The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-26
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iberia, but the doctors do not fear an
epidemic.
The Church Missionary Society has
received report stating that 10000
persons have died of famine on the
east coast Of Africa.
Major Russell Harrison. inspector
general, In critically Ill at Santiago
with yellow fever. The disease has
progressed for three days. although not
pronounced yellow fever at first.
The race for the Canada cup between
the American yacht Gcnesee and the
Canadian yacht Beaver. held on the
End. was won by the Gcncsec by one
minute and twenty seconds.
General Junn 1imIncz. the san Do
mingo hlibusterer. was arrested the
other day as he WINS leaving Cuba for
San Domingo. He was afterwards re-
leased ana IL planning an invasion.
A special from Leglorn Italy, says
five men have been arrested there on
the charge OF attacking and wounding
some Sailors who had come ashore
from the United States cruiser Olymp.
In.
\ head.cnd collision between two
''ob'y 'uiS V'NuTTtu on lUt NoTTlS-
town. Chestnut lIiil " Roxborough
railway, In Plymouth township. Penn
sylrania. Thirty persons were injured.
four fatally
The 81. Paul German Catholic church
at Cincinnati was burned and several
adjoining buildings damaged on the
18th. The total loss Is estimated ut
Sl2h.oOO. The church was being re-
l.,.l nVaI Il al.
supplies OF the workmon.
out Of 1000 men who went into the
kotZebuc country last fall, over Z per
cent have died from scurvy. or met
trngic deaths. This is the statement OF
j. Il. Jones OF Sycamore. Illinois. who.
with thirty-iivc men afflicted with dis
ease. came down on the Roanoke.
While n accommodating party of the
Twcnty-fourth infantry. under Captain
Crane, was crossing the Mariquinn riv-
cr, near Manila, on n raft. the hawscrs
broke. The current. swift at that
point, cnused the raf, TO capsiZc.
drowning nine enlisted men.
The Vandyck festival is mt its
height ut Antwerp. Three hundred
thousand visitors entered Antwerp In
twcntyfour hours to witness the pro-
cession from the cathedral In honor Of
the Virgin and the Vandyck historical
cortegc. Hundreds OF Americans are
arriving daily.
Two disastrous fires broke out i'm St
Petersburg Monday. In the first the
military anothecnry headquarters and
sanitary warehouses We're destroyed,
Involving loss OF millions OF rubles.
Gronofr's timber wharf and lumber
yards. the largest In Russia, also
caught fire. The loss In this ease also
will run into the millions OF rublcs.
Negotiations are In progress for car
ryinc the Washington volunteers from
San Francisco 10 Seattle In n body af-
ter their muster out at the former
place. Two steamers will probably be
chartered. Levi Ankcny. the we'll
known banker OF walla Walla. has
offered To bear the entire expense OF
the vessels charter. which will amount
To about $1,000.
II II said In London that there Is no
longer nny doubt that President Kru-
ger has refused to submit TO the de.
innnd OF Mr.. Chamberlain for the ap-
pointment Of a coart OF Inquiry. lie
may have done ~ automatically or
he'igingly. but, that his answer is
regarded by the British government as
tantamount 10 positive refusal II now
an established fact. War appears to
liz Inevitable.
Major Ross. head Of the malarIal cx.
pcdition sent out by the Liverpool
School OF Tropical Diseases, cablsd
from Sicrrc Leone; THE u,nlarial mos
quito has been found The major
went 10 West Africa ON the theory that
mnlaria Is disseminated by the swamp
frepuenting mosquitoes. The British
government VIII he asked TO send u sci.
cniliic force TO work In conjunction
with Major Ross.
A large portion Of northern New
York. Including tile counties Of IefY.r.
son, 81. Lawrence aud Lewis, is being
swept by iicrcc forest fires that have
already destroyed thousands of dol.
lars worth OF valuable timber land
ana threaten Ia do more serious dam.
nge unless au"nched by n heavy rain.
At Antwerp Copley's big woods are
on fire ana dwelling houses ON the out.
skirts OF the village are In danger OF
destruction. Many families hnve
moved ont. Thousands OF farmers are
lighting the flames
White cappcrs are tcrrorixIng the
negroes In Gr'-nwood county and I'm
the vicinity Of Phoenix, South Caro-.
iinh. whcr" race riots occurred last No
Ncinl.r. aud from wl,err the TOllnrts
We're bnnish"d 4 strung posse Inns
been organized io enforce tho law,
Hundreds OF people arc involved In
nightly raids on negro houses. Fifty
families hnN" been visited. threatened,
whipped nni otherwise tcrrOrixcsI. Two
hundred negroes from farms spent last
night on the streets Of Green wood,
fearing 10 stay NJ their homes. Large
land owners arr making their tenants
sleep In plantation barns for pro,cc.
ton. Work Is suspended over u large
section ~ country.
The board appointed 20 examine into
the causes ~ the grounding of the
United states cable ship Hooker.
which recently went ashore ncnr the
mouth OF Corr"gidor bnrlsor nt the en-.
'ranc" of Mnniln bay. fiI,ds that tho
accident occurred In daylight on n
reef shown IN III" chart and that there
were evidences of cnrclc~sncss on the
pnrt OF the navigator Of the vessel.
the cable Instruments and other prup.
crty hnv" been removed from the
Hooker and the cable II now is,inv NJ.
moved. II no storm lntcrvenss llO,,cs
nrc entertained that the vessel may l.c
hauled on nnd repaired. Her hull Inns
been badly torn by the coral rrcf ON
which she struck.
The kan.n. city. Piitsburs 4 GuIf
road iH boycoti"d. In addition to the