The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-23

last year.
Fire, on the night Of the 18th, de-
stroyed AZ buildings in the business
and residence section of Millington,
Md, causing a loss Of about 100000,
partly insured. Not a store remains in
tie town, and many families are home
less
A tornado struck Bonesteel, S. D.
Just before dark on the 18th and played
havoc with the hundreds Of tents and
cheaply- rooming houses
erected for the thousands of homeseek-
ers registering for the Rosebud reserva-
ton lands.
President Loubet of France has sig
nified his intention of comforting the
grand cross of the Legion Of Honor
upon Secretary Hay, in recognition OF
his efforts during the past five years,
to strengthen the bonds of amity be-
tween the United States and France.
1t was reported on the 18th that a
great battle was in progress at Ia
Kiao, in which the Japanese were
in strength on three sides of the Rus
SLAMS. Military men were Of the opin-
ion that it would prove the biggest bat
tie of the war SO far.
The strike situation at Chicago, on
the morning Of the 18th, looked omi-
nous The packers and their striking
employees had not been able to agree
upon an arbitration proposition, and
the foreign element among the strikers
seemed ripe for riot.
President Roosevelt has notified the
members of his cabinet that he will be
back in Washington on July %, and
that he wants all of them to meet him
there during the first week of August.
Meat from cattle alleged to have been
affected with Texas fever and blood
poisoning were seized on the 18th by
Chief Meat Inspector Thomas Strlnger
of st. Louis, as it was being delivered
to the poorhouse, insane asylum, female
hospital, city hospital and emergency
hospital. The meat was supplied by a
Chicago contractor.
William T. Scott, nominee for Presi-
dent of the United States by the rScgro
Civil Liberty League, was arrested in
East st. Louis, ILL.,, on the 18th by
deputy sheriff on an old capias for a
fine and costs aggregating $99.SO, as
sessed for running disorderly house
Twenty people were killed and about
twenty-five injured, on the 18th, in col
lision on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
railroad at Glrnwood, % miles south OF
Chicago. The collision occurred be-
tween a picnic train from that city
which was returning from Momence
Ill., and a freight train, into the real
end of which it dashed at high rate Of
speed.
Two hundred persons in Mllington
Md, are homeless and without shelter
and food as the result Of the fire, on
the 18th, which destroyed 80 dwellings
and II places of business. The loss is
placed at $150,000, with practically nc
insurance.
Despondent because Of poor health
Edward Niemann, a former employe Of
the Bourbon Mercantile Co., 20S Wal
nut street, St. Louis, Mo-, committed
suicide in Denver, Col, on the 18th
by firing a 32-caliber bullet into his
brain.
According to a London dispatch OF
the 14th, Santos-Dumont, the famous
aeronaut, has given up the idea of re
turning to the United States to take
part in the airship contest at the
Worlds fair in ST. Louis.
A Toxic dispatch Of the 14th says
the Japanese forces have occupied Yin
Kow (the seaport of New Chwang,
without opposition, the Russians retir
ing. This would indicate the fall o.
New Chwang.
The honorary board Of Filipino com
missioners reached st. Louis on thu
14th, and were escorted to their quar-
tiers by a special reception committed
and the batalions of Filipino constabu
larry stationed at the Worlds fail
grounds, led by their band OF 80 pieces
They will remain in ST. Louis about 1
month.
Charles w. Murtfeldt, a newspape
writer and an authority on agricul
tural subjects, died at his home a
Kirkwood, Mo-, on the 18th, at the ag
Of 81 years.
Early results Of the strike of tn
butchers and meat cutters were OBJ
servable, on the 14th, in an advance al
along the line In the price of meats
both fresh and cured. Restaurants ii
the cities either put up the price o
meat orders or cut down the size of tn
portions.
Two negroes, Frank Ousley and Johl
Johnston, were hanged together in tn
Jail yard at Pittsburg, Pa, on the 14th
The execution was witnessed by a So
of James Donnelly, whom the negroe
murdered Just as the trap was sprun
a member of the jury and two specta
tors fell to the ground in faint.
On the 14th, a two-headed girl wa
horn at Cairo, ILL.,, to negro famil
of the name of Shane. 1t died shortl
after birth. The heads were both wei
formed, and rested on the shoulders a
about the same angle. The feature
were perfect. The body of the infan
was fully matured.
The Baltimore & Ohio grain elevator
Eighty-seventh street and Ontario ave
nue., South Chicago. was burned on tn
18th. A quantity Of grain was in tn
building, and the loss is put at s35O,OOl