The Monte Vista journal., 1899-02-18
TELEoRApn,c sREv,r.Es.


tween officers Of the Fourth Kentucky
regiment.
Rev. James Monroe Taylor. presi.
den or Fassar College. has been unan.
imously elected president OF Brown
University.
No Cuban generals attended General
Calixto Garcia's funeral at Havana be.
cause they We're angry al some OF Gen.
eral Brooke's orders.
Six cases Of yellow fever have devcl-
oped among the soldiers belonging to
the Two Hundred and Second New
York regiment at Guanajuay, Cuba.
The Moore Bros. of Chicago ar.
working on paper bag combine wh,cl
Will include all the large plants in III
United States. The combine will h,
capitalized with $27,OCO,UO.
Late dispatches from Iloilo show the
capture Of the town to have been very
tame annir. The Chinese and native
quarters were burned, bur the better
section OF the town was saved.
The secretary OF war has given or.
ders for the mastering out of the Third
regiment Of immunes, now stationed nj
Santiago and vicinity. This regiment
was recruited by Coloney Ray. rcgu.
lar nrmy officer.
1t IL stated in official circles at Her
lin that Prince Herbert Bismarck may
be appointed ambassador to Washing
ton. 1t liz supposed TO bc a movement
toward the establishment Of the mos;
friendly relations with America.
Paris papers assert that the ncgo,i.,.
tions which have been in progress be
tween the French and British govern.
lnent regarding the Bahr- -El-Ghuzel
basin. west OF the White Nile. are oil
the eve OF satisfactory settlement.
In response TO the piteous cries for
aid that went mp from many sections
OF the city. Governor Roosevelt has or
dered the opening of the armorics OF
the Eighth. Ninth. Twelfth. Sixty
ninth and Sevcnty-frst regiments for
the shelter Of such portions OF the
homeless poor as might take refuge
there.
The missionary steamer Morning
Star is coaling nj San Francisco FOR n
nine mor;hs cruise In the South seas.
where sha acts ~ 4 transport for the
missionaries between the Islands OF III,
Marshal, Caroline and Gilbert groups.
ana rs Il trading ship IN the Interests
OF the Congregational Foreign Mission.
AIRY Society.
Disastrous coniiacrationS have oc-
CURED in the mounialus northwest of
Oveido. Spain. The villages Of Nillar.
MuriaS. DAMAGES and caSividc have
been wiped out. Hany herds OF cattle
have pcrishcd and other villages are
threatened. All efforts 10 pucnch The
fires have been futile. The people are
panic stricken and are fleeing to places
of safety.
The wholesale and retail book estab-
lishmcnt OF a. e. McCiurr \ Co. NJ
Chicago. was totally destroyed by II fire
which broke out at 10 o'clock on the
morning OF the 18th. and which spread
rapidly through the iiyc-story brick
structure occupied by the firm. The
stock was probably the largest Ia the
country and the financial loss Will prob
ably aggregate S.sU,Up.
Since the adjournment of the Paris
Peace Commission. the Fillpinos have
had agents In Hong Kong busily en-.
gagged In fitting out iilibustcring cNpc-
ditions from that port. The Hong Kong
government Is using every EFFORT TO pre-.
vent such expeditions from leaving the
place. and English naval officers have
received orders TO search all vessels
suspected OF having arms aboard.
\ dispatch from General Rios. com.
mandcr OF the Spanish troops In the
Philippines. says that the steamers
Christina and Uruguay are about to
leave for Spain with seven la,talions.
comprising l.rp men. with their hlg-.
guns and ammunition. Generals Mo.
nett and Butt viii sail with these
troops. Part OF the expense FOR Ia.
transportation of these soldiers is 10 be
paid by the United States.
The British tank steamer WcchawL.
IN. Captain Tazcy from Philadelphia.
January 9th. fof Hull. has arrived M
the Azores with twcnty-iiy" women
and children passengers from the Ham.
burg. American liner bulgaria. Captain
Schmidt, from New York. January 2sth
FOR Hamburg. III. Wcrhawk.n re
ports the bulgaria drifting heipl,ssly
so miles from the AZORES. Nothing |.
known a> to the fate of III. other pas.
>.ngers. of whom I, l. understood tia,
III. Bulgaria carries ninety.
\ decision which experienced lawyers
say is of fir-rrachlng Importance IN
liking the rights uf minority stockholI.
ors In their relation. with corporation
officials has been handed down lay
Judr" Tulcy of the Circuit Court al
Chicago. Judge Tulcy has dissolved
the injunction issued In January re
strainlng Lewis Il. Perrin. n stocihold.
er OF the Nodgcr Ballast Car Company.
from bringing mnndamus proceedings
against the company to compel the III.
rrctory TO allow him 10 examine the
corporation records.
The United States transport Grant.
bound FOR Manila. having on board
General Lawton aud siaff. la. arrived
Mt Sucz. General Lawion has '.lc.
rrnphcd the United States consular
agent that nifty members OF III. expe.
dltion had deserted nj ror; Said and
would II, brought To Sucz 10y train. A
guard of Egyptian soldiers was mar.
shalcd In the depot 10 prevent their g..
cape. Bu, only two men appeared.
Thcs" said that neither they nor any or
the others wished to desert. They hnd
gon" ashore and 20, drunk. hut were
willing 10 return The transport l.
waiting Tor them n Sucx.
With the thermometer standing n,
Zero. three culprlts were placed In N.
pillory for nm hour Mt New Castle. Del.
aware. recently ON nccount Of the In.
tense cold ih" men were well covered
with blankets. hut when released they
were 80 b.nnmhci ihai they could
scarcely stand. Upon being thnwci out.
Two OF the three. together with six 9th.
ofs. wcr" sent Ia the whipping post.
One man. convicted of niNrtis.rptts nu.