The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-11-25
NEWS SUMMARY.


most conflicting statcmcntarc current
Jesse l. Gates. Of the Second United
States artillery, has been awarded the
first pension on account Of tie spanish
war.
Three thousand operators In the
cotton mills at Augusta TIA, have
struck ON account Of Ia reduction in
wages
All the job printing establishments
at Minneapolis closed owing toa strike
Of the press feeders for shorter hours.
Two hundred men are involved.
The hurrying Of work on warships
continues At the Norfolk navy yard
and the probability Is that the night
work will proceed for some time.
The Alabama house Of representa-
tivcs has passed bill providing for n
test Of the constitutionality Of the
federal 10 per cent tax on state bank
issues.
Monslgnor valdes. the Spanish
bishop Of Porto Rico, has resigned the
diocese, alleging that Il Ia impossible
for him TO serve any other country
than Spain.
The French line steamer La Nor
mandic, which arrived at New York
from llarvc, n detained at quarantine,
owing 10 smallpox among her steeragc
passengers
Comte Estcrhazy's "LAffaire Drey-
fus," Ia believed In Paris to be nm at
tempt TO throw mystery ON tho Ester
hazy case rather than cnlighten ills
Dreyfus affair.
Lieutenant Lucicn Young Of the
Hist, reports IL IN practicable 10 raise
the former Spanish cruiser Reina Mer-
ccdcs. sunk on June o near the en-
trance Of Santiago haTbor.
Word has been received from Col.
Wood Of the evacuation commission Of
Holguin lie has taken possession Of
the city aud appointed Col. Rodriguez,
well-known Cuban, as acalde,
Assistant Secretary VANDERBILT has
sailed for Puerto Rico, 10 familiariEe
himself with the financial conditions
Of the island, i,s possibilities Of rcyc.
nucs, aud IT. requirements Of cNpcndi'
lures
Mr. Rcmpcr, United States postal
agent for the military department Of
Santiago. has arrived with materials
for establishing post offices ut all points
In the island occupied by United States
troops.
II. A. llauNhurst, agent Of the Pan
American Express company Of Drook-
Ign, attempted suicide yesterday morn
ing In Havana, by cutting his throat
In the Hotel inglaterra. ilisconditlon
IA serious,
The Royal Geographical society has
issued formal appeal for funds TO NJ
out nm Antartic expedition. Alfred
Ilnrmswurth, proprietor ofthe London
Daily Mall aud the Evening News, has
offered GsOOO.
Havana N oScrrun with Americans
who have arrived there quite without
means Of support, but In hopes Of get
ting lucrative employment There Is
no inducemeut whatever for outsiders
In dagana at present.
Al shanghai, Prince Henry OF rus
ola unveiled the monument ~ the obi
GERS and sailors Of the German third
class cruiser Hits, which was lost In a
typhoon on July 20, 1890, north Of the
Shan Tung promotory.
Dispatches from Perpignan, capital
Of Pyrcnees Oriental, on the right bank
Of the river Tet, report that the region
has been visited by severe storms.
Many villages have been Hooded and
traiic has been interrupted,
Reno Goblet, former premier and
member Of the French Chamber OF
Deputies Tor the First ACCOMPLISHMENT
Of the Department Of the Seine, an
nounces that he will soon definitely
Withdraw from the political arena.
TIE town Of Macomb, Mo-, reported
threatened by forest 6res, has not
been reached by the flames, which
have undoubtedly been quenched, ~ "a
heavy rainstorm IA said IN have pre-
vailed In that section Of the okarks.
George Ferguson u Portsmouth,
Ohio, quArymhn, aud two Of his chill
bred are dead, his wife aud another
child dishgured for life, IA the result
OF an accidental explosion. Ferguson
poured the contents Of n can Of blast
ing powder into the stove, thinking IL
was coal.
The United States Supreme court
has affirmed the judgement Of the
Supreme court Of Washington, enjoin-
ing the city Of walla walla from build
ing water works, on the ground that
this violated stipulation by which
the water franchise was given TO n
private company.
The identity Of the train robber
killed by Express Guard Blakeley In
tha hoidun ~ naUpett Colo On FRI