The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
The comptroller suggests that the gov
eminent withhold future payments to
be mt de to the Indians who received the
excess an amount equal thereto.
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

| Senator Louis Tirman. Republican.
| formerly governor of Algeria. died at
| Paris.
| An explosion in a quarry at Ciney,
| Belgium. killed six men and injured FIVE
| others.
Andrew Carnegie has donated 10000
to found a public library at Keighley,
| Yorkshire.
D. H. MCGOWAN & Co., West India
merchants. London. have been declared
| bankrupt Their liabilities are G75.000.
General Pierron has been appointed
| to succeed General de Negrier as a men,
| Der of the French superior council of
war.
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn has issued
| a circular designed 10 prevent smuggling
| in Cuba and virtually applies the L ited
| States law on the subject to the island.
Steamer Samara. at Greenock from
| ST. Thomas. Can, reports passing
through ice fields 40 miles east of Belle
Isle and icebergs 500 feet high We're
sighted.
Emperor William yacht Meteor won
the chief prize in the Royal Victoria re-
gatta at Ryde. Eng, defeating the Duke
of Abruzzis Bona and Orr Ewing 5
Rainbow.
The collier Brutus has sailed from
Honolulu for the island of Guam with a
cargo of coal for the station. The re-
frigerating ship Glacier has arrived at
| Hong Kong.
The British dispatch boat Surprise
sank the British steamer Motley Abbey
| in fog in the British channel. No lives
were iost The bows of the Surprise
were stove in.
Rev. Alexader Bamain Bruce. D. D.,
professor OF apologetics and New Tesla
ment exegosis in Free Church college,
Glasgow. since 1875. died at Glasgow
He was born in 1881.
United States Minister Conger reports
from Pekin that he has received Official
notice of the formal opening to foreign
trade of the port of San Tuae. in the
province of Fukien.
The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail says the Italian govern
ment has received positive confirmation
of the report that China and Japan have
concluded an alliance.
General otis has asked FOR 4 number
of Sims Dudley guns, Calling guns and
Hotehkiss Y Founders for use in the
Philippines. All are rapi i-fire guns and
are especially adapted to such war
fare as must be prosecuted there.
A dispatch from Simla says that a
distinguished native officer Major Abb
durrahman. with the Sw& valley col
umn. was shot dead by a Sepoy. The
latter was Immediately shot by non
commissioned officer of the same regl-
ment.
The Paris Republique Franchise re-
news the attack on the Franco-Amerioan
treaty, declaring the reductions OBJ
tanned on Frenoa products insignificant
while France has granted considerable
concessions. entaling large industrial
sacrifices.
The London Times correspondent at
Pretoria says that a gloomy view is
taken there of the whole situation. The
general impression in Boer circles is that
Chamberlain is forcing on a war. and
that. consequently. 1t would be futile to
| make advances.
During severe thunderstorm at
Paris. the lightning conductor on the
Eiffel tower Was struck 10 times. y
thunderbot set ON fire the Joannet fac
tory. the Ceinture railway was flooded,
many buildings were slightly injured
and scores Of fine trees were destroyed.
At meeting of the Barcelona munich
pal council the civil government an
nounced that the administrative decen-
t,alization demanded by the Galatians
would be shortly introduced, with the
cooperation of the government. The
announcement made an excellent i'm
preston.