, 1888-04-26

iage contains a population of 300.
Since last October there have been
ninety cases of illness and only
twelve cases. All unaclimated per-
sons have moved away and energetic
measures are being adopted to stamp
out the disease.
1T NEEDS NO PROPHET.
New York. April 22.-Ex Senator
William ii. Barnum, chairman Oi the
democratic national committee. says
Cleveland Will be renominated by &C
clamation. There will bo go other
name presented or thought of.
THE QUICKEST TRIP.
NEw York, April 23.-The steam-
ship Etrnria completed the run from
Sandy Hook to Queenstown in six
days, four hours and forty minutes,
thus beating the previous best record
made by the Umbria by two minutes
THE PARTHIA COMING NORTH.
SAN FRAScIsco, April 22-The
steamship Par;hia, Of the Canadian
Pacific line, finished loading yester-
day morning, and smiled this morn-
ing ct S o'clock for the Orient, touch-
ing at Vancouver on the way. Her
cargOe and passenger list from this
port were both light, but she will
make up for this at Vancouver The
steerage rata was cut down to $50
by the Canadian Pacific and the De-
cidental 4 Oriental company prompt
ly reduced the fare to S25.
THE SAN PABLO.
SAN FRAScIsco, April 2f.-The
wreck of the San Pablo on the Chi-
nese coast is one of the greatest won
ders of steam navigation. All on
board are safe. The steamer sailed
from San Francisco Nov. 9th, ar
rived at Yokohama April 18th and
WAS proceeding to Hong Kong.
Tho San Pablo was a splendid
iron steamer of 1900 tons burden,
and was capable of making fourteen
and half knots per hour. She was
built by William Cramp & Sons, in
1884, and had accommodations for
so cabins and $50 steerage passen-
gers. She made her first trip from
New York to Hong Kong, and since
then has been running steadily be
tween San Francisco and Chinese
ports. She was owned by the Occi-
dental and Oriental steamship COM
pany and was in command OF Cap
tain Reed The passengers, mail and
specie were all safely landed at
Shanghai.
PANAMA CANAL STOCK BOOMING.
PARIS. April 24-The report WIS
tabled in the chamber of deputies
which authorizes the Panama Canal
company to raise 350,0O0,OOO francs
on q lottery plan with the govern
ments approval. AS a result of this
action Panama Canal shares are
booming on the bCurse.
SLOW SETTLEMENT.
LONDON, April 24-Gillig's condi-
ton appears to have been exagger-
ated. It Will take at least three
months to settle the affairs of the
defunct American exchange.
THAwING DYNAMITE.
BARAzA, Mich. April 24.-Two log
drivers placed a number of frozen
dynamite cartridges in a stove yes
terday to thsw them out. An explo-
sion suddenly occurred, killing the
two men and fatally wounding three
others
MURDERER ESCAPED.
TACOMA, April 24-The condemned
murderer Martin who was confined
in the Pierce Co. Jail at Tacoma and
who was to be hung on the 26th inst.
made his escape from Jail on yester-
day. Officers are trying to fiEd him.
A reward of $500 is offered for his
arrest.
A REIGN OF TERROR IN CUBA.
KEYwEsT, April 23.-Advices from
Cuba say: Planters are leaving
their estates and hurrying to the
cities. The bandits are openly pro-
prices on their heads. Ma
tagas, the most famous chief whose
are in Villackra dis
trict in the center of the island.
boldly rides into the villages and
procures supplies for himself and
band. A guard of soldiers is now
placed on every train.
BOOM AROUND YAKIMA.
NORTH YAKIKA, April Within
the past three days over 25,000 acres
have been filed upon the east side of
the Yakima river, between this point
and Prosser, in anticipation of the
canal to water these lands.
The work will begin at once There
is brisk movement in town lots and
acre property.
RESUMED WORK
PIrTsBURG, April 23.-Edgar
steel works at Bradlock,
Pa, resumed operations to-day, sew
eral hundred non-union men going
TO work So far there has been no
troubie
STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS.
PARIS, April 23.-A crowd of anti
Boulanger students set fire to sever
al bales Of the newspaper La Lanter
me and L'Intransegsant in a wagon
IN the boulevard St. Michaels, and
then maltreated horse and driver
About Thousand market porters