The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-03-11
NEWS SUMMARY.

the result of the recent actions.
The queen Of Belgium is gravely Ill.
Her majesty is suffering from bron-
chial pneumonia.
Germany is said to have renewed the
negotiations for the purchase Of the
Caroline islands.
President Alonzo's forces in Bolivia
have again been defeated by those
dnder General Pando.
Many companies OF the insurgents
have retired because their officers skulk
and won't lead their men.
The italian warships have landed
marines at San Nun bay, China, thus
virtually taking possession.
The Chilean war Office and the mill
larry authorities have definitely decided
to reduce the army by 5000 men.
The Chilean government, II is said,
contemplates the sale of several cruis-
srs TO the United States and Ecuador.
Baron Banffy, former president of
The Council OF Ministers. has been ap-
pointed high steward Of the Hungarian
court.
Panic reigns in the department Of
0ruro, Bolivia, and the province Of
Cochambamba has risen and joined the
revolutionists.
The latest news from Cebu is good.
The natives are returning to the town.
The coolies are now willing to work at
reasonable wages.
The American military authorities
In Cuba are attempting to make the
American soldiers teetotalers by stop
ping the sale Of beer at post exchanges.
The house, by II to 1902, has refused
70 concur in the senate amendment to
the sundry civil bill, providing for the
constr uction Of government cable to
Hawaii.
The leaders Of the rebels In the prov
! nee Of An Aoul (Nagan- HooD, the no.
,orious desperate Nui, has been cap
ured, fifty-two of his body guard being
] Killed.
At 0wsley, KY. John Hutchinson and
ais family were trying to cross a
stream, when their vehicle capsized.
Mrs. Hutchinson and two children were
drowned.
A band of 200 deserters from the
Spanish army is now gathered near
the French frontier, refusing to return
70 Spain, although the men have been
pardoned.
The senate has ratified the extradi-
ion treaty with Mexico with a retroac-
,npunishable because of the lapse Of
ihe old treaty.
Hobson's promotion is the greatest
material promotion as recognition of
gallantry In the history of the naval
.ervice. 1t will make Hobson captain
At the age OF 30.
1t is the opinion Of members of the
,abinet that the limitation placed on
The price to be paid for armor plate
will result In complete stoppage of
Ill new construction.
The bubonic plague is raging at Bonn.
bay with unparalleled severity. Ac-
cording to official returns, there were
Die deaths last week, but these quite
underrate the mortality.
The army bill as reported by the
,cnate committee increases the appro-
priation to the extent Of $1,000, 900,
making total of ss4, 10000 The In.
crease Is for pay to officers and men.
1t is rumored in Manila that steam.
Or with 1000 stands of arms and am.
munition, which was bound for the
Philippines, has been seized in Japan
sse waters by the Japanese authorities
Reckoning on the basis of the Sep
iember reports Of outputs, South AT
rica will produce In the current year
s7e, 1857, 1878 of gold, which will place
South Africa ahead of all tho gold
producing countries.
At Bradford, Pa, Thomas Nolan
aged is years. son Of we'll known OF
producer. was shot and probably fatally
wounded while trying to effect an en-
trance into the house of former Senator
Lewis Emery. Man guarding property
did the shooting.
General Maxine Gomez has sent Gov
ernor-General Brooke a statement o.
the number of men in the army. II II
understood that the total reaches 4s,
o00-32, 900 privates, 10000 non-com
missioned officers and the rest com
manding officers.
The war department is inclined h
believe that under the new army bill
the governors OF states are deprived o
all power Of appointing volunteer Off
GERS, as the volunteers under the Law
state volunteers.
The influential natives Of the island
of Mabate and Ticon request Genera
Otis to send troops there. They sa,
that roo men could easily subdue tn
rebels. The two islands contain abou
$4,000 cattle, which constitute tn
food supply of the rebels.
William Goings, an Indian sentence
to death for murder was not shot a
McAlester, l. t., according to the ser
tence of the Indian court The habea
corpus issued by Judge Clayton of tn
United States court was served on tn