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fame OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF, 1 sle I and ■- I none . Complete Review of the Events of; * - ~ - - — " The ministry won In the recent elec- ^ for the councils general in prov- **"' put Week—In This and For Lands—Taken From the the ttt> Latest Dispatches. floss luces of France. I 1 Brigadier General Samuel T. Cu«h-! takt ini, U. S. A., retired, formerly com miaaary general of subsistence, is dead. ! CapUin Charles Botha, son of Philip 1 Î 1 JJa and Field Cornets Humana and h * Oliver have been killed in the Orange )' • Polonv i * m j. D. Groy, a switchman for the j Northern Pacific, was killed recently. In Tacoma by falling from the gravity j T1 bunkers to the deck of a collier. | Earl Russell, arraigned at the bar of, the house of lords for trial on the! charge of bigamy pleaded guilty after ; KMÄ asa '° J " rl -j d Sr James O'Neil one of the old-' -ÄLerTof the Pacific^northwest I J «fl P for many years deputy clerk of VMM State, drei? and nnnrts died at SDOkane Sunday o "It is officially reported in Shane It Is officially reported in bnang the hai," says the Shanghai correspondent of the London Standard, "that serious faB Hslng-Kwa 6 distrlct of°the provlLVof Hslnghwa district or tne province or -Th« war In Cane Colony Is hurtine " The war in Cape Colony is hurting | 0 the United States trade, according to a report received at the state depart ment from Consul General Stowe, dat ed shortly before he submitted his res ignation to the department. The religious enthusiasm aroused by the international convention of the Ep ; worth League reached its culmination at the meeting held Sunday afternoon at Mechanics pavilion. About 10,000 persons were present and not a seat, u wax vacated. ..... ... . . A bulletin recently issued by the cen sus office shows there nas been a de- 1 el crease of the Chinese population in the United States since 1900 of 17,665, the number now being 89,600. The Japan ese Increased during the past 10 years TJn 111 TT TT I rwl? Grover president of the Eldorado. Kas j hf.^th« b c y en^ 1 t« A h s th h,hf!l ! ter of town and demolished a tubful of bottled beer. They took samples of the liquor to the sheriff, who later or dered the joints to quit business. The total number of casualties to per sons on account of railway accidents during the year ending June 30, 1900, was 58,185. The aggregate number of, persons killed in consequence of rail-1 way accidents during the year waa I 7,865, and the number injured was 50,-U 320. Of railway employes 2,550 were killed and 39,643 were injured. Adolph Strecker, a barber of San Francisco, at a recent shooting of the third National Bunderfest completed a score which has never been equaled In the United States on the King target and which will doubtless give Strecker the "King prize." Out of a possible 200 he has made the record score of 395 polnts, breaking the highest score of "King" Hayes, made three years ago, by 22 points. F. C. Ross, the first bundes king, made 371 six years ago. Donald J. Beaton, editor of the Nelson Daily Miner, was thrown from a streetcar Sunday and died the same evening at the, residence of John Horton on Stanley street, i where he was removed at the time of the! accident. I Because he went bathing in the Touc-het ^ alone when he could not sw im, Henry Hig bee of Tekoa met an untimely death. Hig bee had but recently gone to Waits bttrg, Wash., from Tekoa to labor in the harvest fields. Twenty-five machinists in the employ of tlie Pacific Coast company in Seattle, who left their positions when the machinists' union ordered a strike last Alav, have returned to work. An agreement wa* reached between the men and President Farrell. ! At Topeka. Kan.. Mrs. Carrie Nation was fined $100 and given a 30 days' jail sen-, tence by Judge Hazen in the district court f»r disturbing the peace and dignity of the. city by a Sunday joint raid last March. There is no appeal and the noted woman inu-t serve her time in prison. The third national Bundesfest shooting festival will crown Aldoph Strecker of San Franeisco king shooter of America. His score of 394 for 200 shots on the point tar-, get will stand as the mark of national kingship for at least three years, and there no telling how many festivals after that. _ The government has determined to make vast improvement* in the fortifications around the harbor of San Francisco. ! The announcement is authoratively made in theatrical circles that Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terrv will make a 22 weeks' tour of this country during the coming season. i> Dr. George W. Gue, one of the best known Methodist ministers in the north west, dropped dead in Portland Wednesday morning as he was going to the Southern Pacific depot to met the returning Ep "orth league delegates. At Denver, Watson W. Moore, formerly • leading member of the New York bar, is dead of paralysis of the brain, aged 56 J ,u *. Mr. Moore achieved international fame while acting as consul at Constant i nqtle during the Kusso-Turkish troubles. At iitlin, Iowa, a passenger train on the Rock Island road ran into a siding. A 1 sle 7 in " td *' " as kn ' xked over on its side I and several passengers were injured, but I none of them seriously. of; passengers proceeded to their destination. 1 Alike Kelly of Leavenworth, Kansas | " hile insane, recently shot four men fatally wounding three. The victims are John R. Ganett, man; Police Sargent Dodge, ^ llke McDonald and Dr. Charles McGee.! **"' condition of Dodge and 'McGee is con sidered critical. Garrett died while being will IN All the injured a prominent business Detective. on ' a , , p. purpose of the new party w. be the ultimate independence of the Philippine*. I takt ' n to t!lc hospital, probably recover. ! At M'inila the Lils-rtad i, authority for 1 Î 1 "* Kt " te,1 f , ! t t . hdt ^«or Patrino will h * v * l,e f ^ era 1 l l ,i4rt - v a, ' d wl11 ol ^ lu " )' hat iu ' cal ? nationalists, on a plat i * or,n resembling that of the conservatives with Aguinaldo as president and former j nHUr{ , ent ,„i|it« r y officers and former j T1 | of, _ Fatal Fire at l'UUburg. | ; July tire in a ' -j y-".-.'!;."- .venue u».,f "I 1 , ° a . mothw " n, ' ""T ' J I J hedeadar<i , : ^ Utza aged of * Ve " ,S ' l 1 "° 1 ' e ' uf UlL ' thlldre,l; N " ,la o years, \tabock tutza, aged 2 years. ! l ,' uu '!^ * a,za ' lm '" a,l,t and father of 0 the f am ,i v xvag badjy burned. , Mri , rf' , 1S faB ' t ^ on tha ' and The blaze' the St ° V,; th * , oil , in the Mn ; or .«using an explosion. lhe burning oil. " aS s<atU>red over the roo,n > settin S <i,e | 0 t | le c | 0 thes of Airs, llatza and the chil to by AlcDonald members of the federal parly as leaders. ; dren. Later. Pittsburg. July 23.—The strike situa tion is practically the same as on Satur day, Wdlsvillc and MeKeesporl being the points around which the interest centers, and un y new development will no doubt emanate from these places, seat, u ie Wellsville plant did not take place, The strikers at Wellsville have been The rumored accession to the force at . wa f ( .j,i n g the railroad stations for sträng de- 1 el . g None, however, have as vet appeared, the the . jH '^ nese " vi „ g in J this gitv have become TT I alarmed by the action recently taken by the labor unions of «a* 1 Francisco, which j ask (hat the Japanese ^ excluded as the en^ 1 Chinese are under the Geary act. The ! San Francisco labor unions are said to be preparing a petition to congress. Against Jap*. of or „ , , , „ . , , ,, per- 8 P okaI,c - du, - v : 4 '- A deplorable acct dent oo<-urred on the Great Northern tre» tIe near tlie vsa r '" m,]1 - at th f f,,ot t of, of Mill street. Julius Re.pe. a member of rail-1 the bridge gang, while working on the très waa I tie, was struck by the rear end of passen 50,-U e *' tral " No - J a « d k n^ked off the struc ture, falling to the null platform, 20 feet below. Deplorable Accident. San the _ .... Morris' Compute, at the lucrative price of 30 to 1, won the rich Foxhall atak.s of $15,000 at Brighton Beach today. In one 200 the most sensational race* of the meet 395 m ß he won by a »cant half length, riv of pher. beat W. C. Whitney a Goldsmith for ago, 6econ( t P* ace - first the, i P®nies have large force» of men at work the! endeavoring to prevent them spreading. I I There are several distinct Area, and the ^ os * probably be heavy, Hig Hig the Compute Won. New York, Jtily 22.—A. H. and D. H. Forest Fire* In Montnnn, Helena, Mont., July 21.—Fierce fore-t fires are reported raging west of Misaouli. The Northern Pacific and Anaconda com Hew Trial for Power». Frankfort. Kv., July 24.—The official mandate of the court of appeals, ordering the Scott county circuit court to grant ex-Seeretary of State Caleb Powers an other trial has been issued. It is possible that the trial will be held in October. of who have wa* At Btiffnlo. Buffalo, N. Y. f July 22.—A new feature ! of exposition work that has been under was taken by the Washington state reprea°n tativec at the Pan-American is the oot sen-, court lection.of names of those showing an m the. Merest in the states resources, San of yellow fever are reported at Ran His «ago de la Vegas, a town of 6000 inhab tar-, liants, 13 miles front Havana. All the suf ferers are Spaniards, there that. _ make Cape Town. July 24. It 1» reported that General Delarev has informed the ! Kledksdorp commando that there is no made longer any chance of European interven Irving tion and that they mu«t fight the war out 22 to the bitter end entirely on their account, the Yellotv Fever In Havnna. Washington. July 24.—The quarantein authorities have been advised that five Ko Hope of Oatslde Aid. Refaaea to Keirotlate. best New York, July 23.—President Schwab north- of the U. R. Steel corporation refused to day to make any reply to President Shaf fer or discuss the strike situation. Ep Seattle, Wash., July 24.—A special to bar, the Times from Port Townsend says that 56 the United States war veasels Iowa, Wia conain and Mohican had arrived theta. wer Teasels oa Soaad. \ mcomn which new* It were them and isher •ome 1 | IN THE MIDDLE WEST Temperature of Minneapolis tog— At Milwaukee It Was VW—In Iowa Av eraae Maxliusis Temperature for Five Days Breaks Records. and, fuaed. and go flag, utes Chicago, July 22.—All heat records since the establishment of a weather bureau in Chicago 30 years ago were brokett Sunday. The government ther mometer registered 103 degrees. Down on the street it was three to five de grees hotter, and to add to the suf fering a hot, stifling wind, like a blast furnace, blew all day from the aouth ' west. From 5 o'clock In the morning, when the thermometer registered 77. a gradual rise followed until at 4:30 p. m. the top notch had been reached, Shortly after that time the wind, veered aronnd toward the lakn and put i ; flag fore In in " | caused a drop to 95 at S:30 tonight. a ' SulancT 9 VTrrkeTbusv S takinrcs l Je u».,f p.J M '„« r c,»Ton' t i,' a ,Ä ar J 0mahs Jul >' 22,-With *he exception «* July 2«. 1894. on which day the ,la temperature reached 105. Sunday was «"• 1 ! in 27 years. There was not a trace of 0 f rain anywhere in this vicinity and' what little wind there was came from u "' e w >na tnere was came rrom ' * ; P arks »tered not the slightest relief oil. t0 the masses who sought cool retreats. <i,e Four prostrations were reported to the ! the a re added to the discomfort. The two , ' of of I police. Not a cloud appeared In the sky and relief is not in sight. St. Louis, July 22.—Two victims of i the heat were found dead in bed Sun -1 day. There were a number of pros trations, two of which may prove fatal. During the day the relative humid ity, as reported by the weather bureau, ranged between 30 and 52 degrees. The Intense heat extended all over the state. the been at At different points the maximum tem perature was: Chlllleothe, 114; Bowl ing Green, 112; Paris. 1u8; Monroe City, 107; Springfield, 100. . This Is the 32d day of the hot spell by and there is no indication of a change, In Kansas City. Kan., three deaths due the to heat were reported today. Prayers The for rain were offered in nearly all the be churches in Kansas City today and generally throughout Kansas. So far as heard from no rain of any conse quence has fallen In any portion of the drought belt In the past 24 hours and conditions everywhere have been discouraging. In normal years tne rain fall between July 20 and August 15 Is light, and a return to normal precipi tation would not save the parched field:. Lincoln, Neb., July 22.—Heat records were smashed all along the line In southeastern Nebraska Sunday. The maximum of 105.8 not only was the highest since the establishment of the weather bureau 15 years ago, but there Is no instance known in the state when for over seven hours the tem Kansas City, July 22.—The heat Sun day broke all records, the temperature at 4 p. m. being 104. Thermometers on the street at 11 o'clock recorded 92. 1 » a acct tre» f,,ot t of très feet price of one riv for work I the H. perature remained at 100 degrees or over, as it did today. There were three deaths from heat in Lincoln to day. Corn in this country is so badly burned that it will not be over a third of a crop. I * Indianapolis. Ind., Julv 22—Sunday the hottest day in Central Indiana While the official com was for several years. record was only 99.8 it was 107 on the streets and on the drill ground of the Indiana National guard, which Is in camp at the state fair grounds, lt was 110. During the brigade drill this eve nlng 15 men fell from the heat. Cincinnati, July 22.—The thermom eter touched 100 today, but the marl mum humidity was only 28. There were two prostrations. Louisville, July 22.—The maximum grant an temperature at TjOttlsvIlle Sunday was 102 degrees. There were two prostra : I { ! tions. oot At Chlc«*o. Chicago. July 23.—The terrible heat, which reached it* record breaking climax at 103 degree*, was broken at dawn bv a fresh lake breeze. The night wa, sultry.I therp bp in ir icareely a breath of air. and « * i » . . n „.i, i j; a i r f.,i a : hundred» of people in the crowded dial net« S-pt -» 0| dZ or up un,il "ind ">•*,""P C-'b'.. Four d«.h. .re » ^° r e * i Rt. Idoui». July 23.—Acting Forecaster, E. E. Spencer of the local weather bureau declare» Monday was the hottest day in the history of St I*>ui». ; m Ran inhab suf the no out five At fit. Lnala. Three Death» Reported. New York, July 23—Three deaths from heat were reported Monday morning. At 10 o'clock the weather bureau thermom eter registered 80 degree*. The humidity at the same hour was 76. finlrlde» la Kew York. New York. July 24.—Five people com mitted suicide in New York dty in one day. The extremely hot weather i» be lieved to have caused the increase in the number of suicide« recently. Schwab to Shaf to that Wia Free Trade fer Perte Rira. Washington, July 24.—Free trade be tween the United State* and Porto Rico was proclaimed Thursday. Another Kins incident. San Francisco, July 21.—Captain M. Thwing of the steamer Joan S. Kimball, which recently arrived from Alaska, bring* new* of another flag incident at bkagway. It occurred at Unalaska, July 4. There were a number of veaezl* in port, among ! them being the Briti-h steamer Glenoru and the American gunboat Concord. In honor of Independence day the Brit isher flew the Union Jack and had up •ome other bunting, while the Concor 1 dressed ship. When United Mate* Com missioner Whipple saw the Rritieh flag IT waving in an American port he got angry and, going aboard th« Glenora, ordered the bo captain to haul it down. Tb« captain re fuaed. Deputy Sheriff Sullivan wa* then wol ordered to a«Te«t the audadms Briti,her men and then haul down the flag. Rather th in {jj go to jail the captain hauled down th? ti flag, but as soon as Whipple wa. gone he , jutnped into the steamers dingy and waa the f° nC0 * « • I The British captain was not five rotn _, ... _. . . live utes aboard the gunboat when a boat wa* _. . „ ■, m . .. , _ manned and, with an officer in the item. .. the ers of ed . . , , , ,, ,. put away from the gunboat for the Gle i nora. As noon ss the stermship wa« r-ached the ofllcer and two of the men ; went aboard, and in a few winuL*» the flag threat* was at the masthead agdn. The Concord ran the British flag up at her fore and liegan firing a national saint?. In this way Captain Knox did everything in his power to make amend» for the *^° blunder, -nd there will be no interna tional difficulties in consequence. 1 ! Pittsburg, July 22.—The first week of the steel strike ended iu this disirict -vitli Mteelworker»' Ulrike. two big meetings, one endorsing i.omm lonitm, the other condemning i:. , lirst was held in N'andergr.ft this liter ' noon where the s.ntiment of the w rkers I'lte of of the Viinde g ift, Leichburg, Apollo and Sahsburg plants of the American Stud company were expressed in speech * and to resolution». More than 19U0 attended the gathering, ÿpecchea were made by pruiui neut mill woikns indorsing iionuniom-rn and declaring loyalty to the company, The meeting at McKeesport waa dia metrically opposed to the Vandngr.tt gatiiering in its object and action. It wm held in White's opera house under the auspice* of the Amalgamated association and waa addrca>ed by several of the procii Bent members of the association, jmncipa, of whom was President Shaffer. In an impissioned Fp-e.-h President I Shaffer urged the millmen to »und up for thiir union. a I San rlaiK-iwo, .Inly 24.—The wholesale an<l retail busiui"-» Iioiim-s an i -1 of Is In the the Tramstsrs on a Strike. exjiericnc mg great difficulty in having their good» hauled, owing to the »trike of the team» to, which was recently inaugurated. It 1 » estimated that 2500 tcun-h-r* have left their work, and it ia thought thi» number will he greatly added to during the next ew day», owing, it » »aid, to the fact that the employer» are determined not to yield a po.nt to the »«rik.ng men I the Htr.ke continue» other branche, of labor will la affected. The porter» will go out and longshoremen will refuse to handle good* for nonunion drivers or for firm» employ ing nonunion men. It is generally believ ed that there will lie a general tieup of wholesale and retail business. Kpnorth Lenqne. San Francisco, July 22.—The third ditv of the international convention of tne or to Kpworth league was devoted strictly to business until nightfall, when the pavil I * on " as lhe scene of a splendid sacred concert, attended by mor? than 10,000 pec P lf - After the usual sumi-e prayer m e - in#* various churches here and in Oak con the >«n d . simultaneous session» of the the venth n were held in the Howard »treat in Methodist church, the Alhambra th ate*, was the Central Methodist church and the eve- Metropolitan temple, in character. ^ af > Francisco, July 22. The yorng ® oni * °f General Kobbe, now stationed at Manila, have been arrested and held for a»»ault with intent to murder. Their vic All were nr .died All were prat..,. liar Shot. was tin- is young Paul Wiseig, whom the boys : allot in the lungs with their rifles. F.ric I and Herman Kobbe, 15 and lfl years c!d, { for several weeks have been shocking with rifles near Black Point. There are no ! house« on the b"ach, but men in b at* have complained of the boy«' reckleaam«'. __,__ .j •boat when several shots fell ab ut heat, a _ .... . , Wisng. with three companions. wa» in and * row . . f.,i a : them, and Wlasig waived a nfle bill net« ... . "ind cUta » S and did not §ee any boat, but the youn i per one admitted to his mother that he Wiaaig. j - in Kxrb»»sr 1 » Hlak. : C 5 ty «f Mexico, July 22—Exchange on ; New York has reached « premium of 1.15 above par. This is a wholly unprecedent ed rate. There is talk of the oonaol'da tion of the great banka in order to offset growing American financial and bnaineae influence. It ia reported that the entire atm et railway syatem of this dtjr and the federal district will aoon pa*a into the from At com one be the hands of Americana. fade fia ai Can Hol« Morr«. tla and the tort dosa «et canaa much ad- , here, the public generally that Monn eaetla and Oabanaa . tortnm woald ha talon tor a naval ate -1 ctli lUl I Havana, Jaly 22.—Th« report that th« United Btaiaa Intente to hold Mono «ne be Rico j .J i » ! 1 IT MAT SOON BE AT AN END. Insist that the Mine Workers Dr .taw Their Position Uedulielyr tii.ee tor All—Official Btateasrat From Firemen's Headquarters. issued Wlllkesbarre, Pa., July ZZ.— Th« stationary firemen a «trine wni soon bo at an end. At a taoeun* of tu« executive officer« of the tinned Min« wol kcr« a „d the „ffleer, of lhe men -, order, the firemen luslBUd that {jj 0 m ) nc workers define their post ti on definitely once for all. a« it waa , mp08Blble lo carry on the 8trUe lt the United M(ne worker „ 0 I With that object In view thV execu .w , . live officer« of the mine workers . _ , ... .. . agreed to come to this city and meet .. , .. „ the strikers. The United Mine work ers were represented by 26 officers of the three districts. The Stationary Firemen's association was represent ed by J. F. Mullahey, president of the association; Thomas Barrett, vie* president; J. A. Gerrlty, secretary; Brodus Langdon and J. F. Wade. T. D. Nicholls, president of District *^°- up«*ned the discussion, 8ald the strike was Inoppoitune at this time, lt was detrimental to th« He miners, who were under agreement with the operators to remain at of w«'™ fu* - one year and if the United Mine workers remained out it would mean the sacrifice of the good will trict, also I'lte of the coal operators. President Fahey of the Ninth din s|H>ke against the strike, and He claimed the strike was luoppor tune and that his men were opposed and to it. President DutTey of the 8ev the enth district, said the firemen In his district did not go out on strike. This showed lack of unity and the strike could not succeed. dia was Issued from firemen's headquar wm ters tonight: the tricta of the United Mine Workers de flned the attitude they contemplât ed assuming should their strike continue we thought that tt would be to the In up terPBt of all t . 0 ncerned to bring It to a gpeedy termination and In conae I quenee thereof we made proposi tions to them which were adopted, after whl( , h we Instructed the firemen The following official statement "After the officers of the three dls* toward the firemen p Ura)lH a n honorable means to good» have th ,, lr IH>s j,| on s returned. Al thoHgh tho \ H n( >t yet declared It ()ff |mU , after th<1 RI1H wers are recelv left p( , fpom the , r emp)over8> yo t It seems tf> be th( , pr< , val) i nK «pinion that next Bhol)Jd t i, t . v be favorable the action that the d( . lf , Kaf ,. B Monday evening yield pnd ÜJe Btrlke . Iitlt shou | d an y Htr.ke now 0 „ t ,, f pmployIltP „t on tho la- thp gtr|kp bp d , B< . r , rolnatod against the end would be as far off a* The (fremen are determined to and good* believ of ever. stand by those who sacrificed their positions before they would take our places. still at work shall remain until after All of the firemen who are Ibis convention. ditv tne "J F. MULLAHEY. to pavil pec e - Oak con "Presldent. "THOMAS BARRETT. "Vice President. "JAMES GERRITY, "Secretary." neatmetlse Fire at Winter». »treat ate*, the yorng at for vic Wintem, Cal., July 22.-A $100,000 flffl occurred here. The principal loser* th« Winters Dried Fruit company, $t0. 000, fully insured; R. B. Chandler lumber .died ''" rd . $15.000, insurance *»i000; th« Call . ^ B>w|t|tioB> pm( >, fully in sured; the Granger Warehouse aa-oria tion, >15,000, partly insured; Henry Tra ner, >20BOO. A number of «mail out buildings valued »t ffifiOO and three oaf loads of grain belonging to McNeill wer« burned. were boys F.ric c!d, with men a no ' at* lease Char'es Mnllien. but were repels a by the police, who used their clubs hee'y .j upon the hesds of the lesdere. hred ut Tloofnrmn and Albert Goiter were arrested Mali Ittaekrtl Denver J»ll. Denver, Col., July 22 —A mob of r-Ofi _ ,nd l*oy* made sn attack upon t»'« city jail hew tonight in an effort to re , in bill aa the le.» der* of tne moo. . cUta —-.. - »• S ft*. J.* ft-It h -Id to Mr. K™. youn- ger has received within a week a rooet he aatiafactory letter from General Both* frt j which detail* of future pUne *nd move maté are given, everything going to show : the Boer* in the field are a« deter on mined and confident as ever. 1.15 offset «nt in the la Hcde hotel earlv today and caused the lo»* of one life. The property entire ]«•» wa* nominal. John O'Connor of the Mount Pleasant wa* suffocated. The 1R the other gtient* had narrow escape«. origin of the Are i* unknown. »■«orated la a Hotel Fire. Ottumwa. Iowa. July 23- Fire broke T!« aaJ Maher W real le«. mixed Philadelphia. July 22— The wrestling match between Pugilist* Tom ad- , Sharkey and Peter Maher at t*>a bill grounds of the Philadelphia 1 sagas . suited in a draw. Neither man showed ate -1 that ht poamasad grant kaowladf* W th* lUl I wrestling game. th« «ne-