Little Falls herald., 1898-09-09
NEWS con Den ATIl l,N6I
wetlnasday. Aug. 81.

E'VVs s G CONVERSATIONS .ss.
Wednesday, Aug. 81.
Commodore Philip has been placed
in command Of the second squadron Of
the North Atlantic feet. u
The Samoan islands will probably be
divided among the United States and
other lowers now that Malietoa il
dead. : S.. ~
A suspicious epidemic has broken
ont in Portugal. In one village not far
from the frontier half Of the population
10 dead.
Now that commerce has been re.
sumed at Havana, merchants complain
Of the extortionate duties exacted by
the Spaniards.
An order has been issued directing
the resumption of contract mail service
on Monday next between Tampa, Fla, ,
and Havana, via Key West.
Nine hundred Spaniards, including
800 priests, are believed to have been
drowned while escaping from nativea
Of one Of tho Philippines.
Thursday, Sept. l.
Chinese troops have been defeated by
the rebels in two battles, losing 5000
men.
The mayor of Galveston, Tex, fred
upon riotous strikers. The fro became
general and several men were shot.
Emperor Kwang su of China, &C.
cording to Pekin special to tho Lon.
don Daily Mail, is reported seriously
ill.
Cowboys attempted to run Fort
Pierre, S. D., and in the shooting that
ensued one man was killed and another
wounded.
President Mckinley has appointed
@. D. Woodward as one Of the com.
missioners to represent this govern.
ment at the Paris exposition.
Wilhelmina, queen Of Holland, cele-
brated her birthday and the attainment
of her majority on Wednesday. Thanks
giving services were held in all the
churches of Holland.
Friday, Sept. 2.
The Japanese legations at Washing.
ton and London will be raised to the
rank of embassies.
It is reported that the religious or.
ders of the Philippines are selling their
property to Hong Kong syndicate.
The Chicago limited train on the
New York, Ontario and Western was
wrecked near Fulton, N. Y, and three
trainmen killed.
: Thursdays statement of tho condi.
tion of the treasury shows available
cash balance, 1924 4,807, ,804; gold re-
serve, $217. .9o4 ,4s4.
Blanche Roosevelt, the American au.
thoress, is seriously i'll in London, suf-
fering from complication Of disorders,
including brain trouble.
Eddie McDuffee was an easy winner
over Frank Butler in the 10-mile paced
pursuit race ON the Charles River Park
track at Boston, and lowered the pre-
vious worlds record more than two
minutes.
saturday, Sept. 3.
General Shafter has arrived at Camp
Wikof from Santiago.
The national irrigation congress is in
session at Cheyenne, Wy.
General Miles and staff sailed from
Ponce for home Thursday afternoon.
The First Wisconsin has been or.
dered from Jacksonville to Camp
Douglass, and the Fiftieth Iowa to Des
Moines, to be mustered out.
Lieutenant H. S. Morgan and Henry
Smith, negro, were drowned off Ty-
bee island while trying to rescue the
crew of the Norwegian bark Noe.
Captain Edward Murphy, who com.
manded the Associated Press dispatch
boat Dandy throughout the late war,
and who was previously a noted fill.
buster, is dead Of malarial fever.
Monday. Sept. 8.
Four men were killed and a number
injured by an explosion of dynamite
at Stinesville, Ind.
Fire in Newark oelluloid works at
Newark, N. j., destroyed the building
and adjoining structures. Loss, $780,
600.
DIR. Ames, the we'll known Mime.
apolitan, has announced himself an in
dependent candidate for mayor of the
Mill City. :.
The gold reserve in the treasury
reached the highest point in it's history
Friday, being $219, ,3So,s72. The high
est previous amount was $218, ,000, 600,
recorded in March, 1883.
Secretary Gage has given instruc-
tions to bank examiners to make such
inspections Of paper held by the banks
as will enable the examiners to report
whether. the war revenue act is being,
or has been complied with.
The Cunard liner Campania, from
Liverpool for New York has among her
passengers Hall Caine, Miss Ada Re.
han, Lord and Lady Brassey, and
Mines. Cavendish. Betincke, Ogden
Mills and Ballington Booth.
Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Walter Alexander, a veteran railroad
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