The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-09-28
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.


Europe Saturday, takes out 4Os, 600
ounces of silver.
The transport Valencia, with the re-
naming companies of the Montana
regiment, arrived at San Francisco
Sunday.
The governor of Lourenzo Marques
asserts that he has no information re.
specting the reported lease of Delagoa
bay by Portugal to Great Britain.
There has been recrudescence of the
bubonic plague at Alexandria, Egypt.
Two cases have been officially reported,
one of which has proved fatal.
The Petit Bleu asserts that Col. Jou.
aust, president of the Rennes court.
martial, voted for the acquittal of
Dreyfus.
The government issued decree Sun.
day closing Columbian ports to ships
having the bubonic plague on board or
arriving from infected ports.
Two factory buildings at 153-159
South Jefferson street, Chicago, were
totally destroyed by fire Sunday, caus-
ing total loss of over S15O, 600.
Surgeon General Wyman, of the ma.
rine hospital service, was notified Sun.
day of suspected case of yellow fever
at Miami, Fla. The case has been iso.
lated.
On board of the Cunard line steamer
Etruria, which arrived at New York
Sunday from Liverpool and Queens.
town was Prince Kumar Shri Ranjit
sinhji with IL cricketcrs.
Gen. Brooke, at Havana, has notified
the war department of the death at
Matanzas, on the 22d inst, of Sergt.
John Lynch, of Company G, I'd cavalry,
from an unknown cause.
The Australian military commanders
will meet at Melbourne on Thursday
next to prepare scheme forthe dis.
patch of united Australian contin.
gent to South Africa.
Cable reports from Iloilo concerning
the results of Gen. Bates second trip
among the Southern islands ind cate
that about 400 rebels at Fam boanga re.
fuse to recognize American authority.
Six companies of the goth infantry
which were recruited at Fort McPher.
son, left Sunday for San Francisco Wis
Ell Paso. Col. Hardin, with headquar.
ters and six companies, left for the
coast four days ago.
The Lennox Athletic club, New York,
has secured the 25 round bout between
Terry McGovern and G Gorge Dixon,
for which the club will hang up purse
of $40, 600. The lads have been matched
to meet at 11s pounds and the contes,
is to take place before February 6,
1900.
All the general arrangements for the
reception of Adm. Dewey at New York
are now completed and only few
minor details are left to be settled.
The majority of these can not be at.
tended to until the admiral has ar.
rived and his wishes have been con.
suited.
At cabinet council in Vienna, the
ministers resolved to resign in body.
The premier and minister of the inter.
ior, Count Thun- Hohenstein, saw the
emperor Saturday and rendered the
resignation of the cabinet. The crisis
was caused by the impossibility of ter.
minating the parliamentary deadlock.
The attempt to hold pro-Boer anti.
war demonstration in Trafalgar square,
London, Sunday afternoon, resulted in
a drastic failure. Thousands Assem-.
bled, but not to support the speakers
On the contrary the crowd waved union
jacks and sang the national anthem
and "Rule Britannia" like mighty in.
vocations.
Six companies of the 1st Montana
volunteers, which arrived in San Fran.
cisco from Manila on the transport
Zealandia Friday, disembarked Satur
day and, escorted by the 18th Mime
sofa, marched to the Presidio. The
soldiers were given fitting reception.
They were decorated with flags and
wreaths, and in the barrels of theii
rifles they carried small bouquets OF
California flowers.