The Monte Vista journal., 1897-07-03
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| are to Be consolidated.
| A steamship reached San Francisco last
week with = cargo Of 400 tons Of tea.
! senator Pettigrcw nearly fained while
| making u speech In the Senate the other
| day.
| Twenty.slx miners have been killed BY
| fall OF rock In the I.abrar mines In the
province Of Atacama. Chill.
| The Western Reserve University at Cieve-
| land. Ohio. has conferred the degree Of LII.
| d. upen President Mckinley.
| Professor Arrporath OF the Cordoba OBJ
| scryatory, asserts that the moon 10 a0t
| satellite Of the earth, but planet.
The independent telephone companies held
a meeting at Detroit last week and organ
lied to fight the Bell Telephone Company.
Great damage was done at Rich Hill. Mis-.
souri,. on the 18th by tornado Buildings
were wrecked and crops In the vicinity in
jured.
Senator Clark of Wyoming is arranging n
Senate House base ball contest, to be played
when the tarir bill Is In conference. the
proceeds to be given to the charitable insti.
tutions Of Washington.
The Boston Traveller says: A big gas trans
action. by which the Standard oil people
secure absolute control OF the Bay State Gas
Company OF Delaware. was cousummated
In New York on the 9th.
The e1- -Confedcrates held their annual re-
union In Nashville. Tennessee, ON the 23rd
and 2ith. Ten thousand men were In the
parade, and the affaIr was great success.
General John Is. Gordon was unanimously
reelected commander In. chief
The nineteenth annual convention of the
Music Teachers National Association
opened on the 2ith at New York. In the audi
torium OF the Grand Central Palace, with
~ I..nlF
Metropolitan permanent orchestra.
Johnson Harris OF Arnpahoe county. Colo.
raio who looking over land to invest,
was held up and robbed near Burnett. Okla
homa. by three masked men. who secured
several thousand dollars and left him tied
10 tree half day before he rescued.
FitZsimmons Is out with n statement that
he has accepted the challenge OF John l..
sullivan, but states he will spar him for
points only. as fight to the finlsh would
mean manslauShter with John l.. as the
victim. Fltz adds that he has retired for
good.
DR. u. X. Pearsons Of Chicago. who ha.
already given Belot College Wisconsin, a
quarter Of million dollars. has announced
that he will give the Institution woman's
dormitory 10 cost $4,000 and to be known
as Emerson hall. In honor Of Professor Jo-
seph Emerson.
According 20 story which reached Chi
cngo from Paris, via Washington, the ter.
riblc holocaust which wiped out over 100
lives at the French capital May Ith, was the
work Of anarchists thlrstlnr for revenge on
the upper classes Of France. This is said
TO be the conclusion Of the Paris police.
At meeting Of the Amnlsamhted Asso-
ciation employees Of the Illinois steel Com.
pany strike was ordered. The company
submitted n scale providin; for decrease
In pay. which the employees rejected. The
strikers viii number 90 men, nnd 900 others
will be thrown out Of work by the closing
OF the plant.
The New York Tribune'- London cable
says: Senator woicott and his colleagues.
In pressing their argument here for fresh
international action. Will have many innp'
ences IN their favor. and one Of the strong.
est will be the good feeling produced by the
American hearty participation In the jubilee
celebration.
The federal council Of Switzerland has au.
thoriGei the Swiss minister nj Pari. TO sign
the supplementary convention concluded
with the states Of tn. Latin monetary
union, Increasing the proportion Of silver
coins TO b." struck by each Of III. contracting
parties This step Is due to the deficiency
Of small change.
Pennsylvanls Iron works Of Philadelphia. has
confirmed tn. report OF tn. consolidation OF
that company and the Siemons. .Halskeei
Electric Company Of Chicago. with view
Of getting a tighter grip on the bushes. of
.guipplns electric street railways. Mr. FL.
kins said that the combined capital would
be 10000.
last public addr... before departing for his
new post at Consiantinopl. II was the
baccalaurcatc sermon to the graduating
class at tn. University OF Michigan Sir.
Angel's subject Ambitions and
Ideals" and University hall was packed
with n large and appreclatlSc audience OF
students and citizens
The Utah Wool Crop Association has dc.
ierminc'i upon Its plan OF action In contest.
ing the county license tax placed on sheep
In some counti". In Utah. A call for a mass
meeting of wool growers to bc held In Salt
Lake on Saturday, July II. has been issued.
The meeting viii consider the county license
tax and other matters pertaining TO the wei
fare and protection Of th. sheep men.
Governor Cuib.rson ba, issued n call for
| the assembling Of convention at Rockport
| Texas. on August 18th. for III. purpose Of
considering th" developing and opening Of
| the chain ot bays. lake. and bayous lying
| parallel to aud along the gulf const from the
4 general attendance Of delegates from
Louisiana and other Interested state. Is In.
| sttci.
| The torpedo boat Foot. on its trial crus.
made III" required time. of forty.two and
| on. half miles an hour over the mcn sur,d
| course on III. Chesapeake. TIL. crew was
| badly uss-i up 10y tn. heat. aud III. bursting
| Of a pipe Of the aft boiler. Assistant I'm.
| ginccr winship was overcome, and one Of
| the oilers, supposed to bc John Dnddei OF
| New York died from the effects OF the heat
and escaping steam.
| Cuhans who ii,. In tn. United States. but
hnv. been contributing toward III. expenses
Of the war ~ Independence. are to have a
| voice In the direction of the affairs of tn.
/ young republic who's" constitutional as
s.mbly Is to meet n, cnmnEu.y on scptcm.
Der oni. Their. viii be- a general election of
| members ~ the assembly before long
! throughout thos. parts 81 Cuba whcr" the
| insurg-ut. ar" strong enough to hold on.
| md II has been decided that two Of these
representatives may be elected by Cuban.
In til. rnlt-i States.
| All the manufactures Of window and aint
| glass, together with % per cent. Of the green
| glass establishments In the country, will
shut down at miinlght next wednesday
| and II I. not unlikely they may tcinan
closed for the longest period IN the history
Of tb. Industry. The window glass blow.
rr. have called mass meeting TO be held
| In Cleveland on July Il They viii then for
wage advances Of not lee. thnn Is per cent
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