The silver star., 1900-08-31
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A panic on . viaduct crossing Paris
street resulted in the killing Of two
women. Many others were hurt
TIE will Of the late ex-senator In
gals was filed for probate. 1t BE-
oueathed to his wife all his property.
and appoints her sole executor, withoUe
bond.
To meet the demand for accommoda-
tons for the encampment, sixty-three
Chicago school buildings are to be
turned into hotels, with ample accom-
modations.
Schekih Bey. head OF the cipher bu-
reau OF the Turkish foreign office. has
been appointed Turkish minister to the
United States in place of Ali Ferrouh
Bey. recalled
The Sultan has ordered a committee
TO investigate the recent massacre OF
80 Arrnenians in the Sassun district OF
Asiatic Turkey. Meantime his mates-
" has relieved Ali Pasha of the COM
mand Of Bitlis-
The Pail Mall Gazette publishes .
dispatch from Rome which declares
that an important medical discovery
concerning Bright's disease has been
made by DIR. Ovid Brown, formerly Of
New York bu; now Of Rome.
William NJ. johnson of Hackensack.
New jersey. the president of the New
Jersey Senate. has accepted the Office
OF assistan; postmaster general made
vacant by the resignation of Perry
Heath. He will take charge in few
days.
Tom Martin and Barney keegan up
set lamp while fighting in room in
the Hamilton house at Hamilton, Mon
tana. and set fire TO the building. Both
were burned to death. The hotel and
three adjoining buildings We're burned.
Loss $2O,Co
London is likely 10 lie the location of
the first great plant for the manufac-
ture Of liquid air. Professor Charles
f. Tripler. accompanied by several dir
eciors of his company. has gone to Lon
don TO complete the preliminary az
rangements for this plant.
The United Christian, the official or-
gan of the United Christian party, an
nounces that J. F. X. Leonard Of Aims
worth. Iowa. a prosperous farmer. six
ty years old. has been nominated for
President of the United States by the
national committee of the party.
hC ANtp. tti VI IU CiSA
Missions has receive-l a cablegratn say
ing that all missionaries at Pao Ting
Flu were killed. 1t is thought that the
Presbyterian missionaries at Pao Ting
Flu numbered three. and that altogether
there We're ten foreign missionaries
there.
A dispatch TO the Journal and Ad.
vertiser from Rome says: A stan OF
thirty italian detectives will be sent to
this country to operate in the centers
here, where Italians abound. They
will be under the command Of an in.
spector. who will have his headQuar.
ters in New York.
A treaty of amity. commerce and
navigation and general intercourse has
been signed professionally by the Span
ish minister OF state and the American
minister at Madrid. This practically
marks the last step in the complete res
toration Of relations between Spain
and the United States.
The population OF Greater New York,
as Indicated by the count just complet-
ed at the census Office, Is 3,137 ,202.
This includes the population Of the
boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, pre-
vioUsly announced. and those Of Brook
- ~ anu VutGhb. AL
proximate of the increase since 1890
shows ii to have ben 37.9 per cent.
General Grodekoff." says the st. Pc
tersburg correspondent Of the London
Times, "telegraphs remarkable fact,
which must be taken as pre-emptOry
notice Of what Is probably to follow.
The Russians have now conquered the
right bank Of the Amur which Is there
fore no longer the frontier, but an in
ternal river Of the Russian empire"
Wheat shipments from Oklahoma
have become so great during the past
week that not enough cars to transport
the grain east can he secured BY ele-
vator men and farmers from the rail.
road companies. The eastward ship
ment Of wheat from Oklahoma IL larger
than ever before. II IL going to Ohio.
Pennsylvania, New York and Newport
News.
For saving the life OF Mrs. Elmer
Carthage Of Galveston. Texas. thirty.
four years ago, Mrs. Julia Sheldon, q
knitting mill employees Of New York. Is
made heir TO fortune Of $4,000 Mrs.
Sheldon was Mrs. Carthage's maid in
1896. While out riding with her mis-
tress the horse ran away. Mrs. Shell
don cut the traces In time to save them
from being dashed over a precipice.
James Morrison, state department
commander OF the q. A. X. Of Pennsyl.
vnnia, has announced that hut three
Of the thirty-slx posts In Philadelphia.
with n membership Of 1000. will send
delegations 10 the national encamp.
ment In Chicago next week. COmmnn.
der Morrison stated that this action Il
the result OF the invitation extended to
w. J. Bryan to attend the encampment.
The annual report Of the pension bu-
reau shows that Colorado stands away
above It's surrounding states In Its
number Of pensioners and In the
amount paid out In pensions. During
the past fiscal year 1878 pensions were
issued TO Colorado claimants. aggrc-
eating eOl3.5OO. In Wyoming 100 pen.
sions Aggregated 907.040. New Aexi-
co pensioners, 1.1g2 In number. drew
e231. .461. The I'll In Arixons drew
0.471 and S13s,251 was issncd to the
686 pensioners Of Utah.