The Dickinson press., 1898-08-13
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Friday. Aus. &

Friday. Aug. & III
By Holly, the we'll known California
horseman, is dead at Butte.
The health of ths Spanish prisoners
at Portsnsath. n. H., continues exosl.
lent. r. |
The Texas Democratic state conven.
ton nominated Congressman Joseph
D. sayers for governor by acolamation.
The Ohootaw election returne, which
are nearly all in, indicate that Green
n. Curtin has been reelected chief Of
the Chootaw Nation.
Mayor Black Of Columbus, o., has
been elected president Of the League Of
American Municipalities. Secretary
Gilkison was reelected.
It has been learned that the National
Bureau Of Education is making an OK.
tensive inquiry into the life Of Theo.
dore DurraAt, under the direction OF
specialists in criminology.
Saturday, Aug. q.
A large transatlantic steamer 10 70.
ported wrecked of the Newfoundland
coast, with all on board.
Mayor Samuel L Black of Columbus,
O., has been elected president Of the
League of American Municipalities \
Colonel de San Martin, in command
Of the Spanish garrison at Ponce, Porto
Rico, has been courtmartialed and shot |
because he abandoned tho place with. |
out resistance.
The American society in London 10
waging campaign against the Lon.
don shopkeepers who are using the
American flag as device to catch
tourists dollars
Rev. Samuel P. Long, =. D., pastor
Of the Lincoln Avenue Methodist
church Of Pittsburg, has been invited
to become pastor of the First Metho.
dist church of Duluth, and has &C.
cepted subject to the approval Of the
general authorities of the church.
Monday. Aug. 8.
Miss A. E. Maxwell. superintendent
Of the training school for nurses at the
New York Presbyterian hospital. and
20 nurses have gone to Santiago.
The dominion government has grant.
ed the request of section Of the Grand
Army of the Republic to visit Hamil.
ton, Ont, to attend q celebration, car.
rying their arms.
The ship Tacoma, transporting
horses and mules to the Philippines for
the use Of the United States forces, has
sailed for Manila. It Is expected that
the voyage will occupy about 60 days.
Every precaution has been taken to
make the expedition SUCCESS.
It is reported, in connection with the
Anglo American movement. that
strong endeavors are being made to got
the Prince Of Wales to visit tho United
States and Canada next summer, and,
it is added, that encouragement has
been given the idea In responsible
quarters.
Tuesday. Aug. Q.
Prof. Park Morrill,, chief Of the fore.
cast division of the weather bureau at
Washington, is dead. :.
Protracted high temperature and
great humidity was the cause assigned
for five deaths in New York city
Monday.
The pope has issued an enoyclical
protesting against the suppression OF
Catholic journals during the recent
Italian insurreotion.
Nine. Charles Worth, widow of the
famous costumer who died In March,
1896, and his successor in the superin.
tendence of the Worth establishment,
Is dead at Paris.
Private Thomas Yard Of Company
F, First Wisconsin, died at jackson.
vile, Fla, of typhoid fever. The body
will be sent to Racine, Wis, for inter.
ment.
A dispatch from the Villa Ebers at
Tatzing, near Munich, announces the
death Of George Maurice Ebers, the
Egyptologist and novelist He was
born in Berlin in 1887.
Wednesday, Aug. 10.
skaguay, Alaska, is reported burning.
Governor Briggs Of North Dakota 10
dead, after along illness.
Officers Of the steamer Britannia are
accused of conspiracy to steal and
smuggle. Fl
Admiral Kirkland submitted to sur.
gical operation for intestinal obstruo.
ton and may not recover.
Congressman Heatwole Of the Third
Minnesota district, has announced that
he will ao denomination.
Presider ~ of Hawaii is to re.
main in Of ntil congress creates q
new syst government for the
islands.
A plot ttAs lsinate Premier Sagasta
has been discovered in Spain, an Amer.
ican having besA chosen by lot to do
A monument in honor of Francis
Scott Key, author Of the "Star Span.
gled Banner" has been dedicated at
Frederick, Md.
In the house of commons Mr.. Balfour
announced Mr.. Curzon's acceptance Of
the viceroyalty of India, in succession
to the Earl Of Elgin.
Thursday, Aug. IL.
Advices received at Yokohama from
Seoul say Korea intends to adopt the
gold standard.
Agricultural department crop report:
Condition of spring wheat 96.6. corn
$40, oats 84.2.
Major w. F. Ramsden, for 15 years
British consul at Santiago de Cuba, has
just died at Kingston, Jamaica.
The First Wisconsin district Repnb.
icrn convention at Elkhorn renomin.
ated II. A. Cooper for congress.
The 28th annual convention Of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Of
America is in session at Boston.
Judge Richardson has withdrawn
from the race for congress against Gen.
eral, Wheeler in the Eighth Alabama
district.
The laying of the cornerstone Of the