The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-08-18
NEWS ITEMS

Seoul say Corea intends to adopt the
gold standard.
Brig. Gen. Ezra p. Ewers, United
States volunteers, has been appointed
governor Of the city Of Guantanamo.
For the week failures have been 1876
in the United States, against $50 last
year, and 1s in Canada, against 50 last
year.
War department officials deny gem
orally the assertions of discomfort and
ill-usage Of troops reported from Mon-
tauk Point
At meeting Thursday afternoon Of
the executive committee of Tsmmany
hall, it was decided to not recognize
the new state election law.
The Greek government has declined
an offer from the government of Mica
ragua to purchase three Of the largest
ironclads of the Greek fleet.
Total receipts of Klondike gold 1t
the government assay Office in Seattle,
WASH. up to date aggregate two and
one quarter million dollars.
The Oklahoma and Indian territory
volunteer troops now rendezvousing at
Ft Reno, have received orders to move
and will leave for Ft Whipple, A. T.,
next Tuesday.
Late advices from Sitka, Alaska,
state that large and extensive coal de.
posits have been discovered at Whale
bay, on Buranoff islands, about 40
miles from Sitka.
The salmon fishing season on the
Columbia river closed at midnight.
The seasons pack amounts to 3l5,O00
cases, which is 751, 900 cases below the
pack of last year.
Mount Vesuvius is. now in state of
eruption from new crater. The
eruption is supposed to be connected
with the seismic disturbance felt at
Messina and in Southern Italy.
An earthquake shock was felt at
Messina, Sicily Friday, afternoon and
At various points in the island and the
southern part of the peninsula. No
damage resulted from the disturbance.
Diego de Vivo, one of the best known
impressarios in the United States,
died at his home in New York City
Thursday from paralysis. He was
stricken on Saturday morning last and
never rallied.
The naval board of construction has
decided not to make new designs for
the battle ship Maine, Missouri and
Ohio, but to recommend to Secretary
Long that the bid, for those vessels be
opened September l.
News has reached New York of the
death of DR.. Gardner Quincy Cotton,
the den tist of New York, who after a
three-months' visit to Europe, was
about to return home from Rotterdam.
Death followed paralysis traceable to
old age and its complications DR..
Cotton was "a years of age.
]. H. Calvert, of Seattle, WASH, who
has returned from Alaska, reports q
big stampede has occurred from Lake
Bennett and the trails to Big Taku,
about 80 miles in the interior. The
rush was started by the report that
gold running from two to six dollars =
pan had been found.
Maj Gen. Henry w. Lawton, United
States volunteers, has been appointed
military governor of the department
of Santiago, and Brig. Gen. Leonard
Wood, United States volunteers, has
been requested to remain governor Of
the city of Santiago, under Gen. Law.
ton.
A band of armed brigands stormed
the Usponic monastry near Toltrea,
Romania. In the fight that ensued
two monks were killed and many
wounded. The others fed. The brig.
ands then pillaged the monastry and
decamped Two have since been ar.
rested.
Rev. A. A Moore, pastor Of the Cum.
berland Presbyterian church, and
father of Gen. Milton Moore. of Kan.
sas City, now at Chickamauga with
the army, is dead at his home in Wei
lington, Mo. Rev. Moore was 81 years
Of age and was born In Eastern Ten