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In 1880 he was elected a delegate to
the Democratic National Convention
and elector-at-large for Hancock and
English. After two years Of law and
politics he accepted the presidency of
the University Of West Virginia, but
in a few months ran as candidate
for the Forty-eighth Congress. He was
elected, and took his seat in 1888.
Mr.. Wilson succeeded Mr.. Springer
as Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, and carried through the
measure known as the Wilson Tariff
BILL In the parliamentary struggles
over this Dill Mr.. Wilson's health
broke down.
President Cleveland caiied him to
the Cabinet as Postmaster-G General.
At the expiration of Mr.. Cleveland's
second term as President Mr.. Wilson
returned to college life, accepting the
presidency of Washington and Lee
University. Since then he has led the
scholars life.
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ANOTHER race FOR CUP.
Lipton's Challenge Accepted by the
New York Yacht Club.
MATCH WILL OCCUR in AUGUST

The Name of Sir Thomas's Ne" hh'"'
Will BE Shamrock II - conditions oi
Races Same as Prevailed in Last eon'
test-Speculation az to Who VIII De-
fend Trophy Against the Chailshser'
New York City (speciap.-Sir Thom-
as Lipton's challenge for the Ameri-
cas- Cup was formally laid before the
memhers of the New York Yacht Club
at a special meeting held for that pur-
pose. Without dissenting voice the
challenge was voted hearty accept
ance by the hundred or more members
that thronged the famous model room,
where the meeting was held.
Speculation was not wrong when it
decided that the new challenge would
not differ in it's terms from the former
one sent by Sir Thomas. In the dates
suggested for the races alone is there
variation. The challenge, which comes
through the Royal Ulster Yacht CLUB,
names, according to the requirements
of the deed of gift, Sir Thomas l1lpton
as owner of the challenging vessel;
Shamrock H., cutter-rlgSed yacnt
measuring $50 feet on the load water
line as the challenger; August 20, -
and "a of next year as the date for the
races. and requests that the starts,
courses and other details be left SUBJ
iect to the same conditions as governed
tbe races between Columbia and the
first Shamrock last year.
A committee was appointed, with
mower to accept the challenge for the
club. and to arrange the terms OF the
match. This committee will later In
the wear meet a similar committee
from the Royal Ulster Yacht CluD,
and full details of the sailing OF the
races will then De agreed upon.
After the meeting the question OF 4
new defender was discussed. Various
suggestion of more or less plausibility
as to the defensive campaign went the
rounds. By some it was said, with no
quotation of authority, that at least
two defenders would be built, and that
q local designer would furnish the
boards for one Of the new yachts. The
owners of the latter yacht were hinteu
at as a syndicate composed of three
or four yachtsmen who have been
prominent in racing off Newport.
AS to the owners of the first yacht,
all those who didn't know repeated
the gossip that has been current since
the news of Sir Thomas Lipton's In
tention to challenge became known.
Harry Payne Whitney and Herman
E. Duryea,:.it was said, would be the
owners, and Captain "Nat' Herreshof
the designer. E.
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FOREIGN.

Representatives Of all the allied
Powers met in Pek.n, China, to be-
gin negotiations upon the basis of the
French proposals.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
for a public library in the town Of
Hawick, Scotland
Mexican troops in the field against
the Mayi Indians have been ambushed
several times and suffered consider
able losses.
General Roberts reports to the Brit
ish War Office that the perseverance
of the Beers is remarkable.
Completed returns of the British
thirty seven and an opposition gain
Of thirty-fve. the respective totals
being 401 and 26S.
The Cape Colony Parliament has
been prorogued.
minor officer Of the Vatican al
Rome has been arrested on the charge
of admitting thieves who stole SCI, $50.
With unique rites fifty persons were
baptised by John Alexander Dowie in
London. In sensational speech he
avowed himself Scotchman, not an
american freak"
Much interest WIS aroused in Eng
land over the trial &C an artillery
lieutenant at Dover accused Of theft.
He was acquitted.
Nova Scotia has been swept by ter
rible gale, which did great damage to
shipping.
In changing her tariff Russia has or.
dered the collection Of an excise duty
on spirits and tobacco.
Bubonic plague at Glasgow, Scot.
land, is said by the officials to have
been checked.
Mining Engineer Bland, an Amert-
can, was murdered by twenty-five
Korean miners at Chemulnn
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Orp ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The insurgents surprised party OF
American scouts at Takloban, Leyte
Island. P. T., killing three and mutt
tating their bodies.
The United States Supreme Court
advanced the cases involving the ex-
tension of the Constitution to Porto
Rico and the Philippines to the second
week in November.
Major Francis S. Dodge. Paynaster
of the Division of Cuba, is i'll in Ha-
vana with yellow fever
A new modern post office building
for the Philippines is to be built III
Manila at an early date.
Two Americans were wounded and
twenty insurgents killed and forty
wounded in q fight in Northern Panay,
P. l.
The west coast of the Island Of
Leyte, P. l., is in state Of turmoil.
Since October 1 ninety new cases OF
yellow fever in Cuba hive been re-
ported.
Customs receipts for Cuba during
the first eight months Of 1900 were
S1O,6T2, ,O29.65, as against S9,493, ,OSS.4G
for the same period Of 1885,.
J. w. Irwin, the special agent sent
to make a thorough inspection of the
Philippine postal service and accounts,
has completed his work. ..
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DOMESTIC.

A bill which will be presented at the
next meeting of the California Legis-
iature provides for the arrest Of chill,
1ren between the ages Of eight and
fourteen years, and forbids their en-
ployment, except during certain por-
tions Of the year, by business firms.
Jewelry worth $4,000. was, stolen
from the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Pfzer, near Bernardsvllle, N. j.
Vice Chancellor Pitney. in Trenton.
n. j., in his judicial capacity, intimated
that there are no trusts. ~
State troops turned back 2500 strik'
ars who had marched into the Panther
Creek Valley, Penn, to try to close the
collieries in operation there.
Bishop Fallows wrote to the Rev.
Apson Phelps Stokes, at New Haven
Conn. suggesting he devote part of
his Inheritance to fund for worn
out ministers of the Gospel.
The winter arrangements for the
mail service to the. Yukon and Atlin
districts in Alaska will be the same
IS those prevailing during the winter
Of 1S99-1900. .-ls....
1t is reported at San Francisco thai
the crew of the missing ship Lansing
had mutinied. killed the captain and
settled on an island in the South Seas.
There has been heavy fall of snow
in the Rio Grande valley in Texas.
The French Line steamer La Lor-
raine arrived at New York City, hav-
ing broken down at sea and repaired
her own engine.
Edwin Fletcher, one Of a family of
steeple climbers, fell seventy-two feet
from a chimney at Attleboro, Mass,
and was killed.
Governor Pingree's bills for popu-
lar vote on a Constitutional amend
ment to tax railroads at actual value
and for the repeal Of special charters
have been passed by the Michigan
Legislature.
James Adams, of Berkeley Springs,
w. Va, who went to the Klondike
three years ago. has amassed fortune
which he estimates at $5,000,O00.
The Grand Camp. Confederate Vet
eiduS VI NhSlulG, uelu I'D I'LL tCSuli
annual session at Staunton, Va. .
Alexander H. T. Howard, an insur-
ance agent and inventor Of Brooklyn,
shot and killed his eight-year-old son,
Leigh, and then took his own life.
Major Edward Goldberg, United
States Indian agent. died at Seneca,
Mo-, from mushroom poisoning.
Disappointed in love, Joseph Wilson
shot his sweetheart, Annie Woods,
while she was at work at Bangor, Me-,
and then killed himself.
Charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses, Hans Won Ketteler
Enfeldt. an alleged German count, was
arrested in Chicago. :,
New York Board of Trade and
Transportation has declared against
the war stamp tax.
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700 MILES SMALL BOAT
Part of Crew Of Steamer Disabled
at Sea Reaches Barbados.
Vessel Helpless in Midocean-voluntee
Crew Take Thirteen Day Voyage
and Summon Aid.

Barbados (By Cable).-Seven hum
dred miles in an open boat to get as
sistance for their vessel is the record
made by the first officer and portion
of the crew of the British steamer
Hostilius. The men arrived here after
having rowed for the better part Of
thirteen days.
The Hostilius is q new steamer and
plies between New Orleans and South
africa. She Is commanded by Cap
tain Lewis. On September q the ship
left East London, and on October 2,
while in latitude 10 north and longi.
tude 40 west, her propeller. shaft was
broken. Because Of the route she had
taken the Hostilius was little out Of
the usual path Of steamers in the
South African trade.
A call was made for volunteers to
take one of the boats and row to Bar
BADGES A crew Of eight was selected
from those who answered the sum-
mons. and, commanded by the first
officer, the boat was put over the side.
The men took with them ample pro-
visions for thirty days in the shape of
biscuit, canned meats and an abund-
ance of water It was calculated that
with the oars and small sail which
they rugged they would be able to
make between forty and fifty miles
day.
Because of their cramped position
In the boat the men were unable to
get proper rest. In spite of this, how
ever, regular watches were maintained
all Of the thirteen days. and the boat
was kept under way either by sail or
with oars each night. On days when
the wind was favorable the men OBJ.
tanned plenty of rest. When the wind
died away they went at the oars.
Twice they fell in with sailing craft
who thought they were the crew Of
somet wrecked ship. They received
offers Of assistance, but were forced
to decline, as the vessels were not
bound for this port Y q -. ,
AS soon as their story was told the
British cruiser Indefatigable, attached
to the West Indian squadron, which
was in the hafbor, received orders to
sail at once in search ofsthe steamer.
1t is thought she will be found within
100 miles Of the point where she was
disabled. about 700 miles from here.
The Indefatigable will tow her to
some port where repairs can be made.
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The polling places in Chicago this
year number 1127. 1S
Adlai e. Stevenson spoke to large
gatherings Of voters in New Jersey.
Senator Hanna made over score Of
speeches on his four days trip through
the Northwest. ... e..
Fusionists and Republicans engaged
in bitter struggle, over the next Leg
isiature in Nebraska.
Governor Pingree, of Michigan, an
nounced that he would retire from pol
itics at the end of his term. =. "a
The President emphasized his for
mer announcement not to make any
speeches during the campaign. IS =
A., Olney Is the only member Of the
Cleveland Cabinet who publicly an
nounced his intention to support Bryan.
Secretary Long planned to make
several speeches on his Western trip.
He also visited his daughter in Colo
RADIO.
Leonard Woolsey Bacon. of Norwich,
accepted a nomination for single
Presidential elector on the Third Party
ticket in Connecticut.
William j. Bryan completed his tour
of Ohio, speaking to 10000 persons In
Youngstown and to great meetings in
Cleveland. He also spoke in Canton.
Tammany Hall, in New York City,
determined to challenge the votes or
all students in colleges and universl-
ties, on the ground that they are not
residents.
The report Of the Citizens Commit.
tee that ran the Republican Conven-
tion in Philadelphia shows that the
sum Of $112,SS5.57, less $23.O5, was
expended.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue decided that certificates of nom-
nations for public Office, such as are
required by some Of the States, and all
oapers or Instruments relating TO the
exercise Of the elective franchise, arc
exempt from stamp tax.
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the crown on coming of age, August
81, 1898, her mother, the Dowager
Queen Emma, having been Queen Re-
gent since the death Of King William
Ill. November %, 1890. H..
The young Queen has been reported
as likely to be engaged 10 number
Of personages, including the Duke Of
Abruzzi, Prince Bernard Henry of
Saxe-Weimar, Prince Louis Napoleon,
the Crown Prince of Germany, Prince
Frederick Of Wied, Prince William Of
Wied, Prince Alexander Of Teck.-
Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia
and several others. ~ -.
Duke Henry, Of Mecklenburg- -Schwe-
rim, was born April 10. 1876. he Is q
half brother of the Grand Duke Of
Mecklenburg- -Schwerin. t...." 49,,
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Confirmation has been received OF.
tbc execution of Chang -Ien-Hoon.'
former Chinese Minister to the United
States
The battleship Texas has been placed
out Of commission at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. where she will receive ex-
tenSivc repairs.
Albert r. Green, of the General Land
Office, has been selected as chief of
the new division Of forestry OF the
Interior Department.
Baron Fava, Italian Ambassador.
presented his credentials. from his
new master. King Emmanuel.
The report that Turkey is paying the|
United States indemnity in instaHhents
is denied by the State Department.
Sophia Holmes, one Of fheJ first cell
ored women appointed >Ko place un-
der the Government and for many
years an employeJof the Treasury
Department. died IN Washington at the
age Of sevcntyr
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NeWsy GleanIngs,

There has been another outbreak OF
smallpox at Cape Nome.
The scarcity of salmon now in the
Columbia River is pronounced abnor'
NAL.
White blackberries and green roses
have been produced in Louisiana this
year.
The University of Chicago has de-
cided to give free tuition to ten Porto
RicanS.
All the Swedish bonds (several mil
licns) offered in the United States have
been sold.
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Labor World.

The miners of the Yukon District,
Alaska, it is said employ $3.50 men,
who receive an average wage of 81 an
hour.
A strike of miners at Basket, Ky,
for recognition of the union, involv-
ing lower wages, has been won by
the men.
During the second quarter of this
year the percentage Of unemployed
in New York was 20.7, just double
the number out of work FOR the same
period last year.
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AMERICANS AND JEWS BARRED.

Englislman's Will Designed to Prevent
Daughters from Marrying Them.
London (By Cable).-The will Of J.
B. Clayton, the son of the late Member
Of Parliament of that name, has just
been probated.
BY 1t he leaves between his two
daughters fortune of $4,000 with
the curious provision that the money
is only to be payable to either if she
attains the age Of thirty-five years
without marrying either citizen of
the United States or Jew.
The reason for the proviso is not
stated.
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The National Game

Kcister is keeping up his strong
game for st. Louis.
The New York Club has suspended
Pitcher Seymour for balance Of sea.
son.
Hamilton. of Boston, was the third
PLAYER 10 reach the century mark in
runs.
PittShurg is The first club to win as
many games us fifteen in series from
Boston.
Nick Young says there likely. will
he return to the double umpire sys-
ten next year.
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A MAYOR TRIES SUICIDE.
Fired Two Shots at Himself But Missed..
His Wife Saves Him.

Pearson, Ga. (SbeciaD. Mayor Henry
Corbett attempted suicide under sensa-i
tional circumstances. His wife alone
was the cause of his failure. He iso.s
lated himself in distant part Of the
house and fired two shots at himself.
So nervous was he that his hand
swerved and both bullets missed him. :
His wife rushed it and after b fierce
struggle succeeded In wrestling the .pis-2
tol from his grasp. Mental depression
from ill-health caused the> rash att
tempt.
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NIosauito Fleet Goes to Cuba.

The mosquito fleet Of five small gun
boats belonging to the United States
Navy left Cramps shipyard, at Phila-
delphia, for Cuba, with Felix H. Hu-
nicke. Chief Of the Revenue Cutter
Service, in command. The boats are
manned by crews Of seven men. They
will do patrol duty along the Cuban
coast.
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Wisconsin, Fastest Battieship.

The battleship Wisconsin gained new
laurels for her builders, the Uniea
Iron Works, Of San Francisco, Cal,
on her trial trip in Santa Barbara
Channel by exceeding her contract
speed Of sixteen knots and making the
best record up to date in her class.
1t Is announced that the Wisconsin
made 1925 knots, exceeding the best
previous record Of Ill knots made By
her sister ship. the Alabama.
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Daughter Saw Him Die.

thomas f. Lane, son-in law OF I'M
ted States Senator-elrrt Blackburn, of
Kentucky, committed suicide at his
home IN Washington by shooting. Ill
health is assigned as the cause of the
act. Mr.. Lanes little daughter was
in the room with him at the time.
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Biz Coal Field Discovered.

The exploration party which wen
north on the steamer Corwin has re-
turned to PorC Townsend, Wash, and
reports the discovery Of an immense
field of ccal near Cape Sabine, on the
arctic cctst OF Alaska The grade Is
What is known as Semi-bItuminouS.
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A FAMILY BLOWN. TO ATOMS.
Father, Mother and Four Children Killed
by Dynamite. -; g.

Hot Springs, Ark. (Special.-A,
father, mother and four young chill
dren were blown to atoms ut Sells,
Montgomery County, fourteen miles
from Hot Springs. While the family
were, at supper their home was
wrecked by an explosion of dynamite.
The victims were jeff and Maggie
Jones and their children. ranging in
age from six years to four months. 1t
is believed that dispute over a.
homestead claim prompted the out
rage ) / -
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Princess of Wales Gets Danes Free.
The intercession of the Princess Of
Wales has secured the liberation OF
some Danes who were compelled by
che Beers to fight against the Brit
ish and had been imprisoned at,
Simonstown, Cape Colony. e e
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Georgia Negro Lynciied.

Frank Hardemann, negro tramp,
was lynched at Wellston. Ga, for as
saulting Mrs. B. II. Pierson, the wife
of a Baptist preacher. The woman
ard three small children were in :he
room at the time and raised an alarm.
The negro buried himself in cotton
match, but was found and lynched.
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Destructive Typhoon in China Sea.

A typhoon caused great damage on
the coasts of Formosa and Southern
China. A number Of towns were de- 3
stroyed. Nineteen hundred houses
were washed away or inundated at
Taipeh, Foimosa, and many lives
iOSt ..
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Million Devoted to Find the Pole.
William Ziegler. of New York City,
will equip an expedition to the Arctic
region, in command Of Evelyn B.
Baldwin, and says he will spend ST..
GJG, 600 to reacl the North Pole.
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COMMANDER sEAToN SCHROEDER.
New Governor OF Guam.)

The hospitals in the islands have
been opened by the Government for
the reception of all patients without
charges, anu persons suffering from
disease are invited and urged to go to
them for free treatment.
- The health of the American contin-
gent was fairly good at the date Of the
reports. There were no typhoid cases,
only one Of fever and q few of intes-
tinal troubles.
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Fear E,,demic of YelIow Fever.

Fear Epidemic of Yellow Fever.
1t is generally admitted that yellow
fever will increase in Havana, Cuba
when the streets are opened for the in.
stallation of the sewers. work which
will probably require three years.
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The Holland Sent to Annapolis.

The submarine boat Holland has
3een placed in commission and sent to
the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md,
so that the cadets may become thor
oughly familiar with this modern
weapon Of warfare.
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WILHELMINABEHR0THED
ProcIaims Her Engagement to Duke
Henry Of MeckIenburg-Schwerin
MARRIAGE TAKES PLACE IN SPRING


The Fortunate Fellow is Half-B Brother Of
the Grand Du,ss->@ sreohlenDurs-
schwerln and HLieutenant in the Prus-
sian Life eGuards-Young Queen Report
edEneaged Number of Times.
The Hague (By Cable).-Queen VIII
hclmina has proclaimed her betrothal
to Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin. The Duke is tall, bright
looking and German in appearance.
He is lieutenant in the Prussian Life
Guards, and is also attached to the
Mecklenburg Fusileers. He is scarce
ly known il Amsterdam and not par
ticularly we'll here. The marriage will
take place next spring.
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WRECKS OFF NEWFOUNDLAND.

st. Pierre Schooner Drifts Ashore and
Twenty Men Drowned.
st. Johns, N. F. (SpeciaD.-The st.
Pierre schooner Fiona drifted ashore
In Fortune Bay during the recent gale
and her entire crew Of twenty men
were drowned. The schooner is a
total loss. .t
The schooners Amelia, Rosebud and
Angler, with crews aggregating eigh-
teen men, were also lost. The schoon-
er Huntress is ashore on the Labrador
coast. Five of her crew were drowned.
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German Chancellor Ont,

Prince Hohenlohe handed his resig-
nation as Imperial Chancellor to EN-
peror William at Berlin. The Emperor
accepted the resignation and designat-
ed Count Won Bulow. the Minister of
Foreign Affairs. as his successor.
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Filipino General Captured.

Under cover of a stormy night, Cap
tain Elliott, Of the Fortieth Infantry.
surprised the Filipino headquarters
near OreQuieta, Island Of Mlndanao,
T. l., and captured without fighting
General Alvarez, with his staff and
twenty-five soldiers.
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Torpedo Boats In Collision at Newport.

Torpedo Boats In CoIIlsIon at Newport.
The torpedo boats Dahlgren and Cra-
ven were in collision while going out
of Newport harbor bound for Ports
mouth. n. H. The Craven had her
bow stove in. In trying to anchor the
Dahlgren went ashore ON the mud
flats. Lieutenant w. G.\NIiller COM
mended the Dahlgren AMI Lieutenant
Ford H. Brown the Craven.
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Michigan Woman Kills Her Child.

mftU'TIII WUIIIstIt 1tfffs z9ef OI11IUs n
Mrs. Louis Mills. Of Essexville,
Mich. administered laudanum to her
four-year OH daughter with fatal ef-
feet. and then took a dose of the drug
herself. HRS. Mills, who is supposed
to have been temporarily insane. will
live