Show SHORT STORIES Tho woman who committed suicide at the Presbyterian hospital New York has been positively Identified as Miss Nellie G DIy of 3350 Caroline street St Louis The Jester trial at New London Mo came to a sudden adjournment yesterday yester-day afternoon on account of a sick Juror Court will not convene again until Monday Tho Belmont Ill Golf clubs links grounds were thrown open to the public yesterday and a largeciowd was present I pres-ent when thefirst drive in the tournament tourna-ment was made Prices on corned and roast beef have advanced from 125 to 160 per dozen for onepound cans This Is the largest advance ever made by Chicago and Western packers at one jump The treasury receipts in the Philippine I Philip-pine islands during May 1900 according accord-ing to a statement made by the I division of customs and insular affairs of the War department were 706326 Gen Christian Dewet has offered to surrender on condition that his followers follow-ers be permitted to return to their homes unmolested Lord Roberts has refused anything except unconditional surrender I Another monastic order the Passlon ists anticipate an early afllllatlon with the Catholic university Washington This cocommunity ranks among the most rigorous in discipline in the Catholic Cath-olic church From Queensland the steamer Alameda Ala-meda brIngs details of the terrible drought which has converted large tracts of country on the border between I be-tween North and South Gregory into desert Cattle were dying like flies Tho frultgroweis will be glad to know that among the good results of the late diplomatic agreement with Germany Is the removal of the vexatious vexa-tious inspection of dried and evaporated evapo-rated fruit exported from the United States I the withdrawal of United States troops from Cuba will end with the embarkation of the remaining battalions battal-ions of the First and Fifth regiments That will leave only about 5000 soldiers on the Island merely enough for garrison gar-rison duty The importation ofa large number of negroes Into Donlvan Mo nearly precipitated a race Avar No negroes are allowed to live In the town and on their arrival the citizens undertook to drive them out Several colored men were handled roughly I The State department received word from William T Fee United States Consul at Bombay India reporting re-porting the arrival at that port on June 25th of the ship Ulto with 6000 tons of corn contributed by the people I of America for the relief of the famine i sufferers in India Mr |