The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-10-06

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Governors Island Carter, on behalf of
the government, had supervised the
work of the company.
An effort will be made to indIct the
contractors who were mixed up in the
deal with Captain Garter at Savannah.
Liverpool, Oct 4.-0n arrival here
from Queenstown, the police arrested
twelve firemen of the British steam
ship Scotsman, which was wrecked on
Sept 81 in the Straits Of Belle Isle.
while bound from Liverpool to Mon
treal. on the charge Of looting the pas
sengers' cabins on board the Scotsman.
London, Oct. 4.-The fall in ConsoIs
was partly due to rumors current on
the Stock Exchange of an imminent is
sue of from twenty to twenty-five mil.
lions of Consols. The War Office off,
Gals, however, decline to either con-
firm or deny the report.
Paris, Oct. 4.-The leaders of the
strike in the iron works at Creusot an.
nounccd that If they donot receive sat
isfaction to day the whole population.
comprising 10000 men, women and
children will march to this city and
demand redress from the Government.
The threat is taken here very seriously.
as because of the presence Of Socialists
IN the present emergency Ministry. the
demand would cause the Government
serious embarrassment.
Provincetown, Mass Oct. 4.-The
schooner Willie L. Swift. of this port.
has arrived bringing news Of a terrific
gale which swept the Grand Banks on
Sept. IA. By it twenty-five fishermen
were lost and the seventeen vessels on
the banks at the time were greatly
damaged. The Swift lost three men,
her mainboom and gait, cable, anchors
and dories. The gale was one of the
worst experienced in years.
Victoria, B. c., Oct 4.-Oriental adj
vices say that the British gunhoat WI
worm left Hong Kong Sept II for West
River for the suppression Of pirates
who have been carrying on depreda-
tons there recently A serious dis
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tween Japanese passengers on a steam
ship and the Chinese. The Chinese Do
lice, instead Of controlling their coun-
trymen, assisted in the assault.
Joplin. Mo-, Oct. 4.-Ninety per cent.
of the zinc miners in this district have
stopped work in compliance with an
order from the Missouri and Kansas
Zinc Miners Association An effort is
being made to force the smelters to
pay a schedule Of prices laid down by
the association a few weeks ago, to
which the smelters have refused to ac-
cede. At Webb City alone 1,500 miners
will be thrown out Of work tenn
porarily.
Newport, r. l., Oct Alive men
who were held in the Newport County
Jail on the charge of holding ND and
rohhing the Portsmouth car stables
about two months ago, have escaped
from the institution. SThe men were
among the most desperate in the coun~
try, and were captured in Bridgeport.
Conn, soon after the robbery. After a
long chase the Newport police succeed
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Manila, Oct 4.-The Fourth Infantry
Regiment, Major Price commanding.
has had a series Of encounters with the
natives about linus since Saturday.
The natives, led. it is supposed, by
a former Mayor Of linus, made a gen
eral attack upon the American lines
from linus to Bacolor. A Captain and
a Corporal of the American forces
were killed and eight men were wound
ed. A Filipino Colonel Is known to
have been killed.
The Americans, lying In the mud in
the rice fields, kept up a fire for an
hour and a half when reinforccmrnts
were sent to them, until seven COM
panies were engaged. The Filipinos
retreated.
Paris, Oct 5.-La Fronde publishes
the report of an interview with Prof.
Calmette, the Pasteur Institute COM
missioner, who has returned from
Oporto, in which the professor saws
that before his arrival the mortality
among those striker with the plague
amounted to 33 per cent. OF fifteen
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one died. That restored public conf
dence. and in three days he inoculated
d23 persons
Chicago. oct. 5.--A despatch to the
Chronicle from Tacoma, Wash, saws:
Harry Lee Of Chicago has returned
from an exploring trip along the south
crn and western coasts of Alaska,
where he has gathered a collection Of
Alaskan animals and birds. He saws
that volcanoes have been in eruption
this summer in western Alas a. These
are the volcano on Unga Island and
two others located west of Mount st.
Elias and north Of Cook Inlet.
1.-The volcanoes elected smoke and
fire. The Unga Island volcano is
known to have emitted lava, compell-
ing the miners and prospectors to move
back"
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