| Show I TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Harold eLach wellknown journalist committed suicide at San Francisco by taking poison The Democratic convention nominated Hon David Johnston of Mercer county West Va for congress Statement of the condition of the treasury treas-ury shows Available cash balance 5197 236429 gold reserve 16B177SSS I I The honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred by Yale University on William I Wil-liam States McKinley president of the United A special from southwestern Minnesota says that a heavy wind and hal storm passed over that section blowing down buildings and damaging crops Ancient Order of Hibernians had a brief session at Trenton and then adjourned ad-journed to take part In the parade which included about 50C0 members of the order I Joseph McBride of Bruceport was burned burn-ed to death In the city jail at South Bend Wash He was placed in jail while drunk I and is supposed to have set fire to the building with the Intention of escaping ingLord Salisbury has decided that the government cannot undertake to finance the suggested British expedition to Antarctic Ant-arctic waters The Royal Geographical society will therefore endeavor to raise a fund for tue purpose The pope Is said to be geratly affected by the course of the SpanishAmerican war and on account of his age and his nervous prostration for some time past his entourage is anxious although Ills physicians declare there Is no cause for alarm aarm Chief Mahomed AH Khalif and five other oth-er ringleaders of the attack recently made by 1000 natives on n Russian post garrisoned by 3CO Infantry at the town of Andijan province of Forghana Turkes tan when 2 soldiers were killed and IS wounded have been rmbllcly hanged The president is deeply concerned at the I action of the senate appropriations committee com-mittee in striking out the sundry civil appropriation ap-propriation act the clause appropriating 10000 to defray the expenses of the joint commission to be held In Canada this fall to endeavor to effect a settlement of the I many important questions at Issue between be-tween the United btates and Canada I |
