, 1900-04-26
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

The Rev. O.. b. Wilson,, superintend'
ent of the Stillman institute at Tusca-
loosa, Alabama, vas killed by light
ming while using a telephone during n
thunderstorm.
A boat on board of which were
twenty members of the Catholic Stud
ents' Association, while crossing the
river Rhine from Bingen to Rudes-
helm. was capsized and thirteen of its
occupants We're drowned.
DIR E. Benjamin Andrews, superin.
tendent of the Chicago public schools,
who was lately offered the position of
chancellor of the University of Ne
braska, has decided to accept the place,
He will go to Lincoln July list.
A prominent Republican, who has
been making n quiet canvass of Massa-
chusetts, a the Republicans are
McKinley's running mate and will in
struct Ii delegation to Philadelphia
to insist on his nomination.
Reports from Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama tell of heavy loss from
floods caused by the unprecedented
heavy rains of the past few days.
Crops have suffered seriously and near
ly every railroad is badly handicapped
by washouts and flooded tracks.
Andrew Carnegie has promised the
stitute of the city of Pittsburg, Penn
slyvania, to become responsible for 49,.
100000, the amount estimated a nee
essary for the proposed extension and
enlargement of h already fine build
ing at the entrance of Schley park,
that city.
Railroad agents report the heavy
rainfall will be of great benefit to the
winter wheat fields, as 1t will be to the
spring wheat in southern districts. II
is said the acreage devoted to corn this
year will exceed that of any former
year., owing largely to the high price
that has prevailed the last winter.
The new Cunard liner Invernia sail
ed from Queenstowns for New York
Tuesday with LOO Irish emigrants,
seven-eighths of whom are young men
who evidently fear CONSUMPTION. Many
of the emigrants before they would
embark required definite assurance
that the vessel was not bound for
Africa.
The construction of the tunnel of the
Metropolitan railway at Paris was fin
ished on the 18th. All that remains to
be done now is a bridge across the ca
nal at st. Martin and the closing up of
Aht Shait'fI ~ 'dIt We Lyon. lie TOLL
ing stock Is to be delivered later, but
the trains will begin to run in July, a
little earlier than was expected.
General Cronje, his wife and three of
his former staff, with other Boer
prisoners, have arrived at st. Helena.
They were met by the governor and
commander-in-chief of st. Helena,
Robert Sterndale, and Mrs. Sterrdnle,
at the castle, where the party remained
for an hour, afterward proceeding to
the Kent building. General Cronje
Cooks well and appears cheerful.
Advices from Benson, Arizona, say
Jesus Garcia and another Mexican
named Flores held up n faro game IN
Tom Steele's saloon at Johnson, n miu.
ing camp twenty-five miles east of
Benson, Sunday, and killed Scott
Weathersby, a prominent mining man,
whom they thought was trying to pre-
vent their escape Two posses are in
pursuit of the bandits. The robbers
got away with the entire bank roll,
which amounted to several hundred
dollars.
A dispatch to the Tribune from Lon
don says: The thoroughly entertained
opinion in diplomatic circles Is thai
Russia will not take advantage of the
British situation in South Africa, but
will wait until the end of the war, or
until the time comes for the division
of Portuguese territory in South Afri-
ca between Germany and England.
Russia will then offset the British and
German gains in this territory by or.
dering an advance On Herat and by
strengthening her grip upon Persia.
A dispatch from Manila announces
that Colonel James S. Petit of the
Ihirty-first volunteers, in command at
Lamboanga, has been court-martialed
for handing n prisoner of war over to
President Medell of Zamboanga, who
Killed the prisoner at one without a
trial. Petit is the officer with whom
Lieutenant Colonel Webb C. Hayes.
who recently resigned, Is said to have
quarreled, owing to Prrtit's dickerfng
with n Morodato for the right to land
troops n compelling his men to sub
init TO indignities from the natives.
-Four widely separated Dutch com
missions of Cape Colony have started
their W cooperative trading con-
Germs, with the intention of importing
directly from Europe and America all
the goods which hitherto have passed
the hands of colonial middle
men. The Dutch of the Umvoti coun-
"' "ie SoihS IL SttD IuTIQer |
and obtaining, besides their own trad
ers, Dutch lawyers, doctors and news
papers, apparently intending absolute
~ to boycott the British, directly and
Indirectly, and to become a community
apart.
A Pretoria dispatch says: As soon
rs the Berne award in the Delagoa Bay
railway arbitration was published the
lransNaal government offered to lend
Portugal the amount she was con-
iemned to pay ($5,000,OOO), which,
however, was courteously declined. the
statement being made that the money
already provided. The government
y receiving many memorials from
ourghers on the subject of sending the
Boer prisoners TO st. Helena and will
'ormally protest TO Great Britain on
he subject. Secretary of State Reitz
'ays the Transvaal government is not
aklng any resolution regarding the de-
of the mines.
The New York Tribune says: The
'urrent buying of the GouId stonLs q,