Show SPARKS FROM THE WIRES President McKinley left Washington last evening on his return lo Canton O to resume his vacation On the 252nd ballot J T Selby of Calhoun county was nominated for Congress by Sixteenth Illinois district Democratic convention k Greater Interest Is being taken In the race for the Brighton cup to be decided de-cided today at Brighton than any other stake that has been run since the suburban su-burban Kansas Democrats object to the activity ac-tivity of women In the affairs of the Populist party and for that reason have decided to maintain separate headquarters Otto Selloff of Chicago Was given the decision over Young Peter Jackson of San Francisco at the end of a ten round bout before the Olympic club In Denver last night Prices for canned salmon will be advanced ad-vanced at least 25 per cent when the schedules are fixed on August 10th The known shortage In the supply has already been discounted by the dealers and prices have been advancing The PostmasterGeneral has Issued an order and begun military posTal stations sta-tions In China on August 25th to bo known as Military Station No 1 China with facilities for the transaction of money order and registry business the sals of postal supplies and the die patch ot malls S The sixtythree delegates of King county Washington comprising the solid delegation will go to the Republican Republi-can State convention In Tacoma August Au-gust J5th under Instructions of the county convention to use nil honorable honora-ble means to secure the nomination of Senator J M Frlnk of Seattle for Governor Surrogate Thomas of New York has been asked by William Waldorf Astor and Charles A Peabody Jr the two surviving executors of the will of John Jacob Astor who died over fitly years ago lo appoint Waldorf Astor sorf of WIMJnm Waldorf Astor as third executor execu-tor of the wlib and Issue to him letters testamentary Tho application will be granted |