The Monte Vista journal., 1899-05-06
rELEoRAp.,c sRev,rlEs.

udWull1h pinntefS are plnnnlnR 10
secure white laborers rather than In.
crease the number OF coolies on the
islands.
The insurgents at Baler state that
they have the missing men of the gun
boat Yorktown and are holding them
as prisoners.
A consolidation Of the peanut indus
try OF the country. under the control
OF single company. with capital q
*o.ooo.OO, Is about to be effected.
The conductors. engineers. firemen
and brakcmen OF the Santa Fe Pacific
threaten to go out In body because
OF the new schedule Of wages, which
cuts them 80 per cent.
ltudyard Kipling will sail for Eng
land on May 24th. Mr.. Kipling and
ranily at present are al Lakewood,
New Jersey. where the author is recu-
pcrating after long serious illness.
Major General Otis and Admiral
Dewey. ut second conference with
the insurgcnt commission Saturday
morning. decided to grant an arnistice.
This decision is universally COM
mendcd.
News comes through the Ottoman
sanitary authorities that the plague
has broken out at Muscat. the capital
OF Oman, Arabia, and 1t is necessary
mat precautionary measures be taken
at Port Said and Suez.
Mayor Noonan of Kirksville. Missouri.
has sent message to Governor Steph.
ems tonight asking him to issue II
proclamation in behalf of the storm
,V.-t
lars Will be needed during the next
two weeks to prevent suffering.
The New York Mutual Gas Light
Company has given notice that the
price Of gas TO all its customers had
been reduced from <l.lO to 65 cents
per 1900 feet. The Consolidated Gas
Company also announced a similar re-
durtion, and the fight will be hot one
A report from st. Petersburg says
that the Anglo o-liussian i.iilway agree
mcnt has been signed. by the terms
OF the agreement Russia contracts not
To obtain or to assist any other power
to obtaln railway concession in the
iangtsc valley. while Great Britain
similarly contracts In regard to the
Manchuria.
Specials from South Dakota TO the
Journal state that prairie fires have
done much damage In that state. Near
ly one-third OF Brulc county has been
burned over many buildings lost and
much stock burned. Near Parker con-
siderable damage has been done and
the town itself had close call from
destruction.
According TO a dispatch from St
Petersburg the Shah of Persia has
signed n scvcnty-year concession to u
Russian mining company covering the
whole province OF Ozorbaijan. having
an area OF 3O.3oo square miles. The
province contains rich copper deposits
and the company will exploit the tract
for metals and gems and construct
railways. roads and harbors.
\ proclamation has been issued by
General Gomez which announces the
formation Of Il junta OF Cuban gencr-
ais who VIII advise him concerning the
dlsb1ndmcnt OF the army and all other
matters relative 10 the establishment
OF an independent democratic rcpub-
yesterday and decided 10 send com
missioners 10 all the provinces To ex-
pcditc the army disbandment.
Regarding tho conference soon TO be
held In BRUSSELS to discuss the aucs-
ton OF introducing alcohol into Africa.
France has already nominated dele.
gates. and II is believed here that an
understanding will he reached on the
general subject. but that the applica.
tion Of the terms agreed upon will be
very difficult. II Is impossible to es-
tahlish regular custom hOoscs, and
L.
vast scale.
The Insurgents have an insurrcction
on their own hands, the Maccabbces.
traditional foes OF the Tagals. are ris-
Ing In the north, while the burden OF
thousands OF hungry and discontented
people who fled before the American
army and who are camping behind the
Filipino lines, multiplics the troubles
of the Filipino government. the head.
quarters OF which are now nt San
Isidoro. having been removed north
ward when Caluinpit fell.
Yale carried on the honors at the
annual carnival of relay races held by
the University Of Pennsylvania last
week, the wcarars OF the blue winning
the one mile, two-mile and four-milc
championship relay races. Although
Pennsylvania was disappointed In the
outcome OF these events. she n happy
because one OF her men now holds the
American broad jump record. A. &.
kracnzeline. who l. also the American
championship hur,ilcr. jumped - feet
~, inches, breaking the American rec.
ord Of ~ feet sis inches. held by Mycr
Frinstcin OF Syracuse University.
General Polavlcjn, minister OF war.
has made public letter which he has
lust dispatched TO General Wcylcr. In
which he threatens, without excess OF
circumlocutlon. to shoot the former
governor. general OF Cuba. General
rolavicja declares that he knows nll
about General Wcyler's absurd con.
splrnclcS. and adds: Il know that you
are incapable. Without risking your
own hide you excite the p,rssions Of
civilians. who are ignorant Of your
weaknesses: but ! am disposed 4"
shoot generals, II need be. ns II they
were common soldiers"