The Van Buren press., 1899-09-02

ESTABLISHED Is
Owing to the prevalence OF the bu.
homie plague in Oporto, Portugal, the
nrefect of police of that city has issued
an order closing the public schools.
DR.. Max Thorner, widely-llnown
ear and nose specialist of Avondale,
O., dropped dead suddenly at his home
in that city, on the 27th, of heart dis
ease.
Dr. Campos Sales, president of Bra
zil, in the course of an interview
granted, on the .27th, to a correspond
ent of the press, declared that Brazil
would take no part in the Pan-Ameri-
can exposition in Buffalo.
Gen. Juan Isadro Jiminez, the revo-
lutionary aspirant to the presidency of
the republic of Santo Domingo, ar
rived at Santiago de Cuba, on the 28th,
with his two sons, by the South Coast
boat, but was not permitted to land.
Walter Wellman, the leader of the
Wellman polar expedition, who re-
turned to Tromsoe, Norway, August
II, after having successfully complet-
ed explorations in Franz Josef land,
arrived at Hull, England, ON the 2Sth.
The Union Veterans union closed its
annual convention at Des Moines, Ia,
on the 25th. The final reports showed
the order prosperous financially and
increasing rapidly in membership. The
next meeting will be held in Washing
ton in 1900.
According to advices from Ponte-
vedra, capital of the province of the
same name, northeast of Nigo, in
Spain, soldier belonging to the sani-
tary Gordon at that point was killed,
on the 27th, by bullet from Portu-
guese territory.
The Anti-Semites of Paris assert that
they are conveying food supplies by an
underground passage to Jules Guerin,
the anti-Semite agitator and his be-
leaguered companions at the head
quarters of the Anti-Semite league in
the Rue de Chabrol.
Frankfort -on-the-Mai was gaily
decorated with flags, on the 2Sth, in
honor of the one hundred and fifth an
niversary of the birth of Goethe, which
was celebrated on that day. The birth
place of the poet was crowded with
visitors from all parts of Europe and
America.
The establishment of blockade of
the ports. of the Philippine islands,
and especially those of Luzon, is Il
subject which is receiving attention at
the war department, although Secre-
tary Root says he has notyet Sufficient
information to warrant definite action
in the matter.
Owing to the development of five
cases of yellow fever of a mild type
Havana, in Cabanas fortress, the con-
tingent there was removed, on the
2sth, to a camp about a mile away. 1t
is believed that this will prevent any
general outbreak.
The National Union Veterans union,
in session at Des Moines, Ia, on the
gath, adopted resolutions denouncing
Gov Shaw for appointing j. Rush Lin
coin, an eX-confederate, as brigadier
general of Iowa troops when they were
called into service at the opening of
the war with Spain.
BY the falling of ~ steel arches be-
ing used in the construction of the
coliseum in Chicago and each weigh
ing 33 tons, on the 2Sth, six workmen
were killed and a large number were
fatally or seriously injured. The con-
tractors were about to turn their fin
ished work over to the builders.
The Florida end of the Mama-Ha-
vana cable was successfully landed at
Mama, Fla, on the 25th. The mer-
chants closed their stores, and hun
dreds of persons, with brass band,
gathered at the terminal station to
witness the landing and accorded n
hearty welcome to the new enter
prise.
The United States transport Nc
Clelland sailed from Brooklyn, on the
23d. for San Juan, with a relief cargo
for suffering Porto Ricans. The cargo
consisted of $4,000 womens vests, 4,SO0
calico wrappers, 4,200 mems under
shirts, 600 pairs of mems trousers, and
a varied assor onent OF other clothing,
food, medicines and building materi-
ais.
A statement of the receipts of the
Philippine islands from the date OF
occupation by the United States gov
ernment to July last shows that the
total receipts from all sources for the
period named was S5,249,411. The re-
ceipts from all sources by ports for
the above-named period were: Manila,
S3,4s4, PAS; 1loilo, 265,360; Cebu, $780,
1876.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen
has advised the Dewey reception COM
mittee in New York that the depart