The Monte Vista journal., 1898-05-07
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ports for Spain.
A congress of mothers opened ut
Omaln on the 2nd.
A Cabinet officer predicts that the
war will end In sixty days.
The government believes Spanish
spies blew up the California powder
mills.
General Gomez wcpt for joy when
he heard of the action OF Congress as
to Cuba.
There have been serious riots in
Italy MS II result in the rise of the price
of bread.
q. The Brewers Association of Chica-
go has advanced the price of beer TO
81. per barrel
\ New York volunteer shot one of
his comrades by accident AT Amster-
dam Saturday.
The government has notified the rail
rOnds that they must carry troops for
/ cent per mile.
Russia is said to feel aggricvcd be-
cause the United States is So friendly
toward England.
British naval officers at Gibraltar
predict general war as result of
our war with Spain.
The proposal to levy tonnage tax
by this government IL raising storm
OF protests In England.
Fifty people were injured and much
property destroyed by cyclone ut
Duncan. |. T., on the 30th.
Weylcr says he was sent 10 Cuba 10
punish insurgents and glorics in the
way he obcycd instructions.
The Utah grand Jury has presented
n report ccnsuring the management of
the insane asylum NJ Provo.
for election frauds have been forward
ed To Vice President Hobart.
The noted Sioux Indian Chaska com
mittcd suicide mt Niobrara, Nebraska,
where he WAS in Jail for horse steal
ing.
q. T.. Bowman. II socialist editor OF
Girard. Kansas. has been driven out
oi town for calling our flag painted
rag"
Steel works at Reading, Pcnnsyl-
vania, have placed guards with or
ders 10 shoot suspicious characters, If
necessary.
The big Spanish steamer Argonauta,
captured on the Cuban coast had II
very valuable cargo. including n large
sum of money.
\ statement Of the condition Of the
treasury on the 3oth showed; Availa-
Bile cash balance. S2lS, ,592, ,0GG. gold re-
serve. $50. 1il,Ui2.
John Y. McKanc. the former 'czar
of Concy Island" completed a term
of five years in the state prison at
Sing Sing and is now Il free man.
The general officers Of tile National
w. &. 4. L. have sent Il petition Ia
President Mckinley and General Miles
requesting the prohibition Of the cs-
tablishmcnt OF canteens in camps.
ChIckanauga and Washington have
been absolutely decided upon as vol
untccr army concentration points. At
least one other Eastern point VIII he
chosen. probably either New York or
Pennsylvania.
Bread riots continue In various parts
OF Italy. and the Cabinet, nvailing II
self az the authority which IL re
tanned under the conventions with the
railroad and navigation companies. has
decided To reduce the transport rates
on articles of consumption 20 per cent.
The efforts which have been making
for twenty years past 10 induce the
Iaytlan government Ia accord the
same trade and labor rights 10 Amcri-
cans as to natives have M last proved
successful. An agreement has been ar
rived Mt there shall bc no difference
In the licenses.
The First National Bank Of Car
tlIagc closed lis doors Tuesday. when
the directors posted n notice stating
that President l.. II. Myers had ali.
seconded. The dcfnlcatlon Is estimated
at s1l0.OOO. and Is said 10 cover n
period OF eight years. Myers where
nbouts Is unknown.
Owing to the recent destruction Of
powder mills NJ Eaton. Pennsylvania,
and Santa Cruz. California. by cN-
plosions. thought 10 have been caused
by Spanish spies, managers or eight
big powder companies have ordered
double guards NJ all points where pow
der IL stored OF manufactured.
Fifteen students Of the University OF
Wyoming have left To Join the Wyom-
Ing battalion NJ Cheyenne. President
Graves states that the graduai Ing
class Of the university VIII consist
solely of girls. ms nll the male seniors
hnv. either gone or haze announced
their Intention Of roing 10 the front
ns soldiers.
Colonel Frederick Dent Ernnt has
tclrgraphcd Ia the Fourteenth rcgi-
mrnt armory In Brooklyn that he VIII
accept the leadership Of the regiment.
His message was In reply 10 n com
munlcniion from the regiments nom.
inntion committee Informing him that
he was lis unanimous choice for the
plac. and nsklng II he would ncccpi.
Onicial inforrnn, ,ion has reached the
Sintc Department from Its representa-.
lives In Europe thai Notwithstanding
the STRENUOUS efforts made by the Sa.
gnstn ministry ,o negotiate loan. nh
soiuie failure has been the result. Fur.
thcrinor. The official. lny. been In
formed that spain can get no credit.
although she had cnd.ayorcd Ia buy
on time.
A devastating tornado swept over
the northwest Of Iowa last Sunday
night. The worst destruction II report.
al near Archer. In O'l'rlcn county.
prlmghcr. Harley md Curicw. II Is
stated. nrc badly wrecked Hartley
II said to liz almost entirely de-
siory.,i. Several people arr reported
killed nnd the property damage seem