The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
VOL. H..
THE NEWS.

The Carpenter Steel Company, at
Reading, Pa, has received rush or
der from the Government for 600
twelve-inch navy shells
The United States authorities at
Cape Nome have declared martial law.
Chicago promoters have arranged a
$50 900 900 deal to insure permanent
pure water supply for st. Louis.
Serious trouble was reported threat
ened between the Moiave Indians at
Fort Mojave, Col, and the agency au-
thorities
The storage plant and grain elevator
of the w. S. Limond Grain Drier Com
pany Brooklyn, was damaged S5O,OOO
worth by fire.
The plant of the Birmingham Ce-
ment Company at Ensley, Ala, was
burned with loss OF 100000
Striking street car employees in st.
Louis continue to assault persons rid
ing on cars Of the Transit Company
News was received in San Francisco
of the death in Alaska of Capt. Daniel
Webster, which took place June lS.
Governor Roosevelt anneunced that
he had dismissed the charges against
Comptroller Coler. No action has been
taken in the cases Of Mayor Van Wyck
and District Attorney Gardiner
The Baltimore and Ohio express,
from Washington for New York. was
wrecked near Philadelphia. 1t had
81, ,OOO, 900 in gold on board. The switch
had been tampered with, and 1t was
suggested that the accident was the
work of would-be robbers.
The Colonial cruiser Fiona went
ashore near COdrOy on the southwest
coast of Newfoundland
Edward w. TreXler, a retired lumber
dealer of Allentown, Pa, was struck
by a fast Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad freight train and instantly
Killed.
It is probable that Chicago will be
the headquarters of the Democrats
during the Presidential campaign.
The Democratic Presidential cam
paign was informally opened at LIZ
coin. Two ratification meetings were
held by the Populists and Silver Re
publicans and the other by the Demo-
Gratis of Nebraska,
Mr. Louis Klopsch has cabled $lOO,-
900 to India from the relief fund In
response to an urgent appeal from
Rev. Mr.. Frease, at Barada.
The resumption of the st. Louis
street-car strike caused no Interrupt
tlon to traffic.
Preparations for notification day at
Canton, Ohio, have been completed,
report has been received Mt the
Treasury Department from Captain
Roberts, commanding the revenue cut
ter Manning, dated Dutch Harbor,
Unalaska, June 23, 1900, showing a
situation at Cape Nome which, the
officials fear, may result in great suf-
fering during the coming winter
among the crowds that are now flock
ing to the new gold fields
Consul-General Guenther, at Frank
fort, stated in a report to the State De-
partment that not only horse meat Is
used by the people in Germany, but
also dog meat.
The officials Mt the War Office are
busy planning to push the campaign
in China.
An agreement has been reached IN
the reciprocity arrangement between
the United States and Germany The
President Will issue his proclamation
putting the new duties In force In a
few days.
It was decided by the union en-
ployees Of the st. Louis Transit Com
pany to resume at once their strike
and boycott, which was settled recent
Iy, after being on nearly two months.
In compliance with an agreement
signed by representatives of most OF
the cotton mills in FAN River to cur
tail production for four weeks during
the summer, several mills have su5-
pended operations
Trouble was reported among the EN-
ployees of the Central Railway OF New
Jersey which, it was said, might de-
velop into strike,
President Eliot, of Harvard, refused
to permit the Cuban teachers to attend
a total abstinence meeting on the
ground that they had no need OF any
such thing.
The converter and billet mills OF the
Illinois Steel Company at Joliet ILL.,,
have resumed operation
John L. Pennington, Governor OF Da-
kota from 1874 to 1878, died at oxford
Ala.
An entire family Of nine persons
died near Calico Rock Marion county
Ark, from eating poisonous toadstoo's,
mistaking them for mushrooms.
David B. Hill stated in Albany that
he labored to have the Kansas City
Convention adopt more conservative
platform on the financial question
NO attempt has yet been made 10 re-
cover the bodies of Mrs. James Corri'
gan, her three daughters, niece and
granddaughter, who we're drowned by
the capsizing OF the yacht Idler near
Cleveland last Saturday afternoon.
President Shaffer of the Amalgamat'
ed Association Of Iron and Steel
Workers, has Issued circulars to lodges
asking that the scale committee be en-
powered to change the base OF the scale
adopted at the INDIANAPOLIS convention,