The western recorder., 1898-03-24
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The War Department Is buying rapid
fire guns in England
work on Moniana-s capitol Is to be
commenced very soon
Mr. Giadsfonc's health is not good
He has serious pains In the face almost
constantly.
There was a Disastrous. fire in cliica-
go on the 16th. by which Mt least ten
lives were lost.
China VIII demand an indemnity for
the boycotflng Of Chlnamen iy labor
unions In Montana
| A rehearing has been granted to ex-
State Treasurer Barley Of Nebraska.
recently given twenty years for embez-
element.
John wsnamaker IS carrying on n
hot campaign for governor OF Pennsyl-
yania- He is fighting Senator Quay
and the machine
Sanger Pullman. son Of George NJ.
Pullman. was married to Miss Louise
| E.. West. daughter of San Francisco
banker. on the 11th.
The small German force which has
assisted in maintaining order In Crete
has been withdrawn. leaving England,
| hiNHta tun Tiuec 10 AppA dAAtt 1ht hA-
lie islands affairs.
The Sultan OF Morocco Is dishanding
his army. Many Of the governors, Ca
dis and their contingents have re
| turned. Several Of them have been dis
| graced and imprisoned.
1t is conservatively estimated that
one-fhird of the fruit Of southern Cali
fOrnia was more or less affected by
frost. the heaviest burden of the dam
age falling on the Iowlands Of River
side.
Senator Proctor OF Vermont. who re-
Gently visited Cuba. made a speech in
the Senate the other day. giving -m ac-
| count OF what he saw and heard. He
emphasized The distress of the recon
ccnfradoes.
The Cuban juDia has issued an ads
dress to the people Of the United Stnies
decia r5ng'fhn Cuba will rot under any
circumstances accept autonomy. Their
motto win continue TO be "Inlepen-
dence Of Death"
Theodore Ledner. with an expedi-
tion aided from state and private
sources. VIII start on the steamer He'll
goland next May In search OF Herr An
drec. the missing aeronaut. and to pro-
secu;e scientific Investigations
The Black Hills ranges arc being
secured by the United States agents
for horses suitable for the cavalry. A
contract has been made with one large
horse company TO furnish 1000 horses
as soon ms they can be brought in from
the range.
The Missouri Supreme Court. in an
opinion by Chief Justice CAN'T. has de-
cided the Inheritance tax law. passed
by the Legislature In 1895 for the bene-
fit OF the State University, to be un-
constitutional. The opinion was con-
CURED in by all the judges
Private advices from the Transvanl
to the people having large interests
there indicate that serious trouble with
Great Britain is brewing. British
troops ARE already being concentrated
on the frontier AZ. Johannesburg great
commercial distress prevails.
The returns of the first thirteen
Methodist conferences voting on the
question of lay representatives Indicate
that the proposition will be adopted.
The vote in these thirteen conferences
last year was: For, 200; against. 100.
This year the vote is: For 6G0; against,
$40.
Judge Slalnugh OF the criminal diyis-
lon OF the District Court at Omaha,
sentenced Charles Hcndricts 10 fifleenl
years Imprisonment, at hard labor for
highway robbery. The prisoner held
up three men, shot two and got ten
cents. He wns captured by his third
victim.
The latest plan at Washington Is to
divide Cuba. Senator Proctor sug-
CESS that Cuba take all she has won.
-Spain all she holds. The Cubans haye
Possession OF Puerto Principe and San
tlagO de Cuba. The Spanish control
ile provinces Of .pinar del Rio, uava.
m, Mantanzas and Santa Clara.
/. The huge surplus of the present f.
.nancinl year and-the high price of con-
soils finds the British government with
more money on Its hands than 1t needs,
and 1t has been decided to spend e.
100000 tS12.500.O00D In buying sites
and erecting buildings for the great
public departments, including new
war office
The International chess match be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States was won by the Britishers by
81 10 AZ games. Last year the Amer
leans We're defeated by British op-
ponents by exactly the same figures,
which in the first match, played two
years ago, the Americans We're victor
ious by AZ 10 3ia games.
Bishop Hartzell. the Methodist EpIs-
copal bishop OF Africa. who IL in Lon
don. has n mission from the president
OF Liberia to Great Britain and the
United States. He will endeavor to OBJ
tain treaty with those countries and
with Liberia. guaranteeing the integ-
rity Of the little republic against Fran
co-German encroachments.
Secretary Long has Issued an order
for the formation of a new squadron of
vessels to be stationed mt Hampton
Roads. The squadron In the beginning
will consist of five ships. all the best
of their types. Two OF them, the bat
ileships Massachusetts and Texas, are
withdrawn from the present North At
laniic fleet at Key West and Tortugas
A large number of Cuban women and
children are said to have been massa-
cred by Spanish soldiers Miss Clara
Barton called on General BIanco and
energetically protested against the
Spanish outrage, The fact is a large
quantity of relief supplies sent by her
to the reconcentraioes In the interior
have been used by the Spanish military
commanders to feed Spanish troops.
Tic, New York Journal on the 18th
printed. the statement that its Havana
correspondent had seen and copied n
letter written by General Wcyler,
threatening to blow up an American
war ship II 1t should come to Hayana
He said the irrbor was prepared for it.
President Oxnard of the Beet Sugar
Company. has Withdrawn the anti-Ha-
waiian annexation clause In contracts
with beet raisers. This clause pro-