The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Interesting Events TAX .nk P;sce Through
cut the Country Boiled Down end
Given in . Condensed Form.
MONDAY.

The military departments Of North
ern ana Southern Luzon have ceased
to exist.
William r. Vaughn, well-known
professional bicycle rider, died at
Salt Lake of typnoid fever
A council of Austro. Hungarian min
listers was held, at which Emperor
Francis Joseph presided, discussed o
proposal to increase the standing ar.
my of Austria Hungary by 100 bat.
talions.
Mrs. Mary G. Burk and her four chill
dren, Adam, aged 16 years; Mary,
aged 10; Joanna, aged II, and Joseph
Victor, aged 8, all burned to. death
at their home at George Station, near
Altoona, Pa.
Prince Ching has informed the min
listers of the foreign powers that ow.
ing to the fatigue of the dowager en-
press, resulting from her travels, the
last stage of the imperial courts Jour-
ney has been postponed for one week.
Senator Penrose and Representative
Wanger. of Pennsylvania, will intro.
duce bills for the acquisition of Valley
Forge and its incorporation into ma
tional park as memorial of one of the
most historic places of revolutionary
days.
An international alliance for often.
sive and defensive purposes between
the labor unions of this country and
Great Britain was advocated by Fran
els Chandler, of Manchester, Eng, at
meeting of the Chicago Federation
Of Labor
Sir Gordon Sprigg, prime minister
Of Cape Colony. speaking at a banquet,
said Cape Colony was maintaining
in the cape an army numbering $4,000
men. the bulk of whom were mounted.
and that these numbers were increas.
ing weekly.
The United States transport Buford
arrived from Manila with eight com.
panies Of the 23d United States in.
fantry, non-commissioned star and
band and 81 officers under command
Of Col. J. Milton Thompson. There
we're also 115 discharged soldiers.
Several small engagements have oc.
Cured in Batangas province in the
last few days. The forces Of the 'in.
,urgent leader, Caballos, have become
uadly demoralized. His followers ars
broken up into several small bands
Capallos holds two American pris.
,ners.
George M. Pullman. son of the late
millionaire car builder. died at his
country home in San Mateo, aged 26
years. He had been Ill for several
weeks with pneumonia.
Almost $4,000 worth of unset dia.
monds and jewelry was stolen from
the apartments of Mrs. Blanche N.
Burlingame, at Chicago, while she was
absent visiting friends.
One million dollars is the estimate
Of the loss by fire which occurred
In the vicinity Of Ninth street and the
East river. New York. Several firemen
were hurt, but none seriously.
A brilliant Thanksgiving day recep
ton was held at the American embas
~, London. American businebs and
private houses we're decorated with
the stars and stripes during the day
Gen. William Hugh Young, aged 66
died in San Antonio. Tex. He wa
made colonel In the confederate ar
my at Shiloh and after the fall Of At
lanta he succeeded to the command oi
Rector's brigade.
DR.. G. H. link, inspector in charge
Of the United States bureau OF animal
Industry at the East Buffalo stock
yards. discovered what he believes tc
be an outbreak of smallpox amonl
. consignment of hogs. aaf te
Five steerase stewards employed BY
one Of the trsns-Atlantic lines were
ARRESTED n Hoboksn by customs In
spsctors who found the stewards
clothing Lined with Sumatra leaf to
bacco. which 10 very costly. +.
Outwittsd and outpointed BY q Hsht
or Of the seme style - himself, Terry
Mc0overn was knocked out at tn,
Nutmeg Athletic club, Hartford, Ct.
by Young Corbe - within six min
utes from the stat OF the light.
Louis Bauer shot and killed hi,
friend. Hon. Dubroca. in the dormitor,
OF the Hunt academy. Port Gibson
Miss. Bauer pointed pistol from
which he thought he had removed al
the cartridges at Dubroca and fired.