M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. M. KIMMELI , , Publisher.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
'Homo Is usually the clubman's last
resort.
When the society ball season ends
that of the mothball begins.
If there Is nothing else in a name
there Is at least one or more letters.
In all stories of the wheel the punct
uating period brings It to a full stop.
Some people If properly classified
would come under the head of explo
sives.
Bygones are always bygones. The
world is Interested only In the man
that is ahead.
If hammers , axes and lawn-mowers
were used In the practice of law there
would be fewer lawyers.
The Cuban who wants to be made
king of the island will do well to
make a study of the fall of the Samoan
paper collar dynasty.
The Hatfield family has finally made
another addition to the Income of the
coroner. The McCoys will now go to
the bat for the last half of the inning.
Captain Dreyfus is said to have been
tortured during part of his imprison
ment. Will France yet write her fate
in letters of blood against a back
ground of night
Rose Coghlan has been kissed by the
Dorsey Foultz bug and her daughter
has killed a huge blacksnake. The
theatrical advertising season has open
ed up earlier than usual.
'A New York mob tried to lynch
three negroes , one of the Intended vic
tims being a woman. The great dif
ference between the north and the
south is that the latter section has had
more experience and is more success
ful.
Considerable Indignation was mani
fested by the New York delegation at
the late Detroit Christian Endeavor
convention over the fact that the
drinking water Is supplied in barrels
formerly used by a distillery.
You may soak , you may rinse the old
barrel as you will ,
The scent of that whisky will cling to
it still.
The colonial legislature of Jamaica
recently passed a resolution urging
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain to ex
pedite negotiations for an imperially
subsidized line of fast steamers be
tween Jamaica and England. It was
urged that it is dangerous to depend
much longer on tne American market ,
and that it Is essential that an Eng
lish market for Jamaican oranges and
"bananas be provided.
China has contracted with a German
firm for eight warships , and will pay
about § 10,000,000 for the squadron. It
would probably have cost the celestials
more money to have eight ships built
In American yards , but the finished
product would have been worth the
extra dollars. Eight Yankee-built
fighting ships would be a powerful ac
cession to any navy.
I
Embalmed or refrigerator beef has
become a staple food for garrisons in
Cuba and Porto Rico , and the people
who championed the article during the
recent controversy ar making much
of the fact. There is considerable dif
ference between beef liept in well ap
pointed icehouses , such as have now
been erected at every garrison , long
after the war is over , and beef dumped
on a Cuban wharf in a broiling Cuban
sun.
Dispatches from Parkersburg , W.
Va. , state that recently a pair of
confidence men who had been operating
among the farmers and oil-land owners
of Calhoun and adjoining counties , met
their match in a 16-year old girl. They
appeared at the house of Isaiah Stud ,
a wealthy fanner , and , after closing a
bogus deal for leasing his land for oil
purposes , produced a set of walnut
shells and balls. Stud guessed the lo
cation of the balls several times ; then
he was allowed to win a couple of $5
bets. Bigger stakes were proposed , and
Stud went into the house and brought
out $500 , telling his daughter Nellie ,
who had just come home from Huntington -
ington Seminary for a vacation. Nel
lie was suspicious , and , securing a pistol
tel , followed the men to the barn. She
was just in time to see the old man
lose his money , which , with § 500 of the
sharpers' wealth , was spread out on
the board. Nellie did not wait for
explanations , but began shooting and
did not stop till both the strangers had
got off the farm. She then gathered
up the $1,000 and took the money to
Glenville and banked it , declaring that
her father was not capable of taking
care of his wealth.
Some one has unearthed a book
printed in London , 1705 , in which is
given an entertaining account of life in
old Virginia during early colonial days ,
when tobacco was the standard cur
rency , and 16,000 pounds of the weed
was the salary of a clergyman , with a
fee of 400 pounds for a funeral sermon
and 200 pounds for solemnizing a mar
riage. The writer evidently cherished
some pet prejudices in religious mat
ters , for he puts it on record ( hat in
the counties where the Presbyterians
held meetings , the tobacco was so mean
that no preacher would stay theri }
Yield Will He Phenomenul.
OXFORD , Neb. , July 80. The. corn
crop never looked better at this time
of the year , and with favorable weather
from now on the yield will be phe
nomenal. The recent rains will prove
beneficial.
Horse Stolen Near Plattsmonth.
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , July SO.
Lee Allison , who resides about eight
miles south of this city , reported to
sheriff W. D. Wheeler that a fine
horse was taken from his barn las
Wednesday , and that no trace of it
has since been learned.
Serious Charge to Fnco.
HARRINGTON , Neb. , July 30. A
warrant was issued for the arresi of
Hal Ashby , charged with criminal as
sault on the person of Mrs. John Ko-
gan. Both parties live southwest ol
this place several miles. The complain !
alleges that Mrs. Kogan was knocked
down and painfully injured.
Will Bridge the Plntto.
ASHLAND , Neb. , July 29. A special
election was held here for the purpose
of voting on the question of issuing
precinct bonds to the amount of $6.00C
in aid of a wagon bridge across the
Platte river. The bonds carried by a
vote of 278 to 67 , showing that the sen
timent was almost unanimous in favor
of a bridge.
Grant Special Privileges.
HASTINGS , Neb. , July 29. The city
council held a special session This
morning , when a blanket ordinance
was passed granting to the street lair
committee all special privileges for
fair week in September , and under
this the committee will issue and col
lect for licenses of all special privi
leges for that week.
New School Honsc for Ponca.
PONCA , Neb. , July 30. Work on
the new $15,000 school house is now
progressing rapidly. The contractor
hopes to be able to complete the build
ing without another interruption.
When the same is completed. Ponca
will have the largest , most handsome
and best equipped school edifice north
of the Platte river.
Hoy's Feet Badly Crushed.
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , July 30.
Walter Denson , the 12-year-old son of
J. R. Denson , yardmaster for the Bur
lington , went to Pacific Junction , and
while attempting to get a free ride on
a freight train from there to Omaha he
got one of his feet badly crushed be
tween the bumpers. His father was
notified and had his son taken home.
Feet Cat In a Binder.
BURWELL , Neb. , July 30. Joseph
Vlner , a Bohemian boy , aged 10 , who
with his parents , resides about eight
miles southwest of here , had both
feet badly cut in a binder. He went
before the machine to dislodge some
weeds that clogged the carrier , when
the team started and the sickle caught
him. There are five wounds on each
foot.
Thresher Boiler Explodes.
NELSON , Neb. , July 30. A thresh
ing engine's boiler , belonging to Hlmes
Smith , who has been threshing about
seven or eight miles north of here ,
exploded , making a total wreck of the
machine. Roy Norwood , a young inan
of about twenty-three , was struck on
the back of the head with a part of one
of the flues and it is feared is fatally
Injured.
Burlington Makes Improvements.
OXFORD , Neb. , July 30. The Bur
lington has a large force of men at
work on their new five-stall round
house , though over one month will be
required to complete it. At the same
time a sixty-foot steel turntable , one
of the best west of Lincoln , Is being
put In here. Besides these improve
ments a large amount of necessary
trackage will be laid.
The Body Recovered.
FREMONT , Neb. , July 30. The body
of John Stoots , the mute who was
drowned in the Platte river , has been
recovered. It was brought to the sur
face after two dynamite cartridges
had been exploded in the water. The
corpse was near the spot where it sank
and was evidently caught in brush.
The mother of the young man had of
fered $50 for the recovery of the body.
Some Rtist In the Grain.
WINSIDE. Neb. , July 30. Small
grain harvest is near at hand. Farm
ers are not expecting so large a yield
of wheat and oats as they had hoped
for before the excessive hot weather ,
and heavy dews brought some rust In
the fields. Oats have not suffered so
much as wheat from this , and there
Is a very large quantity of straw , as
some oat stalks are five or more feet
liigh. Barley makes a good crop , those
who have threshed this grain having
realized fifty or more bushels per acre.
Difficult to Determine
LINCOLN , Neb. , July 30. Deputy
Insurance Commissioner Bryant was
asked to decide whether a hail in
surance company can be held liable for
flamage by hail when it is forced
against the article destroyed by wind.
He replied as follows : "In reply would
say that I do not understand that it
Is proper for the department to nass
an questions of liability of a company
to the insured. That is a matter to be
letermined by the parties themselves
by proper adjustment or else be left
to the verdict of a jury or the judg
ment of a court"
Knox County Scat Fight.
CREIGHTON , Neb. , July 30. The
petition which has been widely circu
lated calling for an election to locate
the county seat of Knox county 8t a
new town , which is to be located about
ten miles north of Creighton , was
knocked out by a remonstrance. How-
aver , the friends of the new project
ire determined and say they will cir-
: ulate another'petition as soon as pos
sible. They think that if they can
anly get t.he county seat once-estab-
lishetd In the center of the county that
It will forever settle the county divi- '
slon question.
The Peace Conference at Hague Pinally
Concludes Its Labors ,
SINCERE , WISE , PRACTICAL WORK
So Says Baron de Staal In Declaring the
Sitting sit an End Though All Desires
Are Not Accomplished the Results arc
Fur Reaching : .
THE HAGUE , July 31. The Inter
national peace conference met for its
final sitting Saturday , when it was
announced that sixteen states had
signed the arbitration convention , fif
teen the other two conventions , seven
teen the declaration prohibiting the
throwing of projectiles or explosives
from balloons , sixteen the declaration
prohibiting the use of asphyxiating
gas and fifteen the declaration prohib
iting the use of expansive bullets.
A letter was read from the queen of
Holland to the pope , asking his moral
support of the conference. The pope's
reply , which was read , promised co
operation , recalled the fact that he had
many times performed the function of
arbitrator and assured her majesty
that , in spite of his present abnormal
position , the pope would continue to
seek the advancement of civilization.
Baron de Staal delivered the fare
well , thanking the representatives. He
said the work accomplished , while not
so complete as might be desired , was
sincere , wise and practical. The g eat
principles of the sovereignty of indi
vidual states and international solid
ity , apparently so opposing , had been
reconciled by what they had accom
plished.
He affirmed that in time to come
institutions which had their origin in
the need of accord would be the domi
nating Influence , and that thus the
work of the conference was truly
meritorious.
Minister Esturnolles and Dr. Beau
fort followed , the latter saying that if
the conference had not realized Utopian
pian dreams , nevertheless it has dis
proved peslmlstlc forebodings and the
moral effect would more and more In
fluence public opinion and aid govern
ments to reduce the limitation of
armies , which still remain a source of
grave consideration for statesmen.
Baron de Staal then declared the
conference closed.
The three conventions dealing with
arbitration , the laws and customs of
war and the adaptation of the Geneva
convention to naval warfare were not
signed by Germany , Austria-Hungary ,
China , England , Italy , Japan , Luxem
burg , Servia , Switzerland or Turkey.
The United States signed only the
arbitration convention and that under
reserve. Roumania also made reser
vations.
The three declarations prohibiting
the throwing of explosives from bal
loons , the use of asphyxiating projec
tiles and the dumdum bullets were not
signed by Germany , Austria-Hungary ,
China , England , Italy , Japan , Luxem
burg , Sorvla or Switzerland , and the
United States signed only the declara
tion regarding the tin-owing of explo
sives from balloons.
RIGHT fROM THE KLONDIKE.
fho Steamer Tees Arrives With Largo
Amount of Treasure.
VICTORIA , B. C. , July 31. The
teamer Tees arrived from Alaska with
120 passengers and a large amount of
treasure. Governor Mclnnis , whose
return , in view of the crisis in the
cabinet was anxiously awaited , was a
passenger. He drove directly to the
government house , cisclinine to ho in
terviewed.
The Tees brings a report that on her
arrival at Skagway the steamer City
of Seattle reported the steamer Farral
ashore below Wrangel channel. She
was in no danger , being only on a
sandbar , and it was thought she would
get off with the tide. The steamer
Princess Louise had a similar exper
ience near Cape Mudge on Tuesday.
She was on a bar three or four hours ,
but got off without injury.
The Treadwell Mining company will
contest the tax law in the courts. A.
W. Carter , a stockholder , has filed a
suit In equity for an injunction to al
low the corporation to escape paying
the tax. A temporary Injunction was
granted and the company will not be
required to pay Its $10,880 taxes until
the constitutionality of the tax is de
termined in court.
TIME Of TRIAL APPROACHES.
What the Counsel for Dreyfus Will De-
mind When It Begins.
PARIS , July 31 The Matin an
nounces that there Is no case against
Colonel De Paty de Clam and this an
nouncement has since been confirmed
by M. Menord , Colonel Du Paty de
Clam's counsel.
The Slecle says that Maitre de
Mange and Maitre Labori , counsel for
Captain Dreyfus , will demand that M.
Quesnay de Beaurepaire , ex-president
of the criminal chamber of the court of
cassation , produce the names of the
persons from whom he received the
alleged information establishing the
guilt of Captain Dreyfus.
Paul Deroulede , president of the
League of Patriots ; M. Marcel-Habert ,
revisionist member of the chamber of
deputies , and M. Millevoye , editor of
La Patrie , addressed a patriotic meetIng -
Ing yesterday at Mende , department of
Lozere , declaring that the parliamen
tary republic was responsible for all
of France's trouble.
The meeting finally ended In a melee
and it was found necessary to call upon
the gendarmes and battalion of in
fantry to disperse the crowd.
Reduce Royalty on Yukon Gold.
OTTAWA , OnL , July 31. In the
house of commons yesterday Sir
Charles Tupper spoke strongly in favor
of a reduction of the royalty on the
gold output in the Yukon. Clifford
Slfton , minister- the interior , in re
ply , said that while the royalty was
aot permanently fixed , he could not
yet'consent to'any reduction from the
oer cent now collected.
HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF WAR.
Bat Ono Nehraskan Re-enlists for the
Philippine ) War.
SAN FRANCISCO , Cal. , July 31.
Qua Attine and customs regulations
prevented anyone from getting nearer
the deck of the ship than the approach
to the gang plank. The returning sol
diers cheered themselves hoarse at
sight of the little fleet of launches
and from the decks of the transport
shouted greetings and messages to the
people on the dancing craft below.
Colonel H. B. Mulford of the Nebraskans -
braskans , who is in command , eoon
appeared at the railing. By his side
stood William Grazen of company D ,
the sentinel of the Nebraska regiment
who fired the first shot in answer to
shots from the Filipinos which started
the war with the Insurgents. He
killed the first Filipino who died by
an American bullet , and It was this
shot which was the signal for the ad
vance of the entire American line and
the great rout of the rebel army on
the night of the 4th of February.
"I don't think you will see any of
us returning to Manila very soon , "
said Colonel Mulford , in response to a
question.
"Just one man in the entire regi
ment re-enlisted. Only twenty-five
remained in the Philippines to engage
in business. "
"The Nebraska had as much rough
work in this war , " continued Colonel
Mulford , "as any regiment , volunteer
or regular. Our death roll in the Phil
ippines from gunshot wounds , acci
dents and disease Is sixty-two. In
cluding the sick and wounded who are
recovering , we dropped all told 204
men. On the Hancock are more than
100 wounded soldiers. The entire reg
iment is glad to know that It is to
be mustered out in San Francisco. We
have had a pleasant trip , " concluded
Colonel Mulford , "and it has im
proved the men wonderfully. Quite a
number of them will have to go to
their homes , but I am assured that
everyone will soon be all right. "
The men on the Hancock numbered
1,136 , and include the two Utah light'
batteries and six discharged men from
the Twenty-second regiment , United
States army.
Colonel Mulford , who Is In com
mand of the Nebraska regiment , suc
ceeded the late Colonel Stotsenburg ,
killed in battle.
Lieutenant Colonel Colton of the
Nebraska regiment remained in Ma
nila , where he will engage in banking.
Only one man died on the Hancock
after she left Manila. He was Private
Richard Walph of battery A , Utah ar-
tilery , and he died of typhoid fever al
Nagasaki.
Among the officers of the Nebraska
regiment who were severely wounded
are Captain Hollingsworth and Lieu
tenant Wadsworth , who was on two
different occasions shot in the legs.
DOUBLE MURDER IN SOUTH OMAHA
Edward Joyce and Edward Callahan
Fatally Shot.
SOUTH OMAHA , Neb. , July 31.
Two men were found in a dying con
dition at an early hour Sunday morn
ing in South Omaha near Duffy's sa
loon. Edward Joyce had a bullet in
his lung and another in his stomach.
He died almost instantly. Edward
Callahan was shot in the lungs and
fatally wounded. John Shannahar. is
supposed to have done the shooting.
Hill Will Be a Bidder.
MINNEAPOLIS , July 31. A special
from Sioux City , la. , says :
Sioux City railway men claim to
have assurances that President James
J. Hill of the Great Northern will be
a bidder at the foreclosure sale of the
Sioux City Terminal Railway and
Warehouse company's properties , Au
gust 22. The Great Northern has been
manifesting a disposition for some
time to include Sioux City in its terri
tory.
The properties can hardly be bought
for less than § 2,000,000. No town of
the same size in the country is better
provided and the depot is much the
finest in the northwest , with the ex
ception of those at the Twin Cities.
The Great Northern is already man
aging the Sioux City & Western road
for William S. and Robert E. Ted , the
present owners , and is expected to ac
quire the title to the system soon. It
will also doubtless fall heir within a
few months to the Sioux City & North
ern , an arrangement which will give it
direct access to Sioux City.
Paris Exposition Scheme.
PARIS , July 31. ( New York World
Cablegram. ) The United States gov
ernment has asked the Paris exposi
tion authorities for permission to moor
a pontoon in the river Seine opposite
the American pavilion. The idea is to
so arrange that American visitors shall
be able , on coming to Paris , to find
themselves for a moment under the
United States flag on United States
soil.
soil.The
The exposition officials at first were
opposed to granting the American re
quest , holding that the proposed pontoon
teen would interfere with the perspec
tive on the Quai d'Alma. But it is
now expected that their objection will
be overcome. Should the pontoon be
installed the Americans propose that
the unfurling of the flag shall be ac
complished by President McKinley by
pressing the button in Washington ,
causing the flag to unroll.
To Greet the Quakers
PITTSBURG , Pa. , July 31. The
Western Pennsylvania reception com
mittee left last night for San Francisco
to greet the Tenth Pennsylvania regi
ment on its debarkation at that port.
The committee is composed of promin
ent city officials and representatives of
every daily newspaper in Western
Pennsylvania.
Will Be Sent to Europe.
WASHINGTON , July 31. The navy
department has arranged to send the
Prairie to Europe some time during
next winter. She will be used in con
nection with the American exhibit at
the Paris exposition and may be em
ployed In conveying the naval and
other portions of the government ex
hibit to Paris. It Is possible that the
Prairie will remain on the European
station to serve as a nucleus of the
squadron which is to be re-establi-
ed there . . * - .
Thirty Down With the Disease at the
National Soldiers' Homo ,
SEVERAL DEATHS ARE REPORTED
Kowport News and Hampton to Bo Quar
antined No Strungorti Allowed to
Enter the Reservation Dr. Wyman
Will Go to Hampton Soon to Take
Charge of the Work of Preventing
Spread.
NEWPORT NEWS , Va. , July 31.
There are thirty cases of what is be
lieved to be genuine yellow fever at
the National Soldiers' Home , near
Hampton , and three deaths from the
disease were reported today.
There were several other deaths at
the institution yesterday , but it can
not be stated if all of them were
caused by yellow fever. Newport
News and Hampton will quarantine
against the Soldiers' Home tomorrow
morning.
The government authorities at Old
Point have already adopted this step
and no strangers are allowed to enter
the reservation. Quarantine Officer
Hobson of tfils port went to the Sol
diers' Home tonight and verified the
statement that there are now thirty
cases of the disease at the home and
that there were three deaths from the
malady today.
While no one outside of the Sol
diers' Home know anything about the
existence of yellow fever until today ,
it is said the disease made its ap
pearance three days ago. The most
rigid quarantine regulations will be
enforced to prevent the spread of the
malady.
The news has created great excite
ment in Newport News , Old Point and
Hampton and the most vigorous meas
ures will be resorted to to prevent its
spread. There are 4,000 old veterans
at the home and several large excur
sion parties went last week.
WASHINGTON , July 31. Surgeon
General Wyman of the marine hospi
tal service was informed Saturday
night of an outbreak of what was fear
ed was yellow fever at the National
Soldiers' Home at Hampton and im
mediately dispatched surgeons in the
service from Wilmington , N. C. , Nor
folk and Washington to investigate
the sickness there , report on Its char
acter to the authorities here and take
measures to prevent the spread of the
disease.
Dr. Wyman himself will go to Hamp
ton in a few days to take charge of
the work of preventing a spread of the
disease if it develops into genuine yel
low fever. Two of the surgeons dis
patched to the home reported today
that the symptoms very much re
sembled those of yellow fever and
while they could not be positive in
their diagnosis as yet they were in
clined to the belief the illness was the
dreaded yellow jack. The government
will adopt strict precautionary meas
ures and will fight its progress with
all the skill and resources at its com
mand.
THE SITUATION AT SAMOA.
Report of the Tripartite Commission
Blade Puhllc.
SAN FRANCISCO , July 31. The
Call publishes the report of the Tri
partite commsision sent to Samoa ,
making various recommendations re
garding the new form of government
decided upon by them as most suit
able for the islanders. These resolu
tions are based upon the best features
of the Berlin -treaty and included the
principal features of the proposed new
treaty , as amended and modified by
the commissioners. The official report
of the commissioners and the draft of
the proposed amended treaty are said
to be now on the way to their respec
tive governments.
WILL COMMAND THE IOWA. l
Capt. Goodrich Will Have Charge of the
Vessel After Sept. 1st. r
WASHINGTON , July 31. Captain l
C. F. Goodrich has been detached from 3i
3v
command of the cruiser Newark and v
ordered to assume command of the
battleship Iowa on September 1 , reliev
ing Captain Terry , who is ordered
home on waiting orders. The assign
ment is of special Interest , in connec
tion with the plans to make the Iowa
the neucleus of a considerable fleet on
the Pacific coast and execute an exten
sive program of naval maneuvers. Be
ing the only battleship of the fleet , the
Iowa will probably rank first among
the ships of that station , and Captain
Goodrich will have command.
DISASTER ON THE RAIL.
Fireman and Engineer Killed and a Num t
ber Wounded. t
PORT JERVIS , N. Y. , July 31. The e
iccident on the Erie railroad growing li
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out of the landslide a mile east of
Lackavexon last night was not as serious PIi
Ii
ious as at first reported. Only the fire Iig
man and engineer of the derailed en
gine of the westbound Chicago express ,
which turned over on the track , were
killed , though a number of passengers
an the express , the vestibule passenger
train for Buffalo and Cleveland , which
left New York Saturday at 7 o'clock ,
were injured.
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Opposes Chicago Sewerage. a
ST. LOUIS , Jluy 31. Mayor Zeigen-
heim of this city took a hand in op
posing the opening of the Chicago a
Irainage canal by addressing a lengthy ii
protest to President McKinley In the 21Vi
name of the citizens of St. Louis. The Vi
mayor lays particular stress on "the Vitl
danger to the people of St. Louis and
to the people of the lower Mississippi tltl
ralley should the sewage of the city of tld
Chicago be discharged into the Mis tlt
sissippi river , which is furnishing the t <
supply of drinking water to thous- tl
" D
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NEWS AND NOTES BYWIRE.
flatters of More or Legs Importance IB
Condensed Form.
The gold reserve in the treasury Is
nearly $250,000,000.
The movement for three-cenc car
fares in Detroit has failed.
Kansas City has raised nearly $50-
000 toward securing the democratic
national convention.
The trial of Generals Toral and Ba-
reja and others for surrendering San
tiago de Cuba will begin on the 31st.
Sir Julian Pauncefote , head of the
British delegation , gave a farewell
banquet to the peace delegates at The
Hague.
Chauncey M. Depew was smitten
with the delights of the automobile in
London and will keep one in Wash
ington.
Farmers report that a worm Is de
stroying the fields of kafllr corn , sorghum
ghum and millet in Butler county ,
Kansas.
Mr. Michael Davitt , member for
South Mayo , will again raise the
question as to royal clemency for Mrs.
Maybrick In the House of Commons.
Secretary James Wilson of the
United States department of agricul
ture is in California to familiarize
himself with agricultural conditions.
General Jacob S. Coxey has pur
chased the old steel plant of Graff ,
Bennett & Co. , at Mlllvale. near Pitts-
burg , Pa. , and will remove it to Mas-
sillion , 0.
The strike of the messenger boys
of Cincinnati after a run of one week
is practically over. Neither the West
ern Union nor the Postal made any
concessions.
A fierce fire destroyed the shingle
block lumber yard of the Northwest
ern Lumber company at Stanley , Wis.
About five acres of wood and shingle
blocks were burned.
Administration officials say they
will not pay any attention to the re
ported petition of natives of the Car
oline Island of Kusale to be rnnexed
to the United States.
At New York Carl Schurz narrowly
escaped death by Ptomaine poisoning.
He was made violently 111 by eating
bass. For a time there were grave
doubts of his recovery.
The census in Cuba will be placed
under the supervision of persons fa
miliar with and experienced in census
work in the United States.
A wealthy Colorado merchant ,
whose identity the police disguise be
hind the fictitious name of "George
Edwards , " was robbed in Chicago of
$7,000 through a "panel game. "
Deputy Collector Wadham arrested
two Chinamen at TIa Juana , on a
cuarge of attempting to illegally enter
the United States , and another was
captured at the same place.
Advices just received from the Do
minican frontier say that the insurg
ents have cut the telegraph wires in
the neighborhood of Santiago de los
Caballeros and also near Moca.
Will Littlefield , the Horn Lake ,
Miss. , desperado , who Is wanted for
the killing of three officers of the law
at that place about fourteen months
ago , is under arrest at Memphis.
It is expected that the subcontractors
ors on the Union Pacific cut-off lines
in Wyoming-will complete their work
by August 31 and the only work left
to be done will be heavy cuts and fills.
Mme. Burroughs , who sued the
cities of Toledo and Fremont , Ohio ,
for $1,000,000 damages on account or
alleged abuse , was released from the
insane asylum. It is understood she
will push the cases.
It is officially announced from Pana-
na that yellow fever has ceased to be
epidemic there. The total number of
cases reported since the outbreak of
he disease is eighty-eight , of which
forty-five resulted fatally.
, "Honest" John Salisbury , a former
nember of the city board of aldermen
) f Kansas City , and for many years
L prominent live stock commission
nan , committed suicide by cutting his
hroat with a pocket knife.
Reports received at the Missouri
'acific offices indicate that the recent
ain was general over souiuern Ne-
iraska and northern Kansas. It was
steady downpour lasting six hours
n most places , and the first in two
reeks.
The State department has not yet
jeen officially advised of the arrival /
a this country of Chief Justice Cham-
ers of Samoa and in fact it does not
et know that he has taken leave of
bsence as reported.
Captain Frank Miller , U. S. A. , re-
ired , aged 53 years , died suddenly at
is home in Leavenworth of heart
isease. He was a graduate of Prince-
on class of ' 69 ; was appointed second
ieutenant by General Grant in 1872 ,
; as promoted and retired because of
isability in 1890.
Four thousand postmasters of the
'nited States will be invited to attend
iie federal building corner-stone ex-
Tcises in Chicago next October. The
ist includes the first-class postmasters
hroughout the country and all the
ostmasters of Illinois and some from
Dwa , Indiana , Wisconsin and Michi-
an. :
Brigandage and blackmailing have
lecome so rampant in the neighbor-
lood of Canton that silk merchants
lave been obliged to notify foreign
itiyers that they will probably be un-
ble to fulfill their contracts , owing
0 the insecurity of transportation.
Several suspected cases of anthrax
ave developed within a few days
mong dairy herds about Sioux City.
The fifth beennial convention of the
World's Women Christian Temper-
nee union , it is announced , will meet
1 Edinburgh , Scotland , Monday , June
5 , 1900. The executlvee commltte
ill be held on Friday. June 22.
Governor Roosevelt has written to
36 committee on plan and scope of
3e Dewey reception saying that he
oes not think it possible or desirable
3 have the rough riders take part in
16 land parade in that city when - * *
ewey arrives.
