The silver star., 1897-07-08
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The street railway systems OF st' Louis
are to be consolidated
/ A steamship reached San Francisco last
week with cargo OF 4, 700 tons OF tea.
senator Pe,tigrew nearly fained while
| making a speech In the Senate the other
day.
! Twenty-sIx miners have been killed by
| fall of rock In the Lahrar mines III t"'
| province Of Atacama. Chill.
| The Western Reserve University at Cicse'
| land. Ohio. has conferred the degree Oh L.
/ ID. upon President Mckinley.
Professor Arrporath OF the Cordoba ob'
servatory. asserts that the moon is not
satellite OF the earth. but planet.
! The Independent telephone companies held
4 a meeting at Detroit last week and organ
| lied to fight the Bell Telephone Company.
Great damage was done at Rich HILL MIS-
/ souri,. the 18th by tornado. buildings
/ were wrecked and crops In the vicinity IN
| jured.
| Senator Clark OF Wyoming is arranging
Senate-H House base ball contest. to be played
when the tariff bill is in conference. the
| proceeds to be given to the charitable insti-
tutions OF Washington.
The ex-Confederates held their annual re.
union in Nashville. Tennessee, the 2.srd
4 and oath Ten thousand men were In the
I parade. and the affair great success
| General John h. Gordon was unanimously
/ reelected commander In chief
The nineteenth annual convention Of the
Music Teachers National Association
/ opened on the 24th at New York. in.the audi
torium OF the Grand Central Palace. with
the Jubilee" overture OF Weber, by the
Metropolitan pernanen. orchestra.
] Johnson Harris of Arnpahoe county. Colo
RADIO, who was looking over land TO invest.
was held M and robbed near Burnett. Okla
homa. by three masked men, who secured
several thonsapd dollars and left him tied
to a tree half day before he was rescued.
Fiizsimmons Is out with statement that
he has accepted the challenge OF John l..
Sullivan. but states he will spar him for
points only n fight to the finish would
mean manslanrhter with John l.. as the
victim fiiz adds that he has retired for
good.
already given Beioit College Wisconsin, n
quarter Of million dollars. has announced
that he will give the institution a womnns
dormitory TO cost $4,000 and to be known
as Emerson hall. in honor of Professor Jo-
seph Emerson.
According TO a story which reached Chi
cago from Paris. via Washington. the ter
rible holocaust which wiped out over 100
lives at the French capital May 4th, was the
D
the upper classes Of France. This is said
to he the conclusion Of the Paris police.
AT meeting of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation employees Of the Illinois Steel Com
pany a strike was ordered. The company
submitted a scale providing for a decrease
In pay. which the employees rejected. The
strikers will number 80 men. and 400 others
will be thrown out of work by the closing
of the plant
The New York Tribune's London cable
says; senator Wocott and his colleagues.
in pressing their argument here for fresh
international action. Will have many influ-
ences In their favor. and one Of the strong
est will be the good feeling produced by the
American hearty participation In the jubilee
celebration.
The federal council Of Switzerland has au-
thorized the Swiss minister at Paris to sign
the supplementary convention concluded
with the states Of the Latin monetary
union. Increasing the proportion Of silver
coins TO be struck 10y each Of the contracting
parties This step is due TO the deficiency
of small change.
President William l.. EIkins, Jr.. of the
Pennsylvania iron works Of Philadelphia has
confirmed the report of the consolidation of
that company and the Siemons. .Halskeei
Electric Company Of Chicago with a view
eIuipping electric street railways. Mr.. Ell
kins said that the combined capital would
be <5.0op.O60.
| President Angel last Sunday delivered his
last public address before departing for his
new post at consfantinople. II was the
baccalaureate sermon to the graduating
class Of the University of Michigan. Mr.
Angells subject was Ambitions and
Ideals" and University hall was packed
l .x-fst. Ia. =
| students and citizens.
The Utah Wool Crop Association has de-
| termned upon Its plan OF action In contest
Ing the county license tax placed on sheep
In some counties In Utah. A call for n mass
meeting OF wool growers to he held In Salt
Lake on saturday, July Ia. has been Issued
| The meeting will consider the county license
tax and other matters pertaining 10 the wei
fare and protection Of the sheep men.
Governor Culberson has issued n call for
the assembling OF a convention at Rockport
Texas. on August 18th. for the purpose Of
considering the developing and opening Of
the chain OF bays. lakes and bayous lying
parallel to and along the gulf coast from the
mouth Of the Rio Grande to the Mississippi
| general attendance OF delegates from
Louisiana and other interested states is In
| vited.
The torpedo boat Foote on Its trial cruise
made the required time Of foriy.two and
one-half miles an hour over the measured
course on III. Chesapeake. The crew was
badly used up hy the heat. and the bursting
Of pipe OF the aft boiler. Assistant En-
gineer Winship was overcome. and one OF
the oilers. supposed to be John Daddeu OF
New York. died from the effects Of the heat
and escaping steam.
Cubans who live in the United States, but
have been contributing toward the expenses
OF the war Of Independence. are to have n
voice In the direction Of the affairs OF the
young republic. whose constitutional ns.
sembiy Is to meet at camnguey on scptem
her End There VIII he general election OF
members OF the assembly before long
Throughout those parts Of Cuba where the
Insurgents are strong enough to hold one
and u has been decided that two Of these
representatives may be elected by cubans
In the United States
All the manufactures Of window and 0Iu
glass. together with eo per cent. Of the green
glass establishments In the country. will
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