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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-06

Waco, Tex, Dec. o Ruby Vernon
Kennedy, AGED 4, aud Dora Kennedy
aged z, children Of 3 y. Kennedy. maa
a fire In the yard to play baking bread
Tho wind blew the fire on Ruhy's dress
and she was fatally burned. Tho father
aud mother were harmed seriously In
trying 10 save their child The accident
occurred In the sight OF many people.
Tho little one is slowly dying in great
agony.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-06

Columbus, o. Dec .. All day Sun.
day terrific rain aud sleet storms have
ragged al over the stat. The sevonst
storm IN years prevailed az Lima, doing
mans thousands Of doilars worth OF
damare @ Geographic and telephone
COmnluIrs
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-06

Indianapolis De. b-ludinna was
swept by % bhzzird Sunday 40 us
Eve incncs u snow fell The temnfrl.
ture has iauon 80 degrees. a1d % .ul.
grrater faii Is predicted for the next 20
hours
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-06
SPAIN sTIuA PUZZLED.



Her csIok 'ai Debt
Madrid. Dec. h-1Ne government has
not reached a full derkion regarding the
Cuban and Philippine sieb,s. but The
Official Gazette published an announce
ment that the drawing f6k the redemp-
ton Of the Cuban bonds w occur on
Dec. 10.
Tho speculation IN the CAtan and
Philippine debts on tho bourse ~ sori.
ously displeased the cabinet. No rise
IN these securities Is attributed " tho
rcpor, that the government will de9ote
the indemnify received from the Cnitod
States TO the colonial indobtednosN ~.
garding which no decisive action IN,
been taken by the ministry.
An official dispatch from the Viscaya
Islands, In tine Philippines. announces
that the insurgents are rcdoubing their
efforts and attacks upon Ito
The local papers AZ Billion report the
discovery there Of 500 r n - carefully 80.
GREETED under ground.
A number OF carlists have been ar.
rested there on charges Of being con.
nected Herewith.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-06
FIRE AT NEW YORK.
Three Massive naidisE. Totally Asd
Partially Destroyed.

New York. Dec. 6-The massive
block OF buildings on Broadway, 26s 20
$50 inclusive, between Murray and War.
ron streets, was almost destroyed by
frs Sunday night Within sLreo hours
more than 81, OO0, 900 worth Of properly
was destroyed The fire began In the
5-story brick building occupied by the
mems furnishing goods arm Of Rogers,
Peer g. Co, on the southwest corner q
Broadway aud Warren streets Adjon.
ing the Rogers, Poet q Co. building
ami south OF it was me magnificent
white building OF the Home Life Insur.
ance company. ana next 90 tnat was the
brown stone tu'iding ~ TIE Postal Tole.
grph c1mmny. erected at a cost OF
million only few years ago
Tho Home Life Insurance building
and ihs Postal tuiaing were greatly
damaged, but 20 what extent Is un.
knows
Insurance was carrisd on the property
10 about che sum Of tgs5.O00
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-06

Addtienai Particular. of the Firs.
New York. Dee. h-Thc dre which
wuesed toe luildinrs on the west sido
of Broadway between Warren and
Chambers streets last night ami this
morning was the most spectacular a.
well as one ~ the most destructive New
fork Las known in years II was real.
II I'd that what Chief Bonner has r..
poateuly said. that the fire fighting
forces cannot work over 20 stories above
the ground. AZ Q o'clock tins morning
the eighth floor of the Home Insurance
building was burning furiously The
hnt estimate, which placed the loss at
81 coo, 900. l. under rather than above
the rial amount The buildings were
well insured During the fire Broadway
was roped on by the police. and cable
cars wero not able to run a great
crowd gathered In the streets 10 watca
the hlaze aud the operations of the fire.
men. Rogers, Poet a. Co.'S building
was ruined, with it, contents. though
the wall still stands IT. destruction
was very rapid. one hour completing
the wreck. The water tower threw a
delugo OF water into the Rogers. Peet &
Go. building. which was only i've stories
high, but was of no service 20 the lofty
Home Insurance building next door
The flames which wero dovouring 10
were much higher M, apparently out OF
reach Of the water Tho upper windows
looked like open furnace doors. The
building was iireproof to the extent that
IT, iron frame stood firmly, but the in
terror burned force.y. The occupants
OF the Insurance and Telcgraphic build.
ines had ample warning Of the danger,
and there were no casualties or panics.
Elevators were run until all persons got
out Indeed. the Home Insurance
building elevator operated after the dan.
ger point had been reached, and fcll one
floor while liaded with firomen. A gun
store ON Warren street, IN the rear OF
Rogers, Poet q Co, gave the flremen
much anxiety, but was saved by hard
work IL contained much nmmuh...un
The Merchants Exchange National
bank occupied the street floor OF the In.
surance building, and the insurance
company the econd floor The damag,
sustained by them Is not yet known.
This morning broadway was still olo,ed
against pedestrians and wagons. Tho
Warren street wall Of the Rogers, Poet
a. 90 building has fallen inwardly, INT
the Broad way front stands In a perilous
state OF dilapidation, and the authorities
may not open tho ltreet until thu
wrecked frame Is taxed down.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-10-28

Mrs. Milo Bot visited Saginaw friends
part of the week.
Mrs. Harriet GLADDEN. has gone to Char
livoix to make her home with her son-in-
law George Peck. formerly of this city.
The congregation at the Baptist church
Sunday morning voted unanimously by
rising vote to express their hearty thanks
to the members of other churches and to
the citizens in general for the hearty way
in which they aided in entertaining the
Baptist state convention. Knapp & Smith
were also thanked for the use of number
of tables and chairs.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-10-28

Prof. Hagadorn, the well known Eye
Specialist, will be in OwossO again Satur
day, Oct. 20. from a. m. to p. m. at
the New National. He may remain over
Monday and Tuesday. His Office hours
those days will be from to and 6 to 8 p.
m. for free consultation. Prof. Hagadorn
has made careful study of the eye IN its
relation to health, and succeeds, while i'm
proving the sight, in curing many diseases
that have resisted the best medical skill.
He has large practice in Owosso and en-
Joys the confidence Of our best citizens.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-10-28
DEATH OF FRED c. SIMMONS.
owosso Sends Messages of Sympathy and
Beautiful Floral Tributes.


Beautiful Floral Tributes.
The many friends of Prof. and Mrs.
James W. Simmons and their son, Fred
G, Simmons. were greatly shocked Mon
day to hear of the death of the latter.
The death was the result of consump-
ton from which Fred has been suffer
er for about two years.
During his illness every effort was
made to battle the disease which
had fastened itself on him, the very best
specialists of the country having been
consulted and residence in southern
sanitarium having been tried in vain.
Too disheartened and homesick to be
benefited by any care away from
home, he preferred to remain with his
parents where by keeping up an APP
pearance of cheerfulness he tried to be
a help rather than burden to his faith
er and mother. He continued to grow
weaker, however, and only by sheer
force OF will was able to GO to Ypsilanti
where the family moved last summer,
though he seemed greatly pleased to
think that his father had been offered
place much easier and in many respects
pleasanter than the one he had here.
Fred was graduate of the Owosso
high school and later he attended school
for some time in Olivet. He had
large circle of friends and acquain-
tances in this city and until poor health
compelled his seclusion, was closely
identified with the social life of the city.
He was twenty-three years of age.
The sympathy of the entire commu-
nifty is with Prof. and Mrs. Simmons in
their bereavement which is especially
severe since he was their only child.
Floral offerings of the richest kind were
sent and many messages of sympathy
and tender regard found their way to the
saddened home. Among the floral
pieces were beautiful large vase built
up of white chrysanthemums and white
carnations, while in it were cream roses,
the gift of the bicycle club of which
Prof. Simmons is member. The
neighbors of the family in this city, the
Baptist church, the Knights of the Loyal
Guard and the Owosso girls attending
the state Normal were others who sent
the very choicest floral tributes OBJ
tainable.
Besides these offerings Rev. c. V.
Northrop, Chas f. Rigley, G. Ed. Rig
ley, Miss Adah Curliss and Miss Nellie
Densmore attended the funeral Wednes-
day afternoon in Ypsilanti. The Owosso
students at the State Normal and the
University in Ann Arbor, were also in
attendance to tender their sympathy to
their former superintendent and his
wife. The bearers were University
students from Owosso.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-10-28
THE OWOSSO TIMES.

Entered at the Postoff1ce In Owosso for
transmission as second -class matter.
4 Published everv Friday noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
THE eeCROSS OF GOLD,,
Is Creating Great Distress in Central
America.

San Francisco, Aug. 9.-The Pacific
Mail steamship City of Panama ar
rived today direct from La Libertad.
with a cargo consisting principally of
coffee.
According to members of the crew of
the vessel, business in Central America
is exceedingly dull. Gold is very scarce
and the depreciation of the value of sill
yer has greatly reduced the wealth of
the population. Everything is pur-
chased outside and nothing to speak of
is manufactured. Labor is paid in sill
yer, but the wages remain the same as
when silver was almost at a par with
gold.
The Everlasting revolution is caus-
ing a great deal of trouble, as capital is
gradually being driven from rich fields,
in which it might easily thrive were the
capitalist offered protection of property
and stability of values. However, it is
charged that ambitious adventures in
the United States and malcontents at
home are responsible for a good many
stories of revolutions that never take
place. Morales. in the matter of Guat-
emalan affairs, is not looked upon as a
serious menace to the we'll being of the
present gOVernm emit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
TO TALK OF CHEAP MEALS.
Cornell President Thinks IS Cent Din
ners a Good Thing

New York, Aug. 9.-When the new
college year opens at Cornell university
series of lectures on practical econ
Omy in living will probably be on the
list of elective studies. The lectures
will be delivered by Mr. Thomas, the
superintendent of the Mills house, with
whom President Schurman yesterday
made a thorough inspection Of the two
great hotels.
President Schurman was among the
first to sit down to the 15-cent dinner
at the new hotel The regular meal was
placed before him and he expressed the
greatest surprise, both at the quality
of the food and the price at which it
was served. The dinner consisted of
soup, meat, vegetables, pudding, and
coffee. President Schurman's mind
went back to commons at Ithaca, and
he remarked at the dinner that the
Mills house was better and cost less
than that served to the university stu
dents.
This started the talk on the econo-
mics and extravagances of college life,
and the outcome was that Mr. Thomas
was invited to come to Ithaca to lee
ture, and next years graduating class
at the university will go out into the
world with considerably more knowl-
edge of the art of living than has been
taught at Cornell heretofore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
$4,000 IDLE MEN
Business at Dawson City at a
StandstilI.
Nothing Can Be Done Until
Cold Weather.
NEW ARRIVALS DAILY.
Market is Well Supplied With
Fresh Beef
Which Sells Readily at $1.15
Per Pound.

Port Townsend, Wn., Aug. 9.-The
steamer Resale arrived here last night
from Skaguay, Alaska, with one hun
dred passengers from Dawson City, who
came up the Yukon river via the lakes.
They bring advices from Dawson up to
JULY 27 and considerable gold dust, es-
timated at 100000.
The Dawson market is well supplied
with fresh beef, several hundred head
already arrived and about 300 head are
on the trail. One of the first parties ar
irving with cattle was H. I. Miller of
Seattle, who reached there with IS head,
for which he found a ready market at
$1.15 per pound dressed. Miller intends
returning Immediately with a drove OF
hogs. He drove his cattle across the
lakes on the ice, while in the center OF
the lakes the boats were making regu-
lar trips. Their party driving in a large
number of cattle, met with a serious
accident at Thirty Mile river, resulting
in the drowning of a young man named
Shannon and several head of cattle
Mining operations in the K1Ondike are
at a StandStill and will continue 50 I'M
til cold weather sets in. 1t is estimated
that about 25, 900 idle men are in DaW-
son eagerly waiting for something to
turn up. This number is being sWelled
every day by new arrivals from both
up and down the river. There are now
more people there than the country can
support.
No new strikes are reported.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
II PERSONS PERISH.
Party of Alaskan PrOspectOrs
Lost In Storm.

San Francisco, Aug. "a letter receiv-
ed from the Alaska Commercial company
dated Unalaska, July 28 says:
Information received here is to the eff
feet that entire party of twelve pros
pectors, calling themselves the Columbia
Exploring company, together with Rev.
r. Weber, a MOravian missionary, his wife
and two pilots, bound for the Kuskovin
river, have been lost. Not long ago Rev.
Mr. Weber was asked by some of the
prospecting party who were on board the
steamer Lakme to go with them
pilot and interpreter, with the two In
dian pilots, up the KuskOVfn river. He
agreed to do So taking his wife and child
along. On June "A Weber met the party,
who had 50 foot steamer and two barges-
Thew were at Good News bay. but were
short one boat, which was needed to carry
their stores. On July q, the natives say,
the small steamer with two barges in tow
left Good News bay to proceed up the
river. Soon after their departure a ter
rife storm arose. A few days later, the
natives report, stranded barge ran
ashore on the north side of the river. 1t
was loaded with supplies. Later on
raft was found adrift Nothing has been
heard of any of the seventeen persons
who started up the river and they are.sup-
posed to have persisted. The names of the
prOspectors have not been aScertained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
PROPOSAL FOR COAL.

Sealed. proposals will be, received at the
O'Clock D. m, September 5th. 1898, for sup
plying the public schools of this city, for
the school year 1898-99, with coal equal to
best Usage City shaft coal. Bids will be
considered for any kind of first class coal,
the mine being named, but in awarding
the contract the board will take into con-
sideration the quality of the coal and not
necessarily give the contract to the lowest
bidders. Bids will be considered for sup
plying all the schools of the city, or all
the schools north of the river or all the
schools south of the river. The amount
required will be about LOO tons of ZOO
pounds each. All coal must be screened
and delivered in such quantities, at such
times in the coal houses. and weighed on
such scales as the board may designate
at the expense of the contractor. Each
bid must enclose a certified check for S100
payable to the board of education in case
the successful bidder fails to enter into
contract and furnish, within three days of
the time of the award, a satisfactory bond
in the sum of 81 900 for the faithful fulfill
ment of the contract. The board reserves
the right to reject all bids.
H. w. FARNSWORTH,
Clerk of Board of Education.
Office of Board of Education, Topeka,
August 9Th. 1883.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
HANNA PROTESTS.
On Hearing That Utah Republicans
MAY Endorse Free Silver.

Salt Lake, Utah, Aug.9.-A movement
having been recently inaugurated to in
corporate the Democratic financial
plank in the platform of the state Re
publican party OF Utah, Senator NJ. A.
Hanna, chairman of the national Re
publican committee has addressed a
letter to United States Marshal Glen
Miller of this city, in which he says:
Il have been informed that it is sug-
gested that the Republican party of
Utah, at the next state convention, en-
dOrses in its platform the free coinage
of silver. AS chairman of the national
committee, charged with the duties of
the position, I protest against the Re
publicans of any state taking such ac-
ton. It would be clearly in opposition
to the principles of the party as de-
manded in the platform at the national
convention at st. Louis, and I trust
you will use your influence and efforts
to the end that that declaration may be
sustained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
SEALED PROPOSALS FOR
STATIONERY.
FOR

VIII be received at the office of the board
of education until o clock p. m, Friday.
August Is. for supplying the public schools
of this city with the following stationery,
viz: 800 reams more OF. less of practice pa
per, !. 900 single sheets in the ream, of size,
quality and ruling as per sample in this
office; 1900 pounds drawing paper and 1000
gross of pens No. 126 Esterbrook, No. 4O4
elliott, No. 1866 elliott or, Eagle vertical
No. 2 and 125 gross pencils more or less
Dixon, Faber or Eagle, selections to be
made from samples submitted TO the text
book committee, and delivered at such
times and quantities as the board may di-
rect
The board reserves the right to reject all
bids.
By order of the board of education
H. W. FARNSWORTH, Clerk
Topeka, August 9Th, 1898.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
PARNELL is FIRST.
Stands Ahead of Gladstone in the
Irish Estimation.

Dublin, Aug. 9.-The municipal coun-
ell of Dublin has refused to comply
with a request of the Gladstone Me
mortal society for its cooperation in
erecting a statue commemorative of the
life and services of Mr.. Gladstone, sim
liar to those which the society will
erect in London and Edinburgh.
Mr.. Sherlock, a member of the coun-
ell. moved the following resolution neg
ativing the request:
Resolved, That the corporation Of
Dublin is strongly of opinion that no
statues should be erected in Dublin in
honor of any Englishman until the
Irish people have erected a fitting one
in memory of Charles Stewart Parnell."
After several speeches, among them
one by Councillor Thornton. who said
it could not be forgotten that Glad
stone laid a. heavy hand upon the ma
tionalists," the resolution was adopted
unanimously amid cheering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
WILL GOSH S5OO.OOO.
A Half Million Will Be Expended
on Chicago's Big Carnival

Chicago, Aug. 9.-The plans for the
$500, 600
At L o'clock Monday afternoon the
Inree committees appointed, met at the
Chlon League club for luncheon and
formally entered upon their great task
These committees are as follows:
Cltlzens' committee-Harry G.. Salt
ridge, chairman; E. A. Potter presi-
Qent American Trust and Savings bank:
John @. yelling, vice president Illinois
Central railroad, and Otto Young, pro-
pI1etor The Fair store; F. R. Babcock,
with Winston q Meagher, attorneys,
and JOrn V. FarweIl, Jr
Citizens committee-Harry G.. Self
mittee-JOhn T. Shayne chairman: A
5. Gage, Gage Hotel company; James
w. Nye and William L. Smith, secre-
tary of the association.
National Business League committee
Charles H. Truax and Benjamin J.
ROsenthal.
The celebration will be divided into
three parts, the opening ceremonies,
Chicago day and the closing Spectacles
One of the most beautiful of the events
VIII be a water carnival on the lake
front, entitled, 1.-The Birth of the Sea
Queen
At a signal the lake will be illumina-
ted and the multitude will see, far out,
a phantom fleet, as it were.
When the fleet draws near the central
figure will be seen to be Neptune, seat
ed on his Throne. In a pearl-white sea
shell, surrounded by scores of Naiads
viii be the sea queen A great balloon
will be sent up, CARRYING dazzling
strings of light hundreds of feet long
and written in letters of light will be
welcome, Queen
There will be IA arches of triumph
erected across the streets. The first of
these arches will represent Dewey's
victory, and the other arches will be
significant, too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
FEVER TAKES FIVE.
Skaters Hospital Report Shows IL
Deaths in Day.


Washington, Aug. General Shat
ter's sanitary report for August is as
follows:
Santiago. Aug. S-Adjutant General
of the Army, Washington, D. c.
Sanitary report for August Z:
Total number of sick, 8, AS.
Total number of fever cases, 2, 498.
Total number of new cases, 412.
Total number fever cases returned to
duty, 406.
Deaths August Z:
Private Ranger Mellin, company I,
Fifth Massachusetts, typhoid fever.
Private Charles Wren, company G,
Eighth infantry. pernicious anaemia.
Private Daniel Gruber, company Q,
Eighth infantry, thermic fever
Private Hans Larsen, company H,
Third infantry, typhoid fever.
Private Fatlick Stevens, company F,
First cavalry, typhoid fever.
Private Frank J. Muck, company ID,
Thirty-fOurth Michigan. typhoid fever.
CORPORAL George L. Hopper, company
H, Eighth Ohio, yellow fever.
Ira n. Boyer, company K, Eighth
Ohio. yellow fever.
Private Charles Diggs, company K,
Twenty infantry, yellow fever.
Private Frank Dibler, company F,
Eighth Ohio, yellow fever.
Corporal Dudley Wilson, company G,
Eighth Ohio, yellow fever.
(Signed) SKATER,
Major General.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
BEATS NIAGARA.
Great Electric Power Plant Near
Tacoma and Seattle.

Chicago, Aug. 9.-Contracts were let to-
day which will result in supplying the
cities of Tacoma and Seattle with electric
light and power similar. if not far in ad-
vance Of that now being furnished at Nj
agara The SnOqualmie Falls Power COM
pany has just closed contracts for the
&c GomPdIetion Of its plants This enterprise
The The project is perhaps, the the most
wonderful development of hydraulic power
yet undertaken in this country Sno-
qualmie falls is p miles from Seattle and
about the same distance from Tacoma in
an, air line, and has an unbroken vertical
fan of 30 feet, and is the only waterfall
OF commercial utility west of Spokane.
The flow of the river is equal to 80 900
horse power al low water, and the plan
OF installation is such that at a small adj
dIuonaI expense for dams and reservoirs
the entire drainage from the snow fields
OF the Snoqualmie watershed of LOCO
square miles will be available making
oyer 10000 horsepower whenever business
OF the adjacent cities may demand it. The
power house is hewn out of the solid
rock go feet beneath the crest of the fall
Where the immense water wheels connect
direct with the generators from which the
electricity is transmitted by wire to Sc
attic and Tacoma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
SIGSBEE GETS THE TEXAS.
Capt. Philip Will Be Assigned to
Shore Duty.

Washington, Aug. 9.-Two important
changes in command of vessels in the
navy have been announced by Secre-
tary Long. Captain Charles D Sigsbee,
who commanded the battleship Maine,
when she met her fate in the harbOr of
Havana and who has been in command
of the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul since
war began, has been ordered to relieve
Captain John W. Philip of the COM
mand of the battleship Texas, now I'M
dergOing repairs in New York It is
understood that Capt. Philip will be
assigned to shore duty, probably the
command Of the Mare Island navy yard
at San Francisco.
Secretary Long announced also that
Captain Caspar F. Goodrich, of the
auxiliary cruiser St. Louis. had been or
dered to the command of the Newark,
Commodore Schley's new flag ship to
succeed Captain Albert S. Barket, who
has been transferred to the Oregon on
account of the illness of Captain Chas.
E Clark