Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-17
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Ex-Speaker Reed has arrived from
abroad
Dewey has sailed from Naples for
Leghorn.
Adyices from Honolulu say the vol
cano is still making things interesting
for the Hawaiians.
1t is now said that 500 persons lost
their lives at Ponce during the hurri-
cane. Terrible distress prevails.
At Dallas, Texas, five story build
ing and adjacent structures were
burned; loss a quarter of a million.
At Honolulu the transport Tartar,
carrying General Wheeler, arrived, and
sailed Wheeler was handsomely en-
tertained
Advices by steamer confirm reports
of damage by storm at st. Michael's,
Alaska. Thirty river steamers were
wrecked. % beyond repair.
| The war department has ordered the
| transport Mcpherson to sail from New
York to San Juan and Ponce Monday
with 100000 pounds each of rice and
| beans.
| Otis cables: From southern Luzon
| Cowes reports an American officer cap
tured there Description indicates
Maj Rockefeller, who disappeared sew
eral months ago.
Alexander Mcdonald, king of the
| Klondike," has filed a declaration of
insolvency at Dawson, Alaska Liza
bilities $6,000,000, value of the assets at
| forced sale problematical, though they
may reach $20,000000.
The Dreyfus court martial concluded
its secret session at 8 Friday morning,
Palegue of the foreign Office completing
his explanations of the secret dossier,
| Adjourned till Saturday.
At Omaha Attorney General Smith
began an action to GUST the Standard
Oil company from doing business in the
state. He says he will begin similar
actions against other trusts.
| Frank Meade, who has arrived from
Apia says that shortly after the COM
missioners left Samoa the rival factions
engaged in a pitched battle. Several
were killed on both sides and large
number wounded.
In the City Of Mexico there is no spe-
the affair being regarded as a revolt
which lacks Importance. The war de-
partment denies that any Mexican Off
GERS have joined the Yaquis.
Root has prepared an appeal to the
people of the United States for aid for
the hurricane sufferers of Porto Rico.
The subsistence department of the
army in Porto Rico has been directed
to give such aid as it can until sup
plies arrive.
The Madrid Gazette published the
verdict of the court which acquits Gen
eral Toral and Pareja of surrendering
Santiago de Cuba without having eX-
hausted all means of defense and or
ders an additional inquiry to discover
the responsibility for the lack of means
of defense
Col. l.. V. w. Kennon of Brooks
staff arrived from Havana and had
long talk with the president, going
over the entire Cuban situation. At
forwards Kennon said the situation in
Cuba was satisfactory, the work or
changing the civil laws to conform to
American ideas progressing rapidly
The Boer organ, The Diggers News,
published at Johannesburg, has dis
patch saying that in the event of war
Great Britain will win, but at the ruin
of the stockholders by blowing up mill
lions of dollars worth of machinery,
and causing the absolute ruin Of
Johannesburg as a town and mining
center.
The Correo Espanole of Mexico says
! the ostracism Of Jewish cadets at West
Point shows that Americans hate the
Jews as badly as the French people and
remarks that, had Dreyfus been in the
! American army he would have been
! lynched by furious mob instead OF
merely being imprisoned, Ell TEMPO,
clerical organ, intimates in leading
article that the United States is the
common enemy of all nations on this
continent and advises the LatinAmer-
lean nations to unite for common de-
Tense.