Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Increased shipments

Increased Shipments
SAN FRANCISCO, August 2.-Shipments
of green fruits this season aggregate d,ooo
carloads, as against 2,7S last year. an IN
crease of 255.
Destroying Jap Nets
VANCOUVER, B. c., August 2-Ei NY
salmon nets of japanese. worth so.uyV'
ernen. The Japanese were attacked an s
one was thrown overheard and drowned.
In the Famine Country
BARODA. August 2.-Lord Curzon, Ine
vicerov of India, arrived yesterday az Do
had the worst famine and cholera centre
in the country.
Severe Fire Loss
POCOMOKE CITY. Nd, August 2-F1r FIRE
which originated to-day in the saw mlll
of Scheduled e. Barnes, did $4,000 Damage
and at one time threatened the destruc-
ton of the town.
seven Buildings Burned
RITFFAIO. N. Y, August 2.-Fire ear
" this morning destroyed seven business
houses. Loss, $l50,OOO
Chrome works Burned
BALTIMORE, Md, August 1.-The
chrome works of the Baltimore chrome
Company, at Fairfield, burned last night.
Loss, $50 900; insurance, N5,eoo.
Died of Cholera
CARACAS, Venezuela, August I'm
formation has reached this place OF the
death of the United States consul at Bar
ranouilla Colombia. Irwin Shaw, of Penn
sylvania, from cholera.
Formulation of Louisville
WASHINGTON. d. c., August 2.-The
census office to-day announced the popu-
lation of Louisville KY, as 204,fSl, an IN
crease of 49, SOP over the census OF 1890.
Found the Body
PREDICTION, n. j., August 2.-The
body of John Trader who has been miss
ing since last March, was found to-day in
a swamp The head had been cut OF ana
carried AWAY John Hand, who was with
Trader the night before ne disappeared
is in Jail
Driver Boys Struck
WILKESBARRE. Pa, August Be
cause one of their number was discharged
the driver boys of the Susquehanna Coal
Company struck -Four hundred men are
idle.
To the Encampmcnt-
PITTsBURG. Pa, August 1.-The Four
terry b, National Guard, left tonight for
the annual encampment at Mt. Gretna
Named for Congress-
RIDGEWAY. Pa, August flames P.
X Hall was last night renominated for
Congress by the Democrats of the Twen-
ty-Eighth District.
Richardson Renominated-
NASHVILLE, Tenn. August flames
D Richardson. leader Of the minority In
the House Of Representatives, was NOM
mated for Congress by the Democrats Of
the Fifth District to-day. He had no
opposition.
VaIIoxy Fever Apuears-
MONTGOMERY. Ala, August 2.-The
Governor of Alabama. having received au-
thentic information Of the existence OF
yellow fever in Tampa. Fla, has issued
a Lime proclamation against that place.
covering, persons. personal baggage and
household furniture"
An Address of Sympathy
LONDON. August 2.--The House Of Com
mons to-day adopted an address OF sym
patty with the Queen on the death Of
the Duke OF Saxe-Coburg and Gotha- An
identical address was adopted by the
Lords.
An American Presided
presided yesterday at the International
Peace and Arbitration conference.
Crooked College
COLUMBUS Ohio. August 2-Robert
II Day. master in the case agaianst the
Mount Hope College. charged with selling
diplomas finds that all allegations are
true and that the college should be busted.
Ate ToodStooIs-
CHICAGO, August 2-Three persons
are dead in the home Of J. A. Norris
near Harvey. III. and four others are
seriously ST. the result Of eating toad
stools. which they mistook for mush-
rooms
Internal Revenue Collections
WASHINGTON. August Monthly
statement OF internal revenues. CnlIec-
tons. {2S.104. 10. an increase as compared
with June. 1899. OF s1sls,7z.
Ancient Medical Recipes.
A famous English Egyptologist has dis
covered that many Of the queer medical
recipes found in old English and German
books come from the ancient Egyptians
They were not known 10 the Creeks. but
were spread from Saierno. the great med
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