The Monticellonian., 1899-10-13
l. NEWS OF THE WORLD.

British army officers are buying , mules ill Texas to be shipped to Africa.
 The gossips are trying to marry Admiral Dewey to a wealthy Wash ton widow.
 Dewey will receive slO,O00 chronometer from the municipality of Boston.
 All liquor houses within the Tran8yaal republic have been closed by order of President Kruger. V Gen. Funston arrived at San Francisco from Manila on the hos pltal ship SoIace on the Eth.
 The coal miners strike at Dan vile, Ill.,, has been settled, the de- mands of the men being granted.
 Fifteen hundred ship ioiners at the Cramp ship yards, Philadelphia, struck on the 21st for nine hour day.
 At the expiration of his present term, Secretary of the Treasury Gage will engage in banking in New York City.
 Archbishop Potter will go to the Philippines to look after the inter- ests of the Episcopal church in that country.
 While digging an artesian well on a farm near Tyler, Tex, workmen struck d solid bed of salt at depth of 200 feet.
 An international exhibition. on the same lines as that of Paris next year, is to take place in the year 1910 at Rome.
 Forty three horses, including number of thoroughbreds, were cremated in a livery stable fire Ut fanitou, Colo.
 It is reported Dreyfus has accepted the offer of an American publisher to write his impressions of his last trial at Rennes.
 The land office at Washington Is having made d new map of the United States which will show all her col onial possessions.
 Samuel Billup, of St. Louis, shot and killed his wife The only ex- cuse Billup gave for his act was that his wife would not obey him.
 Secretary Chamberlain has notified all British colonial governments that their offer of troops for service in South Africa has been accepted.
 At Burlington, To-. Henry Knopp fatally shot his father Ill order to save his hother from injury. The elder Rnopp was beating his wife when the boy came to the rescue
 Suits are to be instituted against number of wealthy contractors, said to have been implicated with Capt. Carter, U. s. A., convicted of defrauding the government out of couple of million dollars.
 Seven hundred boiler makers and iron ship builders, with about 200 helpers, went on strike October 4th at Cramps ship yard for a working day of nine hours. The machinists and blacksmiths, numbering nearly 300, have been on a strike for sev- eral weeks.
 The Mallory line steamer Leona and cargo, the latter valued at s30O,- GOO, was burned at the wharf in East river, New York City. The boat, which sailed from Galveston Sep tember 21th, caught fire at sea and made a run at full speed for three days to make port.
 A crank giving the name of J. NJ. Anderson has been annoying Miss Helen Gould lately by writing her letters, claiming to be her hus- band. He called at Miss Gould's residence and insisted on seeing the lady, when an officer was called and the man was locked up.
 Near Arapahoe, Okla, Joe Holli- day, who had been discharged from the employ of Mrs. C. Never, re- turned in an intoxicated condition and attempted to force his way into the house. While he was struggling with Mrs. Never at the door. her l2-year-old son procured Winches- ter and shot and killed him.
 While Gus Exonkemper and his wife were absent from their home at Hollister, O., their house burned and their two children, aged 3 and years, were cremated.
 Acting Secretary Allen has pre- pared statement of estimates which will be subTS itted to congress for the maintenane1 of the navy for the next fiscal year. These amount to $73, 045, 1S3, an increase over the appropriation for the current year of S24, ,3f5, 1S1.
 The secretary of war has issued an order discontinuing the military de-