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continues.
German capitalists are planning TO
lay cable from that country TO the
United States.
The latest news from the Klondike
region says that typhoid fever is rag
Ing NJ Dawson.
a heavy earthquake shock was felt
In southern Greece on the 23rd. Sew
cral villages We're nearly destroyed.
There has been fresh lighting in the
Congo state between the Belgian
troops and the rebels, the former hav-
ing Sustained heavy losses, including
some white officers killed.
John Maxwell. Il Chicago newspaper
man. in the federal court, has been
awarded verdict of $4,000 against
Nat c. Goodwin, the actor. for in
fringement on MaXwcll's play, Con
gress."
Charles \. Williams. whose engage
ment 10 n san Francisco hciress was
broken Off upon the publication of his
previous history while at Cheyenne.
has sued the San Francisco Call for
$25O.0Oo damages.
Colonel Lee, chief quartcrmastcr of
the Department of the Lakes, has in
vited proposals for the erection of
large rcfrigerating plant at Manila for
the use Of the coinmissary department
of the United States In the Philip
pines. The plant, MS designed. will he
one of the largest of its kind ever built.
Mayor +. c. Hcsser of Fort Scott.
Kansas. has been expelled from Grace
NJ. T.. Church by public announcement.
because of his failure to make an cf-
fort to close the saloons of the city.
His wife thcreupon withdrew. Hesser
was elected rs a Prohibitionist. aud
his wife was president of the local w.
g. L. L. He has been n regular at
tendant of the church services.
At the instance of Surgeon General
Stcrnberg. Secretary Alger has or
dered the hospital ship Relief to Ma
Mia 10 serve there rs n hospital ship
and also for mn ambulance for tlG con-
veyancc of sick and wounded soldiers
from Manila TO Nagasaki or even to
San Francisco. The Relief is now nj
New York and will 90 by way of the
SucZ canal.
Colonel Ingcvsoll dclicvered n touch
ing eulogy Mt Kansas City last Sunday
over the remains of Mrs. Mary J. Bow
man. widow OF the late William @.
Bowman, who forty-threc years ago mt
Shawneetown. Illinois. occupied the
same law office with Ingcrsoll. Mrs.
Bowman was great admircr of the
colonel. and often expressed the wish
that he would otliciatc at her funeral.
With the first day of the coming
month 11H cents will be slashed from
the export grain r:ltc now in effect over
all eastern lines from Chicago TO all At
liant H.. Il t...ft lat
make the rate from Chicago to NewG0rk
1Sia cents and that from Philadelphia
ana Newport News liz cents. On the
same day the dressed beef rate will be
reduced five cents per 100 pounds. At
the present time is It Is ID cents.
The National Prison Association met
at New Orleans on the 23rd. Warden
Thaycr of DaEncmora prison. New
York. made an address on prison in
lustries. giving the results of many
years experience. Superintendent Scf-
ton of the Ohio Male Rcformutory
read Il paper on rcformatories for
adults. Joseph +. Byers of Ohio fol
lowed in an address on county jails
and municipal prisoners.
The reports received from various
parts of the country by the surgeon
general of the marine hospital service
and published In the official bulletin
yesterday show that the epidemic of
influenza is rapidly subsiding. and
that, although it has been more gen
cral than ever before. the disease was
of a milder type than in former years.
and the mortality comparatively small.
The indirect mortality. however. is not
given. although 1t is believed 10 be
much greater than the direct mortal
ity.
The Moscow tea board hns received
from China Il cablcgram announciu.
the continued success of the insurgents
in central China. The rebellion. which
began in the Llcn-Chou district, has
rapidly spread to the nOrthward. and
the rcvolutioniSts are gaining recruits
daily. The outlaw Nui. with 5000 rcb.
els has swept The imperial troops be.
fore him and has occupied the city of
Ky Yong. after II short siege. Rein.
forccmCnts of imperial troops are said
to he hurryinE 10 the assault of the
city.
Army officers at Havana nre finding
fault with the customs regulations
which exact duty OF 70 per cent on
the khaki uniforms sent them by
American tailors The quartermas.
tcr's department makes no provisions
for supplying officers With these uni. |
forms. and the men consider 1t hard. |
ship to pay an extra price for the uni. |
forms required by the climate but un.
uhtninablc in Havana. Tile expires. ,
offices are full of abandoned packages |
which the men decline to accept un-
less admitted free of duty.
The British iirst-class battleship |
Collingwood. driven by the strong cur. |
rents, collided with the British third |
class cruiser Cnracoa. mt Davenport. |
driving Il hole in the cruiser below her
water line. sweeping Off her bows and |
damaging gun sponsor. The Cura-
Goa filed rapidly and begun to list. A |
scene of the utmost excitement follow