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THE COUNTY RECORD;
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LOUIS J. BRISTOW. K*i. ?V I'rop'r, j
VENEZUELA'S NEW PRES'iDENT.
Sketch of the Career of General Ignaelo '
Andrade.
The election of General Ignacio Andrade i
asPresident of Venezuela Ls regarded as a
v lignal victory *or the proposed arbitration
between Venezuela and Great Britain. General
Andrade has always been an earnest
advocate of that means for settling the
lone-standing disputes. His election was |
considered for a time in doubt, owing to
the violent opposition of political schemers
In the Venezuelan Congress to the treaty
recently ratified largely through his efforts.
GENERAL XOXACIO AXDBADE.
Andrade has Ions: been a conspicuous figure
in the national life of his Kepublic. He
Is fifty-eight years old and Is the son of
General Jose Escolastieo Andrade, one of
Venezuela's famous figures. Ho lived in
^.merioa for some time and is closely in
touch with American ideas. His brother is
the Venezuelan Minister in this country.
General Andrade himself Is an old friend
And ally of ex-Fresident Crespo, and will
njov the active support of that statesman
la all his official acts.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT NEEDS
Secretary Wilson Will Ask For Increased
Appropriations.
Secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural Department,
will in his annual report ask
pongtess to make a material increase in
ju? appropriation for at least three '
^ches of the work of his department,
e are the boreau of animal industry,
the farmers' bulletins and the weather bureau.
I? The Secretary says the facilities of the
bureau of animal industry for the inspection
of meat Intended for foreign shipment
Are overtaxed, and that the experiment already
made by the bureau in the shipment
cif butter to England should be followed
? I? Una TT# elnlms
*p py more vun w kLiu mi' . ?
that the shipments already made have produced
excellent results, as shown by the
tact that a representative of English firms
[km recently been In Iowa baying np all
I [the available batter sapply for export.
[_ There is a constantly increasing demand
. for the farmers' bulletins, and it is the Seck
fretarr's purpose, if be secures the necessary
lands, not only to increase the circulation
of the documents, but to largely increase
the range of subjects covered.
! Mr. Wilson thinks there should be 6ev'eral
new weather stations, and is also of
{the opinion that the forecast work can,
'with an increase of money devoted to that
i purpose, be made more serviceable to the
* roountry at large.
' ! WRECKED BY ANCRY FARMERS, !
{ etdqurtm of an Obnoxious Sect Destroyed
in Missouri,
i Report comes from Fuller Post office In
jthe southern part of Benton County, 5Iis^
jsouri, of the wrecking of a church and
printing offloe set up near there by a seot
lulling themselves the "Brethren of the 1
Church of Christ in Love and Union." A
man styling himself the' Rev. L. S. Garret
[was at the head of the community, the
members of which hold their property in
common. In the third story of their church
putlding Garret printed a paper called
fThe World's Cresset." A hundred farmers
raided the bniidlng, destroyed the press,
and threw the type into the street. Garret
pad been warned of the raid, and was not
]k> be found by the regulators.
GUATEMALA'S REVOLUTION.
jk Prominent Merchant Tortured and
I;!. ' i Killed by Order of Barrio*.
V . : Details received from Guatemala eonicaraing
the shooting of Juan Aparicio, a
?" Wealthy merchant of that country-, whose
| . jBtja has a place of business in New York|
jrttow that Apariolo was tortured by Genjeral
Soque Morales, one of Dictator
Santos's commanders at Quezaltcnango,
because he would not make a forced loan
jto Barrios. He was strung up by the
thumbs and lashed until he becan.e unconJp
jscious. When he recovered and still rerased
the loan, Morales shot him dead.
{When Queaaltenango was taken by the insurgents
Morales was shot without a trial.
OLD RAILWAY EMPLOYES.
fPoatmaster-Generul Gary Has a Iaag
Keoord?Some Other Old Timer*.
',V' i Probably the oldest railroad station agent
jta the eountry in point of service is James
A. Gary, Postmaster-General of the United
iBtates. He was appointed agent at Alberjtoa,
Howard County, Md., on the Baltimore
jaad Ohio Road forty-four years ago, and
his name still appears on the pay rolls of
khe -company. The two next oldest Balti
more and Ohio agents are said to be Capsain
.Charles W. Harvey, at Ellicott City,
Md., and John W. Howser, at Relay.
Each has been in the service for thirty-four
?v - ' Team. The same company has also "in aoK-'
(tual service a passenger eondnctor, CapSain
Harry Green, who has run trains berv
jtween Baltimore and Cumberland for fortyK
seven years.
V: v Fnblle Sentiment Defied.
The Common Council of Elizabeth, N. J.,
I [by a vote of seven to six, in spite of popu5
iar protest, granted to the Standard Oil
Trust a franchise to lay a pipe line through
the streets. Ote of the seven left a sickbed
to vote. The taxpayers will carry the
case to the courts.
B":
Exodus From Dawson City.
Word comes from Dawson City of an
??* overland exodus compelled by fear of
famine.
Suicide in the Church.
Frank G. Clark, aged sixty years, commfcted
salcide by hanging in the beifry of
the Congregational Church at Brattleboro,
Yt., of which he was janitor. He left a
jwiaotr, son aa.1 two daughters.
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MMECAm WEYLER. |
General Blanco Succeeds Him as 1
Cuba's Captain-General.
LARGE REINFORCEMENTS SENT.!
Wcj-lcr Resigns at Last and the Cabinet
Roses No Time in Naming General
Blanco as His Successor?The "Butcher*'
Explains the Cause of Ills Delay
?Sagasta Sends Ilim a Message.
Madbid, Spain (By Cable).?Contrary to
expectation, and to the great relief of the j
new administration, Captain-General Wey- j
ler has sent a dispatch to Premier Sagasta j
tendering his resignation, and placing his |
j office as Governor-General of Cuba and
Commander-in-Chief at the disposal of the
i Government.
| The Cabinet then decided upon th" immediate
recall of General Weyler from Cuba, i
A decree was prepared appointing General
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GENERAL WZYLER.
Blanco y Arenas, Marquis of Pena-Flata, to
! succeed Weyler. The Queen Regent's sign- I
ing of the degree was the next step. According
to El Heraldo, 20,000 reinforeements
will accompany General Blanco to Cuba.
In the course of Weylers message he remarks:
"If the functions with which the
late Government had intrusted ine had been
1_ 41 nt rllho
UiCXCiJ I.UV9C Ui UU?VlUVl-uvuviM4 v* V. v.,
11 should have hastened mv resignation.
But the twofold character of my mission
| and my duty as Commander-in-Chief in the
face of the enemy prevented my tendering a
resignation.
"Nevertheless, although I can rely upon
the absolute, unconditional support of the
Autonomist and Constitutional parties, as
well as upon public opinion, this would be
insufficient without the confidence of the
Government, now more than ever necessary
to me after the censure of which I have
been made the object by the members and
journals of the Liberal party and by public
opinion in the United States, which latter
is largely Influenced by the former. This
confidence would be necessary to enable
me to put an end to the war, which has already
been virtually concluded from our
lines from Jncaro to Cape San Antonio."
Senor Sagasta replied: "I thank you for
your explanation, and value your frankI
GENERAL BLANCO.
ness. I wish to assure you that tho Government
recognizes your services, anil values
them as they deserve; but It thinks
a charge of policy, in order tosuoeeed, reJ
quires that the authorities should be at one
i with the Ministry.
I "Th ? hM nnthinv to do with the conil- i
' dence felt In you by the Government; for
| the Liberals have always said that the rej
sponsibility for a given policy does not fall
, upon those who carry it out, but upon the j
! Government inspiring it. I shall commu1
nleate your doclsion to tho Government
shortly."
John It. McPherson Dead.
Johr. R. McPherson, onetime Democratic
leader in New Jersey and United States j
Senator from that State, from 1877 until ;
1895, died suddenly in his room at Taylor's !
Hotel :n Jersey City. Mr. McPherson had !
been staying at the hotel for more thau a i
month. He had been suffering for a long
time from stomach trouble. John Roderick
McPherson was born at York, Livingston
County, N. Y., on May 9,1833.
Bank Robbed at Lunch Time.
Thieves entered the office of the Union
; County Bank, at Morganfleld, Ky., in the
j lunch hour and obtained more than $3003 I
1 in currency which had been lei't in the cash \
; drawer. When the bank officials returned }
i they discovered their loss. The vault was j
| closed and locked. The robbers made good
i their escape, leaving no clue.
Switzerland to Own Railway*.
| The National Council, by a vote of 98 to
j 29, has adopted a bill providing for the |
(purchase of the five principal railroads of
I Switzerland, at a cost approaching $209,|
000,000.
Senorita Cisneros Escapes.
' The beautiful littlo Cuban maid Senorita
[ F.vangelina Cassio y Cisneros, heroine of
i the sensational adventure with the j
[ Governor of the Isle of Pines, escaped from
| the Casa de Recogidas, Cuba, where she
j had been conllned for several months on a
; charge of conspiracy against the Crown of
Spain and of an attempt upon the life of
Governor lierez, Governor of the Isle of !
i Tines.
Killed III* Brother.
Patrick Conway killed bis brother, '
James, near Dattsburg, X. Y., as the result
of an altercation with tbel.r mother, in
wbiah i'ames took her part.
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THOUSANDS DROWNED.
From 15,000 to 50,000 T.Ives I.ont l>y J
Floods In China. I
The steamer Victoria brings news rf the
most disastrous floods that have visited
China for many years. Sixty village? near '
Tunc: Chou, containing over 30,000 inhabitants.
have been destroyed by floods, and
the people drowned or forced to flee. There
Is no means of finding out how many thousands
have been drowned, but the number
is estimated by Chinese authorities at from
15.000 to 20.000.
The flooded distr.'ct is within twelve |
miles of Pekin. the capital o' China. As I
rule. Chinese oflleinls make very little stir
when a calamity like this happens, but tho
proximity of the disaster has resulted in its
being brought to the attention of th< Emperor.
who has ordered that all possible relief
be given. Survivors from th? villages
nearest Pekin have been allowed suehsliel,.o
(I..IV ..n,, find in the eitv walls, but I
thousands* are without protection against j
the rain, which continues to fall.
The floods have greatly damaged a largo j
number or estates belonging to Pekin |
nobles. The unr stial rains began July 23 i
and continued until August 15. The crops j
In the flooded district were destroyed.
Early in Septen !>er high officials of Pekin |
and Tien-tsin suddenly forbade the slaughter
of cattle, theii object being to appease
the wrath of the gods and stop the rain.
The result was to cut oft the entire meat
supply, which led foreign consuls to protest
and to report the situation to the
foreign minister; at Pekin. It is claimed
that the action of the officials constitutes a
violation of the tieaty rights.
THIRTY BURIED ALIVE.
SI* >fore Corpses of Itnsslan Fanatics
Found Walled Up.
Fresh excavations rft Teraovsky, in the '
district of Tireaspol. not far from Odessa, j
Russia, the scene of the "living burials of a ]
number of persons belonging to the relig- j
Ious sect known as the' Risicolniki." who (
have been walled up alive bv Feodore j
KovalofT, in or 1?r that thev might secure
salvation by self-immolation have resulted !
In the discovery of six more "oodles of men,
women and children. The search coa- I
tinu?->?. nn l it is o-:pecte 1 tax. a'JJUi tuirty ,
corpse? will he unearthed.
The Czar is tnking a strong personal in- .
terest in the extraordinary occurrences at j
Ternovskv. KovalefT. the fanatical execu- |
tioner of the persons buried alive, is quite j
convinced of the sanctity of his act, and it J
is believed probable that he will be confined
for life in a monas tery as a madman.
One of thochie! figures in this terrible
drama is a well-educated woman. Vera
Makavevev, who. as Sister Vitalia, soemsto
have been a sort cf priestess of the fanatical
sect.
CONNECTICUT'S NEW LAW.
Citizenship, In Future, Depend* on Ability j
to K<ad English.
The popular indorsement of the Consti- I
tutional amendment requiring all candi- !
dates hereafter for the right to vcte in j
Connecticut to read the Constitution
and State statutes in English was obtained
by a small vote, as all such amendments
invariably arc. but by a vote
large enough and a majority big enough to j
show that the feeling of the people ol the j
Nutmeg State is almost a unit in favor of j
an educational lirait to the privileges of i
citizenship, which in future depend on tho
applicants' ability to read English. The
new law applies even to those already vot- |
ers who change their residence.
Tho most active supporters of theamend
*? -. ??tiraa n<?ennllv in noli
m?m wnrn iur ..... .. ,
tics, and the Irish Americans. The press
of the State discussed it with a unanimity
that made opposition doubtful. One German
newspaper published in Hartford came
out against it. but the small vote against it
shows the absence of any organized movement
in opposition.
LIVE FROG IN HIS STOMACH. I
Cane of Albert Yansant, Who Was Said
to be a Consumptive.
"Frogs in his stomach instead of consumption"
is what has just been discovered
as the ailment of Albert Vansant, a young
man of Kohway. N. J. Within two years
numerous physicians have diagnose! his
case as pulmonary trouble, and two weeks
ago he began tho use of inhalants instead
of drugs. Yesterday he was taken very ill
with cramps and peculiar pains Ir his
stomach, and soon he expelled a live frog
four inches In length from his throat. Tho
creattiro hepped about as if glad to be released
from its confinement, and is new in
the possession of tho physician, who is
diagnosing the case for moro frogs.
The young man seems better to-day than
fox: a year past. II is supposed tha; the
animal was swallowed about two years ago
while the young man was drinking from a
small stream of water. He was violently
III for a few days at thrt time. The case
U being watched with great interest.
Henry George Accepts.
At a mass meeting in Cooper Union, New
York City, the nomination for Mayor of the
Greater New York was formally offered to
Henry George by the representatives or
four Democratic" factions, united us the
Jeffersonian Democrats. In accepting the
nomination, Mr. George declared that he
was neither a gold man nor a silver man,
but a Jeffersonian Democrat. He said that
lie stood on the same platform as that on
which ho stood in the municipal campaign
eleven years ago. The enthusiasm of the
audience was very great. Overflow meetings
were held in the neighboring streets.
Republican Ticket in Virginia.
Tho Lamb wing of the Republican party,
in convention at Lynchburg, Va., nominu-*
ted P. H. McCall for Governor; 0. B. Roller,
of Harrisonburg, Lieutenant Governor, and
James K. Lyons, of Richmond, Attorney
General. Colonel William Lamb called the
convention to order and was cheered
throughout his speech, In which he denounced
the regular machine for tho cowardice
displayed in refusing to call a convention
of the party.
Unfinished. Hotel Collapses.
The Charlevoix Inn, now In course of
construction at Charlevoix, Mich., collapsed
in a gale of wind, burying fifty
workmen in the ruins of the structure, 400
feet long. Work had progressed so far
that workmen were rooting in tho struc- j
ture, while lathors and plasterers were at I
work on the first and second floors. In tho
collapse two men were killed outright, [
Pierce Kendall, a carpenter, and a joiner
whose name is unknown.
Resume Coinlui; Silver Dollars.
The inlut in San Francisco, Cal., will at
once resume the coinage of silver dollars,
in accordance with instructions received
from Washington.
Roller Explosion Kills Three.
The boiler in a grist mill at Moscow, j
Iowa, exploded and killed the engineer and
fireman and a farmer named Marolf. J. E.
Parker, C. Smith, H. Jacobs and a hoy
hamed Hunt were injured, The boiler
weighed 2300 pounds and the boy was blown
over 400 feet.
Bicycles Will Be Assessed.
Bicycle owners are to be assessed this
year by the Board of Assessors, of New
Haven, Conn. On the new tax lists which
have been ?ent from door to door the "bi? |
sycle" is included. Owners of wheels are
rnakino a sir. in fir urntn-t
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mimaii-swept;
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The Country Presents a Terrible Scene
of Death and Devastation,
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MANY FARMERS LOST THEIR ALL.
Winnipeg Was in Great Danger, I5ut Was
Saved l>y a Change of the Wind?Two
Women and Five Children Perished in
Their Home in the Woods?Live Stools
Suffered Heavilv in the Prairie Fires,
WisjfiPF.a Manitoba (Special).?The
prairie flre which raged all over the country,
heing fanned and driven by a gale nl
wind, died out during the night, and the
morning sun dawned upon a terrible scone
of death and devastation. Farm houses,
implements, crops and live stock were
everywhere consumed, and many farmers
lost their all.
At Beausejour, forty miles east of this
city, two women and Ave children named
Moreski were burned to death. Fire came
uponthoir house, which was in the woods,
from two directions simultaneously and
shut off all means of escape. Only a few
charred remains were found afterward.
Carcasses of horses, cattle and sheep are
lying all over the district, and a number of
families of foreigners aro homeless and
utterly destitute.
At Bagot, seventy miles west, the Canadian
T'aciflc Railroad depot and seven cars,
the Dominion Grain Company's elevator
with 20,000 bushels of wheat. Lawrle's store,
Higginbotham's, Link's and Buckanan's
stables, a cold storago warehouse and Farjner
Waldron's farm buildings and crops
were destroyed. The little town was practically
wiped out of existence.
At Stony Mountain the Are ran up to the
Canadian PaeiAe Railroad platform, where,
by desperate efforts, its progress was
stayed. Much hay and grain was consumed
in una district.
In the Lake Francis district, northwest
of the city, there was also extensive destruction
of crops. A youug farmer named
!llarkham was terribly burned while trying
to save his property.
At Oakland, on the Portage branch of the
Northern PaciSc Railroad, several hundred
eord3 of wood and thousands of tons of hay
were destroyed.
Just southwest of this city there is a
large hay marsh. The Are swept over this
and nearly every farmer lost his hay and
many also lost their grain and implements.
There were large bands of horses and oattle
pasturing on the marsh, and the charred
carcasses of the animals dot the ground
every few paces. Jack rabbits and prairie
chickens were also annihilated.
The people of this city were anxious foi
I some hours, as it was feared that the Are
would come into the suburbs, where many
valuable residences are located, but a
| timely chango of the wind averted the danger.
NEAL DOW DEAD.
Veteran Leader of Temperanre Forces Expires
in Portland, Me.
! General Neal Dow#the veteran Prohibi.
J tionlst, died a few days ago at his home ii
Portland, Me.
| Neal Dow was born in Portland, Me., 01
March 20, 1804. His parents were Quakers
I Upon attaining his majority Mr. Dow wai
[ admitted as a partner in his father's busi
| ness, and the Arm of Josiah Dow A Son was
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GENERAL NEAL DOW."
' formed. Of this Arm he was a member flf;
ty-cme years, He was connected with many
i other business enterp rises.
Neal Dow married,January 20,1830, Maria
; Cornelia Durant Maynard, the daughter ol
1 a Boston merchant, and immediately
j moved into the house on the corner oJ
; Congress and Dow streets, where he lived
| so long and where ho died. Of ten children
' born to Mr. and Mrs. Dow but three are
i now living.
3Ir. Dow, in the latter part of 1361, at the
I request of Governor Washburn, raised a
regiment of volunteers and a battery of
artillery. He was commissioned Brigadier
; General shortly after by President Lincoln.
It was in connection with the Maine Temperance
Union in 1837 that he first carat
into public notice. He went before the
Legislature and argued for a prohibitory
liquor law, and in 1842 had the license
question submitted to Portland citizens,
and won.
.-* nr^hihlt the
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sale of liquor in Maine. He succeeded in
I getting the bill passed which has now com*
to be known the world over as the "Maine
; Law." It was signed by Governor Hubbard
June 2,1851. It was repealed in 1855
: but he secured the ro-enactment of the law
in 1857, and it has remained on the statute
! books ever since.
brother* Drown Four Girls.
While returning fron a party at Hamilton,
Ala., six people in a boat were thrown
into the Buttahatchie River and four of the
occupants drowned. Thoso drowned were
the Misses Lizzie 8m: th. Belle Key, Mary
| Swearingea and Ella Phillips. Their es[
corts, Robert and John Wright, brothers,
| who caused tbe boat to capsize by rocking
| it, saved their own lives.
Racing In New Jersey Doomed.
Since the special e ection held in New
I Jersey the supposed majority against the
I anti-gambling amendment dwindled, until
: the latest returns made it seem probable
that there was not any majority at all. Indications
based on revised returns from all
counties make it seem evident that horse
racing in future will bo unconstitutional in
the State.
Lynching Like a Legal Hanging.
| Washington Ferran, the colored man who
assaulted the two Landrum children, in
Ouchita parish, a few days ago, was
lynched publicly in the court house square
it Monroe, La. There were over 500 persons
present at the lynching, which was
conducted in all respects like a legal execution.
Spain's Sew Cabinet.
, Senor Sagasta was instrusted with the
task of forming a new Cabinet in Spain.
I Marquis Vega do Armijo accepts the Presidency
of the Chamber. Admiral Jiermejo
will be Minister of Marine.
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TROOPS HOLD QUEZALTENANCO. ,
Report of the Evacuation of That City by 1
Guatemalan Rebel?.
i The news of the evaluation of Quezalton- I
ango, Guatemala, by tho rebels and its re- |
occupation by the Government forces is
fully confirmed. The consular corps there
has sent the following message to rre.s; .i"nt i
Barrios: .
| "The city of Quezaltenango was abandoned
by the rebels, and we have notifled ;
| General Garcia Leon.
PRESIDENT BARRIOS.
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"The city has been for some time without
proper authorities, and ail desiring the reestablishment
of order and peace respect|
fully beg you to give the necessary orders
to that effect. Confiding in your well known !
! rectitude, Mr. President, we trust the oc- j
: cupation of Quezaltenango will be peacej
ful, for which all Quezaltenango prays and I
will be grateful."
I The United States cruiser Alert has
arrived at San Jose, where she is now
1 anchored.' TheJBritish flag ship of tho
Paciflo squadron, tho Imperieuse, is expected
to arrive soon. Tho now British
Minister to Central America has arrived.
A COOD SEA FIGHTER.
Rear Admiral Miller, Who is on Guard
at Honolnln.
Rear Admiral Miller, of the United States
Navy, who is the central figure in the situation
at Honolulu, Hawaii, is a stout, short
sailor, with a pleasing face and calm eyes
1 that reflect the color of the sea he has lived
I upon so long. He is a good sea fighter and
, was reared, one may say, upon the ocean.
I He entered the Naval Academy when he
j was a lad of fourteen. From midshipman
EF.Alt AD1IIBAL MILLKB.
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he rose by service through the various
, ranks of the navy between one of the low[
est and ono of the highest positions. He
1 made a good record in the war as an officer
! of the Florida, and was aboard that brig
| when she captured the Savannah. He is a
j strict disciplinarian, and can be depended
J upon in any situation to do the right thing
at the right time. He will let Japan know
i that there is a flag representing the United
8tates.
NEW RECORD IN EXPORTS.
! More Domestic Merchandise Sent Abroad
I Than in Any Previous August.
| The Bureau of Statistics, Washington,
. has issued tables showing the exports and
imports for August, the first full month un
dor the new Tariff law. These figures show
J for that month the largest exports of domestic
merchandise of any August in the
history of the Government. The exports
i were $79,490,264, ngninst $66,689,981 for Au!
gust, 1896. For the first eight months of
! the year the exports were $61,810,000 in excess
of the first eight months of 1896, so
. that the bureau officials believe the exports
1 this year will far exceed those of last year,
I which was itself a record-breaking year in
' the matter of exports. J
1 tu.- ?r\t oil imnnrta dutiable and
1UO V aiu<3 Vi W4> aaufrv.n,,
free, for August was $39,849,312, of which
$18,629,609 were free.
REJECTED BY CERMANY.
Refuses to Recognize Mr. Neumann as
United States Consnl to Cologne.
The German Government has refused to
recognize Ferdinand Neumpmn, of Illinois,
who was nominated by President McKinley
i on May 28 to be United States Consul to
j Cologne.
News of his rejection caused no surprise
I at the State Department, Washington. Mr.
Neumann was appointed to his post last
May, and has since exercised the functions
of his office, but the German authorities
I have been considering certain allegations
connected with the World's Fair and a concert
enterprise, in which Neumann is said
to have been interested, which resulted dis?
astrously to some German artist?.
Sagasta's Cabinet Chosen.
The new Spanish Ministry is constitute!
as follows: President of the Council of
j Ministers, Senor Sagasta; Minister of Forj
eign Affairs, Senor Gullon; Minister of Jusi
tice, Senor Groizard; Minister of War. Geni
eral Correa; Minister of Marine, Admiral
I Bermejo; Minister of Finance, Senor Puigj
Cerver; Minister of the Interior, Senor Capl
depon; Minister of Public Wor' >, Count
j Xlguena; Minister for the Colo..,tfs, Senor
| Moret.
Australasia Buys Our Balls.
Not being aole to And in England the
kind of steel rails it needed, the Govern>
ment of New South Wales has placed an
; order for 2000 tons in the United States at
$25 a ton. Not many years ago wo wero
buying all wo used from England at $100 a
i ton.
An Illinois Town Burned.
All the business houses in Medora, 111.
I including the bank, wero burned. Medora
is a populous town twenty miles north of
Alton on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Washington Item*.
The police of Washington have recovered "Vswjj
what th?v Iieih'vo to 1 the pistol with,'
tvhieh ?;:iit i;i slu>r I'n-sidentGarfield,and' ,
which mysteriously disappeared shortly,
after the tragedy.
The President has made these appoint- .'
ments of Consuls: W. W. Ashby, of Norfolk,'
Va., at Colon; Edward Nye, of Danville* . "'*p|
111., at ITai'lcow, China: Buftis Fleming, Of jgf
Ohi'i. af Edinburgh. Scotland, and Samuel
A. MaeAHister, of Delaware, at Barbadoee, ~??bcS
West Indies.
No more free seeds will be sent out by
the Department of Agriculture.
Th" IV'-id'-nt appointed Augustus G. ^
Seyfert. of Pennsylvania, Consul at Strat- -tr4fM
ford, Ontario, Canada.
Information reached Washington that
the Government forces in Guatamala have, -J
recaptured Quezaltenango from the insur-1
It is proposed by Secretary $<oag to in-, cm
elude in his annual report a recommenda-,
tion that Congress authorize him to secure] ;Jal
a Government powder factory, so that the: ' fEf '
Goverument may not be compelled to de-< .
pend upon private contractors for naval
supplies of any character.
Domestic.
Colonel George H. North, of Philadel- *. r *;
phia, a prominent broker and member ofj
the stall of Major-General 8nowden, is in, ^Sgl
prison for contempt of court in failing to ac-'
count for a legacy as executor of an estate. ' -'jjjg
Gold hunters stranded on the Yukon
River, in Alaska, without sufficient food
threaten their leaders with death if they jj
failed to get to Dawson City.
Fire in Detroit, Mich., burned down the
Opera House, and did over '5000,000 damage.
Emmet C. Gibson was arrested on the yM
charge of passing a worthless check on the ..J,
Imperial Hotel, New York City. It is said !
that he has operated in many cities and
that he has obtained 5400,000 by question-)
able means.
The new pneumatic mail tube between) ~
the General Postofllce and the rroducej t >Exchange
in Now York City, was success-' )
fully tested.
General William Thompson, retired, is > 1
dead in Tacoma, Wash., aged eighty-four]
years. He served throughout the Civil] "Vjjjg
War, retiring at his own request with the] * 'IqM
rank oi Captain in me wevenm vuvintjr. -"?agg
By an act of the last Congress he wa$ ?
brevetted Brigadier-General in the regular
A number of rich veins of lead ore have
been discovered near Emaus, Lehigh Conn*
ty, Penn., and Dr. H. Horn,of Philadelphia^ <> a
and other capitalists have leased a tract or
land on which they have began mining. | , J
Samples analyzed showed the ore to con-'
tain a large percentage of lead.
Highwaymen held up a Chicago and AI-; |
ton express train at a point less then six'
miles from Kansas City, Mo. The robbery; ..-i#
is the third on that railroad within a year, I
all within fifteen miles of Kansas Citv.
A disastrous fire raged in the stock yards!
district of Chicago, many horses being'
burned to death and one man losing his ,(^C|
Disastrous 3res raged in 'Wood County. M
in the northwestern section of Ohio. One.
small village in the oil field has been en-;
tirely destroyed. The loss of property and
crops is already very great.
Duncan Paul, Postmaster at Appin,: 3
Mich., was found dead in his office, shot * Jfl
through the head. It is thought that he JjjM
was murdered. _ Ji
The village of Meadville, N. Y., a jyffeotion
of houses near the saw mills-cTChaun- Jm
cey Mead was entirely wiped out by Are,
entailing a loss of $25,000. The Are was' M
caused by swamp fires, which are raging . jBi
fiercely. One hundred workmen lose their rafl
homes ami there is no insarance.
The will of Major Lewis Ginter wo3 filed
for Probate at Richmond, Va. The total
value of the estate is between $7,000,000
and $8,000,000. Major Ginter's home is left
to his nieces, the Misses Arents; Westbrook,;
his country home. Is left to his sister, Mrs. Young,
and the Bloomingdale stock fartq
to George Arents. His brother and hl^
niece and nephew in Missouri are rement-t aB
bored, as are other relatives. Requests are
male to all the charitable institutions In! vm
the city.
Sheriff Doht, of Long Island City, has
mado public letters which have passed be-;
tween Martin Thorn and Mrs. Nack, the' * r21
alleged slayers of William Guldensuppe,! vjS
proving that the pair have contemplated! ij
death by their own hands. They also show} |
that Mrs. Nack has lost all hope.
The first New York beet sugar factory, at;
Rome, began operations. It is expeotedi ill
that about 20,000 tons of beets will be turned
1UIU \y U1I.D UUU MAVnu
Henry Crower, a colorod man, was taken; "flS
from the court room at Hernando, Mi?9.,
by a mob of jeventy-flve men and lynched. \
Grower assaulted flfteen-year-old Dovle:
Ferguson. %
While In the woods near Amcram, N. Y. I yj
hunting coons, Peter J. Yongonsou, of thatj
j village, aged twenty-four years, was fatally; Qgj
j shot by a companion, who fired at him in, , iM
the dark, supposing he was a coon. The! " :M
young man Is dead. jfltj
The claims of the South Carolina Dla ^
pensary that original package sales were
not hurting It were exploded when acornparison
of September Dispensary sales with
those of a year ago showed a failing off of
nearly 640,000. Seven hundred and thirtysix
barrels of liquor,ordered for use In Sep- {aB
tember, are still on hand.
At Chicago the lawyers for Adolph L.
Luetgert. the alleged wife murderer, closed
the case for the defence. Luetgert was not!
put upon the stand, his counsel fearing that
the cross-examination would weaken his ?8
case.
Judge Monger, of the United States District
Court, granted, in Lincoln, Neb., a g
temporary restraining order to prevent the) *9
enforcement of the law in regular stock,
yards, passed by the Nebraska Legislature.! . .
The accounts kept by the State Comp-!
troller and by the 8tate Commissioner of
Excise of the money paid the Treasurer aa Tg
the State's share of the liquor tax collect-,
ed for the fiscal year ending October 1, fMj
1897, were compared in Albany, N. Y., and ^
agreed. The amount paid to the Treas*' .
urer, which is one-third of the total Jj
amount collected, was <4,002,938.21.
The Phoenix Brewing Company, of Louis-;
ville, Ky., failed, with liabilities of $250,000^ ?'J
Mrs. Augusta Nack and Martin Thorn) j
were arraigned in Long Island City, N. Y.,j
and pleaded "Not guilty" to the indictment} ;?gs
charging them with the murder of William'
Quldensuppe.
Governor Atkinson's wife was put on triali i .
for forgery in a West Virginia court.
State Senator Miller, of tho Heading; j
(Penn.) District, and Daniel W. ReeserJ
Democratic nominee for Recorder, were;
arrested charged with bribery. Eli Swo-t $
ycr, who was a candidate for Recorder!
j before the last Democratic Convention, aUJ
leges that he withdrew in favor of Reeser
and sold him his delegates for a promise of!" J
$1000. Tho accused were held in 51000 bail
each. They deny the charges.
The Citizens' Union of Greater New York
nominated John H. Schumann for President! ,'
of the Council and Charles S. Fairchild for ' %
Comptroller of Greater New Yprk.
President Low resigned as head of Columbia
University, Now York City. His:
resignation will be acted on November 15., ,,V
The new university buildings on Morningside
Heights were dedicated. ; .
Foreign. ^7!
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It is reported in Tokio, Jppan, that the %
King of Korea proclaimed himself Emperor
of Korea,
The sum of $500,000 in gold was with[
drawn from the Bank of England for shipment
to the United States. ,
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