The Monte Vista journal., 1897-08-28
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The noted Luetgert murder trial be-
gan Mt Chicago on the 23rl.
The price Of the sugar trust stock
has gone up from 103 to $50 within q
year.
| Quakers from Illinois are inspecting
| New Mexican lands with view Of col.
onizntion.
Government timber inspectors are
vigorously prosecuting timber thieves
In Idaho.
Canadian lumbermen propose to re-
talate on the United States ON account
OF the Dingley bill
II is reported that Russia will soon
forbid the expectation of wheat owing
TO the small crop there.
President Mckinley attended n re.
union of the Army of the Potomac ut
| Troy, New York, on the Goth.
The loss to the government on silver
bought under the Blnnd-Allison and
acts now aggregate Sol .5SS. .17S.OI
The California law prohibiting di.
vorcees from marrying for year, has
made Yuma. Arizona. Il Grena Green
FOR anorous California couples.
The International congress called to
discuss measures for the protection of
workmen opened at Zurich on the
23rd. There Were 800 delegates pres
ent. and all countries We're repre-
Sented.
| The mill OF the Trcadwell company in
Alaska is to be doubled in size, giving
| II 800 stamps. reducing ore ut n cost OF
81 per ton and producing Sl25, 900 per
month. There is T,OOOOO0 tons OF ore
in sight in the mine.
The Elgin Watch Company has ad.
vnnced the price OF watch movements
ten per cent. The advance Is on all the
better grades of movements. Cheap
! movements have been advanced also
from fifty to scventy-fivc cents on each.
The London Chronicle announces the
settlement OF the long pending strike
in the famous slate Iuarrics OF Lord
Penrhyn In Wales. The men have
won n complete victory. Lord Penrhyn
conccding them the full right to com
binc.
George I. Eldridgc of the geograph-
ical survey has returned from "trip to
the Utah gilsonlte deposits, where he
has been establishing the reservation
''hVs Sflllfu hPNouu
that all the valuable gilsonite beds are
on the reservation.
Good rains have fallen everywhere
throughout India except in the districts
| OF Bombay and bcccan. and the crops
promise To he exceptionally large. The
number OF the relief list are steadily di-
minishinc and evidences OF famine are
rapidly disappearing.
Princess KaIulanl, who has lust at.
tained her majority. Will return to Ha-
wall In October. after an absence OF
ten years In England and on the con-
tincnt She has hopes Of being made
| queen Of the present island republic II
annexation fails.
The Havana police have discovered
n printing outfit which has been used
| TO print the proclama tons issued by
the lnsurgent leaders. The proprie-
tors Of the establishment. Peralta
Bros, have been arrested and are con-
lined incommunlcado.
The government OF Peru has ordered
Its postage stamps made In the United
States. The first order for l,ODO.OOO
five-ccnt stamps has been given to the
American Bank Note Company and an.
other for 2.ID.OOo stamps OF other de.
nominations VIII follow.
Several men who have Illegally cut
/ timber In Idaho have been bound over
to answer at the next term of the Fed.
crnl Court In Blackfoot. and the GOV.
crnment has also Instituted civil pro-
cccdins against them 10 recover the
value Of the timber taken.
The first official trip Of the com.
pressed air motor invented by Robert
| Hardy has been made on the Sixth
avenue division OF the Manhattan ele.
waited railroad. The train made the
run from Rector TO Fif,y-cighth street,
over live miles. In eighteen minutes.
United States Marshal Mcpcrmott
has been advised by the attorney gen.
crnl To double the amount Of the re.
ward offered 10y the Department OF
Justice for the capture OF stage rob.
bcrs In the National Park. Five hun.
drcd dollars VIII now be paid for the
arrest and conviction OF the hold.ups.
Active work ON the tunnel OF the
Great Northern railroad In the Gas.
cadc mountains has been commenced.
The tunnel VIII bc two and one half
miles long. sixteen feet wide and TWEEN.
ty-threc feet high. II will cost $1,000.
1 =
II Will reduce the ascent by 1000 feet.
| II is the Intention OF the Santa Fe
company 10 equip all locomotives In
the passenger service with electric
4 headlights. Some time ago similar
light was placed on I21. running he.
tween Topeka and 81. Joseph. and so
satisfactory has been the test that all
night engines will b- equipped In u
like manner as speedily as possible.
| The Argonaut. submarine craft,
was launched at Baltimore on the 10Th.
Miss Myrinm Lake. daughter of the In.
vcntor. Simon Lake. OF Baltimore.
chrlst.ned the strange craft. This yes.
sci II one OF the most unique ever con.
struc'cd. II II Intended for CONNER.
clal work. ipcludin: the exploration OF
\ the bottom uf rivers lakes. bays and
even seas. for wrccklng work.
Range ponies are selling In Arizona
Mt 81 u head. This Is the price paid
/ by Hicks & Brigham. cattlcmcn Of
/ Tempe, Arizona. and Denver. FOR 800
head now being gathered on the range
north OF Phoenix. The ponies are not
TO bc made Into beef. after III" mode
| In Oregon. but are To bc put on pasture
Ia the Salt River valley and fnttcncd
and broken 10 the saddle ns n .pccuin.
| tlon. This II the second bunch Of
rang" animals to be brought into tho
valley.
The siockmcn Of Cassi county, Ida.
ho. are organizing 10 stop tho whole