Fire in a Hotel.
Ottumwa, Ia., July 23.—Fire broke out in the Laclede hotel here, and caused the loss of one life. The property loss was nominal. The fire gained rapid headway and filled the hotel with smoke. John O’Connor, of Mount Pleasant, was suffocated. The 18 other guests had narrow escapes. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Will Turn Back Now.
Washington, July 23.—The treasury employes who place the seals and numbers on notes of the United States on Monday reached the number 100,00,000 on the one-dollar silver certificates of the series of 1899. The numbers will not go any higher, as the printers have been instructed to turn back to number 1 of letter A.
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.
Gov. Savage of Nebraska has proclaimed Friday a day of prayer for relief from the drought.
In the cruise of the New York Yacht club the Constitution easily defeated the Columbia in a 21-mile course.
At St. Joseph, Mo., the price of milk has been advanced from 5 cents to 6¼ cents a quart as a result of the scarcity of feed caused by the dry weather.