The silver star., 1898-11-17
rELEoRAPHic saEvIriEs.

The Greek Cabinet resigned on the
7th.
Emperor William has started for
I Damascus.
Ex-Chaplain Mcintyre has gone to
California 10 recuperate.
Those who took stock in the Omaha
exposition will get their money back.
Veterans of the Spanish war have
Z formed an organization similar to the
/ Grand Army of the Republic.
! The rescued Spanish cruiser. Maria
/ Teresa, foundered on her way to the
United States during heavy storm.
| An election riot at Greenwood South
I Carolina. resulted in the death OF an
| electiel judge and several negroes.
| In spite OF the formal promises Of
I the Chinese foreign office. there Is ev-
cry indication of a concerted move
ment of Chinese troops in the neigh
borhood of Pekin.
( NJ Zinovieff. the Russian ambassador
TO Turkey, has formally proposed the
/ appointment of Prince George OF
Greece as commissioner general OF the
European powers in Crete.
Colonel William J. Bryan. Third Ne
braska regiment. left Savannah last
Saturday for Lincoln. Nebraska, his
home. on a fifteen days. furlough. DE
has been i'll and has gone home TO re-
cuperate.
Influenza has become epidemic in
Berlin. The first outbreak was in the
Third regiment of the Berlin Guard.
From the barracks 1t has spread TO the
other regiments of the guard and
throughout the city.
The net earnings of railroads in Tex
as for the year ended June 80. 1895
were about $4,000 900 in excess Of what
they We're the year before. and the
present year is expected TO show still
greater increase. These figures show
Texas TO be doing a prosperous busi-
ness.
Three cars laden with coal fell down
a hosting shaft at the Exeter colliery
at Wyoming Pennsylvania. last week.
crushing seven men TO death. fatally
injuring three others. The accident
was due to failure of the car brakes
to work at n critical time, and the cars
toppled down the shaft completely
blocking ii.
ground on Mount Zion, accounted by
tradition to have been the abode of the
Virgin after the crucifixion. which was
said TO have been presented to Empe-
ror William by the Sultan during the
kaiser's stay in Jerusalem. was pur-
chased by his majesty, the price paid
being $3.50 Turkish pounds.
A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba
says: Two local mining companies,
owing to the continued refusal Of Gu
bans TO accept employment in mines on
account of the organization Of the army.
have employed $50 Gallejos miners
from the ranks of the Spanish garri-
son at Cienfuegos. They were en-
ployed with the consent Of General
Blanco.
The United States transport New
port, bearing General Miles and staff,
the First battalion. Twentieth Kansas
regiment. and the Wyoming light bat
terry. sailed on the Sth for the Philip
pines This expedition is the last or
dered to the Philippines and Camp
Merriam in San Francisco is now a
thing of the past. the only troops left
there being those of the California de-
partment.
DIR. J. B. Murphy's new treatment for
consumptives has apparently worked
| It's first cures. The patients are Will
| liam Il. Purcell and J. C Edwards of
Chicago, who have been undergoing
treatment for little over three
| months. The treatment is that which
excited wide interest when presented
in paper read by DR. Murphy before
the American Medical Association at
| Denver last summer.
The cruiser Philadelphia has been or
dered TO Samoa and will leave within
a few days. The Yorktown will prob
ably follow her. II Is feared that the
forthcoming election of new king
may result in a revolution, and 1t Is de-
sirable TO have war vessels there to
| protect American interests The con-
| tract for the American coaling station
at Pago-Pago has been let TO San
Francisco firm and the work will soon
be begun.
| The Army Investigating Commission
will soon 90 to Santiago and probably,
| though not certainly, TO Porto Rico.
This IL according 10 the announcement
| made several weeks ago. They met
no opposition on the part Of the Presi.
dent. who was understood TO acquiesce
perfectly in the decision OF the com
mission. ~ much information as pos
sible Will De gathered and 1t Is believed
| that the evidence 10 be taken subse-
quently will then be better understood.
| The time Of going has not yet been de-
clded upon.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Madrid says: The Liberals lead.
Ing article says the Spanish govern.
ment should conclude the negotiations
for peace with the utmost rapldity 10
avoid German, Russia or any other
country mixing In the question, which
could but mean fresh disasters to
Spain. The article has created great
sensation here. Premier Sagasta this
afternoon said that 1t was by no means
certain that Spain proposes sending a
memorandum to the powers on the sub
ject OF the Paris Peace Commission.
The Cubnns who have been EN-.
ployed In cleaning and repairing the