The silver star., 1897-04-22
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The annual convention Of the international
Young women's Christian Association has
been In session at Detroit.
Woo Fling Fong. the new Chinese minister.
reached San Francisco on the 11th. accom-
panied by suite OF sixty persons.
The officers of the Globe Savings Bank.
Chicago, are to be prosecuted for serious ir-
regularities, which led to the failure Of the
bank.
Theodore Durrant, the San Francisco muir
derer has again been sentenced to be
hanged. The execution will take place
June 11th.
While mass was being said in a church
near Castres, France, the roof collapsed.
Seven women and one man were killed and
thirty persons were seriously injured.
It probably will never be known how
many persons lost their lives in the Knox.
Vile fire. The total property loss sustained
will foot up $1,811 900; total insurance, $614.-
2O070.
The senatorial election In the Kentucky
Legislature wakes hotter as a result OF
charges Of bribery against DR.. Hunter. the
leading candidate. He says 1t is plot to
defeat him.
The Peruvian government has suspended
the coinage OF silver at the government
mint, and has issued a prohibition against
the Importation OF silver coins after the
10th Of May next.
The Greater New York charter has been
returned to the Legislature with the disap-
proval OF Mayor Strong Of New YORK ana
Mayor Wuerster Of Brooklyn. Mayor Glea-
son of Long Island City approved the char
ter.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company. which employs 5000 coal miners
and whose wage scale governs that OF 1o.Oo0
miners In Alabama, has asked Its miners to
accept reduction of 12ia per cent, enective
July 1.
The Honduran Congress has decided to
grant concession to syndicate acting In
conjunction with party Of New York cap
italists for an interoceanic railroad from
Puerto Cortez, on the Atlantic, to Amapala,
on the Pacific.
The north.bound Florida special on the
Southern Railway and n local south bound
passenger train collided Sunday morning at
Harrisburg killing three persons and wound
ing several others. Ii was due to misunder-
standing orders.
Two men held up the cashier of the Yon-
kers Savings Bank about noon Monday and
secured $3.50, mostly in bills. small
amount being in checks. They made good
their escape and up to the present time have
not been apprehended.
The Argus, of Cape Town. announces that
1t had received Information from Pretoria
that the British have secured lnyack island,
at the entrance of Dclagoa bay. and that n
squadron of warships from this port will
proceed there to take possession of the
island and proclaim it British territory.
The Republican senator's who are acting
as a subcommittee of the Senate committee
on finance In the preparation of the tariff
hill are inclined to postpone the date of the
presentation OF the bill 10 the Senate a little
beyond the limit originally fixed by them.
They express the opinion that it may be
ten days before 1t will be in shape to be re-
ported.
Dispatches received from Manila. capital
OF the Philippine Islands say that the insur-
gents have killed several monks and have
burned the churches Of Buena Vista, Guied-
va and Endang. Insurgents are also said to
be erecting fortfcations in favorable posi-
tlons. The Spanish military operations are
almost Mt standstill. pending the arrival of
further reinforcements from Spain.
An immense amount of damage has been
caused at Buenos Ayres by the explosion Of
a car loaded with fireworks. The accident
occurred near block Of buildings adjacent
to the Bourse and the buildings almost i'm
mediately caught fire. A whole block was
destroyed before the flames were under con-
troll Ten persons lost their lives from the
explosion or during the confagration.
The Herald correspondent at Guayaqun
cables that formidable conspiracy to as
sassinate President Alfaro has been dis
covered at Quito. A number Of priests were
reported to be implicated In the plot. The
ring leaders of the revolutionary movement,
Ignacio ventamila. Jose Maria Saense and
Rafael Camani. with fifty Of their followers
have been arrested and thrown into prison.
Advices from Tahiti state that Queen Ma
mae. who for seven years, as ruler Of the
island of Raiatea, has defed the French, has
surrendered, and the long neutrality-suspicious.
on the islands OF Raiatea and Hauheine has
been put down. The French gunboat Aube
and the transport Caroline captured the
queen and her chief men after hot nght, In
which thlrty-six natives were killed and
1O6 wounded.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff. secretary Of the
National Municipal League. has prepared
the program OF the conference to be held In
Louisville on May 8, o and Z. The purpose
Of the conference will be to show the actual
municipal conditions Of n number Of Ameri-
can cities; what has been accomplished, and
to discuss some Of the. more important
phases OF the problem ofScity government
and Its administration In this country.
six officers OF the United stntes army de.
tailed by Secretary OF War Alger. each to
take ms his district sixth of the over
flowed country and personally look after the
work OF relieving want. arrived In Memphis
ON the 10th. The 100000 recently appro.
priatcd by Congress for the food sufferers
is In the hands Of these men. They will pur
chase supplies and have them distributed.
The postal authorities have innugurated a
skin mall service between points In Missis
slppi. This service includes ten towns.
Lady Henry Somerset has cabled Miss
Frances Willard, president OF the w. G. T.
o.. asking that 1900 be spent for white
ribbon nurses In Crete. as the need there is
urgent and enough money has been sent to
support the Armenian orphans for three
years. In the exiRency Miss Willard cabIed
consent. Feeling that It Is nil In the cause
OF suffering Christians slain by Mosiem
swords. and the hideousness OF the situation
IL intellectually mngnincd because English
bullets are helping on the slaughter Of the
Christinns.'
The sweeping order Of President Cleveland
affecting a consolidation Of pension agencies
will be revoked by President Mckinley. II
present plans are carried out. Though II IL
stated that no conclusion has been reached
nm tha matfeP. tha President hAa had TINA