Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-01-12
General.

Native opponents of Aguinaldo are
riotous. They say his government is
more oppressive that the ~Spaniards.
1t is decided to give the Philippines a
military government similar to that of
Cuba.
1t is reported that the pope will for
bid Archbishop Ireland to represent
the United States at the disarmament
conference.
There was no truth in the report
that Fort Smelling is to be abandoned.
The investigation of Gen. Miles
charges concerning beef has begun.
The coinage of the San Francisco
mint for December is the largest ever
recorded for a single month, amount
ing to SIC. 062, 600.
The kalamazoo, Mich, Gazette, es-
tablished in 1888, has been purchased
by L. Il. Shoaff, recently of the Dan
vile, H., Press.
The total receipts of gold at the Den
yer branch mint in 1898 were S20.193,-
800, a gain of 1892, 544 over the re-
ceipts in 1897, or over 50 per cent.
Senator Hanna has filed out a check
for $1,000 for the Ohio building of the
new American university at Washing
ton.
Gen. Brooke. governor of Cuba, will
have a special cabinet. He has issued
a proclamation embodying the govern
ment's designs for the welfare of the
Cubans.
Admiral Dewey and Gen. Otis, in
the Philippines, will be reinforced and
the volunteer Re siments may be re-
tanned there in view of the threatened
trouble with the insurgents.
The German government has issued
an %exequateur to Richard Guenther
of Wisconsin. who succeeds Frank Ma
son as United States consul al Frank
fort.
The Mercantile Trust Company Of
Cincinnati, Ohio, has made a success
full application for a receiver for the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rail
way company.
The torpedoboat destroyer Farragut,
at San Francisco. will be formally
turned owe to the government at once.
The trial board vas thoroughly salts
fled with the craft.
The Central Savings Bank OF st.
Joseph. Mo-, has suspended business
and gone into voluntary liquidation.
This action is due primarily to the fail
ure of c. G.. Gillett. the cattle king.
Dollar for dollar will be paid deposit
ors.
At a meeting of the directors Of the
Ohio Centennial con- any at Toledo,
Ohio, G. NJ. Splitter, banker. was elect
cd president of the exposition and l..
Il. Harris secretary. The company has
a capital stock of 100000, all paid up.
b. +. Oslar. Q. c., the celebrated
criminal lawyer Of Ontario. has been
elected by the Grand Trunk as their
arbitrator in the settlement of the
grievances of the Crank Trunk tele-
graph operators.
The lord provost of Glasgow has
charged three commissioners to visit
the United States and lay before Pres
iient Mckinley and his cabinet partic-
ulars regarding the Glasgow exhibition
To be held in 1901.
Arnstein * Bonn. dealers in dry
goods in New York. have assigned.
The liabilities are reported to be about
S0.0CO. The assets consist Of stock ana
outstanding accounts. Dull trade and
heavy expenses are given as causes for
assignment,
A Charleston, w. Va. special says
that a certificate OF incorporation, UNI
der the laws of West Virginia, is to be
issued to a company with S2G00.O00
paid-up capital, which is TO aid the Ar
buckles in fighting the American Sugar
Refining company.
Judge Morris. Of the United States
circuit court at Baltimore. has signed
an order extending indefinitely the au-
thority of Receivers Cowen and Muir
ray. of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
and It's many branches. The object OF
the order is to facilitate the reerganlza-
ton of the company.
The textile workers of Fall River,
Mass, + preparing 10 ask for u
restoration OF -le 10 per cent reduction
in wages made in early part of the
year. a general reduction OF wages
witch was made over a year ago af-
fcctsd more than $4,000 operatives in
the Fall river cotton mills.