Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-04-21
NEWS SUMMARY.

for export.
Difficulties on the White pass trail
between the Northwest mounted police
and the American customs officers have
been adjusted.
The original rolls of the Cuban army
were delivered to Governor-General
Brooke in Havana at o'clock last
Friday evening.
Governor Lee has written to Presi-
dent Mckinley demanding the return
of the South Dakota volunteers from
the Philippines.
1t is announced that the Spanish
minister of marine will submit to the
chamber a bill for the construction of
the ten ironclads.
The Spaniards and Cubans express
dissatisfaction at the appointment of
Senior de Gonzales Lopez as Spanish
consul in Havana.
The striking Mount Olive and Staun-
ton, ILL.,, coal miners have resumed
work pending arbitration at Chicago
and East ST. Louis.
An order has been passed by the
Ottawa government prohibiting the
importation of liquor into the Yukon
territory for the present.
General Maxine Gomez has been
cboear, tho ropraeao+a+;, ,1f +Ia C,bon
army to the Americans, with full
power to treat for the army.
At political meeting at Logrono,
capital of the province of that name
Spain, violent speeches were made
against former Premier Sagasta.
The secretary of state has directed
the return to their posts in Spain of
the United States consuls who were
obliged to leave on account of the war.
Arrangements have just been COM
pleted for the consolidation of the
hoop-iron and cotton tie interests of
the country. Capital stock, $50, 0O0,
O0O
The president has prepared procla-
nation setting apart 136, 900 acres of
land on the south side of Lake Tahoe,
California, as forestry reserve and
public park.
President Mckinley is in receipt of
private dispatch from Manila, to the
effect that the manifesto recently IS
sued by the Philippine commission
had done much good
The local subscription fund prom
Used by st. Louis of s., 900, 900 for the |
Louisiana Purchase centennial, to be
celebrated by worlds fair in 1908,
is from all appearances certainty.
The Missouri senate has passed and
sent to the governor for his signature
the house bill prohibiting the employ
ment of .non-residents as deputy
sheriffs, deputy constables or police
officers.
Acknowledgement Monnett of Ohio is
the information in refer
ence to the alleged attempted bribery
by the Standard Oil representative
which he will file in the supreme
court.
General Maxine Gomez is paying nc
attention to the signed statement OF
rigadier-General Aleman, for some
time Cuban secretary of war, accusing
Gomez of buying cattle at personal
profit.
The Chinese government, according
20 dispatch from Shanghai, has as
'ented to the proposal to open three l
lew ports in the provinces of Kiang
,u, Kiang 81 and Ngan Hwei or An (.
Hui
The officials of the British foreign I
'fice say the Marquis of Salisbury has =
greed that in the decisions regulating I
he provisional measures to be taken 6
n keeping order in Samoa, unanimity 9
will be observed. :
The idea that the Americans were q
avored in connection with the award g
f the Atabara bridge contract to :
Philadelphia firm, which has aroused q
ONE feeling in British engineering (;
ircles, is ridiculed in Cairo. 4
London Daily Mail, hitherto strong I,
dvocate of conciliating Germany,
nent the Samoan situation, says: 4
We are bound 10 admit that the Ger =
ian press and officials are pushing =,
atters rather far, but we look to EN- t.
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