The Philipsburg mail., 1901-06-28
NEWS SUNNI AIRY.

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head of water for sluicing purposes,
and were accordingly happy.
Senator M. A. Hanna has been ap,
pointed a colonel on the official staff
chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public
Those who have recently come from
Japan confirm the reports of trained
observers there that the Japanese are
generally preparing for early war with
Russia.
known as the "Pioneer of Uncondition-
al Abolition" is dead at the home of
his daughter in Montclair, N. j., aged
80 years.
The total number of deaths from dis
ease and military operations among
the British troops in South Africa dur
ing the month of May was 25 officers
and 7o9 men.
The postot1ice at Rincon. N. M, was
robbed by two masked men Friday,
who forced the postmaster to open the
money drawer and hand out $lOO The
men escaped.
New York Financial Chronicles esti-
mate of the cotton acreage for the
present year has just been published.
An increase of 5,05 per cent for the
whole country is reported.
James Watts, the hero of the ride
from Tien Tsin to Tuka during the
siege, was married on May 14th at
Shanghai to Miss Middleton, a daugh.
ter of a well known Shanghai resident
Congressman Theobald Often Of
Milwaukee and his private secretary,
Nathaniel Green, were run down and
both seriously injured by an electric
car, while driving in buggy Thurs
day.
An order has been issued at the war
department directing the organization
of five batteries of field artillery and
three companies of light artillery
in addition to those now in the ser.
vice.
cablegram was received at the
war department Friday from General
Macarthur at Manila, announcing
that all the volunteers have left the
Philippines en- route for the United
States.
Because of the strike of the boiler.
makers Of Seattle and Tacoma, all work
on the United States army transport
Rosecrans has been stopped, and she is
unable to start on her journey to
Alaska.
Miss Barbara Spnden, while kind
ling a fire with gasoline at her home at
Wellston, Kan, Thursday, was burned
ashes and the body has not been re-
covered.
In many mills in Alabama and Geor-
gia one-half of the operatives, it is said,
are children, and in some cases the per-
centage runs as low as or 7. Their
ages range from to l2, and, of course
beyond
BY direction of the president, Colonel
Chambers Mcliibben, Twelfth nfantry
has been relieved from command of the
department of Texas and ordered to
the Philippines.
tornado struck Prentice, Wis.
Wednesday night. Fences and tele-
graph poles were RACED and the Swed-
ish church and store were demolished.
Many dwellings were damaged and the
property loss will be heavy.
Affairs in China seem to show in A.
remarkable way the solid influence
which America is there acquiring,
largely attributable to the favora BILE
impression made by General Chatfee
and the troops under his command
1t is semi -otficially announced in Ber-
lin that it has been decided that the
selection of Count Won Waldersee's
successor as commander of the inter-
national forces shall be left to the
commanders of the international forces
In China.
Colonel j. j. Wiesenberger, COM
manding the First regiment, National
Guard of Washington, is dead in New
Whatcom, aged 26, Death resulted
from cerebral meningitis. The colonel
distinguished himself in the war in the
Philippines.
The officials of the Russian foreign
Office state that, contrary to certain
reports, Russia has never favored the
notion of all the constitutional powers
guaranteeing the Chinese loan. She
replied in terms similar to those of the
United States.
The battleship Oregon, which is due