The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-11
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the negotiations for the purchase Of
the Caroline islands.
A college. school and other properly,
valued at x4OO,OOO, burned ut West
Pcint, Mississippi. Monday.
Queen Victoria is going to France
and the French pupers are not giving
her very cordial welcome.
In the apportionment OF second lieu.
tenants under the army reorganization
bill Colorado IL allowed one.
Secretary Alger is reported to have
offered to resign If the President will
allow him to name his successor.
Bishop Warren is reported as bein.:
seriously Ill at Buenos Ayres. He has
been operated on Tor appendicitis.
Sensational charges OF bribery are he.
Ing made ut Harrisburg. in connection
with the consideration of a jury bill.
Colonel w. J. Bryan states that he
Will be In HE next Democratic national
convention and will make fight for hi.
metallism.
John Gilbert. farmer living near
Emporia. Kansas. killed his wife ana
four children the other day without any
apparent reason.
William Rockefeller. whose property
at Mount Pleasant, New York. was
assessed at 1901 400 has secured from
! the courts II reduction to Sl31.JlO.
Josephine kipllng. the G-year-old
daughter OF tudyard Kipling. and the
/ oldest of his three children. died Mon.
/ day of pneumonia. Her father il gain.
| Ing.
Preparations are quietly being mad,
! by the War Department TO ship to Cuba
1 the S3,rpo.uD for the payment of tn,
| cuban troops. The distribution of The
money Will be- under the direction OF
General Brooke.
| The Gillian war office and the mill.
tcry authorities have definitely decided
10 reduce the army by 5000 men. The
government. 1t is rumorcd. contc,n.
| plates sale Of several cruisers to III.
/ United States and Ecua, or.
| Steel billets advanced Tuesday and
sold as high as $3.50 per ton. Ii Is an.
nounced that practically the entire prod
uct of the National Steel Company will
be acid Bcsscrlcr steel. a single eXccp
| tiOn being thar of the Buhl Steel Com.
pany. which produces basic open
hearth steel.
| Inspector General Rolofr estimates
| the total number of the Cuban army al
'D,oor. of whom 1000 are aificcrs OF
officials holding commissions and en-
/ titlcd 10 officers pay. The cubans them
/ selves express aStonishmcut at the pro
| portion, although admitting that the.
would no, be surprised II 1t was one
10 three.
Colonel Tasker II. Bliss. the sccre
tary of the Treasury Department AT
| Havana. has issued a statement that
the United States consular agents are
unable TO obtain recognition or protec.
| tiun in foreign ports for the blue and
white ilag recently designed for Cuban
shipping and he warns Cuban ship
masters not To proceed 10 foreign ports
dying this Nag.
Governor Tanner OF Illinois has
signed the Alling street railway bill. II
rcpcals the Allen law. passed two year.
ago, which provided for iif,y-ycai
| franchise extensions. and re-cnacts the
old horse and dummy act. with an
amendment making 1t applicable ,c
| electric or cable roads. Under the All
ing bill IS franchise or extension 10,
more than twenty years can be granted
The House OF the Texas Legislature
! has adopted n resolution thanking the
Indiana Legislature for returning 10
the Texas Terry Rangers the company
flag captured from the Rangers durin.
! the Civil War. The resolution also In.
| vited the governor OF Indiana and his
| stan and Legislators TO come To Texas
and be honorcd guests at n public fnnc.
| tion to be given by the Legislature To
mark the return Of the nag to the
| Terry Hangers.
The transport steamer Valencia has
sailed for Manila via Honolulu. She
| carried about 100 recruits for the In.
| fantry. artillery and hospital corps.
and WAS laden with supplies OF all
kinds for the troops In Hawaii and the
! Philippines. The most Important item
/ of her cargo was xl.iO0.OOp In coin,
/ under the charge OF Major Eugene
/ Coffin, paymnstcr United States army.
/ This vast sum will he used FOR the
! payment OF soldiers. and NIL but II
| fraction Of II viii be dlsbursed at
Manila.
! The purpose Of the Administration 10
1 send larr. rclnforccmcnts TO General
| Otis at Manila presents q serious prob
I lem OF transportation TO the officers OF
I the ,.uIri"rinastcr's Department.
About 1870 troops are under orders 10
prepare for transportation To Manila. by
way of san Francisco. and the Pacific
ocean. The only troop ships available
FOR the service are the Arizona. Sean.
dln. Newport. Morgan City and Ica.
lnndln. The last mentioned Is the only
one NJ san Francisco. all III. Others be-
inH In the Orient
An ASSAY of black sand found In the
ko,nlinIua river Alaskn. made by Dr.
| Wills l.. Everett" Of the Smithsonian n
| Institution. j. said to show that on"
ton of 1t contains s11G worth OF
platinum besides IRON oxide. gold worth
SlU..St, two pounds OF tin, two pounds
of copper aud one troy ounce Of iridos.
mine. The great value II said to h,
In Its yield of platinum. which II cS.
t"nsiycly used Ia electrical construc.
ton and dentistry. Platinum II found
principally In tile trai mountains Of
Russia. from which II Is exported to
this and other countries
\ special To the ST. Louis Republic
fiom san Antonio. Texas. says A
dispatch from san Diego says that
prairie fires ar. rnging In Nu"ss. Starr
aud Duynl counties. II has not raincd
In this section FOR NOR" thnn six
months. and the dry. dead grass burns
lik. ,indcr. Fires are burning M half
II dozen points along the TcNns.McNi'
co road between Laredo nni Corpus
Christi. They were started 10y sparks
from locomotives. Near Aguiinr"r.