The Dickinson press., 1898-08-20

NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Friday. Aug. n.
Fly Templeton has been finally
awarded possession Of the fortune ot
yl0o, 900 bequeathed to her BY Howell
Osborn.
Thursdsy's ststsmsnt Of the oondi.
hon Of the treasury shows available
cash balance. $285. 6S4.741; gold u.
serve. el94. l52. e77.
Tho Greek government has declined
an oner from the government Of Mica
Eagua to purchase three Of the largest
ironclads Of the Greek feet.
Twenty.one states and three Cana
dian provinces are represented at tho
annual conference Of state and provin.
cial boards Of health at Detroit, Mich.
Tho salmon fishing season ON the
Columbia river 10 closed. The seasons
pack amounts to 8l5, 600 cases, which
II 5000 cases below the pack Of last
year.
Saturday, Aus. "a.
Senator Vest Of Missouri 10 critically
III at Asbury Park. N. J.
General orders have banished the pis
stands from Camp Ramsey.
It 10 stated that Garcia again shows
. willingness to oo-opsrate with thu!
Americans.
Rear Admiral Kirkland il dead, q
the result of an operation made neces.
sary by an obstruction Of tho bowels.
Three men are dead and q woman 10
dying as q result Of shooting ARRAY
ct Central City, s. D. Tho woman
was the cause
General .Schwan's troops were victo-
rious in an engagement with . large
Spanish force in Porto Rico and have
entered Mayague1.
Monday. Aug. Is.
Spanish papers predict serious times
for that country.
Vessels of the blockading feet are re-
turning to Key West.
Fire at Fresno, CAL, did damage to
the extent Of, $500, 900 to $4oo, 900.
A dangerous gang OF counterfeiters
has been arrested in Detroit, Mich.
It 10 reported at Gibraltar that Mulai.
Alb Ell Azlz, sultan of Morocco. is dead.
In q fight between officers and negro
gamblers in Georgia, five Of tho negroes
were killed and three others mortally
wounded.
Admiral Cervers was given an ova-
ton in Boston while on his way to
Portsmouth. N. H., to visit the Span.
ish prisoners there.
Plans are being arranged for the
feeding of the Cuban army and of tho
re~concentrados until such time as they
will be able to help Themselves.
London papers are loud In their
praises Of the diplomacy Of President
Mckinley and of Secretary Day in tho
negotiations that have resulted in
peace.
Tuesday. Aug. 10.
The Portugal ministry has resigned.
General Lee will be a candidate for
United States senator from Virginia.
A cyclone five miles west Of Gary, 8.
D., killed eight persons. Several others
are missing and may have been killed.
The attorney general of Ohio has de.
cided to bring an action against the
American Steel and Wire company
under the antitrust law.
NJ. Cambon, the French ambassador
to the United States, who represented
Spain in the peace negotiations, has
been decorated with the grand cross Of
Charles II.
Blanco has rendered his resignation
as captain general Of Cuba. The rea.
son given by General Blanco is that he
does not wish to superintend the evac.
nation Of Cuba.
Mr.. Robert P. Porter, superintendent
Of the last general census Of the United
States, has been appointed a commits
sioner to examine and report on the
finances, banking system and banking
laws Of Cuba and Porto Rico.
Wednesday, Aus. II.
Joseph Needles, Fifty.f1rst Iowa,
died of measles at Camp Merritt, San
Francisco.
freeman Halstead. the newspaper
correspondent, has been released from
prison at San Juan.
It is expected that q hundred thou.
sand volunteers will be mustered out
within the next 50 days.
La Duke, the Wisconsin private who
killed q regular at Ponce, has been sen.
fenced to life imprisonment.
Yellow fever. has appeared among
the troops at Key West and on trans.
ports of Montauk Point, N. J.
General Blanco has issued orders to
Spanish. commanders to suspend hostil.
tiles and to cooperate with Americans
in preser wing order.
The lord mayor Of London, the 1t.
Hon. David Davies, has postponed his
projected American tour indefinitely
on account Of Illness of his wife
The New York board Of aldermen
killed the ordinance introduced tplrovid.
ing punishment for swearing inESpublie
places by laying it on the tableEby an
almost unanimous vote.
Thursday, Aug. 10.
The. Corbett-McCoy fight has been
postponed until a date not later than
Oct. /. at Buffalo.
The bubonic plague 10 again epidemic
at Bombay. There were 103 deaths
| ofn eia1lv rAnorted last wook