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gated $1,710, 393, PCS, against $3.50, 7o6,-
SCI the previous week. The increase
compared with the corresponding week
of 1898 was 2s.7.
There were $40 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th. against 1872 the week
previous and III in the corresponding
period of 1898.
Admiral Schley has been assigned 10
command the South Atlantic station.
Noah Finley (colored) was hanged at
Pulaski, Va. for highway robbery and
attempted murder.
A freight train went through bridge
near Nebraska City, Neb., and three
men were killed and 20 cars destroyed
Funeral services over the remains Of
Cornelius Vanderbilt were held in St.
Bartholomew Episcopal church in
New York.
At the trust conference In Chicago
the opponents of concentrated capital
gave fun vent TO their beliefs, Bourke
Cochran, of New York, and Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, being among the
speakers.
The United States cruiser Boston has
been put ont OF commission.
Joseph Allen was hanged AT Helena,
Mont, for the murder OF j. S. Reynolds,
his partner in the strengthening bust
ness.
Near Platte Canyon, Col, Walter Banes
poisoned his wife and two children and
then killed himself. Poverty was the
cause.
Fire destroyed the Jacob North print
ing house in Lincoln, Neb. IL contained
an immense amount OF printing ma
ehinery and was the home OF many pub
locations.
Henry Gardner, n negro, aged IS, was
hanged in Mobile, Ala, for an attack
upon white girl under ten years Of
age.
New York city is ready for Admiral
Dewey, all details Sor his reception Sep
TENDER 2s. 20 and 30 having been com
The United Typothetae Of America.
in session in New Haven, Conn, adopted
a resolution reserving TO themselves the
right 20 employ whomsover they see fit
in the management OF their respective
Offices.
The -four millers OF Tennessee, Geor-
gia, Kentucky and Mississippi have de-
cided 10 advance the price OF -four ten
per cent.
Nine thousand carpenters in New
York city struck for four dollars day
and half holiday on Saturday the year
round.
Three Indian children were burned to
death in n fire on the reservation az
Kasck, Wis.
As result of domestic difficulty Mrs.
Earne Phillips, of Scotia, Neb., forced
her two children, aged one and two
years, to take carbolic acid and then
swallowed a dose of the poison herself.
The percentages OF the baseball clubs
In the National league for the week end
cd on the 18th were: Brooklyn, .70l;
Philadelphia. .634; Boston, Gle; Bal
timore, .5s3; St. Louis, .5G0 Cincinnati,
1853; Chicago, .5l1; Pittsburgh, AT;
Louisville, .462; New York, Ala; Wash
ington, .375; Cleveland, 1870.
In a riot between black and white
miners at Carterville, H., seven OF the
negroes were killed. Troops were sent
10 the place.
The trust conference In Chicago closed
with debate between Bourke Cochran.
of New York, and William j. Bryan. OF
Nebraska. President Howe, In sum
ming up the results OF the four days
meeting, said all agreed that combina-
tions i'm the form OF trusts In restric-
tion of trade and manufacture. which
by consensus OF judicial opinion are
unlawful, should so be declared by legis-
lation.
as n result OF the trust conference In
Chicago a new antitrust organization.
national in scope, has been formed, the
object being the capitalization of the
antitrust spirit throughout the coun-
try. NJ. L. Lockwood. OF Pennsylvania,
was elected president.
Frank Goodrich, 81 years old, prod
uce peddlcr at Weathersfield, Conn.
shot and killed Mary Berrigan. 10 years
old, and then killed himself. Jealousy
was the cause.
Six thieves terrorized the inhabitants
of Frankfort, H.. and robbed the tx
change bank Of 81, 500 in currency.
An adobe house five miles from Mora,
n. NJ, collapsed, killing Manuel Cor
dova and his wife and six children.
The worlds five-mile unpaced anna
teur bicycle record was broken at
Drockton. Mass. by James +. Ingra-
ham, his time being 1906.
A newspaper train on the Lackawana
road ran from New York to Buffalo, 40
miles, In seven hours and 20 minutes.
breaking all records.
The plant OF the American Fisheries
company at Promised Land. l.. l., was
destroyed by fire, the loss being $780,
600.
Twenty-seven white miners have been
arrested AZ Carteryillc, Ill. charged with
the recent shooting Of seven negroes.