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Show FLASHES FROM THE WIRE Former Governor of Illinois John M. Hamilton Hamil-ton died at his homo In Chicago Saturday of congestion of tho lungs, lie Is survived by a widow, two married daughters and a con. John L. Hamilton. Tho bull-flcht, which was to have been a conspicuous feature of tho festivities ln honor of tho coming visit of President Loubet to the Spanlth capital has been suppressed. At tho Democratic city and county convention conven-tion held In Cleveland, Mayor Tom L. John-Bon John-Bon was renominated for a' third term, Charles ". Lapp wns nominated for Vico-Mayor and Carl H. Nan for City Treasurer. Tho Johnson John-son adherents controlled the convention with practically no opposition. Tho Spanish crulcr Cardinal Clsncroa, Kx-trcmcdura Kx-trcmcdura and Rio Janeiro aro coaling at Vigo. Spain, with tho expectation of proceeding pro-ceeding to the coast of Morocco to obtain rc-drets rc-drets for recent Moroccan depredations aguinst Spanish ships. Prof. Francis Greenwood Pcabody of Harvard Har-vard has ojt1v1 at Berlin for his series of lecutres at tho University of Berlin, under tmpcror William's plan for an exchanEO of American nnd German professors. A protective tariff for Siberia will have tho Euppo.-t of Flnanco Minister KokoVsoft M. Kokovsoff said that protective duties for Siberia Si-beria oa an outlet for tho products of young Russian Industries appeared to him necessary. . Jn ? !dent on tho Cabin Crook branch of tho Chesapeake & Ohio railroad Jack Pennell engineer, of Point PlchSint. W. Vc. n. son-in-law of Hon. Rankin Wiley of that place, and Fireman Frank Sawyer wore killed. Pennell Pen-nell was wealthy, but was too fond of railroading rail-roading to quit tho business. Preliminary steps havo been taken at Madrid Mad-rid for sending homo tho Cubans otlli remaining remain-ing ln Spanish prisons. Fifty-nine casen of typhoid fever exist among the convict in the State penitentiary at Walla i-m.0 u"", nnd new cooca are reportod , , , prlsn has 7C5 convloU and tho orilclals fear a much greater epldcmlo. President L. Clark Sola has received an offer S",,1 Bennett of Jollet, 111., to remove famltn college from Northampton to Jollet but ffs ho will tnko no action, ut least for soma time, Mr Bcnnott agreed to secure tl.WO 000 for an endowment and furnish eighty acres of land for a eito An early morning conllagratlon nt Barnes-ton. Barnes-ton. Wash., a llttio rawmlll town on tho Cedar river, destroyed tho planlntr mill, a m. and sheds, where tho dry lumber was pUd of lho Kent Lumber company. Damago amounting to ttJ.OW wns done. It was fully covered br Jni-uranco. |