The Afro-American advance., 1899-10-07
.A1VEEK'S=RECORD
ALL the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
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and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

honor of Admiral Dewey was the great
est display of the kind in the history
of the nation. Warships and countless
other crafts sailed up the Hudson TO
| Gen. Grants tomb and returned, the
sight being witnessed by at least
| 100000 people on land and 900 on
board vessels. The Olympia led the
parade. In the evening a magnificent
display of fireworks took place.
September was the twelfth consecu-
| tive month in which the volume of bust
ness throughout the country was great
er than in the same month of any pre-
yious year.
The Arkansas deaf-mute institution
at Little Rock was burned, the loss be-
ing 100000.
Fire starting in the Palace hotel at
Grants Pass, Ore, destroyed l6 busi-
ness houses, eight warehouses and n
number of small residences.
w. c. Linn, first cousin of President
Mckinley, was killed in his cabin In the
galena mining district in South Dakota
by an explosion of powder.
All the Americans in southern Cuba
| joined in spirit with their eountrymen
In the United States and paid tribute
TO Admiral Dewey.
The transports Nelson. Glenogle and
Sheridan left San Francisco for Manila
with over $500 men.
Gen. Wood, commanding the depart
ment of Santiago, in his annual report
says the water supply in Santiago de
| Cuba has been doubled, the streets inn
| proved. modern sewerage and waste
systems introduced and the death rate
reduced one-half.
The Big Four freight depot and ware
house in Cincinnati was ruined by fire,
| the loss being probably 81, 100000.
! win i. McGaughey, son Of Sheriff II.
| o. McGaughey, died in Muscatine la,
from injuries sustained while playing
| football.
Walter Clyatt, plumber, killed his
wife and himself at Albina, Ore, Jcal-
ousy was the cause.
The percentages Of the baseball clubs
i'm the National league for the week end
! Ing on the lst were: Brooklyn, .6s4;
Philadelphia. 622; Boston, .G2l; BAL
timore, .594; ST. Louis. 500; Cincin-
natl, SAT; Chicago. .504; Pittsburgh,
.493; Louisville, .4s9; New York, .4l3;
Washington, .34s; Cleveland. 1875.
Alexander Wustlich, an aged and
wealthy German, was killed at Stock
dale, Pa, and his wife fatally wounded
by burglars.
Fred Pelton, negro who assaulted
six women, was sentenced In Little
Rock, Ark, to lis years imprisonment.
The Halliday Milling company's new
elevator. containing 250,0o0 busels of
wheat, was burned at Cairo. H., the loss
being 100000.
The plant of the Illinois Cereal com
paDy near Bloomington was burned,
causing a loss OF $3.50. 900, and Melvin
Penn and Burt King persisted in the
flames.
Joseph Burns was killed In football
game at Belvidere. Ill.
Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter, OF the United
States army engineers, was convicted Of
malfeasance in office. discharged from
the army and sentenced TO FIVE years
imprisonment in the military prison at
Fort Leayenworth, Kan.
Municipal elections will be held
throughout Porto Rico on the Goth inst.
The Australian system Is TO be used and
the officers elected will hold Office un-
I'll November. 1900.
). Il. IIemsen, county surveyor, claims
10 have witnessed the outbreak of vol
cano 20 miles from Creede. Col.
New York wound up her official re-
ception 20 Admiral George Dewey with
the presentation Of loving cup, valued
at $1,000, aud a great land parade
In the evening the crews of the Olympia
and other vessels OF the fleet we're en-
tertained at smoker at the Waldorf.
Astoria hotel.
Thirty-two business houses and res
licences in Nebo. H.. a town of 500 in
habitants, were destroyed by fire.
A treasury statement shows that for
the three months ended September 30
the receipts Of the government exceed
ed the expenditures by 50. .7o3, SOILS.
Mrs. Fanny Scott. a widow, locked
her three children in her home near At
lania, Ga, to 60 TO q dance. and the
house WAS burned and the children Gre
mated.
Admiral Dew arrived In Washing
ton and vas given magnificent recep-
ton. He was given the freedom of the
District Of Columbia. greeted by his old
friends Of the navy partment and
then Was presented 20 the president and
Mrs. Mckinley. Later in the evening
he reviewed . parade that filed Penn
I
other.
The public debt statement issued on
the % shows fhnt the debt aeereatea
g .fgzl. .775 during the month of septem-
ber. The cash balance ln the treasury
Was Sl.6fs.24l .Gss. The total debt. ieAs
the cash balance in the treasury.
amounts 10 &I.iss. .g9s. 80.
The town Of sirafford. Mo. waa al
most entirely ce1tro1ed bT FIRE.