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VOL. XIV.
ne 0srnaa military authorities st
Yskin have arranged for the with
dr.vsl Of all German troops in Pekin.
except the permanent establishment,
early in August
Mrs Fillmore Fetrow. living 90
Round island. four miies below Ian
sing, L.. found. on the 18th. . pearl
weighing 1894 grsins of the size and
shape Of . chocolate drop.
When the EpwortA League eonven-
tion opened at San Francisco. on the
18th. there were 10000 delegates in
attendance. 5000 hAiflns from points
east of the Rocky mountains.
The international Epworth League
convention began st san Francisco
on the 18th, with . record-breaking
attendance Every hour Of the day
was hIied with interesting services.
R.G. Dun 4 Co. report business fail
ur-s for the veek ended the 18Th. -
100 in the United States. against 23f
for the corresponding week last year.
and - in Canada, against "a last year.
Northeastern Missouri stock raisers
are arranging to ship their stock by
the train load in the grass district Of
northern Wisconsin in preference to
rushing them to . summer market at
Q lossL
The report of Pension Commission
er H. Clay Evans shows that in the
last fiscal year. ending with June 3n,
the deaths among pensioners num-
bcred 3s.6s2, or :-z55 more than in the
previous year
London Is suffering intensely from
unusual heat. The city has not been
rain-wnshed for weeks SunstrokeS,
apoplexy and heat prostrations are OF
frequent occurrence. and the hos
pitals are kept busy.
s
The Reindische bank. in MuehIhaus-
en-on-the-Ruhr, Germany is in difi-
culties. and the Berlin banks held .
netting. on the 18th. to arrange to
support it. The capital of the inssitu-
ton In 1o,ooo. 900 markA
The state department is fgurina
out q plan whereby the valuable serv-
ices of Committeeman Stowe, at Cape
Town, may be retained while At the
same time affordins him an opportun-
ify to make living wages.
Posfmaster-Generzl Smith. on the
nth. signed three orders covering the
contemplated reforms in second-ciass
mail matter No legitimate publica-
tion is barred. but the fakes will have
10 mend their manners or quit
The Roshschiids notified NJ Coque
Lin, on the 18th. that they held the
number winning the 100000 francs in
the lottery in aid of the Dramatic
Artists association ofParis. and would
donate the prize to the association
Adlt.-Gen- corbia explains his visit
10 the Philippines as designed TO place
him In better touch with the details
Of the situation and TO further the
desire Of the administration for
greater economy in the army in the
Philippines.
Vernon Newton and Miss Grace Da-
Wis testified, at Kansas City. No. on
the nth. that the story they told OF
the alleged assault and outrage was
untrue; and two negroes came near
being lynched ON the strength of the
allegations
Two historic buildings at Fort
Leavenworth. Ka=-. Known as Thomas
and McPhersen halls. AID which were
built IS years ago. were sold at auc-
ton. on the 18th. for s. each They
are to be torn down to make room for
modern buildings
\ View Orleans dispatch of the 18th
says The fact was developed to-day
that IL is the intention of the United
States Steel corporation to break the
strike of steel workers in the Pitts
huryh district by the employment Of
southern negroes
Great Britain has had no such
weather IN many years as was expe-
rienced on the 18th The tempera-
ture reached 9s in the shade ~ some
points Numerous deaths and sun
strokes. and some suicides resulted
from the intense heat
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Madden has issued a circular notice
TO all postmasters calling special at
tention to the order promulgated
making radical changes in the kind
of publications allowed admission as
second class mail matter
After three months trial of a pro-
vincizl form of government in the isl
ands Of Ceou and BohoI and the Prov
ince of Bafangas. Luzon, control OF
those districts. owing to their ineom-
Ptete p9cfusatlou- nAS DeSn
20 the military authorities
The sultan of Turkey has issued an
trade prohibiting Turkish children
from attending foreign schools. the
employment of Christian teachers IN
Turkiah households or the appear
ance Of Turkish l.dies in public ae-
enmpanied by Christian women COM
pAuionsL
A monster prayer meeting, led BY
kev- y Merton Smith. the Engiisn
evangelist. was held in one of the
rmaH paris at Omaha. Neb- on the
evening of the 18TH at which devouf
ssppilcations were made for rain to
avert business aunihilation in tie
corn belt