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Miscellnneoum. The Pulajane insurrection in the island of Samar, Philipine islands, is about stamped out, according to Col. Williams, commanding that department. The prosecuting attorney of Marion county, Indiana, has caused actions to be instituted against three prominent express companies to oust them from doing business in the state for alleged failure to obey the state law. The United States court of appeals at St. Louis has affirmed the judgment of the Nebraska court convicting John and Herman Krause of fencing 4,500 acres of government land. The police or France have arrested an Italian anarchist on suspicion of his being in a plot to assassinate President Fallieres. The commercial club of Lincoln, Neb., has entered a complaint with the interstate commerce commission to the effect that present freight schedules discriminate in favor of Omaha. The construction quartermaster at Fort D. A. Russell has received instructions from the war department to construct buildings there with a view to making it one of the seven brigade posts. While the governor of South Carolina was speaking to a mob recently in an effort to save the life of a negro brute, the prisoner was removed from the view of the executive and riddled with bullets. The republicans of the Eighteenth Illinois congressional district have renominated Speaker Cannon for the 18th consecutive time, this being the 17th nomination by acclamation. The convention also enthusiastically endorsed Mr. Cannon for president. Texas democrats have nominated T. M. Campbell, a railroad lawyer for governor. The Garfield Park bank of Chicago, has been placed in the hands of a receiver by Judge Bethea, of the United States district court. The failure was caused by the collapse of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank. R. B. Brown, of Zanesville, O., was unanimously chosen commander-inchief of the G. A. R. at the Minneapolis encampment, the other candidates withdrawing. Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, was chosen chaplain. Acting apparently with a definite plan and at a signal terrorists and revolutionists in Russian Poland recently inaugurated a carnival of bomb throwing in various cities of the country. Many deaths resulted, mostly of policmen, gendarmes and soldiers. After a conference at Topeka with Secretary Crumbine, of the state board of health, the grocery jobbers of Kansas agreed to stand by the rules of the board and not handle any stock which the chemists of the board found to contain adulterants unless the same was properly labeled. More than 1,200 delegates have been appointed to attend the national irrigation congress at Boise, Idaho. The democrats of Nebraska have nominated A. C. Shallenberger, of Alma, for governor. Acting Attorney General Robb, has rendered an opinion to the effect that Mexican laborers could not be imported into Texas under contract to work on railroads in that state. The Standard Oil company has reduced the price of western crude oil three cents a barrel.
