The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1898-05-13
NEWS COMMENT.

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! Owing to the warm weather which
] prevails on the Yukon river it is be-
I lieved that navigation between Daw-
! son and St. Mlchaels will be open by
June |.
The president has announced that
he will soon pardon Capt. John d.
Hart, of the filibusterlng steam Lau-
rada. now serving two years sentence
for his tilibustering operations.
A boy at Eskridge. Kan, recently
stole hive of bees from q neighbor's
yard, carried it mile into the coun-
try, and then ate the maple sugar upon
which the bees We're being fed.
Hay has reached the price of $50 per
ton in California, and ranchmen are
shipping their stock ont of the state
rs fast as the railroad can carry it,
! Drouth and hot winds continue.
| Ex-Gov. Hogg. of Texas, in a recent
interview predicted that tho end Of
the present war would not terminate
International hostilites on account of
foreign powers jealousy of tine United
States.
! The cruiser Charleston is formally in
commission at San Francisco, with
! her full complement Of men Oh board
I aud ready Uo convoy a feet of supply
ships to be sent to Admiral Dewey at
Manila.
A gold miner in the state of Wash
ington lost all Of his savings, $l10O,
by leaving his cabin at night in care
of man who suddenly became insane,
and destroyed all the money, which
was in bills.
The Minneapolis lodge of Jewish
order. in memory of the expulsion of
the Jews from Spain. has offered
bounty of &25 and remission of lodge
dues to al members who enlist for war
against Spain.
Vice Admiral Colomb. of Eng
land, says there never was such an eX-
traordinarv illustration of the influence
of sea power as was given by Com
mOtlore Dewey, and it places our navy
in the front rank.
The government has secured the
steamers City of Pekin and Australia
and is loading them with ammunition,
coal and naval supplies at San Fran
cisco to be sent to join Commodore
Dewey's fleet at Manila
Evangelina Cisneros, the Cuban girl
who was rescued from prison in Hava-
ma by Americans several months ago,
and has been visiting the family of
Gen. Lee, in Virginia. has offered
her sevices as nurse in .the United
States army.
A brakeman had a thrilling struggle
with an insane man on top of a freight
car running at full speed near Rah-
way, N. j., Tuesday. but finally over
come the madman and held him until
other members Of the train crew came
to his assistance.
1t is reported from Paris that very
bitter feeling exists throughout France
against the United States, especially |
in Paris, where the United States en-
bassy is under special police protection |
in view of possible hostile demonstra-
tions against it by the populace
At the City of Mexico the govern
ment has stopped the contemplated
meeting of Spanish clerks for the pUr-
pose of raising money and volunteers
for Spain. The police were ordered
w PIcStuU tuc IuCCtlbSs W
the obligations Of a neutral nation.
In order to belittle the splendid
achievement Of our squadron at Man
lila. the Spanish newspapers charge
that their fleet were in wretched con-
dition and had no chance whatever
against the modern ships Of Commo-
dore Dewey. and that the harbor de-
fenses were worthless.
The men Of the flying squadron are
restive and impatient under their en-
forced inaction. and are simply "spoil-
ing for fight On the battle. ship
Texas they have new cry. One of
the jackies yells: "Where were you
in the war of '9S?' A hundred voices
chorus the response: "Stowing grub
three times day in Hampton Roads. -
The big French steamer Lafayette,
which was recently captured off Ha-
vana. while attempting to run the
blockade, after being warned off by
one of our gunboats, has been released
by orders from Washington and has
been allowed to enter Havana harbor.
Although her manifest did not show
that she had anything contraband on
board, it is believed that her cargo
consisted Of war munitions and food
supplies for the Spanish forces.