The Van Buren press., 1899-05-20

XGenerals Macarthur and Lawton, the
Xonlv casualties suffered by our troops
#being one man wounded. The town was
said to be garrisoned by 5000 Filipinos,
Failures throughout the United
Estates for the week ended. on the 18th,
Xaccording to Dun's Commercial Re-
#yiew. were 1865, against 246 for the cor
Responding week last year. For Cana
4 da the failures were 20, against "a last
year.
The cases of the II Filipinos who
were denied landing at San Francisco,
on the 11th, will be appealed to Wash
#ington. The papers have been sent to
J Commissioner-Gener of Immigration
8 powderly, and he will decide whether
the Filipinos are actors or merely con-
tract laborers.
] One of the largest gatherings ever
j seen in Minneapolis, Mimi, adopted
: resolutions, on the 14th, in sympathy
with the administration of affairs in
i connection with the Philippines. The
names of Mckinley and Dewey were
8cheered to the echo several times dur
ing the afternoon.
Il Gen. Gomez notified Gov.-Gen.
i Brooke, on the 18th, that he could no
#loneer act in the matter of the dis
#tribution of the $3,000,00 to the Cuban
II he
Z distribution without other aid from
#Cubans than the Identification of pri-
Yates by the company commanders,
4 Admiral Farragut's famous old flag
8ship Hartford, which for many years
#las been ON the Pacific coast, is COM
#ing east She has been selected as a
! training ship for landsmen, who will
be recruited almost entirely in the CEN
i tral. western and lake states. The ves-
#sel has been completely modernized.
8 An equestrian statue of Maj. .-Gen.
8John T. Hartranft, former governor of
pennsylvania, in Capitol park, at Har-
7risburg, was unveiled, on the 18th,
with impressive ceremonies in the
&presence of large concourse of peo-
&ple, including many veterans of Gen.
#Hartranft division of the Ninth corps.
Representatives of over 25 mining
concerns who control the output of
E soft coal in Illinois and Indiana, met
lin Chicago, on the 12th, to consider an
4advance in the price of coal. Higher
&rates of transportation and an increase
Il lin the cost of labor are given as the
Ireasons which make the contemplated
Ichange necessary.
William Vaneck, Of Passaic, n. j.,
who started on European trip sew.
eral months ago, is a prisoner in Ger.
many on a charge of lese majestic
While in German beer garden he got
into a discussion of the Spanish war
4 although he is of German descent, he
said that the kaiser was big stiff
and got six months for it.
4 Sir Henry Irving, whose recent worh
A in the title role of Sardou's drama
A "Robespierre" at the Lyceum theater
= London, has been exceedingly trying
was taken seriously i'll, on the 14th
with an affection of the throat. His
4 son, Lawrence, who is Sir Henry's un'
( derstudy in several notable roles, wal
compelled to take his fathers place.
F. A. Vanderlip, assistant secretary
h of the treasury; Charles Allen, assist
4 ant secretary of the lavy; Perry
A Heath. assistant postmaster general;
Brig .-Gen. Corbin and Ellis II, Roberts
. treasurer of the United States, have
been appointed a national committee
to take charge of the funds with which
+ 10 purchase a home for Admiral Dew
4 ey in Washington.
The United States gunboat Nashville
weighed anchor, early on the morning
F. OF the 18th, and started from st. Louii
on her return to the gulf. The custo
mary salutes were exchanged as sht
passed jefferson barracks. The otficer
" ana crew expressed themselves as de
lighted at their treatment during theii
stay. One of the jackies was heard ts
say that "the pace was too hot fol
him.
Students of the Princeton IN. j.
university attacked the procession ad
Vertising Pawnee Bill's Wild West
snow, on the 18th, it being regarded as
an unwritten law that no circus is to
show in that town. The fight begaT
with stale eggs, cannon crackers, vege'
tables and turfs of grass, but soon
rocks and pistols were introduced on
'he one side and whips and bolas on
,he other, and many persons were in
iured.
on the 14th Col. Victor Vifquain ten
uered to the president the services OF
'he Third Nebraska regiment, which
mad just been mustered out, but was
Wiling to re-enIist to take the place
VI the First Nebraska, now in Luzonr
out soon to return TO this country
Mr. Mckinley thanked the regiment
ior It's patriotic motives, and said that
,ls offer would be kept in mind should
II ever again be necessary to- enlist
more volunteers.
Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania has made
cut of S1,OOO,0O0 in the school appro'
pnation, and reduced several Other
items, whereby he saves in the aggre'