EVENTS IOF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gntliorcil from All
Parts of tho World.
PREPARED Nil THE BUSY READER
Lose Important hut Not Lett Inter
esting Happening! from I'olntt
Outtldo tho 8tnto.
Fiigruo Si tuple, once trrritnrl.il
xmrniipt nf WaOiIiikhiii, U dead.
'I'lir Sitinic(irlil KrHil jury h in
dieted 7x o far (or taking part In the
lAtr war
Tlirrr thousand people Rf ImiHr
lc k l'a)ettevillc, N C. reull
( ihr floods.
'I' I" SbonM m if th railroads
ii rr mil Mi alntio thetc will lie fur
tltrr drprettion,
The llrinah tram)) steamer Duncan
wa uiik 111 Oriental waters by ty
phoon I'ifty iihf of the ctew were
if..llnl
Motrmettl nf crops all ovrr the
vnuiitry ha Rieally lerttil the 'linn
lirr ( idle ffl(ht cart, and there may
Itr a hoMage.
A ( passenger collided with a
Mink nam nrar lUftlw, Okla Hmh
iiKinr. wrrr overturned. Two train
liirn Htrr killed
The intrrttalc commerce tow mm
i ii lia outlined a form of annual
rrpuri to lw made by lallioaiW, and
I lie companies mint tell the
amount of business transacted.
'I hr Imperial Japanese Itaiik. at
San Irjiirnco, ha been closed by the
Innk roiiiinitiioner The officers
m.i.lr liitit to themselves until only
9 Inn in ih and a number of notes
vcrr left.
Kx-Senatnr William F. Vila, of
Wisconsin, la di'Uil,
Count Tolatni'a condition In nucli thnt
recovery la not looked for.
Two Chicago men Imvu been arrested
for forcing two muull boya to steal for
thnn.
Dr. lA'toy 8. Chadwlck, husband of
thi' notorious swindler, ha filed n k
tltlim in bankruptcy.
A Snn Frnnlacro man haa been nr-
rental In Paris, charged with victim
izing Jewelers to w extent of $60,000,
Japan ia preparing for a grand ri"
crptlon to the American fleet. It ia
xiected to nnch Yokohama October
17.
When tho Amerlcnn hnttloshlp fleet
left Sydney, HO straggler had failed
to join their uliljm mid will follow
Intvr.
A Supremo court Justice. Iw sevoro
ly reprimand! and discharged n KthihI
Jury becnuso it would mil Indict mIihui
men for keeping oMin on Sunday ut At
lantic City, N. J.
Tho Amateur Athletic union of tho
United States linn nevered rotation
villi tint llrltlsh iiaMocintlou because of
the unsortsmiiulik conduct of tho
ilrltona In the recent Olympic game.
Ten million bushel of tho new wheat
crop of tho Pacific Northwest hnvo
lieen sold.
Thu French nmhnssudur to Spain haa
lieen culled homo to discus tho Moroc
ciin situation.
Tho president will go to Jordnnvllle,
N. Y., to tiiko part in tho dedication
of u pulillc lihrnry.
A. 0. Ilrown & Co,, n big lirokernno
firm of Now York, Iiiih failed for more
than n million ilollar.
Six Cliliuwe have heen caught nt HI
1'iuto, Tux., who had been mmiKKled
ucroa tho lino from Moxico,
Tho government haH ivtiout fixi-d tho
nmiwiiHilillity for tho bl(j rolihory of
thu auhtrooaury nt Sim Frnciaco re
cently. Return from tho Demorcntlc jirt
tnarlcH indlcnto thnt (lovornor AiihoI
'will iiKidn ho tho nominu for covcrnor
of South Carol inn.
Tho Illinois Steel comvnny, whoso
jilant la nt South ChlcnKo, has just put
fiOO men to work and expects to employ
nnother fiOO next week.
St. I'uul has asked 1100 Sioux Indians
to visit tho city diirlnic thu state fair
mid tako purl in n repriNluctlun of tho
mussiicro of 1HG2, when HOO whites
vero killed.
Mulnl Ilafld has formally assumed
tho thrunu of Morocco,
A Horlous tiro in Omaha deutroyed
nuvcral munufacturiiiK plantH,
Count von Gootzon may huccpcII tho
latu Huron von Sternberg aa amhnsHa
dor to WasliliiKton.
A Diiltimoro woman haa confosscd
that her Hon murdered her husband bo
cause ho waB cruol to her.
Tho United States and Moxico are
about ready to mako a naval demon
stration against Honduras.
TRAIN IS WflECKED.
CollnRn Orovn Uocnl Ouat Into Ditch
Near tlip,eno,
Kugene, Or., Au. 26. FIremnn
Fran1 lloulter mid three unknown
tramps wero killed, Kimlneer Jack
Nichols was fatally Injured, and six
passengers were badly hurt in a wreck
of the southbound Cottage Grove local
shortly after 0 o'clock Sunday night,
four miles north of this city.
When two miles north of Irving,
the engine, going at schedule hih-iiI,
struck a cow, which wns on tho truck,
and turned turtle, landing in thu ditch.
Tho baggage cars and passenger coach
es, pushing tho tender abend of them,
continued on tho ties for 76 feet until
tho bnggngo cur cIIiiiImhI on top of tho
tender and stood on end. Tho Impact
hurled three of the passenger coaches
from tho trnck, only tho hut two re
maining on the rails.
The wreck, from the standjKiInt of
destruction to rolling stock, I one of
the worst in recent years In the South
ern I'nslflc In Oregon. Tho engine
and tender are n pile of scrap Iron.
Tho rails and ties are torn up for a ills,
twice of 76 feet, while the passenger
conches mid baggage enr lie on their
sides In the ditch. Tho cow which
tried to cross the trnck nml mused tho
wreck wns cut completely in two.
AltE HEADY FOIt HOME RULE.
Culuni Capable of Self.Qovarnment,
According to Magoon.
Hot Springs, Vn., Aug. 26. Charles
K, MngiMHi, provisional governor of
Culm, tnlked with Mr. Tuft todny re
gunllng conditions In Culm.
Thnt the people of Culm am qualified
for self government is tho positive
nssertlon of Governor Mngoon. The
Clllmn MHiple, ho Indicated, are heart
ily in fnvor of government ownership
of Kib1lc utilities. They now own the
tnlcgrnph lines ami the teat nf the Ji
lllar will, which has just been made on
the question of prlvnto concessions for
telephone lines, ho Ih'IIovo has demon
strated their desire for government
ownership. Tho test referred to was
made nt the sueirestion of I'reshlutit
ItiMwevelt, and consisted In the submis
sion to the H2 provinces of tho draft of
a law which, if approved ami enacted,
would bnve resulted, according to Gov
ernor Mngoon, III the teleplHtlio busi
ness of the island going Into tho hands
of the present Hnvann Telephone com
pany. The concession of this company
expires in HMO, whereupon the tele
phone lines ami plant of tho company
in thnt city will revert to the Cuban
government.
FORTY PERISH WITH SHIP.
Norwegian Steamnr Qoet Down Off
Coutt of Norway.
Iler;en, Norway, Auj;. 26. Tho
Norwegian atenmer Folfjen Fonden,
from llerk'en to HnuKoauml, on tho
weat coast of Norway, wm wreckel
Inst nlnlit near Skonevika ami sank In
thrrn minutes.
Tho atenmer cnrrlwl 70 KienKer
nml It la hollnvixl 40 nf tht-tn were
drowned. Fifteen Unlit hnvo twen
ri'CoveriMl. The captain of tliu steamer
was ainoiiK thoso aiivtil.
The FoIruii Foinlen cnrrled on only n
tocnl trnlllc nml it la believed thnt
no foreigners wero nlionrd.
It la reK)rtel thnt a terrible panic
occurred when tho atenmer struck;
that fearful si-enes wero vitnessel aa
the voaael wink, lloata were hurriedly
mnnniMl by thoso who bail wttneiHieu
Hiii niilnMlrfilitiii lout tluil' tmrriii.t (n
U'lierii tint ritMiiiner bnd lmiiio iliiwn. but
moat of them arrived too Into to roncuo
tho jmimenners.
Victory It Complete,
TaiiKlor, Aujf. 86. Tho defeat of
tho sultan, Ahd F.I Aziz, by tho forces
of Ida brother, Mulnl llalkl, linn been
continued. The sultan of record was
surprised on tho night of August ID
and most of his troopa deserted to tho
aido of tho uusurplng sultan after tho
firing of a fow shots. Itexrts indlcnto
thnt the defeat of Alxl 1.1 Aziz wns duo
InrKoly to tho betrnyal of his own
trllx'Sinen, Mulnl Ilafld bus been pro
claimed sultan of Morocco at Tangier
and announcement of tho proclamation
telegraphed to all parts of tho country.
Alntkn Town Wiped Out.
Seattle, Amr. 2G. Mooro City,
Alaska, In tho Innoko district, wiih
burned on July !l, nccordini: to pnssen
Kers who arrived on tho Northwestern
today from Nome and bt. Michaels.
Thu United States commissioners of
lice, tho jail and a fow cnbino woro
left standing.
Turklth Capital Aflanio.
Constantlnoplo, Auij. 26. Fire broke
out this afternoon In tho Stamboul
mmrter and within a very brief period
a terrible conlliiKration was mlnR", A
strong wind carried thu (lames along' at
Kreat speed and for six hours they
swept over tho section, dostroylnp;
l,t)UU houses and shops,
Voi Sternborg Is Dead,
Houlolbortr, Germany, Auk, 26,-
Speck Von Sternberg, former Gorman
ambassador to tho United States, died
bora yesterday morning.
NEWS FROM THE
FIND NEW ROUTE.
Japanese Laborers Eoterlng United
Sbitnt nt Students.
Washington, Auj;, 20. The depart
ment of rommerco and lnbor has refer
red to tho Htnto department a new
question which has arisen under the
administration of regulations exclud
ing Japanese of the laboring classes.
The Incident revenls a method not
hitherto considered whereby thousands
of Japanese laborers could gain access
to this country without recourse by tho
United Slates.
Mlyukl Komurn was recently ad
mitted through Seattle on a pnssiort
showing him to bo n student. He had
about fCO in his Kselon at the
tine. Instead of going to school Im
mediately, he went to work. Next he
crossed Into Canada and found employ
ment. Ho decided to re-enter thu
United .States, which ho did near I'ort
Hill, Idaho, and was taken into cus
tody. Cnnndn refused to allow him to be
sent buck to thu Dominion. This
brought the mntter before the bead of
thu department of commerce nml labor,
and it being decided that thu law gave
no authority for his deiortatiun to
Japan, he was discharged,
Authorities here consider tho enso of
considerable Importance. If there is
no provision for deortntlon In such
cases, there will be nothing to prevent
other Japanese from making use of
the same expedient to get into thin
country and to remain here.
RENEOADES OO HOME.
Utah Indians Who Went to Dakota,
Returning to Reservation,
Washington, Aug. 26.-The officials
of tho Indian bureau nru expecting
soon to henr of the nrrlvnl at their old
reservation in Utah of -100 renegade
Indians, who hnvo sont tho greater
part of thu last two years on thu Soiux
lands in South Dakota.
The Utes started on the long march
overlnnd July 20 nml when last heard
from hnd passed Fort Itobinson, hnlf
way between tho starting and stopping
(Mints. At Itobinson some of Uiu In
dians dropped out and thu bureau is
now puzzled ns to what to do with the
stragglers. They are going slowly
over tho journey of COO miles, disturb
ing no onu and attracting little atten
tion. The Indians hnvo manifested no dis
position toward lmproor conduct.
When they went nway they said they
were confident they could do better
north, where gamo was moro plentiful
ami tho supervision less rigid. On
arrival, they professed to be satisfied
with their new homes ami haughtily
sHirned overtures to return. When,
however, they found that game laws
were as rigid in onu statu as another,
ami especially when they discovered
that they must work or starve, they
seemed to experience n gradual change
and they have recently been insistent
ujKin returning to their Utah lands.
Liquor Taxes Falling Oil".
Washington, Aug. 28. The monthly
statement of tho collections of internal
revenue shows that tho total for July,
1008, was $22,020,31(3, which is n fall
Ing olT of $2,800,600 as compared with
July, 1007. The most noteworthy do
crease is in thu receipts from the retail
liquor dealers sMcial tax which
amounts to $210,1-10. This indicates
that 8,0 tfl retail liquor dealers wunt
out of Irtislness during July, which is
said to bo largely due to prohibition
legislation in tho various states.
Slow to Adopt New Plan.
Washington, Aug. 26.- T. I'. Knno,
deputy controller of tho currency,
stated today that tho published state
ment that a largo number of national
bunks in Oklahomn had notified the
controller of tho currency of their in
tentions to surrender their national
charters and enter the statu banking
system, because of tho opinion ren
dered by tho attorney general that
they cannot lawfully avail ihomselvcs
of tlm statu guaranty laws was not In
accordance with thu facts.
Kerinlt Stops Runaway.
Oyster Hay, Aug. 20. It was stated
hero tonight that Kermlt Koosovolt,
second son of tho president, stopped n
runaway team of horses this after
noon, after u wild chnso on horse
back along' tho shore road into Hay
vllle, and probably saved tho lives of
Mrs. Frank Hilton, of Now York, and
her two small sons.
Discus Tariff Changes.
Washington, Aug. 28. Tho subcom
mittee of thu senate committee on fi
nance, which has under consideration
proposed changes In thu administrative
features of tho tariff law, today com
pleted Its preliminary work In Wash
ington and adjourned to meet In Now
York at tho call of tho chairman, Sen
ator Qurrowa.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
WORK OF VALDALS.
Ninety-four Years Ago British Tried
to Burn Capital.
Washington, Aug. 20. - Ninety-four
years ago Monday a Uritlsh army, un
der the command of General Itoss, en
tered thu city of Washington, having
defeated 0,000 American Midlers on
their way.
The cnpitnl was nhnndoned to tho
Invaders, l'rosiderit Madison and other
high officials of thu government hav
ing left thu city before thu arrival of
tho Uritlsh. In revengo for a Wash
Ingtonian having attempted to kill
General Itoss, whose life was saved nt
the ex(Hnsu of his horse, tho liritish
attempted to burn the capital. That
building was suved, but thu congres
sional library was destroyed, and with
it many valuable historical documents.
Tho torch also was applied to the
Whitu House, tho Treasury and tho
War and Stato departments, nnd before
thu Uritlsh evneunted tho city and thu
llames wore extinguished, property
valued nt $2,000,000 hod been destroy
ed, and in addition several socru of
Americans wero killed or wounded.
LOWER ARMOR BELT.
Naval Experts Decide to Change Line
on Future Fighters.
Washington, Aug. 27. It Is an
nounced heru today that at thu summer
conference of naval officers at the na
val war college at Newport, at which
have been discussed the designs for thu
new warships for the past six months,
it was decided to lower thu armor belt
on the battleships to be constructed
after tho Morlda and the Utah have
been finished. Thu armor belts on tho
Utah and the Florida will bu thu same
as that on thu Delaware.
Thu decision to lower tho armor belt
was rnadu becauso of the advanco
toward perfecting torpedoes. Tho
naval authorities decided that the
greater protection below the water linu
was needed.
Five-Inch rather than six-inch guns
have been decided on aa tho better for
tho secondary batteries. Military
masts will bo abandoned and tho new
battleships will be provided with one
ami jiossibly two steel fire-control tow
ers 00 feet high.
Ordered Out of Exile.
Washington, Aug. 27. Orders were
Issued by tho War department today
directing Colonel William F. Stewart,
of tho Coast artillery, who several
months ago was sent to the abandoned
military post of rort Grant, Ariz., on
account of "tcmeramentAl Incapa
city," to proceed to tort Huuchuca,
Ariz., to take tho riding test prescribed
for field officers. At the conclusion of
tho test ho is directed to return to Fort
Grant. Fort Grant Is 2G miles from
the nearest railroad. Fort Huachuca
Is about 100 miles from Fort Grant,
on tho Mexican border. Colonel Stew
art has tho option of riding on horse
back 30 miles n day for three consecu
tive days or walking 60 miles in tho
same period.
Warships Not Faulty.
Washington, Aug. 2C Tho rejiort
that thu battleships of tho North Da
kota and Delaware clas aro regarded
as unsatisfactory by tho naval board,
recently In session nt Newport, Is not
credited hero. Assistant Sccretnry
Newberry, who was in consultation
with the board, stated that no radical
changes would bu made in tho plans of
thu Florida and Utah, tho battleships
of the Dreadnought type. The board
will not haVo its report completed
until nuxt week, when it will bo sent
to thu president for approval. Tho
new idea that will bo recommended as
a result of tho Newjiort conferences
will bo carried out in tho Utah and
Florida, but will not bo thu cause of
any changes in thu plans of tho North
Dakota and Delaware.
Pure Food Law Not Bar.
Woshlngton, Aug. 28. Tho United
States puro food law, instead of ham
pering foreign trade, has benefited it,
nnd seems to havo carried with it a
greater respect for foreign labels, is
tho opinion expressed by tho United
States consul, Dominic I. Murphy, nt
Hordoaux, Franco In a reort on
French exports to tho United States,
Consul Murphy says tho records of tho
Itordeaux consulate show that tho de
clared values of oxjiorts of French
foods and food products to tho United
States during tho first year of tho
operation of tho puro food law actually
increased.
Report Treaty Failure.
Washington, Aug, 27. Attempts
aro being maudo today to verify a re
port that leaked out of diplomatic cir
cles yesterday to tho effect that all
eitoris 10 onect an immigration treaty
between tho United States and Japan
havo failed. Iho statement was mado
by a visitor to Washington who is
thoroughly conversant with affairs in
tho Far East, after conforonco with a
member of t) Stato dopartmont.
FEAR 8TRIKE RIOT.
Conditions Crowing Serious In Ala-
bama Coal District.
Illrmlngham, Ala., Aug. 24. Tho
nervo tension In thu Alabama strike
zone is exceedingly laui. inn attempt
at assassination of a nonunion miner
at Pratt City last night is a theme of
general discussion. Deputies attempt
ed to mako an arrest for trespass at
mlno No. 6 of thu Tennessee company
near Pratt City today nnd met resist
ance on thu part of white women. Two
women were arrested.
A big barbecuu was held at Fulton
Springs several miles north of this
city today. Several thousand miners,
union men, were present, and W. K.
Falrley, Alabama member of tho na
tional board of mincworkors, was
among the principal speakurs,
A number of evictions from com
pany houses has been accomplished at
tho Sayro mines. Ulg bodies of men
aro meeting nil trains along tho north
end of the mineral railroad.
Keports come that threatening let
ters are being dropped on thu porches
of homes of men remaining at work,
and as a result many men aro leaving.
AVERT CLASH ON BORDER.
French and German Officers Cool
headed In Emergency.
Paris, Aug. 21. War between Germ
any and Franco was avcrU-d by the cool
hcadedness of French and Gerumon
army officers in a dramatic frontier
episode which Is reported from Luncs
vllle. Two German army corps are en
gaged In maneuvers near the border,
and yesterday morning a battalion of
French rifles, marching out from Ham-
bersvillers, approached within 60 yards
of tho frontier and suddenly found it
self face to face with n German regi
ment which was drawn up at an equal
distance on tho other side.
The troops stood looking at each oth
er for a moment without uttering a
word or giving vent to an explanation,
and then their respective commanders
simultaneously ordcrcred them to face
about, and they were soon at a prudent
distance from each other.
A fine Illustration of miliUnr discip
lino was given on both sides, as a cry
might havo been the signal for serious
trouble.
BUILD MANY SHIPS.
Japs Will Have Large Fleet of Auxil
iary Cruisers.
New York, Aug. 24. According to
Koshicra Shiba, ono of the managers
of the Mltsuhishi dockyard at Naga
saki, Japan, the Japanese government
is making earnest efforts to increase
its fleet of auxiliary cruisers. Mr.
Shiba, who arrived at the Hotel Astor
tonight, declared that while the Japan
ese navy is highly efficient, thero is
need of a fleet of steamships which
could, in time of war, be converted in
to cruisers.
"Our dockyard," said he, "is work
ing at its fullest capacity. Wc aro at
present turning out threo 14,000 tur
bine steamships, which will do 21
knots, nnd which will ply between San
Francisco and Hongkong via Japan.
Tho boats will use oil for fuel. In ad
dition to theso boats, wo arc building
four largo steamships, which will run
from Japan to England via tho Suez
canal. All those vessels will be at tho
Borvico of Japan in case of war. Our
dockyard, of course, is not the only ono
that is activo in producing this big
order for auxiliaries. Tho dockyards
at Kobe and other places aro all run
ning at their full capacity."
Strikers Cry'Consplracy.
Montrenl, Aug. 24. A formal state
ment Issued today by Holl Hardy, chair
man of tho federated trades of the
Canadian Pacific railway system,
charges that tho strike of the past
threo weeks, in which 8,000 workmen
havo been engaged, is duo to a conspir
acy on tho part of some of tho officials
of tho company to disrupt tho unions
and drivo tho union men from tho
company's employ. This conspiracy,
Hardy alleges, had its Inception in
conferences held by tho railway super
intendents and master mechanics early
in tho present year.
Cloudbursts In Colorado.
Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 24. Cloudbursts
in tho vicinity of Florence tonight
transformed Oak, Chandler nnd Sand
creeks into raging torrents, which are
sweeping through Florenco and vicini
ty leaving ruin in thoir wako. Tho
damage is expected to ngrgegato $150,-
000. Tho Horenco Fuel company
nlono has been damaged to thu extent
of $2,000. Wnter covered tho Santa
Fo tracks to a depth of several feet,
and tho Klo Grande's aro In danger.
Meteor Falls In Kansas.
Salina, Kan., Aug. 24. A largo
meteor fell three miles north of Ells
worth last night, lighting up tho coun
try for miles around, and burning
brightly 20 minutes after it struck tho
ground. Tho meteor exploded when it
struck tho ground, and shook tho town
of Ellsworth.
BANDIT'S RICH HAUL
SIOpS EleVCsl StaflCS III YCllOW-
stone Park.
SECURES OYER TWO THOUSAND
Unarmed Passengers Also Give Up
Watches, Jewelry and Other Val
uablesSoldiers Pursue.
Lake Hotel, Yellowstone Park, Wyo.,
Aug. 26. Tho greatest stage hold-up
in tho West in many years, at least in
the number of coaches held up, occur
red yesterday within the boundaries of
the Yellowstone park. Tho work was
dono by a lono highwayman, and tho
passengers were absolutely helpless in
his hands, as no guns aro permitted in
tho park to either drivers or tourists.
In all, it is estimated from tho state
ment of passengers, that something
like $2,000 in cash was obtained,
drafts worth $10,000, other papers and
transportation, besides a rich haul In
watches and Jewelry.
In all, 21 coaches left the Upper
Geyser basin in tho morning. Tho
highwayman was encountered about
five miles further on at a lonely spot
along the banks of Spring creek, a
tributary of the Fire Hole river. Tho
creek is lined with bushes. The first
lot of coaches, numbering seven, and
following each other closely, passed by
the place unharmed. There was a gap
between them, and the next lot of
eight following.
After the first of the eight camo
along the highwayman stepped from
the bushes and ordered the driver to
halt. He did not molest the driver,
nor any of the drivers following.
Theso eight coaches had barely gono
on when three more came along, and
these wero robbed in a like manner.
In all about 125 people wero held
up, though not all of these suffered
loss. When tho robber ordered tho
drivers to move on, ho stood a few
minutes with his gun pointed toward
them, and then walked down tho rood.
As quickly as possible after a tele
phono was reached at Thumb Station
word was sent to the soldiers and a
detail started in pursuit of tho man
who Is described as about 5 feet 8
inches tall, with bluish-grey eyes, and
bristly grey whiskers. He acted lite
a man short of breath or a consump
tive. GUN SILENCER IS TESTED.
Maxim's Latest Invention Gives As-toundine-
Results In Practice.
Springfield, Mass., Aug. 25. The u
official test of Hiram P. Maxim's gun tj
silencer was made by officers stationed
at tho United btates armory here to
day. Tho test, it is said, proved the
truth of the claims of tho inventor.
Tho device was attached to a regula
tion army rifle. Tho test was made nt
regular ranges, relays of signals being
stationed at intervals. It was found
that while tho discharge of thu une
quipped rifle is audible 7,700 yards,
with the silencer this distance was cut
down to 1,500 yards. Further testa
were mado to determine whether tho
silencer interferred with tho velocity
of tho bullet and it was found that this
interference was slight, reducing tho
velocity not moro than 5 or 6 per cent.
INDIGNANT AT CASTRO'S ORDER
Citizens of Parian Ports Resent Em
bargo on Travel.
Port of Spain, Aug. 25. News haa
been received here that President Cas
tro has instructed the collectors of cus
toms in Venezuelan ports not to clear
nny passengers for tho West Indian
islands. Tho Venezuelan consul hero
has been instructed to withhold pass
ports from persons desirous of taking
passago on mo steamers to Venezuela. ;i
This action on tho part of tho Venezue
lan government has caused great Indig
nation and is a serious blow to the in
habitants of the Parian ports and
Cuidad Bolivar, and will add consider
ably to the misery already existing
there.
Bandits Burn Two Towns.
Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 25. It ia re-
Krted hero today that the towns of
I.owry and Atnska, on tho Minneapolis
& St. Louis railroad's river extension,
wero burned in a raid by a mysterious
company of mounted men last night.
Tho mounted company completely sur
rounded tho two towns and fired every
building. Tho reason for tho raids la
not known hero. Colonel Holmes,
president of tho Dakota National bank,
who is president of tho Lowry bank.
confirms tho report that his bank waa
burned.
Old Virginia Is Shaken.
Richmomnd, Va., Aug. 25. There
woro several Bovero earth tremors felt
in Powhaton, Amelia and Chesterfield
counties last night and this morning.
No one was hurt and no property dam-,
age done.
T-!