The Van Buren press., 1899-05-27
OTHERWISE UNNO'TICED

The Belvidere Standard, one of thu
oldest newspapers in Illinois, has sus
| pended.
The siNtieth annual convention O
the Episcopal diocese of Missouri is il
session at St. Louis.
Adolph L. Raeder, of Hillside, Ill.
was shot three times by negro bur
glar. He will recover
| Negroes of Texarkana, Ark. threat
en- to lynch one of their race for kill
| ing an aged negro at that place.
Emperor Nicholas has sent Queer
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands til,
order of ST. Catherine set in brilliants
The battalion of the Sixteenth regi
ment stationed at Jefferson barracks
Mo-, left Tuesday evening for the Phil
ipnnes.
The Mexican Central railway depoi
in Juarez. Mexico, which was built al
cost of $4,000 was totally destroyed
by fire Tuesday.
Gov. Sayers of Texas announces pos
conference, to be held in St. Louii
early in the fall.
The Is men of the gunboat York
town. captured by the Filipinos, ART
reported as being subjected to out
rageous indignities.
George Sherrard was accidentally,
killed by his brother Joseph, whih
bunting and fishing at Walkers lake
near Corsicana, Tex.
The San Antonio (Tex.) nationa
bank has refused to receive one-dollal
bills on deposit, on the ground tha
they are not legal tender.
Mad Wolves have caused reign o
terror in several Texas communities
One of the beasts attacked farmer
while asleep in his bedroom.
The Texas anti-whitecap bill may b,
applied to strikers, who attempt t,
work. The act is a felony under th,
law.
j. j. Morford, proprietor of the Cit,
Bakery of Bluff City, Kas., was fount
hanging to the limb of tree on Bluf
Creek, with his throat cut. Murder
suspected.
The authorities at Washington dis
credited the report that there is fric
ton between the civil and miltar,
members of the American commission
at Manila.
Deyere jackson, of Marshall, Mo.
won the gold medal at Wentworth
military academy at Lexington TO.
being the best all-round athlete il
that institution.
The peace delegates at The Hagu,
fear publicity, and therefore they hav,
taken extra precautions to surrount
their proceedings with secrecy. A pass
word has been adopted.
Three German officers are reported
to have been killed, May 20. by tn,
Chinese at kiao-Tung peninsula, whicl
may lead Germany to use force to com
pei the payment of indemnity.
The second of the 30 defendants il
the celebrated Seminole burning case,
was found guilty in the United State,
court, at Muscogee, l. T, He is 1,
preacher named Andrew ]. Mathes.
Minnie Hill, a young girl from Car
bondale. H., is under arrest at st
Louis, charged with stealing from 6
number of families which she had OBJ
tained employment as a domestic
Charles Hutchinson was shot ant
killed by his wife during a famil,
quarrel at Arcadia, Ind. The woman
pleads self-defense. She is but 26 YEAR,
old and Hutchinson was her fifth hus
band.
The official Missouri crop repor
shows that chinch bugs are in tn,
wheat, and corn has been damaged b,
rain. Oats, grasses and flax are doins
well. Apples, pears, cherries and plum
are dropping.
Reports from Miles City, Mont, sal
there are indications &C a Cheyenn,
uprising. Armed Indians drove Mrs
Lorain and child from home, burned
haystacl<s and killed cattle belonging
to Henry Bailey, deputy sheriff.