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The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08
An APPEAL FOR AUD.
Hundreds of Flood Sufferers Are
without Food or shelter.

Austin, Tex, July Gov. Sayers re-
ceited a telegram from number of
titizens of Brookshire, Walter county,
Elatiug that Hundreds of people there
had everything swept away by the
food; that the sufferers had not
nouthful to eat, and no shelter; and
that unless food is sent at once starva-
ton is inevitable. The telegram closes
with an appeal to the governor for inn
mediate aid and food. The governor
Dctod promptly by wiring the mayors
If San Antonio, Houston and Calves.
ton as follows:
- am advised that hundreds of poor
people are suffering at Brookshire for
want of food. ! have no public funds
al my disposal. Please call upon the
people of your city to assist"
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Fire Mt Reno. New.

Reno, Neb., July 6.-Fire broke out
in the frame block bounded by Virgin
in. Second. First and Center streets. In
l"ss than an hour the entire northwest
corner Of the block was burned TO the
ground. The buildings destroyed in.
eluded the Rolla hotel. Holsters tail.
oring establishment, furniture and
paint, shoe and bicycle stores and sew
eral dwellings.
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MoNTANA'S NEW STATE HOUSE
The Corner Stone of MOntana's New
Capitol at Helena, Laid With
Due Ceremony.

Chicago, July GA special to the
Record from Helena, Mont, says:
The corner stone of the new state
capitol was laid before large crowd.
Special trains brought in thousands Of
visitors. The city, both residence and
business sections, was gaily decorated
rnd all the business was suspended.
An immense parade in four divisions
was formed and marched to the capi-
tol grounds. Adjt.-Gen. c. +. English
commanded the line.
The capitol structure is designed in
Grecian Ionic style, and will be con-
structed of native sandstone at a
total cost of about 100000.
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The spirit of brotherhood.
A GREAT DEMAND FOR SPACE.
The Beverage Producers of America
VIII be Well Represented mt
the Paris Exposition.

New York, July 6.-Maj. Bracket,
secretary of the United States commits
sion to the Paris exposition, says that
SC great has been the demand for space
in the agricultural departments ex-
hibit of beverages that the California
wine growers, while they would be rep
resented in the government exhibit,
had already engaged a house outside
nt the exposition and are ready for dis
tripution to the foreign buyers.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08
OTHER WISE UNNOTJCED.

ST. Louis shows up big list of cas-
ualties as the result of the celebration
OF the Fourth. Other cities are not be-
lind.
Mrs. Grace Miller, wife of ST. Louis
grocery keeper, was fatally shot by
Eugene Donnelly, an employe. The
latter declares the shooting was an ac
cident.
Little Rock, Ark, celebrated the
Fourth by breaking ground for the
Lew state capitol.
Clay Wyatt, school teacher, fatally
shot Raleigh Hopper, at Mountain
Grove, Mo.
President Mckinley spent the Fourth
of July by resting. Mrs. Mckinley is
improving.
Secretary Alger has received news
confirming the reports of fire at his
pulp mills at Grandmere, Can.
Another flood is raging in the Bra
zos valley in Texas, and it is feared
that many lives will be lost.
Aaron Palmer, a. New Yorker, is half
dead and half alive. His flesh is fast
becoming ossifed.
William j. Bryan delivered three
speeches in Georgia, Tuesday, in all OF
which he denounced the trust evil.
A New Jersey farmer has sued
neighbor for damages because of the
great number of lizards which infest-
ed his place.
The official crop report for Texas
shows that wheat and cotton have
been badly damaged by rain in the
central district.
A letter received by Kansas state of
fcials from Gen. Funston indicates the
desire of the Kansas regiment to re-
turn home.
At Abingdon, ILL.,, Thomas Hutson,
while attempting to board passenger
train. slipped and fell under the
wheels. He was killed.
The official crop report for Arkansas
states that wheat is harvested and ear
ly corn laid by in good condition. Po-
tatoes are dug and fruit prospects are
POOR.
The Russian imperial family council
lids dccepltu I1ilct hcol &c ieh uilSio
ton and selected the czar's third
brother, Michael, as heir presumptive
to the Russian throne.
Admiral Schley remembered Hobson
ut an ovation rendered him, Tuesday,
al Chester, Pa. Many ladies wished to
kiss him, but he courteously waved
them aside.
The United States court at Detroit.
Mich, has granted temporary re-
slraining order against ticket brokers,
forbidding them to sell the return por-
ton of Christian Endeayor tickets.
The Western Passenger association
has declined to authorize a two-third
rate for discharged soldiers returning
homo from Manila. 1t believes most of
the business will be done at half rate.
Gcv. Barnes of Oklahoma condemns
the removal of Jester to Missouri as an
outrage on the territory. He says he
never consented to it, and would have
| withheld permission until the courts
| had decided the habeas corpus proceed
| lngs.
Maurice Grau, the impressario, was
included in Queen Victoria's dinner
party, on the 4th, at Windsor Castle.
After dinner he presented the opera
"T'Pagliacci' before large gathering
sf royalty.
frank Emory, ,colored, who is ac-
eused of committing criminal assault
on Miss Dougherty, on June II, near
Yates, Mo-, has been lodged in Jail at
-L!untsyille, Mo. He was arrested in
| Garuett KaS.
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ARTIFICIAL EARTHQUAKE.
Victor, Col, Onset Pixies Peaks IL
Elimination by Exploding Five
Tons of Dynamite.

Chicago, July Ga special to the
Tribune from Victor, Col, says. 1Lis
camp offset the great Pixies Peak VI.
lInrination by an artificial earthquake
Five tons of dynamite were fred On
TIE east slope of Bull hill, in blasts
os 2u? pounds to each charge. the last
charge consisting of 500 ponds. Great
flames arose over the mountain aud
large volumes of smoke gathered. The
earthquake was felt more directly 10.
HrrdS the east and south. The sh0al
Was f,lt in Pueblo, 50 miles away, blt
TO damage resulted.
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MILLER"
A FOURTH PLENARY COUNCIL
A WeII-knOwn CanOnist Says 1t Will
be Held In This Country In
Two Years.

Marshall, Mich, July 6.-l.ev. Faith
or p. A. Baart, the well-knowr canon
itt, in the presence of several promi-
neut clergymen, gathered from vhri-
nus states for an anniversary celebra-
ton, asserted that a fourth plenary
council of the Catholic bishops cf the
United States will be hell in this
country in about two years. Various
questions of discipline will be treat
o. ly the council
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VICTORY FOR AUTOMOBILES.
The South Park, Chicago, Ordinance
Prohibiting Their Use Declared
to be Void.

Chicago, July 6.-Judge Gibbons de-
lvercd an opinion in the case of the
South Park ordinance prohibiting the
use of automobiles on the south side
boulevards. He declared the ordinance
void.
st is matter of common knowledge
that there is less danger in an auto
mobile than in a horse and buggy"
said the court. "The park board did
wrong in singing out the new vehicle
and placing it under the ban of out
lrwry"
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FORTY BUILDINGS BURNED.
which Destroyed Forty Busi-
ness and other Buildings.

Birmingham, Ala, July 6.-Fire al
Pratt City, Tuesday, burned 40 build.
ings, causing a loss of S53, 900 with on.
~ about $4,000 insurance. The fire
originated in C. Il. Atkinson's grocery
store and as the fire department was
inadequate to cope with it, it could not
oe checked until buildings in its path
were torn down. OF the houses burned
Il were business houses and the re-
n,2inder cottages.
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THE COST OF PATRIOTISM.
Fruits of the National Birthday
Celebration in the Way of Cas-
unItIes and Fire Losses.

Chicago, July 9Th Tribune
rIints statistics from GO of the princi
Iai cities of the nation showing the r..
suits of patriotic fervor on July 4. The
number of killed reported is three. in
pred, 1,074. Fire .osses, due 10 fire
works. Sl49,1O5. OF the injured 527
wer hurt by cannon firecriekers, IL
ty toy cannons, so by powder eNIlo
mons. 20 by sky rockets, l4J by guns
and reyolvers and Is by stray bullets
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POINT BLANK AT THE AMER.
An Assassin's Bad Aim Saved the
Life of the Ameer of Afghanis-
tan and wounded General.

Londcn, July 6.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Globe says that
advice. have been received there from
Cshu', capitol of Afghanistan. that an
Afghan recently discharged rife
point blank at the ameer, but missed
;i,m, The bullet lodging in the shoulder
o. a genral standing near by.
The advices also say that the
amcer's brother, Ishak Khan, attempt.
ell to bribe a cook to poison the amccr.
ard that when the plot was discovered
j.! ak fed into Russia Asia and the
CtOk was hanged
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08
EACH STATE TO HAVE A SHARE
Captain and n First Lieuten-
ant In the Volunteers.

Washington, July 6.-Senator Nc
Iaurin, of South Carolina, was at the
White House in the interest of some
applicants for commissions in the new
military organization. He was given
TO understand that thepresident would
0pportion the officers for the new regi-
rients among the several states in the
proportion of a captain and a first
lieutenant for each irrespective of poll
ticc
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08
BIG PACK TRAIN 0F DUST.
Tons of Gold Reported Pouring Into
Dawson From the Gold Fields
of the Klondike.
FRESH ARRIVALS FROM THE FAR NORTH.
The Dirigo Brought Down n Party
with s16O,OOO-The city of Tone
ka Following With MOre-Hard
Luck in the Copper River and
POrcupine River Districts.

San Francisco, July "a special via
Seattle says:
Gold dust was pouring into Dawson
when the Humboldt's passengers left.
They allege that, on the morning OF
June 20, pack train of 20 horses, each
animal carrying 20 pounds of gold
dust, arrived from Eldorado creek.
Two Tons of Dust.
There were two tons of it, worth
fully 81 100000 1t is said that II of ths
horses were weighted down with dust
from one claim.
Another Dawson party has arrived
from the north to-day on the Dirigo.
Joseph Putrau and Henry Berry had
jointly 700 pounds of dust. Aside from
this no one man had to exceed 81
pounds. The total on the vessel was
about $4,000.
The City of Topeka is close bekind
the Dirigo with considerable more
treasure
Hnrd Luck Stories.
Richard Emmons, J. Gosham and
Grin W. Jackson sought to reach the
Copper river section from Dawson, and
came near starving to death. They
were making the journey for the
North American Transportation and
Trading Co. Their Indian guides de-
serted and the men were lost for ten
days.
Miners have reached Dawson from
Porcupine river without gold. Some
say they prospected all the rivers az
far north as Hershel island, in the Arc
tic ocean, but did not find anything.
Town Site Located.
A town site has been located about
20 miles above Fort Selkirk. A copper
ledge, outcropping of which have been
traced distance of 16 miles, has been
located at Williams Point by san
Francisco syndicate.
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smiled on the st. Lonis.

New York, July 6.-The Yale-Hary-
ard athletic team, which it to compete
with oxford and Cambridge, sailed on
the American liner st. Louis for En-
gland. All of the men were in excel
lent condition.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08
Cuban Customs Receipts.

Washington, July g. The war de
rartment announces that the aggre-
rate receipts from customs in Cuba for
the past IA weeks are S3,949,s14. The
receipts for the week ending June II
lest, S335,931, exceed those of any
PREVIOUS week by S16,064.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08
All His windows Broken.

Brussels, July 6.-All the windows
In the house of Premier Nnaden Pere
Bcm. in Anderlec, suburb of Brus-
sells. were broken by unknown persons
Tuesday night
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Death of Rev. ID. p. Livermore.

Mel ose, Mass, July 6.-Re,. y. J..
Idvcrmore died at his home here. aged
81 ears. DIR. Livermore's lifs work has
heon mainly along the lines IN which
his wife. Mary A. Livermore has be.
come distinguished.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

Nebraska's new female labor law
went into effect ON the 1st. 1t limits
the hours for labor of grown women
in mercantile, manufacturing and me-
chanical pursuits, hotels and restau-
rants, to 60 hours week, and ten
hours a day.
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A Yellow Fever Victim.

Washington, July 6.-The war de.
rartment has received a dispatch from
santiago de Cuba stating that Surgeon
Oendennin died there at p. m, July
4, OF yellow fever.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

By the morning OF the Sd everything
was in readiness, at Detroit, Mich, for
the international Christian Endeavor
convention and there was every indica
tion that the attendance would be very
large. Accommodations were provided
for 40 900.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

Gen. Horatio G. Wright, who made
brilliant record in the civil war, serv-
ing at Gettysburg and in the campaign
OF the Wilderness and around Rich
mond, died in Washington, on the 2d,
after an illness of three months. Be
hdes his fine war record. Gen. Wright
achieved eminence as an engineec,
serving as chief of the United States
army engineer corps from 1879 until
MS retirement in 1884.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

The prohibition upon the exporta-
ton of horses from Turkey has been
removed, and an export duty OF SPA
will be charged upon each horse ex-
ported. This fact has been reported
to the state department by United
States Minister Strauss.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

Henry Villas, only son of ex-United
States Senator w. +. Villas, of Wiscon-
sin, died, on the 2d, from diabetes.
He recently returned from California,
where he spent the winter with his
wife, formerly Miss Ford, of Pitts
burgh, Pa. He was 26 years old. and
q graduate of the Wisconsin state uni
versity law school.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

Marquis Ito, former premier OF
Japan, in a recent address declares his
firm belief that partition of China
among the powers of Europe is only
question of time. He says: What
Japan desires, both for her own sake
and China, is that China's integrity
should be preserved, and that she
should become progressive.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

President Mckinley deprecates the
,essimistic view of the situation in the
philippines which is taken by some in
Auential newspapers in this country,
Int it is not inclined to attach much
importance to their forebodings.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

During the week ended on the 1st
.,ore than a thousand tons of war ma
Trials and fodder was forwarded from
,be Woolwich (England) dock yard 10
South Africa.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

The report of the massacre of Span
iards by Filipinos, at Balabec, has
been confirmed. The place was used
by the spaniards as a penal colony
and contained a garrison. While the
Spanish troops were at church the ma
tves entrapped the garrison and killed
every man.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08
The Glacier at Colombo.

Colombo, Ceylon, July G.-The Unit
ed States refrigerating ship Glacier,
from New York. May II, for Manila,
has arrived here
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

Archbishop Barnada of Santiago and
Rishop Blenk of Porto Rico were con-
secrated in the st. Louis cathedral, at
New Orleans, on the I'd, Archbishop
Chappelle, the apostolic delegate to the
Spanish countries, otficiat-
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

Arrayed in a garb compared to
which a bathing suit would be Klon-
dixie costume, an extremely attractive
young woman, said to be Miss Belle
English, of Pittsburgh, Pa, took a
stroll on the board walk, at Atlantic
City, n. j., on the morning of the I'd.
She proved TO be a sleep-walker, and u
considerate policeman rescued her.
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EXPECTED HOME IN AUGUST.
1he Transport Badger, With the sa-
moan Commission, to Snil for
Home on the 18th.

Washington, July 6.-The following
cablegram has been received at the
navy department from Capt. Merrill
Miller, commanding the naval trans
port badger, which has the Samoan
commission aboard:
auckland, n. H., July 3.-Samoa-
Drutus sails for Honolulu July 8. Bad
per, with commission, on 14th, if moth
ing prevents.
MILLER"
1t is expected that the commission
will reach San Francisco about Au-
gust 10.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

Mrs. Mckinley was reported to be
hetter on the I'd, the pleasant wealth
~ having a beneficial effect on her.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

The running out Of the appropria
.;ons with the close of the government
fiscal year, on the 30th, led to the dis
obarpe of 652 men, half the ioree OF
,be Rock Island 0ll.) arsenal.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

According to the latest reports from
the province of Cavite, p. l., the insur-
gent leaders there were quarreling,
Aguinaldo's cousin, Baldomero Agui-
naldo, had been killed or imprisoned
by Gen. Mariana Trias, commander Of
the insurgents in the southern dis
met of Luzon, and most of his men
had deserted to Trias, who was at San
Francisco de Malibon.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

The French consul at Meng Tzu,
province of Yum Yam, China, where
Rnti-foreign disturbances recently oc-
Cured, reports that the situation is
unchanged. Thirty-eight well armed
Europeans took refuge in the residence
Of the tao tai after the siege of the
consulate, which was being guarded
by troops.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

One of the most important evidences
of the determination to make felt the
influences of American progress and
civilization in the Philippines was
noted, on the Sd, when public schools
were opened at Manila under Ameri-
can auspices. More than 5000 pupils
were in attendance.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

Arctic Explorer NordjenlOsold has
lost his entire fortune through this
failure of his publishsrL
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

The first orders were issued, on the
S0th for recruiting troops under the
clause authorizing the enlistment Of
$4,000 men. The order contempletes
enlisting men for the three skeleton
regiments in the Philippines. Recruit
ing officers have been instructed TO
enlist men with this understanding.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

Socialist demonstration against the
electoral reform bill were held in 3rus-
sells, Liege and Alost, Belgium, ON
the I'd. There were no serious disor-
oers except at Alost, where the police
charged with drawn swords. wound
ing ten persons.
The Van Buren press., 1899-07-08

The steamer Farralon, which arrived
at Port Townsend, Wash, on the Both,
from the north, had 110 Alaskan
passengers and 500 pounds of goll
dust in the purser's safe. Among her
passengers were George and Charles
Werden, who cleared up $230,00o on
their claims in El Dorado this season.
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WITH DUE MILITARY HoNoRs.
Philippine War to he Inferred
at Arlington To-day.

Washington. Nov. i0.-Arranremcnts
have been made AT the war department
for the intcrment. az Arlington ceme-
terry. with military honors. Of the re-
mains OF Capt. B1gardus Eldridre.
Fourteenth infantry. and First Lieut..
NJ. q. Krayenhuhl. Third artillery. two
officers who lost their lives on the fir
ing lire in the Philippines.
The remains Of Lieut.. kraycnbuhl
arrived here Yesterday afternoon from
san Francisco. and were escorted frcm
the station TO Arlington by the battery
of the seventh artillery. They were
placed in n vault. and private funeral
services will take place to-day. The
remains Of Capt. Eldridge are expected
20 arrive from San Francisco to-day.
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AMBASSADOR cHoATE SPEAKS.
p~lp. 4. Cement the Friendship
Existing Between I'm Giand and
tn. United states.

Edfnburg. Nov. 1l--Jc<eph H. hoaie-
the United States ambassador who
was the chief guest Al the annual ham
ouet OF the Walter Scott club last even
ing. met with an enthusiastic recrp-
ton. Sir Herbert Maxwell. who pre-
sided. made a cordial reference 20 the
friendship that seals England ami
America. In the course Of a speech
processing the toast TO literature. Mr.
Clcarc said:
Truly your country and mine are
connected by bonds q sympathy thar
were never stronger and closer than
they are AZ this very hour.
1T has been said by great poet thu :
peace hath b.r victories no less r.
nowned than war and this ironclasl
friendship which now prevails between
these two kindred nations is her laieST
and greatest victory. IL means peace
not merely between Your country and
mine. but among all the great nations
Of the earth. and il tends hy advancing
civilization 20 promote the welfare "
,be whole human race"
The remainder 81 a much applauded
address was devoted to- a humorous
comparison between American and
Scottish character as illustrated BY
every day life. and to an eulogy 81 ell
Walter Scott.
Andrew Lang responded % the toast
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THE PARTITION OF CHINA
Diplomatic Representative of ".
tion. Interested can AT the
state Department..

=, u
Washington NoF- lp.-- ~ nlpiolial
K representative ~ every na'ion 81
rcciiy interested in fhe 'hines' qnty
iion called az the state department Nts-
trrcay- u was noticeable that the calls
81 he Russian nmia ~a1or- 'oun.
Cs-~ini- and the renee charge ~
Ihiehaut. on Secretary Icy ias'e4
longer than usual ana ihe 'hint~e
minister. Mr. W. extended ~ saii e
include Assistant secretary hili- whc
has been giving much attention 70 me
subject Of the trade relations OF the
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ALL OVER THE STATE.
Events in Various Portions Of In
diana Told by Wire


rrdianapoiis. Ind. NOV. 10. = l. II.
Wright. Of Evansville. arrested hsre iur
bigamy. haze an examination and con-
Sucied his own defense. lie says THAI
he was a detective for Is years on The
Chicago ami -. Louis detective forces.
TWO ~ his alleged wives were on me
stand as witnc>se>- one. wloow 81
the name 81 Gios>tr. said that lhtA
were married recently iu Nobles'iiie.
Another said that ~he was 2 Mss Toe
and had married Wright in i>s5 at Ia
iforuia. Mo. The third wife Is living IN
Evansville