Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED,
"Wednesday. Aug. 10.


The government is shipping guam
ties of mules to the Philippines.
Announcement was made Of the mar
rage of Mrs. Langtry to Hugo Gerasd
de Battle, a rich Englishman.
All of Egypt is infected with the foot
and mouth disease. There have been
1927 cases reported since July Is.
The transport Senator sailed Tor
Manila yesterday, with about 700 Of
ficers and recruits and signal corps.
A reunion of ex-slave holders and
ex-slaves will probably be held In
Chattanooga during the latter part OF
September. This reunion will be the
first of its kind ever held.
Thursday, Aug. IL.
The Democrats of Iowa nominated
Fred w. White for governor.
The First Colorado regiment arrived
at San Francisco from Manila.
Boiling Democrats in Kentucky NOM
mated ]. Young Brown for governor.
Scarcity of iron and steel Is said to
be due to our enormous exports abroad.
The extreme lowness OF the Nile
threatens the Egyptian cotton crops
and the natives have been warned to
SOW early.
Medals were awarded yesterday to 20
men Of the gunboat Nashville who cut
the cables at Cienfuegos, Cuba, during
the late war
Friday, Aug. is.
In a telegram Admiral Dewey says
L L.,
Large quantities of supplies are being
forwarded to Porto Rico for hurricane
sufferers.
The fund in Philadelphia for the re-
lief of the Porto Rico sufferers has
reached the sum of $9,5Sl.5S.
A carriage containing six people fell
into the White river near Washington,
Ind, and all were drowned.
A cotton mill combine Is to be
formed to absorb s35, 100000 worth Of
Fall River manufacturing property.
An attempt was made to hold up a
train in Colorado by one man. The
express messenger and conductor we're
injured. The man was afterwards ar
rested badly wounded
saturday, Aug. ~.
The town of Placeville. Idaho. was
practically wiped out by fire.
Five men were drowned by the cap
sizing Of a boat off Point aux Barques,
Lake Michigan.
Prospects are more favorable for a
settlement of the South Jersey glass
blowers strike which has existed since
last April.
A man arrested near Rennes, France,
confessed he was Labori's assailant.
and gloriied the crime He is thought
to be insane.
Two negroes. Armestead Taylor and
John II. Brown, were hanged at Rock
vile, Md. fer the murder If Louis
ROsenstein and wife.
Monday, Aug. 81.
The bubOnic plague is reported to
have appeared in Spain.
Walter Wellman and party Of Arctic
explorers have arrived at Tromsoe.
Norway.
Price Henry of Prussia will return
from the far east in December by way
of the United States.
The bubonic plaques appearance in
Oporto, Portugal, is attributed to i'm
ports of rice from India.
Signor Marconi, who experiments in
wireless telegraphy at Dover, England.
will come to the United States next
month.
General JimineZ, the aspirant for the
presidency of Santo Domingo. has left
ho will fol
able possession of that Office.
James p. Young, a recently enlisted
private in the Thirtieth infantry
volunteers, was killed by a freight
train at Evanston. Ills, yesterday.
Eight hundred tons of supplies for
the Porto Rico sufferers are now on
board the transport Panther at Phila-
delphia. and she will sail this evening.
Tuesday, Aug. 20.
The Klondike output this year will
be fully s20,00O,O00.
There were two deaths from bu-
bonic plague yesterday in Portugal.
The number Of enlistments Saturday
for the Philippines was 247. making a
total Of 1892.
The contributions to the Dewey
Home fund yesterday were 1857, max
ing the total s19,12S.
One boy was killed and another NOR
tally wounded by a farmer whose
watermelon patch they were raiding at
Ouray. Colo.
A lamp exploded on the altar Of the
Church of Good Shepherd at Toledo, o.,
and the fire which ensued destroyed
the church.
Ralph Robbins was accidentally shot
and killed by his brother. William,
near their Adirondack camp Wiham
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