The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-24
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Tor the Philippines.
Moses Fowler Chase. aged twenty.
one yearn. alleged 70 Be mentally In
competent and reputed to be worth
$dO0.O 1000, was abducted from the Hotel
Cadillac. Detroit, last Sunday night.
Judge simouton Of the County Court
At Harrisburg. Pennsylvania, has de-
cided that canteens for the sale OF
liquor to soldiers cannot be carried on
without q regular license from the
courts. W
A native diver, while getting metal
from the wreck Of the xunken Spanish
| cruiser Alnifante OQuendO OF SANTA
| 20. found bag containing $1,000. half
:Oin. and the other half In Spanish pa
per money Of little value.
Miners are being engaged In the zinc
mining district Of Missouri to he sent
to Idaho to take the places Of the strik-
Ing miners OF the Coeur h'Alepe mines.
The company engaging the miners
agree TO pay $3.50 a day and railroad
fare.
A dispatch from Foo Chow says:
Antl-foreign troubles have occurred at
klens- Ning-Fu. province OF Ngan-
iwai. The church and mission have
cnped to Ning-Wha on their way to
Foo Chow.
Non-unIon cOlOred miners who were
being brought into Evansviik,, Indiana.
TO take strikers places. were fired
upon by unknown parties June 2l.'.
! Six men were shot, three probably
fatally. One Of the latter was James
Moore. an operator.
Allen Bros wholesale grocery build
Ing Mt Omaha was partly burned on
the 18th. During the fire II magazine
II powder. which the iiremen We're at-
tempting To remove. exploded. injuring
eleven firemen, including the chief.
| Damage To stock ana building. $115,.
900
| The United Stntcs Smokcless Powder
Company's factory. situated on Poirt
San Pedro. California. was the scene
Of n disastrous explosion on the 10Th.
-Four employees We're killed. and three
seriously injured. while six buildings
We're demolished by the shock and the
resultant flames.
Blasc Patrie, n railroad section hand
at Cleveland. Ohio. was killed on the
18th while attempting to save n woln-
an from being run down by Lake
INV Ntiii3iii NifS s'uui'
Price. was riding n wheel and fell in
front Of the train. She was badly in-
jurcd and will die.
II Is announced that MS Governor
Stephens has signed the street railway
bill, the negotiations for n general
consolidation Of NIL the street railroads
OF St Louis, which have been In prog
rcss for some time. are now practically
l..
n matter OF u few days.
The government OF Trinidad has de
cided To adopt the Nnruni system Of
wireless feleGrlphy for communication
with the dependency Of Tobago. To
lago is an island In the windwari
group Of the British West Indies.
thlr'y-two miles long by twelve wide.
and Is twcnty-fOur miles northeast OF
Trinidad.
Chicngo's population. according to
Chief Of Police Ripley. has finally pass.
cd the 2.HD.OOO mark. and IL now
?.uss.Ol3. The figures are the result Of
the yearly census taken by the police
force. Sergeant ID. T.. Long Of the P0-
lice Department who Inns charge Of the
work. does not claim that the figures
are exact.
English church circles have been
somewhat shocked by the mOnopoly
for the revised version Of the Bible ss-
cured by the Universities Of Oxford
and Cambridge. through verdict. up
holding their copyright. inst rendered
by the Chanccry Court. The cvidcnc.
showed that the universities l,aIL the
co,npIlers xiOO.OOO
\ company has iren formed In Bel
ginm for the purpose of developing the
Philipplne Islands. the capital stock
being fixed at 3.ooO.OO francs. The
board Of directors Includes NJ. Mclot
Burgo. Master Namur de Brocuucvilie
and NJ. Thicupont, members Of the Bel.
CLAN chamber. and N. Andre. Belgian
consul general NJ Manila.
a reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Great Britain In re-
latlon 10 trad. between this country
and the British colony Of Rarbndocs
has been signed by the representatives
of the Two governments. II is the first
treaty framed under tho DInRicy law
nnd the nfst Of the series Of treaties
which the British colonies tO the south
Of this country are seeking To effect.
\ diamond now In the possession Of
Judge Tuthill ~ Chicago ln said To
iT part OF the hrlbr which Daniel
CoughlIn is charged with having OF.
fcr,sl to Juror Taylor to influence n
verdict for the Illinois Central In n
land damage suit. The gem. II II
claimed. WIS accepted by the Juror.
after consultation with the Judge.
Tnyior's home II only n door or two
north Of where pr. Cronin lived.
Special Picnii.o,cn,lnry Knsson has
Just received nm authenticated copy
from Belgium of the decree recently
enacted by the Bciginn government
raising the prohibisiou on the importn.
tion Into belgium of American cattle.
f1,c drrf,r rss'ites the preceding dc.
crsrs prohibiting imlsottntions oS cattle
from America nnd the opinion Of the
veterinarians thnt American meat
cattle md swine cnn now lbc imported
Into Belgium under the terms Of the
drcrsr of tAIi. pr,scriblng the places
WHERE they may liz landed and alnugh.
tered.
Mrs. Emn,ons blaine, daughter In.
law Of the late James u. blaine. and
daughter of the late Cyrus II. McCos.
mick. who issiucnth~i her . large
part of Ills Immense fortune. has fiiesi
the largest individual Versoaal proper.
| ~ Achssiulc TINT the Cook county
Hoard 0f Assessors has received. The
total nxtrc wns tt..aESOO0. This action
WAS taken In compliance with the ncw
tllinoi. revenue law. Mrs blaine ~.