The Monte Vista journal., 1899-01-28
TELsoRArH,c snEv,T,Es.

The New York banks increased their
cash reserve ten millions last week.
The deadlock In the Montana, West
Virginia and California legislatures
continues.
German capitalists are planning to
lay cable from that country to the
United States.
The latest news from the Klondike
region says that typhoid fever is rag
Ing at Dawson.
A heavy earthquake shock was felt
In southern Greece on the BIRD. Sew
eral villages were nearly destroyed.
There has been fresh fighting In the
Congo state between the Belgian
troops and the rebels. the former hav-
Ing sustained heavy losses, including
some white officers killed.
John Maxwell, a Chicago newspaper
man, in the federal court, has been
awarded verdict OF $4,000 against
Nat &. Goodwin. the actor, for In
fringcment on Maxwell's play, Con
gress."
Charles A. Williams. whose engage
ment to II San Francisco heiress was
broken of upon the publication OF his
histpl. ut
has sued the San Francisco Call for
f2o0,OD damages.
Colonel Lee. chief guartermaster OF
the Department OF the Lakes. has in
vited proposals for the erection of a
large refrigerating plant at Manila for
the use Of the commissary department
OF the United States in the Philip
pines. The plant, as designed, VIII be
...f 1,,r LII. a
Mayor r. c. Hesser OF Fort Scott,
Kansas. has been expelled from Grace
NJ. f. Church by public announcement.
because of his failure to make an ef-
fort TO close the saloons OF the city.
His wife thereupon withdrew. Hesser
was elected as IL Prohlbitionist. and
his wife was president OF the local W.
G. 7. L. He has been a regular at
tendant Of the church services.
At the instance of Surgeon General
Stcrnberg. Secretary Algcr has or
dered the hospital ship Relief to Ma
nila to serve there as n hospital ship
and also for an ambulance for the con-
vcyance Of sick and wounded soldiers
from Manila TO Nagasaki or even to
San Francisco. Tie Relief liz now at
New York and will go by way of the
Suez canal.
Colonel Ingersoll delIcvcred a touch.
Ing culogy at Kansas City last Sunday
over the remains Of Mrs Mary J. Bow
man. widow of the late William q.
Bowman. who forty-three years ago at
Shawnectown. Illinois, occupied the
same law office with Incersoll. Mrs.
Bowman was n great admircr Of the
colonel. and often expressed the wish
that he would officiatc at her funeral.
With the first dny Of the coming
month llls cents Will be slashed from
the export grain rate now In effect over
all eastern lines from Chicago to ull At
lan'tc scaboard points. This will
make the rate from Chicago to New York
Isl, cents and that from Philadelphia
and Newport News lIis cents. On the
samc day the dr-ssssi beef rate will bp
reduced five cents per 1D pounds. At
the present time Is II is ~ cents.
The National Prison Association met
nt New Orleans on the 2ird. Warden
Thaycr OF Dannemora prison, New
York. made an address ON prison In.
dustrics. giving the results OF many
years experience. Superintendent Ref.
ton OF the Ohio Male RefOrmntory
read n paper ON rcformntoriex for
adults. Joseph +. Byerx Of Ohio fol.
lowed In mn Address on county jails
and municipal prisoners.
The reports received from various
parts Of the country by the surgeon.
general of the marine hospital service
and published In the Official bulletin
yesterday show that the epidemic Of
influenza is rapidly subsIding. and
that. although II has been more gen.
crnl than ever before. the disease was
OF mild.r type than In former years.
and the mortality comparatively small.
The Indirect mortality. however. Is not
given, although II Is believed to be
much greater than the direct mortal.
ity.
The Moscow tea hoard hns received
from China cnblcgrnm announcing
I'll" continued success Of the Insurgents
In central China. The rcis.ilion which
began In I'll. Lien Chou district. has
rapidly spread to the norihward, and
III" rcvolutionists are gaining recruits
daily. The outlaw Nui, with 500 retl-
els. has swept the imperial troops b,.
for. him and has occupied the city Of
ky Yong. after II short siege. Rein.
forc"m.nis Of imperial troops are said
10 10" hurrying TO the assault Of the
city.
Army officers nj Havana nrc finding
fault with the customs rrg,iia tions
which exact a duty of ~ per cent. on
III" khaki uniforms sent them by
American 'nilnrs. The puart.rmns.
ters department makes no provisions
, FOR supplying officers with thrs. uni.
forms, ana the men consider II n har,I.
ship To pay mn extra price for the uni.
forms required 10y the climate but nm.
obtnlnabl' In Havana. The express
Office. nr" full of alala,ions,l packages
which the men decline to accept un.
less admitted IRE. Of duty.
The British hrrt.clnss hat,ie~hip
tollincwood. driven by the strong cur.
rents. colildrd with the British third.
tih-- cruiser 'urlcon. nt Davenport.
I driving hole In the cruiser below he,
winter llh". sweeping Oh her bows and
damaging n gun -Ionson. The Curn.
oon hllcd rnpidly and ts.gnn TO list, A
seen" OF the utmost excitement follow.
ed On board. hut the in.r,ish of water
WIS iinnlly stopped by collision mat,
nnd I, number of tugs assisted tn,
cruiser Into hnrbor. where she was
dock"d. The damage to the Coiilng
wood was not serious.
According 10 ndvt~s received from
III" bcsagund.ro district. or inicr.ui
pine valley. In Bolivia and 1rr,i. a iic-c,
BATH" took place January 18th nt Cur
| Inv. thirteen len rttssa frn N ia, ,k.,