The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-10-28
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Rico.
Spain estimates the cost of the evac-
uation of Cuba at Sic, 900, 900.
President Mckinley has returned to
his duties at Washington.
Chicago's bicycle tax is declared in
valid by the Illinois supreme court.
Frosts throughout Mississippi have
decreased the yellow fever scourge.
Col. VIM. ]. Bryan. Third Nebraska,
Is again down with fever, at Savannah.
Anarchy rules in southern Philip
pines, where the Spanish are cooped
up in the towns.
Ex-President Cleveland participated
In the celebration of 152d anniversary
of Princeton university.
1t is reported that the Chinese en-
press dowager and Ii Hung Chang
have been married secretly.
Two cases of wife murder and sui
eide occurred at Jersey City within
one hour. Jealousy in both cases.
About S12, 900 were collected during
the first week of American control of
the customs at San Juan, Porto Rico.
Seven soldiers died on the steamer
Rio de Janeiro, which brought 1874 sick
and discharged soldiers from Manila.
Five men were killed in freight
wreck on the Rock Island road near
Fl. Worth, Tex. Three others will die.
Five lives were lost in the burning
of the Chat Roberts hotel at Clairville,
Cal. Those who escaped saved nothing.
The supreme judges of Nicaragua
have decided that the contract of the
Nicaragua Canal Co. expires Oct. 20,
1899.
Fire at pier 80, Brooklyn, did $780,
900 damage to shipping. Sailors had
to jump into the water to save their
lives.
The Americans continue capturing
the insurgent rebel vessels as they ar
rive at Cavite. Two were captured
last week.
John Anderson, colored. charged
with the murder of Charles Holmes, a
well-known white farmer, was lynched
ut Lafayette, Ala.
A French missionary and several
Chinese Catholics have been massacred
and burned in chapel at Paklung by
a riotous Chinese mob.
Three Negroes shot and killed julius
Redd, 16-year-old white boy, near the
Texas cotton mills at Dallas, Tex, and
q triple lynching followed.
Spanish authorities at Havana are
selling and removing war trophies,
supplies, etc., in spite of protests of
the American commi ssioners.
Spanish reports of naval battle be-
tween Admiral Dewey's feet and Phil
ippine insurgent vessels are denied at
Washington as absolutely absurd.
Three young men of Evanston, ILL.,,
went duck hunting on Lake Michigan
in a small skiff. Whe, about five
miles out the boat capsized and all
were drowned.
The premature explosion of a cannon
being fred in honor of the visit of
President Mckinley at Kokomo, Ind,
killed James Jones and perhaps fatally
injured another man.
The natives of Formosa, armed and
aided by Chinese, have attacked sew
eral Japanese military stations and
two desperate battles have occurred
in which over 200 were killed.
Turkish troops are now out of Crete.
The powers will increase their forces
to ID, 900 and it is probable that Prince
George of Greece will be selected as
encouragement of the island.
Chaplain Mcintyre, of the battleship
Oregon, has been dismissed from the
navy by the President, because of his
attacks upon Admiral Sampson, Capt.
Evans and other navy officials.
The U. s. cruiser Boston and the
collier Nero, ordered to Hong Kong
because of the disturbances at Pekiu,
have arrived at Annoy, the former short
of coal and the latter with her cargo
Afre.
The meeting of the Cuban assembly