The silver star., 1900-10-12
rELEoRAPHIc sREviTiEs.

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The Dayton shoe factory. valued al
100000 was burned at Williansport,
Pennsylvania" on the end.
Ii is announced that the entire
amount of Swedish bonds consigned
for sale In this country has been dis
posed of.
General Leonard Wood. commandin:
United States forces in Cuba, has made
Recommendation that all the troops in
Cuba be mounted.
The Mosquito fleet built for the Unit
ed S'a.es customs service in Cuban
waters sailed ON the 3rd en- route for
Cuba by the inside route.
Letters from Havana indicate that
much apprehension exists among the
Americans there regarding the yellow
fever. as the conditions grow worse in
stead Of improving.
The first lot OF the 200 Galveston and
coast country orphans which San An
tonic families have agreed 10 adopt
arrived there Monday. and were given
homes in well-to-do families.
Martin KinSman = millionaire manu-
facturer at Peoria, says Bryan re-
ceiyed $1,000 from Colorado silver
men for his refusal to accept a nomina-
I tion other than on a silver platform.
Returns from the Connecticut town
/ elections show a net Republican loss
I Of seven towns. OF the 162 towns vot-
ing all but two have been heard from.
They stand: Republic Is. lis: Demo
cratic. ~.
7 The puddlers of the Norristown.
Pennsylvania. mills held a meeting yes
ierday and decided to accept a cut of
81 ton in wages. Fires We're lighted
in the afternoon after an idleness of
six months
Tue Michigan Supreme Court. in an
unanimous opinion. declared the act
granting bounty of / cent per pound
on all beet sugar manufactured in the
state unconstitutional. The act was
passed in 1897.
People at the Presbyterian head
quarters in New York. who have been
keeping tab on the action of the Pres
byierians. predict the overwhelming
defeat of the movement TO revise the
creed of the church.
Lord Wolseley asks the public w.sh-
ng to honor the returning soldiers Ito
refrain. while extending them a hearty
welcome. from offering them intoNlcat-
ing liquors as. like all of us they are
open 10 lculIrhtlou.
The fifteenth annual encampment of
Union Veterans Union opened at
Washington on the md with an at
tendance OF fully 700 delegates. The
Woman's Relief Corps is holding 4
simultaneous meeting.
Famine and suffering among the In
dians on the Sacaton reservation
grows greater. Recent reports from an
authoritative source stated that 5000
Pimas and Papagoes are already des-
utute and in dire want.
-Four more fishing vessels with crews
aggrecating tlliriy-iive men have been
posted in New Foundland as having
been losl during the great gale of Sep
tember 18Th. This Is likely to COM
plete the list OF local disasters.
The Peruvian Congress has passed
vote of censure against the late cabinet
as result OF the recent financial dis.
closures. \ new cabinet has been
formed with Senor Almenara as pre-
mier and Senior Osma as minister of
foreign affairs.
The recent rain storms In the south
of France have destroyed utterly the
late crops, and have greatly damaged
the wine crop. The Khone has over.
flowed and is flooding the villages
along It's course. Several railroad
washouts have also occurred.
The Postoiiice Department has is
sued a tabulated statement of the
money order business OF the country
for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1900.
During the year -. 1G:; go money or
ders were issued for S2J5.G1O.QT7. an
Increase Of SG2 .30G 9i3 over last year.
~ Baku. ON the Caspian sea. fierce
hre has destroyed the property of eigh,
oil companies. Including ninety-seyen
wells. ten reservoirs containing 10000
900 pounds Of naptha. and any quanti-
~ OF buildings and machinery. The
whole loss will be tremendous. The
fire was SIN raging on the 1st.
The monthly statement Of the public
debt shows that at the close of bust.
ness September .. 1900. the debt. less
cash In the treasury. amounted to ST.
1oG.15G.GIl. which is accounted for by
the Increase In the cash on hand and
the redemption OF the two per cent.
bonds.
Father Fitzpatrick of the Holy Fam.
lily Church. Omaha. fought ,ksper-
ate battle with n burglar at the chancel
the other night, subdued the culprlt.
called the police and sent I'm to Inil
] The priest does not give the detnlIs os
the struggle. but told the officers thr
he brought the thief TO submission, and
that he begged for mercy.
British steamships and railroads are
expected to burn American smokeless
soft coal soon. Negotiations for 200. ..
90 tons have practically been com.
pleted between n Chicago firm OF bl.
luminous coal mine operators and an
ngcni Of n London brokerage firm. II
Is believed this marks the beginning
OF u regular demand by British con.
/ Germs for American conl.
The Chicago City Council has passed
an amended ordinance for the leasing
I OF power crenicd by the drainage ,,.
nal. The contract win give the city
the use Of power generated by the
drainage canal for term Of seyepty.
five years. II provides that the CITY
pay - horse power fof the first yenr.
with mn nppralscment each yenr, and
TINT tile power slall be used only for
municipal purposes.