The silver star., 1898-09-08
rELEoRAPHlc BREvlrlEs.


Kharioum and expect to capture 1t this
fall.
The sick at Camp Alger are being
states.
Senator Fairbanks says the interna-
tional conference ut Quebec is making
good progress.
Plans are being prepared and sur
veys made for street sewerage
scheme in Santiago.
General Cassius NJ. Clay has bought
n small farm for his child wife, who
deserted him while ago.
Famous orators of the United States
are TO be invited to participate in
cago in October.
American soldiers landed in Havana
on the 10Th for the first time since the
Maine was blown up. They were
treated with respect.
1t is officially announced that there
were 2,30O deaths from the plague last
week in the Bombay presidency. The
epidemic is spreading.
japanese papers announce that all
export duties now imposed in Japan
are to be gradually abolished, with the
object of increasing foreign trade.
Governor Black OF New York, who
went 10 Chickamauga 10 investigate
the condition of troops, says that the
papers have greatly exaggerated the
situation.
While seeking To save child from an
attack of seventeen-year-old boy.
Louis Rosenbloom, Jewish rabbi and
teacher of Hebrew at Chicago, was
himself assaulted and kicked to death.
Secretary Alger disclaims all respon-
sibility for bad treatment of soldiers.
especially in hospitals The Presi-
dent says there will be a thorough in
vesiigation and the guilty will be pun
ished.
The government has withdrawn its
appeal in the cases of the Spanish prize
ships Miguel Jovcr and Catalina. and
as soon as the necessary formalties
can be complied with these vessels will
be released.
Judge Valiant of the ST. Louis Cir
cult Court has rendered a decision in
the case of Marx * Hass against Wat
son and others. declaring a boycott is
legal as long as no force or intimida ton
is resorted To.
General Rios. the Spanish governor
Of the Nizcaya islands. is reported TO
have proclaimed himself governor gem
eral of the Spanish dominions in The
Philippine islands. and 10 have invited
the adherenis of Spain 10 rally at Iliolo.
At 4 joint mass meeting of the Welsh
miners 1t was decided to accept the en-
.rsEa" ~.
conference by which the miners get
an increase of five per cent in wages.
This ends the disastrous six months
strike.
DR.. d. X. Pars1ns has given $4,000
TO the Chicago City Missionary Society
as n nucleus for a permanent endOw-
ment fund The society Is affiliated
with the Congregational Church. 1t
conducts nearly fifty missions in Chi
cago and It's suburbs.
An order has been issued by the
Navy Department deiacilng ComIno-
dore j. w. Philip from command of
the bat,leship Texas at New York and
placing him In command OF the Second
squadron OF the North Atlantic fleet,
with the cruiser New York as his flag
ship.
Three miles east Of Alva. Okla. there
was 4 collision between wes;bound
working train and the easibound pas
senger on the Panhandle branch of the
Santa Fe. Eighteen or twenty people
were injured. but none seriously. Both
engines We're badly damaged and the
mail ear injured
The War Department will issue to
those officers and men who have served
beyond the limits Of the United States,
leaves of absence and furlouglis for
sixty days respectively. while to
those who have not served out
side OF the country. the leaves of alb
sence and furlougls Will he limited To
thirty days.
The Chinese Emperor has issued an
edlct that European and American mis-
sionaries and their converts in his en-
pire be fully protected. He says that
In this Respect all Chinese officials have
heretofore been derelict lie issues
this edict as a final warning and de-
clares his determination that there shall
be no more riots.
The ST. james Gazette says: II Is
reported on the Stock Exchange that
an Anglo-A merican trust, to control
the output and sale Of sewing ma
chimes. knitting machines and all other
kinds OF needles. Is being formed. Sew
eral American and Midland firms are
reported 10 have sold their business TO
the combination. The capital. IL il
further announced, Will be S7,5OO.OOO.
divided into preferred and ordinary
stock.
A committee composed OF natives Of
the Philippine islands residing In Eu-
rope hns addressed petition 10 Presi.
dent Mckinley with regard to the mp.
penls made TO him by the Vatican for
the protection OF the religious orders
In the islands. The expulsion Of the
frlars, the committee contends, In IN
necessary anteccdcnt to moral sanitn-
ton The committee urges President
Mckinley to aid the Flllpplnos to sup.
press the immortality Of the dinbolicaI
institutions forstered by those monks.
Major Taylor. the colored cyclist, met
and defeated Jimmy" Michael, the lit.
Ito Welshmnn, In n special match race.