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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-26
FROM THE WIRES.

San Juan De Puerto Rico, Sept. 10.
Tho plant OF FL Diasio. organ Of the
Federal pzrsv, vas CON pleteIy destroy
ed o7 mob last nigh: The type
aad presses were smashed. The sup.
posed cause of the disturbance we're ar
,icles attacking Mayor Egozoo, ~bo is
Republican No arrests were made.
Murcz Rivera, the editor of the paper.
is preparing a protest to Gov. Allen
on the ground that no protection was
afforded by the authorities. The pro,
test will De scot to Washington.
Minneapolis, Sept. 19-Au or.
oaniza,iou has been formed to control
sea food. 1t will be incorporated u5der
the laws of New Jersey this week aud
is backed by New York. Mioueapols
and Berlin capitalists. The usmc of
the company will DE the National Sea
Food Company. All the largest pack
ing concsrus in me country that deaf
10 sea food have entered the noioa.
ton. which wil! commence operations
~ sooa IS the next lobster and soft
shell cab season cpeas. For yea. or
,wo the corporation will not attempt to
coatso the oyster aud clau output. as
The laws COZ 10 force regarding 'be
Chesapeake bay beds w2a,c nos permit
this bat an atscmp' 10 ioc.ude oysters
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-26
Civil Law Replaces Marshal
Militia Will Remain as a Pre-
caution.

Galveston. Tex, Sept. 20 This
evening Mayor Jones proclaimed that
marital Law would cease at 1oou tomor-
row aod the civil authorities would as
anne directions of manicipal ahairs.
This was done at the suggestion of
Gea scurry. Who expressed the belief
that coodi:ioos had reached suoh
stage ,has the civil authorities were
able to cope with the situation This,
however. does not meao the Immediate
-vishdsaaal Of the militia They are to
cooperate With the city officials in the
enforcement of order aad will continue
90 aosy as Part of the goVero"en.
Since mar,ia. Law has prevailed 10 Gal
7ss.oa good order has resulted It was
feared 10 some quarters that woeo 1t
saeesne kuopn that the militia had
given way to civil authority the loolng
and robbery wh;ct oegso after the
stern and ooosiuued uatii toe declara-
,ion Of MARTA; isw. might recommence.
The military forces will be used as
check On this charscte. CT crime, how
ever aod 1ill ia all probability remain
here for the uezt 20 days
TIE saocs;og ot uegsoes by military
men fo- lo,,tag has had asmost caiu-
tarv sHsot and has 10 measure ter
ro-ized toe offenders; still there are
cases Of robbery reported daily that
are oe,og de;t viii severely
Labor ic Galveston is al premium
Thee is 90, 40 id!e m.a 10 the city.
Regardless d ssasioa CT pos'iioo, q
man n.s. uars The merchant aud
his e!e,s are working SIDE By side aloog
v:.h &c neo who haze soo1o nothing
bus hard wcyk siocc the tlne OF the''
chi.dac;d Es 70 cosmcpoi:'ao force
nos 4, woes 60 tue CITY aveoues; white
men xoi black wcrsiog 10 saoa gangs
urder one bead is e daily sceoe- Today
orders were issued 70 impress every
able bodied maa for street service
Ovee $50 gen we're secafed uoder to's
order 900 ,oday there are over ooe
me. eng4g ed ic tee wotk- Sail tols
force !. 90: soAioient, aod more mer
mus, se secured. saeo fo7 this service
ere TO be inpoe,ea fron 'be interior o
the S;s:e.
The acrk os yenov;og tie dead iroa
the ceh1is e,i:i coosioaes The prevails
;og ne;nod vi disposition is cremation
sna as each cs5pee is tskeo cut 1t L
thoroughly sa:aases VITA coat OIL ant
shrosa ,o.o b!aztog 6fs ibis Pia'
Of icc.oe,as:ou has bees ens,re'y sue
cess:ai aaa toe bodies are ou'osiy de
ss.oy.d Fcaera! pyrcs arc o'azta1
t5,crsaou. sbe city. sod 10 this ne.
Ga!vest.a is y;dd;pg Ss:se;t ct be
aead.
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Two Steamers Sunk

liverpool. seps a-qsa British
steamer Gordon Cas.le acd the German
s.aamer Sso.1aru oollided IN CaFdigaa
;oav Sunday pighs aod both vessels
s.ot Twenty Of tie persoas On beard
she Gor3oa Castle wcre lost.
The Stovuava cat the Gordon Castle
n twain il g dense fog The Gordon
Castle sa1s Immediately, her oo'ls's
exploding. The S:ormarn aoated Tor
., bonr Her boats saved a few O. tue
Gordon Castles passengers, who were
taken to Pombrey.
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l8Ol--l900.
ISOI--1SJ0.
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE,
COLUMBIA, S. C.

Abb s, A. NJ, LIB L. 1. Courses.
Spring Lou.ses free for Teachers Fourteen
Professors $1,000 volumes 10 library ex-
ce!leo, laboratories. class rooms, gy mnssius
,pirmary. athletic grounds. Tuition $40,
other fees SIS, session tuition remitted to
needy students Exposes Sl35 10 olI5
session Certified Pupils from forty-6re Ac-
credited Schools enter its Freshman Glass
without examination.
Entrance and Norms Scholarship E1ami-
nations held at every county seat, Friday
July &c, 1900, by County Superintendent
Next session opens Sept. 26, 1900 For
catalogue, address,
F. c. WOODWARD, President.
June 6
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THE GENEROUS ACTORS.

Washington, Sept l9--The na;ioees
given by ali the theatres ia Washing
ton today fcS the beoeGs OF the Calves
ton victims resulted 10 total receipts OF
s2,e48. Six play houses devoted all
shei. receipts for tie afternoon to this
fund Their subscriptions to the fund
made maioly through newspapers so far
show total Of S8,392.
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Editors Awful Plight.

Z i Higgins, Editor Seneca. Ills } News
was afflicted for years w::h PIES ,ha' no doc
tor OF remedy helped uu:il he tried Bucklen,s
..rn;cs S;:ve. lie writes TIVE bezes wholly
cured hun. KS the surcst Pile earth
and the best salve in the world. Cure guar
anleed. Only 25 cents. Sold by J +. w.
DeLorme. Druggist.
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Confederates in Atlanta.

Camp 10y, United CoD1eueraIe vet
erans, at it's last meeting adopted
resolution couched In strong IAN
guage, taking exceptions to resolu-
,ion passed at the recent eDcamp
ment at Chicago of the G A, Il.
relative to southern school histories
1t was held by the G.. a. R resolu
ton that many Of the histories used
by southern scboo' children gave
partisan view Of the historical facts
of the civil war
After giving briefly several Incl
dents in the war the resolution
adopted by the Atlanta camp con-
cludes
elm the language of the resolutions
of the Grand Army, we of the south
also call upon al! patriotic citizens 20
aid in banishing from our schools ali
books aud teachings of q partisan,
sectional or dislcyal character, but
We remind our fellow citizens of the
Grand Army of the Republic that 80
long as the northern schools are SUP
piled with books that teach that the
war between the states was organized
rebellion designed to destroy the
Union, that Jefferson Davis was the
arch traitor. while John Brown was
hero aod martyr that Robert E.
Lee Albert SYDNEY johnson and
Stonewal jackson were guilty Of
treason, that Semmes, Tatnall, Bu
chanan and Waddel were wicked
pirates aud the southern armies were
bands of rebels, the adoption Of these
resolutions by the Grand Army of the
Republic is but hollow farce
.The resolutions themselves TEEN
with partisan anger and misrepresent
alton Whenever the unfair partisan
books Of the north are corrected and
ali evidences of hatred to the south
eliminated theretrom, it will then be
time enough for our Grand Army
friends to call for reform IN the mat
ter of southern histories
Salt Lake, Utah, Sept ~ While
Gov Wells and Secretary of State
Hammond were in Idaho last night
to meet Gov Roosevelt and escort
h:n TO this city. Judge 0 ". Power;
OF Salt Lake, Democrat. was ap
nointed United States senator to I'll
the existing vacancy Tne appoint
men, was made By the presiden: 0
the senate who is acting governor
according to the constitutions
Washington, Sept % -DiTecto
O; the Census Merriam stated TODAY
that the announcement OF 'he cite
IS practically completed, as no bale
tia vii! be issued Tor town unde
%. .ooo The bu7eaa, i!ie sad, pr"
baby viii begin ne1i w@ss aailoc''t:
ing the population q She s'a.ea
The first VIII be Arkansas api 'aere
, after ,hey viA be issued - aipi'a5@;;
cal order, beginning wi;;5a A'abae'.;
) 1t is Thought t..lai 81 q he State
: will be given cat betose congies
, assemblies. The ,cilgns t5aTa 'a
, several States viii .!so show III
population of cities unde: soc
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nnruoceros nIro.

The rh%inoceros bird, like many other
professed ~benefactors, has been igno-
m%iniously found out. Generations of
naturalists have invested it with a
wholly spurious reputation, the more
imaginative declaring that it warned
big game that an enemy was stalk
Ing them, the matter of fact that it
freed them from parasites. Captain
Hinde, Of the British East African
~Protectorate, gives the r~hinoceros
birds, however, the very worst of char
acters. They worry camels and bag
gage ponies, and, now that the rinder-
pest has swept most of the cattle away
and the insects with them, they have
become unashamedly ca~rniverous,
tearing holes in the back and TANKS
of any domestic animal that is not
carefully watched. A corresponding
degeneracy has, of course. come over
the New Zealand kea parrot, which,
originally insectivorous, has taken only
too kindly to raw mutton, a meal of
which it can be seen enjoying any day
at the Zoo. Thus civilization would
seem to corrupt not only natives but
the very birds of the air and the
beasts Of the field.-Pall Mall Ga
Zette.
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with the Roots I'm.

~ HM -
When lionel "Tom' Powers was
killed b eing thrown from an At.
lantic Q train while crossing the
Delawar yer Bridge the other day
many PEI marveled at the fact
that the Shoes had been torn from his
feet. Strknge as it may seem, this is
nothing ~pausual. Most Of those who
were kill d in the wreck at Hatfield
were bekeft Of shoes, and in one cor
ner of Pie improvised morgue was a
large pie of unclaimed footwear that
had bee picked up about the wreck.
In coSai1enting upon this yesterday. an
old railroad engineer said: "a mar
who is killed in a railroad accident
seldom dies with his boots on. / don't
know why this should be, but it is
a fact. It is particularly true in the
case of a man who is struck by an
engine and killed. In nine cases ont
OF ten, when the body is picked up, it
VIII be found to be minus shoes. Even
men wearing heavy top boots are not
exempt from this strange rule. WIN
is it? I guess you'll have to ask some
body who is wiser than / am.n-Phil.
adelphia Record.
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Oar Adopted Islands.

The United States transport Rawlins
ran ashore at Santiago de Cuba, but
sustained no injury.
First Lieutenant Francis K. Meade,
Of the Twenty-first Infantry. died of
typhoid fever at Manila.
Rafael Cruz Perez has been appoint
ed Chief Justice Of Cuba. Senior Iado
has been appointed a judge of the Ha-
vana Supreme Court.
Documents captured in Manila show
that the fnsurgent activity in Luzon
was ordered by rebels at Manila, fol-
lowing instructions from the Hong
Kong Junta.
Rapid progress is being made with
the coaling station at Pago-Pago,
Samoa.
Captain George s. Cartwright, Tween
ty-fourth Regiment, U. S. A., died Of
yellow fever at Camp Columbia, al
Havana, Cuba.
About 24,SOO voters have registered
for the November election in Honolu-
u, Hawaii.
Governor-G General Wood returned to
Havana, Cuba, from Santa Clara.
where he found the country perfectly
quiet. The prospects for the sugar crop
are magnificent.
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Crop and Trade Reports.

Satisfactory reports as to fall trade
come from Kansas City, st. Louis and
Louisville.
In the Northwest a fair fall trade is
doing, though recent rains have hurt
the agricultural interests.
Adv;ces that the cotton is moving
to market with unexampled speed
come from nearly all Southern points.
San Francisco reports large Govern
ment orders helping business in many
lines, large fruit yields, particularly
OF apples. prunes and raisins, ana 3
heavy business in canning and shin
ment of deciduous fruits.
Rains have hurt the Oregon hon
crop.
The Ontario grain, lumber, cattle,
dairy and export trades are in good
shape
Reports from the States of the Ohio
Valley indicate that the acreage of win.
ter wheat will be smaller than usual,
In some sections seeding has ben bur.
posely delayed to avoid the Hessian
fly.
While the condition Of the soil has
been generally favorable for plowinc
for fall seeding this work has been de.
layed in portions of Iowa and Nilsson.
n by dry weather and BY excessive
rains in WISCONSIN and Minnasnta
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The Governor Wal Struck with : stich
by one Of the Crowd His Assailant
Was knocked Down-About 1900 Peo-
pie Took Part In Throwing Stones,
stale Eggs and Other Missiles.
Cripple Creek, Col. (SpeciaD.-Gov.
ernor Roosevelt had a most exciting
experience in Victor, a few miles
from Cripple Greek, where a demon.
strative crowd surrounded his party.
Several attempts were made to strike
| Governor Roosevelt, and one man did
hit him in the breast with a stick. He
promptly was knocked down.
The incident was the only one of the
sort that has occurred in the progress
of the trip, and it is said that the
trouble was occasioned by a small
were few in number, but violent in
their attack.
Governor Roosevelt spoke in Armory
Hall in Victor, which was filed.
When the Governor left the hall with
his party to go toward the train he
was surrounded by a company of
Rough Riders, commanded by Sher-
man Bell, one of his own soldiers in
the Spanish val. He also was ac-
companied by General Curtis Guild,
Jr., of Boston; John Proctor Clarke, of
New YORK; General Irving Hale. Of
Colorado; United States Senator VOL
colt, Frank G. Cloudy, candidate for
Governor of Colorado; Percy S. Ry-
der, candidate for Lieutenant Govern-
or; A. M. Stevenson, Lieutenant Tice
and several others.
Governor Roosevelt and his party
were on foot. A crowd of boys and
men began throwing stones. The
Rough Riders, mounted and un-
mounted, closed in around the Govern
or to protect him from assault by the
mob.
1t was at this point that somebody
in the mob struck him a blow in the
breast with a stick. The assailant i'm
mediately was knocked down by Dan
iel M. Sullivan, postmaster Of Cripple
Greek.
A rush was then made by the mob
to drag the mounted men in khaki uni
forms from their horses. The men on
foot, also IN khaki, closed around the
Governor, making a wedge which
pushed through the crowd, and they
finally succeeded in gaining the train,
which was surrounded by the mob.
By this time there were probably
1900 excited persons in the vicinity,
and isticuffs were exchanged on all
sides. Many of the mob were armed
with sticks and clubs. some with rot
zen potatoes, stale eggs and lemons.
The entire party regained the train,
however, without serious injury, and
1t pulled out of the place, with the
Rough Riders on the rear platform.
Governor Roosevelt, while regretting
The occurrence, was not disturbed by
the incident, aud was ready to speak
IN Cripple Creek.
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HOWARD FOUND GUILTY.
He is Sentenced to Death For the
Assassination Of Goebel.
His Record ~ = Bad Man Inauenced the
Jury's verdict-Prisoner Broke
Down in His Cell.

Frankfort, Ky. (Special.-James B
Howard, charged with being a prin-
cipal In the assassination of William
Goebel, was found guilty, the jury
fixing his punishment as death.
Howard did not lose his composure
when the verdict calling for the ex-
treme penalty of the law was read in
the crowded court room. He glanced
at his attorneys, who sat beside him,
and smiled, but said nothing. After
the jury had been discharged Howard
was taken back to the jail, and here,
Tor the first time, he betrayed emo
ton. He called for a pen and paper,
and wrote a long letter to his wife,
during which tears cOursed down his
cheeks. He was Joined later by his at
torneys, who spent a good part of the
day in conference with him in regard
to the motion for a new trial and other
matters in connection with the case
w. Fl. Coulton, who is under indict-
ment as an accessory to the Goebel
murder and who gave damaging evil
dence against both Howard and Caleb
Powers, was released on bail and his
case was continued until the January
term.
Howard and his friends are bitter
in their ~denunciation of witnesses,
who, they say, were in the conspiracy
to murder Goebel, and have since man
ufactured testimony against others in
order to obtain immunity for them
selves.
Jim Howard, as he is commonly
known in the mountains, is a striking
" handsome man, forty-four years of
age. He had been the reputed lead
er of the Howard White faction in the
Baker-Howard feud in Clay County,
IN which numerous lives have been
taken. He killed George Baker and
was suspected of the assassination
OF Tom Baker. Howard's friends be-
lieve these facts had much to do with
the making of the verdict sentencing
him to the gallows.
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The outlook for Manitoba's wheat
crop has assumed a very doubtful as
pect. Such heavy rainfalls as oc-
CURED, sometimes lasting from fifteen
to twenty hours, have delayed harvest
SO far as to necessitate the employ
ment of outside labor, whereby the
farmer is put to much expense. If
sufficient numbers do not take advan-
tage of these imported laborers, part
of the crop will be lost before thresh-
ing is done.
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BIG DEMAND FOR GOOD HORSES.
High Prices Onered, But the Proper
Kin Seems to Be Scarce.

New York City (SpeciaI.-Dealers
in heavy harness horses say that with
the advent of cooler weather there is
an increasing demand for coach and
carriage horses, high acting cobs and
heavy teams Of the trotting bred vari-
ETY.. The fact that the best class of
carriage horses are scarce while the
demand is greater than it has been for
several years will tend to advance
prices on good stock. 8
The boom in horseflesh, which really
started three years ago and has been
growing yer since, caught breeders
short. During the depressed state of
the market they practically quit breed
Ing, and at present the demand Is
greater than the supply Tor the prov
er kind of animals. The same is trI
of the light harness trade. A reaY
good, sound trotter or PAGER will bri
almost any price. They are bel
sought for in every breeding cen
Of the country.
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An interesting and puzzling sight
greets the visitor to Mount Moriah
Cemetery, Philadelphia. Some twen-
ty years ago three eccentric men of
wealth put up in the most secluded
corner three tall shafts of rough-hewn
granite. They had been friends a long
time and they agreed that as each
lied his shaft was to be broken and
the fragments left where they fell.
The second of this trio has just passed
away and his column has been shat
tered, as was that of his former friend
years ago. No fence incloses the
strange monuments, and no names are
.arveG on the granite.
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Domestic.

A shortage of $40 in cash has been
found in the accounts of Edward M.
Billings, the missing assistant post
master of Upper Newton Falls, Mass.
Charged with embezzling $4,000 be-
longing to the Union National Bank, of
Chicago. William D. Duncan was ar
rested at Old Point, Va.
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Lew, who was
a Union spy in the Civil War, died at
Richmond, Va, at an advanced age.
The transport Mcpherson arrived at
Galveston, Tex, with relief supplies
from New York City to the value Of
S163,375.
Sheriff Harvey, of Luzerne County.
Penn, asked Governor Stone for mil
tia. He had been compelled to use
force to dispense a party of marching
strikers.
General Joseph Wheeler declared in
an interview at Huntsville, Ala, that
under no conditions will he be a can
1idate for the United States Senate
against Senator q. w. Pettis.
William J.. Jones, of Bristol Centre,
N. Y, while blowing unearthed some
bones of a mastodon. Several inn
mense teeth were found, together with
many huge bones.
By a vote of 80 to / the st. Louis
Presbytery, composed of Presbyterian
churches of Eastern Missouri, has de-
cided against any revision of the creed.
Cornelius Sullivan died at Toledo.
Ohio, at the age Of 101 years. He was
born in County Cork, Ireland, on May
10, 1893, and followed the sea as an
irish pilot for fifty years.
William Watson shot his wife to
death at Rockville, s. O., and fled.
In the burning of Henry Rosen's junk
warehouse at Toledo, Ohio, John Gal
lagher, fire captain, was killed, and
ter ivg4ee Injured Hke accident was
caused by falling walls.
TO protect Galveston, Texas, against
a repetition of tie recent disaster a
dixie around the city is recommended.
General John Alexander McCler-
nand, Of the best-known Northern
Generals of the Civil War, died at his
home in Springfield, ILL.,, after a long
illness due to a general breaking down
of the system from old age.
John Markle, representing the great
est coal-mining firm in the world, and
President Mitchell, of the Mine Work
ers' Union, debated the strike issue at
Hazleton, Penn.
The insane partner of Hatch &
Foote, Wall street brokers, Charles
Benjamin Foote, died at his summer
cOtfapn af 0onauio NJ r Ho wac
sixty-two years old. Mr.. Foote never
knew of the failure of his firm, caused
by his own wild speculations.
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Had Part of His Brain in q Paper Bag.
John McClintock was taken to the
County Hospital, lat Connellsyille, Penn,
from Fort Pitt, Somerset County, with
his skull fractured by the kick of a
horse, and some of his brains knocked
put. The man saved the brains and
brought them to the hospital in a pa
per bag. McClintock is perfectly ra-
tional, and does not suffer any pain
to speak of.-Philadelphia Public Led
Opr
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Foreign.

OI0hkUS
Paris Exposition concessionaires are
enraged by the failure Of their side
shows to pay. and will demand indem-
mites from France.
Germany's coal imports during Au-
gust showed an increase of 199,243
tons over 1899, the exports showing
an increase of 1882 tons.
The price of cotton in India has
risen, and many spinning mills have
been closed.
The Socialist Congress at Paris de
cided to establish a permanent COM
mittee, whose headquarters will be
in Brussels.
Many damaged Boer guns have been
found by the British along the Croco-
die River, and a large quantity of
railroad stock has been taken.
The Turkish Minister to Spain has
resigned because Of the non-payment
of his salary.
Paul Kruger has formally resigned
the Presidency of the Transvaal Re-
public.
Travel to the United States from
German ports has been unprecedent-
eddy heavy recently.
Premier Marchard died at Quebec,
after a long illness. He was born in
st. Johns seventy years ago. He be-
came Premier of the Province of Que
bee in 1896.
The Earl of Clarendon has been an.
| pointed Lord Chamberlain Of England
in succession to the Earl Of Hopetoun,
ynann+Iu oppoin+n1 Gauar1o On n ot1o~,o
of the Australian commonwealth.
Legal proceedings against the accom-
plices of Bresci, the assassin of King
Humbert, have been suspended, as
all are outside the jurisdiction Of the
Italian courts.
A fire in the Hass Keui district, in
Constantinople, Turkey, destroyed $50
residences, forty shops and a syna.
gogue.
The German Colonial Society will ex,
pertinent in cotton growing in West
Africa.
A letter from the T%ransvaai printed
in the Kreuz Zeitung, Of Berlin, warns
Germans against emigrating thither.
Forty of the passengers and crew
of the Egyptian mail steamer Char
kieh, wrecked on the island of Andres,
were drowned.
General Methuen routed a Boer con.
yoy at Hart River and captured thou,
sands of cattle and sheep.
The grand m~anoeuvres Of the French
army were held at Chartres, $1,000
men-infantry, cavalry and artillery
parading before President Loubet.
Grasshoppers are spreading wei the
Captain Generally of Estremadura.
Spain, destroying the crops.
A deficit Of $2,1O0.OOO is shown in
the Netherlands budget for 1901.
Mi. Griscom, United States Charge
dAffaires at Constantinople. demand
ed of the Porte the release of an Ar
menian who is q naturalized American
citizen.
An Imperial edict appoints LII Hung
Chang, Prince Ching and Shene ~
peace negotiators for China.