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sent from Switzerland.
Mobs continue to drive adherents OF
Dowie from Mansfield, Ohio.
The Great Northern's tunnel near
Spokane was completed on the 2.no.
1t IL two and a half miles in length.
Thirty-on new cases of yellow fever
have been officially reported at Ha'
vana, making nearly 100 now under
treatment.
Queen Victoria has appointed the
| Duke Of Marlborough lord lieutenant
| Of Ireland, to succeed the Earl OF Cad
ogan. who retires on account OF Ill
health.
| Lightning struck kiln at the Glen
| Carbon brick yards in Illinois, denol-
ishing the kiln and burying five men
under tons Of brick. Four were taken
out dead.
Advices from Skagway tell of new
strike In the Forty Mile district. The
lind was on Rock creek and is said to
nave been rich. one nugget alone being
taken out that was worth S2JO
Lord Roberts reports that General
Inn Hamilton found mt the Crocodile
river. near Hector Spruit. thirteen
guns. including several lost by the
British. They We're almost destroyed.
General John NJ. Palmer, ex-United
States senator from Illinois. died Tues
day from heart failure. aged eighty
three years. He was an honorary pail
bearer at General McClernand's funer-
nj the previous Saturday.
For the first time since April, 1880.
bar silver, on the Goth, reached ~
pence per ounce In London, which Is
equivalent TO 6327 cents In New York,
| American money. The actual New
York quotation was 625s cents.
Leon Bard. n former United States
vice consul at Hamburg, has been
sentenced TO fifteen months impris-
onment for misappropriating 23,5OO
marks. part of an Inheritance which
he received for two American women.
Secretary Root writes that his con-
dition is Improving. but gives no indl-
cation of n purpose to return to Wash
lngton soon. He is nj his summer
home at Southampton, l.. l., and is
cOnvalescinK from severe surgical
operation.
An $4,000 gallon water tank on the
Rock Island road collapsed. flooding
steel wire plant Mt Joliet. suspending
work and destroying $1,000 worth of
and traffic was delayed. The estimated
damage is $500.
General Wood. governor OF Cuba, de-
clares the wreck of the Maine is an OBJ
struction to navigation. He desires TO
remove the ship. and now that Secre-
tnry Long has no objection. inasmuch
us the vessel is of no value, this action
Will be taken.
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Lew. who during
the war between the states. furnished the
Union forces valuable information of
the Confederate army and aided pris-
oners In escaping from Libby prison.
and who. after the war. was awarded
by General Grant the postmastership
nt Richmond. died here today at an
advanced age.
In n number of the cities adjacent
to the coal regions, notably Reading,
the coal supply Is getting low and
many families have been unable to
purchase even small quantities. 1t
seems an extraordinary state Of things
for this section of the country, where
ordinarily tons Of coal can be picked
up along the railroads.
The board OF regents Of the Univer-
sity OF Idaho has selected Professor
~. n
tuition. Professor Mclean now fills
the chair OF philosophy and history in
the University OF Colorado. He is
graduate OF Columbia college and
comes highly recommended by Presi-
dent Seth Low Of that institution.
At the session of the United Typo
thetne OF America at Kansas City the
executive committee made Its report,
which expressed enmity TO the union
label system. and recommended that
1t be fought through the courts. The
committee also recommended that $500
be appropriated to help the employing
printers of San Francisco carry on
their fight against the union label.
A secret circular has been sent out
by Joannicius, the metropolitan OF
Kieff, to all the Russian archbishops,
virtually communicating Tolstoi, the
Russian novelist and social reformer.
1t declares that Tolstoi Is an avowed
enemy OF the church. and that, there
fore, unless he recants the holy synod
will prohibit the celebration OF all di-
vine services and eNpiatory masses In
the event of his death.
In the course of its investigation of
the possible origin of plaques. the San
itary Commission at Antwerp has de-
cided that rats and mice are the most
dangerous propagntors of disease and
offers premiums for dead rodents. 1t
also recommends similar course to
the authorities in all other ports. 1t
Is suspected that both the recent
plague at Oporto and that still existent
In Glasgow took their origin from in
fectcd rats.
The Mexican government Is at pres
ent actively engaged in massing troops
In Sonora and otherwise extensively
preparing for the winter campaign
against the Yalui Indians occupying
the Baccatete mountains. 1t Is not
likely that peace will be made.
as the Mcxicnns offer no terms except
unconditional surrender. and as many
warriors who were made prisoners are
reported to have been put TO death the
Indians fGar to lay down their arms.
The Catholic Young Mems National
union. in convention in New York, has
decided to form federation for the
purpose of influencing legislation and
furtherinG the claims of people who
embrace the Catholic faith. 1t is to
include the Knights of Columbus.
knights of st. John. Catholic Benevo-
lent Legion. Ancient Order OF Hiber-
mans. Irish Benevolent Union. Irish
American societies, Catholic Total Alb
stinence Union and Catholic knights of
America