The true Democrat., 1900-04-28

South African News...Messenger Reaches
Paris---Smelter Trust ON Foot...scores of |
Other Readable Notes.
Operations in parts Of the Free State
are almost at standstill, owing to q
deluge Of rain.
James Francis Smith, the American
District Telegraph messenger boy bear
Ing the message Of sympathy OF the
school children Of Philadelphia and
New York to President Kruger, has ar.
rived at Paris.
On account Of discussions among 1
tts members the Spanish Ministerial
Council has been displaced by new
one.
An agreement has been signed at
Tallahassee, Fla, for the cutting Of the
long projected canal from the vicinity
Of Lake Washington, on the upper st.
Johns river, to Indian river. The OBJ
ject is to Grain and reclaim q large
tract Of land.
The New Jersey republican state
convention selected delegates to the
Philadelphia convention and indorsed
Mckinley.
Mrs. J. 3. Robb has started a
movement to organize the wives Of
workingmen and non union men
throughout the country with view
Of opposing trades unions.
The Alabams republican state con.
vention broke up in row and two
sets Of delegates were sent to the ma
tlonal convention.
The war department is considering
the question OF reducing the tariff on
American canned preserves going to
the Philippines.
The navy department has secured q
steamer to carry the wheat and other
food supplies contributed by charita-
BILE organizations in New York to the
plague and famine sufferers OF India.
Reports Of W. ]. Bryan's impaired
health are unfounded.
William Weizsnfeld who sailed for
South Africa on q mule transport last
November, has made serious charges of
brutality and extortion against the
ship people.
The ice war in New Orleans has run
prices below cost Of production, and
rival companies are now giving away
coolers and distilled water.
Over 1000 Japanese are expected to
be landed in Seattle and Tacoma with
in the next two weeks.
Minister Strauss, who is in this
country will not return to CONSTANT
nople.
Distress is increasing among the
people of India. Five and half mill
ion people are receiving relief.
Hereafter foreign dogs will not be
permitted to enter England. Ths
board Of agriculture, to prevent ths
introduction Of rabies, which have
been exterminated in Great Britain
, have put into enforcement an old or
der which is SO rigid that even pei
, dogs of tourists are shut ont.
: The Prince Of Wales has arrived a
Dover on bis return from Copenhagen
e The occasion was marked by scenes o
much enthusiasm.
The senate committee on militar
affairs has agreed on bill for the reol
ganization Of the army. The bill con
L fers the rank Of lieutenant genera
upon the senior maJor-general and tha
= Of major general upon the adlutan
D general Of the army.
ThIrty-three japanese contract ID
IS borers wall be dsportsd from San Fraz
@ cisco.
} The war department has determine
D. to resort to the use Of canned bet
9 for the subsistence Of the army In tt
20 Philippines. Large quantities are
10 be forwarded.
D. The rumor is revived that treai
l. is to be sent to the senate wheret
J. Costa Rica and Nicaragua argee
cede to the United States strip
20 territory five miles in width on eat
's side of the proposed canal.
The Trans Mississippi Commerci
Congress, after adopting plan of q
ganization on permanent basis, pat
ed resolution calling on congress
=, adopt one of the Nicaragus canal bi
: - and endorsing the st Louis expo
ton movement, adjourned to meet
~ Cripple Creek, Col, next year.
no The carpenters strike In Houst