The Monte Vista journal., 1899-04-22
rELEoRApnlc sRev,r.Es.

The new Shamrock. which IL being
built TO compete for the America cup
will cost s75O.OOO.
Germans OF Chicago are organizing
to oppose an alliance between the
United Stntes and England.
The cruiser Chicago sailed on her
long trip this morning. She will circle
Africa. the cruise covering nearly 2o,-
coo miles
Herr Polnck. Il well-known engineer
and electrician. has discovered a means
Of telegraphing GO.OGO words per hour
over a single wire.
Twenty prominent Fillpinos in MI
Mia have formed n juntn and will ar
range for Il conference between the
Americans and the insur.cnt leaders
for the purpose OF effecting peace.
No more japanese contract laborcrs
are to be imported into Hawaii. The
Cabinet at its session this afternoon
decided on this. his means that
Japanese can come in. but not und n
contract.
Rev. j. q. \. Henry. u. D.. who was
formerly pastor of II church at Den
yer. has just resigned n pastoratc in
Chicago 10 accept the superintendency
of the Ant!-Saloou League in New
York city.
Serious trouble is being experienced
in Cuba with bandits. The United
States military authorities now recog-
nze the necessity OF action and of
making prompt examples OF offenders
of this nature.
Miss Viola Horlockcr mas returned to
Hastings in company with her moth
or an friends and will face the charge
of having attempted to kill Mrs. e. +.
Morey by sending her Il box of bon
bons containing arsenic.
The exodus from Indian Territory ID
Mexico has begun. and 1000 red men
are now on their way to the sister re-
public. They will establish Il colony
near Guadalajnrn. They have Il com
bined capital of Si25.0Ou.
Copenhagen Is in the throes Of
financial strinccncy. Money is SO
scarce that the banks of that capital
have asked the Danish government TO
authorize n national bank issue OF cur
rcncy to the amount of 2O,OOO,OOO
crowns tSJ,3j0,oOW.
William Haywood. late consul gen
cral to Hawaii. in n report to the State
Department. discusses Hawaiian com
mercc during lsgs. An increase Is
shown in almost everything imported.
Exports for the year exceeded those
Of the preceding year by 81 22G.969.
An order for 32,OOO Remington rifles
has been placed by the Mexican gov
ernment in New York. This order is
the largest placed in this country by
amy foreign power for the past twenty
five years. The action of Mexico in
taking up with n non-magnzinc gun Is
n surprise to ordnance men.
The alarm caused in England by re-
cent orders for locomotives and such
like that have been sent TO America
may be judged from the fact that all
the London newspapers the other day
printed as an important Item OF news
the fact that the Midland railway had
placed an order FOR twenty locomotives
with n Glasgow firm instead OF send
Ing to the United States.
lust as King Humbcrt and Queen
Marguerite were leaving Cagliari. Sar-
dinia. where they had reviewed the
Italian and French fleets for Samal-
fell in, killing one man and seriously
| inJurnc several others. The king
stopped the royal train. which was just
/ pulling out, and returned To render
personal assistance.
A petition signed 10y more than 1850
, volunteers has been handed to the
American military authorities at Ma.
Mia for transmission to Washington.
[ The petitioners ask for their Discharge
Oh the island; that they receive travel
7 pay the same as II they returned TO
| the states, and in return for the con.
ccssion promise to form national
guard In the Islands.
one OF the largest contracts for
/ dressed beef ever placed by the United
States government has just been ar.
ranged with Kansas City packing
house. The contract II for one and a
half million pounds OF best export
/ dressed beef, To bc shipped to the Phil
l lpplnc Islands for the government
troops. The beef Will all be- furnished
from Kansas CITY. ami twelve carloads
of the order VIII be- started west ut
once.
Reese Hutchinson. a Young clcctrl-
elan graduate OF Auburn college. Ala
haina. n exhibiting at Mobile his ap.
parntus for making the deaf hear. H..
nuginonis vibration and enables deaf
/ mutes TO hear words spoken In ordln.
AIRY tones nnd also Ia hear plano. rui-
tar. the phonoErnpb aud enjoy th. mu-
sic. The apparatus for the use ~ the
deaf l. th" siz" Of n pock.tbook and
IL connected hy wlr" with an audi.
phone. which Is held NJ the cnr. Two
totally deaf men wrr" experimental
with. They stood MY feet from III.
plano aud marked the time of the mu.
Sic. lnughin: with delight over the
novel experience.
\ compr.sscd.nir motor. designed to
br used ON the 18th aud 18th street
rto>s',own lines, WIS tested NJ New
York On ia" 18th. \ ear laden with In
rit"d guests was run over several miles
OF track without n hitch In the com
/ forts Incident iu -niootli and "nsy
movement nnd I'll" nbscnc" Of jerk
Ing start or Jarrlng stop the ear was
superior To ihu-" run l,y cable or cl.c
lrlciiy. III" new ears viii have n speed
nf iw.ly" miles an hour. 4 ear cnn
b- ran un n .inglv Charge nl,out sixteen
miles In two minutes II ran br r..
charged. Each cnr weighs about .uD
pounds. or 3.sp pounds more ,hnn m
electric -nr Of the same size. The
whole operation of comprcssing the mir
requires about -four seconds.
There /. n decided difference NJ opin.
Ion between General O'i- nnd General
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