Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-12
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF,

A negro was lynched at Van Buren,.
Ark, for assaulting a white woman
last April
A detachment OF log marines at
Washington navy yard has been or
dered to Manila
Extensive counterfeiting in the
Philippine Islands is urged as q reason
for the sending OF secret service
agents there
The negroes of South McAlester,
Ind Ter, have inaugurated a plan to
solve the negro question They are
preparing a monster petition to Con-
gress, requesting that they be deport-
ed to Liberia They realize that
they cannot live in harmony with the
whites and seek to be removed.
Two United States warships hover
around the Dominican republic,
guarding American interests
England insists that the Commits
sion OF inquiry into the TransvaaI
| troubles shall investigate only the
franchise question Kruger calls
halt and demands general inquiry.
The rise in Pittsburg & Gulf secur-
tiles emphasizes the fact that deal is
on with the Chicago & Alton
Attorney General Crow of Missouri
has brought quo warranto proceed
ings against tkirty-eight additional
foreign insurance companies
General Jiminez, the Dominican rev.
olutionist, announces that they were
his agents who slew President Heur,
eaux, and that he has warned Presi-
| dent Figuereo to leave San Domingo
Attorney General Smith of Texas
says he will bring proceedings to for
felt the charter of the Kansas City
| Pittsburg & Gulf
Albert Uhlers. 25, is dead at st
Paul, Mimi, of Iockjaw, resulting
from a blow given him by his father.
| The father is under arrest.
1t has been decided to have 5, 900 or
| 10, 600 children at Grants tomb, in
New York, on the second day of the
| Dewey celebration, who will be
formed into a square and will sing
national songs in honor of the ad-
/ miral.
At Wilburton, L T.. Alexander
Brisco shot and killed Thomas Short.
Jealousy is supposed to have been the
cause. Brisco was held
The Pennsylvania regiment has
| brought back from the Philippines
four quaint historic cannon from the
collection that was in the old Spanish
arsenal in Manila
The city council of Fort Dodge,
| Iowa, has passed an ordinance pro-
! viding that no milk shall be sold in
the city from cattle that have not
been tested and found free from tu-
berculosis.
A farmer named Christwold, living
near Cumberland, Wis, committed
suicide by placing a quantity of dy-
Mantle in hole, laying his head over
it and touching off the fuse
The Yaqui Indians have uprisen
and a prolonged war with the Mexican
government is expected. Many Amer
leans are reported killed The In
dams were dissatisfied because Amer
icons invaded their gold fields
The Ingersou Monument Fund is
proving popular. Subscriptions are
being received from Europe as well as
| America.
Four now cases of yellow fever have
been reported at Santiago de Cuba
within the last four days. General
Wood believes he has the disease IN
| der control
Germany, it is reported, has decided
to take no action on the conclusions
reached by the peace conference, re-
garding them as worthless
Maryland Democrats selected these
state candidates at the Baltimore con-
vention: For governor, John Walter
Smith; attorney general, Isidore Ray
ner; comptroller, Joshua w. Herring.
The convention was unusually har-
| Donious.
Iowa Republicans nominated their
ticket at Des Moines- Governor, Les
lie N. Shaw; acknowledgements, J.
c. Millman; superintendent of public
| instruction, c. Barrett: railroad COM
missioner, E. A. Dawson; supreme
judge, John C. Sherwin.
The anti-GoebeI Democrats of Ken
lucky have called a state convention
for August i6 to nominate a state
ticket.
Two of the assassins of President
HeureauX have been captured and
shot by Dominican troops
J. N. Mckinley, first cousin of
President Mckinley, is under arrest
at Fitzgerald, Ga, charged with dis
turbing the peace of J. NJ Flicker, a
neighbor and g. a. R comrade.
Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska have
agreed to unite in a war against
| grasshOppers-
President Mckinley has denied the
application for pardon of Henry
Gardes, former president OF the Ma
tionaI Bank OF New Orleans, who is
serving an eight-year sentence in the
Ohio penitentiary for misappIying the
funds of the bank.
Willard Sharum a merchant at
Guthrie. Ok, attempted to kill mis-
wife and commit suicide by placing
poison IN quart of beer. They both
are in a critical condition. Jealousy
IS believed to have been the motive
for the act.
Colonel R q. IngersolI left no will
His theory was that "a mans estate
should be settled and distributed by
the machinery of the law constructed
for that purpose
James EnwistIe. who was a feet en-.
gineer with Dewey's squadron during
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