The Dickinson press., 1898-11-05
Monday. Oct. al.

Monday, Oct. 81.
Porto Ricans will ask congress to
grant them territorial rights
Joseph Letter is reported to have pur-
chased the Rhode Island Locomotive
Works, at Providence.
It is stated that Blanco will leave
Cuba Nov. 20, not wishing to witness
the raising of the American flag.
1t is stated that the Marquis de Mores
when he was killed was engaged with
Marchand in scheme of conquest in
Egypt.
The transport Zealandia, with the
First and Second battalions of the First
Tennessee regiment, has sailed for Ma.
Mia. It comprises $50 men.
Another death from bubonic plague
has occurred at Vienna. The victim
was Fraulein Pecha, one of the nurses
who attended the late Hirr Barish.
Tuesday, Nov. 1.
The movement of troops from Camp
Meade to the South has begun.
Retirements before the end of the
year will place Admiral Dewey at the
head of the navy.
Phil Armour is reported to have been
caught very short on October short ribs,
and to have been squeezed for q round
sum.
A strike of gold ore on the north half
of the Colville reservation is said to be
the richest ever made on the continent.
The ore is said to run 5000 to the ton.
A solid train of 23 cars of spirits has
just been shipped from Peoria to Japan
for the imperial government, to be used
in the manufacture of smokeless powder
in the government works.
The majority of Cuban insurgent mil
itary leaders are stated to be in favor of
disbanding the Cuban army and Cuban
government and to allow the United
States to carry out it's plans for estab-
fishing form of government without
hindrance.
Wednesday, Nov. 2.
The public debt increased $43, ,4s7, ,717
in October.
General Sir Edward Lugard, formerly
British under secretary of state for war,
is dead.
Rev. DIR. Samuel White Duncan.
prominent in Baptist circles the world
over, is dead at Brookline, Mass.
The board of directors of the Pennsvl-
vania railroad has declared its regular
semi-annual dividend of 218 per cent.
Mr.. Hanna, American consul at Porto
Rico, warns young men seeking work or
positions of any kind not to go to
Porto Rico.
The output of ore in the Cripple Creek
district for October is valued at 81, ,4sS,-
1870, the highest for any month in the
history of the camp.
Nine men were shot and wounded by
an insane man at Beaver Dam, Wis,
who was wounded by shot from an
army officer for the purpose of captur-
ing him.
Thursday, Nov. 8.
The lockout of 600 employees of the
Denver breweries has ended. Conces-
sions were made by both sides.
A Frenchman has been arrested at
Dover for attempting to enter the big
gun turret on the admiralty pier there.
The Vicksburg has sailed from Nor
folk for Barbados. She will probably
form the nucleus of the new South At
lantic squadron.
The London Daily Mail announces the
appointment as governor of Khartoum,
of Colonel Kitchener, brother of the
sirdar, General Lord Kitchener.
Colonel James G. Biddle, who was a
member of General Miles staff and
served with distinction in the Civil war,
is dead at Philadelphia, aged So years.
Commander Snow, who is to relieve
Admiral Schley as commandant of the
San Juan naval station, has sailed from
New York ON the Solace.
The monthly statement of the govern
ment receipts and expenditures shows
that the receipts for the month of Octo-
ber amounted to $39, $3.50, ,O51 and the dis
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