The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 11, 1898, Image 6
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THE COUNTY RECORD. |
Published Every Thursday
?at?
CNGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
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LOUIS J. BKISTOW,
Editor and Proprietor.
The Temple of Fame -will need to
have some new stories built on it in
order to hold the names of the Yankee
lads who are demanding a place at the
top of the illustrious list.
Italy is congratulating itself that
there were only 920 duels fought last
year in the whole country. Of these
103 had serious consequences, though
only one duellist was killed outright.
So important are the indications
? afforded by the teeth of the general
health and strength of the constitution
of candidates for the United
States Navy, that unless a would-be
? ooAilitolila flvimim
CUUtfl CttU |IU33 <J. ticuuuciv
tion at the hands of the ilentist he
must make up his mind to look for an^
other calling.
It is easy enough teaching Spain
a lesson, but that lesson will be heeded
by others who have been ready with
their sneers. The schoolmaster has
been a little slow, perhaps, bat his
ferule is long and his arm strong. We
venture to say that when this war is
done the American flag will have a
new meaning the round world over.
There are 100,000 ranches and plantations
in Cuba valued at $200,000,000.
Besides supplying food for the island
these plantations yielded a surplus
valued at $90,000, for export. Sugar
and tobacco are the main products and
constitute ninety per cent, of the exports.
The sugar product for the
fiscal year 1892-1893 amounted to S15,89-1
tons; in 1893-1S94, 1,054,214 tons;
in 1894-1895, 1,004,204 tons, and in
1895-1806, 225,221 tons, all of which,
except 30,000 tons per annum, was exported.
The International Commission of
the Pyrenees, on the suggestion of the
Municipal Council of the little canton
of Aramits, has suppressed the annual
no O 'VTllttfo /Ifik
CereillUllY a aa buu v.v
Baretous" that has taken place on
July 13 in that place for more than
seven hundred years. The ceremony
consists in transferring three heifers
as a. tribute from the French valley of
Baretous to -the Spanish valley of
, Roncal, with details that are considered
humiliating to French amour
propre, such as casting a lance and
firing o gun at the French "soil. In
future the tribute will be paid with the
omission of these acts.
Following the.olil principle that the
dancer must pay the fiddler the new
war taxes are now operative upon the
people of the country. It is safe to
say that every person, whatever his
age, sex or previous couditiou may be.
will be called upon to pay directly or
indirectly. Checks require a twocent
stamp, conveyances of real estate,
quantities of other documents, life,
fire and marine policies, nil mnst be
stamped; if one goes abroad the passage
ticket is taxed; if he allows his
note to go to protest a twenty-five cent
sjam^ is a reminder; if he buys medicine
or perfumery, a graduated soalo
of tax; chewing gum pays a tax of
four cents, sugar and petroleum refiners
par; if one buys a scat in a
palace or parlor car, a tax of one cent
is required, etc.; and if we receive
legacies from near or far relatives or
others, we will pay a tax and a heavy
one.
The nation whi<$i governs almost
one-fourth of the earth's population,
and upon the whole governs well,
spends over two hundred millions annually
upon sport, and has invested
in the same way an even greater sum,
comments Ontiug. Perhaps there is
no higher test of a man's all-round
abilities than his power to govern
wisely; at any rate, it is a truth to be
borne in mind, in this connection,
that the governing races of to-day are
races of sportsmen. The people who
play games are inheriting the earth,
perhaps because it makes them meek.
As a matter of fact, we think it does
just that, among other things. The
French do not play games, and Mr.
Benjamin Kidd has shown how the
population of France is steadily decreasing,
the deaths having outnum(ah
Cflrflrol !
uereu IUC uuius iuuc iui cv . v. m
, years' past. The Spaniards do not
plAy games, and travelers in r.nd students
of Spain, aud the Spanish,
agree that their two most salient
characteristics are overweening pride
and cruelty. The Chinese despise
unnecessary physical exercise, and
can scarcely be driven to tight, even
for their country, and their lack of
decision and their pulpy condition of
dependence are now all too manifest.
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SHAFTER'S ARMY
ORDERED HOME;
Only One-Tenth of the Soldiers
at Santiago in Fighting
Trim and Their Officers
Asked For Relief,
WROTE A ROUND ROBIN.
Ye!:nw Fever Threatened to Kill Thou
sands and Thev Are Bcin^r Tr;nsferred
to Montauk Point.
Peril Necessitated llaste?War Department
Spurred to Activity by News I
From Santiago?Colonel Roosevelt De- !
clares Ninety I'er Cent, of the Army
Is Incapacitated and That Men Will
Pie Like Sheep if Lett in Cuba?Shaffer
and Roosevelt Rebuked.
Santiago de Cuba (Special).?Summoned
by Major-General Shatter, a meeting was
held hero at headquarters, and In the
presence of every commanding and medical
officer of the Fifth Army Corps General
Shatter read a cnble message from Secretary
Alger ordering him, at the recommendation
of Surgeon-General Sternberg, to
move the army into the interior, to San
Luis, where it is healthier.
As a result of the conference General
Shatter will insist upon the immediate
withdrawal of the army North within two
weeks.
Colonel Roosevelt's Letter.
As an explanation of the situation the j
following letter from Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, commanding tfie First Cavalry, j
to Generul Shatter, was handed by the lat- [
ter to the newspaper correspondents here
for publication:
"Major-General Shatter:
"Sir?In a meeting of the general an l i
medical officers called by you at the palace j
this morning we were all, as you know, |
unanimous In view of what should be done I
with the army. To keep us here, in the ;
opinion of every officer commanding a
division or a brigade, will simply involve
the destruction of thousands.
"There is no possible reason for not shipring
practically the entire command North
at once. Yellow fever eases are very few j
in the cavalry division, where I command
one of the two brigades, and not one true j
case of yellow fever has occurred in this |
division, except among men sent to the j
hospital at Siboney, where they have, I be- ]
lieve, contracted it.
"But in this division there have been fif- i
teen hundred cases of malaria fever. Not j
a man has died from it, but the whole com- [
mand is so weakened and shattered as to be I
ripe for dying like rotten sheep when a real j
yellow fever epidemic, instead of a fake !
epidemic, like the present, stri!:<# us,'as it i
is bound to if we stay here at the height of 1
the sickness season, August and the begin- ,
niug of September. Quarantine against i
malarial fever is much like quarantining j
against the toothache. All of us are cer- ;
tain, as soon as the authorities at Washington
fully appreciate the conditions of ,
the army, to be sent home.
Half the Troops May I)lc.
"If we are kept here it will in nil human |
possibility mean an appalling disaster, for I
the surgeons here estimate that over half
the army, if kept here during the sickly;
season, will die. This is not only terrible j
from the standpoint of the individual lives I
lost, but it means ruin from the standpoint j
of the militnrv efficiency of the flower of j
the American army, for the groat bulk of j
the regulars are here with you.
"The sick list, large though it is, exceed- i
fug 4000, nflfordo but a faint index of the de- I
bilitation of the armv. Not ten per cent, i
aro fit for active work. Six weeks on the j
Muino coast, for instance, or elsewhere, j
where the yellow fevyr gem; pjjnaot possi- ,
profagatCj woulo ihh!M U3 ill fL3 fit as '
fighting cocks, able as wc are and eager to
take a leading part in the great campaign i
against Havana in the fall, even if we arcnot
allowed to try Porto Ried.
Kept Thcro Without Object.
' \Yi can ho moved North, if moved a1 j
once, with absolute safety to the country, j
although, of course, it would have been in- j
finitely better if wo had been moved North |
gr to Porto Rico two weeks ago. If there ,
were any object in keeping us hero we j
would face yellow fever with ns j
much indirferenco as wo facts bullets.
But there is no object in it. The I
four immun-s regiments ordered here j
are sufficient to garrison tho city and stir- '
rounding towns, and there is absolutely |
nothing for us to do here, and there has J
not been since the city surrendered. It is '
Impossible to move into the interior. Every
shifting of camp doubles the sick rate in
our present weakened condition, ana, anyhow,
the interior is rather worse than the
coast, as I have found by actual reconnoissance.
Our present camps are as
healthy as any camps at this end of the
Island can be.
"I write only because I cannot see our
men, who have fought so bravely and who
have endured extreme hardship and danger
so uncomplainingly, go to destruction
without striving, so far as lies in me, to
avert a doom as fearful as it is unnecessary
and undeserved. Yours respectfully,
"Theodore Roosevelt,
"Colonel Commanding ^irst Brigade."
After Colonel Roosevelt had taken the initiative
all the American general officers
united in a round robin adirested to General
Shatter.
The "Round Kobin."
It read:
tVo the undersigned officers, command
ing the various brigades, divisions, etc., of
the army of occupation in Cuba, are of the
unanimous opinion that this arinv should be
at once taken out of the island of Cuba and
sent to some point 011 the northern seacoast
of tho United States; that, it can be done
without danger to the people of theUnited
States; that yellow fever in the army at
present is not epidemic; that there are,
Killed by a School Teacher,
At Anadarka, Oklahoma, a colored man
named Barrett was killed while trying to
enter the room of Miss Phoebe Stokes, a
school teacher at tnat place. Miss Stokes
heard him at a window and ilred six shots
into his body, killing him instantly.
Aq;uiualdo in the Proper Spirit.
AguiDaldo is not so bumptious now. lie
asked General Merritt's permission to
march his mjn in triumph through Manila
when the city falls, and wants his
troops organize! into regiments under
American officer.-.
' only a few sporadic cases, but that the
fW"my is disable 1 by malarial fever to tlio
ex^nt that its efficiency is destroyed, and
thmkit is in a condition to be practically
entirely destroyed by an epidemic of yellow
fever which is sure to cono in the
near future.
"We know from the reports of competent
officers and from personal observation that
the army is unable to move into the interior
and that there arc no facilities for such
a move if attempted, and that it could not
be attempted until too late. Moreover, tho
best medical authorities of the island say
that with our present equipment we could
not live in the interior during the rainy
season without losses from malarial fever,
which is almost as deadly as yellow fever.
"This army must bo moved at once or
perish. As tiie army can be safely moved
now, the persons responsible for preventing
such a move will be responsible for the
unncessary loss of many thousands cf lives,
"Our opinions are the result of careful
personal observation, and they aro also
based on the unanimous opinion of our
medical oftlcers with the army, who understand
the situation absolutely.
"J. Ford Kent, Major-Gencral Volunteers,
Commanding First Division Fifth
Corps.
"J. C. Bates. Major-General Volunteers,
Commanding Provisional Division.
"Adna R. Chaffee, Major-Gencral. Commanding
Third Brigade, Second Division.
"Samuel S. Sumner. Brigadier-General
Volunteers, Commanding First Brigade,
Cavalry.
"Will Ludlow. Brigadier-General Volunteers.
Commanding First Brigade, Second
Division.
"Adelbert Ames. Brigadier-General Volunteers,
Commanding Third Brigade,
First Division.
"Leonard Wood. Brigadfer-Genorn! Volunteers,
Commanding the City of Santiago.
"Theodore Roosevelt, Colonel Commanding
Second Cavalry Brigade."
Major M. W. Wood, the Chief Surgeon of
tbo First Division, said: "The army must
be moved North," adding with emphasis,
"or it will be unable to move itself."
General Ames has sent the following
cable message to Washington:
"The Honorable Charles II. Allen. Assistant
Secretary of the Navy:
"This army is incapable, because of sickness,
from marching anywhere, except to
the tr:in?norts. If it is ever to return to
the United States It must do so at once."
SANTIACO ARMY ORDERED HOME.
Fever Strlrken Forces Are to Ho Itrouglil
to Montauk Point at Once.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Because
of the perilous condition which has overtaken
the United States troops in Santiago,
and touched by the cry coming up from
men tossing with fever, the administration
gave out a bulletin which startled the city.
President McKinley, after a conference
with Secretary Long and Secretary Alger,
took action for the prompt transfer o!
Shatter's forces to Moutauk Point. L. I.
The bulletin recited the number of transports
on hand at Santiago, and ordered
General Shaffer's men relieved from furthei
duty at Santiago. Here is the bulletin in
part:
"War Department. )
"Adjutant-General's Office, V
"August 4,1898. )
"The Secretary of War has ordered General
Shatter's troops relieved from further
duty in Santiago as fast as transportation
can be provided and the transfer of Span*
ish prisoners will admit of reduction of the
garrison.
"American transports now at Santiago
will sail for New York as fast as they can
be comfortably embarked. The rest at
Montauk Point will prepare these seasoned
troops for the campaign against Havana,
in wnich they probably will take part. The
lirst transport left Santiago Thursday. The
movement is expected to lie completed by
August 20. Five United States volunteer
regiments, immunes, have been ordered to
Santiago for garrison duty. The first has
already arrived, the others are being
pushed forward as rapidly as transportation
can bo furnished."
Young In Command at .Wontauk.
Washington, I*. C. (Special). MajorGeneral
S. M. D. Young, who recently returned
from Santiago, where he was
stricken with climatic fever, was ordered
to take cpmtnand of the camp established
nt Montauk, L. I. Brigadier-General BandaM
will assist General Young in tho administration
of altairs at the camp.
Sliafter and Koosevelt Jtebukod.
w T\ n /Cn.w.:.. 1Y V'o..?ofn
of War Russell A. Alger ordered a severe
reprimand seat to General Shatter, the
Commanding General at Santiago. The
General has made two grave blunders in
the opinion of the President and the War
Department. These are the permitting
of General Kent's report to tje made public
and also the facts about the great distress
at Santiago and the need for the removal
of our entire army. Col02"l Roosevelt wa3
included in the reprimand.
FOUg FERS0N3 DROWNED.
A Boat Belong!.'..!; to Colonel it uppert,
Jr., Swamped With Fatal Itosalts.
A large crowd of New Yorkers went to the
fishing banks, off New Jersey, to join in the
festivities of Ladies' Day of the New York
Fishing Club. Instead of returning by the
ferry ten of them accepted the invitation
of Colonel Ja<*o!> Ruppert, Jr.. to return to
?w York on his steam yacht Albatross.
Tiio yn 'ht was anchored in Rnritan liny,
about COO yards away from the banks, anil
tho party boarded two boats to bo rowed
out to her. Tho water was very rough,
and one of the boats was swamped l y tho
I high waves. Four of the eight occupants
were drowned.
In the swamped boat wore Frank Ruppert.
Mrs. Otto T. Frohwein, her two
daughters, Gertrude, lifteen years old, and
Fauna, thirteen years old; her son, Otto
r. Frohwein, Jr. six years old; her niece,
Annie Siebenliehan, eighteen years old,
and two sailors whose names were not
known.
The boats arrived in time to save Mrs.
Frohwein, Frank Ruppert and the two
sailors. But Mrs. Frohwein's two daughters,
her son and her niece sunk before the
men in the water had been able to reach
them.
| Lieutenant Holison Presides at a Meeting.
j The Metropolitan Opera House, at New
i York City,was thronged with a vast multi|
tudo on Thursday night, when Lieutenant
j Hobson presided at a meeting of the New
i York Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Protective
Association. The meeting was held
; for the purpose of raising funds for tho
j destitute families of the soldiers and sailors
who are iu the service of their country.
| Lieutenant Hobson received a flattering
I ovation, and made a lasting impression by
; a remarkably well-delivered speech telling
J of the heroism of the sailors in the service
of Unole Sum.
Iteward For Destroying Cervera's Fleet,
The men of Sampson's llect are entitled
I to S100 for every Spaniard on Cerverac
| Ships.
A Captured Flag In Washington.
The second captured battle flag has been
received at the War Department, Washing,
ton, with a brief note from General Shaftei
as follows: "Fragment of Spanish flag captured
by the Thirteenth United States Infantry
at San Juan, July 1."
German Comic Papers Confiscated.
All tue principal comic papers in uer
; many have been confiscated on account o
j the publication of cartoons ridiculing tin
; Emperor and th<> police. Some of thes?
paners will be pro.-ccutcl on the charge o,
; lese niajeste.
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TO FRAME LAWS FOR HAWAII. j
S?nntors Morjjan and Oullom nnd IZopre- J
tentative Hitt to Visit tlio Island*. ;
CniCAoo.Ill. (Special). The Commission* j
ers who will devise the form of gown* J
ment for the Hawaiian Islands, met in Chi. j
eafco on their way to San Francisco and j
Honolulu. Senator John T. Morgan, of 1
Alabama, and llepresentative llolx-rt It. !
I Hitt. of Illinois arrived together, Senator i
Shelby M. Cullorn, of Illinois, having al? i
ready reached the city. Secretaries, clerks,
wives and relatives of members of the Commissioners
brought the total number in the
party to fourteen, and all left in a special
car over the Northwestern road for Saa
Francisco.
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SENATOR JOHN T. MORGAN.
(Hawaiian Commissioner.)
A luncheon was given the Commission at
the I'uion League Ciub. Many Gags were
used in trimming the dining hall and the
occasion was in the nature of a patriotic
ratification of annexation. Senator Mor?
gan, in particular, was congratulated tot
the prominent part he took ir the battle
for the island.
SENATOR SHELBY 31. CELLOSt.
(Hawaiian Commissioner.)
All kinds of plans have been suggested
to the Commission for the government of
President Dole's domain, from making ft a
?art of California to giving it statehood.
he Commissioners say, however, that
they aro going to investigate first and will
base their recommendations on what they
11 ud to be the situation and needs now prevailing.
Henry L. Hayes, Mr. Hitt's confidential
clerk, will be the official secretary of the
Commission, and M. W. Blumonberg, a Senate
minute clerk, will bo official stenographer.
They are the only salaried members
of the party.
Senator Cullom is nceompanied by his
wife and his daughter, Mrs. VV. B. Ridgely,
and by his private secretary, J. C. Ridgeway.
Mr. Hilt takes with him his wife and
two sons, and Senator Morgan's son is with
him as secretary.
MARCHING TOWARD SAM JUAN.
Sixteenth Pennsylvania Seines, a Bridge
Six Miles Beyond Jnana Diaz.
Poxcn, Porto Rico (By Cable).?The Sixteenth
Pennsylvania, General Ernst's Brigade,
have advanced to Descalabrodo
Jtiver, six miles oeyonu uuaiia lm.iz, oh me
road to Sau Juan, and holds the bridge
over the river.
EEIGADILE-GEN'EBAL OSWALD H. ERKST.
(In command of the First Brigade, First
Division, First Corps.)
The Second and Third Wisconsin have reinforced
them. No sign of the enemy is
reported, but it is believed that the Spaniards
are about 400 strong between the
point captured and Coamo. The seizure of
the bridge insures control of tho road to
Coamo.
Captain Clark Ordered Home.
Captain Charles E. Clapk, commanding
the battleship Oregon, which made the
memorable run nrouDd Capo Horn, has
broken down under the strain put upon
him, and has been ordered home by the
Secretary of the Navy, Washington. Captain
Barker succeeds him in command of
the Oregon. It is feared his active career
is ended.
Pennv Contributions For Leiter.
The farmers of Harvey County, Kansas,
have started a movement to set aside one
cent for every bushel of wheat raised in
the county this year to assist Joseph Leiter,
of Chicago, in recovering his late
losses in wheat deals.
Lighthouses In Porto Kico Captured.
Several parties of American marines have
. landed near San Juan, Torto Rico, and
taken possession of the Cape San Juan
lighthouse and other lighthouse stations
along the coa3t; the inhabitants welcomed
the invaders.
The Maria Teresa Floated.
^ The Infanta Maria Teresa, sunk at Santiago
in the Battle of July 3, is now floated
, | and is found to be in fairly good condition
. 1 as to her machinery and boilers. She will
shortly start for Norfolk undo* her own
steam,
THE SEARCH FOR ANDREE.
Dr. Tervrange Will Hunt the Lost
plorer in a Balloon.
A despatch from Vancouver, P.ritish <
Columbia, says that Dr. Terwange, the irr
young French scientist, who lias been for Fi
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some time making preparations, has left
for Sknguay, Alaska, to look for Herr Andree
and his balloon. At Skaguay ho will J
ho met by eight other members of the party
and ?r. Varich, head of tho expedition. ^
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en. TEnWAXGE'B A!n-VESSEL.
The start out will bo made from Skaguay.
it was intended to make the search for Tv
mdree first in a balloon capable of carry- fai
lug 9000 pounds. It was decided to take a an
smaller and speedier air-vessel, however, ,
and One which will carry 5000 pounds was p.'
built in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dr.
Terwange would not state his exact destination.
Supplies have been sent around 1
by St. Michaels, and will be cached at dif- an
ferent points along the river for him. His
search will be in out-of-the-way places in wf
Northern Alaska. He feels confident that Or
ho will como across some trace of the fa- oh
mous Arctic explorer before he returns. \
The expedition is under the auspices of the O'
Geographical Societv of France. of
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BOLD BOATSWAIN'S MATE.
Kcvls Dors a Little Prize Capturing on *1
His Own Account. ' j>r
Key West, Flo. (Special). Tl'e Eagle ar- wl
rived Wednesday from the blockade on the
south coast. She reports that on Tuesday
Boatswain's Male Nevis went into Cortes at
Bay with a small schooner the Bancroft had ]
caught. He had orders to anchor there fDi
while the Bancroft and Eagle chased a tn
strange smoke. Ue
h Nevis thought he would do a little work an
on bis own account, and, seeing two small
craft in the bay, he hoisted the prize * '
schooner's Spanish flag, and with his
crew of three men, sailed up to the first fy,
boat, presented a pistol to the Captain's head,
and demanded his surrender. The
Spaniard surrendered in haste. Nevis '
caught the second boat's crew In similar a,s
style. Ka
Meantime Captain Glover of tho Ban- *?
croft, seeing the Spanish flag on Nevis's J'r
ship, thought he had been recaptured. Ho 301
gent the lighthouse tender JIaple to aid eS(
them. The Maple found Nevis blandly sail- I '
ing out with sis prisoners and two small Co
schooners. tr.i
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AMERICAN CLAIMS ACAINST SPAIN.
We May Assume Liability For Injuries to
Property in Cuba.
It Is understood to be the Intention of the ag:
Administration to assume liability for the (
claims preferred by American citizens Co
against Spain on account of injury to per- ^
sonal property in Cuba. Some part of that C01
liability may be imposed 0:1 the Govern- ,
ment of Cuba later on, when that shall
have been established.
The amount of those claims against
Spain in behalf of American citizens who t, '
suffered in Cuba was J15.000.000 at the f"'
date of the destruction of the Maine. It ^
is estimated that this total has been increased
to J20.000.000 since that time, and I
no doubt is entertained that there are brc
many other claims of large amounts that Col
hava not yet been presented. on
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Two Brotbers Drowned In New Jersey, crc
Louis and William Hunt, eight and twelve fee
j-e.\rs old, respectively, of Philadelphia, I
were drowned in Demonesson Lake, at ^0l
Wr.rti-IK.1 rir V .T Tho hn\-s were In bath?
inc. The youngest had been keeping near nt
the shore and went out beyond his depth. wa
Ho cried loudly for help, and his brother
went to his assistance. The drowning boy J
grasped his brother and refused to lot go. Lei
There was a terrible struggle for lifo. the
Finally both went down and were drowned. cut
Their bodies were recovered, ing
the
Fusion Ticket in Wyoming-.
At the State Conventions of tho Doraocratie
and Silver Itepublican parties held
at Casper. Wyoming. Horace C. Alger was ten
nominated for Governor by the Democrats, der
and was indorsed by the Silver Itepublicans.
The lattemominated candidates for
Auditor and Superintendent of Public In- 'jp
structlon. The platform adopted by tho '0^(
Democrats indorses the Chicago platform,
to-nno on Inonm.t tnv And fllVOTS the TC- I
tention of alllands over which the Ameri- ?or
can flag floats. 'ro
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Indiana .Republican Ticket.
Tho Republican State Convention met at
Indianapolis, Ind., and nominated a State S
ticket headed by U. B. Hunt, for Secretary ^rI
of State. The convention adopted a reso- ttie
lution authorizing the Chairman to send to J100
Tresldent McKinley a telegram of greeting
and congratulations for his "wise adminis- Prc
tratlon of affairs, both in war and peace." 1
The platform adopted Indorses theannexa- mi;
tion of Hawaii and declares unreservedly the
for tho gold standard. q
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T'! ? Ttumprl to Death. *?yi
A Am in a three-story frame building at j
San Francisco, Cal., caused the loss of flvo it i
lives and badly burned flvo persons, one of anl
whom was not expected to survive. The
building was a cheap lodging house, and ]
most of the inmates were longshoremen Fie
and peoplo who work along the water-front, to
The explosion of an overturned lamp caused tro
the fire. ]
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Spain's Harvest Prospects. ju]
The harvest prospects are so good ub<
throughout tho Peninsula that the Spanish so'
Government has decided to revoke the trv
prohibition against the export of grain ?
and to substitute therefor a moderate ex- 1m
port duty. Mi
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Chicago Papers Up in Price.
?ti ? ? '?? "???'? ?-?f CrtiVqr?,-> have
All IilC LllUAUlUfe v* VM..v.w.0^ advanccil
their price from one to two col
cents a copy. The increased cost of white 3
paper and the enhanced general expenses of
due to the war are the reasons for the ad- Cu
vanceu
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Pillsbury Gels Second Prize.
Tarrasch get3 first prize in the international
chess tournament at Vienna, Austria, j*j,
which is $1-500; Pillsburv, second, $1000. Ui
The final gamo to decide the tie was drawn, att
malting the score Tarrasch. 2-.;, riilsbury, 1
re:
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
TVhshlncton Items.
The War Department received a cable*
am from Snntiacro. Cuba, stntin.fr that
rst Lieutenant .Tames I). Steele. S>c*nal
irps, U. S. Volunteers, died of yellow
ser.
Tfalv bavins notiHethe United States
her intention to land a mditarv force
mewhero in Colombia, in default of a
mplinnce with her demands in connec>n
witli the Corrnti claim, the American
>vernment replied, reeotrnizinp Italy's
I! rijjht to do so. and expr 'ssine the hope
a pacific solution."
Contractors promise that the three batI
ships that are soon to he constructed ^
II have more speed than is called for in
e Government specifications. -^8
K. R. Scott. Commissioner of Internal *
venue, has said "the revenue produced
i.n trnr fur flfVirOvimfttCS >1.000.000
ilv. This i-? er^ntlv in o\-ecss of the dictations
of the f ramer-i of the law."
V naval eoalirg ptr.t'on Is to be estab!io
J at ^an go Tar. go Harbor, Samoa,
vlwnrd W. Harden. n well-known flnani!
writer o' Chicago. has boon Jo-ier.atod
Secretary of S'atcto -in 1y the fir.an.1
conditions of the ruiiippiiiis.
ntern?il Revenue Commissioner Seott
led that rent receipts, where there is no
- e. are each taxable twenty-five eonts.
eefpts not setting forth any terms of a
:<e are not tax*Vie. ^
Dntnosflr.
vlward B. Bowers, of Hi'igham, Va.".,'
cased af stealing raflroa.1 stock valued
rSoO, committed suicide when an officer
rived at his home to arrest him. Ho was
irty-seven years of age and married. '
r.nnes Roach, a private in Comnanv K,
rentv-second Regiment, ventured out too
while bathing nearFort Schuyler, N. Y.,
d was drowned.
Rx robbers broke into the Union Bank at
chland. Mich., and opened the safe with
tro-Rlycerlne, securing nearly $10,000.
George GrocnlefT. of Huffalo, N. Y.. shot
d killed his mother-in-law. Mrs. E Igar
?lsner, and fatally wounded William Fle'11.
who was at tiie house at the time.
eenlefTis a blacksmith, thirty-seven years
1.
Samuel L. Black. Mavor of Columbus,
iio, was olected President of the Leacue
American Municipalities, at Detroit,
ich.
Three men were killed by railroad trains
Boston. Maurice Conlan. a switchman;
hn Sullivan, a brakeman, and John
ardon, who was run over by a train
die crossing a railroad track.
Lieutenant Hobson was lionized at Long
'neb. N. J., where he was presented with
jeld sword and kissed by the prettiest girl
t lie ^10 tel.
Miss Mira North, of Stafford, N. Y.. was
stantly killed by running into a railroad
Un with her wheel. She lost control of
r wheel, nnd it ran between tho engine
d tender.
John Pcttit, of Now York City, reputed
bo many times a millionaire, disapared
four months ago, aud his partner,
illiam Calhoun, sues him to recover prop;y
worth ?5,000,000.
Commissioner of Immigration North has
scovered in San Francisco, Cal., an ornization
similar in its aims and purposes
a Chinese highbinder tong. Wakayama
l Kai is its name, and its members are
me of the wors tcbaracters in the Japan>
colony.
rhe Spcnish Transatlantic Steamship
mpany will not be able to fullil its conict
for carrying the prisoners from Sango
to Spain.
lames Carney, twelve years old, of Camn,
N. J., saved Frank Post, a playmate,
im drowning and then, exbaused by Uia
orts,sank from sight and did net rise
ain.
Jeorge Partlow, six years old, and John
llins, four years old, of Haverhill, Mass., (
re buried "by tho cuving-ia of a sand I
ak -while playing. Tae bodies were rerered.
ohn W. B.ittishitl, of Ecorse. Mich., shot
i killed James St. James, of St. Ignace,
corporal in Company I, Thirty-fifth
ehigan Infantry. St. James married
rtha May Welsh, Battlsbill's sister-in7.
They quarrelled over the bride with
) fatal result.
Iphraim W. Sells, the elder of the Sells
>thers, well-known circus men. died in
lumbus, Ohio, of Bright's disease, after
iiiness of several mouths.
'rank C. Fleming, of Chicago, while
issing Valdez Glacier, Alaska, fell *200
t and was killed.
luring a fit of temporary insanity George
J. a brother of J. Kennedy Tod, the
iker. jumped from a tenth-story window
the Hotel Majestic, New York City, and
s instantly killed. He had been sufTer
from nervous prostration.
E. Hugli, the Chancellor or tho Swiss
gallon at Washington, who is spending
* summer at Cottage City, Mass., res!d
K. Sico. of Tokio, Japan, from drown:.
Mr. Sioo had cone under twice when
i Swiss Chancellor saw him, and, plung:
iD, brought him to the surface,
rilliam Rcid was sentenced by Justice
pincott iu the Hudson County Court,
sey City, N. J., to be hanged on Seplber
15. Reid was convicted of themnr
of Andrew Henry iu Uobokcn.
'wo young women and five young men
re drowned bv the capsizing of three
asure boats at Willow Springs, a suburb
Chicago. The bodies were recovered,
'wenty-ilve United States marines, under
umanil of Lieutenant Lambert, sailed
m Scuttle, Wash., on tho City of Topeka
in Skaguay, Alaska.
Foreign.
ir Thomas Lipton has handed to the
neess of Wales a check for *500,000 for
purpose of the construction of dining
uus in London that will accommodate a
us&nd persous where worKingmen can
cure a substantial meal cheaply,
'he Court of Cassation at France, disssed
Zola's appeal from the sentence of
Versailles Assize Court.
(wing to Russian'aggression in China,
rs of an Anglo-Russian war have been
wessed in England.
Iverybody in Spain is so eager for peace,
s reported, that there is no danger of
f uprising against the peace conditions
America.
.'he fleet of transports at Ponce, Porto
i..ic iippn ordered to Santiago, Cuba.
assist in bringing General Shatter's
ops back to the United States.
The Florida expedition for the relief of
uerr.l Gomez in Cuba has been sticcess.
On July 2-i Gomez was encamped
jut five miles northwest of Jucaro, tho
ithern extremity of the Moron-Juoara
>cha.
>enor Castelnr, tho Spanish Republican
,der, advocates peace, but bids Prim?
uisler Sagasta to remember the Virginias
air and be Arm when treating with the
liiru Uitttw.
V. high personage in the Carlist party
trs the Carlists will rise if Spain loses her
lonies.
*Irs. Ethel Frances Blakelcv Jerome, wifo
the British Consul a I interim at Havana,
ha. died of malarial fever. ~
rite Carlists have ordered 20,000 riflos in
island for delivery in Switzerland, j
The Vatican at Rome, Italy, telegraphed
a Archbishop of Manila, Philippine
ands, instructions to place himself 'and
? clergy under the protection of ythe
lited States, in view of tho threatened
tacks by the insurgents. ,
Emperor William of Germany issued a
script expressing his appreciation of tfke
tvices of Prince Bismarck. ^
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