The San Juan times. (Farmington, N.M.) 1891-1900, 1898-09-16
CONDENSED PARAGRAPHS.

CONDENSED PARAGRAPHS.
New Westminster, b, c., was de
stroyed by fire Sunday. Loss estimat-
ed at S2,5OO,OOO.
The Rough Riders we're mustered
out Wednesday.
General Cassius NJ Clay the sage of
White Hall, has been granted a di-,
vorce from his girl wife, Dora Rich
ardson Clay.
Senator Gray has withdrawn his de-
clination to be one of the peace com.
missioners and the president appoint
ed MIN on the 9th inst.
The G. A. R. convention at Cincin.
natl voted down resolution to admit
to membership participants in the
Spanish American war.
Jerome, Arizona, was destroyed by
fire Sunday, The only building lefJin
the town vas the Methodist church.
The loss is estimated at 81 OOJ,OoO.
The G. A. r. convention at Cincin-
natipassed resolution applaudng Nc
Kinney and AIgrr for their manage
ment of the Spanish American war,
Governor Tanner has selected Miss
Daisy Letter, daughter OF Levi 4
Letter Of Cnic,go, to christian the bat
tleship Illinois. which will be launched
at Newport News the latter part of
this month.
Secretary Alger has requested the
president to order thorough and
searching investigation of the war de-
partment. In this request the secre.
tary has been joined by AdjuJant Gem
erai Corbin.
The empress of Austria was assas-
sinated near the Hotel Beaurivago;
Geneva, Switzerland Saturday after
noon by an Italian anarchist named
Lucchoni. who was arrested The EN-.
press died in few minutes after being
stabbed.
The English victory at Omdurman
is most complete. Nearly IL 900 der.
wishes were left dead on the field, the
wounded are estimated at 10000, and
there are about 4, 800 prisoners. The
khalifa is running away so fast that he
is dropping wife at every jump of
the camel
At the Utah Republican convention
last Friday Chief Justice Zane was
nominated for supreme judge, and
Alma +. Eldredge for congress. The
! platform commends the administra.
ton in its conduct Of the war, favors
free coinage independent of the action
of any other country.
Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secre-
tary of Great Britain, his wife and
daughter arrived in New York on the
9TH inst on the Majestic. They expect
to visit Mrs. Chamberlain's parents at
| Boston and then make an extended
I tour through the United States to San
Francisco. thence north and through
British Columbia.
1t will be the "Territory OF Hawaii"
That is the name which the annexa-
tion commission has decided to re-
commend to congress. The form of
government will be modelled on that
of existing territories There will be
no further departures from this form
than local conditions and national po-
, litical considerations make necessary.
General Joseph Wheeler's youngest
son. Lieutenant Thomas H. Wheeler,
and Lieutenant Newton d. Klrkpat-
rick of the First United States cavel.
ry, we're drowned Wednesday even I.
ing, the 9TH inst, while bathing in the
surf within short distance of General
Wheeler's headquarters. Their bodies
were found on the beach early Thurs
day morning.
A Peking dispatch says: Ii Hung
Chang has been dismissed from power.
1t is presumed it was done in accord
ance with the demand which tits ru-
mored the British minister there, .ir
Claude Macdonald, was instructed to
make on account of the alleged general
partiality of the great Chinese to Rus.
sia, eliminating in Great Britain be-
ing deprived of the contract for the
Peking Hankow railroad by giving
the Russo-Chinese bank financial con =
troll Of the road.
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