Warren sheaf., 1900-03-01
Personal AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Leslie E: Kelley, of Dwight. ILL.,. the
| inventor of the "Keeley cure for the
| liquor habit" died in Los Angeles, CAL,
aged 6s years.
EX-Congressman Charles C. Com
stock died at his residence in Grand
Rapids, Mich, aged SO years.
DR.. James II. Smart, president of
Purdue university, died in Lafayette,
Ind.
The republicans of the Ninth district
of Indiana have renominat ted Congress-
man Lands.
Fusionists in Louisiana have nomi-
mated Don Caffery, Jr., of New Orleans,
for governor.
Solomon Rosevert, builder of the
Baltic and Pacific, the first steamers
to cross the Atlantic, died in Della
ware, O., aged 90 years.
Newton NJ. Clements, who in the
early SOS represented the Sixth Ala
bama district in congress, died at
Tuscaloosa.
Benjamin Wood, who served three
terms in congress and was proprietor
of the New York Daily News. died in
that city, aged so years.
Ex-Congressman Harry Miner, for
merly a well-known theatrical man
ager, died in New York.
The next national democratic con-
Mo-, July 4.
The republicans of the Seventh dis
trict of Indiana have renominated
Jesse Overstreet for congress, and in
the Tenth district Edgar D. Crum-
packer has been renominated
Gen. John McNulta, of Chicago, an
ex-congressman and civil war vet
eran, died suddenly in Washington.
aged 60 years.
Indiana populists in state conven-
tion at indianapolis named a full
state ticket, headed by A. G. Burk-
hart. of Upton, for governor.
Judge Henry E. Howe died at To-
ledo, O., aged SO years. He cooperated
in the organization of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Dan Rice, the veteran clown, died at
Long Branch, N. j., aged II years. His
real name was Daniel McLaren.
The New York republican convention
to elect delegates to the national con-
vention will be held in New York city
April II.
Mrs. Henrietta Smell, widow of
Amos Smell, the millionaire whose
murder has been a mystery for ~
years, died in Chicago.
DR.. A. R. Wright, of Buffalo, N. Y,
aged Is, one of the foremost homeo-
pathic physicians Of America. died in
a Chicago. hospital
Indiana democrats will hold their
state convention in Indianapolis
June 6.
Col. William S. King, ex-congress-
man and national character for the
last 40 years, died at his home in Min
neapolis, aged 72 years.
Bimetallists will hold a national
conventionin Kansas City, Mo-, July f..
Rev. Edward Lorenz. editor of the
German periodicals of the United
Brethren church and for 40 years a
prominent minister, died in Dayton. o.
FOREIGN.
Three hundred and twenty houses
in Ataquines. Spain, were destroyed
by fire.
Consul Wildman reports from Hong
Kong that members of the Filipino
junta who left recently for Japan ex-
pect to meet Aguinaldo. This gives
credence to the. story that Aguinaldo
has escaped to the Island of Formosa.
Advices received in London say that
great battle has been raging along
the line of the Modder river around
Paardeberg and Koodoosrand for four
days and Lord Roberts reports 40 killed
and wounded officers, including two
generals, and 500 men. Rumors of the
relief of Ladysmith were unconfirmed.
Though without official advices, Lon
don believes Cronje is as good as
crushed and Ladysmith is practically
relieved. Cronje, with 5000 men. is sur
rounded in Modder rivers bed by Rob-
erts with $4,000. He asked an armistice
to bury his dead. and when refused
said he would fight to the DEATH
Marcel-Habert was found guilty in
Paris of melting the army to revolt
and sentenced to banishment for five
years.