The Yale expositor., August 10, 1900, Image 2

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Happenings of a Week Stewed
Down for Ready Reading.
A WHOLE REGIMENT OF ITEMS,
Ih J. A. It. lias State Membership
or 15,280 Thtre xraa Loss of 275
!Meulcr ly Death mid Nolhwlth
Mtautlliitf TliU Report Gain of 134.
Wei-My Crop bulletin.
'.According to the weather crop bulle
fjn issued -July 31 the heavy rains ia
'fjjosoartheru counties during the early
jpart of last week delayed harvest
ijrork, the completion of haying, and
ib wine cases did slight damage to hay
tl caused wheat to sprout in tho
feftvock. Generally, however, tho
weather of the past week has been
vcry favorably to all crop growth and
bat-vest work. In the upper peninsula
J dry sunshiny weather was very
favorable to haying which has been
the principal work in that section; in
Che southern counties the rains have
'been wry beneficial to corn, beans and
ftotatoe.s.
Wheat and rye harvest Is generally
oouiplcted in the southern counties and
ii progress in the central und northern
OHjnttcs; in the upper peninsula spring
vheat r ripening and looks promising.
Qat harvest is well advanced in the
t&iithertt counties and has quite gener
ally begun in the central section; oats
are generally a fine heavy crop. The
varru rains have been especially bene
ficial to the corn in the southern coun
iiet where the crop is in good condi
jci; wanu nights are still lacking to
make it ideal corn weather. Late po
tatoes in all counties are reported as
y primming and there is generally
little ccir. plaint of tho ravages of tho
potato bogs. I'.cans and sugar beets
Oifc nuo. to mi'kc a good growth and
ie gt-nerally in fine condition, l'ast
t;viige in the southern counties is much
ftoproved. lUukwhcat is growing
iincJy and is in blossom. Fruit reports
cJmttiDue. about the same except that
4fflt-s o of poor quality in many
vutirs. Fetiches are beginning to
?pcTi and in the principal peach coun
.iWD promise a good yield.
033 ".. A. 11. Toits in Michigan.
Ool. C. V. 11. Fond, assistant adju-tnt-gcneral
of the Michigan O. A. II.,
lias completed his semi-annual report
t national headqua ters relative to
d condition of the organization in
Michigan on July 1, 1900. On the first
tjay of the present year there were in
Chis statu 333 posts with 15,280 mem
bers. This shows a gain of 154 mem-;
iWs notwithstanding the loss of 175 by
)?alh during the period named. Dur
ing the. month of July three new posts,
locacl in Jackson, Tuscola and An
trim counties, were organized. The
rrport wakes a remarkable showing
for an organization made up wholly of
elderly mew, and one that cannot in-
crreasc its membership by the injection
of young blood. Tho number of re-
. cs-nits mustered in" the state during the
last six months was 4rG. of which num.
ilier Charles T. Foster Post, Lansing,
mustered I0G. Fifty of tho latter nuni
" 'her 6tood at the post room altar at one
fjzne- to take the obligation. The
. amount reported expended for relief
. luring the felx months under report
yas $735.90. Tho report shows the
financial condition of tho depart mcnt
ia be very good. The indication are
fjiat Michigan will bo well represented
nt the national encampment in Chicago
..Vis month.
Qime Warden' Report for July.
' In his report for July, Game and
P,h Warden Morse says that his de
partment investigated 237 complaints
jixl instituted prosecutions in C3 cases.
Vh result was 54 convictions, two dis
irnisab and no acquittals, seven cases
jjtill pending. The total amount of
lines imposed was $552.30. The value
pf. the. seizures was $1,332.51. Reports
from ever county in the 6tate show an
Jincrcase in quail and partridge over
!; year, and a marked increase in
. brook trout and other game iish.
Looked Like 30 Cent.
Jan. W. lJradlcy, while at work cm a
(Jtreshing machine near Adrian the
Uicr day, attempted to hand his vest
f-er to a fellow workman, lie let go
ftist in time to let the vest fall into the
SnvA of the machine. Forty dollars in
bills and a gold watch went with the
vest. When it came out at the other
ihil it all looked like 30 cents. The
vj.itch could bo passed for a plugged
lld dollar, and the bills would made
i Handsome rag doll.
Disease In Michigan.
Reports to th3 state board of health
.how that rheumatism, diarrhea, neu
ralgia, tonsillitis and bronchitis, in the
Order named, caused the most sickness
in Michigan during the past week,
.mallpox was reported at I place; cere-bro-spinal
meningitis at C; diphtheria
7,120; whooping cough at 23; scarlet
iwrcr at 52; measles at C3; typhoid fever
iSLCi, and consumption at 175.
Yale Auffcrcd a fire loss of $10,000 on
the 21.
Owosso is becoming quite a manu
facturing center four outside firms
jro at present clamoring for admit
lance. Yale' fair dales for this year arc
Rentcmbcr 18, 19 and 20. Novel fca-
.(aires are walking races animals to
Jrw loads.
City laborers at r.attle Creek have
tskel for eight hours as a day's work
yith 10 hours pay, and the politicians
.-ate In R quandary.
Ilnrglars got away with $500 worth
nf valuable silk goods from the dry
jjoort.s store of Ilcaudry t Co., Grand
1 !, on the 30th.
AlxJtit 53 bankers throughout the
vLa(e forgot to pay their government
fM.. They will now bo obliged to pay
teic.'.t and penal. y.
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.
Howell's municipal lighting plant is
now in operation.
Firo destroyed $5,000 worth of prop
erty at Corunna on tho 5th.
Sixty-eight marriage licenses were
issued at fct. Joseph on the 5th.
South Haven's peach crop promises
to be a record breaker this year.
There was a balance of $837,339.52 in
the Wayne county treasury Aug. 1.
A largo cement factory will bo
erected at Holly in the near future.
The farmers' picnic and day of sports
will bo held at Nashville on the 14th.
Tho village of Stearns was almost
wiped out by fire on the night of the 3d.
Forest fires have already destroyed
barns and crops ia tho vicinity of
Fast Tawas.
Tho new cheese factory to replace
the one burned in July is in operation
at Kirch Ilun.
A destructive wind, hail and rain
storm visited l.enton Harbor and vi
cinity on the 2d.
Out of 3C3 prosecutions in Washte
naw county in six months 315 convic
tions are recorded.
The thermometer registered 101 in
the shade at Houghton on the 4th, the
hottest day in 10 years.
Experts who are prospecting for oil
in tho vicinity of Lowell aro confident
of finding it before long.
The proposition to bond the city of
Pontine for $50,000 for water works
improvements was defeated.
Tho Michigan Hell and tho New
State telephone exchanges at Ann
Arbor have been consolidated.
Gratiot county farmers are to estab
lish a co-operative cheese factory 2li'
miles southwest of St. Louis.
It cost Saginaw county $23,35.25 to
care for her poor last year. Ninety
seven paupers were cared for.
'-'Through jealousy Edward Lett,
colored, of Jackson, shot and killed
his wife on tho night of the titli.
The Republican st:te central com
mittee are planning to have Gov. Iloose
vclt visit Michigan in September.
The thermometer registered 9S in
the shade at Lclleville on the 5th the
hottest day of fhe season to date.
Lapeer's assessment rolls, prepared
by the city supervisors, has been ap
proved by the btate tax commission.
A stock company has been organ
ized at Shepard.-iville for the purpose
of erecting and operating a cheese fac
tory. The Church of Christ society at Cope
mish has purchased an old store build
ing and is having it remodeled for use
as a house of worship.
There will be' a general reunion of
the blind who have been educated in
Michigan since 1854, and their teach
ers, at Lansing, Sept. 3-0.
The special election held at Holland
on the 30th to bond the city for $10,000
to construct a general sewerage system
was curried by 130 majority.
Tho contract for the work has been
let, and before the snow flies it is ex
pected Ontonagon county will have one
of the finest poorhouses in the state.
The state tax commission have de
cided to make 18 complaints against
parties at Midland, who, it is alleged,
have been favored by the supervisors.
Grand Ilapids will hold its semi
centennial celebration as a city on
Oct. 24-20. It is estimated that $15,
000 will be expended for the blowout
Three blocks in the business portion
of Flainwell were burned on the 3d.
The Otsego fire department was called
out. How. the fire originated is un
known. Glass is not made in Michigan at
present, the nearest factory being lo
cated in Toledo. However, a project
is on foot to establish a factory at
Saginaw.
There is considerable talk in Shia
wassee county of organizing another
fair society and resuming the practice,
dropped some years ago, of holding an
nual fairs.
The Albion Mirror says that 8 to 10
bushels per acre is a good yield for
wheat in that vicinity this season. And
thi.J is the best wheat raising county
in the state.
The schooner Fontana and San ftityw
met in collision in the St. Clair river,
just above Fort Gratiot, on the night
of the 3d. The former sunk quickly,
taking one man with her.
This is proving a banner year for all
crops in Shiawassee county excepting
wheat. The yield per acre of hay, oats,
barley, beans and clovcrsecd is the
largest known for years past.
Rochester citizens will have nn op
portunity on August 14 to say whether
they think enough of good roads to
bond the village for $(5,000 to bo used
in improving tho local highways.
One of the largest crops of flax that
has ever been grown in Sanilac county
is now being harvested around Cros
well. The tlax mill has started up for
the season, which gives plenty of
work.
Threshing in the vicinity of Hamil
ton lias begun and the yield of wheat
is light The prospects for a good
peach crop are excellent and prices
will be moderate in the fruit belt west
of there.
Wheat threshing has commenced in
the vicinity of Wajme and within a
radius of 10 miles of the village the
average yield will be about three bush
els per ncre. Owing to the excessive
rains farmers are unable to harvest
their out crop. The bean crop that bid
fair to be a big one a week ago has
been ruined by the heavy rains.
The military department has been
notified by the ordnance department
at Washington that 50,000 rounds of
ammunition for target practice has
lcen forwarded to Island Lake, and
that it will le in readiness for the en-cutupmeut.
There was a baby born at the uni
versity hospital at Ann Arbor a few
da3'S ago that promises to be a hustler.
When two days old two teeth ap
peared, and at tho age of five days tho
little one had four teeth.
Forest fires are raging on all sides
of Whittemore, doing unestimablo
damage to property. Tho fires are be
yond control, and it is feared that
tho worst is yet to come, unless there
is a heavy fall of rain soon.
Rural freo delivery service has been
established at Ludington, to take ef
fect the 15th inst. The length of tho
route is 4t5,1a' miles; are covered, 57
square miles; population served, 1,33S;
number of houses on route, 293.
Attorney General Oren holds that
the law requiring manufacturers to
label all packages containing com
pounds or mixtures with their names
is valid, and tho names and addresses
must be placed on packages in such a
manner as not" to deceive tho pur
chaser. Fruit growers around Whitehall aro
alarmed over tho sudden appearance of
"yellows" among the peaches. In the
region north of there whole orchards
have been stricken with it, and it is
estimated by some that not less than
10 per cent of the trees thereabouts
will have to be destroyed.
The aggregate Michigan earnings of
railroad companies, for June were $3,
372.902.52, an increase of $210,352.07
over June, 1S99. The total Michigan
earnings for the first six months of this
year were $18,770,720.90, the increase
ever the same period of 1899 being $2,
278,507.50; or 13.75 per cent.
The Odd Fellows hall at Ludlngton
is completed. The first floor has been
converted into an ideal ball room and
dining hall with a kitchen at tho rear
and a ticket oflice and a dressing room j
in front. The second story will bo
used for lodge rooms exclusively in tho
future. With the additions just made,
the Odd Fellows have one of the finest
halls in the state.
The citizens of Tekonsha are noted
for their generosity. No case of want,
sorrow or destitution is overlooked.
The churches are not alw lys tho first
to bestow charity. The roughest p"0
ple in town are as liberal as those who
make higher professions. If a citizen
suiters from a fire, loses a horse or a !
cow the citizens straightway make up
a purse for him if he is in poor circum
stances. A small black bug in large numbers
has made his apjearance in Vernon
and is called the carpet bug and by
others a Ruffalo bug. He is demand
ing as much attention if not more than
ever did tho kissing bug, as he seems
to delight in eating up carpets irre
spective of house or home. His devil
try caused one woman to remark after
looking at her carpet, "well, it is
enough to make a preacher swear."
When you are suffering for some
thing to do to while away a few hours,
you might sit down with a pencil and
paper and figure out. the various rela
tionships which exist between four
married folks who live at Cold water.
The two husbands are brothers and
they married a widow and her daugh
ter respectively. Then if you survive
you might start in to find out what
further complications would ensue in
case children should be born to either
couple, though luckily for the peace of
mind of the quartet none have been.
About 2 o'clock on the morning of
the 1st the schooner J. S. Richards was
sunk off Walkerville in a collision with
the steamer John W. Moore, and two
sailors on the schooner were drowned.
The Richards and the Lake Forest were
in tow of the tug Cressel, bound for
Lake Erie ports, tho former being
loaded with pig iron. When off Walk
erville the vessel and the Moore crashed
together and the schooner soon sank.
Two of the sailors were sleeping in the
forecastle of the Richards, and they
were either killed when the boats met,
or the vessel sank before they could
escape from their quarters.
NEWSY BREVITIES.
It is estimated that the F.oer war
will cost Great Uritain about $400,
000,000. As a result of eating toadstools three
people at Chicago are dead and four
others very sick.
According to the 1900 census Milwau
kee has a population of 285,315, a gain
of 80,847 in 10 years.
Two deaths and several prostrations
were reported in Chicago on the 5th.
It was 91 in the shade.
According to the 1900 census Louis
ville, Ky., has a population of 204,731,
an increase of 43.C02 in 10 years.
As a result of an encouuter between
Rahama Negroes and Mexican police
at Tampico, Mex., on July 31, four
Negroes and two soldiers were killed
and 21 Negroes aro suffering from in
juries. An earthquake shook the Tintic min
ing district, Utah, on the 1st. The
shaft of, the Mammoth mine was sc
thrown out of shape that it was im
possible to get the cage below the;
1,600 foot level. .
Gen. Grodekov telegranhs from
Khabarovsk Aug. 1, that 14 Hotchkiss
and 10 other guns were captured at
Uunghun by tho Russians, who, storm
ing the fortress Monday. July 30, drove
4,000 Chinese before them.
It is reported from Kerrville in
southwestern Texas that a large sec
tion of country has been flooded. Score
of families are said to be homeless and
destitute. No railroads run into the
flooded district. An appeal has been
sent to Gov. Sayers for publicaid.
The international peace and arbitra
tion conference at Paris on the 1st
adopted a proposition for the establish
ment, in connection with tho prac
bureau at Rerne, of nn international
press service to be known as tho y-eacc
agency, whoso duty will be the daily
publication of a bulletin showing the
advancement in the interests of peace.
All the Necessaries of Living In
creased by the Change.
GENERAL WAIL OF COMPLAINT.
The Change Took i:fTert Auffnst 1 und
Cituglit Many UnprcparKil The
llxnkt Wero Crowded Aftr Cloning
Hour Other 1'ventn of the We ok.
Price IlilsnU In I'uerto Itlno.
August 1 marked the beginning of a
genuine raise in prices throughout the
island of l'uerto Rico, caused by a mis
understanding of the exchange of cur
rency. Until a week ago it was widely
known that after Aug. 1 no more
l'uerto Riean silver would be exchanged
but the notice of the indefinite exten
sion of time was published far and
wide. Still, tho idea prevails that
hereafter the peso will be of no value.
On July 31 the banks were crowded
after hours. Through a combination
of the traders throughout the i-iland,
food stuffs and other necessities rose
in price. With a very large, number it
was moving day a day for flitting
from excessively increased rents to
cheaper lodgings. It was also a day
on which money that usually bought
breakfast and dinner, bought break
fast alone. Eggs that heretofore were
bought for two or three ceutavos, cost
10 centavos, the carbon for boiling
these eggs, instead of costing 10 centa
vos cost 25 centavos. The cost of every
other article of food was raised in
about the same proportion. Tho wail
of complaint was general.
Philippine CommlxKlon to Axsumn Power.
On Sept. 1 tho commission headed by
Judge Taft will become the legislative
power to take and appropriate insular
moiKM-s, to establish judicial and edu
cational syste.ns and to make and pass
all laws. No money will be permitted
to be drawn from the insular funds ex
cept by authorization of the c inmitt'.'e.
Judge Taft and his colleagues will also
exercise certain executive functions.
For instance, they will appoint judges,
officials in the educational department
and ofJeera of municipalities, which
the commission will establish pending
elections. (Jen. MacArthur will be the
executive head to euforee the laws of
the commission and he will conduct
the government in accordance with the
same until the commission recommends
to President Mclvinle;r the appoint
ment of a civil Governor.
Four Killeit anil One Wuumletl.
Four men killed and one fatally
wounded is the outcome of a shooting
affray between Win. Doolcy and his
four sons on one side, and the four
Harris brothers on the other, as the
result of a feud at Dee Run, one of tho
mining towns of St. Francois county,
Mo. A few days ago the Harris boys
sent word to the Dooleys that they
would be at a picnic at Dee Run and
intended to run the Dooleys off the
grounds. Just how the shooting ba
gan is not clear, but once begun it was
deadly. All the Harris boys except
one. Rill, were shot. One was killed
instantly. Three of the Dooley boys
were unhurt.
Robbed a Whole Train.
On the night of the 4th two men
held up a Union Pacific passenger train
just west of Hugo, CoL, and robbed
the passengers in the Pullman sleepers
of their money and valuables. An old
man named Fay, a resident of Califor
nia, who had been visiting in Denver
and was on his way to St. Louis, re
fused to surrender his valuables and
fired a shot at one of the robbers but
missed. Thereupon the robbers fired,
one shot entering Fay's mouth and
coming out at the back of his head,
killing him almost instantly. The rob
bers stopped the train and jumped off
and escaped.
Moonshiner Make Trouhle.
As a result of a pitched battle with
moonshiners near Johnson, 20 miles
from Pauls Valley, I. T., one deputy
marshal was slightly wounded and an
other, Schrempsher, of Pauls Valley, is
missing. Tho band escaped under
cover of darkness. Schrempsher is be
lieved to have followed the band and
been killed. The outlaws are a part of
a band that was raided near Centre a
few days ago, when five of its mem
bers, together with a 6till and a quan
tity of liquor were taken. The leader,
named Tice, a veteran Arkansas dis
tiller, and other members of the band,
escaped.
llanband and Wife Found Dead.
Robert W. Sinclair, aged 51 years, a
fruit commission merchant in Philadel
phia. and his wife, Annie E., aged 32
years, were both found dead on the
night of the 4th with a bullet hole in
each of their heads in the garden in
front of their summer home at Green
Tree station, on the Pennsylvania rail
road, near that city. Whether it was
a case of mutual suicide or murder and
suicide will probably never be known.
Roger Wolcott, to whom the position
of U. S. ambassador to Italy was re
cently offered, has tocepted, and his
commission has been issued. He suc
ceeds Draper, resigned.
Alexander Jester, tho octogenarian,
who has been on trial at New London,
Mo., for two weeks past on the charge
of killing Gilbert Gates, brother of
John W. Gates, tho wire magnate, in
1871, was acquitted on tho 1st. Three
ballots were taken.
News ha been received at Oaxcca,
Mex., of a clash between the Maya In
dians and the government troops in
Yucatan, in which the rebels were
forced to abandon several of their
strongest positions adjacent to the city
of Chan Sr.uta Cruz, .where they have
their headquarters and tribal government.
CHINA WAR NEV3.
A rather startling proposition wa3
advanced July 31 which, if adopted,
miht put ut onco to tho test the
Chinese profession that the "Roxers"
aud not the Chinese government, are
responsible for what has happened in
Pekin. This was to the effect that tho
Chinese government should be in
formed that the international force
was prepared to take that government
at its word and to join forces with it
in crushing out tho insurrection. Tho
kernel of just such a proposition is to
bo found in the last condition laid
down by the President in his reply to
the appeal o' the emperor, Kwang llu,
and there may 'be a development in
that direction speedily.
The U. S. ambassador, Jos. II. Choate,
saw Lord Salisbury on July 31, and as
certained his views with regard to the
changes in the Chinese situation
brought about by the direct dispatches
from Pekin. Lord Salisbury assured
Mr. Choate that Great Uritain had no
intention of delaying the advance on
Pekin, nor, so far as he knew, had any
other power. Lord Salisbury cutire.y
acquiesced in Secretary Hay's desire
that the advanco bo undertaken as
speedilj' as possible. He. had no inten
tion of bargaining with China in ttny
way, bhape or form, untii the ministers
were safe under their own militaiy
escort.
A dispatch received at tho war office
In St. I'etcrsburg from Gen. GrodckofF,
dated Khabarovsk, Aug. 4, says two
squadrons reconnoitering near Teche
engaged 1,000 Chinese with two guns
and 250 cavalry. After a stubborn
light the Russians were reinforced by
another squadron with two guns and
defeated the Chinese, killing 2(H). The
Russian loss was eight men killed and
eight wounded.
A Shanghai special, dated Aut. 0,
fays: Li Hung Chang has ofliciall' in
formed the consuls that the ministers
left IVkin for Tien Tsin on Aug. 3,
with (Jen. Yung Lu in command of the
escort. The consuls are by no means
disposed to credit E;irl Li's statement.
All other rcptrts that have reached
London indicate that the ministers
have not left Pekin.
A heartrending letter has been re
ceived from the Japanese legation at
Pekin dated July 22, stating that the
casualties number 00 per cent, that
only 25 cartridges per man are left,
with rations sufucient for five days,
and that it is feared the legation will
succumb within a week.
There was a special cabinet meeting
at Washington on the 2d which lasted
about two and a half hours. The dis
cussion was confined almost exclusively
to the Chinese situation, and no
change in the present policy of the
government resulted from the meeting.
In a hcavj' engagement eight miles
northwest of Tien Tsin on the 5th it
is reported that the allies' fierce fight
ers killed nearly G.OOO celestials. The
losses of the international forces are
placed at 1,200 casualties, chiefly
among the Russians and Japanese.
The gunboat Princeton has sailed
from Amoy for Shanghai. This move
may have been made owing to the dis
turbed condition of affairs near Shang
hai. The total strength of the allies at
Tien Tsin on the 1st was 17,000 men,
and reinforcements have been arriving
daily ever siuce.
Roth Germany and Russia have a
common cause for declaring war
agaiust China and acting jointly.
U S. troops boarded the transport
Meade at San Francisco, bound for
China, on the 1st.
It is said that the march to the re
lief of Pekin will be anything but a
walkover.
The allied forces started a forward
movement on Pekin on the 1st.
The U. S. gunboat Ranctof t has been
ordered to China.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
Rnffalo's population, according to
the 1900 census, is 352,219, a gain of
90.555 in 10 years.
Go.v. Reckham, of Kentucky, has de
cided to call a special session of the
legislature sometime bet w en Aug. 15
and Sept. 1 to amend the Goehel elec
tion law.
One of the mail pouches while in
transit from the general postoflice to a
sub-station in New York was recently
robbed of more than $28,000 in drafts,
checks and cash. No clue.
Three persons were seriously injured
and six others badly cut and bruised
by the falling of five heavy pieces of
structural iron from the top of a 12
story building in course of construc
tion at New York ou the 2d.
The anarchists of Pittsburg, Ta.,
celebrated the death of King Humbert
on the evening of the 1st. The follow
ing cJiblegram was ordered sent: "To
Minister Saracco, Rome: We are exul
tant over the death of the king who
massacred the people. Hurrah for our
comrade, liressl.1'
The annual report of the commis
sioner of - pensions at Washington
s"jws that 43,334 names were dropped
from the rolls during the year and that
there still remain 993,529 names on the
list, showing an increase of 2,010 pen
sioners for the year. The number
dropped by reason of death is 14,200.
The comptroller of the treasury has
decided that officers and enlisted men
of the volunteer forces authorized by
the act approved March 2, 1899, except
such officers of tho regular army as
were transferred and commissioned in
the volunteer forces, nre not entitled,
on muster out, to the two months' ex
tra pay provided by the act of January
12, 1899.
When tho Spanish eruiser Infanta
Isabel was alwnit to leave for Arcachon,
one of her bobers gavn way and the
escaping 6tcam scalded 21 sailers, kill
ing 1 and Fcriously ipjuring'O others.
Tho cruiser postpoml her departure.
TRANSVAAL WAFT ITEM 3,
Gen. Hunter reports the surrender of
1.200 more Moors, 1.2WJ rifles. C50 pon-
ies and an Armstrong gun on the 1st.
President Kruger and Commandant
General liotha have issued a proclama
tion promising to pay all the damage
done to the farms by the Rritish, pro
vided the burghers remain with tho
commandos.
Commandant General Roth a is weak
ening. Ho has sent a messenger to
Lord Roberts, asking for confirmation
of the report of the surrender of (Jen.
Prinsloo and requesting permission to
communicate with Gen. Christian Do
Wet.
The correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph on tho 1st nsserted
that documents of the highest impor
tance emanating from England have
been discovered in Pretoria implicating
members of the house of commons and
other prominent persons in England,
who have agitated in favor of tho
Roers. It says that startling develop
ments may be expected shortly.
A special dispatch from Pretoria,
dated Aug. 4, says: Gen. Christian
Dewet is completely surrounded near
Reitzberg, and it is impossible for his
forces to escape through the strong
Rritish cordon. The lioers say they
will make a stand at Maehudodorp.
They are short of ammunition and
food. Gen. Hamilton, by the rapidity
of his movements, prevents reinforce
ments reaching Commaud-uit-General
Roth a,
A belated dispatch from Minister
Conger was received at the state de
partment on the 5th. It came through
Consul Good now, at Shanghai, who
transmitted messages received by Mr.
Ragsdale, U. S. consul at Tien Tsin,
from Mr. Conger and Mr. Squiers, sec
retary of the U. S. legat on at Pekin.
In e fleet the advices are the same as
those received a day or two ago by tho
state department from Consul Fowler,
at Che Foo.
The Roer animosity to President
Kruger grows on account of the fact
that he and his officials are persuading
the people that South African Republio
paper money is as good as bank of
Kngland notes because it is based on
inalienable. state securities, even though,
the state should be conquered. As tho
English have not recognized this con
tention, many burghers have b--en
ruined and much misery prevails. Tho
wives and children of the poorer Roers
are almost starving.
A dispatch received at the London
war office on the 31st from L jrd Rob
erts materially modifies the statement
of the surrender of 5,000 federals under
Gen. Prinsloo, as reported the day be
fore. It now appears that Gen. Prins
loo, Villiers and Crowther surrendered
with 900 men, 1,432 horses, 955 rifles
and a Krupp nine-pounder. Some of
the leaders in some distant parts of the
hills hesitate to come in, on the plea
that they are independent of Gen.
Prinsloo. Lord Roberts i dds that ho
had directed Gen. Hunter to resumo
hostilities forthwith and to listen to
no excuses.
Four young ladies were drowned
while in bathing at Oscean City, N. J.,
on July 31. They were carried out by
a heavy undertow.
An anarchist riot occurred at Chicago
on the 5th at which 25 'people were
bruised in a struggle with 43 po
lice, summoned to quell the disturb
ance. Five persous were arrested.
BASE BALL.
Delow we submit th ollolal stamtln? of thi
clubs of thg Nillonil atiJ America i ioaai up
to aud including MonJUy, August Clh:
vy.iti. ui it. Perct.
Brooklyn 51 3) .639
PhiludelpaU 45 33 AH
Pltlsjurtf 45 40 .f2J
Chicago 4! 41 S0)
Boston... 4! 4! .500
St. L,ouW 87 41 .4 7
Cincinnati IS 48 .44
Now Yorrf 31 40 .3i8
AMfciUC.UN LNAUdl
Won. Lost Pur rt
Clilcasn . f2 M .Ml
InJIanapolU 47 41 Mi
Milwitu.,ee 5) 41 .f 31
Detroit 4tl 46 .500
Cleveland 43 45 .4
Kansas Cay 4 i 10 .470
Buffalo 43 M .4)7
iUuiueuij.W 4 J CI .4.0
THE MARKETS.
LIVE STOCK.
New York Cattlo Sneep Lambs Hozi
Best prade...t4 :0tC- 70 tl t 0) 6 o)
Lower KiaJe 3 OJ 5 00 b UJ
Chleaso--
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Lower itrttUc. 4 uOj,i 4 id 4 75 5 Ii5
lletrolt
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Cincinnati
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PltUbar
Best prudes.... 5 1V5 71 4 70 ft 75 6 70
Lower crudes. .4 I.u4 00 3 &) 5 j 6 50
GRAIN, ETC.
Wheat, Corn. Out.
No t re I No. 'i mix No. 2 whits
New fork 7k7 4.i4 ift
LlilcaRi 7lG7l'f 3vai7 t.QUH
Detroit 7;i 4 HVi i
Toledo 7Tffl77X 4lll i.Gi.'J
Cincinnati 7tO?7 4.Q11 t QIWi
1'ittaborg SCS) 4 04!', 2i(
llufllo 1i,:J 4l&4l'4 S.H
Detroit lUy. No. I Timothv. l 0 ir ton.
Potatoe. 4c per bu. Live Poulim, uprinf
(hKkcn. K'.to per l: fowl. 8c: turkeys. I o;
ducks. Vc Kiua strictly fresh, I3j per rtoA
Butter, best dairy. IGo per lb; cre.im.-ry. lx
Corbctt and McCoy are matched for
a 2-Vround go at the Centurjr club, Nevr
York, Aug. 30.
An attempt on the life of the shah
of Persia, ManzalTer-Ed-Din, was m;ul
on the 2d. but luckily it resulted in no
harm to his majesty. It was an Italian
anarchist who attempted the deed.
Another plot to blow up the AYelland
canal was brought to light by the find
ing of a wallet by the police of Tona
wanda, N. Y., on July 31, which con
tained a type written letter addreed
to "Comrade No. 7," giving in.struc.Uop
how to proceed to do the job, i
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