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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-07-18
CLOUDS OF JUNE BUGS.
Were Filled with the Insects and
the Lights SmOthered.

GAINESVILLE, o., July 15.-Zanesyille
was almost entirely in darkness Sun.
day night as result of visitation
of June bugs in such numbers as new
er before known. Electric light
globes were filed and the lights com
pletely smothered by ashes of burn
ed bugs. Hotel offices were invested
with such swarms that it was neces-
sary to close the doors. notwithstnnd-
ing the intense heat. In several in
stances church services were sadly in
terfered with. River bridges were al
most impossible to pedestrians, the
atmosphere about the lights being
filed With clouds of live insects and
the floors covered to the depth of sew
eral inches by dead ones.
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FOUND DYNAMITE.
One hoy Killed, Two Seriously In.
jurcd and Portion of the
Dwelling Demolished.

Albany, Mo-, July 12.--An accident,
in which three children, a pet frog
and some dynamite figured here
Thursday, resulted in one death, two
persons seriously injured, and part
Of dwelling demolished. The three
children of Geo. McCurry, a prominent
contractor, found some dynamite in
the cellar of their home and thinking
il was putty fed it to their pet frog.
The pieces of dynamite resembled in
sects and the frog ate them. a large
tool chest fell on the frog and eX-
ploded the dynamite which had been
eaten. A chiscl pierced the temple
of the youngest child and killed him.
Another child and Mrs. McCurry, in
the kitchen above, were seriously
hurt, and that part of the house was
wrecked
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SUNDAY.

The LOndoners are sweltering. An
unprepared for heat wave of 90 de-
grees has disastrous effect.
Lord Kitchener may be recalled
from Boerland. His probable success
sor is Gen. Sir Bindon Blood.
Charles Dunn, wealthy lumber
man, is held without bail at Wallen,
Ind, to answer to the charge of MUIR
dering little Alice Cothrell.
Judge James Milton Sellar, law
yer of prominence and ability, and
one of the leading democratic poll
ticians of Western Indiana, committed
suicide in his Office, at Charlottesville,
Ind.
There is rumor that Earl Rose
berry is going to marry the Ouch
ess of Albany, widow of Prince Leo
pold and mother of the reigning
Young Duke of Coburg and Gotha.
Roseberry's first wife was daughter
of the house of Rothschild, and if the
marriage takes place he will be made
duke. s Ec
DR.. Aug. Unger and j. Wayland
Brown, convicted of conspiracy to de-
fraud insurance companies, were SEN
fenced to the penitentiary on indeter-
inmate sentences.
In order to break up Dowie meet
ing at Evanston, ILL.,, the authorities
turned four-inch stream of water
on the crowd. The Doweites went
over like ten pins. Women as well as
men were sent rolling in the mud.
A passenger train on the Chicago
Il Alton railroad crashed into a
freight train near Norton Mo-, kill
ing seventeen persons and injuring
many Others. The wreck was destroy.
ed by fire. ..s, .I. e..
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SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.
Fifty Thousand Miners willing to
Walk Ont and Assist the ANAL
gamated Association.

Pittsburgh, Pa, July 15.-Fifty
thousand miners employed in the
many mines of the Pittsburgh dis
trict are willing to lay down their
picks, walk out of the mines and as
sist the Amalgamated Association Of
Iron and Steel Workers in their fight
against the steel trust. Patrick DO
Ian, district president of the United
Mine Workers, is authority for this
statement, and if necessary the miners
will Immediately quit work.
~ deplore this steel strike, for It
will be the greatest in the history cf
the country" said President Dolan,
perhaps causing hardships for thou-
sands. But the men are standing no
for their rights and the officials of
the steel trust know this better tI:an
any one else" ,l..
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Greater Part of 1t May Be With.
drawn by Great Britain
From South Africa.
LORD KITcnNER ADVISES The MOVE.
If This is Done the Mounted Troops
Along the Natal Railway Will
Be Concentrated.
Gen. Broadwood Surprised Reits
Nenr Lindley and Took 20 Pris-
oners, Among Them n BROTH
er of President Stcyn.

London, July 15.-Lord Kitchener
has advised the government. so the
Daily News understands. that it is
of infantry regiments from South
Africa, amounting. virtually. to the
greater part of the unmountcd army.
At the same time he requests that
he be supplied with more mounted
men. The government is considering
this, according to the Daily News,
and will probably be guided by Lord
kitchener's advice.
at is also contemplated" says the
same journal. 'if the infantry is
largely withdrawn, to concentrate the
British troops along the Natal rail
way. between Durham and PETER
maritzburg and between johannes
burg and Pretoria, thus carrying gold
and provisions for the troops by a
shorter route than the Cape Town
route. A portion of. the line from
Cape Town to Preto oria may be aban-
doncd."
''Gen. Broadwood." says a dispatch
TO the Daily News from Bloemfon-
tein, surprised Reitz due east o1
IinJlcy at dawn last Thursday. July
IL. He took 30 prisoners, including
Gen. A. P. Clowne and Gen. Vessels.
Commandant Dwaal, First Cornet
Piet Steyn, President Stcyn's brother;
Thomas Brain. secretary of govern
ment, and Roches de Nilliers. secre-
tary to the council. Steyn himself
fled without coat or boots. Gen.
DeWet is believed to have been pres
emit
According to adyices from Lord
Kitchener, the columns under Col.
Featherstone and Col. Dixon. have
reached Zerust, Western Transyaal.
They met with opposition and made
some captures. The British casualties
were one officer killed and three Off
GERS and "a men wounded.
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tNs~Dr-s~s "
psMocRArrc sBotfHRs
a Convestion Of Thsse WAo Believe
, In Bryan WILL ne Held In Co
lumbus July 81.


Cleveland, O., July 15.-On July 81
Ohio democrats who believe in Bryan
and the issues which he representa-,
which the recent democratic conven-
tion ignored, will assemble in Colum'
bus and make UP state ticket. Ten
men met Sunday morning in u down.
town Office building in this city and
decided that bolt should be made
and that new party should enter
the field of Ohio politics.
The attendance at the conference
was larger and represented greater
area in the state than was expected
by those who called the meeting.
A convention was decided upon to
be held at the Great Southern hotel
on the last day of July. To this con-
vention may come all those who sign
their names to the declaration OF
principles. -as .4tf4
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THE HEATED TERM.
warm weather Continued In Nine.
teen states and Territories of
the Cora Belt.

Washington, July 15.--Reports to
the weather bureau show that the
hot weather continued Sunday in 10
states and territories of the great corn
belt, the Ohio valley and various por-
tions of the south. There seems to
be no immediate evidence of abate-
mcnt, except in the southwest, where
local thunderstorms may cause some
moderation. The states affected in
Minnesota. Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Kan
sas. Nebraska, South Dakota. North
Dakota, Colorado and Michigan. 1t
has become considerably warmer also
in the upper lake region and in New
England, Marquette. Mich. reporting
Sunday a rccordbreaking tempera-
ture of 1o2 degrees. Hope of rain
Sunday in the region affected by the
heat was not fulfilled, only traces
of it appearing in one or two sections,
except at Galveston, Tex, where
one-third of an inch fell, and in east
ern Texas. where there were local
thunderst The temperatures re-
ported Sunday show only slight VA
ration from the extremes of the past
few days. and these are due to local
conditions entirely. In Des Moires.
Ia. Sunday the temperature was JOG.
in Kansas City 1902. and in Omaha 1o2.
while at Davenport. Ia. Denver. Col.
Little Rock, Ark. New Orleans. ST.
Paul. and Nicksburg, Miss, it was sc
or higher.
The drought in Texas was broken
Sunday by rainfall that almost
eGualed a cloudburst. It'came in time
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NEWS flV 1EE.
MONDAY.


Hundreds of head of cattle are re-
ported TO have died of heat and thirst
in Southern Kansas.
Carlisle ID. Graham made his fifth
successful voyage through the whirl-
pool rapids in barrel. h@@
At Enid, o. r., four blocks Of bust
ness houses in the public square were
destroyed by fire in less than three
hours by fire.
Six persons were drowned while
surf bathing at a picnic of the He
brew Gamahl Hasad at Daufuskie
beach at Savannah, Ga.
Fifty thousand Pennsylvania mi
ncrs are willing to walk out and assist
the Amalgamated Association in 9TH
er strikes against the steel trust.
At all the churches, jefferson City,
Mo-, prayers were made for rain. At
the Roman Catholic churches prayers
are said at each mass daily for rain.
From all over Mississippi come the
reports that corn, cotton and other
farm crops have been seriously dam
aged because of the long-continued
drought. 44
Il. II. Conger, United States minis
ter to China, arrived at San Francis
co. en- route to Peliing. Minister Con-
ger will sail Wednesday on the steam
er Nippon Maru.
The national fete day, the anniver-
sary of the fall of the Bastile, was
celebrated everywhere throughout
France with much enthusiasm and
without disorder.
Reports to the weather bureau
show that the hot weather contin-
ued in 10 states and territories of the
great corn belt, the Ohio valley and
various portions of the south.
Coleman and James Younger. who
were granted conditional parole by
the Minnesota board of pardons on
Wednesday last, have been released
from the Saltwater penitentiary.
The worst drought : ever expert
enced in the vicinity of Denison, Tex,
was broken by terrific rainfall of
over two hours duration, the volume
of rain being almost equal to cloud
burst.
Lord Kitchener has advised the gov
ernment that it is possible to with
draw n large number of infantry rrgi-
nents from South Africa. amounting
virtually. to the greater part of the
unmounted army.
The ceremony of unveiing at Kuri-
hama, Japan. tie monument to com
memorate the landing there of Com
modore Perry July Il, 1853. was per-
formed by Rr. Adm. Rodgers, COM
manding the United States visiting
squadron.
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Conference Between the Steel Cor
pOratiOn and Amalgamated
Association a Failure.
A GENERAL STRIKE WAS ORDERED.
American Steel Hoop Co.. American
Sheet Steel Co. and the Amer.
lean Tin Plate Co. Affected.
From Present Appearances 1t Looks
Probable That President SHAFT
fer's strike Order Will he
Obeyed by the Men.

Pittsburgh, Pa, July 15.--The third
conference between the Amalgamated
association and the United States
steel corporation Saturday came tc
naught and President Shaffer Satur.
day night ordered out all the union
men employed in the American Stee
Hoop Co., American Sheet Steel Co.
and the American Tin Plate Co.
from present Indications it looks
probable that President Shaffer's
strike order will be obeyed and the
great struggle between the Amalga.
mated association and the steel com
panies will be on in earnest Monday
In the union mills of the companies
acGinst which strike has been de-
clnrcd. it is predicted that not wheeI
will turn. An effort will be made
also to close down some of the non.
union mills of the companies and to
cripple the rest.
"'rhe strike was not of our own
seeking" said President Shaffer Sun.
day. 1t was forced upon us. We
were not contending for wages, bu,
for principlc-for self-preservation.
The tin and sheet people will not be
abe to turn wheel.
We have our forces thoroughly or.
Canized. and there will be some sur
prises in store. | have not heard
from Il single lodge in answer to my
strike order, but an answer is no,
necessary. The order will be prompt.
ly obeyed by all our men. But there
will be no trouble. Labor organiza.
tions have changed. The Amalgamat-
ed Association is not the association
it was 20 years ago, not even five
years ago. The men are more read.
lily controlled; in fact, we have ouI
men under control"
With $4,000 men affected by the
original order calling out the sheet
steel workers, sheet hoop and tin
workers this general order will in
crease the numbers to more than 150,-
600, and will involve the Federal Steel
Co.. the National Steel Co. and the
National Tube Co
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URBAN POPULATION.
Census shows That 37.3 Per Cent
of the People of Country Live
in Towns of Over 1000.

Washington, July 12.-The census
Office issued bulletin Thursday con-
cerning the urban population of the
country. 1t shows that 2o.41l sos peo-
pie in the United States live in cities
and towns of over 1000 population.
This is 3T.3 per cent. of the entire
population, gain of almost five per
cent. since the census of 1890, when
the percentage was 32.9.
Compared with the returns of 1880
the report shows a gain in the urban
population of the country of more
than third in percentage and OF
considerable more than double in
actual numbers. There were in 1850
$50 places of more than 1000 persons
each with an aggregate population OF
12,936,110, or 25.S per cent. of the
DoDulatiOn
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indianapolis, Ind, July 1o.-Mrs.
Sarah Taylor, aged 40, wife of en-
Gov. Taylor, of Kentucky, died at >
o'clock Tuesday morning of a hem
orrhage. resulting from heart fail
urc. She had been i'll for several
weeks. but her death was not expect
ed. She was born in Morgantown,
KY, and came here year ago last
May, following her husband, who
made this city his home in order to
avoid arrest on the Goebel conspiracy
charges.
Mrs, Taylor leaves seven children.
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CABINET CHANGE.
RumOred Tint Postmaster General
Smith Will Resign and II. Clay
Evans to Take His Place.

Chattanooga. Tenn. July IA ru.
NOR reached this city Thursday aft
ernoon from Washington and was re-
peated by several prominent repub-
lcans to the effect that Hon. Charles
L. Smith, postmaster general. would
shortly resign and that Pension Com
missioner II. Clay Evans will be ap-
pointed to this place. Hon. Newell
Sanders and other of Mr.. Evans per-
sonal and political friends had heard
the rumor. but would give no con.
firmation if they had any.
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CINCINNATI NORTHERN.
NJ. Z. ingalls,. of the Big Four. Elect
ed President. succeeding F.
w. WhitridYe.

Toledo, o.. July 13.-M. Z. ingalls,,
president of the Big Four. has been
elected president of the incinnai'
Northern. succeeding +. w. Whitridge.
who succeeded Gen. Samuel Thomas
last January +. +. Osborn. OF Gin.
cinnati, was elected secret" and {.
+. Cox, of New York. treasL'ar. The
selection of Mr. Ingalls, and other
Big Four men. together with the fact
that General Manager SclIaii, of the
Zig Four. recently made tour OF
inspection over the property. is taken
to mean that the road is soon to be
taken over by the Cincinnati North
ern property. Considerable money is
being spent on the Improvement OF
the property.
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GROSS POSTAL RECEIPTS.
| Fifty of the Largest Post Omces
Show q Handsome Gain-Nine
| Omces Show a Decrease.

Washington, July 1O.-The monthly
statement of gross postal receipts
for June at so of the largest post Of
fees shows net increase of $209,7S6,
or So per cent. for the so Offices over
June of last year. The biggest in
crease was 30 per cent. at Buffalo.
New York city increased 7.2 per cent.
and Chicago 3.3 per cent. Nine post
offices showed decreases during the
month, viz:
Baltimore, Washington, Louisville,
Omaha, Toledo, Hartford, Dayton, o.;
Grand Rapids, and Troy, n. Y. The
largest decrease was 25.5 per cent. at
DAYTON,
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PRAYING FOR RAIN.
Prayers Onered In All the Churches
ut Jefferson city, Mo-. Sum
day Evening.

jefferson City, Mo-, July 15.-At all
the churches Sunday prayers were
made for rain. At the Roman Catho-
lie churches prayers are said at each
mass daily for rain, under an order
of Archbishop Kahn, of st. Louis.
Sunday night the Methodist, Baptist,
Christian and Presbyterian congrega-
tions united in union service at the
Presbyterian church and prayers for
rain were offered.
Gov. Dockery is receiving hundreds
of requests beseeching him to issue
a proclamation to the people to as
semble and pray for rain. 1t was
cloudy Sunday night with favorable
indications for the rain.
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ohio Democratic Ticket.

Columbus, o., July 1.-THE demo-
cratic state convention Wednesday
nominated the following ticket: For
governor, Col. Jas. Kilbourne; lieu
tenant governor, Anthony Howells;
Judge of supreme court, Joseph Hidy;
clerk of supreme court, Harry r.
Young; attorney general, M. B. Nc
Carthy; treasurer of state. r. p. Al
shire; member board of public works
James B. Holman. The platform ig'
nores the silver question and VIM. j
Bryan.
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Younger Brothers Released.

st. Paul., Minn., July 15.-Coleman
and James Younger, who were granted
a conditional parole by the board of
pardons on Wednesday last, were re-
leased from the Saltwater peniten-
tiary Sunday morning. At present
they will make their home in Stillwa.
ter, and it has not yet been decided
where they will be employed. The
men spent their first day of freedom
in steamboat excursion up the st.
CroiX river. sJ
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PRINCE CHUN'S MISSION.
Leaves PekinE For Berlin. Where He
Will Apologize For the Murder
of Baron Won KetteIer.

Peking, July 1S.-The departure
from Peking of Prince Chun. younger
brother of Emperor Kwang Su, who
has been selected formally to apol-
ogize at Berlin for the murder of
Baron Won Ketteler, was n spectacu-
lar event. A special train took Prince
Chun and suite from here to Taku,
from which port he will proceed by
steamer to Shanghai. He sails from
Shanghai July 20 for Genoa, and will
proceed directly from there to Berlin
by rail
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STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.
The Annual Meeting Closed Nt Put.
in-Bny with the Election Of
Officers.

Put-in-Bay, o., July 13.-The annual
meeting OF the Ohio State Bar nsso-
citation closed with the election of he
following officers: President, :. 5.
Wheeler, Lima; secretary, Smith w.
bennett, Bucyrus; treasurer, Henry
L. Bannon, Portsmouth. executive
committee. Ferd Jelke, Cincinnati:
II. d. Marshall, Dayton; j. w. Half
hill, Lima; Edmond King, Sandusky;
L. o. Randall, Columbus; Ed w. Kib-
Ter. Newark; A. r. johnson, Ironton;
J. c. bigger, Steubenville; F. j. Null
Inns, Salem; j. o. Troup, Bowling
Green.
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A BRASS PLATE.
Names of the victims in the Effort
to Relieve the Foreign Lcga.
tiOns to he Perpetunted.

Washington, Juy 1.-THE navy de-
partment, acting upon suggestion
of Capt. =. II. McCalla, who place'l
on the guard desk of the Newark
brass plate containing the names
of the officers. seamen and marines
who were killed and wounded .last
summer in the effort made to relieve
the foreign legations in Peking, has
sent Instructions to the navy yard
at Boston to have this plate made n
permanent fitting of the Newark.
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OHIO DAY.
Gov. Nash and other Proninsnt
People viii Attend the Buffalo
Exposition July IS.

Buffalo, N. T., July 1.-THE Ohio
commissioners to the Pan-American
exposition announce that invitations
to speak on Ohio day, July IS, at the
Pan-American exposition have been
accepted by Gov. Nash, Senator Hanna
and Senator Foraker, Congressman
Emmett Tompkins and Hon. Charles
Baker. i ntFt-
The exercises will commence upon
the arrival of Gov. Nash and staff,
escorted by the sth Ohio regiment,
'The Presidents Own" at the Tenn
pie of Music.
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Aeron.ut Fatally Injured.

Springfield. O., July 15.-Paul
Hague, known as Prof. Zeno, an
aeronaut, was fatally injured Sunday
afternoon at, Island park, falling 200
feet. The parachute failed to open
and he fell into cornfield. Hague
was married last Thursday to Mabel
Brandon, also an aeronaut, who was
seriously injured by falling from a
balloon at the fair grounds in this
city June 22. 4-
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Kansas City, Mo-, July 11.-Eleven
persons are dead, two fatally injured
and large number of others more
or less seriously hurt as a result of
head-end collision between passen-
ger and fast live stock trains on the
Chicago and Alton railroad near Nor
ton, Mo-, Wednesday. Six were killed
outright, four died on a train convey.
ing them to Kansas City, and the
others died at hospital in this city.
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Abilene. Kan. July l1.-Col. C. C.
Little, of the famous 2oth Kansas vol
unteer regiment, which under the
command of Gen. Frederick. Funston
won an enyiable record in the open
ing of the campaign in the Philip
pines, has been granted'a pension Of
$50 month for injuries received.
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High Price For Corn.

Mexico City, July 12.-The high
price of IndiaQ corn, which cereal is
the basis of the diet of the common
people of this country, has attracted
the notice of the government, and It
is reported as probable that if the
farmers do not sell the corn they are
holding for speculation the govern-
ment will take off the duty on Amer
lean corn and otherwise aid in low
ering the price. fr
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Washington, July 11.-After, about
ten years delay, the sultan of Tur-
key has paid the claims of the United
States government. A cablegram from
United states Minister John E. Leish-
man. at Copstantinople. received "a.
the state department announces that
he has received q drpft for $4,000 in
settlement Of the American claims
which he has deposited in the Otto
man bank, subject to the disposition
of the department.
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Richmond, Va, July 15.-Gov. Ay-
cock, of North Carolina, announced
his purpose to break up lynching in
his state If it can be done. He starts
out by offering reward of $40O for
every information that will lead to
the conviction of every person en-
gagged in a lynching. .sI.