The true northerner., 1900-07-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


For the Week Ending July >.
Boer envoys sailed from New York Thurs
day for Havre.
Steamers brought TO Seattle three tons of
Klondike dust valued at N,6oo,co0.
Rainstorms laid waste much OF Spain
and drowned thousands of persons.
American silk exhibit won gold medal
over French exhibit at Paris exposition.
Roosevelt will be formally notified on
July i2 OF his nomipation for vice presi-
dent
James II. Merrill, 54 years DID, mayor of
Oshkosh. Wis, died suddenly in New
York.
The Baltimore & Ohio road will establish
automobile cab service for passengers In
Chicago.
The building occupied by the Detroit
(Mich) Journal was burned. the loss be-
ing $4,000.
The great lumber yards at Black Rock.
N T.. were destroyed by fire. the loss be-
ing 100000
Mrs. Peter Darlington celebrated in
New York the one hundredth anniversary
OF her birth.
John MoberIy. aged " years, commif-
ted suicide at the home of his son near
'Maryville, Mo.
Ed Guyton was hanged at Caldwell.
Tex. for killing Daniel N. Ragsdale in
September, 1899.
Light frost occurred in the Red river
valley in North Dakota and vegetation
suffered In spots
The schooner Everett was wrecked on
ST. Lawrence island and five of her crew
OF six starved TO death.
Gov Lind. Of Minnesota, has ordered a
company OF militia TO the scene OF Indian
troubles at Rainy lake.
The Western Envelope company in CHI
cago lost contract for 1900 600 enve-
lopes because of "a strike.
The fifteenth annual students confer
ence, founded by Dwight L. Moody.
opened at Northfield, Mass.
Dave Bell (colored) murdered his wife
and then killed himself in Abba, Ia Do
nestle trouble was the cause.
A fund of Sls.546 has been collected for
Mrs. Guy V. Henry, widow OF Gen. Guy V.
Henry. OF the United States army.
The Indiana supreme court decided IL
unlawful 10 pump natural gas from wells.
Only natural pressure may be used
The tug Marion Teller foundered in
Lake St. Clair. near Port Huron, Mich,
and three OF the crew were drowned
Gus Rubin. Of Akron. o.. knocked out
Tom Sharkey. the noted sailor -pugilist. in
the fifteenth round at Coney Island. N. Y.
Solomon Soruggs and Philip Hilpot, COM
mercial travellers. fought with pistols in
a saloon In New York and both were killed.
The steamer Gustin, from Dawson and
Yukon ports, arriver at St Michael with
800 passengers and 100000 In gold dust.
Thomas Flannely was hanged at San
Quentin, Cal, for the murder of his IA
ther and Sheriff McEvoy October "A, 1897.
Fire destroyed the Cataract house, the
leading hotel in Sioux Falls, S. D.. and
other property. the total loss being $780,
0O0
President Mckinley will be officially in
formed of his nomination for president Of
the United States at his home in Canton,
o., on July II.
In Boston Rev. Francis l.. Clark has been
reelected president of the United Society
of Christian Endeavor, which now has g.
100000 members.
A storm that swept over portions OF In
diana wrecked many buildings. did great
damage TO crops. and seven persons were
struck by lightning.
Commissioner of Pensions Evans states
that during the fiscal year just ended
l05,567 pension certificates were issued, 15,-
OO0 more than during the year 1899.
Fire at Morencia, Ariz., wiped out the
mammoth smelling plant of the Detroit
Copper Mining company. owned by
Phelps, Dodge a. Co., of New York the
loss being Sl,000. 900.
More than l,6oO miles of new railroad
track have been laid in the United States
since January j last This exceeds the
record OF the corresponding period OF
1899 by nearly 800 miles.
The United Christian party has select
ed Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, of Topeka,
Kan. a candidate for vice president.
Rev. s. c. Swallow, OF Harrisburg, Pa,
is the nominee for president
Benjamin Hill Smell "A years old, former
ly a clerk in the pension office in Washing
ton. ID. c., was hanged in the district jail
Friday. for the murder OF 13-year-old Lizzie
Wiesenberger, who was employed al his
home, and with whom he was infatuated.
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