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bummer t^ome.
f p-WHEN the President returned
^ ^ to his summer home at
W Oyster Bay, L. I., the
townspeople greeted him
with enthusiastic ceremony.
The younger children,
with their usual horde of pets.
Went to Oyster Bay several weeks before
the President's arrival. The imjfl)
provements at Sagamore Hill, as the
w Roosevelt estate 13 called, have been
jrlthout pretensions from an architec- ,
ttiral standpoint, but merely designed I
ito extend the capacity of the quarters
tor guests and servants, so that the n
hospitality of the Roosevelt home may
be even broader than before. The I
president's estate comprises ninety- 1
Beven acres, of which more than thirty ;
are heavily wooded. A vegetaote gar- <
den occupies two acres, and fifteen j
fwres are given up to lawn. The house
U a rambling frame structure, with i
Immense rooms and a great portico,
the library Is one of the features of the 1
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bouse, but the vast collection of books
overflows into other apartments.
ILast summer the Presidential offices
were located In the Oyster Bay Bank
huH/iintr hut t+io hank huildiujr Is too I
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email to accommodate the larger staff
of workers necessary this year.
Of course it is highly essential that
the Presidential offices shall have at
all times perfect facilities for prompt
communication "with Washington, and
special telegraph and telephone wires
Will connect the Oyster Bay offices and
the White House, and in this way "long
distance Cabinet meetings" will be con- j
ducted.
The postoffice at Oyster Bay becomes j
r during the time that the President
spends at his country seat the busiest
and most important office of its size In
the United States. Extra employes are
required to handle the Presidential
mall, which frequently exceeds a thousand
letters a day.
To realize how much Oyster Bay
thinks of President Roosevelt one must
k have seen the village at the head of
"*? one of the most beautiful of Long Island
indentations. It is s. sleepy little
; place, dignified with age. self-satisfied
In the beauty of its surroundings, peculiar
not alone in its octagonal hotel.
JKie older villagers always knew that
something, they knew not what, was
going to happen to Oyster Bay. It
started to happen when Colonel Roose,velt
became Governor, but he was almost
within the White House before
Oyster Bay awoke to the opportunity.
| The town has grown wonderfully in
the last two years. Five business
blocks of brick have gone up, and one
Is building. The Independent Order of
Odd Fellows have a new hall, with the
^ jthree links done in red, white and blue
^ fcn the front.
- Then there is the building which for
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President Roosevelt has bis executive
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two months this summer will, be the
virtual capital of the United States.
For executive offices the President has
secured the entire second floor and it is
now being fitted up for him. The blinds
are already hung and the man who
bought them must have been color
blind. Xo sky ev?r showed a brighter,
more npisy blue than ihose blinds. The
building is the Moore Biock, on one of
the four corners about vhich Oyster
Bay life throbs. It Is owned by the
man who keeps the grocery on the
oh-oof flnnr
f A German scientist who has spent
|L eight years in Patagonia sayg> that
Patagonians will soon be extinct.
9 Legal steps are not necessarily those
leading to a court room.
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AN ADJUSTABLE TABLE.
A Convenience For Writing and Storing
Paper*.
A very pleasing piqce of furniture is
this adjustable table in green ash.
This green ash is simply fetching as a
the adjustable table.
bit of summer furnishing, especially
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lovely and cool-looking finish.
Naturally they show to the most delightful
advantage when placed in a
room papered In one of the lovely foliage
effects?can you think of anything
cooler - looking than wind - agitated
greenery on a pearl-gray background?
This particular table is thirty inches
In length. The top is adjustable and
may be set at various angles, by those
tvho do not like a flat surface to read
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or write on. and the folding wings are !
designed to hold magazines and the
liL-o and mnv h? nriinstprl to anv de- '
gree of roominess.
Mica Veils For Aatomoblllats.
Numerous objections having been
registered by automobilists against
goggles, an enterprising inventor lias ;
MICA VEILS POB AUTOMOBILI3T8.
placed on the market mica veils, which
are claimed to be much more comfortable,
besides affording more protection
to the face and a better view of tie
road and country. It Is attached to
the visor of the cap aud a clamp fitting
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fNITED STATES THIS SUMMER,
offices over this Oyster Bay grocery
ire.
the nose prevents the veil from coming
in contact with the face. The illustration
is produced from Automobile
Topics.
The Suicidal Mania.
The rate of suicides per 1,000,000 in
London is ninety-five; In Brussels, Berlin,
Stockholm and St. Petersburg 300.
and in Paris and Vienna 400.
The Toloe of Experience.
The breakers at the seashore are noj
always those that dash on the beach.Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Flower growers in the South ol
France and other L.vored climes flud
it profitable to send tne products ot
their skill to British markets.
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HON. GROVER CLEVELAND AN
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(As photographed on the porch of Mr.
/J Hudson Tercentennial
; To Celebrate the Discovery
J ^ of New York's Great River.
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1TTIN organization has been
w- formed in New York reL1
centiy, having for its ob^
Ject the proper celebration
of the tercentennary of the
discovery of the Hudson River in 1000
by flendrik Hudson. Here are a few
of the things contemplated in the way
of the features of the proposed celebration:
First?A $3,000,000 memorial bridge,
to span Spuyten Duyvil Creek from
Manhattan Island to the Bronx.
Second?Two public parks, one at
each-end of the bridge.
Third?A water pageant of magniflI
cent proportions, in which the growth
J of New York's commerce shall be illus
PROPOSED "MEMORIAL 1
trated by floats and shlpff of all degrees.
Fourth?A gathering of the war shJps
of the United States and foreign governments
In honor of the day.
Fifth?A reproduction of the Half
Moon, Hudson's famous vessel, with a
crew In costumes of the period.
Sixth?A diplomatic banquet, prob
ably under the auspices of the Holland
Society, -which may also contribute an
equestrian statue of William the Silent.
Seventh?Fetes by various participating
societies, with athletic carnival,
fireworks, etc.
ODD HEN'S EGGS.
Freaks of Nature Produced by Domestic
Fowls.
In a series of investigations on the
development of the common chick Clement
L. Webster was surprised at the
many strange forms of eggs met with
In the course of his studies. In de
scribing these eggs in the Americac
Inventor, he sa3's: A very unusual
form of egg is covered by a thick
STRANGE FORMS OP HEN*S EGOS.
strong chalaza ("soft shelled"), and has
two parts, one much larger than the
nfhor At- the smaller end of the larcrer
part Is an attachment composed of the
thickened and more or less -wrinkled
chalaza. The smaller part contained a
normal, though rather small, yolk, surrounded
by a very small quantity of al
bumen. The larger part of this egg
contained only albumen. The contents
of tire two parts were united by way
of /ne constriction.
In the picture of the egg resembling
a club we have a very remarkable fornc
of egg. It has a strong shell of norma]
appearance, and is in fact a double egg
in part. The entire contents of this
strange specimen was albumen, save
J a long, narrow and poorly-defined liglU
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yellow yolk located in the upper portion
of the large part. Another example has
been brought to my attention which
varied from this one only In being
larger, and abruptly crooked a short
distance above the smaller end, giving
it almost the form of a crook-neck
gourd or squash.
A unique form of egg is the triple
egg. This has three lobes, or more
properly speaking, is three distinct eggs
Joined together, and all are covered by
a thick, strong shell with a very rough
surface. None of these eggs contained
yolks, but were filled with albumen. I
have known of another specimen in
all respects identical with this one,
save only that It had two parts Instead
of three. I have several times seen
very small normal-shaped eggs, and
other very small ones (three-fourths of
an inch in diameter) as round as a marble,
none of which contained yolks.
On the other hand, I have met with
double-yolk eggs as large as two normal
eggs, as well as other eggs having
three yolks; and another having one
perfect egg (Including the shell) inside
Itself, ag well as other forms even
stranger than any hero described.
TO HENDRIK HUDSON.
A Mew Egg-Boiler.
The accompanying cut represents a
new egg boiler, also the invention of a
HANDY EQG BOtLEIt.
I Frenchman. This little apparatus Is
> claimed to be able to boil an egg
"with one gramme of water and one
gramme of methylated spirit. The
measure of water is poured into the
"coquetiere," the egg is dropped intc
the holder, the asbestos ring Is soaked
in spirit (a gramme of wjich it absorbs),
placed under the little apparatus
and a light applied. In three minutes
the egg should be boiled, and part
' Ot tilG (1GVICO may tucu utr uocu ?o av
egg cup if nothing else is handy.
A Itevolvin Boot-Wiper.
Another French firm has brought
upon the market a revolving boot wiper.
as illustrated herewith. It is
formed by three brushes, one revolving
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SHOE CLEANING BRUSHES.
; in a horizontai and the two abeve rei
volving in a vertical plane, so that
[ when one places the sole of the boot
\ on the lower brush and moves it to and
i fro the side brushes simultaneously rei
volve and clean the weU and upper of
t |rthe boot
RUSSIA LIMITS PASSPORTS
Signers of Kishineff Petition May Not
Travel in Her Territory.
MANILA TO LOSE ITS CONSULATE
8tato Department Notified That Only In
Four Cities Hereafter Will Passports
to Russia Be Signed by Her Cousnlar
Representative*?It is Believed Connt
Casslni Will N'ot Return to Washington
Washington, D. C.?Russia lias made
an uuespected move, which is accepted
here that she has decided on retaliatory
measures as a result of the IvishineCf
petition, and that there will be a
more strict examination of Americans
who intend to travel in Russia.
Acting^ Secretary Loomis was notified
by the Russian Charge that hereafter
passports issued,to American citi
zens who expect to visit ttussia win ue
vised only at the Russian Embassy in
Washington and the Consulates in New
York, Chicago and San Francisco.
This cuts off Savannah, Mobile, Pensa*cola.
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Portland.
Ore.. Galveston and Manila, at all
of which ports passports have heretofore
been indorsed by the Russian consuls
or ageuts.
The new order came from St. Petersburg.
Mr. Loomis was not told why it
was issued, and was left to guess its
real purport. One reason assigned by
State Department officers is that the
Czar has decided to reduce expenses
by abolishiug the consulates at the
ports at which passport* will be 110
longer vised. This sweeping reduction
in Russia's consular representation in
H"> TTnif^^ Stofoo wVmlrt in itRplf hp a
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slap which diplomats especially -would
be quick to recognize.
The real reason is believed to be the
determination by Russia to exercise a
much more strict supervision over
Americans who want to travel in that
country, with a view to shutting out all
of the prominent people who took a
leading part in the demonstrations in
behalf of the persecuted Jews following
the Ivishineff massacre. This embargo
may even extend to all the signers
of the Ivishineff petitions so far as
their names can he ascertained. The
largest demonstrations were held in
Washington. New York. Chicago aud
San Francisco, and the Russian consular
representatives in those cities have
complete lists of the men who are regarded
with disfavor by Russia on account
of their activity in behalf of the
Jews.
Passports issued by the State Department
for travel in Russia are of no
value unless they bear the indorsement
of some Russian consular representative
who has the necessary authority.Any
consul can refuse to indorse a
passport for any reason or for none at
all, and even Secretary Hay or the
President cannot ask mm wuy. tus
refusal to vise the passport ends all argument.
The belief that Count Cassini will
not return to this country as Russian
Ambassndor or in any other capacity
is growing. Mail gossip from St. Petersburg
speaks of Alexander Isvolsky
as probable successor. The same
ldvices hint that the United States may
be deprived of the presence of any Russian
Ambassador for some time. Mr.
[svolsky was until recently 'Russian
Minister to Japan, and until the Count
Cassini's return was said to be slated
for the Danish mission. He was formerly
one of the Secretaries of the
Embassy in Washington.
RACE MURDER BY MOTHERS.
Indorsement of Dr. TVoodvrard'a View as
to Neglect of Infants.^
Washington, D. C.?Dr. George N.
A.eker, visiting physician at the Children's'
Hospital, fully agrees with Dr.
William C. Woodward, Health Officer
of the District, that race murder is being
committed here through the carelessness
and negligence of mothers.
"The mortality of infants is a matter
of grave concern to the public. The
death rate is so abnormal that the
question can no longer be put aside
without comment. A remedy is needed.
That remedy must be provided by the
people themselves.
"Without a shadow of doubt the conditions
are due to the improper feeding
of children. The chief fault lies in. the
careless use of milk?impure milk is
death to an infant. ,
"But this is not all. The basic trouble
is invariably found in the ignorance
r\fi mnMioi- wlin Irnnttrc n n Hi I fl (? and
l/L 1UC uii/tuwi, muw awv?o
cares nothing about the proper nourishment
of children. It is their wilful
neglect and lamentable ignorance that
results ill the excessive death rate?
and 'race murder.'"
NEGRO WOMAN LYNCHED.
Was n Servant 3nd Wan Accnseil of Pols*
onln:; One of the Family.
Shreveport, La.?Jennie Steer, the
negro maid servant who poisoned Miss
Dolan, "was lynched a few miles from
the scene of her crime. A deputy
sheriff was sent to Cross Keys, where
the woman was arrested, in tbe hope
of preventing the lynching, but arrived
there too late.
The lynched woman was in the employ
of Mrs. Frank Matthews at the
time of the mysterious murder of that
woman last April and it is now i
thought she had some hand in it. It I
was developed that she had previously
attempted the life of Miss Dolan but
bad failed. She killed Miss Dolan by
putting poison in a glass of lemonade.
Miss Dolan was sixteen years old.
MURDER AT MOTHER'S DEATHBED.
German, Angry Over Disposition of Property,
Kills Two Others and Himself.
Hamburg.?A sensation has been
caused in Northwestern Germany by
a tragedy at Altona. where, alongside
the deathbed of his mother. Judge
Baur, who was a well-known and respected
man, shot and killed his
brother, who was a lawyer, his mother's
housekeeper and himself.
It is stated that Mrs. Baur left all
her property to her housekeeper, which
caused a quarrel between the brothers.
rive Gold Seekers Drowned.
The 3teaiusbip Excelsior, just arrived
at Tacoma, Wash., brings news from
Alaska tbat early in July Miss Lou
Wheeler, of Seattle; August Reichel, of
Canada: Henry Wiedmer, of Valdes;
Paul Wiedmer. of Valdes, and Burt
Ford, residence unknown, were
drowned in Copper River. They were
bound for Nazina. on a gold-hunting
expedition.
Earthquake Shocks in Utah.
There were several slight earth
shocks in Salt Lake City, rnd in Ogden,
Utab, there was the severest one ever i
known there. |
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KEARSARGE'S FAST RUN
The Battleship's R3markable Trip
Aoross the Atlantic.
bailed 2900 Mile* in 9 Days 3nd 4!-!? j
Hoar*, Breaking tUc Record?Her
Efficiency Demonstrated.
Bar Harbor. Me.-The United States
battleship Kearsarge arrived at tsar
Harbor at 5.42 p. m.. and dropped an- |
chor in the upper harbor at G.13. All
day the shore path had been thronged ,
with persona anxiously watching the
eastern horizon for the first glimpse of
the famous ship, but it was not uu- J
til 5 o'clock tlmt her immense hull ap- j
penred out of th? mist in the east.
Coming at full speed the ship entered
the harbor and passed the other
ships of the squadron at anchor, proceeding
to the upper harbor, where the
battleship Illinois, -with Admiral Barker
on board, was anchored.
Cantain Hemphill said: "Wr> left the
Needles at 1.23 p. m. on Friday, July
17. and Mount Desert Rock at 12.30 today.
covering the distance of 2900 miles
in nine days four and a quarter hours,
an average speed of 13.1G miles an
Lour."
The highest speed attained was a little
more than fifteen knots, and the
slowest was ten. Three times during
the trip the ship was slowed down,
once on account of being In the vicinity
e\f on ifPhortr nnd fwict? OH aCCOUnt Of
a thick fop. Head winds and thick:
weather retarded the ship, and under
favorable conditions she would hav-*
covered the distance in less than nine
days. Captain Hemphill says lie could
start on a return trip at once and beat
the record made on this voyage. Since
the Kearsarge left New York, fiftythree
days ago. she has visited Germany.
Denmark and England, lias
steamed 8200 miles, has been at sea
" twenty-four days and in port twentyBine
days, and during all this time
there has not been a single accident to
the machinery, not a break or a stop of
any kind. She is ready for action.
When she left Portsmouth she oarried'1640
tons of coal. She now had on
board 410 tons, having consumed 1230
tons on the voyage, cn avdrage of 135
tons daily. As her coal capacity is
only 1391 tons, some coal was taken on
deck. The trin of the Kearsarge has
demonstrated that a ship of her class
can maintain an average speed of more
than thirteen knots on a long voyage
! without, injury to her machinery; that
her coal carrying capacity is adequate
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speed; that in time of war shins of her
class can cross the ocean and engage
an enemy at once; that the Kearsarge
is one of the most perfect ships in the
world and fully equal to any emergency.
Captain Hemphill and his officers
are enthsuir.stic at th<> way in which
they have been entertained while in
I foreien waters. Everywhere the Stars
and Stripes was cheered as the ICearsarge
moved in and out of port.
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Detail* of Ke&rsarge'a Ran.
Washington. D. C.?The Navy De?
partment received a report from Captain
Hemphill, giving some interestine
details of the run of the bis: battleship
Kearsarge across the Atlantic. Department
officials are pleased greatly
with the record made by the Kearsarge.
Cantain Hemphill's dispatch,
dated Bar Harbor, says:
"Kearsarge steamed 2S83 nautical
miles in nine days, four and one-half
hours. Average speed. 13.10. Experienced
variable head winds, force
three to eight; slowed four hours on account
of taking seas over turrets;
slowed to ten knots on account of fogs
and icebergs; consumed 1148 tons of
coal; average daily consumption, 123%,
for all purposes; average speed of engines.
13.00."
It is explained that the winds experienced,
the force of which is given at
"three to eight," ranged from gentle
breezes to almost a gale.
RELIANCE TO DEFEND CUP.
The New York Yacht Clnb Gives a Decision
on One Trial Race.
Newport. R. I. ? It was* announced
by the New York Yacht Club here that
the Reliance had been selected to defend
the America's Cup against Shamrock
III. The sailing instructions had
been given out for three official trial
races to be held during the week.
After the first race it was decided that
the new \ yacht had sufficiently established
her title to the honor of defending
the cup, and the announcement was
made accordingly. No more trial races
will be held.
flrat raro urns for thirtv miles.
fifteen miles to leeward, and a fifteen
mile beat back. Reliance in a breeze
that varied from ten miles an hour at
the start to a fifteen-mile blow at the
finish, defeated Columbia by 4 minutes
and 28 seconds and Constitution by 5
minutes and 2 seconds.
ST. LOUIS BOODLERS SENTENCED.
Five Members of House of Delegates Get
From Fonr to SI* Years.
St. Louis, Mo.?Judge Ryan passed
sentence on five members of the House
of Delegates, four of whom were convicted
of bribery and one of perjury in
connection with municipal franchise
deals. Following are those sentenced:
John A. Sheridan, bribery in connection
with suburban street railway deal,
five years.
T. Edward Albright, bribery, suburban
deal, five years.
Jerry J. Hannigan, bribery, suburban
deal, five years.
Louis Decker, perjury, suburban
deal, four years.
Krnil Hartmann, bribery, city lighting
bill, six years.
All filed appeal bonds in tbe sum of
$10,000 each.
Tennessee TJanter Assassinated.
.T. L. Butler, a planter living near
Garrottsburg, Tenn., was assassinated
' while going to bis borne. Suspicion
rests upon a neighbor with whom Butler
had had trouble.
To Protect Excursiqg? Passengers.
Under orders from Secretary Cortelyou.
at Washington, the steamboat insnection
service will ke more rigid
measures for pr-tectiou of pa.-sengers
on excursion vessels.
Labor World.
In Germany low wages and long
hours are the rule.
Many States are in great need of men
to harvest the wheat crop.
Nearly 30,000 union laborers.returned
to work in New York City alter being
ou strike since May 5.
The International Association of Railway
Mail Clerks decided to meet in
l'JOO in Galveston, Texas.
Russian workmen are demanding an
increase in wages, a reduction of their
| hours of work, the right ot association
and rtie organization of mutual aid
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IIINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK 1
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The Indian Bureau paid out $150,000
to the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache
Indiana for surplus lands.
W. A. Miller returned to work in thtf
HATTArnmanf Prinfinnr hll? thft
bookbinders gave no evidence of any
intention to strike.
Rear-Admiral Taylor said half a
dozen other battleships could equal the
Kearsarge's record,across the Atlantic.
Walter C. Hamm, of Pennsylvania,
was appointed United States Consul at
Hull, England.
The gpecial European agent of the " |
Immigration Bureau reported that, as &
result of the Kishineff massacres,
many very undesirable Hebrew ijnmigrants
were coming to this country.
The treaty between the United Stateg
and Denmark for the sale of the
Danish West Indian Islands is dead.
the time set for exchange of ratifications
having expired.
Acting Secretary Loomis issued fifs
warrant for the surrender to the British
authorities of Whitaker Wright, tl\e
London promoter, charged with large
financial irregularities.
.OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
Major-General Wade took command
of the Division of the Philippines, General
Davis retiring.
One hundred thousand ounces of silver
were bought by the Director of theMint
for Philippine coinage.
The fifth anniversary of the landing
of American troops at Guanica, Porto
Rico, during the war with Spain, waa
observed throughout the island as & J*
legal holiday.
Philippine scouts and constabulary
killed fifteen rebels in a three hounf
battle In the street of Albay.
DOMESTIC.
William Douglas, who had been oil
trial at Fairmont, W. Va., for almost
two weeks on the charge of having
murdered Frederick and John John*
son, last August, was acquitted.
Mrs. Prince Odum shot and killed he*
brother, John Rich, at Richton, Miss.
The tragedy grew out of a family feud.
Mormon missionaries were refuse^
tea permits to preach in the streets of
New York City, only one applicationbeing
granted.
A bronze tablet to the memory ol
General Henry Knox, President Wash.
ington's first Secretary of War, wai
unveiled at Thomaston, Me.
Dr. C. W. Littlefleld, of Alexandria,
Ind., said that he had created life
atoms or animated germs through a
solution of common salt, pure water,
alcohol and ammonia.
The shrinkage In Boston coppe*
stocks was estimated at nearly $138,'?
000,000. I
Claiming to have acted in self-de*
fense, Officer Wesley Hicks killed
David Dykes and fatally wounded Wal? }
ter Fowler while trying to arrest them
at Bristol, Va. 1
The Navy Department's efforts to
close every saloon adjacent to the Navy
Yard at Bremerton, Wash., were upheld
by the Superior Court of that
State. ,/
Shortage in the accounts of Frank A*.
Labountie, clerk for the law firm of
Wilson & Smith, In Buffalo, N. Y., was *
estimated at at least $500,000.
Charged by his mother with wasting
the family estate, of which he was administrator,
Paul Cain killed himself,
and his body was found In the river
at Louisville, Ky.
It appeared that the charges against
Shelby M. Cullom, Clerk of the Arizona
Supreme Court, were not based on Irregularities
that inVolved fraudulent
intention. The money loss wasx only
$50. ' J|
Union members of the Texas militia
in Austin resigned from their companies
at the demands of labor unions.
Like desertions from the State's service
were expected In other parts of the
State. ;
Ellery A. Hibbard, a Democratic
member of the Forty-second Congress,
former Judge of the New Hampshire
Supreme Court, died at Laconia, N. H;,
of spinal trouble. He was born la
1826. . ,
The United Brothers of Friendship,
a of tholf* pnnrAn^ .*3
a U56lv utguuuauvu, "V, VV-TV- *,
tion In St. Louis, Mo., adopted resolutions
praising President Roosevelt for
his stand on the race question.'
Low water in the Yukon River was
worrying steamboat men, and little
freight sent via St. Michael will get
Into Dawson tliis season,
FOREIGN.
The Prussian Ministry will devote
$2,^OO,000 to the reltef of the Silesian
flood sufferers.
Several Korean Minister^ and high
llgnitaries were suspected of being concerned
in a plot r.gainst the Empress
Korea.
The labor candidate won in the
Brandard Castle division of Durham
County, England, hitherto a Liberal
stronghold. -Sg
Senator Lodge was actively preparing
In London for the meeting there, Sep1
tember 3, of the Alaskan Boundary Tri-.
bunal.
Advices from Pekin said that the
| Russian officials at New-Chwang had
stopped tne exportation 01 wneai iroxu
that port to Japan.
King Edward and Queen Alsxandr^
visited Belfast, Ireland, where the
King unveiled a statue in honor of
Queen Victoria; the rulers were warmly
welcomed.
The Panama Liberal Government
was overthrown, it was reported, be<
cause of opposition to the canal treaty,
Japan, following the advice of Great
Britain, decided to adopt a waiting policy
in regard to Russia.
In a mareh of an Hungarian regiment
nearly half its men were sunstruck;
fifteen were reported dead and
seventy others in a dangerous condition.
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Prince Ferdinand, accompanied bj
his children, left Bulgaria; advices regarding
a revolt at Sofia were conflict-*
ing.
It was reported rrom i-anama mar
a reaction in favor of the canal treaty
was going on in Colombia.
Earon De Bush, a well-known chemist,
was killed by a train near Northampton,
England.
Mount Vesuvius showed signs of
greater activity; a small stream of
lava is llowing down the mountain. >
About 1")00 men were killed or
wounded in the battle at Ciudad Bolivar,
Venezuela.
The body of James McNeill Whistler
was buried at Chiswick, England;
many artists were present at the funr
eral service at Chelsea.
German delegates at a sitting of the
American and Mexican Monetary Com
luissiou passed a resolution 10 iuv eifect
that Germany did not need to buy " J
silver. ^ . *;
The Irish Land biil passed its firafc.
reading in the House of Lords.
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