The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-10-27
LATE NEWS CONDENSED.

Secretary Long denies the report
hat Admiral Dewey is coming home on
4 leave of absence.
The democratic plurality in the Louis
Vile registration is s,514, with a ma
Of 1929.
Rumor at Ponce credits the Sugar
Trust with seeking to gather in the
best Of the Porto Rican plaDtations.
The Secretary of the Navy has APP
proved the finding of the court-martial
against Chaplain Mcintyre, Of the Ore
gon.
The effect of the recent cool wealth
er in the South is seer in the rapidly
decreasing number Of new cases Of
yellow feye".
France has demanded PREPARATION
from the Chinese Government for the
murder Uf a French missionary OF
Parklung by a mob.
Apathy among democrats may lose
them the Congressman in the Third
Tennessee district now represented by
the Hon. John A. Moon.
The striking miners al Spottsvilla
KY, coal mines are making tn, eats
against negroes who have boon i'm.
ported to take their places.
The House OF Deputies of the Episco.
pal Convention at Washington agreed
upon a letter to the Gear of Russii
commencing his call for au interua.
ticual peace conference.
Gov. Bradley has named forty-twC
of the fifty Kentuckiaus who are to &C
company him as staff officers to Chick
amauga Park to attend the unveilinf
of the State monument, November eJ.
Newspapers in Hong Kong and Yoke
hama publish a statement that Ii HuD,
Chang and the DowaGer Empress @
China have been secretely married.
Gen. James H. Wilson has arrives
OF Lexington and will take charge @
the First army corps, relieving Gen
Ereckiuridge, who will return to til
inspector Generals Office at Washing
ton.
Cincinnati negroes have organized
lodge of Elks, using an old and abol
ished ritual. Exalted Ruler Galvi
says the lodge will not be recoganize
and will not be allowed to use the pam
of P. 0. Elks, which is copyrighted.
In a speech Sir Michael Hicks eacl
Chancellor of the Exchequer, said tht
if France should refuse to withdra'
from Fashoda, 'the matter would as
sumo an aspect as grave as possible be
| tween two great nations"
The Paris newspapers plainly sho
their sympathy for Spain in their CON
, ments on the refusal of the America
commissioners to agree to the ASSUME
ton by the United States of the Cuba
o debt.
Maj Gen. Lee having been given il
definite leave of absence owing to til
9 illness of his wife, Maj, Gen. Greer
has been assigned to tie command
I the Seventh army corps and will lea
the movement to havana should GEL
Lees absence be prolonged.
I E--Queen Lilluokalani wants pc
!, session Of the royal Hawaiian fla;
which is nov in the keeping of Mis-
Anna Berry, of Newport, Ky. The fl
u was presented to Miss Berry by Pres
t dent Dole, and she will not compl
with the ez-Queen's demands.
Gen. Garcia and other delegates fro
Santiago province have left Santa.
to attend the Cuban Government A
sembly at Santa Cruz. An order di
banding the Cuban army is e1pecte'
1t is also likely that some action wi
be taken towards scouting from II
United States money to partially pr
the Cuban soldiers.
Chas. G.. Henning, individual bool
, keeper at the Bauk Of Louisville, hi
disappeared and has left a shortage
between $4,000 and SIC, 1000 with Il
bank. he is said to have been mac
RECKLESS by a disappointment in 10y
about a year ago, since which time |
drank heavily and lived extravaganza,
The Kentucky Grand Lodge passt
Resolutions denouncing the action
the Washington Grand Lodge in re
ognizing negroes as Masons, and Gu
ting off all fraternal intercourse wit
Washington lodges. Mr.. James
U,1l,ol~o - DoJ,,oaL ne oloak.