The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-08-12

IN BRIEF. The Seattle chamber of
commerce asks the government to abolish
the privileges heretofore extended to
Canadians of bonding goods in shipment
TO American territory, and also to rescind
the action establishing sub ports of entry
at Dyea, Skaguay and Circle City, on ac-
count OF the action of Canada in proposing
to put duty on personal effects of miners
going to the klondike.. .... The steamer
| Olympia arrived at Tacoma from the
Orient, brings news that the japanese
government is seriously embarrassed fl
nancially owing to the rapid pace at which
the nation has been going since the war
! with China. The mounted police of the
Northwest Territory are meeting all peo-
| pie bound for the Yukon county at the
british line and compelling all who have
not q years supply of provisions to re-
turn TO the c0ast....Al mint records We're
broken by the receipts Aug. Sd at San
| Francisco, when S3, 30 900 in gold was
| deposited for coinage OF this amount
500 600 was the property of the Alaska
| Commercial company and the balance was
| deposited by various miners and smelling
companies. ..According to a despatch
from Canea, island of Crete, the admirals
OF the international fleet have decided to
oppose by force, if necessary the entry
OF the Turkish squadron into Cretan
waters.....Dr. Albion w. Small of the
| University of Chicago, with his wife and
daughter, sailed on the steamer Vancouver
from Montreal Aug. 18th. They will re-
main abroad until the end of December,
and expect to spend most of the time in
Germany. Dr.. Small's multiplied duties
in connection with the University have
made unusual demands upon his strength
in the past few years. .... Permission was
granted by the Governor General of Can
ada to companies F. and X. of the Second
Regiment Maine National Guard, to pro-
| ceed under arms over the Canadian Pa
| chic railroad from St Andrews and st.
| Stephen to Vancehoro on the 7th inst.
to return on the 14th Five hundred
reported killed up to July 1st is the
record of the terrible outbreak of the
great volcano of Mayon on the island of
Luson, one of the Philippine group. All
night of June 24th this volcano was
throwing up ashes in immense quantities
and flames were thrown upward consider
| ably over 100 feet above the crater. 80. The
New 1ork World says that John Jacob
Astor has donated SIS, 900 to purchase
Elmwood, the Cambridge, Mass, home of
James Lowell, which will now be turned
into a memorial park and be thrown open
to the public....F. l. Smith of Oakland,
Calf, the ''Borax King will establish
a million dollar refinery near New York
to employ 200 men. The Dingley tariff
bill placed a duty of So ton on imported
borax giving Mr. Smith an opportunity to
compete in New York with borax import
ed from Turkey and South America. ......
Capt. VIM. T. Swain of Nantucket, Mass,
has bought the schooner VIM. O. Nettle-
ton with a view of fitting her out for an
expedition to the Klondike gold fields.
| The Nettleton is a wo-masted schooner
of about So tons burden. Capt. Swain S
aim is to form a stock company of 20 who
wish to get there. Each will subscribe
$500 and own his share of the vessel and
outfit. The vessel will leave Nantucket
in time to reach Alaska about next April.
$50. The third annual convention of the
National Apple Shippers Association
convened at Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 5th.
About go delegates were in attendance,
| representing every State east of the Mis-
sissippi. 1t is said that members of the
| association handled two-thirds of last
years crop, estimated at Is, 600, 900 bar
rels. Delegates from the eastern States
report that the crop will be but one fourth
to one third of the usual output, while
|
full crop. 80. According to story printed
in the Chicago Times Herald the efforts
of leading distillers and distributors to
form combination to control the pro-
duction and price of spirits have at last
been successful. .. 1t is semi officially an
nounced that Japan has suggested that
Belgium be selected to act as arbitrator
in the questions in dispute between Ha-
waii and the Japanese government. -. The
Union Pacific officials are pluming them
selves on new long distance record.
Engineer Thomas Grogan with engine 80,
pulled a special from Evanston, Wyom-
ing, to Omaha, 955 miles, in "a hours, in
Guiding all stops. This is claimed as the
record long run for a single engine. The
distance from North Platte to Omaha,
POI miles, was covered in 279 minutes at
the rate of 63. 40 miles per hour..... The
British government has informed the
voorioap hi imatal1io com mission that ii