The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-29
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An attempt In to be made to sup
press gambling In Havana.
The Epworth League has l,15O.OOO
members and ~. .i3O societies.
A negro In Texas was lynchesi the
other day for burning church.
The street car strike In Brooklyn and
New York is not meeting with sue
cess.
German papers express the fear that
Great Britain will try to annex Sa-
moa.
The people Of Peoria, Illinois, pro-
pose to erect monument to the mem-
ory Of Robert q. Ingersoll.
Archbishop Ireland lectured ON tenn
perance at Cork on the nth. He sailed
for New York the next day.
The swift auxiliary cruiser Patri-
ota, formerly the Hamburg American
liner Columbia. has been bought back
from the Spanish government by the
Hamburg American Packet Company.
The Dominion government tele-
graph line Ii now completed to Five
Fingers and in progressing no rapidly
that messages may he sent over It to
DawsOn In less than two months from
date.
1t is stated that the French ministry
has decided to punish General De
NeGrier. who has indulged repeatedly
In remarks Incompatible with disci.
pline. having criticised the govern
mcnt.
The Oxnnrd Sugar Company has pur-
chased the Patterson ranch. near ven-
,-iu 80
acres. The price paid Ii reported to l,e
half million The land will be plant
ed to sugar beets.
special from Brinson. Georgia.
says: Charles Mack. the leader OF the
gang that has been robbing and as
1ulting In this vicinity. was lynched
mt Saifold to-day. and his body cut into
hundreds OF pieces.
The United States transport Tartar
has sailed for Manila with a portion Of
the Nineteenth infantry and a number
OF recruits for the army in the Philip
pines. General Joe Wheeler was also
On board. He IL under orders to report
to General Otis for duty.
George NJ. Valentine. cashier OF the
suspended MiddlescN County bank. nj
Perth Amboy. New Jersey. has been
sentenced In Mildlescx County Court
To six years In the New Jersey state
Penitentiary NJ Trenton. for the mis-
appropriation Of about x13O.OOO from
the bank.
All iu Of Shanghai. China. u lands
man who enlisted In the navy In 1894.
and was formerly attached TO Dewey's
flagship. Olympia. has been granted u
pension OF S:n month for lung trou-
BILE. He has the distinction OF being
the first Chinese Iensioner OF tEis gov.
crnment.
The Standard oil Company will con-
test the law recently enacted by the
Tennessee Legislature providing that
nll fees over u stipulated sum shall go
Into the state treasury. The company
alleges that when such fees go into the
treasury they cease to bc fees and b~.-
come taxes.
The Trieste correspondent. Of the
London Daily Mail tclcgraphs that Ad-
miral Dewey. In the course OF conver-
sation with the correspondent, de
clarel that he had small claim to In
regarded aS n hero. ns nervousness and
bad coffee made him drcadfully xea.
sick before the battle began.
According to the 1t. Petersburg cor-
respondent Of the London Daily Mail.
Naval Lieutenant Bixcmnn. the late
cznrowitz's adjutnnt. committed sui
eide by shooting himself with revol-
yer nt Abbas Tuuan Ia the Caucasus.
after being bitterly upbraidcd by the
Car for allowing the cxnrowi,x to 20
cycling alone.
An order has been issued regulating
prncticc before the courts of the Phil
ippines. and substituting the American
for the Spanish system In important re-.
spscts. Members OF the bar must be
residents of the island. Citizens Of for
eign governments are Ineligible To prac.
iicc nj the bar. Members Of the
American bar are eligible.
The Rev. Dr. r. DE Witt Taimngc
Is In luck. \. few days ago u check
bearing the signatures Of the cxeru-
tive officers of the big hoop trust was
sent To his wife. II was for &lsO.OO,
and represented her sharc In the sale
" the cotton tie and band mills Of
LindSly 4 Mccutcheon. which were
recently sold to the combine for esrO..
~. II Is said her father was one Of
The firm before his death.
Cook county. Illinois. has won
point IN the fight the Pullman and Bii.
iings estates are making against the
Inheritance tax. Sitting In the pre-
liminary hearing. Judges Carter and
Eplcr Of the County Court denied at all
points the contention Of the heirs that
the Inheritance tax is Unconstitutional.
II the County courts decision is s,,s.
taine,i by the Supreme Court the es.
tntes must pay nearly s!s0.ooO Ia tnxes.
News hns is~n received from Gen.
crnl Smith mt Iloilo. Island OF pnuuy.
Of severe fight Wednesday At Bol,one
between Captain Ryrne of the Fix.
tcenth infantry. with seventy men,
aud force of 40 Bnha yloncs. who sur.
prisssi tin American trooI'~. One hun.
drsi snd fifteen Of the enemy wcr~
killed. ns il shown by sctuai count,
many were wounded and one was tax.
cn prisoner. TIL" American loss wu.
one man klli'-i and Que wounded.
AccoriiuE to Captain Morris and the
OtsSsrrr Of the steamer Port Albert. Onr
~ the recently acquired transports
which arrived frOm iionoiulu. the lava
rivers which nrr flowing dawn the
rider III Mnunn 1Ipa from Mokrow.o.
wco~ crater hid fnir to do considerable
damage Ia not only the plantations and
o'itly Ing cabins aitl outlying outbuiId.
lhgu. hut aIsO n reports which r~arl,sd
Honolulu shortly lrfor~ their d..
l'arturr In true. thu city of iiiio also.
The n,smls'rs of th~ Hs~ond Orrgoa
q Han Frnncsaco have 0,,jersesi to the
.orin Of dlsrharEss lsrauar Il d0ea not
Ontalu tlsc word 'h0uornlsi~." II N
old nj the War DrlArtns~nt that therr
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