The Van Buren press., 1899-04-01
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

The president arrived in Washing
ton apparently much relieved by his
visit to the south.
Aguinaldo is reported to have re-
moved his headquarters from Malolos
to San Fernando.
Fifteen hundred employees of tho
Norton Bros tin can factory at May
wood, H., are out on strike.
The stockholders of the American
Tobacco Co. have agreed to increase
the capital stock from $35,oo0,0 900 to
$70,OOO,000.
The earnings of the American Bell
Telephone Co. for the year 1898
amounted to $5,54s, ,7o1, with expenses
of s1,o54,734.
The delegates from the Cuban as
sembly have arrived in Washington to
put in their request for n larger sum
for the Cuban army
A list prepared in the office of the
adjutant general shows the casualties
in Manila since February to be 157
killed and s64 wounded.
Joseph Steinhaur, while stealing a
ride on the pilot of Hannibal & st.
Joseph railroad train near ST. Joseph,
Mo-, was fatally injured
Gen. Hughes has been named to sue
eeed Gen. Miller in command of the
troops at Iloilo Gen. Miller is re-
tired under the age limit.
Irving Taylor, the 16-year-old boy
arrested in New York city as a firebug,
is suspected of knowledge of the sud-
den death of his brother and sister.
England and France were success
fully connected, Tuesday, by wireless
telegraphy. Messages were repeated
ly exchanged between Dover and Bou-
logne.
Naval cadets about to graduate will
rank after those second lieutenants
appointed from civil life or accepted
because Of the service during the Span
ish war
The transport Zealandia, with sew
eral companies of the Ninth infantry
and large cargo of supplies on
board, sailed for Manila via Honolulu
Tuesday.
An express car containing 12 thor
oguhbreds belonging to Barney
Schneider and D. A. Honig, st, Louis
hersemen, was destroyed by fire at
Bagdad, Cal, Monday night.
The officials of the department OF
charities and corrections of New York
city are disturbed by report that the
government would condemn Hart's
island for military purposes.
The battleship Kearsarge's comman-
der is to be Capt. William M. Folger.
former head of the ordnance bureau
during the war with Spain. Capt.
Chester will command the Kentucky.
Ten men were horribly burned, two
of them probably fatally, by the
blowing off of monster cylinder head
on blowing engine in blast furnace
of the Cambri Steel Co., at Johnstown,
Pa.
Anthony Swain, horticultural be-
tween Bloomington and Normal, ILL.,,
shot himself in the temple with a
rifle. He died few hours later. He
had been driven to distraction by the
grip.
The war department has ordered
three light batteries to Manila-Bat-
terry E, First artillery; F, Fourth ar
tillery, and y, Fifth artillery. These
will take "a selected horses each for
wheel teams.
j. f. f. Wallace, 65 years old, one
Of Cobden's Qll.) pioneer settlers and a
prominent citizen, died suddenly from
a stroke of paralysis. The deceased
had held the Office of justice Of the
peace in Union county for 30 years.
A terrific storm passed over OpelilSa,
Ala, Tuesday. The roof was blown
off the Mineral Well hotel, and in the
eastern part of the city a two-room
house was damaged, and Amy Huegley
was instantly killed.
Fire was discovered in the cafe on
the ground floor of the Times build
ing, in New York city. The fire de-
partment responded quickly to a call,
and the flames were extinguished in
B. few minutes.