The Monte Vista journal., 1897-10-23
TELsoaApHlc sRsvlrlEs.

TELEoRAPHic sREvlriks.
Count Tolstoi In quite Ill.
Forest nres are doing much damage
in Psnnsylvanla.
The Brotherhood Of 81. Andrew will
establish mission on the Yukon river.
Alaska.
Leading brewers Of Chicago and NIL
waukee have organized to oppose dicta-
tion from the English brewing syndi-
cate. ;s.. .
The municipal council Of Paris has
passed . resolution asking the govern
men, to make q reduction Of four francs
In the customs duties on grain.
A naval rendezvous IL to be establish
ed In San Francisco for the purpose Of
facilitating the shipping Of sailors to
man the war vessels Of the navy.
An organization known as the Cana.
dian Independence Club has issued
manifesto stating that the time haa
come for Canada to throw OF It's con-
nection with England.
General weyler has granted amnesty
to twenty-six more political prisoners,
including several women who have
been incarcerated on the island Of
Pines.
Cardinal Richard. Archbishop of
Paris. has issued n Pastoral announcing
the institution at Saint Sulpice. In the
department Of Tarn, OF n brotherhood
for the conversion OF England.
The King OF Corea has declared him.
self TO be emperor. This action would
seem to Indicate that Corea will not
hereafter be subject In any way to
China or other adjacent countries.
Reinforcements OF Spanish troops for
! Cuba are being hurried forward by the
military authorities. About 5000 nd
ditlonal soldiers will leave Spain for
that island before the end OF the present
month.
| Thirty-three thousand dollars IL what
It cost the A;chison railway company to
| pny for the lives of the three engineers
and three fircmen killed in the wreck
near Lang station. OH the evening Of
October Sth.
Saturday. October 10Th. was the
fourth and last day Of registration In
New York City. The total registration
IL 32iS 500 as compared with 33O.G19
last year. The total registration OF
Greater New York Is 51O,7I9.
The Minnesota Presbyterian synod
has appointed committee To act as n
bureau of Information to coUneract the
| perniclous doctrines OF Mormonism,
which are being quietly and very per-
sistently taught In thdt state.
The Indiana Presbyterian synod has
accepted the report of the committee on
temperance, recommending that the
general assembly investigate the report
that liquor is sold nj the Princeton Inn.
the resort OF the students ut Princeton
University.
DIR. Jordan. American delegate TO the
sealing conference. says that III ma
tions We're as honest and just In their
dealings as private citizens are forced
to br, the whole sealing controversy
could be settled in n day. And 1t must
be settled
Abram Garfield and Sarah Granger
Williams We're married at Cleveland Oh
the 1ith. Abram Garfield Is the young
est son of the late ex-Presidcnt Gar
field. Guests OF national prominence
Were present. Irving Garfield, brother
OF the groom. was best man.
Francis Scnly. government tea In
spctor. has condemned $50 chests Of
tea which arrived from the Orient on
the steamship Monmouthshire. Sew
eral days ago he condemned 40 chests
consigned to u Chicago firm. The en-
tire lot was found to be old, trnkhy tea,
unfit for Use.
Edward Langtry. husband of the not
ed Jersey Lily" died In nm asylum
for the insane ON the 18th. II is sup
posed that Mr.. IIngtry was suffering
| from concussiou OF the braih. due to
falling down the gnngway of the steam
cr on which he travelled from Dublin
TO liolyhcad.
The Wclls-Fnrgo Express office nt
Quincy. California. was robbed come
time during Friday night, the robbers
taking the express box. which was
awaiting the outgoing stage. and cnr-
ricd 1t to a field half mile distan, nnd
broke II open. They secured coin. gold
dust and gold bar amounting TO 500
and $3.50 In checks.
Another remarkable shipment OF ,ur-
Quosc was sent east from Santa Fe by
Wclls.Fargo Express n few days ago.
| 1t consisted OF five cut stones. the
weight OF which respectively were I3.
80, 80, - and ~ cara,s The combined
value being $500. These gems cnmc
from southern New Mexico. but the cx-
act location Of Ihc mines Is carefully
guarded secret.
The sessions OF the International lep-
rosy conference closed nj Berlin on the
10Th with the recording Of the conclu.
slons unanimously reached. They wcr
ms follows: "rlc leprosy bacillus is the
true cause OF the disease. Man Is the
only animal In which this bacillus cN-
is,s. lepro-y II contagious but not
hereditary. The ISOLATION Of patients Is
desirable. md. under circumstances
such as exist In Norway. should bc com
pulsory."
Warden u. :. Wright Of the Pcnnsyl.
ynna pcnitcntiary has discovered That
n number of couvicts confined Ia that
Institution have been manufacturing
counterfeit 5D.ccnt pl"ccr. lie has un-
cnrthcd the metal from which the
queer money wns made. the n,oulds
In which II was east. and the names OF
several convicts who were connected
with the natter. hut ns yet has been
unable TO mud the man who originated
and carried out the scheme. The coun.
tcrfci,s arr magnificent specimens of
the colner's nri.
The Centrri Wyoming News sizes M
the situation about as II In when "
pay.. There ~4s,ns Ia liz III end To
the profits IN the sheep bu~inss~. II
was exceedingly rcmtins1uiivc without