The Dickinson press., 1898-07-30
NEWS 0ONDENSATIONS
Friday. July ~.


Friday. July ~.
Fire wiped out the business portion
Of Coopersville, Mich. Loss, 1000.
Fire at Frazer, Mimi. destroyed q
dozen buildings, causing loss Of
e25, 900.
Edwin Storey Smith, the most prom
inent paper manufacturer in New
England, is dead.
The president has issued proclama.
ton relieving Danish vessels from the
imposition Of tonnage tax.
The Milburn. Bass wagon factory at
Chattanooga. Tenn, has been de-
stroyed by fire. The plant, stock, etc, +,
was valued at $l25. 900.
The central Cuban authority 10 ex.
pected to issue such instructions to the
Cuban generals in the field that no
more friction with the Americans will
occur.
Each company ut Camp Thomas is
now issued 80 loaves Of fresh bread
daily. A wagon is detailN4 for taking
the bread from Lytle to the camp. The
bakery is situated near Lytle, and
turns out 10000 loaves daily, and em.
ploys 1S0 expert bakers.
Saturday. July 23.
The president has appointed Ferdi.
nand w. Peck Of Chicago commissioner
general Of the Paris exposition.
The comptroller Of the currency has
called on national banks for q state
ment Of their condition at the close of
business Thursday, July IA.
Engine No. 99S on an Eastbound OK.
ira blew up at Dutch Flat, GAL, killing
Engineer Kelly, Fireman Terry of Sac
ramento, and q coal passer, name un.
known.
John Harvey Meyers, secretary Of
the Home Building and Loan assooia.
tion of Milwaukee, is said to be short
in his accounts to the amount of
100000
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
the ladies of the Russian court are
greatly upset at the fact that the czar.
ina has forbidden cigarette smoking in
her presence.
Ex.Queen Liliuokolani, attended by
her physician, DR.. English of Wash.
ington, and Mr.. and Mrs. Heleluke, has
arrived at San Francisco, en- route to
Honolulu. The party will leave on the
Gaelic for the Hawaiian Islands.
Monday. July ab.
Nipe, Northern Cuba, was captured
after hard fight.
Premier Sagasta is quoted as saying
that Spain has begun peace negotia-
tions.
Lieutenant Swift of West Superior
died in Charleston hospital Of typhoid
fever.
Twenty-Five salmon fishers are be.
lieved to have been drowned at the
mouth Of the Frazier river in recent
storm.
According to reports to the annual
meeting Of the National Hay associa.
ton the hay crop this year promises to
be very large.
Four out of five prisoners who es.
capped from Jail at Black River Falls,
Wis, few days ago have been cap.
tured near Trempleau.
An order for half million dollars
worth of electrical machinery has been
received from Paris by a Cleveland
firm. It includes equipment for 600
electric street cars.
Tuesday, July 28.
A settlement Of the Pacific rate war
seems to have been reached. ,-
General Brooke has sailed from New.
port News for Porto Rico.
General Shafter reports many new
cases Of fever, but only one death.
Seven thousand spaniards at Guam.
tanamo have laid down their arms.
The Earl of Minto has been ap.
pointed governor general Of Canada in
succession Of the Earl of Aberdeen.
Russian and japanese warships have
been sent to Manila, and the chances
of international complications seem ia
increase.
The yacht Clipper of Toledo capsized
in squall near Put In Bay and Will.
lam Arbuckle and Marcus Batelle
were drowned.
A dispatch to the London Daily
Chronicle from Shanghai says that Lie
Hoa, the king of Korea, desires to abb
dicate and take refuge at the British
consulate at Seoul. The British con.
sui, however, declines to receive him.
Wednesday, July ~.
Chicago proposes to hold peace
festival, after the close Of the war.
Tramps took possession of a freight
train in Wisconsin with serious results
to some of their number.
Evan McCull, the Scottish. Canadian
poet, is dead. He was the author of
many poems, both in English and in
Gaelic. He was 90 years Of age.
The corner stone of the Minnesota
capitol was laid with appr propriate cere.
mony. A large parade preceded the
exercises at the site of the new build.
ing.
A news agency says the Russian
admiralty has countermanded the pro.
jected extensive naval maneuvers in
the Black sea sin order to avoid en-.
croaohing on the coal stores"
Thursday, July 10.
The Prince Of Wales is progressing
80 favorably that it has been definitely
decided to remove him to Oowes on
Saturday.
Wednesdays statement Of the condi.
ton of the treasury shows available
cash balance. 1888. sB7. s77; gold reserve,
$l89, $685.
Spanish troops in Porto Rico are
being withdrawn from the outlying
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