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A Summary of Happenings at Home and Abroad. THE NEWS CONDENSED A Review of What Has Transpired of Public Interest. Ashtabula, Ohio, Aug. 29.—George Y. Bulger fell into the hold of the steamer Maritana, receiving injuries from which he died in two hours. Grays, Ky., Aug. 20.—The miners here have won their fight. The tractors have settled 2 ests SER, by accepting their proposition for a 10 per cent raise, Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 29.—Star Pointer, 1:5014, will go against his record here at the September race meeting. The contract has been sign ed with his owner, W. J. White, of Cleveland. Gallipolis, Ohio, Aug. 29.—The post office and general merchandise store of James Coughenour, at Malaby, this county, were robbed and fired. Both building and contents, including all the mail for that village, were destroyed. Joplin, Mo., Aug. 29.—Two car loads of zinc ore have shipped to Norfolk, Va, from here for exportation to Europe, and two more car loads will follow in a day or two. The ore is to be shipped to Antwerp smelters. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 29—The schooner Frank W. McCullough of Norfolk is re ported to be off Cape Henry in distress. Her mainsail and gaff are gone and she signaled asking that assistance be sent her at once. Ashville, R. I, Aug. 29.—The general conference of the Seventh Day Bap tists is being held here this week, with a good attendance, those present in cluding representatives of all sections of the United States. Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 29.—Ward Keesy and James Fackler, the two men a rested near Chicago Junction on the charge of counterfeiting, were arraign ed before Commissioner Brough, and in default of $1,500 bail in Keesy’s case and $500 in Fackler’s case both were remanded to jail. Washington, Aug. 29.—A despatch has been received at the War Depart ment from Gen. Otis, stating that Dato Mundi, of Zamboanga, attacked and defeated the Filipnos there, killing thirty of them. The despatch, as given out at the War Department, is much confused, and the officials have been Mundits. I¢ is thought however ,he 's one of the smaller chiefs. Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 30.—Dr.Max Thorner, the celebrated larygologist is dead. He was found lifeless in his bathtub, having been stricken with heart disease. Paris, Ky., Aug. 80.—The Economy Building and Loan Association, by a vote of 1,462 to 74, has decided to go into voluntary liquidation. The move was taken because most of their mort gage loans having been repaid, and the plenteousness of money made it im possible to place loans. Waverly, N. ., Aug. 30.—Crazed by jalousy Emmett Blanchard of Athens, Pa., shot and killed himself and his wife, and fatally wounded William Mingle, aged seventy years. Blanch ard was forty-eight years old and his wife was six years younger. They had been separated about six weeks. Washington, Ind., Aug. 30.—William Myers has filed a suit for $2,000 dam ages against Joseph McAtee, a saloon keeper at Loogootee. While intoxicated young Myers attempted to board a train, and fell beneath the wheels. His right arm was crushed off. In his suit for damages he alleges that McAtee sold him the liquor. Victoria, B. C., Aug. 30.—The Italian minister at Pekin has resumed negotia tions with the Chinese government. No demands have been made, but it is supposed some are to be, and that they may be for the opening of the San Mun Pay and for mining concessions. It is believed that Italy will accept much less. Queenstown, Aug. 30.—The British steamship Ikbal, Capt. Jennings, from Montreal Aug. 18, for Bristol, called here and reported that on Monday, Aug. 21, she sighted more than one hundred icebergs, many of them large. The bergs extended over an area stretching from the Straite of Belle Isle eighty miles eastward. London, Aug. 30.—The St. James Gazette says it has learned that a re cent inspection by Gen. Joubert, com mander-in-chief of the Transvaal forces, disclosed the fact that nine tenths of the reserve shells and cart ridges in the Pretoria forts were in efficient, and that an order to renew the supply had been placed in Europe. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 30.—It is said that attorneys for the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad will ap pear before United States Judge Thayer in St. Louis and ask for an in junction to restrain the eleven western railroads who have threatened to boy cott the Gulf line from cancelling traf fic agreements and tariffs until the case can be heard in the courts. Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 30.—A United States Marshal arrived here with the Rev. Thomas J. Payne, a venerable Baptist minister of Benton Polk County. The Rev. Mr. Payne was arrested in his pulpit charged with making moonshine whisky. is con gregation held an indignation meeting protesting at his arrest for such a lit tle thing. Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 81.—The whoesale grocery establishment of L. Hubbard Co., was damaged to the extent of $50,000 by fire. This is the fourth time it has been burned within two years. Newport, Ark., Aug. 51.—Not a house is standing at Pleasant Plain. This is the result of the tornado that passed over it. It seems wonderful that no one was killed. The village has no ¢alanhone nor telegraph. Salem, US. Aug. 80.—The Rev. C. W. Yates, pastor of the Cumberland Pres byterian Church of this city, has re ceived a letter from Colonel William J. Bryan, inclosing a check for $250, which Mr. Bryan subscribed for the new $10,000 church which the mem bers of the congregation are preparing to erect here. During his boyhood days Mr. Bryan was a member of this church. Chilcago, Tl. Aug. 90.—Twelve s arches, each weighing thirty-the tons, which were to have supported superstructure of the Coliseum build ing. In course of erection in Wahas avenue, between Fifteenth and Six teenth streets, fell to the ground with a crash. It 's known that six lives were crushed out. The bodies of at least three more are supposed to be under the wreckage. Seven are in the pee nis with injuries received in the , af. these ri ; he may ere and the k pele jured seriously. Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 20.—A Michigan naral passenger train struck one of J. O’Hara’s garbage wagons, kill ing the horses, demolishing the wagon fatally injuring the driver, Martin etelio. Cincinnati, Ohio. Aug. 80.—In the Young Men’s Christian Association athletic contests here in the 50-yard dash, O BE. Gritchell, of this city, easily defeated R. W. Burnett, of Yale, in 535 seconds. Toledo, O., Aug. 80.—Ex-President A. G. Houston of the Maumee Rolling Mills has announced the plans for a $2,000,000 rolling mill to be erected at Toledo. The mill is to be indepndent. The capital is to come from the East, Denver, Col., Aug. 30.—Businessmen guaranteed the $385,000 necessary to bring the First Colorado Regiment home from San Francisco on a special train. Elaborate preparations are be ing made for their reception. Freeport, L. L. Aug. 30.—The large carriage house and the barn on the estate of William Lloyd Jones at Mas sapequa was destroyed by fire. Four fast horses and forty tons of hay were burned, besides a large quantity of farm implements. The loss is estimat ed at about $10,000. Maryland, Mo., Aug. 30.—George 8. E. Vaughan, whose pardon was the last official paper signed by Lincoln, is dead there. Vaughan was sentenced to death twice. He was attached to the Confederate regiment of General Mark T. Green. He was a Mason of long standing and his funeral will be a big one. Svortland, Ind., A. st.—A the son of James Grady swallowed a horse nail, which is supposed to have lodged in his windpipe, and haules the efforts of all the surgeons to remove It. It is feared the child cannot live, and Granville Blocttie Street Railroad has been sold by Receiver James F. Lingafelter, the Equitable Trust Com pany of Chicago, the only bidder, pay ng $160,400, and $600 additional for f lat. Washington, Aug. 381.—The_ scene official surveys along the southern coast of Porto Rico show that the coast line is much more in error than had been supposed. Information now at hand discloses the fact that from Ponce to the eastward, chartered at fifty miles, the actual distance is but forty-three miles, necessitating a con traction of the shore line on maps and charts to the extent of seven miles for that stretch alone. If that proportion of error is found to hold good for the whole island its actual area will be very greatly circumscribed by the re sults of the surveys. Seabright, N. J., Aug. 31.—While the family of Charles W. Trippe, an in spector in the New York Health De partment, were out driving, a New Jersey Southern Railroad train dashed into their two-seated survey, instantly killing Mr. Trippe's son, 7 years old, and his two sisters-in-law, and injuring seriously Mrs. Trippe, their two-months old baby and the nursemaid. The dead are: Miss Louise Terry, 22 years old; Juanita Terry, sisters of Mrs. Trippe; Charles W. Trippe, Jr, 7 years old. The injured are: Louise Farr, nursemaid; Mrs. Charles W. Trippe, and Baby Trippe, two months old.
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