Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-11-10
NEWS SUMMARY.
The Greek cabinet has resigned.

Joseph jefferson, the veteran actor
is seriously i'll, with but little hopes OF
recovery
The Eighth cavalry regiment has
been ordered to the province of Puerto
Principe, Cuba.
At Portland, Or, Claud Branton,
convicted Of the murder of John Linn,
has been sentenced to hang Decem Der
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The contract for the American coal
ing station at Pago- Page has been let
to san Francisco firm aud the work
will soon be begun.
The London Standard saws editor
tally: I'VE can see no Alternative.
Spain must accept as inevitable the
loss OF the Philippines"
Capt. Chester's decision TO abandon
the work of the wrecking the Colon
marks the end of that undertaking on
the part of the government.
Forest and prairie fires are raging all
over the Seminole Indian nation.
Emahaka mission and property valued
at $50, 600 has been destroyed
Negotiations are in progress for the
formation Of corporation, capitalized
at about $50, 600. 900, that will take in
all the Pittsburg, Pa, breweries.
The cruiser Philadelphia has been
ordered to Samoa and will leave San
Francisco within few days. The
Yorktown will probably follow her.
The sugar estates in the vicinity OF
Cienfuegos, Cuba, which suffered little
during the war, are commencing oper-
atoms, as also are many near Man
tanzas.
Premier Sagasta says it is by no
means certain that Spain proposes
sending a memorandum to the powers
on the subject of the Paris peace com
mission.
Commander &, A, Bicknell has been
ordered to command the Monocacy at
Woo Sung, China, relieving Commander
o. W. Farenholt, ordered home on
waiting orders
Upon the departure of troops from
Pana, ILL.,, a change of affairs is ex-
pected, as the union miners are more
determined than ever that the negro
miners must go.
At the London National Club, Nat
Smith knocked out Tom Turner with a
blow over the heart, causing death a
few hours later. Smith and his sec
onds are under arrest
An insurgent captain and lieutenant
have been arrested at Guantanamo for
holding up "A man on the street and
taking away his machete, which they
afterward sold for $3.50,
A trust of Chinese laundrymen is the
latest 1t is called the Dop Song Kong
Sow. and it has its tentacles wrapped
around more than 1000 Chinese laun-
drymen in Greater New York,
The United Strtes training ship
Adams will, on or about December LIST
start from san Francisco on seven
months cruise by that date she will
have received her batteries at Mare
island.
Work on the Marianao pier for land
ing the troops is almost at a standstill
The cradles have been thrown out and
are now being filled with stone, but
the Cuban labor employed is found most
unsatisfactory,
The tobacco properties of Cuba are
making provision for a vast increase of
business this year, One Havana firm
of importers has placed an order for
10000 lengths of piping for irrigating
tobacco properties.
The president of the Red Cross So
ciety has cabled to the president of the
Red Cross society, Havana, inviting
the society there to continue in active
orgination until the last Spanish sol
diers left the island.
Commissioner Jose Miguel Gomez.
from Saneti Spiritus, reports great
misery from lack of food in the Cuban
camps there and at Santa Clara, and
will see the American commission re-
garding the situation.
The London Daily Mail urges the
American people to pronounce boldly
in favor of retaining the Philippines,
for otherwise there will be scramble
for eoaling stations that will endanger
the peace Of the world"
The Turkish troops at Retimo, hav.
ing refused to leave that place, the
Russian Admiral in those waters, fol-
lowing the example of Admiral Noel,
the British commander there, Eforcibly
conveyed them en- board transport.
William l. Stead writing to the Lon
don Daily News from Sebastapool, after
having had an interview with the ear
1t Liyadia, reiterates his conviction of
the earnestness and sincerity of the
Ears purpose in proposing disarma-
nent
The British cruiser Cordelia, it is
viii be ordered to st. |
Iohns, n. b., to remain during the
winter. She will hold herself in readi-
less to scour the Grand Banks for