The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-05
rELEoRApHIc BRevrrrEs.

Italy has sent gunboat to Colombia
to demand satisfaction for an aaEront.
BY collision Of engines near Lex
ington, KY, nine men were badly In
jured-
The gunbonts Buffalo and Helena
have reached the suez canal On their
way to Manila.
There was a serious riot In suburb
OF Havana the other day that was
with difficulty suppressed.
Importations of manufacture from
Great Britain into the United States
seem likely TO show nm unusually
small total in the year 1893.
Russia has successfully negotiated n
loan OF $150.000.O00 with the Roths-
childs. II is proposed to use one-hnlf
OF this sum to renrm and reorganize
the artillery branch Of the service.
It is asserted that the French police
have seized several bundles Of letters
whose contents prove that n military
plot is in thorough working order
Burglars tackled the county jail Mt
New Brunswick, New Jersey, last
Tuesday night, and relieved n sleeping
sheriff, George LItterst, Of 500 In
cash.
Colonel William Jennings Bryan will
be present nj Cincinnati mt the jackson
Dny banquet Of the Duckworth Club.
The date OF the banquet has been
changed to Friday, January 9Th to
meet his convenience
Adyices from Bolivia say that the
condition of affairs there is serious.
Young men belonging TO the best So
ciety are Joining either side, the banks
have lost nearly all their clerks and
civil war is inevitable.
A special from Dawson City. dated
November 10Th, says: Reports from NIL
creeks In the vicinity OF Dawson City
Indicate that the winters product of
gold win exceed that of last year by
more than 100 per cent.
The American National Bank of
Lima. Ohio. was robbed last Sunday
night OF S1S,162. The money was TAX
en- from the big vault. The robbery
was perpetrated In skillful manner,
no damage being done to the vault.
The American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association has presented to the
Anglo-Americnn Joint high commission
crs carefully prepared argument in
favor of free paper and free pulp. They
urge It because Of the existence of the
paper trust.
Bishop William Il. McLaren OF the
diocese Of Chicago will accept the mis-
sion to Porto Rico to investigate the
field there for promotion of the Epis-
copal church interests. as delegated to
him by the Episcopal conference In
Washington.
Ambassador Hitchcock, Mt st.
Petersburg, cabled the secretary of
state that he has been officially noti-
fed that n contract for $4,000 tons of
rails for the Eastern Chinese railroad
has been awarded to the Pennsylvania
& Maryland company.
News has been received from Vienna
that the committee appointed to decide
the disposition of the prizes for the
most brilliant games paycd in the re-
cent international tournament at VI
ennn, has awarded the first prize to
Pillsbury for his game against Hal
prin.
The movement recently set on foot
among Methodists to celebrate the in
coming of the twentieth century by
raising n thank Offering fund to the
amount of s20,000.0OO is meeting with
favor. or the proposed sum $4,000
900 will be devoted to educational pur-
poses.
General Guy v. Henry, the military
governor of Porto Rico. reduces the
ir' pesos, as sHn under The Spanish regime, to
1,70O.OOO pesos He asks for authority
to apply the custom house revenue to
the improvement OF roads and the
cleaning of cities.
Miss Mercedes Garcia, daughter of
the late Calixto Garcia, the Cuban
leader. died Mt Thomasville, Georgia,
on the 27th, OF consumption. The body
will be embaImed and taken to Cuba
on the warshIp which the United States
hns designated to convey the remains
OF General Garcia back TO his native
land.
Sir Thomas Upton, challenger for
the America cup. has offered to come
to the relief of the distressed English
colony of Barbadoes. lie is prepared
to Invest $5,000,OO0 in the sugar in
dustry of that island and has named
to the English government few
easily filled conditions.
An italian paper asserts that n Ger
man syndicate has promised Don Car
los loan of 10000, 900 francs In three
installments-thc first when he has
when he has captured 'lboa, capital
of the province of Biscay, and the
third two months after operations are
commenced.
General Merritt, In an interview Mt
Chicago. said of the Philippines. .'Thc
best we can do is to give them good
military government, give them what
civilians are necessary to administer the
civilian functions of government, and
when they are ready to form gov
ernment of their own, give them our
blessing and let them go.''
President Peck of the Lafayette Me-
mortal commission. acknowledging re-
ceipt of contributions from Ohio for
the Lafayette monument fund. writes
to State School Commissioner Bone
brake that the total contributions from
Ohio up TO date amount to 81, ,2S3. .94.
the largest amount contributed by any
single state except Illinois.
Reports of southern railways show
that the development of new Industries
throughout that section of the country
Is rapidly increasing. More than 200
new factories have been located along
the lines of the Illinois Central since
January 1 and the Industrial DEPART
ment of the Southern railway reports
almost ms large n number.
The conference based upon the dis
armament proposal of Emperor NIcho-
lns has been fixed for st. Petersburg
about the beginning Of May next, prior
to which the Russian government VIII
submit. officially TO the powers def
mite plan of disarmament. in order to
enable them to formulate modiflca-
tions or counter suggestions.
w. A. T.. Moore. convicted Of the rob-
bing of Martin Mahon, an hotel-keeper