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York IL now In the hands Of Mayur
Van Wyck.
Ten thousand tons Of wheat were
burned in San Francisco elevator .
few days ago. E
Ii Hung Chang has publicly appeal
ed to the western world to respect the
rights Of China.
twenty-five persons lost their lives
by the collapse of the floor In the CITY
hall at London, Ontario.
The statement Of the condition or
| the treasury January 4th shows: Avail
able cash balance. $234. .302. .314; gold
reserve $161, ,605. 100.
On the lst law went into effect In
Nebraska requiring railroads doing
state business to use only cars equip
ped with safety appliances.
Bread riots have occurred In the
province of Girgentl, Sicily. The riot
ers have fired upon and looted the mu-
nicIpal buildings. The troops have
| been called out.
Nine Marcella Sembrlch will return
to New York next season for concert
tour of thirty performances. She Is 10
receive 81 800 for every appearance.
The city of Chicago for last year
shows n death rate the lowest on rec
ord in that or any other city of more
than 100000 inhabitants. The rate Is
less than IA to 1000 of population.
An Englishman belonging to the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty TO
Animals. who had two coachmen at
Naples fined for ill-using their horses,
was beaten nearly TO death afterward
by the two men In front of his hotel.
Violent weather prevails in the south
of France and Spain. A cloudburst
near Toulon has done much damage.
A number of vessels have gone ashore
and the promenade of San Sebastian
has been washed away in several
places.
Fire on the TO0-foOt level Of the New
ersweat mine of the Anaconda COM
pany on the 4th. resulted in the death
by suffocation OF Michael G. Flaherty
and John Sullivan. pipemen In the An
aconda mine proper. and the narrow es-
cape of three other employees In the
Neversweat.
II. II. Hanna, chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the Indianapolis
monetary convention. has mailed to
the boards of trade and commercial
organizations of the country the no
tice of the call for the reconvening of
the convention I'm Indianapolis, Janu-
ary 25. 1893.
A special dispatch from Madrid says
General Weyler has defied the govern
ment to take proceedings against him.
AS he Is n senator. a special vote Is
necessary to deprive him of immunity
from prosecution. and the cabinet Is
embarrassed. as the army appears to
side with Weyler in his attacks on the
United States.
After triumphal journey through
the Republic of Mexico. where he was
the recipient of honors from all classes
and parties. such as have rarely been
accorded to private citizen Of any
country, Mr.. Bryan arrived at home
Tuesday evening and was received by
the Travelling Mems Club with a ban
quet and reception at the Lincoln hotel.
The announcement Is made that Eon
Ignatius Donnelly, the well-kncwn
Populist leader famous also as author
and upholder of the Baconian author
ship Of Shakespeare. will in six weeks
marry Miss Marian Hansen. who has
been stenOgrapher in the Office Of his
newspaper "The sage OF Nininger,"
as Mr.. Donnelly Is called. Is now SO
years old and Miss Hansen is 20.
E.. H. Dyer & Co. of Cleveland. Ohio.
have closed a contract with David Ec-
cles and Joseph Clark OF Ogden, Utah,
for the construction OF beet sugar
factory ut Ogden. The terms of the
contract provide that the factory will
have daily capacity Of 700 tons, shall
be completed In time to handle the
beet crop Of 1898 When completed
the plant Will represent an expendi-
ture of 100000.
Advices received from Seoul, capital
Of Corea, say that compromise has
been effected by an agreemnt accord.
ing to which Mr.. J. McLeavy Brown,
the British customs agent, and Mr..
Alexieff, the Russian agent, to make
room for whom Mr.. Brown was re-
moved. will work the Corean customs
together. The British warships which
are at present at Chemulpo, Seoul, are
there In order to give moral support
to Mr.. Brown.
The Railway Age makes the follow
ing statement Of the rcceiverships and
foreclosures for 1897: No fact gives
stronger evidence OF improved finan-
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than the remarkable decrease In the
number Of railways for which receiv-
ers were appointed during 1897, In
comparison with previous years. No
year since 1887 has shown 20 few
roads or so small mileage confessing
insolvency. In the panic year 1893 no
less than seventy-fOur companies, with
D,3f0 miles Of rond. and 81, 7Sl, 900. 600
OF bonds and stock, defaulted in their
obligations and were turned over to
the control Of the courts. In 1907 the
number of similarly unfortunate roads
was only eighteen, their mileage was
but .5:'7. and their capitalization was
less thnn $03,O00OOO.
The lnrge measure OF authority con-
ferred on the now Cuban cabinet IA
shown In an official decree issued at
Havana December 10Th, copies OF
which have been received nt Washing.
ton. Tho dOcutnenf anuorfinr. an.