Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-10-01
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Ex-Chief of Police Eduardo Velas-.
quez, Of the City Of Mexico, shot him
self in the head, dying instantly. No
one knows how he procured the pistol.s
The action is generally approved.
Near Marion, ILL.,, recently one man
was killed, three were fatally injured
and six were severely burned and
bruised by an explosion of gas in the
Williamson county coal mines An
unknown miner is still imprisoned in
the shaft and was undoubtedly in
stantly killed.
At the meeting of the eastern COM
mittee of the Western Passenger asso.
ciated lines, at Chicago recently, twas
agreed that commencing November l,
1897, the western lines for the terri
tory now covered by the Western
lines mileage bureau, would in adj
dition to the present forms of one and
two thousand mile tickets now on
sale, place in effect the so.called inter-
changeablc mileage credit system,
which is to be interchangeable be.
tween all the lines.
| A dispatch has been received from
st. Petersburg saying that as a result
of the exchange of views between the
chancellories at st. Petersburg, Paris,
Berlin, Vienna, Rome and Constan-
tinople, the sultan of Turkey will
address the powers shortly on the
subject of Great Britain's evacuation
of Egypt Russia, supporting the
sultan, will invite n conference ut
Constantinople or st. Petersburg, with
the object of settling the question on
basis of autonomy, Egypt to be
under the suzerainty of the sultan.
1t is stated that the attitude of
the United States has caused great
sensation at Madrid, because opinion
has been lured on by the optimistic
communication of the Spanish minister
at Washington upon the characterand
correct attitude of the government,
and that, too, with several warnings
from Mr.. Olney and Mr.. Cleveland's
messages. The official bulletins Of
Captain General Weyler have received
too much confidence, when the United
States government was every month
receiving from its consuls and special
ENJOYS totally different views The
general impression at San Sebastian
and Madrid is that the Spanish govern
ment will try to drag negotiations
along, unless it rejects purely and
simply the good offices Of the United
States on the ground of public opinion
and upon the further ground that the
opposition would not permit it to
tolerate foreign Intervention, even
though amicable
Washington dispatch: Uncle Sam
does not intend to be caught mapping
in Hawaii Notwithstanding the de-.
malls of japanese officials, the admin.
stration is suspicious that the willy Japs
mediate some sort of coup. There
is feeling in Washington that the
.Japs deny too vigorously and protest
too much. At any rate orders have
been sent to the gunboat Wheeling,
now at Mare island, to proceed with
out delay to Honolulu. The York
town is already on it's way to the Ha-
waiian capital. 1t was originally in
tended that the cruiser Philadelphia
should return to the United States
very soon, but now the understand
ing is that the Philadelphia will be
kept at Honolulu till the Japanese
cruiser Naniwa leaves that port for
Japan, MS it Is reported she is about to-
do, The Japanese may not be medi.
thinks il wise to be ON the safe side.