The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-19

make up time lost through simple
mishap Cal Miller, the engineer, drove
the train from Cove to Duncannon, two
small stations east of Altoona, and just
, four miles apart, in the unparalleled
time of two minutes and thirty one
seconds, which is travelling at the rate
of 95. miles an hour. On top of this
the special" made the 440-miles run tc
this city in 8 hours and 80 minutes.
! The negroes of Macon, Ga, have in.
!, augurated boycott on the local street
railways for separating the races. An
| organization has been perfected and a
fine of 81 will be imposed upon every
negro seen riding on car.
The king of England is slightly i'll.
Constant exposure to the wretched
weather has resulted in an attack of
lumbago but the indisposition is not
serious and there is apparently no
| louhudulou lOI INC dldtu lluS IulHOls
which were current at Windsor last
night. His majesty had promised TO
attend the parade and service of the
Royal House artillery and cavalry
brigade at All Saints church. Alder
shot, last Sunday but he was unable to
be present.
The kings illness at this junction is
particularly unfortunate.
At the convention New York of the
Normal Association of Dancing Masters
of the United States and Canada three
new round dances and an original
lancers have been chosen as the correct
thing for the coming season. The new
steps are known as the military dip, y
''antlers gavotte," 'the Olympia" and
the drawing room lancers.
The first named is waltz, differing
from the old dip waltz danced a genera
ton ago by having dip to each move,
instead of every third move.
Among Dowies recent converts is
| William Bluett of Avonmore, New
Brunswick, who was Roman Catholic
priest He came to Zion city.
1t was announced in London that
SG4 Transvaal Beers surrendered yester-
day, bringing the total of surrenders
for all the colonies up to about $12, 900.
After period of over week without
any exhibition of activity Mont Pelee
has again broken forth in violent erup-
ton. Sunday night the volcano re-
newed the phenomena which it has
shown now for nearly a month with
| greater or less violence at various times
since the first devastating blast of in
candescent fire which destroyed the
town of st. Pierre.
Mont Pelee early in the day began to
show those signs of renewed activity
which have grown so familiar to the
people of Fort de France. Great jets of
steam could be seen issuing from the
assures in the mountain side and thin
| line of dun -colored smoke could be OBJ
served ascending from the crater. This
steadily increased in volume and den
sity, until at night the huge black cloud,
| cylindrical in form, which has always
accompanied previous eruptions, was
discernible now and again as it was
pierced with flashes of fire.
A rain of hot cinders, ashes and oc-
casionally rocks and stones descended
upon the outskirts of Fort de France,
and several of the inhabitants who had
left the center of the city were killed.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the Ameri-
can woman, who is undergoing life i'm
prisonmept IN England for the murder
of her husband, may soon be freed, 80
Secretary Hay is encouraged to believe
by reports from Ambassador Choate. 1t
10 SuSSOSpCu thhU NtHS hlu may III
clude her in the list of prisoners who
will be granted amnesty on the occasion
of his coronation.
Hundreds of Americans visited shop
in the Rue Damon, Paris this week,
where the coronation trousseau of
Queen Alexandra is on exhibition. There
were several sunptuous dresses, all of
British material, but made up by a
French firm. Admission was by card
only and an invitation was eagerly
sought, not only by tourists, but by
Parisians as we'll
Jokingly telling his bride of few
days that he was going to shoot himself,
George n Fleck of Louisville, KY, plac-
ed the muzzle of a revolver in his month.
The weapon was accidentally discharg-
ed, and the man fell dead at the feet Of
his young wife,