The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-08
rELEoaApr sREvIrlEs.

Bishop Newman Of the Methodist
church Ii seriously Ill.
Yellow fever has broken out among
the troops At Santiago.
A trust has secured large part Of
the tobacco land Of Virginia.
England is shipping Immense qunn-
titles Of @ar material TO South Africa.
Robert r. Porter, who has spent
much time In Cuba. favors annexa-
ton
Dreyfuss was landed In France Sun
day. His physical condition is said to
be bad.
The boundaries of Chicago have been
extended 80 us to take In the town Of
Pullman.
Governor Jones OF Arkansas has
ordered sheriff to keep out imported
negro miners.
1t is believed General Otis will need
Mt least 1900 soldiers to restore order
In the Philippians.
Professor George Harris of AndOver
Seminary has been chosen president
OF Amherst College.
The fight betwcen the Croker cnd
Sheehan factions of Tammnny hall
has become very bitter.
About $4,000 commercial travellers
have been thrown out OF employment
by the organization OF trusts.
Horrible stories of enforced canni-
balism continue to come from the Kot-
zebue Sound region il! Alaska.
A New York man rode bicycle a
mile in :5i Az seconds the other day.
He was paced by IL locomotive
A persistent mob ut Brussels. op-
posed to the franchise law. was dis
pcrsed by bayonets the other day.
The Nebraska. Pennsylvania and
Utah troops which have been on duty
In the Philippines have started on their
homcward journey.
The secretary Of state OF New Jersey
received xS'iiS Ia fees during June
from the various corporations tlnostly
trusts organized during last month.
The Venezuela arbitrators ut Paris
have been listening to the historical
argument Of Sir Richard Webster on
behalf of England. 1t occupied =
week.
Captain Coghlnn. L. S. ". appeared
before the Winfield Kansas, Chnu-
taupua and his lecture on THE Battle
4 OF Manila" was listened to by over
| 5000 persons. He was received with
marked enthusiasm.
Fifty.two cnses Of yellow fever have
| developed In Panama thus far In the
month Of June. and twcnty-four eases
have resulted fatally. The first vie
tins We're SIX Augustine friars. who
recently arrived from Manila. No
| Americans have died.
The statement Of the public debt Mt
the close Of the fiscal year 1880 shows
that the debt less cash In the treasury
| amounted TO 81. 1.1!s,. 100. III. which is n
decrease US compared with June 30.
lS.s. OF Sl3.57l.112. This decrease In
accounted for by u corresponding In.
crease In cash on hand.
The North.German Lloyd Steamship
Company has refused to accept the
new steamer Kaiser Friedrich. just
completed In Fricsirich Schichnu's Il
shipyards at Elbing. because OF fall.
ure 10 come up to the contract In the
matter Of speed. II In rumorcd that
the American steamship line will take
the vessel.
General lIoratio q. Wright. who
made n brilliant record In the late war,
serving at Gettysburg and the cam.
paign In til" Wilderness and around
Richmond. died Sunday after nm III.
hess Of three months. Bs.xitsx his fine
war record. General Wright achieved
cmlncncc ns an engineer, serving as
chief OF III" United Stats army engi.
neers from 1879 until his retirement In
1854.
At the meeting Of the general pas.
scnGer agents of forty-four roads In
Chicago II was unanimously agreed
that until further notice agents should
receive liberal commissions for selling
tickets over foreign or connecting
lines. These commissions VIII run
from ~ cents 10 - PER ticket. the
average belng nhoN 81. Between 2.OOO
and 5000 agents Will he benefited by
the action Of the passenger managers.
The Texas Colorado Chnutaulun
opened on the Fourth In blaze of
glory. The arrangements for the ne,
commoia'lon of Texas visitors were
taxed 10 the utmost and the manage.
mcnt was KEEP, busy all day providing
for new coiners. for scores of these on
ly temporary arrangements could bc
made, as their number fnr exceeded
expectations. The weather was fault.
less throughout the day. The main
event Of the day was the program In
the auditorium Mt /. y. m. II was pa.
trioiic and sublime and n htting cclc.
brn'lon Of the glorious day commcm.
Grating the nations birthday Ms well
ms the founding of the Interstate In.
stitution.
, Companies VI md l. Of IN" Twenty.
NTH nni l. Of the Twenty fourth la.
fnntry passed through Winnc,nuccn.
r Nevada. Thursday. Major Noble In
command. on the why to San Fran
+ cisco. from whence they viii 20 "a
. Manila. Th. ,rnin stopped and n
party OF III, ncgrvs.~. the companies
being color.d sailors. rnitictt saloon
near the station. They wrecked III.
! liar md shot the bartender. chri,
Dci.s. II l. feared that Dciss will die
, Senior Gomez. tho civil governor oi
Santa Clnrn province. IL nt liavnnn
with committee of farmers from
that province To urge TINT General
brooke take prompt mcnsurrs 10 Md
the farmers IN this section. There Il
great Ir.ti,ution In Santa clnrn prov
. incc owing to iuck Of iu,t,lcu,cuts will