntl
trace connector.
lletwccn.lune 8nmt .Inly 2. 1,1 1 i men
were recruited nt Chicago for service
In the Pclllpplncs.
.1. V, F. WilllnuiH Iiiik been promoted
from SOWl to 51,000 In the treasury de
partment. He In ii Nebrasknn.
The war department lias received u
dispatch from Santiago stating that
Surgeon Clcudcnnln died July 1 of
yellow fever.
Tlie cruder Newark, whose arrival
at Valparaiso, Chile, was noted yes
trrdny, will proceed to Cnlloa, thence
northward to San Francisco.
J. II. McDowell, the representative
of Supervising Architect Tnylor, who
Investigated the cites for the new pub
lie buildings nt llliilr. Norfolk and
Hastings, Neb., has returned to Wash
ington. Mr. McDowell has nil the In
format ion relative to the various sites
In his possession, but he refuses to
talk about his selections. He says he
will begin on his report to the secre
tary of the treasury and cannot glvo
out any information in udvunco of
their presentation.
I'rlilnr, .Inly H.
Anna M. Mendenhall, matron of the
Winteis Indian school in Nebraska, has
been transferred to the I'landreau
school of .South Dakota as assistant
ination.
The acting comptroller of the treas
ury has rendered u decision that Hear
Admiral W. T. Sampson Is not entitled
to the pay of that grade from August
10, IRON, when he was commissioned
by the president, to March 4 last.
The order for the enlistment of vol
unteciH for the service In the Philip
pines ws published yesterday, anil
seven more colonels to command (lie
regiments were appointed. There are
as yet two colonels to be designated.
The war department has granted the
request of the governor of Texas for
aid for Hood sulVcrers. Such govern
ment boats as are available will be
placed at the disposition of the,, gover
nor and the rations' asked for will be
issued at once.
Ambassador Clioate and Lord Salis
bury are almost, deadlocked over the
modus vlveudl fixing the Alaskan
boundary. Neither side will accept
the provisional line proposed by the
other, the Canadians demanding the
Inc uijlon of their Porcupine country
and the Americans the projection of
the boundary line northwesterly from
a point two miles above Kluckwnii.
SuttirUur. .Inly H.
General Wheeler will sail for Manila
on the Mill.
Lieutenant Lawson N. Fuller, ord
nance bureau. I'. S. A., has been order
ed to the Philippines as chief ordnance
oflicerin the Held of the. unnv operat
ing there.
At Tampa, Fin., J.ooo cigarinakcrs
are out of employment. Twenty lead
ing factories closed their doors ami
others may follow suit. Failure to
ndjust mallei b with employes Is the
cause.
Col. Hartlgan, who wus colonel of
the Seventh Illinois volunteer Infantry
during tht Spanish-American war, has
been offered u mujorshlp In one of the
new volunteer regiments. Col. Hartl
gan has not given his reply.
The acting commissioner of Internal
revenue has rcatllrmrd the decision of
Ills oftlcc to the effect that the revenue
stamp required to ho affixed to parlor
or sleeping car tickets may bo allixrd
to berth or seat cheeks when tickets
arc not purchased by the passenger
prior to his entering the car.
Senator Thurston has recommended
to the war department the following
appointments for o Ulcers for provision
al regiments: Cant. J. A. Culver of
Mllford, who was captain in Grlggsby't,
rough riders, for first lieutenant: Win.
F. S. Mupes of Nebrasku City, who was
major of the first Nebraska, as Hrst
lieutenant, and Charles 11. Wilson, Jr..
of Omaha, Bon of Paymaster Wilson of
inc army, now stationed In New York,
ns second lieutenant. Wilson was also
a captain in tho Second Nebraska.
- Humlay, July l.
In spite of the renewed talk of the
resignation of Hon. Hussel A. Alger,
secretary of war, there Is absolutely no
indication around the war department
of the contemplated retirement of that
official.
Paymaster W. H. Wilcox of the navy,
who was court-martialed for drunken
ness, was sentenced to be dismissed
from service, but on rcoommt-iidntlun
of fdx of the seven members of the
court for executive clemciey, the prcs
dent has mitigated the sentence to a
reduction to the foot of the list of pay
tmibters and n loss of one-half pay for
one year.
Mr. Choate has not communicated to
the state department the result of any
representations he has made to Lord
Salisbury In London" respecting the
modus vlvcndl under his instructions.
Although It Is believed that it is al
most hopeless to expect h successful
outcome of these direct negotiations
with London in regard to the Alaskan
boundary, It 1h not regarded in Wash
ington as Inevitable that a hostile
clabh will follow the failure to secure
a modus.
Lieut. Samuel V. Puguo, U, S. V
retired, courtmartialed iu lsO.'i for an
assault upon Colonel Croftou of the
Kith infantry at Ft. Sheridan, com
mitted suicide In the New lira hotel,
Chicago.
Secretary Long, on recommendation
of Senator Thurston, will name John
Parnell Golden of O'Neill as cadet at
Annapolis, representing the Fifth Ne
braska dlBtriut in the academy.
Near Plkevllle, Teun., a pitched
battle occurred at a picnic between
three brothers named Hoge and Carrol
Seals and two brothers. Carrol Seals
was fatally shot, and two of the either
participants were wsrloualy wounded.
nionilny. July 10.
Secretary Alger has approved tho
rerommeudations of tho board of en
gineers establishing harbor lines at
Seattle and Tacoma.
Minister Jackson rcjiorts to the statu
department that the North German
Gazette has made a seml-ofllclal dental
of the press rcjMirt that the Herman
trove'rnment Intends to annex Hear
sland near ripjtbergen.
A Manila dispatch conveys the Infor
mation that it has been raining and
storming almost continuously for tho
piiBt several days and the country
along the American south and bay
Hues Is literally Hooded. The soldiers
nro suffering great discomfort. Tho
Thirteenth infnntr, regiment at Pasay
is In a bad position, being completely
surrounded by water. In many cases
the men' arc sleeping with three feet
of wuter beneath their bunks, which
are elevated on cracker boxes. The
company cooks, when preparing the
meals, stand knee deep iu water. Ma
nila bay is impossible of navigation
by either launches or canoes. The U.
S. transport Centennial Is ready to sail
for San Francisco with'dlscharged sol
diers, but the latter have to sit around
the water front all day, drenched to
the skin, waiting for a launch to taku
them to a steamer.
Tnriiluy, .Inly 1 1.
Tho Glacier has arrived at Singa
pore. She carries a cargo of fresh
beef intended for the fleet in Philippine
waters.
The Fluted States government has
declined the proposal of the govern
ment of Austro-llungary to arbitrate
the claims of Austro-llungarlan sub
jects arising from the lltuelton, Pa.,
killing in 1H!7.
Major C. P. Porter, U. S. M. C. has
been promoted to the grade of lieutenant-colonel
in that service, and placed
on the retired list. Lieutenant-Colonel
Porter Is a son of the late Admiral
David D, Porter, and has a service ex
tending over thirty-seven years in the
uuvv and marine corps. He was ono
of the guard of naval ofllccrs that cs
cot ted President Lincoln through
Richmond, after the evacuation of that
city by the confederates.
Acting under instructions from tho
president, Adjutant General Corbln
has sent telegraphic instructions to
General llrooke, commanding in Cuba;
General Otis, in the Philippines, ami
General Davis In Porlo Rleo, to glvo
piovislonal recognition to the Spanish
consular oft leers In those Islands. This
action refutes entirely the report that
the government has 'declined to Issue
exequaturs to Jose FUlppo Segrarlo as
Spanish consul-general at Havana.
General Leonard Wood, the military
governor, has returned to Santiago
from the I'nlted States and immediate
ly began vigorous action to stamp out
yellow fever, lie finds the situation
more serious than he had anticipated.
Tomorrow headquarters will move to
Congo, twenty miles north on the rail
road, a point a thousand feet above
sea level, as well as all the adminis
trative departments, except the rani
titry and a few Immune, clerks in the
quartermaster's and commissary stall's.
Weill IMllllV. .Illlj I'J.
Thu reciprocity treaty with Franco
Is not yet completed.
The postolllce at Chadron, Neb., Is to
bo removed to the postmaster'' build
ing ut an annual rental of S3D0.
Daniel IS. llllbcrt has been appoint
ed industrial teacher and Ernestine E.
II llbert matron at the Situtec Indian
s'.'hool, Nebraska.
An order has been Issued by the
president extending the privileges and
protection of the American tlag to the
shipping of Porto Itlco uud the Philip
pines. An order of the war department per
mits the Immediate family of a regu
lar volunteer who is abroad to pur
chase at cost, prices fuel aud subsis
tence stores which are for the imme
diate use of the family.
Ily direction of the president tho
new military post near Spokane, Wash.,
has been named Fort Wright, iu honor
of General George Wright, who was
colonel of the Ninth infantry aud a
brigadier general of volunteers.
The war department announces that
the customs receipts at the port of Ha
vana for June were !jl,012,8W. The
total receipts for six months of 18H9
are, to be exact, 85,140,830. The month
ly average for six months is $8.17,803.
The secretary of agrlculturo hat;
been appealed to on behalf of the Hood
sufferers of Texas to send a supply of
corn for their use. lie has been com
pelled to decline, us the department
has no appropriation for such a pur
pose. The secretary of the Interior lias Is
sued formal directions to tho commis
sioner of the general land oftlee to Is
sue patents to the Union Pacific Rail
road company for all lands accruing to
the old Union Pacific under its grant.
This action is tuken in accordance
with the foreclosure decrees of tho
United States courts In Nebraska and
states further west and Is merely a
formal notification to tho commission
er that the company is to have all
lands to which It Is entitled under ity
grants.
WRECKED DURING A FOG,
Steamer Portia lloei Allium on Not Seo
tin Com No I.Woi l.ntt.
IlAUrAX, N. 8., July 3. Tho
Atcamor Portia, from New York for
Halifax, was wrecked during a denso
fog last ovenlug o:i Fly tin's island,
off Sambroo, a point about fifteen
nillos to tho eastward of Halifax. Tho
passengers and crow, 115 all told,
landed ou tho Island in tho ship's
boats aud are all comfortably housed
there. No loss of life is roported
Stick to Old llablti.
Tailor You have recently Inherited
a nice gum of money from your uncle.
Why don't you pay me? Customer I
hate all outward ihow. I don't vrant
It to be said that my newly acquired
wealth has caused a departure from
my former simple habits. Tho Rival.
Unaaiwerablti.
"Charles Francis Adams says In this
life we can rarely have our ova way,"
"That's the unanswerable logic of a
married man." Cleveland Plain Deal
er. "
WIDE WORLD HEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF VITAL
TEREST.
IN-
A Brief flnnimnry of Kventa la Which
I'eople r Deeply Interested Short
Sentcnrn Conveying n World of In
formation to Oar llenrieri.
Tlmrt'ibty, .'illy 0.
The corner stone of Montana's new
capital was Inltl nt Helena yesterday.
Ten new eases and seven deaths Is
(ho yellow fever report from Santiago.
There Is at present a better prospect
or peace between the Transvaal and
Great llrltaln.
Governor Jones of Arkansas has Is
sued a tiroclamatlou forbidding tho
Importation of negro miners.
The Chicago "Corn licit," issued to
day, reports all crops in the western
states to be iu the best possible con
dition. At Humboldt, JCnn., the Neosho val
ley Is under six feet of water and a
Hood Is feared. It has rained for I'I
hours.
Percy W. Palmer, an Evnnston. 111.,
real estate dealer, was found doid in n
Chicago alley. He had committed
suicide.
While all is quiet at Rennes, France)
where Cant. Dreyfus is a prisoner, an
outbreak is feared when the national
fete day arrives.
At Lake View, la.. W. A. 'Ward, a
Sioux City aeronaut, suffered a fall of
I'll) feet. Ills parachute failed to work,
lie was terribly injured.
lllshop John P. Newman died at
noon yesterday at his cottage at Sara
toga, N. V. The remains will bo tuken
to Mechanlcsvllli! for burial.
The Fourth was irrandlv celebrated
nt San Juan, Porto Rico. A great
crowd came to town to take part Iu the
ceremonies. Governor-General Davis
gave a reception in the evening.
Tho Chleairo Tribune's Fourth of
July casualties from 250 cities foot up
as follows: Dead, .'13: injured. I,7:i0;
fire losses, 5232,070; Injured by cannon
crackers, 7.11: by powder explosions,
257: by toy cannon, 220; hit by stray
bullets, lit).
The llra.os river nt Seclcy. Tex., is
fifteen miles wide, communication is
cut off, and the situation is desperate.
Many lives are in peril, and tho num
ber drowned Is reported at from CO to
-00. The whole face of the country is
a sea of water.
I'rldny, .Inly 7.
The United Evangelical church
decided to locate Its college for
has
the
miiuiie west at i.cmars, la.
More than VIO.OOO accredited delegates
were present at the great Christian
Fndeavor meeting at Detroit.
Coultervllle, Calif., was destroyed by
lire and a loss of S'.'OJ.OOO resulted. No
adequate facilities for lighting the tire
were at hand, and the people were com
pelled to let the town burn.
An attempt was made to assassinate
Former King Milan, father of King
Alexander of, Servia. The attempt was
unsuccessful. The would-be assassin
was captured, but his Identity is not
established.
August lltcker, the Chicago stock
yards butcher who killed his wife, cut
up the body and boiled the remains to
hide Ills crime, has been found guilty
of murder in the first degree und will
have to hang for his crime.
Siiturtlay. .Inly 11.
Four new cases of yellow fever have
developed at Santiago.
Kid McCoy has signed articles to
light Jack Mct'ormack of Philadelphia
iu Chicago, August 8.
Ten thousand applications for com
missions in the new volunteer army
now forming have been received.
Reports from the flooded district in
Texas say the property loss is enor
mous, but the loss has been greatly ex
aggerated. The situation is materially
Improved.
Mrs. Joseph Grahnin wus frightened
by a stroke of lightning, while riding
on a Cleveland street car, und jumped
to the ground. She was picked up un
conscious and died an hour later.
Jacob Gaudaur, champion sculler of
the world, has Issued a challenge to
James W. Ray of Australia for a three
mile race in September for S'.'M) a side
and the championship of the world.
Hunriiiy, July D.
..''7 14, the French troops will
eclo-
L..vi .i tho fall or the uastile.
There is a drouth in the island
of
Jamuicu, and n famine is feared.
The wreck of the Maine Is fast sink
ing in the mud in Havana harbor.
Sixty per cent of the oil seed com
panies of England have decided to
form a trust.
The Texas flood has left ivjpv in
want, and 8l,OO0",OOO worth of cotton
has been destroyed.
It Is asserted tho peace conference
will adjourn at tho end of July to re
assemble next spring.
Tho Shamrock had a trial spin and
gavo cvldcnco of being the best
equipped cup challenger ever seen in
the Solent.
J ohn M. Lane, freight and ticket
agent of tho C. M. tt St. P. Ry., at
Council llluffs, has been arrested,
charged with embezzling 53,000.
.'Monday, July 10.
Wealthy
business in
Mexico.
Spaniards, formerly in
Iluvaua, are bettllng in
The gas companies of Chicago are at
war und n reduction in the price of gas
is looked for.
Theodore Webber wua killed while
Attempting to prevent a runaway team
from dashlug Into a crowd of children
at Mudihon, Wis.
Over a ao-mlle triangular course, ten
miles to the leg, the new cup defender
Columbia defruted tho old Defender by
a margin of 3:f3.
Robert Bonner tho publisher and
fuiicler of famous horses, died at his
home in Now York, death being due to
a general breaking down of the system.
Neur Waldron, Ma, seventeen miles
north of Kansas City, a northbound
liurllngton passenger train went
through a culvert and a number of
persoivr vt era injured,
Kid McCoy is billed to fight Choynskl
In September.
Guatemala's president, Cabrera, is
unpopular, and the country is on Uc
verge of a revolution.
It Is stated that dissatisfied Ken
tucky democrats will put up a ticket
in opposition to the Goebel ticket.
The large steam bakery of Henry
Wauklln at Roxborough, Pa., was des
troyed by Are. Loss, $75,000; Insured.
Miss Henrietta Crapp, aged, 10,
daughter of a wealthy lumberman of
Atlanta, (la., has disappeared, r.nd it
is believed she has been kidnaped.
Relief work In the llra.os district
has been systematized. Much Is being
afforded. So far the estimated loss is
as follows: Cotton, S'i.OOO.OOO; houses,
fencing, stock and bridges. S.'.TiOO.OOO;
railroads, 81,000,000; totul 38,.".00.000.
At Allcntowti, Pn.. Chus Kiiauss,
aged 18, Infatuated with Mrs Kdwln
Dlffchderer, aged I'D, shot aud serious
ly wounded her. She was trying to
breuk up tho youth's Infatuation for
her and refused to elope with liiiu. Slio
has a husband und two children.
Dick Williams, n negro, charged
with the murder of Harry T. Tandy tit
McFarlantl, Wabaunsee county.Kansas,
was lynched near Alma. Kan. The
ctowd allowed the sheriff to cut him
down, believing him dead, but he re
covered consciousness nftcr being taken
back to jail.
TiiCMluy, July 1 1.
Troops have been withdrawn from
Cartcrvllle, 111.
Forest fires are raging iu the
borhood of Anaconda, Mont.
Grand Duke George, brother
czar, nud heir apparent to thu
neigh
to the
throne
oi uussia, Is (lead
Five artillerymen were killed by the
explosion of a powder magazine in the
arsenal at Pretoria, Transvaal.
KIglit thousand teachers are already
in attendaucu at the national educa
tional association at Los Angeles, Cnl.
The prospects aro not favorable for
the formation of a glove trust which It
was proposed to organize with a capital
of si:,ooo,ooo.
Dr. Mary C. Mdmonds, a well known
Sun Francisco physician, died from
fright caused by the accidental setting
off of a burglar alarm.
Miss Henrietta Crapp, the girl who
mysteriously disappeared nt Atlanta,
Oa., and who was thought to have
been kidnuped, has been found at the
home of a friend about two miles from
home.
Mrs. Ella Shattuck has been arrested
at Erie, Pa., charged with the murder
of her husband. His body was found
on the tracks of the Erie
but he had been shot and
vlously.
motor line,
killed pre-
Captain Watkins of tho liner Paris
assumes all blame for the stranding of
his ship. He says he made a miscalcu
lation In time and the vessel was
eighteen miles ahead of the position he
hud counted on.
At Newman, Stnnislaus county. Cttl.,
a llurUngton special witli teachers,
on the way to Los Angeles to attend
the national educationul association,
crashed Into a freight train. Two
women were killed and thirteen other
teachers Injured.
At Dallas, -Tex., during n protracted
meeting at the First Christian church,
John T. Carlisle! shot Prof. Win. Lips
comb and killed him. Carlisle is a
cousin of former secretary John G.
Carlisle. The murderer had been chief
janitor at the high school, but was not
reappointed, lie lay his defeat tu
Professor Lipscomb, the principal.
Wednesday, July la.
A shortage of coal has forced the
Omaha smelter to closj.
Mayor Jones of Toledo, O., will
probably secure the gas plant.
Manufacturers of seeder and drill
implements have decided to raise the
prices 15 per cent.
Cartcrvllle, 111., authorities protest
against removal of troops, claiming
they are neeeed there.
Fire in a crowded New York tene
ment resulted In injuries to llvo per
sons, hlglit other were overcome by
smoke.
Tho salvagers have succeeded in
floating the liner Paris, but-the big
ship is still in dungcr, as she has a
distinct list to starboard,
Charles E. Gibbs, formerly a Wash
ington, D. C, hotel keeper, shot and
killed himself at tho Ebbitt house.
Hroodlng over business reverses and
the loss of wife is the cuuso ussigned.
It is said that President Is energeti
cally working upon a plun to submit
the question of independence or annex
ation to the people of Cuba. He feels
confident the Cubans will vote for
auucxutlon.
The furnaces of the battleship Iowa
have almost wholly burned out and
will liavo, to bo repaired. The ship's
run from New York to San Francisco
was responsible for the trouble. The
Iowa is in dry dock at Seattle, Wash.
Ellas Hatfield, the noted Kentucky
desperado, yesterday surrendered in
person to Gov, Atkinson of West Vir
ginia. Hatfield shot Sheriff Ellis a
week ago. He thinks ho will be ac
quitted on the ground of bolf defense.
James E. Falley of Indiunapolls.Ind.,
receiver of the Order of the Iron Hall,
filed his final report, and by order of
the court the trust which has existed
since Aligns! 23, 1805, will bo immedi
ately closed. Hlnco the creation of the
receivership 51,1170,777 nas ueen uis
trlbuted among 45,000 claimants and
creditors, whoso claims aggregated
33,100,000. The cost of the receiver
ship was 7 per cent of the whole
amount of money secured, and of tlili
2 per eeut went to the receiver.
What a woman can't understand la
how she understands to make a fool
of a man without understanding why.
Not Worth It.
"Tommy," aald his inothor, "It I set
rou a new null of clothes you must
promise not to climb trees or play
marbles until they are worn out."
Then," answered Tommy, after a
moment or two of reflection, "I don't
want them
Will U.e Electricity.
The owners of tho famous Cog Road
running up Pike's Peak, have decided
to change the motive power from
team to electricity. It U estimated
that tho cost of making the change wjll
be about fW.OW. ""
ciiiinocfliii
McKinley, It Is Said, Wants to
Submit Annexation to the Island,
IS WORKING ON SUCH A PLAN,
lleneral ITonil ItopurH It Would Carry
Tour to Ono In Hnntlnco A Well
ington Correspondent Nor Ueneral
llrooke Ii to lis Calls I Home.
Ni:w Yoitit, Juno 12, According to
a dispatch to tho New York World
from Washington President McKinley
Is working energetically upon a plan
to submit tho question of Independ
ence or annexation to tho people of
Cuba. Ho believes that they would
voto for annexation.
Reports from Governor General
llrooke Indicate a contrary view, but
the President has received confiden
tial letters from Influential represent
atives of commercial Interests and
from other sources iu and about Ha
vana which have convinced him that
General ltroolto is mistaken and that
tho pcoplo of the western portion of
the Island, as well ns those In tho
eastern portion, would gladly voto for
a territorial government under this
republic.
So strong is tho President's ten
dency toward annexation that it is
expected that an effort will bo made
In Congress at tho coming session to
rescind tlio resolution providing for
Cuban independence und to substitute
a plun by which tho matter may bo
submitted to a voto of tho peoplo of
the island.
When General Wood wns in Wash
ington recently tho President In
quired particularly as to tho extent of
tha sentiment for aud against an
nexation. "I am firmly convinced," said Gen
eral Wood, "that annexation would
bo carried by four to ono in Santiago.
Tho pcoplo of that provlnco and, 1
b'lleve, tho majority of other prov
inces, do not want Independence.
They have realized many bcnellts
from the temporary government wo
have given them and are anxious to
secure these benefits permanently."
Confidential reports to the President
reveal more discord among tho pro
vincial rulers than is usually believed
to exist. The policy applied to tho
government of tho provinces In the
western end of the Island Plnar del
Rio, Havana anil Matanzas which aro
directly under Uie supervision of Gen
eral llrooke, is radically different
from that inaugurated by General
Leonard Wood, military commander
of Santiago. Tho government of San
tiago Is looked upon by the President
as more desirable than that in the
western provinces. General Wood
made a personal report to tho Presi
dent, vho indorsed his- policy and
urged its continuance. Wood, it is
learned, made many suggestions,
which will hi pub'lshe.1 for tho guid
ance of tho commanders of other Cu
ban provlneis.
"I have encouraged American en
terprises In Santiago by giving Amer
icans the preference,1' he told the
President, according to tho corre
spondent. "I do not believe there
have reached you from Santiago the
complaints of discrimination against
Amor' cans that come from Havana.
Americans who havo established
thomselvcs In Santiago and endeav
ored to extend their operations to
othor provinces, toll mo that they
havo been repulsed by the American
commanders and that English enter
prises havo been given tho prefer
ence." Complaints of tho unwarranted con
sideration shown European enter
prises in Havana and other Western
provlccs, to tho detriment of Ameri
can interests, havo reached the Presi
dent from many sourcoi, and It Is not
Improbublo that a change In tho ad
ministration of the Cuban government
will be inadosoon. It Is stated upon
very high authority that tho Presi
dent desires General llrooko's attend
ance In Washington In the capacity of
confidant lal udvlser, nnd is contem
plating tho substitution In his pluco
of General Wood as governor-general
of Cuba
MURDER IN A CHURCH.
frlnelpal of llallai. Text. High Uohonl
Shot Durlnar Servient.
Da i.i. a s, Texas, Ju'.y li At 0:30
o'clock last night out) of tho most
startling tragedies Dal Ins has ever
known occured iu tho First Christian
church. In tho midst of a protracted
service, John T. Cnrllslo uroio from
his seat, walked to where Professor
William Lipscomb, principal of the
Central high school, was seated, nnd
shot him without a word of warning.
Carlisle was soi.eil and taken to the
county jail. Professor Lipscomb died
at 10:45.
Carlisle had been chief janitor of
tho high school, but fulled to bo re
appointed by tho school board. He
attributed his defeat for reappoint
ment to tho profossor's Influence, nnd
It Is believed this was tho cause of the
murder. Cnrllslo Is n cousin of former
Secretary of the Treasury John O.
Carlisle.
Illf Copper DltcoTery.
Toronto, Out., July 13 It Is an
dounoed that copper oro of almost In
credible extent aud richness has been
found In tho Parry sound district,
within about coven hours' railway
distance of Toronto. The discovery
was due practically to an American
mining export named Forbes, who has
organized two companies, ono com
posed entirely of St. Paul capitalists
aud tho other composed of Canadian
and St. Paul men, which havo scoured
all of the claims in tho neighborhood
and have commenced operations on aq
extensive soahj,
ILL FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND
As a Ilcftult of IIU Torture, Dreyfus la on
IitTnH-J'a 1'urr.
Rr.NNKS, France, July 1?. Mrao.
Dreyfus took her own physician to
seo her husband in prison, yesterday.
Whon her. brother was nskod nbout
tho health' of tho prisoner ho roptled:
''Ills health leavos very much to br
desired."
Tho prison gunrdlans find Dreyfus
eats very little. His stomach revolts
at food, as It has been Injured by tho
abuso of qulnlno In the tropics, Or
ders havo been given that ho havo In-'
valid's fare.
The brother-in-law of Dreyfus, in
explaining his ill health, has told
further details of what the cxllo suf
fered. During tho voyagj to French
Guluna ho was kept iu tho ship's hold
with tho thermometer at 100 degrees.
After Colonel Picquurt warned Gen
oral Hlllot that Dreyfus was Innocent
ho was kept boxed In tho narrowest
of quarters. The box was so hlgb
that it was impossible to seo out.
In Franco ovoryono imagined Cap
tain Dreyfus was allowed to walk aud
view tho sea. but tho situation of his
person was such that tho horizon was
hidden from view. His jailers re
ceived instructions that tho prisoner
was unworthy of pity, and acted ac
cordingly, and neither light nor air
penetrated tho box-llko inelosure.
Dreyfus was seized with violent
attacks of suffojatton. Each tlmo
tills occurred his guardians would
say: "Tills time I hops ho is
dead." Finally, ns ,the attacks con
tinued, tho military doctor ordered
air admitted, but to avoid giving
Dreyfus pleasure by lowering tho
height of tho sides of t'to box the Jail
ers merely r.ilsed It a foot from tho
ground, saying tho air could enter
and cool his feet. During tho two
months while tho court of cassation
was considering his caso tho minister
of colonics, M. Gulllian, ordorod tho
prisoner's faro reducj.l to broad and
jvatcr In small quantities.
M. Denlol, tho brutal dtrector of
tho penitentiary on Devil's island, has
been recalled to Franca In disgrace
Liisoucas will roplaco him M. De
crals, minister of colonies, is horrified
by tho facts and revolted at continu
ing DjiiIcI in otllue.
Dreyfus carefully avoids tendsr sub
jects. After tho first question as to
the health of his babies, ho has not
dared to inquire again. Mine. Drey
fus told him thuy wero well and hap
py, and she would tell him nny par
ticular news concerning thorn. Slnco
then Dreyfus has not refcrrod to them.
Whon Dreyfus takes his walk ho has
two guards, ono In front nnd ono be
hind, who aro forbidden to answer
uny questions ho may ask.
It is definitely decided that of the
300 scats at tho court-martial 200 will
bo reserved for the press. There will
bo twenty-tlvo scats with the foicign
press scats. Tho latter will bo award
ed by lot. All curroipoudcnts' names
will be pnt in a lint and tho first
twenty-five drawn out will bo given
places. The rest may do tho best they
can.
BRITAIN COUNTS THE" BOERS.
Wltla lO-Vffar-Olil Uoye Tliero Are fo
40,000 to Carry Armi.
Losno.v, July 12. Sir Henry Camp
bell llunnerinau, Libor.il member for
Sterling, asked Mr. llalfour, tho lend
er of the House of Commons, for tho
latest information regarding tho
progress of negotiations In tho Trans
vaal. He was referred to Mr. Cham
berlain aud tho lattor asked for time,
on the ground that tho present situa
tion Is acute.
Thero aro now 40,000 troops In
South Africa. The official estimate
for tho Roer males of 10 years and up
ward, lidding a third of those under
J , Is only 30,o:a Thus there Is an
English soldior for every Hoer, man
and boy, able to carry a gun In tho
Transvaal.
St James Gnzotte suggests tho In
terception of tho steamer Reichstag,
which loft Naples last week with.
15,003 rifles, 500 tons of war material
nud 500 mules for tho TransvaaL
UuisnA.NK, Queensland, July 13;
The government of Queensland has
cabled to tha secretary of stato for
tho colonics offering t'50 mounted In
fantry, with a muchlno gun for serv
ice in h-'outh Africa In case of hostili
ties between Groat llrltaln and tho
Transvaal.
Loukkno Maiiqukz, Dolagoa Ray,
July 12. The Rrltlah second class
cruiser Doris and tho first cluss gun
boat Wlgcon, with Renr Admiral Sir
Robert II. Harris, have arrived here.
KIDNAPED A KANSAS GIRL
A fi-Year-OliI Adopted Clillil Stolon av.
it IteTnlver'i I'otnt Near I.ebo.
I.kiio, Kan., July 12. A man giving
bis uamo as J. H. McClaln wont to tho
house of N. S. Fowqua, tvc(vo in Ilea
northwest of hero, yesterday after
noon, nud ut the polut of a revolver
took possession of their 5-year-old
adopted daughter, Violet Tho kid
naper drovo a small white horse to a
road wagon, was about six foot tall,
of light comploxlon, with a hoavy
mustache, had a broken nose and
woro gray olotlus. Tho llttlo girl
wore a retl cillco dross. Tho sheriff
of Coffey and Lyon counties aro fol
lowing him East. A reward has beoo
offered for his capture
The Ilmpltat Blilp Uetayeit.
WABMi.Nuro.v. July 12. A dispatch
from Major llradley, commanding tho
hospital ship Relief, on her wuy from
Manila to Sin Francisco with 550 sick,
dated nt Yokohama, states that the
ship lias bion unavoidably detained
by heavy storms, butvwlll sail to-day.
IlufTil'i (Its ConioMJatlon.
Nrw Yoiik. July 12. Tho banking
house of J. &. W. Sollgman & Co. has
undertaken to ilnar.ee tho consolida
tion of the various gas companies of
liuffalo. The capitalization will b
910, 000,000.
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