The Monte Vista journal., 1898-04-02
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American side III Alaska.
-Four thousand cars of Texas cattle
Will be shipped north this month.
The government has bought a first
class torpedo boat Of German make.
Senator White of California is con-
fcrring with silver leaders in Utah.
Congressman bell delivered an ad-
dress ut the Peoples Church, Washing
ton.
Forty-five fishermen were drowned
in the recent storm on the Norway
coast.
The body Of Lieutenant jenkins has
been recovered from the wreck Of the
Maine.
Mrs. Della Parnell. mother Of the
late Charles Stewart Parnell, died on
the 2Sth.
Twenty miners were killed by nh ex-
plosion OF coal gus ut Ltegc, Belgium,
Saturday.
Fruit and winter wheat suffered
much damage hy the recent blizzard
In Nebraska.
r. 8. Clnrkson Of Iowa has volun-
tcered to form n company II there Is
war with Spain.
Attorneys have begun wholesale
prosecution OF boycottcrs OF Chinese
ut Butte, Montana.
Strike sympathizers attacked street
cars run by n0n-uninn men ut Houston,
Texas. on the 2Stll
The Spanish fleet of torpedo boats
sailed for Porto Rico from the Canary
Islands on the oath.
Senator Thurston U Nebraska made
n notable speech In the Senate on be
half of Cuba the other day.
Young Garibaldi offers the services
| of 10000 Italians In Cuba if the Unit
| ed States will pay the expenses.
A stock train on the Santa Fc road
was wrecked near San Antonio. Sew
cral carloads OF cattle Were killed.
There have recently been riots In
| southern China because of attempts to
ship rice 10 America. The crop is
very small this year.
A terrible explosion took place Fri
day in the Santa Isabel mine at Bel
mez. Spain. Sixty corpses have III
ready been recovered and many more
are as yet unaccounted for.
Naval officers on the retired list have
received notice from the Navy Depart
mcnt that they are expected to hold
| themselves In readiness for service AMI
restoration to the active list.
The Fanfulla OF Italy says the I,al-
ian government has declined to sell To
the United States the wnrship Dante
Bucna. for which thirty million lire
4 ,rue nfInrnI I,.ip,, tiy. million lire over
her cost price.
| A San Francisco dispatch says:
Judging by the number Of vessels now
engaged In the Alaska transportation
! trade. 1t is almost certain that rates
will take a decided tumble within the
next few weeks.
The contractors at work on the
! Maine asked permission to use small
quantities OF dynamite to facilitate the
removal Of wrcckagc. but both the
United States and Spanish govern
ments forbade IL.
| A terrible wind storm swept over the
country near McAliister. Oklahoma, on
the 9th. Four farm houses were de-
m0lisliesl and the occupants ~ three Of
them. numbering six. nre reSssrted to
have been killed.
There IL n movement on foot to
erect "a statue to Francis T.. willard
In Washington. There ix no monn-
mcnt 10 any woman In that city. and
| tli. temperance women OF the country
wifi le asked to subscribe.
II IL stated on trustworthy authority
that the Phoenix powder mills at kei-
logg. West Virginia. which have been
LII IL.
/ ou account of big order from the
United States government.
A deal has been made with the fed
crnl government whereby big Texas
cattiemen lease the Kiowa and Com.
nnciie Indian reservations, comprising
about two million ncrcs of grazing
lands. nt eight and ten cents per acre
for ON. year.
The Atlantic transport liner Michl-
gan. which arrived from London on
the 18th. brought no eases Of smoke
less powder 90 order. Information ns
10 the destination OF the powder could
not In. obtained. hut II II believed to bc
for the navy department.
Spain IL fortifying her coast. Grcnt
activity IL reported at Cndiz. Ferrol
and CartaGcna nr~snnls. Const de-
lenses nrc ieing strengthened In 2pnin.
the Isalcnric islands. Ccutn and the
CnnnrIcs. The minister Of war llas oh
iainc.i u credit Of <i.30O.OD for war
stores.
Ex.Prcsi,icnt Cleveland. when naked
Ills opinion of the present Cuban situn.
ttOn. replied: Il think the government
( nt Washington II pursuing exactly the
right course. II could do nothing else
n,id maintain the national honor" Fur
ther than this he would not commit
himself.
There II a scarcity Of seed grain In
the BIw Horn Basin Of Wyoming this
spring that threatens to seriously In.
tcrfrrc with planting fun ncrcnge Of
grim. especially of wheat. The high
priss~ of Inst fnil induced many of the
rnnci,ncn of the region To sell closely
nnd they are now short Of seed.
Judge Lacey Of the Federal District
Court nt Austin refused the Injunction
asked for by tho Arkansas Building
aud Loan Association ngninss tho state
Of Texas. enjoining the collection 0f u
franchise tax. The state winning this
case means sSme A1O0.MD additional
income from foreign corporations.
The reservoir company which In
building the hlg reservoir At Twin
lakes plead guilty In the County Court
IN Al,s two chm ruSss hruSiuht hv Elah