Weekly Call (Newspaper) - July 8, 1899, Troy, Illinois ILLINOIS An Indiana man says he counted 423 snakes on his farm the other The United States revenue should find no trouble in locating the moon shine Hoston is overrun with pickpockets and other kinds of crimi A few weeks ago it was and a year ago it was phantom Span ish Boston should repent cf Us A New York faith cure doctor is jail because his patient did huve enough faith in his prescriptions to keep from The old way of ing for a sure enough doctor seems vo be the most Spaniards rejoice every time there is a fight in nor does matter side gets the worst of They like the Americans quite as well as they do the and the latter they hate most There is an intimation from Manila hat the natives are almost for for governor This is on the no the man who knocked them to pieces can best cement the Oom Paul Kruger is reported as be lieving that Queen Victoria will consent to war in South ever his opinion of he evidently regards their queen as a real even she gets her back up A run of days from San co to Manila is the record of the trans port which recently arrived with over men to Before many years the American ocean greyhound will be cutting down the time in the broad sword of honor has been ordered by the of It will bear an engraved list of the battles he lias the rivers he h crossed and the hills he has climbed In it will be a firstclass geog raphy of our Philippine T i i i i j Socialist demonstrations electoral reform were held in Brus Liege and on the There were no serious disor ders except at where the police charged with drawn wound Ten new cases of yellow fever were reported at on the and five were reported on the This raises the total number of eases to No deaths were reported on the CONDENSED THE NEWS IN Otis estimates the maining Tagal army at that Hie enemy could not muster more than in the southern Hit statement that the insurgent armies have suffered great losses is borne out by all indications and trustworthy re According to a prominent annual cyclopaedia the amount of gifts and bequests for public and charitable purposes in the United States during the past six years was an average of nearly a Ko other country can make such a showing of benevolence on the part of private PERSONAL ANl One of the most important evidences of the determination to make felt the influences of American progress und civilization in the Philippines was on the when public schools were opened at Manila under Ameri can More than pupils were in 1y the morning of the 3d everything was in at for the international Christian there was every indica tion that the attendance would be very Accommodations were provided for McKinley deprecates the pessimistic view of the situation in the Philippines which is taken by some in newspapers in this but it is not inclined to attach much importance to their McKinley was reported to be better on the the pleasant weath er having a beneficial effect on Daniel of the Epis copal diocese of arrived in on the to spend a month among the people over whom he presided for 20 from to when he bishop of commander of the Raleigh in the naval battle at Ma little over a year was the guest of on the even ing of the He delivered an address at the operahouse on the ing of how that victory was Arrayed in a garb compared to which a bathing suit would be a Klon dike an extremely attractive young said to be Miss lelle oC took a stroll on the board at Atlantic on the morning of the She proved to be a and a considerate policeman rescued Archbishop of Santiago and of Porto were con in the Louis at New on the Archbishop the apostolic delegate to the officiat The deaths of Americans subsequent to wounds in the Philippines have been under five per No parallel to this is known in any former tropical or perhaps in a recent pa declared that there has been a great advance in the surgi cal and sanitary work in and statistics confirm the liere is something for the chorus of critics to talk if growling is not their exclusive Elliott was pardoned from the Ohio on the by Elliott was serving sentence for murder in the second for the in of Al bert as the outgrowth of personalities indulged in in At time of his pardon er indictment stood against him for the at the same of The pardon wus a great sur plise The British charge daffaires at has recently made a report on the system of com education and business col leges in the United The report has attracted wide attention in En as this system is more larly an American although the business sentiment abroad is en the adoption of similar methods of practical business Mayor Eaton of Los with a squad of went to Agricultural park on the and pre the running of coursing matches which had been The manager protested against the presence of the and promised discontinue pool if the pro were But the mayor was and there was 110 There wasa great celebration of the Fourth at Manila with speeches and decorations every all nationalities The foreign ships and in the raised their colors in conjunction with the Stars and The flagship Baltimore fired i national salute at Advices by from almost every city in the States of unusually enthusiastic celebrations of the glorious Fourth throughout the The spirit of 7l seems to a new hold upon the Amer ican people very gratifying to the real lover of his There was general Amer ican and British Hags on the public private buildings of Ja on the Visits to the United Suite consulate were me state of affairs prevailed at Port A dispatch from an that a dynamite cartridge ex near on the while the excavation of a coal mine was in and that 44 persons were killed and 20 CURRENT NEWS The term of enlistment of the vol in the Philippines expire months admirable waived their right to immediate discharge and continued fighting the Their selfsacrifice and its portant results will make a bright page in the story of the at a critical of American sovereignly 5n the Seldom have troops performed so daring feats yond their period of or shown so much cheerful fortitude un der trying Among the many extraordinary re of the Dreyfus in has been the issuance to the com manding of the armies of treat France and of tory orders directing them to intimate lo officers under their orders that the the name of any officer with that of a member of the fair un less the association is sanctified by would constitute not only a Taar to staff employment and to promo but would even lead to removal from the active to the retired CRIMES On three boys were drowned while bathing in Cedar at by the swift current below the river Koy Harbaugh ven tured beyond his and in a vain effort to save Bert and John Hoover Many persons were injured in a rail way accident at just before midnight on the A freight rain cm i siding overshot the and left I he Another freight train collided with the wreck and caused u partial fall of a railway Then a crowded ex cursion train ran into the Up wards of fifty ears were Kate was horribly on the night of the it and may Itoh crts did the and is under ar He claims that the woman is possessed of witchcraft and has been practicing on As a result of a street car on the night of the on the road of Monongahela Traction at two people are five seriously injured and ten others more or less A dispatch of the from says a disturbance oc curred on board the French fishing vessel in the course of which the captain was and in his recent report on conditions in the gives little space to the Tugal and evidently thinks it has ceased to be really He notes a marked change in the conduct of They do not run away when our troops but seem disposed to go to work on the soil within out Beyond our protection they are still subjected to insurgent but are getting sick of Driving out the Americans is a task that has ceased to fire the native Imagination it proved too tough a A Philadelphia paper publishes a story to the effect that a mutiny de on cruiser Pan now at League island navy while on her way from Kan Porto to and that it was to place 21 men in The report of the massacre of Span by at has been The place was used by the Spaniards us a penal colony and contained a While the Spanish troops were at church the na tives entrapped the and killed every On the 3d the nia and Utah which had been on duty in the started on their homeward ILLINOIS Recent Sylvester a pioneer of and the oldest citizen in aged Adam n of Quincy for the past from a stroke of aged aged 80 one ol prominent George one of the best known shoe of aged Belle aged of Prairie Shelby from a paralytic Joliet License The city council of by a vott of eight to reduced the saloon li cense from to a The saloon men have been trying for years to secure lower but have al ways Mayor who is in favor of a says that he will not sign the license and will tight the case through the Several of the eight aldermen who voted for the low license have been in the council for and always have been for a but they are novt to induce the mayor to al low the saloons to remain open after hours and on which he will not Mayor Mount says that the council can not reduce the license by as an ordinance is now in force providing for a which can be repealed only by ten which the men can not A William Cody shot and killed young wife in a Chicago while at the home of her Jack and instantly tti shot The body of the victim was left in the presence of her d Louis bank were near the Hallway traffic in Texas is seriously hampered by the Texas pine prices have been ad sharply by the lumber Senator asserts that s an antiadministration man in Wash The attorney general of Texas rules corporations can not be chartered in other states to do business exclu sively in A Sicilian inventor has contrived a which is expected to make col at sea It is called a wireless Harvard crews won a triple from at taking the fours and freshmen races by good margins in fast The Bakers are withdrawing from the scene of the encounters with the faction in Clay They have no leader to rely upon A railroad may be the civilizing in fluence to bring the Clay county feud to an A is to be ex tended into that The ten men accused of the Hum in were held the grand jury without will file a writ of habeas A train load of negroes leaving fired a from the train and riddled the office of the Pana Coal Co with but injured no Deputy disguised as pros attempted to capture Judge one of the county but he was too wary and es The war department has had offers of regiments and applications by the acceptance of which men could bti enrolled immediately for service ir thi Jones of Arkansas has gusi 4 as the date for the execution ol John the who was con of assaulting an aged German woman at Van The cruiser which was off the New York city on Decoration was taken out dock at the Brooklyn navy yard thoroughly the convicted Louis wife declares that the hang man will never settle the cap over his but the wounde man the village police Doctors say he can not of the was in deli put ting her young of her mother when she was shot from and life bloot staining the garment of the To Deride The question whether a wid to the inheri ance tax of the estate has been re ferred to of the Adams county for Thf j case in question is that of George of The estate is appraised at and her share is Tin appraisers report the inheritance tix as being Pullman claims that under the Illinois statutes the widows dower is THE TOWN OF RENNES i by HH In Good liitt July It is impossible to imagine a town calmer than The inhabitants continue absolutely indifferent to the presence of half a dozen persons witnessed the visits of counsel and Madame Drey fus to the prison is full of who scrutinize all and a icw gendarmes are patrolling before the residence of They approach and watch every one stop ping before the gate leading to the courtyard of the Dreyfus paid his first visit to his brother at three oclock yester day the interview lasting half an The brothers threw themselves into each others Matthieu said he found his brother and broken in but the physical wreck he In of his Dreyfus are as and his mind as and intelligence as keen as when he was occupied with his duties on the general He was troubled insomnia during the but and last night he had The prisoner is suffering from but it how and there is every rea to believe he will rapidly Naturally he is under medical In Good found his brother in good and buoyed up by the necessity of mustering all his strength for the ci ining and by the hope that at i hist he will have justice done lie is extremely reserved as to his life oil which has left an indeli ble and remains in his memory as a horrible looks back to his existence of the past four years with of of a sane who has escaped a He declares his Lrain is almost reeling in the face of the mass of documents and explana tions and Labori are bringing out dinary machinations of his the devotion of his Dreyfus is astounded and full of heartfelt gratitude at their self This feeling is particularly The A report s cur rent in circles that a new pest has been discovered in the vi of Humbolt and Dorans Cross six and nine miles south of Ar which is playing havoc with the growing in those The pest is known as the per haps for want of a better and injures the young and tender corn which has just begun to make its ap above the Chester The convicts of the Chester tiary were given the usual holiday on the Fourth of The dinner con of pounds of fresh baked bushels of new 220 pounds of 1 barrel of KM pounds of fruit bread and peach The cost of the din ner is estimated at strong as regards whom he hardly and the story of whose persecution has profoundly moved Under Dreyfus was unable to talk with his owing to the presence of the who is under instructions to be present at all inter views between the prisoner and mem bers of his This arrangement lias been a terrible trial for Drey fus and the as they have been obliged to restrain their emotions so to converse as to intimate be cause every word has been overheard and every gesture watched by the of Only Maitres Demange and Labori re Mowed to see Dreyfus His counsel will to see him to gether at the beginning of next thus giving him ample in the to acquaint himself thor with the contents of the va rious the City to Lee has brought suit against the city of Decatur to recover I for the death of his little who killed by coming in contact with an old telephone wire that had not been and had been charg ed by falling across a trolley CAN INSULT BUT NOT Prove John who lived near Oak Coles died from injuries received in a Martin was probably the wealthiest farmer in Coles owning over acres of rich prairie He was only 17 years Jefferson Live Complete tabulated the hooks of the various show that there are in Jefferson coun ty mules and cat sheep and Killed by John a prominent near the village of Doug las was struck and instantly killed by lightning during an storm the other Pleaded to John was arrested and io at by Sheriff for lie pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the Cheji ter Acting Governor Senator Walter of president pro tern of the IH act Ing as governor in the absence o Tanner from the Anna Goulds it Letter to the Prince of a Friend of July de who married Miss Anna addressed a communication to Prince of sharply criticising the prince for his recent letter to inviting her and her husband to at liis ufter the prisoners of which the prince expressed himself as con The who charges the with interfering in an affair in which you are in no way says as a foreign you thought you could influence French in the grave verdict they are about to I beg you to note that we dont stand on an equal foot as none of us would condescend to call to a prince who is un der You relative of Drey by but in that it is premature on the other it in as a protector of gambling you permit me t tell you that Dreyfus himself would dispense with your FortyFour and Twenty hy the of u July fy dispatch from that a dynamite exploded there yester of a coal mine In and that 44 umi und M
