— CUBA TO BORROW MANY MILLIONS House of Representatives Passes Bill Authorizing Bond lssue. THE OLD ARMY MUST BE PAID. Ask Congress to Authorize the Expenditure Necessary for the Extension of the Present Seawall at La Punta and the End of the Prado, in Havana. Havana 111 ) (Special).—The Senate has discussed and approved in part a b to loan of $4.000.000, at the minimum price empower the executive to raise a of go and a: the maximum rate of in- terest of § per cent, payable in 30 years, o assist the sugar growers who will be paid at th 50 cents per 100 arrobas ol Sugar cane gr from the last crop. This money is to be repaid by the cane growers in February, March and April of 1003. at 6 per t. interest The bill provides that the executive be authorized pledge the customs receipts of the republic as a guarantee for the principal and interest of this Joan. and to guarantee increased ex- penditures on account of the loan. The executive be authorized to pledge the customs receipts upon cer- tain articles. tariffs being raised pro portionately. Six months of $35.0a0.000 to same condsions as jsstte and interests as the above men tioned loan. Four million dollars worth of the bonds of the second loan are to be devoted to taking up first loan rest of the $35,000,000 loan is to used for paying the debts the revolution f i in t Cuban of und cen io 1s also to another be raised on th to time, price of after date 18 fe $ : the I'he be ot 443 constitution and to y olutionary army. This k to $231.000.000. It itter obliga 18 pron Congress, before the ci prt that pres also oft session, 18 tov the income of ADMITTED TAKING $120,000. Coe Used Money of ome Concern to Dperale Another. Lowker waived issued by Mr. Ce tement examina the RB mr [#11 mp3 given, together ed by Mr. Coe, had used notes Any the history with 2 ¢ S&100 n which he said ti of the Bowker { any in carrying on the business oi Budiey Hosiery Mills, at New 1 for 10 years. and that he had use 000. Experts. it is i said, have f« amount stated to be exactly MANEUVERS MAY COST MILLIONS. Many Ships of the Navy to Gather in the Carribean, ond i $120 1d the correct metnise quantities will expenses fleet into cidental the consumed, and mn the way of puttin fect condition run number of ships arc now being repair ed in order that they may participate and the rushing of work will neces sarily” involve extraordinary ures very expendi Many New Foundry Plants. Cleveland (Special).—The for August publishes the results of an mguiry new foundry of 1902 It shows 462 new foundries under con struction or projected during that pe- riod, or an increase of nearly 8 per cent The surprise of the year is the large number of new steel foundries—20 con- cerns having been organized since Jan- gary 1, or an increase of 27 per cent The malleable castings industry shows 10 new shops building or projected, an increase of g per cent Foundry construction in the the first into trade m six months Stabbed to Death. Birmingham, Ala. (Special).—Walter Cotton, the local assistant manager of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, was cut and zimost instantly killed a: his place of business by a negro, name unknown, also employed by the com pany he negro claims Cotton struck him. knocked him on the fidor and fell on the knife he had drawn. The negro is in the county jail. Want the President as Judge. Denver, Col. (Special). ~The Denver Horse Show Association has sent Presi- dent Roosevelt an invitation to attend its annual exRBibition and to act as a judge of the rough riding contest, which will take place on the opeing day, Sep- tember 1, ” $2,000 for Furaoiture. Philadelphia (Special) ~~ Paris ca- blegram to the Philadelphia North American says: “Senator Kearns, of Utah, will spend $2,000,000 for antinge furniture for his $2,000,000 palace in Salt Lake Citv. He is in guest of ancient Celtic art objects and has traveled through Great Britain and Ireland. At Tara, the home of his an- cestors, he has bout 3oov.ooo worth furniture and has also purchascd con. siderable Irish bog oak furnishings.” SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS, Domestic. It is generally believed in Wall street that the Southern is behind the pending negotiations for the control of the Cen The discovery reported to is strikers’ places, from Joliet Penitentiary were put Aaron Halle was put to death in electric chair at Sing Sing, N. Y., for the murder of Mary McCarthy in a New York department store in 1000. Committees of the G. A. R been appointed to urge the crection a statue in Washington to Gen Stevenson, organizer of the G, A - At New port the engagement of nald Vanderblit to Miss Cathleen hard Neilson announced Congre Calderhead, of announces } for States have of i i B R was Kansas United ssman his Senator State Commodore Mont aged der, 1s dead West Virginia cussed trade conditon Contede ail Because of %7 W Fa te 4 Sif Huntington, are being en tke in Va., non-union men shock of earthquake was felt lena, Mont mvestiganon ng has brought several men alleged to Negroes testified freely before oner s jury 1 § lvncl IIS Y ut of in Scotland miurea vania their severely Peter Spreckels, the princi of a bankmg house 1a Berlin, ed, has called on his American kins the sugar king, for assistance Seven from a cordon of kiling four of the lagers of Salonica, European Bulgarian brigands escaped f Turkish troops after soldiers and five vil Furkey Emperor William sailed on the impe rial yacht Hohenzollern pay a visit to the Czar during the naval maneuvers at Reval, Russia. H. Hyde, of New decorated by the French with the rosette of the Officer of lic Instruction The remount scandal was again aired in the British House of Commons by the advanced Radicals and Nationalists Before a meeting of the British Med ical Association Surgeon General Bul. ier charged that Sir Redvers H. Buller in 1881 used Red Cross wagons for tak ing ammunition to the front Former President Steyn, of the Or ange Free State, arrived at Southamp ton with his family. He was too ill to bear the journey to London I'he story published by La Presse in Paris, to the effect that a shot had been fired at President Loubet, was found to be without foundation, The mission of the King of Italy to Berlin is to secure the Emperor's assent to his project for a reduttion of Euro: pean armaments, Canada is to have a steamship service between one of its ports and South Af fo York (zovernment Pub was y James Fioancial, close August 9, coronation day Baltimore's exports for the fiscal year 1902 were $80,300,000, a decrease of $25, 850.000. Standard Oil denies that it is to be St. Pauls net earnings for June in- , Union Traction books will close on August 27 for the annual meeting of CONVICTS BLOW Sixteen Escape from the Penitentiary Near Nashville. TRAIN ROBBERS LED THE BAND. ed. Safeblower. Nashville, imite y blo 118 Way Hyatt, trains oul oO mn, Gus obber and des led a desperate band of 16 con » hiberty from > pen- TEXAS GUESSING AT LOSSES. Tota! Damage From Floods Expected to Reach $1,000,000, PREPARING FOR CORONATION. Decorators at Work in London snd Seats Be. ing Sold. { $1 o preparat Miss Hay to Wed in Autumn. D. be wedded to James W Washington, { Special ) — Miss Alice Hay will Jr.. son of Representative Wadswor New York, or Septem ber 10. at the Falls, Newbury. N. H the country home of Secretary and Mrs Hay. Only mn relatives and friends will be After a short wedding trip. Mr. and Mrs. Wadsworth will go to N. Y.. for the rest of the autumn Wadsworth, liate pres ent Geneseo, Women Shoots Two Men. Special) Warren Johnson and Joseph S. Bordeges, prom men Salas, shot and fatally wounded by a woman Fhe woman then attempted commit suicide, but was prevented and placed under arrest. Johnson received two bullets in the abdomen and Bordeges was shot in the back, the ball piercing the right lung. The shooting is be- lieved to have followed a quarrel Giravediggers on a Strike, . p-y Salinas, Cal inent young of were het here io 1 The 25 gravedig- the Chicago (Special) diggers Concordia Cemetery are on strike for higher wages, and have succeeded in prevent ing other laborers from taking their places arrived at the cemetery gates during the day “were torned back because of the strike, will be inaugurated at two other ceme- teries, employed at Alabama Is Badly Parched. Montgomery, Ala. (Special). —Re- condition of dronth in Alabama, rain has fallen in the State during the period since 1830. Crops in many sec- tions have been almost destroyed the middle western counties. which are not been thoroughly wet April fond seang will give 8 heh vield LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Same Treatment as Emigrants. Commissioner General Sargent, of the Immigration Bureau, with the approval of Secretary Shaw, has issued a circular | prohibiting the coming to the United | States of residents and natives of Porto { Rico and the Philippines, except after { the same examination as enforced against other atlen immigrants. The circular 1s as follows: ‘To Collectors of Customs, Immigrant Inspectors, Chinese Inspectors, Other Officers Charged with . ministration of the Immigration and Chinese Exclusion Laws ‘Under the provisions of the { Congress approved on April 12 and July 1, 1902, the people of th Porto Rico and of the Philip Islands i ] to be Zens ol se respectively : ) is and Acts of been declared islands as such titled to the protection of United that the Ating mmm hh prescribe ly to the and natives of Porto Rico ant Philippine the sed pr gration, inci payment of VISIONS ta Islands, and moreover provisions of the ] 1} 1 ¢ the exclusion of of such race aid te AMe C« i siatement expen yonth Outside Bidder is Higher. eIrnnme will r During t so plac were were i; men unc good standing FOr deserted, rm and were required to serve out their sentences was given an honorable discharge. and three were discharged as undesirable, leaving 20 men on probation at the beginning of the present fiscal year, No Confirmation of Friars Removal Ihe War Department has received no information to confirm the report irom Rome that the Spanish friars in Manila are to be removed, but it is stated that stech a would be in furtherance of the plan of Secrettry Root, which was presented to the Vatican by Governor Taft. It is also stated that if such ac tion was taken it would greatly simpli fy the negotiations which will be re.’ newed at Manila between the Church authorities and the Philippine Govern ment fatled of rei {ine Irae Kaiser Will Supply Horses. The German Government has notified the State Department that it will not be necessary for the United States Army officers who visit the fall meneuvers to bring their horses, as the Emperor will supply fully equipped mounts Notes of Interest. A cablegram from Captain McCrea, of the gunboat Machias, states that the Henry Rechtin, late disbursing officer hy the monthly cotton 1s 81.0 The grand inry indicted Harry A States Censure, on three The United States may be asked to Colombia and Nicaragua, Acte of Congress during its last sess sion added 40.000 pensioners to the rolls, The government will advertise for a UNCLE SAM HAS HALF BILLION OF GOLD Keeps Right om Hoardisg the Yellow Metal Up. BAROMETER OF BUSINESS CONDITIONS. The Fund Now Held is Said to Be the Second Largest of the Kind Ever Contained in Any Government's Treasury at Ope Time The (lovernment of Russia Holds the Record of Having Had Th: Largest. he haa it MT of Sa08 000 ocx HARRY TRACEY BOBS UP AGAIN, Outisw Continues to be Fed st the Point of His Weapon. Harricane 1s scattered and and birde were k Feasted on Ratticsnske Hot Springs > Debney, a « 10 his i ml { aest { Special) «Lapt vil engineer, gave auet friends recently, at the delicacy rattlesna Captain Dabney a few days before banquet caught a monster rattiesn and he fattened n the feast snake measured nearly B feet in length. was 20 inches in circumierence and had rattles. It made a desperate fight when captured. so Captain Dabney dub bed it “Joe Bailey.” His snakeship was fed on rabbits, chickens and birds, and was in prime condition when killed. He was served up fried, broiled and stewed. and was pronounced delicious, the favor being particularly delicate, and the meat white and of fine gram principal was for om “4 Finances of Cabs. At 8 the Cuban cabinet Garcia Montes, Havana (Special) meeting of Sec retary of Finance, presented the finan cial statement for the month of July This shows that during the month the customs receipts of the iddand amounted to $1.20R648;: postal receipts, $10.316; money orders, $53,000; internal revenue, $72 86¢: sundries, $17.37%; repayments $170,431: total, $1.582638 The balance from the month of June amounted to $745.371. Payments for the month ol July amounted to $1 20.80, ang the balance 1s $1,061,186. Two Years Beyosd Century. Easton, Conn, (Special) ~Mrs, De | porah Silliman, the oldest woman in | Connecticut, celebrated the completion {of the first half of her one hundred and { third year of her life. She was assisted | in the observance by 30 children, grand. {children and great-grandchildren, whe | gathered at the home of her son, Malett | Silliman, She is a native of Easton and | is the widow of Marcue Silliman. She is in excellent health and has only one physical weakness. That rests in the { vocal chords and sometimes it is diffi- Leg! for her to soeak. SOLDIERS STONED AT SHENANDOAH. Three Different Attacks Are Made on the Sentries — Camp Aroused. Sher Gy a { Special } ~The en- Regiment doah, Pa i ighth ire was called to arms Saturd a result of three iy night as attacks made by a band of men in am- threw 4inp sh whe stones trOOps ‘ : on the plateau outside the pt ster double cartridges Lentries EARTHQUAKE CAUSES PANIC The Village of Los Alamos, Cal, Ruined. Completely CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER. Conductor snd Fagiseer Blamed for a Fatal Wreck. N Y k De La Rochester (Special). —Con- Vergne and Eng negh have resulted in the dis ductor Frat Connolly, whose alleged neer gence 1s said to on the Lehigh alley oad on Sunday, July 20. have been arrested on warrants issued by Coroner Kleindinst, chargmg them with man slaughter Both men have been released on $2000 bail. Conductor De La Vergne lies at hit home in a serions condition. He has been suffering with mental collapse ever since the wreck. and the physician in at tendance fears serious consequences for his patient becanse of the verdict in the cave charging him with being respons: ble for the wreck astrous wreck To Study American Navy. london (By Cable) Rear Admiral 1.ord Charles Beresford, M.P., will visit * he United Statex the coming antumn o study the American Navy and to inquire into the working of the Mos gan shipping combine, Found Dead of Poisoning. Des Moines, lows (Special).—Albert Potter. of Waverly, a member of the lowa Legislature, died at Mercy Hospi- tal from the effects of poison, It is no known whether he administered the dose himeelf or was murdered. He was found in his room in the Kirkwood Heo. tel and was taken to the hospital: For years he was at the head of a mutual in- surance organization, and for some time it is alleged there has been a dispute over the accounts which Potter had in charge.
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