The Monte Vista journal., 1897-10-16
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The trial trip of the new submarine
boat. Columbia. was successful.
Five Canadian vessels arrived at
Victoria on the 7th with over 1000 seal
skins.
Five hundred miles Of Russian rail.
road through Siberia has been COM
pleted.
The big fire in Detroit on the 7th
caused loxx Of over half q million
dollars.
The President has appointed George
/. II. Bridgman Of New York minister to
Bolivia.
Nine persons were burned to death
In the recent forest fires In Casselman.
Ontario.
A slas< trus, including oil the glass
makers OF the country hos been or
ganized.
4 British steamer liz anchored o6 the
Massachusetts coast with yellow fever
In her crew.
Jimmy Michael. the Welsh bicycle
racer. rode a mile paced In ! ::sG n few
days ago in Philadelphia.
a big water main hurst In the bust.
Hess portion Of Cleveland the other
day and did much damage.
Gold to the amount Of $s. 1jO, 600 has
been imported from Europe to the
United States since September Both.
The bubonic plague which has ragged
ut Annoy, China. for three months IL
now regarded as having run Its course.
The Brazilian fanatics have been
nearly cNterminatcd. the result Of their
recent battle with the regular Brazilian
troops.
General Blanco has been appointed
to succeed Wcylcr In Cuba. He In
methods.
The Pacific Mall steamship China.
having secured Hawaiian register.
other vessels OF the company will ap-
ply for one.
Red Moon and other U;c chiefs threat.
en- trouble in Utah because the depart
will not lei them send delegation to
Washington.
Hon. Hokc Smith. former secretary
OF the interior. has been elected presi-
dent OF the Board Of Education Of At
lanta. Georgia.
a band Of men have been arrested ut
Dalton. Tennessee. charged with sys-
tematically rohblng freight ears TO the
amount Of 100000.
The European bureau OF the New
York Herald asserts that the Indian
government declines to reopen the In
dian m!nts TO silver.
The imperial Japanese government
has just contracted with the Illinois
Steel Company for 2i.OOO tons Of steel
rails and fnstenlnGs.
A four.foot water main burst ut the
corner OF Madison avenue nnd Forty.
eight street. New York. the other day.
doing damage TO the amount OF 500.
OuD before the water could bc shut on
The French Steamship Company will
shortly construct new fleet OF steam.
ers for service between Iiavrc and
New York. ami the average speed of
each steamer will not In. less than
twenty-five knots per hour.
Emmett G. Gibson has been arrested
at New York charged with being an
all-around swindicr. He is said to
have defrnuded John wanamaker and
many others. His speciality was In
paying hotel bills with worthless
checks.
The railway mall clerks OF the Unit.
ed States nrc preparing 10 demand of
Congress thu, better protection bc civ.
cn their lives while they are on duty.
The clerks say n strong mail ear should
ie provided and that II should l.c
placed further back In the train.
During the rnilrond strike Of 1894.
large numbers Of Wabash cinpl0yrs
wer killed on and their applications
FOR Reinstatement have not been heed
ei. II is now given out ON good official
authority TINT all the old men will bc
taken back as rapidly as possible.
Professor Slaby. assisted by the mil.
ltary balloon corps. In experimenting
with Marron's wireless telegraph. sue.
cse,ied perfectly a, Berlin In spite of
adverse atmosphcrical conditions. In
exchanging messages without wires nj
n distance Of twcnty-onc kilomctcrS.
Oscar Cakalln. n miner employed IN
the Union Pacific Coal Cosnpany's No
I Hanna mine. wus Instantly Killed
by u fall Of coal. cakalla WINS r.,
turning to work after firing a shot
when. without wnrning. an imlnens.
mae OF ovcr'hanging coal fell upon
| him.
Governor Richards Of Wyoming. A..
sIstant Attorney General Van Devan
ter and Ex-Governor barber. who rc
Gently returned from n hunting trim Il,
III. Big Horn basin. report weird cx
l'rrience with a dcn,cntsSi man whom
they found on the wc~s sloIs. Of Cloud
peak.
The secretary of the London F~t,cru,
ri Trades, comprising thirty important
Industries. Announces thn. the exsru
tive committee hns definitely decided Z,
call out all It's m,emtsr~ In sympath,
with the struggle of the engineer,
against their employers on the tash
when. II IL estimated. \ total Of tGO,Oa
men will bc out of work on account q,
the xrcn, labor dispute.
The past years transactions In IN,
COur; Of United states Irivat.
land Claims. as lsr the annual astr
ni~ni Forwarded TO the Department ol
Justice by Ansis'aut Attorney W. II
l'O,s. shows the numi~r NJ rasss trI,s
10 tr nfty.sevrn. number uf-esunss. In
volvri fOriy.srvcu. ARIA claimed Z.
di2.3i3: srrn conirmrsi by thu cous, Il
grant claimants. III MI ncr,-a: ara ~
Jsctssi aud added to the public domain
2.t3t. .+ipt. grant subarcns: grant sur
vryn approved. seven. covering 10; .:s,I
acrs~: surveys rejected. live: cases r.
inasu4nx un'rsssi IN the New Mexico
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