The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-25
ALL AROUND TaE x0RLb.
THURSDAY. AUG. Is.

United States. Governors of states and
superintendents of instruction will be
urged to cooperate.
The Matanzas of the Ward line sailed
from New York yesterday for Havana
being the first vessel to depart for that
port since the beginning of the war.
She had a large cargo of breadstuffs
rice. beans and fresh vegetables, while
"a part of her deckload consisted of 1000
fowls. The vessel was formerly the
Guido, which was captured by the Ha-
vana biockaders and afterwards bought
by the Ward line.
FRIDAY. AUG. 10.
Vesuvius Is again in a state of active
eruption. -Four streams of lava are
flowing down the mountain side at the
| rate of 400 yards an hour. Constant ex-
plosions are heard in the central crater
which is vomiting ashes and flames.
The trustees of Lincoln university of
Springfield. Ills. have elected Professor
Robert H. Crowell of Amherst college
as professor of languages
| The vatican asserts, despite the re-
ports to the contrary, that the recent
illness of the pope was a transitory in
| disposition, from which he has entirely
recovered His holiness has resumed his
| customary duties, and Is daily receiving
Populations.
SATURDAY, AUG. 20.
The attorney general has rendered
| an opinion in which he holds that the
word, goods" in the new war revenue
measure as applied to packages sent by
express or freight. includes packages OF
money, and therefore the bill of lading
| given the sender must have revenue
| stamp affixed thereto.
Numerous pensioners are going to un-
necessary expense in affixing internal
revenue stamps to pension papers. This
! is particularly the case in regard to
pension vouchers. The law does not
require stamps to be placed upon pen
sion papers.
business failures aggregated this week
| 1875. against 1871 the week before but com
pared with 221 in this week year ago.
| Bank clearings for the week aggregated
$1,279. 622. 900, gain of percent over last
! week.
The Russian government has ordered
a 5000-ton ironclad cruiser from the
Krupp works at Kiel and similar YES
Sci from the Vulcan works at Stettn.
SUNDAY, AUG. 81
Since July this year the exports of corn
aggregate 20,22S.565 bushels, against
| 10. $50. 1913 bushels during the same period
last year.
a celebrated matchmaker of Berlin
| has perfected mechanism capable OF
| measuring and recording the thousands
| part of a second
A ST. Louis street car manufacturing
company is negotiating contract for
| the largest order of cars ever made by
| an American company for use in Japan.
The contract will call for $50 of the finest
motor cars for kiot0, Japan.
one of the unusual features for the
| 32nd national encampment of the G. A.
K. in Cincinnati Sept 5 to 10 will be a war
concert to be given on the first three
nights of encampment week. Three
choral organizations will participate.
MONDAY, AUG. -.
A few less than 10000 men remain at
Camp Alger Va, or more properly at
| Dunn Loring, nearby, to which place they
| were sent from time to time in order to
reduce the crowd at the former place.
Brigadier General Corbin is in command.
In view OF the fact that congress, by
| special legislation has provided means
| for executing declarations by claimants
residing abroad and for the medical
| examination. 1t has been decided that
there shall be no distinction between
claims filed by those who reside in this
country ana those who reside in foreign
! countries.
There was high temperature between
| the Rocky mountains and the Missouri
river Sunday. Rapid City and Omaha
reported 100 degrees; North Platte 81
degrees: St. Louis and Pueblo SO de-
grees; Huron, Denver, Dodge City and
Little Rock "a degrees. The wave has
been broken in Montana by decided
fall in temperature.
TUESDAY, AUG. %.
| In letter to the president of the New
York Soldiers and Sailors Families
Protective association, Admiral Cervera
says II seize with pleasure the OPP
! portunity OF expressing my gratitude to
the people of the United States for the
marks of sympathy they are always
| showing me, which shall remember as
long as l live"
The navy department has determined
to build a hauling-out station for tor
pedo boats in Boston to cost $3.50. 900
This is a device which the three technical
bureaus of the department recommend
ed as most essential for the care of the
torpedo craft
1t is announced that d. X. Pearson of
| Chicago has offered to give $50 900 to
Paramount college in Wichita, Kan. il
others will give Sl50,000 President
Morrison of the college says he has the
promise of more than $4,000, already
from people in New Jersey and Vermont.
and thinks he will be able to raise the
entire amount within six months.
There are in Mexico IL SIP schools. OF
these 1852 are sustained by the state
S2l2 by cities, AMI 24i2 are private
schools OF the total 6021 are for males.
3l04 are for females and 1881 are mixed
The actual attendance at these schools
Is AGO. 746. and the annual amount appro-
priated for the support of public schools
is nearly S., 500 900.
! WEDN ESD AY, AUG. "a.
The war department has ordered Gen.
eral Breckenridge to abandon Cam
| Thomas at Chiekamauga park and ne
general is using every means to conn y
with the order as rapidly as possible
The various regiments will get out a.
fast as railroads can transport them
A proposition has been made for the
consolidation of the flour mills of Mime
apolis. Duluth and New York into one
company. A few years ago the mills OF