The Monte Vista journal., 1898-01-08
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IlEutb Vi Suili
Twenty-Five persons lost their lives
by the collapse OF the floor In the city
hall ut London. Ontario.
The statement OF the condition Of
the treasury January 4th shows: Avail
able cash balance. S23i, ,3U2. .314; gold
reserve S1Gl,G ,1G9.
ON the LIST n law went into effect in
Nebraska requiring railroads doing
state business to use only ears equip
ped with safety appliances.
Bread riots have occurred In the
province of Girsenti, Sicily. The riot
ers have fired upon and looted the mu-
nicipal buildings. The troops have
been called out.
Nine. Marcciln Scmbrich will return
to New York next season for n concert
tour OF thirty performances. She Is to
receive S1,sO0 for every appearance.
The city OF Chicago for last year
shows II death rate the lowest on rec-
ori in that or any other city Of more
than 2D,Op0 inhabitants. The rate Is
less than II to 1860 Of population.
An Enclislimnn belonging to the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. who had two coachmen at
Naples fined for ill-usirg their horses.
was beaten nearly to death afierward
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.
\ number of vessels have gone ashore
and the promenade of san Sebastian
has been washed away In several
places.
Fire on the 7Uo-foot level Of the New
crswcat mine of the Anaconda com
pany on the 4th. resulted in the death
by sufYocation of Michael c. Flahcrty
and John sullivan. ppemen In the An
aconda mine proper. and the narrow cs-
cape Of three other employees In the
Ncvcrswcat.
III. III. Hanna, chairman OF the eNccu-
tive committee of the Indianapolis
monetary convention, has mailed to
the boards Of trade and commercial
| organizations OF the country the no
'icc Of the call for the rcconveninc of
the convention In indianapolis, Ianu-
AIRY -. ISIS.
A special dispatch from Madrid says
| General Wcylcr has dcfcd the govern
mcnt To take proceedings against him.
As he Is senator, II special vote Is
necessary to deprive him Of immunity
from prosecution. and the cabinet is
| embarrassed. as the army appears to
side with Wcylcr in his attacks on the
| United States.
After n 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 a private citizen Of any
country. Mr.. Bryan arrived at home
Tuesday evening and was received by
the Travelling Mems Club with II ban
quct and reception at the Lincoln hotel.
The announcement is made that Hon.
.Ignatius Donnelly. the well.known
| Populist leader. famous also ns author
and upholdcr Of the Bnconian author
! ship OF Shakespeare. will In six weeks
marry Miss Marian Hansen. who has
been stenographcr In the office OF his
newspaper. The sage Of Nininger,' -
ms Mr.. Donncily IL called. Is now "a
years old and Miss Hansen Is ~.
T.. III. Dyer 4 Co. of Cleveland. Ohio
have closed u contract with David Ec
clcs and Joseph Clark Of Ogden. Utah
for the construction Of u b4st sugLi
factory nt Ogden. The terms Of III,
contract provide that the factory vii
lave a daily capacity of 100 tons. slnl
hc completed In time TO handle th'
beet crop of 1s.ts. When completes,
the plant will represent an cxpcndi
,urc OF $7S,oo0.
Adviccs received from Seoul. capita
III corca. say that "A compromise hai
b.-'n effected 10y an ngrccmnt accord
Ing 10 which Mr., J. McLcavy Brown
the British customs agent. and Mr.
AlcNicn, the Russian agent. to max,
room for whom Mr.. Brown was r.
moved. Will work the corcan custom
together. The British warships whicl
mr.. Mt present at Chcmulpa Seoul. ar
ihcr. In order To give moral supper
To Mr.. Brown.
The Railway Age makes the follow
Ing statement Of III. rcceivcrships mn,
foreclosures for 1887: No fact give
stronger evidence of improved nnan
cial conditions throughout the countr,
than tn. remarkable decrease In tn
number OF railways for which rccciy
crs wcr" appointed during 1897. II
comparison with previous years. y,
year since 1857 has shown 50 few
roads or 50 small mileage confcSsinl
Insolvency. In the panic year is.ei ~
less than scv"nty.four companies. witt
s'.3iO miles of road. AMI xi.1Sl 600 ~
of bonds aud stock. ,icfaultcd In thcI
obligations and We're turned over I,
I'll" control of the courts. In 1897 tn
number III similarly unforiunai. road
WIS only eighteen. their mileage wa
but i.:si,. and thcir capitalization wa
less than s.c..nS.uD
The large m.nsur" of authority con
f"rrcd on the new Cuban cabinet I
shown In nm official decree issued n
Havana December 18th. copies u
which have been received nt Washing
ton. The document npIprtions Ii
budget OF the island. giving To cacl
cabinet officer the amount Ia ,c sisrn
In his department. nnd then states |,
drinil what subjects nrr to ir mnn
aged Icy cacl minister. Goycrno
General ltianco viii continue 4
exercise III" following powers: Con
duet III general affairs br,wcci
spain and cuha. Intercourse WIT
diplomatic aud consular officers Of 10,
cign governments. census II foreign
crs. public pence nni order. honor
and decorations, relations with III
church. With these excepted Isowcrr
the entire administration Of the AFFAIR
of the Island 1. turned over 10 the mem
is'ru ~ the cabinet. Each member 4
authorized to select M assistant p.y
rotary and to employ bis own STAFF q