The age-herald., 1899-07-04

The Spanish senate has ratified the peace treaty and adjourned.
 While bathing in the river at New Or leans Sunday George Lannes, aged 1T years, was drowned.
 Major-General Nelson A. Miles is the guest of Hon. John Sherman and wife at Mansfield, o.
 Fire this morning destroyed Potter's op- era house at Bowling Green, Ky, and sev- eral business houses causing a loss of $6c.00O; insurance not known.
 The contributions to the Dewey homo fund today amounted to A01, making to- tai so far of s12522. The contributors to date number 10,44
 The steamer Tees arriving at Vancouver from the Illondike had sloooOOo in gold on board. Wallace Hayward, a former Van couver policeman, had s5O,o90 in dust.
 The total number of yellow fever cases, Neracruz Mex, in June was 466, and the deaths were 190 showing the virulence of the disease during the present epidemic, which bids fair to last into the late autumn. The epidemic has damaged trade
 The delegates to the international con- gress of women were entertained by the London Society of American Women at luncheon at the Hotel Cecil today. Mrs. Hughes Griffin presided supported by the Countess of Aberdeen and Mrs. Choate.
 The following naval officers have been temporarily retired under the naval person. nel act. the retirements dating from June 30 last: Commanders Henry s. Ross and John L. Hannum: Lieutenant Commanders Wm II. Driggs John H. Moore, Hawley o. Kit tenhouse Robert G. Peck Herman F. Flick hohm. Gustavus G. Hanus and Henry H. Barrol
 The American colonies in the various Mexican cities will celebrate the Fourth of July by balls. dinners and picnics,t Many prominent Mexicans will participate by ln- vitation. Rains have been very general over the entire republic, insuring good crops.
 Late Oriental advices state that twenty ringleaders of the rioters who destroyed and burned the electric tramway cars of Seoul last month were executed in public a Coreas capital four weeks ago. They met their fate bravely. Their heads were cut off and exhibited in public places as a warning to all evil doers.
 News has been received at Seattle that members of the Folger party, supposed to have perished in the wilds of interior Alaska, are etll alive. Almost crazed by hunger and hardships, they were taken in- to Arctic City by a relief party, where they were tenderly cared for by the Winthrop mining people and restored to health.
 Very serious disturbances are in progress at-Nalencia, Spain. Under the orders of the captain-general of Valencia, General Molto. the troops occupied the streets Sat urday morning and now hold all the strategic posts. At the beginning of the riots the mob placed obstacles on the street railway tracks and stopped the cars, ston- ing the gendarmes when they tried to re- move the barriers.
 Two young merchants, J. l.. Rogers and 7 Clinton D. Wingfield at Camp Verde, forty miles east of Prescott. Ariz., were murdered last night. Two masked men rode up to their store, remaining guard while the other entered the store and ordered Rogers and two others to throw up their hands. Before an opportunity was given them to comply the robber opened fire, kill ing both men and seriously wounding Cap tain John Boyd.