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Show THE EMPEROR. Receiving Most Royal Greetings on Every Hand. The Imperial Party Driven to the Palaoe at The Hag-ue Amid Deafening Cheers from Thousands of Throats. The Hague, July 3. The Emperor and Empress of Germany, accompanied by the Queen and Queen-Regent of Holland, arrived here this morning and were received at the railroad station by the ministers, municipal authorities and diplomatic corps. The party were driven to the nalace amid deafeninz cheers from tens of thousands of people who gathered in the streets to greet the imperial visitors. In this city, as at Amsterdam, troops were plentifully displayed in honor of the Emperor, and the city was gaily decorated with flowers flow-ers and" flags. After a short rest at the palace the Emperor and Empress of Germany drove through the main thoroughfares of the capital, and afterwards after-wards received a deputation from the German residents of The Hague. During Dur-ing the afternoon the Emperor and Empress visited several points of interest, inter-est, and then continued their journey to Rotterdam. Rotterdam, July 3. The German Emperor and Empress arrived here this afternoon. The party visited the harbor and quays, and then embarked on the Hohenzollern. After kissing the hands of the Queen and Queen-Regent, Queen-Regent, and bidding them a cordial farewell, the Dutch squadron escorted the imperial yacht to sea. A Terrible Tragedy. St. Paul, Minn., July 3. A Pioneer Press special from Farmington, Minn., says: Lakeville, five miles from this place, was the scene of a terrible tragedy trag-edy this morning. Eli Mullinax, a noted desperado and horse thief, whose home is in Princeton, Mo., shot and instantly killed John Johnson, a worthy citizen of this county. Mullinax was then wounded by a son of Johnson, but not seriously. Peter Brizendine, a companion of Mullinax. then siiot and instantly killed young Johnson and wounded Mrs. Johnson, who rushed to the assistance of her husband and son. Mullinax and Brizendine are noted thieves, and at the time of the traeedv were making away with a pair of fine bay horses belonging to Johnson. They escaped, but will be lynched if captured. cap-tured. C2 A Slick Dodge. Nashville, Tenn., July 3. This afternoon, while F. Wiggers and a colored col-ored porter were alone in the former's jewelry store, a man entered and asked to look at some silverware. Wiggers Wig-gers went to the rear of the store to show the goods. The customer was hard to please, and finally left without purchasing. On going to the front of the store, Wiggers found $8000 worth of diamonds gone, the tray in which they we:e kept being thrown under the counter. The theory is that the pal of the silverware customer's slipped in and stole the goods while the latter was in the rear of the store. Separate Schools for Hoys and Girls. Cincinnati, July 3. The German-American German-American Teachers Association adjourned ad-journed to-day. The question of separate sepa-rate schools for boys and girls was warmly discussed and the association finally voted in favor of the separate education of sexes. A proposition against the lessening influence of the German language was carried. Union of the Array of the Potomac. ! Buffalo, July 3. The army of the J Potomac held a re-union here to-day, the different corps meeting "separately. The most of them elected officers, and one or two voted on a choice for presi-ident presi-ident of the society, General Daniel Butterfield being the choice of the first and second corps. |