The Conway log cabin., 1900-08-28
GENERAL NEWS.

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 Count Von WalJersce. Of the German army. has been named as commander-in-chief of the alliei forces in China.
 Great Britain is landing a large force at Shanghai a. a precautiona- " measure in case of an outbreak in that part of China
 MT. Vim. Rorenberg and her 2- year-old child were cremated in a fire at Louisville, Ky. which de- stroyed the Rorenberg dwelling.
 Gov. Beckham has called an ex- tra session of the Kentucky legisla- ture to meet August 2sth, for the purpose of modifying the 0oebel election law.
 The late C.. P. Huntington was the son of poor tinker with large family. At the age of 14 young Huntington, who had been com pelled to work all his life, started out for himself as peddler of tin ware. He left an estate worth s50,- GOO, ,000.
 The navy department decided to reject the bids for armor plate pre- sented by the Bethlehem company, the Carnegie company and the Mid vale company. While the secretary of the navy has at his disposal $i,000,- .o00 with which to erect an armor plate plant, he has not yet decided to do so, and will readyertise for bids.
 An application in voluntary bankruptcy has been filed in the federal court for the Eastern dis trict of Texas, against T. NJ. Rich ardson < Son, doing a large lumber business in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The petition is at the instance of H. NJ. Marks & Co. and five other creditors, who allege that Richardson X Son have committed various acts of bankruptcy. The assets and liabilities of the firm will exceed half a million dollars.
 The August report of the statis- tician of the department of agricul- ture shows the following averages of crop condition upon August 1st: Corn, S7.5; spring wheat, 56.4; oats, $50; barley, 71.6; spring rye, f4.0; buckwheat, 85.9; potatoes, S8.2; timothy hay, 79,9. The av-- craze condition of corn declined ? points during July, and on August lst it was 2.4 points lower than at the corresponding date last year, but 5 point higher than on August l, 1898, and Is points above the mean of the August averages for the last ten years.
 Mrs. Wesley Workman, living near Emporia, Kan. made heroic but unsuccessful effort to save the life of her 2-year-old son. The lit tie fellow was playing around h well. when he stepped on loose plank and fell in. The mother de- seconded. into the well, which was thirty feet deep, by climbing down the wall, stepping from stone to stone and clinging by hands and feet, and in the same way made her way back to the top. with the child held in one arm. All efforts to re- suscitate the babe were unsuccess ful.
 Three hundred delegates attend ed the reunion of the Liberty Con- gress of the National Anti-lmperi- alist League, held at Indianapolis. The League endorsed Bryan.
 A desperate battle was fought near Aberdeen, Mi. S, between J. $. Lanier and his three sons on the one side, and Homer aud Walter Bittle on the other. resulting in the death of both the latter and Will Lanier. The othel Laniers escaped injury.
 An operators mistake caused a railroad wreck near Grand Rapids. Mich, in which seven people were instantly killed and many wounded.
 The emperor of Germany is said to be opposed to the partition of China. A high German official as serts that the emperor's political ambitions are the suppression of the Boxer revolt, the punishment of the rebels, restoration of the statu quo and the establishment of a sta ble government in China.
 The July statement of the i'm. ports and exports of the United States, issued by the bureau of sta, tistics, shows the imports of mer. oho,l;ao e, bovo hoop e62 52e oS2