The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-07-07
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

The Indian and the sundry civil APP
preparation bills became laws shortly
after 5 o'clock Friday when the presi-
dent affixed his signature.
A dispatch to Lloyds from Port Said.
dated 1O:4O Friday says that the Pc
layo. Emporador Carlos Quinto, Osada.
Patricia, Buenos Ayres, Isla de Banay
Rapido. San Francisco, Isle de Luzon
and San Ignace de Loyola have gone
to sea
The navy department received
dispatch Friday from Adm. Dewey.
dated Cavite, June 81. He made no
mention of re.inforcements and said
he had avoided committing this gov
ernment to any policy and had left
Gen. Merritt free.
1t is the general understanding
among army officers at San Francisco
that the next expedition to the Philip
pines will get OF about July IL Al
though the transports have not all
been chosen, the available vessels can
be got ready for sailing without much
delay.
The Mccormick Harvester Co. has
brought suit in Quincy, ILL.,, against
the Adams Express Co. for S., 600 dam
ages because of the rule of the express
company that shippers must pay for
revenue stamps affixed to all packages.
1t is understood that other test cases
will be brought there.
In reply to a message asking Gen.
SiIaiter how many transports could be
sent back To Tampa in order that re-
Inducements might be sent him. Adjt
GeH. Corbin late Friday night re-
ce.ved the following reply: Col. Hum
rhreys has been ordered to return as
many transports as possible at once"
Ben Jordan, of England, after fight
ing % hard rounds with George Dixon,
the colored chamDion, was awarded
the honors by Referee Charley White
Friday night at the Lenox Athletic
club. New York. Both boys fought
we'll, and there was little to choose
between them
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
"oh l'dily -hdll Ill SOuNcTSdtlou
Thursday with member of the ca bi-
| net, he said that he did not believe
that Spain would offer any concessions
| to secure peace; but, he added, peace,
| nevertheless, can now only be a mat
ter of days. The Spaniards can not go
on much longer"
A representative in London of Agui-
| naldo leader OF the Philippine insur-
| gents, in an interview Friday is quot
ed as saying he has received a adispatch
rom Cavite saying a repub bile has been
proclaimed by Aguinaldo, under the
protection of the United States and
approved by Great Britain and Japan.
| VIM. Fauo, chef in the restaurant
of julius Smith, at No 251 Canal
street, New York, Friday stabbed the
| proprietor seven times with a carving
knife, killing him. The murderer was
arrested. The stabbing was the re-
suit of a quarrel between the two men,
growing out of Smiths refusal to buy
meat from a friend OF Fauos.
Nine Negroes were drowned near
Plaquemine by the upsetting of slsitf
The drowned were Randolph johnson,
three children of Mace Thompson,
three of Borey Washington, and one
child of Dennis Washington and one
of Totine Johnson. Young Richard
(white) and three colored men were
saved by holding on to the skiff.
V;ncenza Ro ano. ar Italian woman
about - years old, bride of Week.
was shoi Fr.uay AT Newar,;. y. j.. "
Giovanni Mar nett. rel 'te. ,C.toi'
and diri Fr ~ nirhti =. .:r:l.!
| hosp IA. -'Iari- .Ie.t ...Lct tL- snuo.
ing 4..!ped from window in the
fourth floor and was SO severely injur-
ed that he too died Friday night.
The monthly statement of the pub
lie debt shows that at the close of
business Friday, the debt less cash in
the treasury amounted to Sl.Oa7, ,oS5.-
1872. decrease during the month OF
SlO,6SS. 26S. This decrease is account
ed for by corresr onding increase in
the amount of cash on hand. The in
crease in the cash comes largely from
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