The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-12
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brutal punishment, and the procuror
general of Belgium is proceeding in the
case.
The directors of the Atchson. To-
peka g. Santa Fe Railroad Company
have declared n dividend on the pre-
ferred stock of ~ per cent, making
an increase of u of l per cent over
the last dividend.
Rev. Dr. Benjamin f. Decosta Of
New York has been received into the
Roman Catholic church. DR.. Decosta
took prominent part in the contro-
yersy over the ordination of DIR. Briggs
n few months ago when he entered the
Episcopal church.
The list of dead and injured during
the football season just over is ex-
ceptionally large. The game caused
eleven Deaths which nre pretty evenly
distributed East and West sixty
seven men were seriously hurt sig
niticant fact is that most of the casual
ties happened on minor teams where
there was lack of proper training and
absence of science.
In Nicaragua there is feeling or
hostility toward President Ielaya on.
account of his recent decree expelnnS
Monsignor Pereira, bishop of Nicara-
qua, in reply to the latt9r's protest
against the law passed by the Nicara-
guam congress on October IA, declar-
ing that all donations by the people of
lands, cattle or other property to the
church should be subject 10 the civil
government
The secretary of state has received
n telegram from Mr.. Hunter, minister
to Guatemala, saying that he has been
informed by that government that cR
December 2nd General Toledo, WIZ
about 200 followers, principally for
eigners, raised n revolution near the
border of Salvador at n place called
Juliapa. They We're attacked by gov
ernment troops and driven across the
border with heavy loss.
The War Department has made pub
lie an itemized statement of receipts
of the open ports of the Philippine
islands, extending from August lS.
1898, to October 81, 1899. The total
amount of receipts from all sources 10
September 80. 1900, is stated TO be So,-
331 ,22S. The cable receipts for Oc-
tober are S501, ,14S, making total from
the date of American occupation to
October 31st of So, S32,3T6
The actual trial of Roland B. Moli-
neux, charged with causing the death
ing poison to Harry S. Cornish with
intent to kill, commenced on the 9th,
though legal preliminarles had already
occupied twelve days, that much time
having been consumed in getting u
Jury. Molineux's father, who is y
millionaire, will fight the case to THE
end without regard to expense.
Hong Kong advices give the details
of the preliminary trials of the recon-
structed cruisers, Isla de Luzon an
Isle de Cuba, under charge OF Chier
Constructor Hobson. The Luzon N1ade
an average of 14.S5 knots over a two
mile course, and the Cuba made ii
tain Wilde of the Oregon, Commander
Walling, Commander BuTgdorf and
Consul General Wildman. Everything
connected with the machinery and boil
ers worked smoothly and there was
not a hitch from start to finish. 1t
is expected both vessels will be ready
for sea about December 10.
The question of American meat i'm
ports into Germany has already crnca
ed much bad blood on both sides of
ocean, and 1t still looks as though Il
matter would prove the first serio
test of the friendly understandings
reached between the two countries. In
this controversy, as in others, there
are two opposing currents within the
German government. The fact that
the influences favorable to the United
States, which are directed by Count
Won Buelow, are just now again in
control. has been strikingly demon trat-
ed. The meat inspection Dill, wh!ch
the reichstag committee, hostile to the
United States, was to have taken up,
has been postponed indefinitely at the
inc iVatinn of tho foreign office.
Professor Il. Benjamin Andrews, for
merly of Brown, but now superinten-
dent of schools of Chicago, may be Sc
lected to fill the vacant chancellorship
of the State University of Nebraska.
He has already applied for the place,
which pays $4,000 a year, not in n
formal manner, but through friends
The latter are seeking to secure tlA.
support of the two Republican rege2
The four fusion members are regarNi
as friendly TO him, but DESTROYS of max
ing unanimous whatever call be ex-
tended. Andrews was offered the
place nine years ago when Canfield
was first chosen, but he preferred
Brown, offered at the same time. With
Andrews at its head the Fusionists
hope to build up a great university.
General Sanger has made the import .
ant announcement that the CUBAN CEN
sus has been completed. He is at pres
ent at MatanZas, and the news of the
end of the work is contained in n ca
blegram from that place received by
Secretary Root. The dispatch shows
that the census was finished Novem-
ber 30, the exact date fixed by the
original order from Secretary Root.
His next work is census of Porto
Rico. Meanwhile the tabulation of the
Cuban enumerators' returns will be I'M
dertaken at once in Washington. The
hn cnp,nIatpIy counted