Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-10-23
TERSE NEWS.

that pai of the country.
TERSE NEWS.
The formal proclamation has been
made of the reelection Of President
Diaz, OF Mexico.
The total registration of voters in
Chicago for the first day was 293,5o7,
gain of about 10000 over the first
registration day two years ago.
At the vice regal council in India
recently the minister of agricul-
ture stated that the local authorities
of a large portion of India have re-
ported that distress is expected as a
result of the drouth and consequent
raise in the price of wheat. The con-
struction of government works, how
ever, and the Importation of wheat
from California would prevent actual
famine.
Washington dispatch: The annual
report Of the third assistant postmaster
general for the past fiscal year shows
that the total expenditures for
the year was 500, 626,296 and
receipts $50 400, 2os, leaving deficiency
of SIS. 127. 0ss or a reduction of S1,67o.-
$50 less than the preceding year. The
expenditures do not include the cost of
carrying the mails over the subsidized
Pacific railroads, which amounted to
Sl,55s SOS.
A Cadiz dispatch says: If Spain
has not put down the ilsurrection in
Cuba.by the first OF next March it is
the intention of the government to
give upthe struggle and let the island
go The significance of this Rlte-
ment, coming direct from an officer OF
rank in the Spanish army, is certainly
regarded as of no little Importance.
The above determination is an open
secret among those who are close to
the government and it is said that the
policy is being adopted OF exaggerating
the ma gnitude of the trouble in the
Philippines with a view to preparing.
the people for the ultimate design of
letting Cuba 60
Washington dispatch: If Spain does
not end the war in Cuba within three
months, the insurgents will receive
from the United States virtual
recognition of their independence. 1t
can further be stated on authority
that the president does not expect
that Spain will end the war with the
agencies now employed during the
year, and that he is fully convinced
that the grave duty will involve upon
him of taking a vigorous stand in this
istration says that action by the pres
ident may be looked for by the first Of
the year Long before that time the
Venezuelan question will be disposed
of, and the administration will be left
free to devise plan for restoring
peace in Cuba.
At Montreal recently three fremen
were killed and six badly injured at a
stubborn fire at the chemical ware
house OF Gilmour & Co. Edmund La
Porte, Harry King and Silvan Carpen-
ter are the names of the dead. The
firelnen fought the fire courageously
and after an hours work they seemed
to have the upper hand. At this
all pa IS of the building and We're
speedily drowning out the flames.
when, with a terrible crash the second
floor gave way and fell to the floor be-
Meath The men who We're on top es-
capped, half suffocated and bleeding
from many wounds, but the men be-
low were crushed under tons of timber
and goods. The loss of property is in
the vicinity of 100000, insurance
about one-half
Washington Dispatch: The October
fruit report of the agricultural depart
ment shows heavy apple crop and an
especially fine quality in the northern
tier Of states. Prices are extremely
low. This particularly is the case in
Michigan, where the markets are
glutted, The disastrous storm of the
last week in September did much
damage to fruit along the Atlantic
coast The loss was particularly
heavy in parts of Pennsylvania and
New York. Some complaint of the
dropping OF fruit comes from the
middle west.
Adolphus Cole, who in 1892 operated
a bank in New York, has recently
been arrested at Buffalo, n W.
the charge of being fugitive from
justice. Coles bank, which was
patronized by the Italians and the
poorer class of people, failed in 1891.
Afterwards Cole disappeared and it
was found that he had gotten away
with between Sloo,ooo and 100000
He was seen at Broad street station
by tw9 Italians, who had been depos
itors and who informed the detective
depart haent He. was committed to