The Monte Vista journal., 1897-10-02
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The bubonic plague Is breaking out
again in India.
A revolution Is expected In Haytl in
the near future.
An epidemic of terrible murders II
reported from London.
The Hawaiian Senate hnx unanimous
ly ratified the treaty Of annexation.
A whole square OF the town Of Balm
bridge, Ohio. was burned on the SSrd.
The number OF visitors Mt the Nash
vile exposition last week exceeded CO.
OOO.
A brewery valued at 100000 at La
crosse. Wisconsin, was burned Ou the
23rd.
The dispute between the Stanford
heirs aud Mrs. Stanford has been set
tied.
. The Monetary Commission held its
preliminary meeting at Washington on
the 22nd.
The town OF Ewards. Mississippi. is
nearly dcpopulated on account Of yel-
low fever.
Very cold weather prevails In France.
snow having fallen In two provinces
last week.
Seventeen men were killed by cave
In nt the San Pedro mine, twelve miles
from Juarez, Mexico.
The National Association Of Mexican
War Veterans held lis annual session IN
Nashville last week.
The New York Gold Democrats
have nominated +. B. Parker for Judge
OF the Court of Appeals.
The Illinois coal operators have de-
clared they cannot pay the Springfield
scale and compete with other districts.
The Austrial premier, Count Bcdeni.
fought u duel with II member OF the
Rcichstag and got n bullc; In the arm.
President Mckinley visitc.i North
Adams. Massachusetts. last week TO
attend the fair being held ut that place.
a dispatch from Rome says that
about forty persons were killed and
many others injured by an carthslip Nj
the sulphur mines, near Girgcnu.
The situation ut New Orleans. so fnr
iinues about the some. with II dozen
new cases and Two Or three deaths each
day.
Two factions of Polan,lers a; Hazel
ton. Pennsylvania. fought bloody bat.
tie the other night and II large number
were dangerously wounded. Eight "
ten will die.
,.vtt ,rl-
ish troops in Thessaly. Six thousand
men have already been invnlidcd
home and 1000 others nrr waiting
transportation back to Turkey.
The directors Of the Chicago 4 Rock
Island rnilroad have declared n quar-.
ierly dividend OF one per cent. This
Is an increase In the dividend rate from
II Two per cent. basis 10 a four per cent.
basis.
The coIoncr's Jury In the llazcltOn
tragedy. in which large number of
strikers We're killed by the sberiii's
posse. brough; In n divided verdict. ~
II part OF the Jury believed the strikers
were pcaccably disposed. while the 9th
crs thought differently.
Commissioner Jones Of the Indian
Bureau. In response to n report thai
many OF she blankets furnished by the
contractors were not up To Ia. require
mcnts Of the contrnct. said tim; there
nrc about 1J.OpJ blankets which the in-
spcctors report are of Inferior grade.
The Vatican has Informed the Span
ish government that the Catholic
Church will not withdraw the cxcorn-
munication pronounced upon Scnor
Rcvcrter. minister of finance. unless Il
should prove that the property alleged
To have been coniisca,cd does not b.
long TO the church.
The newly organized street cleaning
brigade OF Chicago, which has result
ed from Mayor IIarrison's recent visit
to various cities. has been placed In
charge OF Mrs. 4. T.. Paul. This In
probably the only place In the co,al,ry
where n woman has been given charge
OF street cleaning.
Two companies OF United States cav.
airy have gone to the Fori Hall Indian
agency 10 help the agent TO compel the
girls OF the Bannock tribe TO attend
school. The old Indians nrc bitterly
opposed TO the education of their on
spring and pretend the girls nre mar
rie,i. even though they may bc only
ten years old.
There was grcn' game Of hall at
Baltimore ON the 9Th. when Boston
defeated the Baltimore club by u score
Of nineteen To ten before nn audience
Of o:,.OIO people. iioston Inns taken the
rul,i,cr In the crucial scrics. is ahead Il,
the night for the prnnant. and there
seems to Lc hut little probability that
the "champIons' Gun save II.
The strike on all the school buildings
of Chicago is ended The ios,r,i. by n
vote of !: TO .. lias adopted the report
of the arbitration committee Inserting
the union labor claus. In all building
contracts. II nlsO ordered Attorney
Morrill, to Immediately institute legal
proceedings before Judge Tuicy under
the state arbitration act. to ascertain
" Il had ,h- legal rish, to adopt this
clause.
nftrr seeming 10 ngrS, 10 conference
between Canada hnd tho United States
to discuss certain phases of the Rcr.
Ing sca question. has declined to liz n
party To tho conference n jntMn and
, Nusain are participants. ltusain and in
pan will proceed with tho consideration
Of the questions NJ Issue Nith0sl, NJ.
gnni Ia whether or not Lord Salisbury
changes his mind. This may. however.
cnGss. son,c delay In the meeting Of the
conference.
A natural cave rvxru,iy disrpvcr,Sl