Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-11-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

building has been transformed into
hospital for the Boer and British wound
cd who will be treated alike.
Gov Scoficid OF Wisconsin has rltten
letter on the Philippine question. In
which he said II would be dangerous TO
the Republic to keep the Philippines
Imports OF wheat into Liverpool dur
ing past week: From Atlantic ports.
$4,000 quarters; from Pacific ports,
none; from other ports 900 quarters.
Census officials have been appointed
for all the districts Of Porto Rico, and
the first enumeration will be taken
between the 10th inst and December
Goth
Telegraphic communication by Sig /
nor Marconi's wireless system Is to be
established between five of the Ha-
waiian islands by company OF Ameri-
cans,
William O. Smith, formerly Attor-
ney-General OF Hawaii has been selected 7
to represent the Hawaiian islands at
''"c'ffbk WI Wiiiit tOnkItha 10 III /
session,
Honolup IL on the eve OF coal
famine, caused by the large number of
transports calling there, which have
made serious inroads on the supply
OF army coal.
So far ns can be learned. nothing Is
known in Washington Of the reported
offer by Great Britain 10 cede the Gil
bert islands and the solomon islands In
the Pacific to Germany.
Orders heye been sent to the Forty
ninth volunteers, colored organization
TO start from Jefferson Barracks, Mo-,
on the nth for San Francisco where
they will take ship for Manila
party of students from the univer-
sity OF Chicago will go to Kentucky
mountains whore the recent feuds have
occurred. to study simple frontier life
as retained by the mountainecrs.
One million eggs OF the Chinook sal
mon are to be sent by the United States
fish commission to New Zealand on the
steamer Moana from San Francisco.
They are from a hatchery in Oregon
Transport Glanegle. EOS officers no
men OF Thirty-second volunteers, have =
arrived In good condition ut Manila.
There was one casualty. Private Ed
ward r. McCandlcss, company X, died
AZ sea
Owning 10 the present low price OF q
'ugar and the poor prospects many a
Cuban planters have decided not to
grind their present crop, but to use 1t b
n replanting and in increasing their .
acreage. n
The Berlin Tageblatt says Count Il
Sothmer president OF the German Peace a
ociety. has telegraphed to Queen "
Victoria praying her to accept the med. Ell
alton OF the United States in the war Q,
With the Transvaal' in
Dwight l.. Townsend died suddenly
unday night at his home In New York U
ity, age 10 years lie was the asso- pc
ate Of John Mackay and Robert q. In
ugersoll in the formation OF the Postal Al
telegraph company I'll
Mrs Ernestina Schaedlich, who was sc
ried for being an accessory to the al
'urder OF Senator Hampton Wall at ~
taunton, Ill during the summer OF
sos, has been acquitted in the Macon. Al
in county circuit court.
President Mckinley Is expected to ST
new in his forthcoming message his be
that an appropriation ct
: made for a commission to investigate pr
'e commercial and industrial condi- av
on of the Chinese empire. be
csoro. p.r,,a ~. 49,, ,. XII,
ate department. Keeper OF the Great ho
al" and close friend OF Daniel WI
ebsser. died at his residence In WASH al
gton last week lie was appointed P@
! Secretary buchanan In Is45. W
An eleven-year old school girl named ~
vens, returning from school at Morton -
had some trouble with playmatesand -,
n to her home, secured a musket aud
ed into group Of children and fatally
bundled boy named Bewhow. 70
The army is now recruited to within
% OF its authorized strength OF ioo, 900 -.
en-. IL Is estimated that vacancies
n occur in the Philippines by reason -
casualties and expiration of terms of -
rvice at the rate OF 500 month.