The Monte Vista journal., 1899-04-29
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Ex-Governor Ogicaby Of Illinois died
suddenly on the 24th.
Big foods are reported In eastern
Kansas and Nebraska.
1t ID reported In Chicago that Charles
| I. Yerkes IL to sell his street railway
interests to n New York syndicate.
Richard Croker. on his promise to re.
turn to this country. has been excused
from further attendance on the Mazet
committee until August 18th. Mr..
Croker sailed for England Wednesday.
The strike that has been in progress
Mt Budwels, Bohemia. for some time
eliminated on the 25th In riOting and
in the collisions between the troops
and the rioters several persons were
wounded.
A special from Galenn. Kansas. says:
Charles Williams. alias Jones. colorcd,
was shot to death nt $50 this morn
Ing in the city Jail by n.oa Of ne
croes. Williams killed Laura Canafax,
negress.
AS the American member of the In
ternational Peace and Arbitration COM
mission, Mrs. Wright Sewall is send
ing out plan for holding simultan-
eous peace meetings throughout the
world May 18th.
The jury In the Windsor. New York.
hotel fire inquest brought In verdict
that the fire was caused by accident.
The police still have $4,000 worth OF
unclaimed jewelry and other valuables
recovered from the fire ruins.
Major Francis Il. Dodge of the pay
department. recently relieved from du-
~ at Denver, has been selected by the
War Department to disburse the 81.
100000 allotted by the government for
the payment OF the troops OF the Gu
ban army as a condition of Its dis
bandmcnt.
The safe and lock manufacturers OF
the United States are about to form Il
combination, and 1t r. said the ar
rangements will be completed within
thirty days. There Will he thirteen
companies In the organization. The
capital stock will be Sl7.jOO.O0o. OF
which S2,5OO,OO0 will be common
stock.
The fanatical and warlikc tribe OF
Druses. In the Lebanon district Of
southern Syria. declare that they will
no longer be mulcted by the Sultan's $
tax-gatherer. Turkish agents have al.
ready suffered severely at their hands,
and troops are TO be dispatched from
Turkey-in- Europe to bring the recnlcl.
trants to terms.
a French company has been organ
lied with the approval OF the govern
ment TO construct n railway line
through the desert OF Sahara from the
Mediterranean coast to the Gulf of
Guinea. The northern terminus will
he I'unis. and the line will run due
south n distance OF about 1000 miles
to the Niger territory. and then east.
ward to the French portion OF the
Congo valley. The cost is estimated
Mt $5O.OOO.OO.
The labor strike continues at wi0t
ner. Idaho. with no evidence Of weak.
ness on either side. The miners have
decided to concentrate their fight on
the Bunker Hill and sullivan. which
employs about 800 men. Twenty non.
union men yielded to the pleas Of the
! strikers and came out from that mine
Tuesday. After n long meeting tho
union miners, to the number OF 400
marched In a body to the Bunker Hill
| and Sullivan aud tried to induce the
| night shift To come out, With few
exceptions they were unsuccessful.
A curious detail of Sundays election
In Spain hns Just come out. The Mad
rid correspondent OF IL Temps calls II
a peculiar feature" Of the campaign
the important part money played. One
Of the defeated candidates admits hav.
Ing spent 2O.OO pesetns ;i.ssD,. hui
finds consolation In the fact that hi.
rival had 10 spend 10000 pcsetns fl3.
$40, TO win the seat In the cortes. Sew
cral hundred Thousand pcsetns were
corrupfly used In Biscay province. hui
nevertheless Premier Sllveln consider.
that the elections reveal marked pro
gross ns regards the neutrality OF tn,
authorities and the almost complete
absence Of disorder.