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The Van Buren press., 1899-08-05
THE CASE OF MRS. MAVERICK.
Mr.. Michael Davitt Insists Upon
Prodding the British Government
in the Matter.

London, Aug. In the house Of
commons Mr. Michael Dayitt, national
ist asked what action the government
of the United States had taken in be,
half of Mrs. Maybrick, the American
woman now undergoing sentence Of
Imprisonment for life after having
been convicted of poisoning her hus-
band; whether petitions had been re-
ceived from public bodies and persons
in America, and if the secretary of
state for home affairs, Sir Mathew
White Ridley, would present papers TO
the house with the governments re-
plies? The home secretary answered
the questions, saying representations
had been made in favor of Mrs. May
brick by the American government
through the United States ambassador
here. Mr. Joseph II. Choate. and that
numerous representations had been
made by private individuals. But, he
added, it would be contrary to prac-
tice to present papers dealing with the
exercise of the royal prerogatiye.
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A RoUsING WELCOME HOME.
The Nebraska Regiment and the
Utah Artillery Get Cordial We'll
come ,at San Francisco.

San francisco. Aug. 1.-The disem-
barking of the First Nebraska infan-
try ard the Utah light artillery from
the transport Hancock gave San Fran
ciscans a second opportunity 10 vel
come returning soldiers from the
Philippines. Early in the day the
streets in the lower part of the city
and On the line of march to the Presi-
dio where the boys will go into camp,
became crowded with people ANXIOUS
to witness the passing of the troops,
and long before the order 10 march
was given, every available point from
which a good view of the parade could
be had was occupied by enthusiastic
people.
Flags and bunting streamed from
nearly every building and many of the
people along the line of march carried
American flags which they waved con-
stantly as the veterans marched to-
ward the Preside. Whistles were cont
stantly blown from the time the men
started on their march till they
passed from the business section of the
city into the fashionable residence
quarter along Van Ness avenue and
out to the Preside. Added to the
noise of the whistles was that of clang-
ing bells, the firing of cannon and the
explosion of fireworks. Market street
had been cleared of all traffic and it
was nearly ten o'clock before the head
of the procession turned into that
thoroughfare. Gen. Shafter had pro-
vided an escort of artillery, and this
body of soldiers, with band. headed
the procession.
As the regimental officers of the Ne
braskans turned into Market street
mighty cheer was given. The band
came next playing lively airs and then
followed the men, attired in their CAM
paign uniforms. The soldiers looked
very well as they marched along, and
their soldierly appearance brought
forth much favorable comment. The
men were cheered TO the echo as they
proceeded along the line of march. but
the sight of the battle flag of the Ne
braskans seemed to arouse all the en-
thusiasm the spectators could muster.
The hospital corps brought up the
rear of the Nebraska regiment and
seated in the wagons were several
wounded men.
Then came the Utah light artillery.
headed by Maj. Grant. The band fol-
lowed and then came the diminutive
mascot of the Utah boys, little ehap
of perhaps 10 years, attired in a uni
form of the regiment and carrying n
silver tlagon. The Utah artillery fol
lowed and the welcome they received
was fully rs demonstrative as that
given the Nebraska boys who had pre-.
cedpd them
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River News.
THE MARKET REPORT.
THURSDAY, Aug. g.
Grain and Provisions,

ST. Louis Flour Patents &C. 40GS 80:
other grades, $2S0a325 Wheat-No 2 red
6el%@7Oc. Corn-No. mixed 32c. Oats =
No 2 2l@2ll2c, Hay-Prairie. $450a75Q;
timothy, l0O0ql3.0O; choice clover 5000
10EC. Butter-Creamery l6a1Sc: dairy. l2fg
ljc Eggs-Fresh, SC. Lard-Prime steam,
5lO. Pork - New mess, 1925. Bacon
clear rib, sac. Wool - Tub-washeG
2cd2lc; Missouri and Illinois medium
combng, zoe; clothing, 19%.c; other grades,
l3ulgc.
Chicago-Closing quotations. Wheat
September 6924 a70c; December. 7l7qIg
May, 74s4c, Corn-August, 3dssc; Septem-
3Gc Oats-August, l9Ac; september, 1896;
December, 1890, May, 21Afl1l3sc. Pork
August. S.25; September, $3.50; october,
1875. Lard-August, s522k; September,
@.Mh' October, $5So96 S21a; December,
tember. sis5; October. A97i1Q500; Janu-
ary SASS.
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Latest Report From the Home.

Norfolk, Va, Aug. IA message
home. at Hampton, says that there
have been three death from yellow
feve, since Sunday and 80 eases are
now under treatment. Expert sur
geons and immune nurses are being in
stalled and rigid quarantine regula-
tionr are enforced. He does not think
the disease will spread beyond the
home The most plausible theory OF
the introduction of the disease is
that the germs were imported on the
transport that brought sick soldiers
from Santiago.
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VIII Fight ExtraditIon,

Chicago, Aug. 1.-State's Attorney
ives who went to Seattle, Wash. "a
bring back VIM. Armstrong. the bar
tender in the employ of Dan Coughlin,
beth of whom have been indicted for
alleged jury bribing, that a hard legal
battle will be fought to prevent. if
possible, Armstrong; eXtradition. At
toineys for Armstrong have notified
GOV. Rogers of Washington that they
will oppose eNtradition on constitu-
tionsl grounds. All the necessary doe
uments bearing on Armstrong; extra.
lition have reached Seattle.
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THE NEN WAR Secretary.
hon. Elihu Root Takes the Oath of
Office as Secretary of
War.
DISTINGUISHED PARTY OF WITNESSES.
Congratulations rendered the New
Secretary and FnreweIls to the
oId-Gen. Nelson A. Miles and His
Full staff Among Those Present
mt the Ceremony.

Washington, Aug. 2.-Mr. Elihu
Root. took the oath of Office as secre-
tary of war at 1915 a. M. The cere-
mony occurred in the large Office of
the secretary of war in the presence
of Secretaries Gage and Hitchcock,
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, a
large number of army officers, lin uni
form. and other employees and officials.
The oath was administered by Judge
Ccle. of the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
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German's satisfied for One.

Berlin, Aug. "A dispatch received
from Apia, Samoa, under date of July
27, says that the Germans there are
satisfied with the appointment of Mr..
Luther w. Osborne, United States con.
sui general At Apia, as acting chief JUS
tice, and regarded as pledge of i'm.
partial administration of justice.
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MORE TROOPS COMING HOME.
North Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho
Men ON Board the Grant En- Route
for Home.

Washington, Aug. More volun-
teers are en- route 10 San Francisco
from, Manila according 10 this dis
patch from Gen. Otis:
Manila, July 30.-Adiutent General
Washington: North Dakota, Wyo-
ming and Idahos on transport Grant
ready to depart. Desire to delay until
tomorrow 10 receive monthly pay, per-
mitted.
"0VNIS -
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Live stock Market.

St uis-Cattle-Fancy export, s, SS
5.65 butchers, A50d5 As; stockers $3.50
Packing. s40Oa4.55: butchers, s44Od46l;
light, A.OOd450. Sheep-Native sheep, S0
Q40O; yearlings, A.25d5.25; spring lambs
s4,50q625.
Chicago-Hogs-Mix and butchers,
Sl.1OQ452i3; good heavy, t4356D450, rough
heavy, sS.S5d42O; light, &.54460 Cattle
-Beeves, 81. 4.50d5 so; cows and heifers, SW
q4s0; Texas steers, So S50q5.25, stockers
and feeders, 3.25q4 S5. Sheep-Muttoh
sheep s3.0OM5.000; lambs S3.5017.00.
Kansas City-Cattle-Native steers AD
a5.6Il2, Texas steers, $3.a5a45O; Texas
cows. ~ .50Q3.65; native cows and helfeis'
81 l5G5.25; stockers and feeders, S.OOq5'V'
Hogs Heavy and mixed, 81 20Gi437l7; pack
ers. &.2O6i4.30; light, $i15n4 40; workers.
$LSs44 40, Sheep Lambs, A.0OQ5.sO; NUT
tons, S3.5064.5 So
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THE INTERNATIONAL PHASE.
The Louisiana Lynchings of Italians
May Yet Prove to be Serious
Affair.

Washington, Aug. 2.-The interna-
tional phase of the Italian iynchings in
Ltuisiana has assumed a rather more
st tiious aspect as a result of several
official reports received here. These
shCw that the Italian officials on the
scene believe that four out of the five
II, lynched were Italian citizens
While the reports are not final, the
Italian authorities have no doubt they
will be borne out by the inquiries now
in progress.
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Fatal kentucky Duel.

Knoxville, Tenn. Aug. IA fatal
duel took place across the line in
Letcher county. Ky. Wm. Smallwood
killed his uncle Clelland Smallwood.
and the younger man was himself IA
tally wounded by his uncle, as the re-
suit of an old quarrel.
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Application for Pardon Denied.

Washington, Aug. 3.-The president
has denied the application for pardon
for Henry Gardes, former president Of
the National Bank of New Orleans.w who
IS now serving an eight-year sentence
in the Ohio penitentiary for misapply.
ing the funds of the bank.
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Held a Conference.

Adjt.-Gen. Corbin and Surgeon-Gen-
erpl Sternberg had conference, and it
was determined to hold everything in
readiness to take care of yellow fever
should it appear among the troops.
Surgeon Pettus, through Gen. Cor
bin, has requested Surgeon-General
SJernberg to send him such expert inn
mLne yellow fever surgeons as he can
fine
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PRIZE MONEY SUITS FILED.
Rear-Admiral sampson Files Suits
in BehaIf of Himself, His Officers
and EnIisted Men.

Washington, Aug, Rear Admiral
VIM. T. Sampson has filed in the SUI
preme court of the District of Column
bia suit in his own behalf and also
in behalf of the officers and enlisted
men of the ships of the North Atlantic
station who took part in the naval en-
gagement off Santiago. and the subse-
quent captures, for prize money. The
suit is similar to that recently entered
by Admiral Dewey in the same court.
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ROLAND MoLINEUX IN coupr
The Prisoner Enters n PIea n. ,
Guilty of Poisoning Mrs. Kat.
Adams in New York,

New York, Aug. 3.-Roland B. Nou
neux was arraigned, in general 60.
sions, to plead to the indictment ~
cusing him of poisoning Mrs. Kate :
Adams. His. counsel demurred 10 tt'
Indictment. Judge Blanchard oya.
ruled the demurrer. Molineux pleodas
not guilty. Mr.. Weeks, of counsel foI
the prisoner, asked when the tria,
would take place. District Attorner
Herdiner said it would not take rlao,
in August, and he could not Ton
whether it be held in September =,
not,
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A Hospital Ready II Needed.

Washington, Aug. 1.-Secretary AL
ger has directed that the Josiah Simp-
son hospital at Fort Monroe be turned
over 10 the marine hospital service if
it is wanted. This hospital contains
1000 beds and was fitted up for the
troops stationed at Newport News last
summer.
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Accident to the Columbia.

Newport, r. l., Aug. 3.-While en-.
gagged in a trial race with Defender
and when about four miles southeast
of Point Judith the yacht Columbus
mast broke off about fifty feet from
the deck, throwing her sails into the
water. \ number of tugs and steam
yachts went to her assistance. AT the
time the accident happened Columbia
was about mile ahead of Defender
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Sent the News by FIashIight.

Kiel, Aug. emperor William, on
the receipt of the news Of the victory
OF his yacht, Meteor, in the race for
the queens cup, Tuesday, off the Isle
of Wight when she defeated the prince
of Wales Britannia, communicated the
Information to the warships here BIZ
fiashlight from the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern.
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Postponed the Incvitable.

Chicago, Aug. members of the
Northwestern Plow and Implement as
scciation met yesterday 10 consider
a raise in prices. 1t was agreed that
the increase would have to be made
on account of higher prices demanded
for raw material. 1t was decided TO
postpone definite action until Septem-
Der 25.
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Not Going to Meet Dewey.

New York, Aug. "A special to the
Herald from Washington says: Sec
retarv Long says that it is not the
intention of the department to order
the North Atlantic squadron to cross
the Atlantic and escort Admiral Dewey
back to his native land.
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Iron workers on strike.

New York, Aug. 1.-The iron work.
ers employed in f. T. Morses ship
yards, Brooklyn. numbering 800 men,
have struck. The hospital ship Mis-
souri, and the transports Wright and
Logan are at this yard undergoing re-
pairs
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Woman Defends Herself.

Hopkinsyille, KY, July 3l.--Miss
Fannie Goodwin, milliner, az Fairview,
this county, shot and mortally wound
ed Bryan Allegree. She charged that
he wrote scurrilous notes and cut Of
fensive phrases in her windows with a
diamond. She was released without
bond.
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HEADED OFF BY TELEGRAPH
l.. l.. Sloane, Just Arrived From n.
yana. Charged with Stealing 4
900 From the Military.

New York, Aug. 3.-The adiutont.
general at Havana has cabled the M.
lice department at New York TO m.
prehend L. L. Sloane, passenger q,
the Ward line steamer Havana, which
arrived, Tuesday, from Havana
Sloane, who was on Hoffman island
under the usual quarantine detention
is accused OF stealing $1,000 from tbe
military authorities at Havana. He
will be arrested,
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Infection at phoebus.

Washington, Aug. 2.--Dr. White, of
the marine hospital service, wired Sur
Seon General Wyman from Phoebus,
saying there was little doubt that
there Had been infection in Phoebus''
and thar the place was under quaran-
tine.
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Charged with EmbexzIement

Glasgow, Aug. 1.-George Colquo-
houn, a lawyer, has been arrested here,
on the charge of embezzling funds be-
longing TO his clients. His liabilities
are said TO be over 100000 Colduo-
houn was formerly city treasurer.
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Confessed Double Murder

Chicago, Aug. "A special to The
Times-Heraid from Independence, Xas,
says; \ tramp 27 years old, giving his
name as Il. c. Young. has confessed to
numbering A.C. Bush and John Cooley.
two easterners. who were travelling in
a wagon for pleasure in the indian Ter.
ritorv
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IfycrpooI Grain Imports

Liverpool, Aug. Imports of wheat
for the week from Atlantic ports were
- 500 quarters; from Pacific ports,
none; from other points $1,000 quar-
tiers. Imports of corn into Liverpool,
were 1900 quarters.
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Joined the Presidents Party.

Plattsburg, n. Y, Aug. 2.-Postmas-
ter-General and Mrs. Charles Emory
Smith joined the presidential party
here for a stay of several weeks. Mrs.
Mckinley continues to improve stead
ilV
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Mr.. Mckinley ImprexinR.

Plattsburg. y. Y..July 31.-The pres
sdent took his customary morning
walk in company with DIR. RiNey. Mrs.
Mckinley continues TO improve and
aer condition, DR.. Rixey says, is very
satisfactory.
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Eatat Explosion,

Detroit, Mich. Aug. IA special
10 the News from White Cloud. Mich,
says: a threshing machine boiler ex-
plcded near Big Prairie. Charles
Haight. Alpha Haight, Charles Crab
tree. George Overly, Cecil Priest and
Raymond Howe were killed.
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vice-rre.ident Hobart Expected.

Plattsburg. y. Y, July 3l.-Nice-
President Hobart is expected to ar
rive in few days. All the officers of
the Twenty-six volunteer regiment
viii call upon the president in a body
DE- Wednesday, August ,.
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A Score of Gold Seekers Drowned.

Toledo, O., Aug. "A Commercial
special from North Baltimore says:
DR.. A. l.. Lee and Gideon Kratzer, of
this city, who left for the Klondike,
were drowned at Crooks inlet, togeth-
er with 30 others. Details of the ac.
ciden; have not been received
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DecInred tiunrnntine.

Charleston, s. =. Aug. 1.-Tho
Charleston health board has declared q
quarantine agains Hampton, Va. Nc
quarantine has yet been declared
against Norfolk or Newport News.
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snn Francisco oil Exchange.

San Francisco, Aug 1.-The prclimi-
nary steps have been taken toward the
founding of an oil exchange in this
city. 1t is proposed to handle the en-
tire oil business of the state through a
system of certificates.
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New York, Aug. S.-Money on call nrin
at 4 per cent. prime mercantile paper
81. Q4s per cent; sterling exchange easy.
with actual business in bankers, bills a.
4Nbiy q 4S6lz fer demand and at 4S3q4ss4 ~ ~
6l days posted rates. 4S4d4Sih and 4Siifey
AS; commercial bills, 4s2. Silver ceItln
Gates. 60i2d6l. Bar silver. s04 MeSleAA
dollars. IS. Government bonds STEADY
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Passed Its second Reading

London. Aug. THE Irish agricul-
tural and technical instruction bill
passed its second reading in the house
of lords yesterday. The sale of food
and drugs bill was adopted.
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A NORTHWESTERN NRECk.'
The Fast Mail on the Chicago q
Northwestern in the Ditch
Near Boone, la.
FOUR KILLED AND A NUMBER INJURED
Among the Latter Were Several Pos
tai Clerks, Their Car Having heeh
Badly Wreckeo-.All the '"fs
Went over the Bank. FOLLOWING
the Engine.

Boone. Ia. Aug. 2.-The fast mali
train on the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad. which left Chicago at ten
o'clock Monday night, jumped the
track at "Kate-Shelly Curve" just east
of the Des Moines river bridge at ) a.
m. The engine and all the cars were
wrecked
The following were killed:
The Dead.
Fireman Arthur Schmidt, of Boone,
la.
Engineer John Masterson, Boone,
Ia
Postal Clerk G. G. Stone, Austin, i'll.
I. j. O'Brien,a postal clerk,who lived
in Chicago, died after reaching this
city.
The following were injured but the
extent of their injuries can not be de-
termined until the surgeons at the hos
pital here have examined. They @ere
covered with mud, their clothing torn
off. badly bruised and covered with
blood.
The Injured.
Postal Clerk Fackert, Dixon, III.
Postal Clerk A. w. Hoyt, Cedar
Rapids, Ia.
Postal Clerk E. H. Shirk, McCaus-
land, III.
Postal Clerk C. C. Roorick, Dixon,
III.
Messenger Helper F. L. Figafoos, Mis-
souri, Valley, la.
Brakeman Thomas Flannery was
slightly internally injured.
Postal Clerk E. c. Lindell, of Chi
cago, was badly shaken up, but appar-
emily not much injured,
The others on the train, Conductor
Rose, Brakeman Dorman, and Bridge
T. McBarnes escaped unhurt.
The Cause Unknown.
The cause of the derailment is un-
known at present. Conductor Rose
said that he did not notice that the
train was going at - re than usual
speed. The engine rolled completely
over and the body remained clear of
| the track while the front truck was
| thrown $50 feet into corn field. All
| the cars went over the bank. Nothing
was left of the express car but tile
wheels. The postal car was badly
wrecked, and the storage car and mail
car turned over on their sides.
The dead were placed in charge of
an undertaken here. and the injured
are being attended to in the loca! hos.
pital
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bakers TRIAL Not Yet Begun.

Barboursyille. KY. Aug. 2.-James
Bakers trial was not called. because
OF the continuance of another murder
case before the Knox county court.
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THE VIEWS OF A VOLUNTEER.
saws One Hundred Thousand Sof-
dfers are Needed to Put Down
the Filipino Rebellion.

San Francisco. Aug. 1.-An officer OF
one of the volunteer regiments in the
Philippines has written the following
letter 10 the press
Insurrection as Vigorous as Ever.
manila, June 81.
"The arrival of the rainy season
finds the insurrection as vigorous as
il has been at any time since the out
break. The insurgent armies are well
recruited. Notwithstanding their heavy
losses. and are we'll fed and clothed.
They haze profted by their five
morths of warfare against the Ameri'
cans They are fast adopting Ameri-
can tactics. are becoming better dis
ciplined and more skillful in the use
OF their weapons every day.
Need One Hundred Thousand Troops.
"One hundred thousand soldiers
sfould be here ready for business by
the beginning of the dry season in
November. Garrisons could then be
stationed at strategic points.
y continuous warfare cannot be
carried ON in this enervating climate
b. the same troops. Frequent reliefs
are necessary.
Troops should he often Renewed.
Troops should not be kept here
longer than year. Men from north
erl climate retain their native vigor
for six or eight months after their ar
rival here. and then begin to succumb
to the various ailments of tropical
weather. This is eXemplified in the
cases of the volunteers and those reg
ulars who have been in the Philippines
since last summer. The most of them
are saturated with malaria, many have
rheumatism, and all are greatly de-
bil;tated. They are unfit for further
dEty, and reeuperation seems slow
ard unsatisfactory. As it is with
them. so is ii likely to be with their
successors.
An Apt Comparison.
'The 100000 people of the Phil
ippines are as highly civilized as
the 100000 of Mexico. If the Amer
lean people will imagine the United
slatee to have acquired Mexico against
hef will, and to be engaged in an at
tempt to put down an universal re-
belllor of MeXicans with 10000 troops,
they will have a duplicate picture at
close range of the situation in the
Philippines, with the exception that
the climate of the Philippines is from
10 te Is degrees more tropical than
that of Mexico.
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Death of Eliza sanford.

New York, Aug. Eliza Sanford.
one of the 16 daughters Of revolutions
ary soldiers on the pension list. died
AT Mont Clair, n. j., aged 81 years.
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Sailed for Manila.

San Francisco, Aug. 3.--'rhe trans
port Indiana has sailed for Manila,
having on board 500 recruits for yari-
Gus regiments in the Philippines.
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In southern Russia camels are muck
used by farmers for field work. Ihey
even stand the climate fairly well iai'
ther north.
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Peas and bens are the most nutn'
uous OF vegetables, containing az
much carbon as wheat and double ths
amount of muscle-forming food.
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The first Christian Endeavor society
ot Spain recently celebrated its eighN
eerth anniversary.
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Hospital Officers Astounded.

The marine hospital officers are as
tonished at the presence of yellow
fever in that locality. The last epi-
folk in 1855, having been brought into
port on the steamer Ben Franklin on
June of that year, and in the epi-
dcmic which followed there were 1907
deaths.
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Crops DESTROYED by HoiI

Desmet, S. D., Aug. "A terrific
nail storm passed over this section
Monday night, totally destroying the
crops on 1000 acres of land and So
Yerely damaging those on several
thousand acres more. But little grain
In the path of the storm had been cut