The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-05
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0uxman 6l4ncO, e3-pfeS1oeut OI ven
| esuela. u dead.
A very severe hurricane swept over
Santo Domingo last week.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
to the Fort Worth public library.
Admiral Dewey Is reported to have
said that our next war will be with
Germany.
The government In buying horses for
service in the Philippines will not take
broncOs.
Six hundred imported negroes have
recently been put to work In the Kan
sas coal mines.
A Denver merchant reports having
been robbed Of $1,000 while inspecting
the slums Of Chicago.
The bursting Of boiler Of 4 thresh-
ing machine outfit killed six men near
White Cloud, Michigan.
During the last thirty days there
have been imported At the port Of Ha
vana 1869 head Of cattle.
The girls clubs OF several southern
Kansas towns have resolved never to
marry young man unless he has
served with the famous Twentieth
Kansas.
As result Of the run on the Jacques
Cartier bank at Montreal. occasion!ng
. suspension for thirty days. general
run on other French banks has OK.
Cured.
According to reports from naval Of
| I,. lao hi Il
continues to get war supplies from
anesc nj Yokohama.
A dispatch to the New York Journal
from Newport. Rhode Island. reports
that o. II. r. Belmont has been black.
balled In n lodge of the l. o. o. F. to
which he applied for membership.
Mrs. +. Il. Croker has conveyed Il
gift to the local lodge of the Benevo.
lent and Protective order Of Elks her
mansion In San francisco. which with
surrounding grounds is valued at
$4,000.
According to advices from Magellan
Straits. the American minister mt san
tiago. Chile. has definitely purchased
various islands in the Wellington ar
chipelagO with the object Of establish
Ing a coaling station.
The governor of Santiago confirms
the general opinion that the assassina-
tion OF President Hcreaux Of San Do
mlngo WIS IA political crime. II is re-
ported that the assassin's party IL
gathering forces preparatory TO an at
tack ON the government troops.
The scarcity Of coke in Germany re-
duccd the production of pig-iron for
June TO a point l5.l51 tons below tina,
for May. Notwithstanding enormous
Imports Of English coke this diminu.
ton In output will not be made up In
the current MONTH
The Board Of Regents of the Univer.
sity OF Michigan has given Pro.
fessor Dean q. Worcester years
leave OF absence. as he informed the
board that his work In the Philippines
would not be completed until the mid.
die OF winter. and after that time he
wished TO study In Europe.
Details Of n YaIui uprising in Mex.
leo have been received at San Fran.
cisco. The Indians are pillaging
killing and Ouiraging. They out.
ragged two nuns ana two planters
daughters. nftcrwarl killing them. A
missionary named Beltram and n priest.
name not given. were alsO killed and
their bodies horribly mntilateti.
The crops on the Pingree potato
patches about Detroit. cultivated by
the poor. this year promises to break
NIL records. There is total Of ls.
acres. The vines are In n splendid con
ditlon. the bugs secm 10 have left then
alone. and there will ie more bushels
OF larger potatoes To the acre than ev.
cr before known In that vicinity.
4 dispatch received from Zcrmatt
which lies below the Theo.iule gia.
cicr. near the Mattcrhorn and Brett.
horn, says that Nine. Thercsc Morcl
and daughter OF Paris. while seeking
,.lelwelss ON one OF the mountains near
hy, missed their footing and rolled
I.30o feet down the side Of the penk.
The mother was killed ani the iaugl,.
ter is likely To die.
a commlitc" representing practically
all the bi. lumber manufacturers Of
the Northwest In session nj Mlnncapo.
lis has decided on n rise Of 81 PER
thousand In the prices of lumber. July
10th prices were raised fifty cents per
thousand. but the lumicrmen Justify
further Increase by the restricted sup
ply and increased demand.
The sum Of 5000 lost In u panel
game NJ Chicago by II contractor sup.
poscdly from Colorado has been re-
covered 10y the police. The mans real
name Is concealed under the alias of
Edwards The money was given by
the two women who robbed Edwards
To n third one. who put II In q safety
deposit vault. shc confessed her par,
In the transaction.
II. II. Howell. the American onrrman
won the Kingficih silver sculls aud the
amateur championship Of the Tia mes
finishing tn. course between Putney
and Mortlnke four lengths ahead Of
Blnckstaffe. who Was second. Fox
was third In the contest. Howell won
the diamond sculIs iu the Henley re-.
gntta on July Ith.
The NcnpolItan press has gone hys,
terIcnl over the iynching Of Italian
subjects nj Tnilulah. Louisiana. All the
papers call loudly On the government
To press Its claim against tho United
States. md some of them 20 ~ far M
To charge the American government
with cnrouragln. the lynching of for
cixncrv. trusting 10 the want Of juris
dlction on the part of the federal nu
thorific- ms n means Of escape from
responsibility.
The announcement In made ihni tho
Equitable Life Insurance Company
OF New York has subscribed for 81.