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LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
HATED IN DEATH.
FROM A VOLUNTEER OFFICER.
SHOT BY HER INDIAN LOVER
Graduate of Indian School Mur-
ders Edith Morell.
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR HIM.
- 1 { tlon as vigorous us it has been at any
Amiiekst, Mass., Aug i.—Kugene ti mo since the outbreak. The insur-
Pakapner, a graduate from tho In- ; (,'cnt armies arc well recruited, uot-
dlan school at Carlisle, I'a , shot and withstanding their heavy losses, aud
killed 1 Cdith Morell. aged IT years, at j are well fed and clothed. They have
the homo of Mrs. J. F. Morell, in j profited by their five mouths of war-
South Amherst, early las', evening.
The Indian had been employed ou a |
farm for about a year ar.d during that i arc becoming belter disciplined and
time he had paid much attention to [ more tki lful in '.lie uso of their wok-
the girl. The murder, without doubt, J pons every day.
was the result of Miss Morel!'* re- □"Cme hundred thousand soldiers
fusal of his attentions. It would ' should be here ready for business by
seem from statements made by i the beginuing of tho dry season in
friends of the family that the Indian November. liari-Wous
Hrltet Concerning the Sltuatlou In
Philippine l<Unili
san fuakcidco, Aug i.—An officer, San Francisco Gives Returning Sol-
of one of the volunteer regiments in j. „ . p.--, vi/„|
the Philippine. has written the foi- : diers a Great Welcome.
lowing letter to the Associated Press: J
Mam. a. June :7.-The arrival of FLAQS AND BUNTING GALORE.
tho rainy I8UOD finds the iusurrec- j %
Sax Francisco, Aug. 1. — The dis- I
embarking' of the First Nebraska in-
fantry ami the I'tah light artillery
from the trans port Hancock to-day
gave San Francisco a secoud oppor- |
of President Ileureaus
tempt to 8el e Hi* Mody.
Pcerto Plato, San Domingo. Aug.
I.— The situation Is oritical. An out-
break Is momentarily expected. The
friends of the government are under
arms and ready for action to protect
property and preserve the peace. A
feeble attempt was made to seize the
body of President Heureaux by tho
assassius, Ramon Caeeres, Manuel Ca-
ceres, lioracio VaKqucz and Domiugo
HI char do, who are in the country
about Moea with their followers. The
burial of President lleuroaux was con-
faro against the Americans. They are lunit.v to welcoine returning soldiers ducted wUh flulng lu)nors.
fast adopting American tactic*, and from tlie 1 hilippine*. Lsrly iu the j
and the girl had been quite friendly,
the former taking the latter to par-
ties and on drives. Of late it was
noticed that Miss Morell had repelled
tho Indians attentions because she
had said the/ were obnoxious. The
Indian became so jealous that his be-
havior around the farm was very dis-
agreeable and yesterday morning it
was found necessary to pay him off
aud give him his discharge.
During the afternoon tho Indian
earnc to Amherst and bought a 3'J-
caliber rovolvcr. lie returned im-
be stationed at strategic
A continuous warfare
bo earned on iu this eucrvatiug cli-
mate by the same troops Frequent
reliefs are necessary.
?works. Market street
arcd of all tratllo and it
l o'clock before the head
lay the streets in the lower part of
the city and on the line of march to !
tho Presidio, where the boys will go j
into camp, became crowded.
Flags und bunting streamed from
nearly every building aud mauy of
couid then the persons along tlie line ol march
poiuts. carried American Hags which waved j
cannot constantly as the veterans marched
toward the Presidio Whistles were |
blown from the time the men started .
on their march till they passed from I
"Troops should not be kept hero ! the business section of the city into
longer than a year. Men from a the fashionable residonco quarter
Northern elimato retain their native along \ au Ness avenue aud out
vigor for six or eight months after ar* to the Presidio. Added to the noise
rival here, and then begin to succumb of tho whistlos was that of clanging
to the various ailments of tropical bells, the tiring of cannon and the ex
weather. This is exemplified in the p<osion of ti
cases of the volunteers and those reg- j hud been ol
ulars who havo bMtt in III® Philip* was nearly i
mediately to South Amherst and while I plucs since last summer. The most of of the procession turned into that
with I them are saturated with malaria, thoroughfare. General Shafter had
many have rheumatism and all are provided an escort of artillery aud
greatly debillateJ. They are unfit for this body of soldiers, with a baud,
further duty, and recuperation seems ■ headed tho procession.
slow and unsatisfactory. As it is j As the regimental officers of the Ne-
with them, so it is likely to be with braskans turned iuto Market street
their successors. ! checr was given. Tho band
-The 8,000,000 people of the Philip- « mo next playing lively airs and then
pines are as highly civilized as the followed the men iu their campaign
12 0u0 000 of Mexico. I uniforms. The soldiers looked very
"If American people will imagine ' well as they marched along. The
the United States to have acquired sight of the battleflag of the Nebras-
Mexloo against her will and to be en- 1'ans seoiued to arouse all tho enthusi-
gaged iu un attempt to put down a usm the spectators could muster. The
universal rebellion of Mexicans with hospital corps brought up tho rear of
30,000 troops, thoy will have a dupli- the Nebraska reg.rnent aud in the
cato picture at close range of the sit- I mnbulauco were several wounded men.
nation in the Philippines, with the ! 'Ihen came the Utah artillery,
exception that tho climate of tho Phil- j headed by Major Grant. The band
ippines is from ten to fifteen degrees i followed and then catno the diminu-
more tropical than that of Mexico." | tive mascot of tho Utah boys, a little
on the way did a little practice
the weapon. He was seen by neigh-
bors of Mrs Morell while practicing.
It is evident that Pakapuer went
into the collar of the Morell house
and saw Edith at tho refrigerator. It
is not known what was said between
tnem, but tho Indian finally dis-
charged tho revolver twice, ono bullet
going through the girl's body and the
other into tho brain. The Indian then
went up stairs and told Mrs. Morell
that he had shot Edith and that he
was going to set tho buildings on tiro
and then shoot himself. Ho went into
the barn, and a few minutes later
flames broke out there, and the fire
which followed destroyed the house,
barn and outbuildings
Up to a late hour no trace has been
found of the Indian. Tho police think
he is hiding in tho woods aud they
have begun a search for him.
Thirty Severe Cases and Several
Deaths at Newport News.
STRICT QUARANTINE BEGUN.
KATE CHASE SPRAGUE DEAD.
Remarkable Career of nn Amhltloua
and Itrllllant Woman.
Washington, Aug. 1.— Mrs. Kate
Chase Sprague, wife of a former gov-
ernor of Rhode Island, and the
daughter of the late Salmon P. Chase,
governor of Ohio, secretary of the
treasury and chief justice of the
United States supremo court, died
at her homestead, "Kdgewood," in
Washington's suburbs, early yesterday
morning. She was 59 years old.
For three months she had been ill,
but had consented to medical treat-
ment only ten days ago. She grew
steadily worse and the end came a few
IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.
I chap perhaps 13 years, attired in a
I uniform of the regiment and carrying
j a silver flagon. The Utah artillery
followed and tho welcome they re-
Wmr Aiget K«- ceived was fully as demonstrative as
! that given the Nebraska boys who
i Retiring; Secretary of
pile, to Pre,, Critic, [ that given
Washington, Aug l.-One of the ha'J preceded them.
last official acts of Secretary Alger I Bnng.ng up the rear of the procea-
sion was Iroop I of tho sixth eav-
a'.rv and a detachment from the
was to prepare a statement covering
several matters regarding the conduct j
of the war which have been the sub- ihlr" arti.lery.
ject of criticism in the public press,
particularly with reference to the ap- avenue .... ,
pointmentof stall officers in Ule Tol. ernor Poynter of Nebraska and sev-
. oral members of his stair, Socrotary of
UU n hasnbeen stated, and repeated ' Agriculture Wilson and their friends
many times," says the statement, na ladies. As the Nebraska and ttah
-that the secretary of war made these J""sed thc ?land thoy cheered
appointments, when the truth is thai
very few were made upon his recom-
mendation. although he caused the
entire list, with the recommendations.
In tho reviewing stand on Van Ness
were General Shafter, Gov-
minutes after three o clock a. ixl yester- . ., , , , . .
.. .. . . . , . ' to be compiled and p.aced before the
day. At the bedside were her three .. . . . _ , „ r lpnillj
, J . . ... o v President for his selection 1 would
daughters, Miss Kittle Sprague, who , , . . , , „
„ " t. • be only too glad to have had the hon-
llved with her mother; Miss I ortia J
I or to have made these appointments.
No better, no more loyal or patriotic
Hpraguo of Narragansett Pier, and
Mrs. Donaldson of Brooklyn.
Kate Chase began a brilliant social
earoer when her father, Salmon P.
Chase, then a widower, was elected
governor of Ohio. When Mr. Chase
was made secretary of the treasury
under Lincoln tho family removed
hero and his daughter was soon
acknowledged to bo one of the most
beautiful women of the capital.
With the outbreak of the war she
married the young governor of
Rhode Island, William H. Sprague.
When Governor Sprague was elected
to the Senate their home was a
gathering place of the foremost men
and women of that day. At the
height of the social and political suc-
cess which they attained a domestic
cloud made its appearance, resulting
in a divorce. Mrs. Sprague then
made her home at Kdgewood, a coun-
try placo left her by her father.
Financial reverses clouded her late |
years, the homestead was mortgaged
and disaster was impending, when a
year ago old friends came to her '
rescue, raised thc mortgage and ar-
ranged for her au allowance of 83,000 j f
a year.
for General Shafter and Governor
Poyntcr, and the gentlemen and ladies
returned the compliment by saluting
and waving handkerchiefs and flags.
Everything was in readiness for the
reception of the soldiers at the Presi-
dio. The camp had been partially pre-
pared for them, and by night they
will be comfortably quartered. They
. / _ „ will remain in camp until they are
set of men, as a whole, ever served t 1 ,
mustered out, thc exact date not hav-
ing yet been determined.
f'uulri Not lluar Be old Ingf.
Hutchinson, Kan., Aug. 1.—Frank
their country, and their appointments
were a credit, not only to the ap-
pointing power, but to the country
they served. There were exceptions,
but that could not have been foreseen.
In every walk of life men are found A. Brooks, a former merchant, who
who cannot carry out satisfactorily suffered a number of financial
the work they havo undertaken. ; ^scs in tha past, shot himself
.... ,i ♦ „ i through the heart, dying instantly.
"Criticisms as to the amounts and \ ^ * -a*- •
, ,;<t _ ,,,,,,1,1 A short time before committing sui-
methods of expenditures which could . °
. . r , ,D cido ho had a quarrel with his wife,
imply tho wrong or careless use ol 1
i i i >i,n t ,,mi m lie had lost some money gambling,
money were also made by tho Ix>ndon , i. „•
3 ;a ^ fn, and that caused the trouble. His
wife is Mrs. Kate brooks, well-known
Kingston, .Tarn a lea. July 31.—A pri-
vate cable dispitch received hero by
way of Cape llaytleu reports that the
revolution is progressing favorably.
Tho dispatch says that tho real reason
for the deteution of President lieu-
reaux's body at Santiago was that the
country between Sautiago aud Porto
Plata is occupied by tho insurgents,
who, abandoning their plan of occu-
pying Moca as a base of operations,
are concentrating to attack Porto
Plata, which is feebly garrisoned.
TRAIN GOES INTO A DITCH.
I.t a>l«lUlo C antes liu.t Wreck on the
Krle !<> !! r<md.
Pout Jienvia, N. V., Aug. 1.-- The
accident on thc Erie railroad, grow-
ing out of the land slide x milo cast
of Lackawanna, Saturday night, was
not as serious as at first reported.
Only the fireman and engineer of tho
derailed engine of the westbound Chi-
cago express, w hich turned over on
the track, wero killed, though a num-
ber of passengers on thc express, the
vestibule passenger train for Buffalo
and Cleveland, which left New York
at 7 o'clock Saturday, wero injured.
Several thieves from Port Jervis,
who it is supposed reached the scene
of tho wreck on the relief train, ran-
sacked the clothes of tho passengers
during tho period ot excitement.
After several hours' search the
bodies of Engineer Out water and
Fireman Sells were found under their
cngino by employes of tho wrecking
train, lioth Ixnlics had boon burned
to the waist. The men were identi-
fied by their watohca.
TRIED TO RECAPTURE IT.
Only a Sui.ill Force to Save C -
l.iiuh* From Insurgents.
Manii.a, Aug. 1. —Insurgents tried
to recapture Calamba on Laguna de
Bay, which Ilall's forces took Wednes-
day afternoon. The rebels numbered
2,400 men and thc attack was made
simultaneously from tho north and
south.
It was not even necessary to employ
the whole American force to drive tho
Filipinos off. Two companies of the
Twenty-first infantry, a squadron of
cavalry and ono gun sufficed to repulse
thc attack from the north, while the
400 men of the Washingtan regiment,
comprising part of General Hall's com-
mand and a detachment of cavalry,
drove off the rebels who had advanced
from the south.
The loss of the insurgents is not
known. Tho American loss was one
killed aud seven wounded.
SANK WITHJ55 ABOARD.
A Freight VeMel and a raMeng«r
Steninnr C ollided on a RiimUii Ittver.
Bert.in, .luly 28.—A dispatch re-
ceived here to-day from Nijini Novgo-
rod, Russia, reports that a cargo ves-
sel and a passenger steamer collided
upon tho river Volga The passenger
steamer sauk, and 15.% persons were
drowned.
The captain of the cargo ship has
been arrested for disregarding sigualsj
Washington, Aug. 1. —The latest
advices received show a total of
thirty-seven cases and seven deartrs
from yellow fever at tho Soldiers'
home at Hampton, Va. One new case
occurred at the homo to-day. Thus
far the disease has been confined to
the homo, but all tho surrounding
towus are excited and a vigorous
quarantine is being maintained.
How tho fever got to the homo is
not known. Adjutant-General Corbin
says that one theory of tho way In
which it might have been brought
there is that one of the soldiers re-
cently visited Santiago. He returned
some time ago suffering with what tho
physicians thought to bo dengtio. It
was not until the inmates of tho homo
began to die that tlie disease was dis-
covered to be yellow fever.
The Soldiers' homo has no connec-
tion with tho war department It is
under a board of managers created by
Congress, which manages all tho sol-
diers' homes throughout tho country.
Tho men admitted are soldiers of tho
war of tho rebellion. Officers of the
war department are very much con-
cerned upon the part of the military
post at Fort Monroe, which is within
six miles of tho homo. Orders have
been issued removing the garrison to
some point on the Northern coast to | nolia.
A remarkable growth is shown in
American exportations of manufac-
tures, especially of iron and steel, In
the last fiscal year.
Elaborate preparations for the re-
ception of Admiral Dewey at the
White house are under way.
John R. McLean is in earnest in his
candidacy for governor of Ohio and
has opened headquarters.
Tuberculosis dairy cows Is said to*
have been discovered among dairy
cows at Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Fire at Sturgeon, Mo., destroyed
several thousand dollars' worth of
property.
The Tripartite commission sent to
Samoa has completed its report. It
abolishes kingship in the isiauds.
Aeronaut Perclval Spencer and a
companion made a successful balloon
voyage from Crystal Palace, London,
to Dieppe, France.
Tho body of Adolph L. Luetgert,
the wife murderer, who died in the
Joliet penitentiary, was buried at
Chicago. Thousands attended tho
funeral.
A procession of *'Liberators" pa-
raded the streets of Havana for two )
hours, headed by a band and bearing
a banner with the inscription, ((Cuba
Is and by Right Ought to Bo Free."
The trial of Dr. W. B CKuivilla,
alias Burrows, who is charged with
having five wives, and who is wanted
in numerous places in Michigan, In-
diana and Pennsylvania fo r bigamy
aud operating fraudulently as a prac-
titioner, will occur at the September
term of the Minuesota court, at Wi-
be selected by General Merritt. A
few oflicers and twenty enlisted men
will bo detained at Fort Monroe as a
guard.
SAMPSON'S PRIZE MONEY SUIT
The guards on thc walls of the pen-
itentiary at Joliet. III., have been
armed with Mauser rifles, loaded with
"dum dura" bullets. This particular
sort of bullet is the one that was de-
nounced in the peace conference at
j Tho Hague as a barbarous implement
Filed In the Supreme Court of the DU- 0f warfare. TllCSC bullets are "soft-
trict of Columbia. I nosed," and make a terrible wound. J
Washington, Aug. ). Rear Ad- | General Milc$ has had thoheadquar-
rairai William 1. Sampson brought , tera of the army ornainouted with
suit to-day in the supreme court of j pictures of distingu'shed warriors and
the District of Columbia for prize ( fam0us battles.
money in his own behalf and also
in behalf of the oflicers aud en-
listed men of thc ships of the North
Atlantic station taking part in the
naval engagement off Santiago and
the subsequent captures. The suit is
similar to that recently entered by
Admiral Dewey in the same court
END OF PEACE CONFERENCE
Sixteen Powers Approve Arbitration —
The LaU Heailon.
The Hague, July 3). —Tho in-
ternational peace conference met
for Its final sitting to-day, when it
was announced that sixteen states sivc.
Thc Dewey Fund coraraittoo has de-
cided to purchase a homo for the ad-
miral iu Washingtoa, and makes a
final appeal for subscriptions.
Imported negroes are boing shipped
to Ardmore, Mo., to replace thc strik-
ing miners.
Tho Indian uprising in Mexico ha3
assumed largo proportions. The
United States has granted Mexico per-
mission to send troops through Texas
to the scene.
J. W. Bailey of Texas says that En-
gland and America have entered into
an alliance, both offensive and defeu-
had signed tho arbitration con-
vention, seventeen the declaration pro-
hibiting the throwing of projectiles
or explosives from balloons, sixteen
the declaration prohibiting tho use of
asphyxiating gas. aud fifteen the dec-
laration prohibiting tho uso of expan-
sive bullets.
Times. This charge is false. So far
as the conduct of the service was con-
cerned, no person with any knowl-
edge of the facts can ever charge
truthfully, and no one can ever show,
that a dollar was misappropriated,
stolen or embezzled out of thc hun-
dreds of millions of dollars that were
expended."
in Kansas by her active work in the
W. C. T. U. She had just gone from
thc room, after reprimanding him for
his weakness for gambling, when she
heard tho shot and returned to find
him dead.
Mirrlel HU Wife's Sinter.
Itoaten to Death m a Witch.
Independence, Kan., Aug. 1.—A re-
port has reached here of the horrible
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. L—Within ' murder of an old white woman in the
few weeks after securing a divorce ! Seminole Indian country by three
from his wife on the ground that she Seminole women. Of late there have
insisted upon going on the ata*e, I)r. j been several deaths and other niisfor-
| Park L. McDonald has married his tunes among the tribe, and it was
j wife's 17-year-old sister, Mary Farris, finally decided that this old woman —
| Dr. and Mrs. McDonald are" now in Hampton by name—who lived with
Boston, Aug. 1. —Mrs. Josephine (;hica«Q< where he is taking a post-
Woodbury, for some years an ardent ,uate course in Inedicine. The
disciple of Christian Science, has en- raarriftffC Hcense was procured at the
tered suit against Mrs. Eddy and her , CQUrt house a W0ek ago aild vvas sup.
chief advisers for alleged libel. Seven j presHCj
She Sue* for 0133,OOO.
Seven |
separate suits are brought, amount-
ing in all to 8125,000. Frederick W.
Peabody, Mrs. Woodbury's attorney,
eays the suit is based upon the utter-
ances of Mrs. Eddy at the recent
annual meeting of the Christian Sci-
entists.
Policeman Roht the Dead.
New York, Aug. 1.—Policeman
Thomas F. O'Brien pleaded guilty to
grand larceny in the second degree.
O'Brien was charged with having
atolcn a gold watch, a chain and two
charms from the body of George B.
Rhoads, president of tho Stuyvesant
Fire Insurance company, who was
run over aud killed by an Eighth ave-
nue electric car on June 10.
Flrit H.tle or Cotton Ilrln<4 *,0(>0.
New York, Aug. 1.—Tho first bale
of tho new crop of Texas cotton,
grown in Sinton, Patricia county, and
her son, was a witch and had caused
thc bad luck. She was attacked by
three Indian squaws, who beat her to
death with clubs. They have been
arrested.
Swallowed Up by tho Tru«t
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 1.—The
United States Flour Milling company
is on tho point of taking in all the b g
Hour mills of Missouri and Kansas. It
A ftu.ooo Poultice.
Independence, Kan., Aug. 1.—A
slander suit has been commenced in
the district court here which grew out
of tho Republican convention which
was held hero two weeks ago. The
suit is brought by Celia Evans, tho
daughter-in-law of George II. Evans,
a prominent politician and wealthy
farmer of West Cherry, against Levi
Surber, a neighbor. The plaintiff
asks SO,000 for slanderous remarks
said to have been made by Surber,
which she alleges have iujured her
character.
shipped by Governor Savers, was sold probably the biggest Hour trust in
at public auction in front of the Cot-
ton exchange for the benefit of thc
sufferers by the floods in Texas. It
brought ?..\000.
More Voltinteern Hall.
Washington, Aug. 1. —More volun-
teers are on the way to San Francisco
from Manila, according to this dis-
patch from General Otis: 4'North Da-
kota, Wyoming and Idahos on the
transport Grant, ready to depart.
Desire to delay until to-morrow to re-
ceive monthly pay. permitted.—Otis."
Still Importing Nsscraii.
Wkik City, Kau., Aug. 1. — \nother
consignment of about fifty white and
negro coal miners came iu yesterday
from West Virginia yid have all gone
to work iu Kansas and Texas mines 23
and 19.
Mayor Jonet Mean* Hinluen
Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 1.— Mayor Jones
has opened political headquarters in
the V alentine building in th s city.
He will have a fu 1 staff of emp oyes
to take charge of the independent
movement for governor of thc state.
A Kentucky Ulrl't Way.
iioPKixsvuxE, Ky., Aug. 1. — Miss
Fannie Goodwin, milliner, at Fair-
view, this county, shot and mortally
tho world. It is capitalized for $290,
OJO.OOO, and its total output is now
over 1,000,000 barrels a month.
Wind and Hall Damage Crop*
Aberdeen, S. D. Aug. 1.—Severe
rain, hail and wind storms traveling
south aud east visited various places
hereabouts Sunday evening between
Santo Dominican Revolution
Cape Haytien, Ilaytl, Aug. J.—
From a dispatch just received from a
reliable souree it is learned that a rev-
olution will bo proclaimed to-day or
to-morrow in the republic of Santo
Domingo in favor of Don Juan Isidor
Jiminez. According to the dispatch
tho entire western portion of the re-
public has declared in favor of Jiminez
and he is the only candidate for tho
presidency throughout the rest of the
country.
Feud Characters Join tho Army.
London, Ky., Aug. 1.—Robert and
Carl Baker, two well known charac-
ters who have figured prominently in
the Howard-Baker Clay county feud,
have enlisted in the United States
army. They left here last night for
Fort Thomas. Robert Baker was
THE FARM ENGINE: EXPLODED.
Six Men Killed In a Threshing Accident
In Michigan
White Cloud, Mich., Aug. 1.—A
threshing machine engine exploded
to-day near Big Prairie. These were
killed: Charles Haight, Alpha llaight,
Charles Crabtrce, George Overly, Ce-
cil Priest and Raymond Howe. Oscar
Evans and George Haight woro dan-
gerously injured.
Doyle Mutt Stay In Jail.
Denver. Col., Aug. 1 —In the United
States circuit court Judge Hallett de* '
nied tho petition for a writ of habeas
corpus for James A. Doj'le, the mil- j
lionaire mine owner, who is incarcer- j
ated in the El Paso county jail, owing
to his refusal to surrender a judgment j
for $700,000 gained in court in Council j
Bluffs, Iowa, against his former part- j
ner, Jarnes Burns, in defiance of an
injunction issued by thc district court
at Colorado Springs.
Held For Conspiracy.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 31.—National
Organizer William Warner, of the
United Mine Workers of America, and
45 miners, are under for a
hearing at thc September term of the
Somerset county court on charges of
conspiracy. A strike has been in pro-
gress at the Listic Mining company's
mines, and it Is alleged that the de-
fendants conspired to intimidate the
company's miners and to prevent thc
operation of the mines.
Political Situation Clearer.
Pretoria, South African Republic,
Aug. 1.—The political situation con-
tinues to grow clearer. The govern-
ment is waiting for dispatches relat-
ing to the commission of inquiry.
The volksraad has held a secret ses-
sion for the purpose of discussing
President Kruger's proposals to elim-
inate tho question of religious disa-
bilities from the constitution.
Hill's View and llosmer report serious
lo.tz to crops by wind and haiL
Pauncefote Mado a Peer.
London, Aug. 1. -It was officially
announced to-day that Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador to
the United States, who was heau of
wounded Bryan Allegree. She charged i ^il0 |;r|tish delegation to the interna-
that he wrote scurrilous notes and ti-jna.l peace confcrencc at The Hague,
cut offensive phrases in her windows I "aud been elevated to thc peerage.
with a diamond. She was released
id 9 o'clock. Ipswich, Roscoe, placed in command of the troops en-
without bond.
July Deficit h sis.ooo
For PiubfZilIng S31,000.
CmcAGO, Aug. 1.—Thc grand jury
voted a true bill against W. A. S.
wasii-noton Aug. 1.—The month'yJ.Graham, former secretary and busi-
statemcnt of the governtieut receipt i.css manager of the board of eduea-
aud expenditures shows a deficit lor | tiou, charging him with the embezzle-
July of about t«.518,UiU meat of $31,000.
listed here, seventy in number, many
of wlioin were Clay county boys.
Another Aeronaut Drowned.
DrxKiitK, N. Y., Aug. 1.—Frank
Reynolds, an aeronaut, aged 30 years,
was drowned iu Findley lake near this
.city yesterday. He made an ascension
in a balloon and dropped with a para-
chute into the lake, from a height of
3,000 feet.
Had Fought With Maximilian-
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 1.—Nicholas
Haus, aged 00, died yesterday. For
many years he was passenger director
at the Union station. Hans fought
with Maximilian in Mexico at the
closo of the civil war.
New York Dynaniltor Held.
New York, Aug. 1.—Frank J. Cur-
ran, the striking Second avenue ino-
torman, in whose room dynamite was
found, was held to the grand jury.
Ho was charged with misdemeanor
and bail fixed at S." D0. The evidence
against him is not strong.
Fatal Kentucky Duel.
Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 1. — A
fatal duel took placo across tho line
in Letcher county, Ky. William
.Smallwood killed his uncle, Clelland
Small wood, and the younger man was
himself fatally wounded by his uncle,
as tho result of an old quarrel. The
men met upon a mountain road and
both fired at the same time.
There is a demand for harvest la-
borers In thc Northwest. f
A Carthage attorney was arrested at
Galena, Kan., on the charge of kid-
naping.
Governor Barnes removal rumors
are again rife.
An 11-year*old girl was hanged to a
tree near lionhara, Tex., while her
father was a^. work. Tho citizcns of
the country arc frcn:;iod. A woman's
revenge is supposed to be tho motive.
Suspicion points to a couple, but tho
sheriff fears to mike an arrest as a
lynching would follow
A woman was murdered and her
husband wounded by unknown as-
sailants at Little Rock.
Many new railroad iincs are iu
process of construction in Oklahoma.
It is supposed all Western roads
will dissolve traflic relations with tho
Pittsburg it Gulf.
A New York firm has bought the
Si0,000,000 subscription bonds of the
Chicago & Alton.
Thirteen species of animal life havo
been drawn from ono hydrant in
Chicago. '
Eastern capital is seeking Invest-
ment in the lead and zinc fields of
Missouri. Two moro corporations
have applied for charters to do busi-
ness in tho state.
Mrs. George S. Norton was buried
.sitting iu her ol*1 arm-chair at Pawl-
N. J. It was tho oddest funeral on
record.
Miss May me Spalding, niece of
Bishop Spaiding of Peoria, III.,
eloped with Robert M. Lysle of that
city, a Protestaut and divorced man.
They wero married in Chicago.
Bert Kimball, an aeronaut, was
I drowned at Hillsdale, Mich. His par-
achute dropped into a lake.
Albert R. Parsons, Chicago, son of
the late Anarchist Parsons, was ad-
judged insane and ordered sent to tho -
asylum at Elgin.
Paul Corcoran, tho striker charged
with tho murder of Joseph Cheyno, in
connection with the Wardner strike,
was given seventeen years in the pen-
itentiary by a jury at Wallace, Idaho. 1
Tho Populist state convention at
Frankfort, Ky., nominated John G.
Blair of Nicholas /jounty for governor
and adopted a platform indorsing
Wharton Barker. Philadelphia, for
President and Ignatius Donnelly,
Minnesota, for Vice President.
Tho McC'ormick Harvesting Machine
company is erecting a 3^00,000 twine
mill at Chicago. >
The Guatemala Central railway has
been bought b}' a New York syndicate.
Teacher's Wage* Are Hotter In Kama*.
| Arilene, Kan., Aug. 1.—Nearly all
! the districts of the county have so-
i lected their teachers, and in most in-
stances have retained those of last
| year. Wages aro better than In the
| last two years and there aro fewer
teachers for thc positions.
Peary Kellef Steamer Halls.
St. Johns, N. f., Aug. 1.—The
Peary relief steamer Diana passed
out tlra straits of Belle Isle on her
way North last Tuesday.
Canada'* Sympathy for the Ultlander*.
Ottawa, Ontario, Aug. 1. — The
House of Commons has adopted a reso-
lution expressing Canada's sympathy
with thc Uitlanders of the Trantvasi
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