, 1899-09-14
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.
W. ]. Bryan is visiting California


The notorious John Y. McKane died
at Coney Island on the 9th.
Domingo. He was received with en-
thusiasm and peace prevails.
Senator Hanna is about to return
from Europe. much improved in health.
The French government is taking ex-
tr%aordinary precautions to prevent Sc
rious disturbances AT the close Of the
Dreyfus court martial.
The Havana papers express dissatis-
faction with the proclamation Of Presi-
dent Mckinley calling for a census.
They say that 1t is too vague In regard
to independence.
Although the Dewey home fund Is
increasing only by mail contributions.
and has not yet reached the $4,000
mark, Treasurer Roberts says there are
$4,000 additional in sight for the fund.
This amount has been promised from
New York, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chi
cago, Milwaukee and other western
cities.
A dispatch to the World from Hong
Kong says: Private advices from Ma
Mia state that Genera Joseph Wheel
er. in a conversation last Monday said
he had repeatedly applied to General
Otis for something to do. Otis, he de-
clared, had STAYED him off under vari-
Gus p%retexts with the evident determin-
alton of side-tracking him.
President Schafer of the Amalgam-
ated Association has ordered the strik-
inc fin nlnfn man nj An1arGnn Gas
City and Atlanta, Indiana, TO return
to work to-day. These men were out
on a sympathetic strike on account of
the Elwood trouble. The Elwood men
have not returned, u 1t Is expected
they will be at work soon.
C. r. Jones. national bank examiner
for Kansas, has been appointed re-
ceiver Of the Atchison National Bank
of Atchison, Kansas. The bank closed
Tuesday by order of the comptroller
on account OF Its being In a bad o II
dition. The last report of the bank
made June 30, 1899, shows nominal as.
sets amounting to S295,54S. The de
posts amounted to $1,000
The wcavers' syndicate of Gera. Ger
many. is planning the erection of large
mills in America. following the exam
pie of Bruhms' Sons Of Gera. whose
20O-loom factory is now building in the
United States. The Leipsic Tageblatt
objects TO this extension of the syndi-
Gates operations, urging that 1t will
but strengthen the American weaving
industry and aid in building up foreign
competition with the fatherland.
The only woman president Of a rail
xynr rnipnnny in tl,a JTpitnI Stutas p-oS
formally committed to the county Jail
at San Francisco for five days for IN
tempt Of court by Judge Trout. The
woman in question is Mrs. Annie Kline
Rikert. The railway corporation of
which she is the head is the Stockton
and Tuoloume Railway Company. She
refused an order of the our to pro
duce the company's books in n suit OF
Contractor Charlie Erickson.
Tomas Arejola. chairman of the Mad.
rid Filipino committee, declares that
the Spanish prisoners will he freed
only for n cash consideration, and he
places the amount Mt ST,O00,O00, which
he asserts will serve as IA offset to
what the monks have stolen from the
FilipiDos.' Senior Arejola advises the
Spanish government to act promptly,
for the Filipinos cannot hold them
selves responsible for the safety of
the prisoners when the campaign
against the Americans opens in Novem,
Der"
The Hungarian ministry of agricul.
ture has lust issued its annual esti.
mates of the worlds harvest. This
points to II considerable deficiency.
While the stocks remaining from last
ypar are mut.l smaller thun wtps rnp.
orally supposed. the wheat yield Is
1%10.000,OO0 hectoliters below last years
yield and about 34,000,000 short of the
entire worlds demand. The estimated
yield of rye Is 100000 less than that
of last year, of barley %, 900 less.
II of oats 100000 less. The total
deficiency in all cereals is about o..
100000 hectoliters.
The officers Of the Belgian steamer
Albertville are charged with having
thrown overheard two negroes suffer.
ing from contagious disease, in order to
avoid quarantine ut Las palmas, Ca.
nary islands, on the way from Leopold
willie to Antwerp. The passengers and
crew of the vessel give strong evidence
against h officers. saying hat they
saw the negroes clinging to Ii outside
of two portfolios until their strength
failed them, when they disappeared In
the sea. The authorities annot ascer.
tain the whereabouts of the captain.
The vessel, although under Belgian
registry, Is mostly owned in Liverpool.
and the captain and officers are Eng
lish.
Arrangements for the big Democratic
national carnival, which takes place at
Dallas, Texas, on October ID and 3D..
concluding on the night of the Sd with
a dollar dinner" covers for from 1.50C
TO 1000 being arranged for, are being
completed rapidly. The dollar din.
ner" will take place at the new Au.
ditorium at the state fair grounds.
William ]. Bryan will speak at the
fair grounds October ID and I'd. Mr..
Bryan, Champ Clark and n number
of others have already signlfed their
intention TO he there and to speak
Taken altogether II will he the most
elaborate political event of the kind
ever held in the South. Attendance of
over 100000 Is expected each day. and
alrnnlV thn railroads ~ p,nIina ms