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WESTERN NEWS DEMOCRATVOLUME xin

AROUND THE EARTH

OCCURRENCES THEREINFOR A WEEK

NAVYSGREATRECORD

LOST BUT SEVENTEEN MEN INLATE WAR

Considering the EngagementsFought and the Terrible DamageDone to the Enemy the RecordIs Absolutely Unique Other Items

Navy In Late WarSeventeen sailors killed and eighty four

casualties all told was the total loss suf-

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by the United States navy duringthe war The figures have just been com-

piled¬

at the navy department In Dewey s

great fight at Manila bay not a man waskilled and every one of the nine woundedreturned to duty In the battle of July 3

off Santiago one man was killed andeleven wounded The latter all returnedto duty In the attack upon the forts atthe entrance to Santiago July 22 one sailorwas killed and eleven wounded of whichonly seven were able to return to duty

The heaviest loss of the navy was atGuantanamo There were twenty twocasualties in that 100 hour fight and of

the list six marines were killed Of thewounded nine returned to duty

In the battle with the forts and gunboat3off Cienfuegos the list aggregated elevenwounded and two killed One man is stillunder treatment

The battle between the torpedo boatVHrislow and the revenue cutter HudsonwHh the Spanish land batteries and artillery ft rces at Cardenas resulted in five I

deaths The WQunded afterward returnedto duty

In the bombardment of San Juan thecasualties numbered eight- - with onekilled One ofthe wounded was invalidedhome while six returned to duty Therewere for other casualties occurring in as

many engagements and that completesthe list of naval losses

Consideiing results obtained the list is

said to be the most remarkable in thenaval history of the world

FEARS AN INDIAN ATTACK

Ferris Minn Citizens Arming toFight Hostile Indians

A special dated Monday from FerrisMinn a smalPtown north of Leech Lakesays

A report reached here late this eveningof the killing of a white man near BearIsland during the day

Settleis living near the Lndian reserva-tion

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are secU ing shelter in towns alongthe railroad A band of Indians number ¬

ing about 150 is reported his eveningcamped within two miles north of thistown Aimed citizens are guarding thetown expectiug an attack during the nightor early morning

Indians professing to be friendly wereat Graceland one and one half miles westof here this evening trying to purchaseammunition

MURDERS HIS WIFE

Grime of a Colorado Doctor Onbalanced by Opiates

Dr O F Mentzer of Telluride Coloihoi ami killed his wife without provoca ¬

tion Sunday II i then pointed liisievoiverat V E Monroe of Cleveland a brotherof Mis Mentzer who was visiting herMon i oe grappled with the murderer andin the tight that ensued the doctois skullwas fractured It is believed he will dieof his injuries Monroe was not arrested

Dr and Mis Mentzer foimerly lived in

Denvei She left turn on account ot hUcruelty and obtained a divorce in ChicagoThey weie lemurried six months ago MisMentzer being assured that the doctor hadreformed It is thought ho was addictedto the use of opiates and was not at alltimes in his right mind

APPLAUD SAGA STAS PROPOSAL

Spanish People Weary of tie Policyof Isolation

The Madrid correspondentsays Therefias been a remarkable revulsion of publicfeeling against Spains traditional policyof isolation and neutrality and the papersRre applauding Sagasta for urging at thelast cabinet council the necessityof Spains taking an interest inthe affairs of tlio far east This change offeeling is due to the Spanish lesentmentof Englands too friendly attitude towardthe United States during the war

Many petitions have been presented to

th government in favor of reductions inthe peninsular army but they have elicitedwily the declaration by Sngasta thatowing to the attitude of the Carlists adeduction is impossible

Commodore Watson HurtTwo coaches of the west bound overland

passenger train left the -- track at ColfaxCal Sunday The only person injuredwas Commodore Watson who goes to takeeoramand of the Mare Island naval stationCTlfe commodore was thrown against a

window and sustained a slight scalpwound

Cannibals Are Very AotiveNews from Australia by steamer is lha

the head hunters the cannibal natives ofRendova have of late been extiemelyactive They captured a village and afterslaughtering many inhabitants returnedhome with thirty prisoners These Yeratilled and eaten at a barbaric -- east

SLAIN BY A WOMAN

Brother of Presidents Wife Mur- -- Auereu in canton unjo

George D Saxton a brother of Mrs McKinlay was shot dead at 610 oclock Fri-day

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evening in front of the residence ofMrs Eva B Althouse widow of the lateGeorge Althouse 819 Lincoln AvenueCanton where he Is presumed to havemade a call Five shots were fired threeof Which entered his body Mrs Anna C

George has been placed under arrest onsuspicion of the rtfurder Saxton was uncauscious when neighbors arrived to in-

vestigate¬

the cause of the shooting andwas dead when the physicians and officersarrived the former having expressed theopinion that death was instantaneousthree bullets having entered the vitalspots Ilis position indicated that he hadbeen on the step to the Althouse residencewhen the shots were fired

It is common talk that Mrs Georgemade frequent threats of taking Saxtonslife Many of these throats are said to

have been sent through the mails and thefederal grand jury sitting in Clevelandlast fall indicted her for alleged improperuse of the mails Mis George gave bondand the indictment so far as is known isstill alive

Sample C George the husband is nowreported to have been married to a secondwife more than a year He is reportedmarried in Wheeling to Miss Lucy Gra ¬

ham Alliance and the marriage was kepta secret until after the settlement withSaxton on the charge of alienating hiswifes affections As soon as George gothis damage money from Saxton he an ¬

nounced his second marriage Mrs Gcoigoclaims Saxton deceived her and desertedher for another

CLEARING UP AN OLD MURDER

Dying Woman Tells Story of theDecapitation of Victim

Eleven years ago Louis Ball was foullyrnuideied at Washington Court HouseOhio his head being cut oif with a r z rand his head and body laid across therailroad track in such a manner as tomake it appear that he had been killed bya railroad train Abraham Huffman wasarrested for the crime but was leleasedfor lack of convincing evidence Oiheiswere suspected but it looks now as if thedeathbed confession of Mrs Jeffieys ofHillsboro Ohio just made in thopresence of four persons whom she calledto her death chamber will revealthe identity of the murderer Mxs Jeff-reys

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implicated herself another woman--nnd four men giving their names Shesaid that she held Balls head while a man2iit it off with a razor that the blood wasallowed to flow into a tub which was after-wards

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concealed under a house and thatthe other woman held Ball on her laywhile his head was being cut off Thamen carried the body and head to the rail-

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track to cover up the crime Thepersons implicated live in and about thecity A big sensation is looked for

STRIKE ALARMS PARIS

Sixty Thousand Men Now Idle in theFrench Capital

The strike of laborers in Paris has extended to nearly all the building tradesand it is feared the railroad men will joirthe movement Work on the cxhibitiorand underground raihoads has completeceased Sixty thousand men are on

strike and the situation Is causing consternatiou The attitude of the strikers i

increasingly aggressive and fights betweerthe strikers and tho socalled blacklegare incessant involving the interventiorof police troops and mounted guards whehave been obliged to lepeatodly chargethe strikers There is great apprehensiorlest agitators turn the strike movement lc

political ends

BOUND FOR PHILIPPINES

Number of Spanish Troops Have Ar ¬

rived at SingaporeDewey has cabled the navy depart men

that ho is advised hat a number of Span ¬

ish troops have arrived at Singaporebound for the Philippines- - to le enfoicetho Spanish garrison

Big Theft of Lumber1 James R Wicker and John C Gentryowners of a saw mill in the South Parktand Benjamin Wolf and Matt Dolphinhave been arrested on a bench warrantfrom the United States district courtcharging them with the theft of 50000Cfeet of timber from government land inthe South Park Colo John L Russellgovernment timber inspector caused lbarrest to bo made

No Successor to Winnie DavisThe Virginia grand camp of Confederate

Veterans in session at Richmond adopteda resolution to the effect that there couldbo no successor to Miss Winnie Davis asthe Daughter of the Confederacy thotitle having expired with her death

Money Disappears from a BankA Winnipeg Man special says At

noon Thursday 60000 in bank notes wasmissed from the vault of Maulsons bankhere The vault had been opened by theregular combination Officials and policerefuse to give any details

Mrs Botkin Must Stand TrialGoYcBudd of California decided that

MrsCordelia Botkin must go to Delewareto stand trial for the murder of Mrs J PDunning and Mrs Joshua Dean He willhonor the requisition of the governor cfDelewaie

Reduced the Price of CoalThe operators of -- Tana 111 have an-

nounced¬

a reduction of 25 cents a ton forcoal They claim that with negro labort hey can mine and sell coal cheaper thanwith unipn labor

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VALENTINE NEBRASKA OCTOBER IB 1898

BOSTON GOES TO CHINA

Bails for Manila with the GunboatPetrel Emperor Not Dead- -

The United States cruiser Boston andthe gunboat Petrel accompanied by thecollier Nero havs left Manila Bay forChina The Chinese legation in Parispublishes an official communication form-ally

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denying all reports of the death of theemperor of China

The German warship Kaiserin Augustahas left JKiro Chou for Taku at the en-

trance¬

of the Pei IIo River with thirtymarines who were sent to Pekin to act asa guard for the Gorman legation therePrince Henry of Prussia will commandthe squadron in China

PRAYS FOR A RECEIVER

Mismanagement Charged in the Na ¬

tional Linseed Oil CoA second bill praying for a receiver for

the National Linseed Oil Company hasoeen filed in the United States court inChicago by John R Evans of IndianaMr Evans avers that ho owns 1150000worth of tho companys stock and repealshe charges of mismanagement made inthe first bill It is declared in the bill thatippointment of a receiver is imperative inorder to sccuie the interests of the stockholders

FIGHT CALLED OFF

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Attempt to Pull Off the McCoy-Cor-be- tt

Mill AbandonedThe Corbolt McCoy fight has been de

lared off At a meeting in New York ofthe men interested in the fight Wm BSray manager for McCoy showed a let ¬

ter he had received from David NugentManager of the Hawthorne Athletic Clubof Buffalo in which he stated that owingo the many complications that had arisen

the club had decided to call the match off

Murderer in CaliforniaChief of Police Lees of San Francisco has

oeen requested by tho Denver police to arvest R O Becker supposed to be hidingm that city Becker is charged with theoiurder of Otto Goctte a sheep herderwho disappeared from his ranch foityaiiles from Denver two weeks ago It is

supposed that the murder was committedror the purpose of robbery as his sheepwere sold for 8200 by a man supposed to

be Becker 5

Ijittle Girl Commits SuicideA special from Dallas Tex says Jen-

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the daughter of J IIStephens who lives in Gonzales tried tocommit suicide by eating the heads of 212

parlor matches She died a day laterAfter eating the matches Jennie regrettedher act and tried to save herself by eatingbacon and lard Instead of being an anti-

dote

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for the phosphoius poison the lardr and bacon hastened her death

Granulated Sugar ReducedTho American Sugar Refining Company

of New York has made another rediu ion

in its prices All domestic grades werereduced of a cent bringing granulatedsugar down to 5 cents It is reportedthat Howell Co representing the Na ¬

tional and Mollenhauer opposition re-

fineries¬

are quoting granulated sugar at5c C

Admiral Howell RelievedAdmiral Howell has been relieved of

the North Atlantic squadron and his flag ¬

ship the San Francisco has been orderedout of commission at Norfolk The com-

mand¬

of the squadron devolves upon Coiumodoie Philip whose flagship the NewYork is at tho New York navy yaul

Life Loses Its Charms EarlyAl Curry a youth of 21 ended his life at

Mount Hope Kan by taking morphinebecause his father ordered him to leavehome and never return He had beensnmi what way waid and his father had1 elped him out of several difficulties

MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago Cattle common to prime10 Mft tn CH HO lnro cliSnrnf fnnJf 1U UVVt UUfeO DUIUUlUk hKlUlil300 to 9400 sheep fair to choice 250

to 475 wheat No 2 red G4c to 66ccorn No 2 29c to 30c oats No 2 21cto 22c rye No 2 45c to 47c butterchoice creamery- - 18c to 20c eggs fresh13c to loer potatoes choice 27c to 35cper bushel

Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to550 hogs choice light 300 to 400

sheep common to choice 300 to 450wheat No 2 red 05c to 67e corn No2 white 29c to 31c oats No 2 white 24clo 25c

St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs350 to 400 sheep 350 to 450

wheat No 2 06c to GSc corn No 2yellow 29c to 30c oats No 2 22c to 24crye No 2 46c to 4Sc

Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs300 to 425 sheep 250 to 425

wheat No 2 07c to 69c corn No 2mixed 30c to 32c oats No 2 mixed23c to 25c rye No 2 47c to 49c

Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hogs323 to 400 sheep 250 to 425

wheat No 2 67c to G9c corn No 2Uow 30i to 3lc oats No 2 white 25c

lo --26c rye 49c to 50cToledo Wheat No 2 mixed 67c to

C9c corn No 2 mixed 29c to 31c oatsNo 2 white 21c to 22c rye No 2 48cto 49c clover seed 375 to 385

Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 63cto 64c corn No 3 29c to 31c oats No2 white 23c to 25c rye No 1 46c to47cbarley No 2 43a to 45c pork mess775 to 825Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers

300 to 575 hogs common to choiceSf0 to 425 sheep fair to choice weth ¬

ers 350 to 500 lambs common toJxrra 5700 to 575

New York Cattle 300 to 575 hogsP300 to 450 sheep 300 to 475wheat No 11 red 73c to 75c corn No2 35c to 36c oats No 2 25c to 27cbutter creamery I5e io 22c eggs Westoru I6c to 18c

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FIGHT TO THE HEATH

HOSTILE INDIANS ENGAGE OURTROOPS AT BEAR ISLAND

Major Wilkinson Five SoldierB- - andMany Reds Are Killed General Out-

break¬

of the Savages and Attack onMinnesota Settlers Is Feared

Hostile Indians and the small detain-ment

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of troops under General Bacon metin deadly conflict at Bear Island hikeLeech The casualties of the two daysfighting are six soldiers of the Third in¬

fantry including Major Wilkinson andSergeant Cobb two friendly Indians andmany Pillagers killed nine soldierswounded The number of Indians killedis unknown The Pillagers carried theirdead to the rear as rapidly as they feEThe Indians have learned that pine treesdo not afford the protection they did informer years The Krag Jorgenson bul-

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plow through two ordinary trees Assoon as the Indians learned this they fellback The redskins proved to be wonder-ful

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marksmen however nnd spotted theirmen

Reports from Deer River say that thereare about 400 Indians within five milesof that village comprising the WhiteOak Winnibigoshish and some of theLeech and Bow String hands They arecamped on the banks of Bnll Club lakeIt was reported that they were holdinga war dance and they may yet be called

MAJOR M C WILKIN SOXOfficer Killed by Minnesota Indians

on to assist the Pillager braves A coupleof runners were in Deer River fromLeech lake and it was learned throughmen who knew them that they werescouring the section calling councils andasking assistance at Leech lake

An instructor in the Indian school atthe agency says that despite protestationsof friendship the agency Indians are inan ugly mood and when they talk unob-served

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and freely among themselves theirsentiments are warlike He fears thattrouble will come from this source beforethe affair is settled People in and aroundWalker are apprehensive cf the outcomeand are demanding that the redskins bepursued until they are broken in spiritand thoroughly cowed They say that ifthe trouble is allowed to drop now it willbe but a short time before they againbqcome defiant and that life and propertywill not be safe

Inspector Tinker has wired the Secre¬

tary of the Interior asking for at least5000 troops Three companies of infan ¬

try under Lieut Col Harbach number-ing

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215 men and divided into four detach ¬

ments landed on Bear Island to ce

Gen Bacon A Gatling gun and1000 rounds of ammunition accompaniedone squad which left Walker for thescene of hostilities A slaughter of everyIndian on the island is predicted unlessthe tribe surrenders or retreats beyondreach of the troops now in the field

Rumors have spread that the Bear lakesavages are being re enforced in largenumbers n by tribes from Cass and Redlakes A general uprising is feared bysettlers in northern Minnesota The WarDepartment issued orders for three morecompanies of soldiers at St Paul to pre-pare

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for service The calling out of a bat-talion

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of Minnesota volunteers was alsoauthorized

FIGHTING RECORD OF THE THIRD

Regiment Was in Thickest of Fightat Santiago

The Third United States infantry whichwas sent against the Bear Lake Indianswas one- - of the first regiments to move in

1EKC1I LAKE AGEXCV

the late Spanish war and underwent allthe hard fighting in Cuba For severalyears it has been stationed at Fort Snelling Minn It was first sent to Mobileand later was transferred to Tampa TheThird accompanied Gen Shaffers expedition and landed in Cuba June 21 Itwas one of the first regiments to take upthe inarch fromBaiquiri to Santiago Itnarrowly escaped the fire sent into theranks ot the rough riders and was beinghurried toward the firing line when theSpaniards lied Fora time the Third wasstationed at Siboney doing guard dutywith the Second

On July 1 the Third participated in thefight on San Juan Hill and covered itselfwith glory bylaking an active part indriving the Spaniards from their trenchpsThe regiment lost heavily m the seconddays fighting and throughout the cam¬

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RESIDIKJE OF CHIElF AT BEAR LAKE

FKAR AN UPRISING

Minnesota Farmers Greatly Dis-turbed

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by Hostile Actioa of IndiansExcitement prevails along -- the line of

the Northern Pacific from St Paul toBrainerd The people although quite out-

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the region of danger appear to thinka general Indian uprising is at hand andto feel that in any such-- event they oughtto be at the front Farmers in blue over-alls

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hickory shirts and slouch hatstroop to the trains and ask questions ofthe conductor and the passengers as tohow go the fortunes of war at Leech lakeAs a rule none of the questions is answer-ed

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a c all satisfactory to them but stillthe country people come and stand aboutthe platforms patiently waiting for news

At St Paul the Fourteenth Minnesotavolunteer infantry is holding itself inreadiness to go to Leech lake The citi-

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of St Paul are much agitated overthe situation and wired the authorities atWashington to send at least 1000 soldiers

Bear Island in order that furtherslaughter of brave men may be averted

If there is nervousness among the peo¬

ple between Brainerd and St Paul it isas nothing compared with the state ofmind of those further on in the directionof the seatof trouble These farmers andvillagers feel they have a very personaland immediate interest in developmentsand this interest leads them to stay awakeof nights within arms length of theirrifles

Reports from the region of Cass laketell of increasing alarm there Whetherit be justified or not men are coming infrom their farms bringing their wivesand children and such effects as they cancarry and with their dogs trailing at theirheels They wish to atlly themselves withtheir white brothers of the villages for de-

fense¬

against the belligerent Chippewnswho ar meandering through the woods in

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The Bear Islander who was rescued fromUnited Staes Marshals aud who Is thecause of all the trouble

small bands painted and equipped formassacre

TROOPS TO PROTECT SETTLERS

Minnesota Artillery Batteries Or-

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to Leech Lake DistrictBatteries A and B Minnesota artillery

were ordered to proceed at once to Walk-er

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in the Leech lake district as a pro-

tection¬

to the settlers who in fear of anattack by the Pillager Indians petitionedGov Clough for assistance Both bat-teries

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are equipped with two Gatling gunstwo rifled cannon two brass Napoleonfield guns 150 sabers seventy five car ¬

bines 100 Springfield rifles and 3000rounds of ammunition They are in com-

mand¬

of Captain Bennett of Minneapolisand Captain Avery of St Paul

Soldiers Fought BravelySpeaking of the conduct of his men un¬

der fire Gen Bacon said No sSldiersever put up a gamer fight and consid ¬

ering that four fifths of the men were re- -

emits their showing avbs one of which

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every American soldier may feej protjdPoor Captain Wilkinson died like thebrave officer that he was

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JEALOUS WOMAN MURDERS

Mrs McKinleya Brother Is Sliot toDjeath at Canton Ohio

Canton Ohio is in a state of great ex¬

citement over the murder of George DSax6n the brother of Mrs McKinley thePresidents wife Mrs Anna C Georgewas arrested on suspicion of being themurderess Saxton was shot down short ¬ly after dark by a woman in front of thehouse of Mrs Eva B Althouse a friendof Saxton and a widow who not long agoinstituted peace proceedings against MrsGeorge alleging that she had threatenedher with violence and death Saxtonalifeless body was found prostrate on theground with three bullet wounds in it

Neighbors descriptions of the womanwho shot Saxton tallied with that of MrsGeorge She is a tall graceful womanmore than ordinarily good looking andnot yet middle aged

Saxton was one of the successful busi¬

ness men of Cantori and was possessed ofconsiderable property He was 50 yearaold The murder is supposed to be theoutcome of tronble of lobg stnndingTjetween Saxton and the George familygrowing out of the formers relations witnMrs George

Saxton lived in the upper stories of hisbusiness block and when Mrs Georgecame to Canton six years ago from Co ¬

lumbiana County leaving her husband be-

hind¬

she opened a dressmaking establish ¬

ment in the Saxton block Some monthsago Sample C George the husband of thewoman sued Saxton for 30000 allegingthe alienation of his wifes affections

The case was settled by Saxton payingthe husband 1825 In a number of oth¬

er cases Mrs George was plaintiff againstSaxton and she several times createdscenes in the Saxfon block in which off-

icers

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were obliged to interfere Last fallthe Federal grand jury indicted hercharging improper use of the mails iasending threatening letters to Saxton

News of Minor NoteUte Indians are suspected of setting for ¬

est fires in IdahoChili is threatening war with both Ar¬

gentina and PeruOver 10000 men marched in a big pa¬

rade in Brooklyn as a public protestagainst blasphemy

Great alarm has been caused in Havanaby the wholesale pardon of criminals bythe Spanish officials

Zinc has taken another jump comingwithin 1 of the highest price on recordreached four weeks ago

Andrew Adams formerly a newspaperreporter at Providence R I is to inarrPrincess Kalulani of Hawaii

Dairy products sold in Kansas last yearwere valued at 6000000 an increase ofover 15 per cent over preceding year

The ultimatum of the powers to Tur¬

key demands that her troops and officialsbe withdrawn from Crete during October

Mrs Julia F Trout has sued Mrs Bar ¬

bara Frieh for 10000 at Buffalo N Ytfor saying she used pads to fill out hezfigure iv

Elbridge T Gerry and Robert Goelethave become citizens of Newport R Ito escape the high rate of taxation in NewYork

The Government has placed an orderfor smokeless powder at Santa Cruz Calwhich will keep the plant busy for twayears

The overdue transport Senator en routefrom Manila to San Francisdo was dam¬

aged in a typhoon and had to be repairedat Honolulu

The ignorant masses of the Philippinerevolutionists demand absolute indepen-dence

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though utterly incapable of selfgoveriment

Three hundred men are to be recruitedin San Francisco to take the place of themen with Admiral Dewey whose termsof service expire

Edward Tomkins of Camden N J hadhimself locked up in the Camden jail toprevent himself from obeying an impulseto kill his family

Two tea plates each 200 yeare old weresold for 1250 and 0 respectively atthe old Satteerthau mansion FallingstonBucks County Pa

The residents of Abingdon Pa and vi¬

cinity are raising a fund to have the high ¬

ways patrolled at night to prevent thedepredations of thieves

The house and furniture of M EmileZola will be sold to satisfy a judgmentobtained against him in the libel suit growing out of the Dreyfus case

Corporal Edwards of the Seventy firstNew York regiment who has been missing since the battle ot San Jose Hill wasfound in a hospital in Brooklyn

Mrs Annie Kline Rickert once a famous Confederate spy is now president otthe Stockton and Tuolumne County Rail¬

road a sixty mile track in CaliforniaThe visitations of the supposed ghost ot

Peter Christiano who was murdered inOrange N J some time ago are terri¬

fying the Italian community of that townBev A S Orne of Syracuse Ohio who

has made observations in nineteen Statessays that 95 to 99 per cent of criminalsconfined in prisons were neglected chil¬

dren