The Monte Vista journal., 1899-04-08
rELEoRAPHic sRRvlriEs.

| According to mail advices brought
from the Orient by the steamer En-
press of Japan. 81 Chinese were killed
and 123 wounded by the Russian soi-
diers In the recent riot mt Talien wan.
China. \ Russian interpreter was
killed by the Chinese.
The charities foundedrin Austria by
Baron Maurice de Hlrsch. and carried
on since his death In 1896 by the late
baroness, will benefit under her VIII
TO the extent Of f2s0.OOO. Both the
adopted sons receive large lesacies, in-
Guiding the splendid Moravinn estates.
Hector Ieub,ow of Milwaukee. has
sued the twelve jurymeli who convict
ed him OF conspiracy six years ago Tor
$4,000. The oldest lawyer nj the bur
does not remember Il similar instance
where the jurymen have been sued FOR
damages because OF their vrdict.
A wealthy gentleman named Tourret
was shot dead in Paris on the Bois de
,Boulogne. 10y Il man who inistooR mis-
victim for President Loubet. to whom
| NJ. TOurct bore striking resemblance.
! The murderer whose name is Ozouf.
and who is 3S years old. is thought TO
be insane
| The greatest clearances OF bonded to-
bacco on record have just been made
| in Liverpool Not far short Of 81 1000.
900 has been paid for duties. one firm
alone drawing one check for Si25.OOO.
| thus beating Sir Thomas Liptons
S3S5.OGO check for customs duty on
bonded tea.
A dispatch from Gothcnburg says
| that the Norwegian government has Is
| sued an order prohibiting Swedish Off
GERS from inspecting forts or witness
| Ing the drill OF the troops In Norway
| and Mas also decided To use on forts
and war material certain moneys bor
rowed for railways.
Nine persons We're severely injured.
and 1t is feared that two were drowned
| In u collision between an ocean going
tug and one Of the Brooklyn ferry
boats in the East river Saturday. The
| ferrybOat was struck In mid-stream
by the tug Argus and 50 badly dam
| aged that II was with difficulty that
she reached her Brooklyn slip. The
tug was uninjured.
The British Parliament has grapplc,,
with the telephone monopoly of Eng
land and passed n law authorizing the
\ postoffice department to construct n
\ system OF lines In connection with the
! telegraph service. which already be-
longs To the government. and do all
London city and long-distnncc business
IN competition with the Bell company.
Mt much reduced rates
Attorney General Davis Of Arkansas
has filed 12G suits against the sixty
three hre Insurance companies doing
business In Arkansas. and Ms u conse-
| Iuencc every foreign company has sus-
| pended business In that state. These
/ suits are brought under n new anti
] trust law which was passed recently
by the Legislature. II Is one OF the
most sweeping and far-rcaching meas
ures Of the kind ever enacted.
Consul Brush at Clifton informs the
State Department that the Canadian
government has decided to construct a
telegraph line between Lake Bennett
and Dawson City mt once. and that IL
has also decided 10 establish telegraph
connections between British Columbia
and the Yukon territory. He says the
Dominion authorities regard the firm.
chise for this telegraph line as too I'm
porfnnt from the standpoint Of the ma
tionnl safety to permit Il to go outside
OF government control.
|
fains the report Of the murder Of six.
teen prospectoru from Kentucky. No
details are mt hand. hut the story is
that the god-seckcrs were killed while
asleep by Indians. who wanted their
kits and supplies. The crime Is said
to have h,cn committed some months
ago while the prO~Js.ctOrr were nen
! the mouth Of the kuskowkIm river,
which. though reported rich In miner.
ais. had never been explored by
white men.
TIL secretaries Of the Baptist and
Presbyterian Home Missionary socie.
ties, the Missionary Society Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. and the
American Missionary Association. rry-
res.nting the Congregn tionnliHts. mr..
ranged for cooperation In Porto Rico
and other Islands and territories. The
societies agree not TO duplicate forces
In the sam" community beyond mani.
fest necessity. They have also mr..
ranged for the opening Of evnngclistic
work In Porto Rico.
So much objection has been rnlsct, 10
III. plan II the New York clearing
house Of charging for the collection Of
ont Of town checks that many propo.
sltions have lss.n made by merchants
doing mall order business To take their
accounts from national nnd state
banks and place them with trust COM
panics. John Br!slsn Walker proposes
III. organization Of the National
Clearing House HANK" to te modelled
on the lines NJ mn institution conduct.
eel by the government Of Autrin- Hun.
gary. which Inns for many years been
In successful operation In that empire.
President Mckinley. by an order
made public recently. has taken the
first step toward n purely Cuban fncr.
chant marine. lie has directed that
all registry fcrr Imposed for the doc,i.
incnting of foreign vessels In Cuba In.
abolished. The old spanish rate for
vessels was 81 per ton. ns shown by
vessels OF registered tonnage. The nt
roHntion Of this rate will allow the Gu.
bnns to purchase ships In the chen pest
markets Of the world and enable them
10 build M u carrying trade. Cuba has
u" shipyar,i- aud shipbuIliing nations
such ns the United Htatcr and Englan nd
will more or ic~s proft by the order.
An Important event In the work look.
Ing 10 mn independent governmental
system IN cuba In an order Issued by
Acting Postmaster General Perry T.
Heath nholl-hinx the military postal
service heretofore existing at the prin.
cipni offices On tho island and nllow.
Ing the substitution Of MI independent
cubnn service. II formally announce.