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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM IHE WIRES
an ihteresting Collection OF Items From
"he Two Hemispheres Pres mt
In Conlensed TCl1n.

| w" oispheres Pres mt
In a Condensed Tcpn.
Japan, if necessary, can send 70 90
men to China.
Kentucky Populists nominated A
ii. Cardin for governor
| Smallpox at Cape Nome is we'll i,
hand and decreasing.
Iowa Republicans remembered Min
lister Conger in their platform.
A workman was crushed almost I,
jelly in a Lane county, Oregon, saw
mill.
New Hampshire Democrats nominal
ed DR.. Frederick 7. Potter for gov
ernor.
King Victor Emanuel III, successo,
to King Humbert, has arrived al
Monza.
In Germany, 1850 officers and 90.
600 men have volunteered for Chinese
service.
Government will investigate the
anarchist activity in the vicinity ol
New York.
Chinese imperial government is u.s.
ing diplomacy to check advance of al
lies on Pekin.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, liberal
leader, estimates the cost of the Boer
war at $400, 100000.
Edicts of the Chinese imperial 90,
ernment issued as late as July 2 order
ed the Boxers to kill the Christians.
Ex-Governor Roger Wolcott, of
Massachusetts, has accepted the ap.
pointment as United States minister to
Italy.
1t is strongly intimated that Oregon
school land business is manipulated by
officials for the benefit of private
graft.
Senator Foraker says the Democrats
have as much show of winning con.
gress as they had of carrying Oregon
last June.
Navy department shares the general
distrust that all was not we'll on the
battle-ship Oregon when she went
ashore.
The amount OF gross gold in the
United States treasury is $431, 170.-
1854, the highest in the history of the
government.
The government of Nicaragua has
taken possession of the property of the
MARITIME Canal Company and removed
the company's cars, rails and property
to the interior from Greytown.
Crop reports from Yakima, WASH,
md La Grande, Or, are rosy; grain is
turning out poor in Yamhill county.
Oregon, and farmers declare they will
abandon 1T for stock raising.
John Clark Ridpath. the historian,
s dead at New York.
Lightning killed stock and did other
lamage near Centralia, Wash.
A leak in drydock No. 2, Brooklyn
lavy-yard, has caused great amount
# damage.
The Tsung Ii Yamun refuses to de.
iver messages in cipher to the minis.
ers, at Pekin.
Italian troops took the oath of alleg-
ance to their new king at Rome among
much enthusiasm.
1t is officially announced that no
,itizen loses rights through the recent
of the temporary Alaska bound
Iry line.
Chinese troops bombarded Blagye-
tchensk, the capital of Amur, July 26
nd 20. The Russians have burned
eyeral villages.
The Anti-Imperialistic League has
written Senator Hoar letter condemn
ng him for his decision to support
PRESIDENT Mckinley for reelection.
The treasury department is sending
ut the new per cent bonds issued to
AXE the place of the old issue. OF
he latter, $500, $50, 900 have been sur
endered.
An undated message received at Tien |
sin from Minister Conger confirms the
,revious report of his safety. The
minister has provisions tor several
weeks, but is short OF ammunition.
. All late reports from Pekin agree |
hat the attack on the legations has
eased. The Japanese minister writes |
nder date of July 10 that the Chinese
uthorities are apparently disposed to
egotiate.
In moving an address to the queen
With reference to the assassination OF
ling Humbert, Lord Salisbury de-
Jared in the British house of lords
hat society is threatened by the depth
f human yillainy that is beneath its
urface.
The fact that the ministers at Pc
in are held as hostages perplexes the
lilies. 1t is feared that if the inter-
ational forces advance the Chinese
yill, if defeated, retreat to Pekin and
ut all the remaining foreigners to
cath.
Inventory of the late vice-president
Iobart's estate shows him to have been
Yorth So. .62S, 942.
The National Telephone & Telegraph
company, with an authorized capital
{ $50. 900, 600, has filed articles OF in
at Trenton, NJ.
Hon. Fl. E. Estee, justice OF the
United States district court of Hawaii.
,,s appointed Walter B. Hailing, OF
-tland, Me-, a nephew of Senator
Wins, of California, clerk OF his