The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-01
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system Of electric railways In Rio ia
neirO.
Chicago assessors are making large
increases in assessments Of business
property.
Georgetown University has conferred
the degree Of doctor OF laws upon Ad-
miral Schley.
The new French ministry was sup
ported on the first vote by majority
OF only twenty-six. NJ. Waldeck Raus-
seau Ii the premier.
Three negroes are dead and one Is
not expected to live as IL result OF riot
between the white and negro miners
at the ore mines near Cardiff, In JEFF
ferson county, Alabama.
The town of KIeng Ming Foo, in the
province OF FO KEN. China, has been
widely placnrded with bills offering n
reward Of $1,000 for the heads Of mis-
sionaries. Anti-foreigu riots nre feared.
News received from Guaynas states
that n party Of twenty Mexicans which
left san lgnaciO. ON the gulf. for the
mines, lost their way and died OF thirst.
Their bodies We're discovered by an
other purity.
A snenk thief entered the Metropoli-
tan National Bank at Boston and stole
10000, while the paying teller's atten-
tion was drawn away for moment.
He was captured In New York and the
money was recoYred.
All the tin plate works In the coun-
try Will be closed on midnight Friday
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wage scale ut the conference In Chi
cago. Fully 5000 persons will bc
thrown idle by the shut down.
f. +. McCloud, assistant general pas
senger agent OF the Chicago, Rock
Island Il Pacific, has been elected
chairman OF the Western Passenger
Association to succeed B. ID. Caldwell,
resigned to become traffic manager Of
the Delaware, Lnckawanna X Western.
According to dispatches from Con-
stantinople. fighting still continues on
the Turco-Scrvian frontier, and the Ser
vian peasantry is arIning to resist fur
ther Invasion. The Sultan has ordered
the court-martial OF the Macedonian
and Albanian rebels who invaded Ser
via near Jablonitza..
Mr.. and Mrs ii. $. Phillips. Miss
Sears and Dr. Packenham. mlssionar-
les OF the Church Missionary Society of
the Church OF England. who We're re-
ported To have been murdered at KEN
Ning-Foo. northwest of Foochow. have
arrived safely in Foochow. They say
that the district is rapidly becoming
quiet.
4 plague OF locusts has appeared at
Tnshkent. capital of Russian Turkcs-
tan, and Is ravaging crops in all direc-
tions. The cotton planters OF Fcrghana
are working night and day, with all the
hired workncn they can command. en-
dcavorinc to check the threatened In
vasion of their province.
]. II. Ackcrman. manager Of new
lo-cont store ut Dies Moincs. has been
arrested on II warrant sworn out by the
Humane Society for failing 10 furnish
seats In his store for female employees.
His case will he made test case to
determine whether storckcepers In
Iowa. under the law. can compel wo-
men clerks to stand up.
Willis l.. Moore. chief of the Weather
Bureau. Department OF Agriculture.
and Phlander Johnson Of Washington
We're rescued from drowning nt Caps.
May Monday by Congressman Henry
4. Loudcnslagcr. chairman Of the pen
sion committee, and W. II. Kirkpatrick
of Philadelphia. They got beyond their
depth while In the surf.
psychological investigators Of the
brussels Academy of Medicine declare
that they have discovered u serum for
the cure of cancer. II ls declared toait
the administration Of the serum TO
hor.,-. cows and dogs affected with
canccrous growihs has proved so sue
ccssful as To leave No doubt Of the I'M
porianc" Of tn. discovery.
Rev. Father George II. licldmnnn OF
81. Paul's Roman Catholic church. Chi
cago. announces lls candidacy for Con.
rress on the Democratic ticket In the
Second district. Father llcldmann
says he know. of only one other In
stance of Catholic priest who wanted
TO 20 to Congress. This wns In 1S.1.
when priest was elected from Detroit.
In consequence Of the outbreak Of
yellow fever tn. garrison OF United
States troops NJ Santiago Inns been re
moved from the old Spanish bnrracks
Ia a comfortable camp on the hills on
the road To III Moro. Thus far four sol
dicrs hav" died of the fever and there
are eighteen eases la the hospitals. One
civilian has succumbcI to the disease
ana there ar. three civilian suspects.
\ Chicago syndicate Inns secured n
contract for III. new issue Of Ki.OD.H 900
VI city Of Montreal forty-ycar ~ per
cent. gold bonds, on mn Interest basis
| OF about ~, per cent. The importance
of this transaction Is the greater owing
To the fact that all previous issues OF
bonds OF the same kind have been
/ promptly bought In with London SOY.
crcigns, Americans rarely leing able To
compete against the British demand.
An agreement between the big Con.
solidnicd Street Hallway Company Of
| Cleveland and IT. striking employees
WIS reached NJ II o'clock Saturday. The
agreement, provides for the hearing OF
grievances aud n resort to arbitration
In ca-c the men aud the company can
not agree. and It also provides for the
reinstatement Of practically ~ per
4 cent OF the old men nj once. the re-
maibdcr. except those who have been
guilty Of violence. being placed On the
waiting list.
I Standard oh now controls the wills.
Ky Industry OF the United States. The
control Of NIL III. whisky. alcohol nnd
dlsiilling business of the country hns
passed Into the hands Of the Whitney