The Monte Vista journal., 1898-04-16
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BOlu.
Colonel J. j. McCook denies that he
has any interest In Cuban bonds or
finances
The Southern Pacific pattern store
house ut Sacramento burned, causing n
loss OF over $5OO,OOO.
Two of the men charged with the
murder Of Colonel Fountain fled before
they could be arrested.
Officers had a fight with cattle
rustlers south OF CcrrillOs last week
and captured one of them.
The South and Central America re-
publics will recognize Cuban indcpend-
ence II the United Suites lends.
Emile Zoln and NJ. Perricux will be
civilly prosecuted for libel by the otii
GERS of the EsterhaZy court martial.
Spain has settled the German claims
no account of the Cannnlnba outrage
by agreeing to pay Germany SS5.OOO.
The Philippine island Insurgents are
more active ;han ever and Spanish
troops there are unable to subduc them.
Commander Harrison. OF the Illinois
command of II monitor by the war de-
partment
During The recent Turkish nassacrcs
In Anatolln. Turkey. forty churches
were destroyed and 4O,OOO children
were made orphans.
Governor Pingrec's bill FOR incrcns-
Ing the taxes on railroads failed to pass
the Senate by two votes. 1t had passed
the House by an almost unanimous
vote.
The Richard Ashworth herd OF cat
tie ranging on the Gray Bull river. Wy
oming. has been sold to the Murphy
Cattle Company for $50 head. The
herd numbers 5000.
Charles Crane. late state Republican
chairman Of Utah, has left that parry.
Rev. l.. Smith. priest Of ST. Sianis-
laus' Cathedral at Modesto. California,
died In the pulpit last sunday.
Several dispatches from Madrid say
that ndviccs from the Philippine is
lands report tha; the rebellion there Is
increasing and that 10000 rebels are
now under arms. Trouble i feared ut
Manila.
An order for 10000 blous"s. besides Il
number oi shirts. drawers, etc, has
been received at the puartcrmastcr's
depot In lctlcrsonvillc. Ind. Dnc hun.
dred and fifty extra >camsircS>c> have
been employed.
The r"klu correspondent, "f the Lon
don Times says: The extension OF
British territory M KauLunc. opposite
Hong Kong. will follow Immediately
after the French occupation " the new
coalnu station II, kwanr.t thnu-Wan.
A burglar who blew open the safe of
the Farmers hank at Sheridan. Iowa.
has been Identified In n new way. A
chemical ANALYSIS of the notes stolen
reveals the effects Of gases generated
by the nitruslycrriuc used 10y the burg
l;p.
The Armenian Patriarch las sent to
the Turkish relief committee n list Of
forty churches wholly or nearly de-
stroycd during the recent mnssacrcs Ia
Anaiolia. lie fixes the number of or
phans whose parents We're Killed. at
iO.Upb
The Anglo Egyptian forces. under
the Slrtlar. General Sir Herbert kitcl.
cner. attacked the Dcrvish position ut
40 Friday morning AMI rushed Mali
moud's zariba to the center Of the for
tltications without cheek. The attack
wns entirely successful aud the der
wishes lost heavily. Mahnoud himself
was captured.
The sixty-cighth annual conference
or the Church Of Jesus Christ OF Latter
a..
nj Salt Lake City on the 18th. with 1.ODn
saints. Including nearly all of the gen.
crnl authorities Of the church. In at
tendance. President George .. Cannon
In his opening address said that there
are Loo missionaries In the field.
The remains OF Miss Frana.es r.. WI.
lard Were crcmatcd al Gracs.lnnd Gene
terry, Chicago. on The ilih. Only Miss
Anna Gordon. Miss Willnrds priya,"
secretary: Mrs. l.. VI. y. Stevens. III.
new president NJ the Wumnn's Chris
tlan Trmpcranc" t'niun. and n few 9th
crs wer" present. III. ashes were la.
TERED In the Willard family lot at Hose
Hill.
The Douglas william Sartoris ranch
near Laramie has been sold to Dr. WI.
liam Harris for 81 3l.sD. The ranch
was started In the Hush dnys Of tn.
cattle business 10y company of
wealthy Englishmen. who Invested
x.snWD In the ranch and It's improve.
mcnis. The purciia>" price or the prop
crty by br. Harris Is less than II cost
the English owners to fence.
The two batteries of artillery In The
Utah National Guard have been OF.
dcrcd dlshandrd Tor the purpose of H..
orgn nlxntlon with new officers and new
men. Other orders issued by AdJuinni
General Cannon r"Iuirr the discharr.
OF all minors. A rigid physical exam.
lnatlon OF all men VIII also be- made :"
'tlin, the efficiency of tile guard viii he
made rs great as possible.
Mr.. Gladstone ha- finally bccnm" ~
signed 10 III. abandonment ~ hi. 1T
erary work. and though II has deeply
,Iricvcd him, h" win Give M writing
Ills biography and win end hi. six
months devoted To II on '''rhc Early
Fathers" Ia n letter To bis publisher.
cotcl"i In u spirit nf heroic rr.igna.
tioii. MIR. Glndsion" say hc II no longer
ahl. to Rad or write, The old states.
inan continues his nflccilonnic leave.
tHkIDss ~ old friends To one of tn.
Inter Mr.. Gladstone aid. "No doubt
have suffered n good deal during the
lnsi SIX months. hut then I had IL,
inou'ls nin"st without pain.'