The Monte Vista journal., 1899-04-01
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so0u SO"luhy k&Etuuy OiHSONcAc0 y
good vein Of coke In Sonora, Mexico.
The Constantlnopls police have Just
discovered far-reaching conspiracy
OF younk Turks against the govern.
ment. A large number II ulemas have
been arrested.
1t II understood that representatives
Of AguinaldO have gone to Spain to me-
gotiate with the Spanish government
for ransom to be paid for the release
Of Spanish prisoners.
Governor Roosevelt has vetoed the
anti-wig and gown bill He Raid Of It:
1.-THE bill Is obviously and utterly un-
necessary. The whole subject should
be left and can safely be left where 1t
belongs--to the good sense OF the Judi.
ciary."
Robert ]. Burdette. the humorist. and
Mrs. Clara Il. Baker We're married on
the 25th ut Pasadena California. Mr..
and Mrs. Burdette will make their fu-
ture home in Pasadena. where the
humorlst will fill the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian church
The british and Foreign Bible Socie-
ty OF London liz Mt present busy getting
out Bibles in the Filipino dialect The
translation is being done at Madrid and
the printing In London. The society
expects to send the special Bibles to
the Philippines shortly.
Emma Grenwell OF Chicago has been
awarded 100000 in street railway
damage case. The girl, who is six
years old. was run over and crippled
for life. At former trial the jury
failed to agree. 1t Is alleged that two
of the jurors We're bribcd.
It is now expected that the Court OF
Cessation In united session will give n
public hearing to the Drcyfus revision
matter and render n decision between
April 10Th and Goth. The government
Is determined not to allow any further
Interruptions In the judicial course.
Paul and John Zcltncr murdered a
lawyer named Wcstenhaver ut Bowling
Green, Ohio. last Saturday. They es-
capped to their home in the country and
shot n deputy when II posse came to
arrest them. A mob surrounded the
house and the militia arrived just in
time to prevent lynching.
Joseph II. Choate. Jr.. has decided to
study law in the Middle Temple and
has applied for admittancc. His inten-
tion Is interesting just now. as dis
cussion II raging among the benchers
as TO the advisnhility Of admitting
aliens to the English bar. the question
having arisen on account OF the nppli-
cation of a Chinamun.
A dispatch from Singapore says that
trouble Is brewing In the island OF Ne
gros. where the inhabitants rcpudiate
the self-constituied authority Of AMI
scto Lacson, president OF the provision
nj government. To arrange affairs with
the Americans. and have attacked the
Americans. Other dispatches seem TO
contradict the above statement.
Claude Holladay. one of the mail
clerks injured nj the Santa Fc at Lang.
Kansas. in 1897. has just settled with
the company. lie received Sll 500.
This is said To be the largest sum ever
paid mall clerk Of any railroad for
injuries ustaincd In II wreck. Holla-
day was in the hospital eighteen
months and sustained permanent in
juries to one OF his legs.
\ great labor war throughout Scot
land has been nverts-i by mutual con
ccssions. The coal miners OF III. dis.
trict had given notice that they would
strike for mn advance In wages. Rep
rcsentative~ Of the employers nnL the
miners met In conference nni agreed
to leave TO n Cancellation board the de.
lining Of the concessions to be mad.
by both sides. \ strike. at this time
especially. would have been calamity
TO every department Of Scottish indus
try. for all the trades dependent on the
coal supply are now working at nigh
pressure.
The United States government has
made tests of coal discovered on the
Alaskan peninsula by the Chignik Bay
Coal company. II IL proposed To cstnb-
lish coallng station on one Of the
outer Alcutian Islands for the use Of
vessels bound from the United States
To Manila. The route from Seattle dl-
rect 10 Manila IL more than l.uD miles
shorter than via Honolulu. and the
vessels 20 within n few miles Of the
Alcuflan Islands. The coal stands IA
wonderful test. II Ii said to bc better
than Nanaimo coal. which is used eN-
clnsivcly 10y war vessels In these wat.
crs.
The epidemic OF typhoid fever which
has been raging In Philadelphia since
January LIST continues unnbafed. II
reached high water mark Monday.
| when sixty-iivc new cases and fiye
deaths wcr. reported 10 the Board Of
| Health. THIS makes mn aggregate Of
1.Ss" ca-"s In three months. with "A to.
tai of 400 deaths. The conditions
which confront the citizens Of Philn.
drlphia today nrc about ns desperate
ns city In a state OF Siege. In every
section. committees of prominent citi-
z"ns are organized who hold daily
meetings aud make appeals to the nu-
, thoritics Ia take some action TO purify
the water.
Al the clos" Of the noon. day services
In III. assembly hall Of the Kan Frnn.
cisco Chamber of Commerce the fourth
day of tn" rain which has proved the
salvation OF the crops. bishop Nichols
of the Episcopal Church. called Oh NIL
present To kn.-l and return thanks for
the b"uni.ous downpour. The bishop
kn"lt and claspcd his hands. Then one
by On" til. men sank 10 their knees.
They were moved by n common I'm.
pulse. mud no, one Of the large number
that iilicd III. hall remained standing.
Every denomination was represented
In the gathering of bowed heads. Pro-
t.-tnnis. Jews. Catholics and those
who had long persuaded themselves
that they had no belief. kncit side by
side and nli fcl, the aa,cmnity of the
occasion. Soft but distinct sounded the
voice II the bishop ~ hc repeated the
Thanksgiving prayer for rain Of the
! Episcopal ritual. No QUE moved at Its
| conclusion. and while still ON bcn,issi