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Show INDU.NS ON MISCHIEF BENT. COALVILLE TIMES. al the Me? 7. 11 wt, TKRMH PcwtoSlr m Seecmd-Cle- IH KMH la CmItIU. Cuh, Uetler. or 01 BM R1PTIOK. reebte I. Oimm. II I One Veer III Nfillkl Hum z UTAH STATE NEWS. it ia now stated that President !H vUtt Utah some time Roosevelt during May. ILrir; Hamer. at Bpringvitte, fca the first case of smallpox of the season at CpringYille, and is quarantined. John Bennett, one of the early settlers of Kaysville, died last week. Mr. Bennett came to Utah in 1852, and located in Kaysville. While engaged ln coasting. Prod Salt lake Jad, Schick, an ran Jnto a tree and. sustained three Iractures of the right thigh. Clyde Ellison, who shot and killed Undertaker Watson in Salt Lake City, has been bound over to be district court on a charge of murder. One of Uintah county' prominent cattlemen shipped a consignment of aleera to Omaha recently, and realized only 3 cents per pound on foot. Edward Howard, employed in the Consolidated Mercur mine, at Mercur, had his hand blown off one day last week by the explosion of n stick of ? giant powder. Kelt) Otteraon, the' man who was ,hpt through the lungby the city (marshal of fjebl, will probably recover. Otteraon resisted arrest, and was shot by tbs officer. In consequence of the prevalence fit smallpox in Salmon City and other Idaho polnta, the Utah board of health decided to quarantine against Lemhi county. . About 300 teachers of the Salt Lake jetty public schools visited the sugar - factory at Lehi last .week, they belijg taken through the factory and banqueted by the citizens. James Illgglnaon, who came to Utah In the fiO'a, died at Spanish Pork last Week, He taught school In southern - Utah,' and for twenty years he was a teacher In Spanish Fork. John Debroee was held up at Salem one plght last week by two masked hs -- sep-era- te - V to Til. I X,,, pi I JHro The Wiipzuelan question occUpie4 the attention of the senate la cxecw tive session Tuesday for almost 8 The question came hour. foiup mally almost immediately after tbt doors were dosed Senator TeWi disclaiming ail Intention of befogand saying he merely dgfoe(j Senator CulloK formation, asked chairman of the committee on foreign relations, what Information M possessed as to the Venezuelan affsir-Mr- . Teller said that the situation vts such that senators felt that (he AIM' roe doctrine at any time might becose Involved If the complication hwM continue. Senator Cullom Teplied to the that he had no knowledge of events not contained in the hoom prints. Messrs Bacon, Hoar, Lodge ad Stewart ail made remarks. In non of their addresses was anything hard) nr The tone of all the critical said speeches, whether by Republican or Democrats,, was that, the attltn'J of this nation should be one of watchfulness. There was a general agreement that while the means adopted hy Great Britain and Germany tqr the collection of their debts had been quite strenuous, they thus far had committed no infringement of the Monroe doctrine, and, therefore, had done nothing to which the Uaited States could take exception. Op.Bko VENEZUELANS Lai at White florae nni various points along trail, the line of tin m v over the repot t that a band of liiu&ko Indians has takm the warpath In the region hot wet n the Little Salmon and tore is reported to Pelly rivers have been looted .uni burned, the Miiid nrd another fatally wounded. Tin l.ftrie Salmon Indians are aaid to Im pan!' strU ken over the outbreak of the In sriU- tribe, and are ending their aqtiuws gnd children to tfie police detachment of Tantalus, near the Yukon crossing for protection. It Is stated that fioni 200 to 250 Indians are in t it o hostile party, headed At last by two well Known chiefs they weie nolding a war dance and working Utetustdvt-- s into a, murderous frenzy Trouble with the Indians In the region between the Little Salmon and the Pelly has been expected for a king time. Many of them are known to be of a treacherous, revengeful nature. A motive for the outbreak is furnished by the hanging of three of their number in 1899 for the murder of a pros pec tor on the Little Salmon. The execution took place in Dawson at the local barra ks. sluu-ki-epe- r - TROUBLE CASTROS PROPOSAL. IN HAYTt, (iMtml Kord Acclaimed President tad Other CiDittdttd Will Fight. A dispatch from Port an Prince, Hayti; under date of December 18, saya: General Saint Foix Colin, Bin-latof the Interior and opponent of General Nord in the contest for the presidency, has sought refuge la the United States legation. There has been much firing in the city, and a state of great excitement prevail. All the military authorities who lave been supporters of Seneque Pierres candidacy for the presidency, and, therefore, opposed to General lord. Bought refuge In the consulates. General Nord Is acclaimed president by the troops, and seems master of the situation, notwithstanding the fact that the majority of congress is In favor of Senor Pierre. It is beBeved General Nord will dissolve the chamCat. ber of commerce and the Bsnatl will Hydro hnti CauMd by Srratrb of order other elections which Will result Suffering with what the doctors be- In his favor. Firing contifuei this lieve to be hydrophobia, caused by a afternoon in the streets, but tbs forscratch on the wrist by a pet Maltese eign residents are in no danger. xat,.,TJboptas,Jtosrg, g engineer, in FIENDISH DEED-OF RoIbERS. one of the big down-towbuildings, is In dylg Bellevue .hospital, Neyr York. --Santto i JUlT'iird 4 About three wees ago he wee scratch, Orr Troatlo. ed by hie pet cat. He thought nothSouthbound limited trad No. 1, ing of the wound, but a week ago he waa suddenly seized with convulsions Cincinnati to Next Orleans, on the and began to froth at the mouth. The Alabama Great Southern, wb wrecked p&roxylsm was over and Rogers felt better a moment later. A physician two miles south of Moundrtlle, Ala., waa called, but was unable to diagnose early Tuesday. The official say the the trouble until he heard of the wreck wae the work of train wreckers. scratch on the wrist Then he sug- A rail was removed near I trestle gested Rogers might have hydro- which spans a small creek. 'Engineer became worse and phobia. Roger was taken to Bellevue hospital and Larkin saw the rail was mfcslng; but put In the Insane pavilion. There he too late to stop. The heavy locomobecame violent and went from one tive left the track and bumped along spaira Into another until, exhausted. the road until the trestle waa The physicians are still Inclined to believe that It la a case of hydrophobia, reached. It then knocked the trestle and say the patient will probably die. down and toppled over into the creek. The mall, baggage and express cars 2tlj Alas II m Bill Aktit Vwitklt, and two coaches followed, the whole In the Italian chamber of deputies train plied up in n heap in the being Monday, Foreign Minister Prlnettl, re- creek. Mail Clerks Kelly and Riggs plying to an Interpellation, made a were severely Injured, aa was Fireman were statement on the subject of Italys at- Durr, colored. No passenger titude toward Venezuela. He reviewed hurt. The train had but a few pasthe causes leading up to the sengers aboard. The two steeper reaction .and said: "Italy, on mained on the track. her aide, claims damages for her a VMMafltM dot First BImA who sustained losses during the Insurrection which has disturbed the It has been learned at Puerto Carepublic since April. The Italian minis- bello that during the bombardment ter at Cacaras having exhausted all efforts to bring about a friendly ad- of Puerto Cabello, December 18, by the justment and presented a list of British cruiser Charybdis and the Gerclaims, reduced to a minimum, of man cruiser Vineta, the Charybdis boUvara." was struck In the bow by a shot fired th Plaza Brusuel. from a c&nnom-o- n .OBLITERATED BY LAVA. The Vineta was struck twice by the Blanefc River, Mini of M rtlnlqov, Venezuelan cannon fire. The report ruled tip hf Into Md Atfcr. which as been 4a circulation that an The French scientific mission to the officer of the Vineta was killed during Island of Martinique hae reported to the bombardment by a rifle bullet fired M. Doumergue, minister of colonies, from the shore appears now to be that since the crumbling of the cone true. The Vineta left Puerto Cabello on Mont fete- - the- Blanche river hae suddenly,.. although, IUjmw. supposed been completely obliterated by lava, that she would stsy here to protect German interests. She is at present ht and the ashes are spreading over the Willemstad, Curacao, where she arvalley of the river to a distance of rived with her flag flying at half mast, three miles. Very high temperatures it Is believed that the German criuser have been recorded on the island went to Willemstad for the purpose of burying the dead officer. lately. (treat Britain anil Uarmaajr WUI Probably IMm Co Mia Plea. The proposal of President Castro to the allied powers for a peaceful settlement waa suggested Mr. by Bowen, and it came to the state department through his hands. It has been forwarded to and Berlin through the embassies at Washington, and as both Great Britain and Germany have heretofore professed a desire to settle the issues peaceably. It is hoped that they will avail them-selve- s of this opportunity. The proposal did not mention the method of arbitration nor the limitations and points of doubt which may prevent the acceptance of the scheme, which are believed to be Castro's unwillingness to bind himself in advance to the recognition of the principle of liability; ho would leave the arbitrators to determine whether or not he is liable at all. , , n ' itor-ViW- to Anglo-Germa- clti-aen- -- ATTACK CA. BELLO FORTRESS. Vkm a OIS GKKMAKS Attempt t Reply Sat Their liana a om Eat Out of Ao ! Moo Mo Ihnai waa Uoaa to tha Town. y.-ar- a A REALITY. af Eaopi XdbiM tha SplMa of tha Loo W Ira-of tha btiora In memory of John W. Matkay, 1 Christen thee Pacific cable. May It always carry messages of happiness." With these words Lucille Gage, the daughter of IL T. Gage, of California, on Sunday governor cable, christened the trans-Pacifland, breaking a bottle of ebampagns over the shore end, inaugurated a new era in the commercial development of the Pacific coast. The landing and Is to splicing of the shore end, connect the mainland with Honolulu was accomplished without hitch of any kind, aud was witnessed by or 40,000 people. The total of the cable from San Francisco to Manila wlH be 6,871 miles, plus 10 per cent allowed for slack" to follow the contour of the uneven sea bottom, or miles In all. This will be the longest single cable line In the world. The link between San Francisco and Honolulu will measure 2,178 surface miles. The next lmk between Honolulu and Midway will measure 1,140 surface miles. The third link between Midway' and Guam will be the longest of all, 2,293 surface miles.' The last link between Guam and Manila will be 1,360 milei. It will reach the Island of Luzon at It northern extremity. It la estimated that the entire cost of the completed ?jble from an Francisco to Manila will be in the neighborhood of 112,000,000, Including the Various cable stations and regular expenses of Installation and such exigencies as experience show mustbe met. Inasmuch as the cable company has filed with the postmaster general its acceptance of the act of congress of July 24, 1866, relating to telegraphs it Is under moral obligations to sell Its cable and property to the government at any time at its appraised value. The postmaster general has the right annually to fix the rate to be charged messages that (or the government will be transmitted over the cable, and governmental messages will enjoy precedence In transmission over all other messages. Thooaaad BRITISH A$I b f1 t e 30,-0- fall-bloo- d d 1 bet-Tie- s. ' BITTEN BY COYOTE. and unusual accident befell John McFadden of Twin Bridges, Mont, as the finale to a coyote hunt. Hts two hounds ran down a coyote. They were engaged In a death struggle with It when McFadden cam? np. Seeing their master, both dogs for an instant released their hold on the animal, when It sprang at McFadden. inflicting a Very painful wound In the hand. Dr. Dwight dressed the wound. Blood poisoning A very peculiar ts threatened. Acalt A special - from Missoula. Mont, says that Ira Pressley was acquitted of the charge of murdering his Wife. The jury waa out five hours. Pressley was found In his room with his throat cut ahd his- - wire with her head crushed by some , blunt Instrument. The woman died several days later. At first Pressleys life was despaired of. but be ultimately recovered. The prosecution attemnted to establish the fact that In a fit of Jealousy Press- h, wlfe and thn rtempted JgJJJ NEWS SUMMARY. The sevt n year drought in Arizona has been broken from Puesto Cabello, dated December 13, says: The British cruiser Charybdis and the German cruiser Vineta have bombarded the fortress here. They quickly silenced 1L The Charybdis and the Vineta arrived here this morning. The captain of the English merchant steamer Topaz, which was seized by the mob last Wednesday, visited the English commodore on beard the - Charybdis. and returned an hour later with a detachment of fifty marines, who took charge of the Topaz. The populace was greatly excited at this incident, and raised the cry To Arms!" but BO Incident occurred. The English commodore then sent a demand to the authorities for immediate satisfaction for having pulled down the British flag' from the Topaz, and advised the government that if satisfaction was not forthcoming in two hours the fortress and the custom house would be bombarded. The authorities, on the receipt of this demand, sent a message to President Castro, asking for Instructions. At 6 oclock the Charybdis and the Vineta opened fire on the fortress and custom house. The fort replied, but was soon silenced. No damage waa done to the town. The United States consul went on board the two cruisers and waa informed by their commanders that they had come to this port in search of the Venezuelan warships. The entrance to the inside harbor and Puerto Cabelio Is through a narrow channel not more than a few hundred feet wide. To the left of this channel, as one enters the harbor, situated on a low sand spit. Is the fortress which was bombarded by the British and German cruisers. It Is an structure, which was rebuilt In the eighteenth century. Its aides are comparatively low, and MRS. GRANT DEAD. would offer but poor resistance to Wtf of Former President Snecamba to an modern shells. Attack of Heart Failure CASTRO AN INDIAN. Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant died at her D. C., at B Rom Soddaaljr From Magistrate to residence In Washington, Death was 11:17 oclock Sunday night th , Frffltdcnej. havPassarge, the noted traveler, who due to heart failure, Mrs. Grant valvular from for suffered years has just returned to Berlin from Ven- ing was agezuela, says: President Castro Is a disease of the heart, which bronIndian, and an energetic gravated by a severe attack of rallyher chitis. Her , age prevented man-without - political ..wisdom., .Ha rose suddenly from magistrate of a ing from the attacks. Her daughter, remote village at the toot of the An- Nellie Grant Sartoris, was the pnly des to the presidency, and his rapid one of her children with her at the rise made him overconfident The time of her death, her three sons, who present situation Is due to two facts: had been summoned here, all being was also presGermany suddenly suspended the out of the city. There ent when bedside at the end came the pressure of the early part of the year which diminished the respect in Mra. Rose Mary Sartoris, a grandwhich she waB held by President Cas- daughter; Dr. Bishop, one of the attro; secondly, the attitude of the of- tending physicians, and two trained ficials 'of the great Venezuelan rail- nurses. Death came peacefully, the road toward President Castro. Ger- sufferer retaining consciousness pracmanys first principle must be not to to the end. Word has come meddle in the Internal affairs of Ven- tically ezuela. but the railroad officials forget from Jesse and U. S. Grant, Jr., two this. Dr. Passarge describes the state of the sons, in California, that, they aa drifting to certain decay, and as have started on thplr way to Washfollowing a steadtl downward course ington. The other eon. General Fred since General Blanco's presidency. The color question plays an Important Grant, ia in Texas, and he will hasten role in political tendencies. The infeed there aa soon aa he receives a mesnegroes and Indians, etc., are getting sage telling him of his mothers death. the upper hand in society and politics. The remain of Mra. Grant will be ie JeposITeS-mtomb at "Riverside BEAR CHASED WOMEN. where those of her New York, park, Bnla TntorUto Small Towa la tha Blata husband now repose. of XV MhlngtOH. ADVERTISE FOR WIVES. A large black bear, wild, yet almost a pet, was killed at Puyallup, Wash., Six Tm Men of Yon Bet, California, after chasing several women down Maak 14 fa Partner. one of the business streets. He was A Nevada City, Cal., dispatch says: apparently looking for food and A few weeks ago the announcement started to follow the women, much to was made that two residents of You their discomfort They r&H. with Bet had secured wives by advertising. bruin after them,' and finally entered In this there morning's Union-Herala store to escape. The bear kept on, are advertisements from six young and was soon afterward found empty- men of the same thriving mountain ing a garbage barrel. Several men six for town, young women to asking with but this time guns, by appeared the bear had satisfied his appetite and share the joys and happiness of the started for the timber. ' The hunters same number of prosperous young men followed and killed him. His skin bewill not al comes the property of State Senator of that place. The men Stewart This bear has befn a fa- - low their names to published, but they miliar animal about -- IuyaBup. for. are known to beprospermts and postwenty years or more, according to sessed of abundant means to provide old restdenta During the summer he well for wives. You Bet Is nicely lolived on berries, and many stories are of mountains the the heart cated women jn and told by children of his Mining is the chief industry, and but frightening them while picking few women reside In the vicinity. A dispatch Cbrtotlaa IdmtMi Alt Rlht In Georgia. Followed to Hrothor Fooutto- The supreme court of Georgia has Chris Lemke, a wealthy farmer of handed down a deilston mhlrh Is reFelix, Oregon, committed autcide Christian Scientists as a by garded His brother.. Tuesday by hanging. Vindication of their doctrines. A citClaus Lemke. committed suicide Satof izen Dublis. Ga., a Christian Sciensame Atmeans. After urday by the refused to give medicine to his tending Ms funeral, Chris went to his tist, sick child. The child died, and the barn, tied a rope To a Warn and father jwas arrester and fined 300. from the jumped manger IBs brother was appealed to the state ease The had tied a rope to a ratter in an old house and leaped to death from a box. supreme court, which reversed the the men were 30 and 31 years old. judgment of the loser court, holdBoth had families and comfortable ing that failure to give medicine to homes. Each owned property valued children when 111 is not a violation of the laws of the state. at 815.000. Murder iff rani lolomrfti rrutriiiig loancilvri, Arn. ( Bi, Trll nf Kmiiuir. The Overlaid Cotton Mills company, District Attorney Gray ha begun The first' hedvy snowstorm of the at Denver, employing 300 people, many an - Investigation into the murder of winter prevailed all over Kansas Sun-- , of them boys and girls, has been fined James Coutts. a pioneer of Aspen, day. The fall in some places amount,50 on a charge brought by the Hu- Colo., 73 years old, who as found ed tq four Inches on the level. No semane society that the company waa dead in Owen Thom's nay, grain and vere. cold accompanied the storm, and violating a state law by employing real store; There was a deep gash tn greah good to the wheat crop In cenboys and girls under It years of age. Mr. Coutts head which appeared to tral Kansas will result. Trains on all John L. Jerome, president of the com- have been made with an ax or a hay yoads were late Sunday, the snow in pany, and Dean Sutcliff, the employing hook. Thom, who is 70 years old, has some places preventing traffic. There foreman, were also fined 56 on the been arrested on suspicion of having has been no relief of the fuel famine same charge. Mr. Jemma is treasurer of the Colorado Fad A Iron company, killed Coutts. to whom.' t is said, he la Kiowa county, and should the and one of Denvers most promineut owed $700, which he borrowed several weather grow much colder great men. . tress will ensue. . ago. Immi Mm Haas. Charles was sentenced to be hanged at Butte Monday for the murder of James Williams at Silver Bow Junction, last spring. Lennox and James Martin were jointly accused of the crime. There Is considerable surprise at the sentence, as Lennox turned state s bvldenee against Martin In the trial, and it was thought that he would get a light eentence in consequence. The date of Xennox s execution has not ben set Martin has not yet been sentenced. PACIFIC CABLE BOMBARDED. a , pebrose-aow-talnln- . Kill CO Its OHMK. liin Uawaou aa excitment and ni.pi henulon prevail MueUw. , Ill rohbeht aecred but Daniel Ryan, a miner from Klmber-Joy- , waa found dead in an alley In Salt Lake City Saturday night, under circumstances that would Indicate that ha had been mudered and robbed. The heavy epidemic of pneumonia which has been prevailing in Monroe for several weeks past, has begun to subside. There have- - been nearly thirty cases of this disease ia that , town. Abraham Putney, a carpenter, suicided at Ogden by shouting himself In the head with a revolver. He left letters which proved that the deed was premeditated. It Is believed that he waa Insane at the time. The heavy snows In the mountains make the outlook encouraging for next season, at, with ordinary good luck, large crops are assured. There will be plenty of water la an cultivated portions of Utah. A movement la on foot to complete the Manti tabernacle. The people are responding very . liberally In their donations, and there Is no doubt about Manti getting a model tabernacle for worship some time next year. Attorney General Breeden baa rendered an opinion to the effect that par aonagea, occupied by pastors, but and distinct front the church or place of worship, are not exempt from taxation, under the lawa of Utah, 8o heavy baa been the recent fall of snow In the sviutsiu of northern Utah that. wild game of all kinds is being forced down Into the plaint and almost Into the cities. Four deer and two bear were seen last week near Salt Lake City. Arthur Humphries and Alma Graves, two Salt Lake boys, engaged In a fight, at a result Graves being so badly beaten that hit life la despaired of. Humphries is in jail, bond being refused until it le known hla .victim . will recover, Secretary of State J. T, Hammond baa taken np the last note which was outstanding against the state. R waa for the amount of 110,000, the last payment on the sum which was borrowed September 10 for the purpose of meeting state expenses. E. P, Bolton, the weether observer at Tropic, Saturday last reported to Director Murdock a fall of red snow at that place November 20. It Is accounted for by the fact that the wind carried np a quantity or red sandstone dust that fell with the snow. The residence of Joseph Parker at Wellsville waa destroyed by fire last week, entailing a loss of about 2,500. Mrs. Parker waa the only member or the family at home when the Sre occurred, and she Is prostrated as a result of the shock. t II I'lkG troll llluaku liMlIan to lb Knottier of KM) sre on Ike War I' at It and There la Mailt licltuiQt Is lta Inr North. A apt tnen; whef assaulted btttr. a broken collar bone in jfte A VENEzElA Kov-rr- crfi-lea- l Mafia Copies - OtitrJl Editor and Business Managor. C. R. JONES, SENATE'mCUfcSfci Cholera is spreading among the lake It is believed the Philippine will prose seifoua. epidemic The bank at Hillsboro, Sierra county. Now Mexico, was held up in broad daylight and robbed of $30,000. Total imports f merchandise and goods at the port of New York for last week wjre valued at $11,461,020. The Indian appropriation bill, reported to the house, carries $7.715, 93j, about $30,01 more than the estimates. Ingram, a lumbering plate with a population of 125, on the Soo railroad in Wisconsin, has been destroyed by Moros, fire.'- - Senator Clark of Wyoming has introduced a bill providing for the punishment of crimes committed against Indians, from Nanaimo, B. C., A dispatch an explosion occurred at the saya Northfield powder works and one maa was killed. The sultan of Morocco has arrived Fez. He is' sending the bulk outside of his army against the pretender, who Is still at Tazza. While trying to save the life of her dog, Mrs. Margaret Botsh was instantat ly allied by the Chicago express Paterson, N. J. SeJudge Bell of the superior court, sumwill he attle, has announced that mon a grand jury to Investigate police and county corruption. In a fit of Jealous rage Mrs. Kittle Bondurant of Carrington, N. D., shot five times at Thomas Baker, inflicting a wound that will prove fatal. In London the Venezuelan crisis Is regarded as not serious, and the opinion is expressed that President Castros request for arbitration has come too late. By the ignition of a package of sulphur In a mens lodging house at Bridgeport. Conn., the occupants of the place narrowly escaped death by suffocation. Every one In Caracas believes the situation to be desperate and threatens war, unless Minister Bowen succeeds in having the matters in disp&te submitted to arbitration. .Two new craters of Santa Maria volcano, which burst from the side of the mountain on the morning of October 24 last and devastated a targe section of Guatemala, are still smoking. In Venezuela A new revolution seems probable, &S General Nicola Rondo, tha first lieutenant of General Matos, -- has procli&med hlmBelf chief of a new venture, and has rallied 2,006 men. In Bellfontalne, O., Aaron Van Wert, a wealthy bachelor, aged 60, was found dead with a bullet hole In his breast. Hla house was on fire. A considerable sum of money hidden In the house is missing. The German cruiser Vineta captured, near Guanta, the Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador, formerly George J. Goulds yacht Atlanta. A crew from the Vineta was put aboard, and the captured vessel was sent to Trinidad. The fot tresses at Ia Guayra have been evacuated, and all the soldiers have left the town. The militia has been called out to maintain order. All the drinking saloons and booths have been closed by order of the president Four negroes with drawn revolvers entered the grocery store of Joh Koonsoman In the western part oi South Bend, Ind.. and attempted to rob the store. Koonsoman and hla clerk attempted to drive the negroes from the store, nnd Koonsoman was shot to death. The result of Tuesday's election In Massachusetts nineteen ctities of shows that the Socialists polled a total of 10,369 votes. These figures, added to he vote cast in last week's election, brings the total In thirty-tw- o out of thirty-threcities In the state up to 21,800. Ella Beardslee of Kingston, Mich., has been found dead .about four miles sonth of here, tied in her buggy.'Thff: ropes prevented her body ;rom falling out of the seat. She Is supposed to have been assaulted and murdered, then tied in the buggy and her, horse started for home. The coal shortage in Nebraska does e 4 not improve, and Lincoln dealers de- clare the local situation more precarious than ft has ever been sinte the resumption of work in the anthracite regions. This Is especially the ease with wholesalers, who seek to keep the state supplied. Government cattle agents have found that foot and mouth disease prevails among the cattle of the section of Vermont about Chester to an extent not previously suspected. Hundreds of Cattle are Infected, and orders to kill the diseased animals are already being carried out Ipplne veterans, the National Society of the Army of the Philippines and the Philippine Island Veterans,- - have been merged, and the National Society of the Army of the Philippines ts the one that survives. L - A rumor has reached Aden of the assassination ot the Mad .Mullah la Somaliland. The report was'brongbt to the coast by a native runner from Carrereo, via Berbers. The Mullah i said to have been killed by a spear thrust In the stomach. ; :9 |