The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
NEWS SUMMARY.

1OT Cuc Cdpc NOlllc ulBS iHSS.
The Tod Slsan assault case has been
finally settled by the payment VI $1,000
to the waiter.
The treaty confirming the agreement
of Marianne islands, Germany, has
been signed in Madrid.
The search for the murderers Of Mar.
tin Meier, the wealthy Swiss recluse OF
Chicago, has been given up.
The French chamber of deputies have
adopted a resolution authorizing duly
qualified women to practice at the bar.
Arthur F. Carey has reached Lynn,
Mass. after tour around the world
on a wheel. He left Lynn July /, 1896.
In a battle with highbinders in
Chinatown. San Jose. Deputy Sheriff
V. l.. Bache was shot in the side and
badly wounded.
Fifty students from Uruguay will be
sent by their government to attend
agricultural and industrial schools in
the United States.
Almost every article of trade into
which iron and steel enters TO any
considerable degree will be higher in
price after the coming month.
According to advices brought from
the Orient by the steamship Glenoble,
China still continues in a state Of un-
certainty which borders on revolu-
tion.
William Jennings or "Bill" Ryan.
one of the convicted Mocomb train rob-
bers, has made a written confession of
the crime of which he has been found
guilty.
In consequence of his daily exertions
during the religious ceremonies, the
pope is now suffering great prostra-
tion, together with Slight attack of
fever
The French consul at Mcng Tseu,
province of Yum Yam, China, where
anti-foreign disturbances recently oc-
Cured, reports that the situation is un-
changed.
There were Incorporated with the
secretary of state of New Jersey dur
ing June :O5 companies, making total
Of /, ,179 companies for the six months
of the year.
In East Waco, Texas. the water from
Brazos river has flooded the city. Main
street is SIX feet deep, the business
houses are under water and all mer
chandise is ruined.
A. Altman, a clerk in a leading'dry
goods store at Racine, Wis, week ago
received a silver dollar in payment for
goods that brought him $1,000. The
coin is dated 1904 and is very valua-
BILE.
The merchants of Buenos Ayres are
beginning a crusade against unpopular
laws on taxes and duties of that coun-
try, which are very eXacting, espe-
cially on foreigners doing business
there.
A semi-official note has been issued
in Paris declaring that there is no
foundation for the rumors of a dis
agreement between the British and
French squadrons in Newfoundland
waters.
Mayor James Balbirnie of Muskegon,
Mich, was assassinated by j. w.
Tayer, a disappointed ot1iceseeker.
Tayer shot Mayor Balbrnie while the
latter was standing in the doorway of
his store.
A German, whose name is not given,
stole So, 600 in gold dust from miners
cabin at Cape Nome. He was arrested
by committee of miners to whom he
confessed the robbery. The committee
hanged him.
The confederation of artisans of Ii
ma, Peru, has decided to take criminal
action against the chief of police, who
is charged with torturing prison crs,
among whom were some members of
that organization.
Important tests with thorite, a new
high explosive, are being conducted
by the board of ordinance and fortifi
cations at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds. 1t is the invention of an
Oregon professor.
The encouragement of Peru has
brought action against two priests
who are charged with illegally treat
ing child suffering from a disease
The priests have fled. The child was
attending a church school.
The Chicago Packing and Provision
company has shut down, announcing
that they would not attempt to oper
ate their packing houses until tn,
strike was over. Practically all the
other packing houses were in the mar
ket.