The Monte Vista journal., 1899-10-21
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Five battleships, one cruiser. one
cadet training ship and twenty five tor
pedo boats and torpedo boat destroy
ers Will comprise the new construction
completed and added to the navy with
In the next year.
Pennsylvania's football team sus-
tnineti crushing defeat Mt the hands
OF the Sarlisle Indian team, the score
at the conclusion of the game being l6
to 8. From the beginning the Pennsyl-
vania team was outplayed.
There IL rumOr nfiOat In market cir
cles that Armour 4 Co., Swift & Co.
and other large western packers are
engaged In an effort to corner the poul-
try market. Advices from the West
Indicate that these firms have placed
large orders for poultry.
I An explosion Of mine gas occurred at
the Shenandoah City colliery. by which
twenty-five men were entombed. All
OF them were rescued alive, hut sev-
eral are seriOusly injured. The fire
has been extinguished. The cOlliery IL
one Of the largest Of the Philadelphia
4 Reading Coal and Iron Company's
| operations.
The Newspaper Pntria at Manila hns
been suppressed and its editor, Senior
Ctor. Spanlarsi. placed under arrest
on charge OF printing and publishing
seditious documents For some time
the Patria had been hostile to the
Americans. Recently pamphlets at
tacking the Americans and the friend
ly Filipinos. have been circulated. and
the police believe that utor wrote and
printed them.
In some quarters in Paris II Is be-
heved that u Franco-German under
standing will be one OF the results Of
the wnr In Africa. Several OF the lead
Ing continental Journals outside OF
France develop the same idea. the rea-
son given being that the Germans must
De strong enough to meet the United
states and England, who could easily
destroy the German navy
The Sixth artillery batteries sta
toned at Honolulu have lost between
twenty and thirty men In the last few
days by desertion. All the soldiers here
nrc anxious to be sent to Manila. The
men think they can steal aboard n
transport and on arrival report to the
officers OF the Sixth at Manila and 81.
cape with slight punishment. The SOL
diers are willing to stand thirty days
ting to the scene OF the war
The government OF Spain has de-
clnred martial law In barcelona, the
entire city being vehement In support
OF DIR. Robert, the reform mayor who
has just resigned rather than aid In the
collection by force OF oppressive taxes
The government finds II hard to discOv-
er successor for the popular and pub
lic-spirited alcnlde. and II Is further
perplcxed In face OF an identical re-
volt on the part OF the merchants and
manufacturers Of Valencia,
The executive council OF the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor has dis
cusss-d the decision OF the Supreme
Court Of Colorado that the eight hour
law Of that state IL unconstitutional
and concluded to open correspondence
with organized labor In that state with
view Of ascertAining the advisability
Of taking an appeal from the decision
TO the United States Supreme Court,
the federation to assist In making this
appeal should II b. deemed advantage
Gus to the workers OF Colorado.
The German steamer kniEer. from
Hamburg. IL DISSEMINATING at the en.
trance Of the Sues canal 1000 pieces Of
ammunition c6nxixned TO the Trans
vaal. This step is taken In order to
avoid seizure In the Red Hea by British
cruisers. The ammunition will prob
ably be re-cmbarkei for Hamburg.
The Kaiser was Swallowed by the Brit
ish second-class cruiser ,rhetis through
the Mediterranean. II In reported that
several German officers are on hoard
the Kaiser. bound for the Transvnal.
The most serious fire In the history Of
kniIhtstown. Pa. broke out at ! 10
o'clock Tuesday morning. Three lives
were lost. and property worth &10GO
or more was destroyed. The dead are /:
Truman Rhodes. Charles Scutter and
Don Davey. The men killed were
members OF the volunteer fire depart.
mcnt and were fighting the FIRE when
the front wall Of a three story build
Ing fell outward. They were caught
by the falling bricks and crushed to
death. md II Is believed that at least
two others met with the same fate.
The Srhlcslchc ZcI,ung of Berlin an
nounccs that "A new proposal has been
put forward regarding the Samoan
question. England Inns offered Ger.
many compensation II she Will re-.
nounce tpolu. The ngrnrian organ
HuuS 'ihi' " ~ Het iIIINssIbIe tnut stT.
many Will accept the proposal. provid.
ed that n very high indemnity Is paid.
The foreign office Intimate. thnt the re-
port In ia. Schlesische Icit,ing Il an
indiscrcilon and Is not quite exact II
IN iru. that England made the proposal
In question, hut II was declined.
One life Il iclicvs>i to have been lost
In fire tonight In the factory Of W.
q. Ritcbi" Paper iiox Company. Mt Chi.
cage. Two hundred person. were at
work In the building when IN. iirc o..
Cured. II l. believed evcryh. ,y es.
cnped. with the exception Of Aicxnn.
der McMnstrr. the superintendent. lie
was las, seen making his way from the
sixth 10 ih" third hoor. Laura Thrill.
Nora Kiosk" and another girl. named
Sands. w"r" unaccount.,l for M TO n
late hour. The building. which was six
stories high. was practically destroyed,
cniniiing n loss Of flG5.OO On building
and stock.
General Funston Of Kansas. In q
speech III" other day. said: II hoip.
that non" Of III" men ~ the First Mon.
tnnn or til" Twentieth Kansas win i,cr.
init themselves To become protest. onnl
old soldiers or heroes. hope they
viii not 20 home nnd seek public of.
isc". want American people ~
. know TINT they mr.. mistaken In init~v.
In. unt amy man who has fought one