The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-10-26
TELEGRApHIC BREv1TIEs


The registration in Greater New
York is completed. The total regis
tration was 478,717.
Otto Kneusli, city editor of the Ger
mania, of Milwaukee, Wia. died of
heart failure, aged "a
Hon. George w. Higginbotham, .
pioneer of Kansas, died at his home in
Manhattan, Kan, Sunday of heart dis
ease.
The mbardi italian Grand Opera
Co. has disbanded at Kansas City, Mo-,
after trip through the west, because
Of poor business.
The 45th volunteer infantry, Col.
Dorst commanding, left st. Paul,
Mimi, Sunday for San Francisco,
under orders, for the Philippines
Private Benne is dead at Ft Monroe
from injuries inflicted by mysterious
highwaymen. Benne is from Johns
town, Pa
The strike of the iron molders and
the core makers, which was started at
St. Paul, Mimi, last Tuesday, is prac-
tically ended and most of the men re-
turned to work Monday morning.
A message received from Col. Baden
Powell, in command at Mafeking,
dated October Is, says that SO Beers
were killed and large number
wounded in the encounter with his
force.
The revolution in Colombia has ex-
tended from Cundinamarca to Lima.
The Colombian gunboat Moyaca is
about to leave for Gauca, where an
army of 10, 900 men is being assembled
by the government.
The United States transport Senator
arrived Sunday from Manila with the
Iowa troops on board. The trip was
uneventful. She just missed the ty-
phoon encountered by the Empress of
India.
The Indian mail train Sunday coli
lided with freight train near Schaer-
brook, suburb of Brussels, three sa-
loon carriages being demolished.
Eighteen passengers were injured but
none fatally.
Eugene Easton, of Kansas City, Mo-,
a newspaper man. has been captured
by the Boer forces in South Africa,
and the state department is now in
negotiation with the Transvaal author.
tiles looking to his release.
The convention of the Cotton States
commissioners of agriculture will meet
in Atlanta, Ga. The commissioners Of
agriculture of louisiana, Florida, Vir-
ginia, Georgia Texas Arkansas and
West Virginia are expected to attend.
The Spruce Mining Co. has fled
articles, with capital of $1,000, 900,
to open and operate the Eveleth Town.
site nine, which was discovered under
the village of Eveleth, Mimi. and from
over the top of which the removal Of
the village has just been completed.
A special cable was received at Oma-
Ia, Neb., Sunday. announcing the
death in the Philippines on Saturday
of Maj Guy Howard, son Of Gen. o. o.
AAOW oko' AAC SocAC8 HoAAS NooCo Nooe-
urday, was received by Judge j. M.
Woolworth, father-in-law of Maj
Howard. He was killed in action.
At Chicago, William Wilke, aged 1s,
died Saturday night one hour after re-
ceiving blows on the nose, jaws and
pit of the stomach, in a prize fight
with Charles Chelius, also aged 10. in
the basement Of the Wilke home. The
boys belonged to amateur clubs and
fought for IS. Chelius was arrested.
Brig. Gen. Funston Sunday wired the
war department his acceptance of the
appointment of brigadier general in
the newly formed volunteer service.
Gen. Funston will return to Kansas
with the Kansas volunteers who will
be mustered out October 2S He will
then report at Washington for duty in
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