The true northerner., 1900-06-13
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


amounted to SIT. b.759 zoo.
Windstorms caused much damage In
Illinois. Iowa and Michigan.
The levee at Amesville. La. broke. de-
stroying several fne plantations.
John q. Brady has been reappointed
governor of Alaska by the president.
The village OF Faulkner, Kan, was al
most entirely demolished by a tornado.
The bank at Donovan, ILL.,. was robbed
by burglars of $1,000 In money and notes.
John A. Russell. OF Elgin. ILL.,. has been
appointed attorney general OF Porto Rico.
President McKinley's Canton CO., home
Is being fitted up for his reception July 4.
Eight men were killed and 80 overcome
by gas in a mine disaster at Glouster. o.
Forty buildings in the business district
of, Susanville. Cal. were destroyed by
fire.
Mayor Van wyck admitted on the stand
that he owned stock in New York's ice
trust.
Big emigration of British farmers to
South Africa is expected when the war Is
closed.
w. S. Taylor announced that he would
not be a candidate for governor of Ken
lucky
Unknown thieves stole eight bronze
howitzers from the Chickamauga Ma
tional park.
The wheat crop In Oklahoma breaks
all records. The yield will exceed 30.-
900. 900 bushels.
Wind blew a train from the track near
Oswego. Kan, and several persons were
seriously injured
The national democratic (gold) COM
mittee has been called to meet in In
dianapolis July 25
Berea Ky) college completed its $780,
600 endowment fund. Miss Helen Gould
contributing $4,000.
President Mckinley will remain in
Washington until after the republican
national convention.
The boiler in a sawmill near Fife Lake
Mich, exploded. killing three men and
inturing ten others.
The Colorado democratic state conven.
ton instructed for Bryan and Endorsed
the Chicago platform.
The United States has sent the war.
ship Helena from Manila to reinforce
the command in China
Many houses and a church were
wrecked by wind at Miami. /. T., and
several lives were lost.
cyclone east of Charlotte. Mich. die
great damage to farm property and hlleC
many head OF live stock.
The cities of Guiana, Cumanacoa and
Cariaco, In Venezuela, were nearly de.
stroyed by an earthquake.
Siman Adams (colored) was lynched by
mob near Columbus. Ga. for attempted
assault on two white girls.
John Ovsss. a prominent planter, ant
his young SON were killed by some one In
ambush near Jackson. Ala
DR.. Paul Gibier. head of the Pasteul
institute OF New York city. was killet
In runaway at Suffern. N. Y.
Mrs. Rebecca Lowe, of Georgia ha.
been reelected president of the Genera
Federation of Women's Clubs.
A French syndicate is said TO have beer
formed to extend Siberian railway u
Behring sea and across to Alaska
Estimates by ward superintendents o.
the census place Chicago's population a
2o46,sl2, nearly double that of 1890.
Shurtlefr college, at Upper Alton. Ill.
Is promised $4,000 from John d. Rookie
feller If IL raises $4,000 additional.
A divorce case in which the defendan
was aged 70 years, correspondent GO. anC
plaintiff SO was dismissed In Chicago.
Four ship loads of American Christian
Endeavorers, 1900 In all. will attend th'
convention In London from July "A to is
Citizens of Kentucky presented to TIT
battleship named after the state a sill
yer service of 70 pieces. which cost $1,000
John Rinksrd. a produce dealer. ageo
55 years. shot and killed his wife ant
then shot himself fatally In Marion. Ind
At Carmel. Ind, Evangelist johnson
killed Deputy Sheriff Carey and in turI
was shot dead in the fusillade which fol
lowed.
Rev. Thomas B. Cheney, aged 65 years
for 35 years a Methodist preacher, com
mitted suicide at Washington Court
| house, o.
In railroad development the Unite'
States keeps its lead of the world. &C
| cording to a report by the Prussian min
lister of public works.
The exports at the port of Manila, Phil
ippine islands. for the first three months
OF 1900 show an increase of $2.050, 443 owe
the same period Of 1899.
Capt. Henry T. Blake, commanding tn
revenue cutter Galveston, died at Calves
ton, Tex. He was a native of Brooklyn
and was % years of age.
Gen. Otis while in Chicago said organ
lied resistance of Filipinos is at an end
but "chaos. absolute anarchy and ruin
would follow American withdrawal.
Rev Thomas Il. Cheney, aged SO years
for So years a preacher in the Ohio Meth
| odist Protestant conference, committed
suicide at Washington Courthouse, o., b!
cutting his throat with a razor.
Friday was Mrs. McKinley's birthday
| and in remembrance of the occasion
number of floral pieces were sent 10 tn
white house. The president remembered
the day by giving Mrs. Mckinley checl
| for so for each year of her life, but tn
amount is not known. as no one had th
temerity to inquire about her age.