The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-10-13
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Telegraphic Gleani gs From All PaTH
of the World.

The cruiser Olym ia has arrived al
Boston.
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria
has directed the closing Of the session
Of the Reichsrath.
The President hfd a busy day In
Chicago Tuesday attending luncheons,
banquets and other festivities.
Gen. Schwan's column entered san
Francisco de Malahon without oppoSi.
ton. The Filipinos had fed
Col. j. b. Finley, of Monongahcla,
Pa, was elected president OF the
Monongahela River coal mine trust.
The citizens of West Virg n pre-
sented sword to Capt. Il. H.. Chad
wick, of the cruiser New York, at
Morgantown.
Partial order has been restored
kAapng the insubordinate women in
HaaAes Of the reformatory at Hudson,
New York
Capt. Harrison, Navigator OF Valliyrie
Ill, said in Boston that if the Ameri-
cas- Cup went to England it would be
likely to stay there.
Tho right of sixty state office holders
to their places undcr the new Civil
Service law has been declared doubt
full at Albany, n. Y.
The Court Of Appeals handed down
decision granting a new trial to How
ard C, Benham, the Batavia. ~ Y,
banker, convicted for the murder OF his
wife
The Treasury Department has de-
cidcd to anticipate paHmnetS for the
month of November and the entire It's
cal year ending June 80 1900.
German exports to the United States
for the three months ending Septem-
I ber 80 reached a tofal OF S223T2. 300.
= Rear-Admiral Howison has reached
the age limit Of retirement rs naval Of
dcer
The President received. in Chicago,
a delegation Of members Of the Brick
layers and St0nCmasuns Union. which
some weeks ago made the President
an honorary member Of the organiza-
I ton.
1t is reported that at the coming
special session of Parliament formal
announcement would be made of the
eession of Delagoa Bay and the sur
rounding territory in Portuguese, East
Africa, to Great Britain.
The Transvaal Government has sent
an utimatum to Great Britain demand
ing the instant withdrawal of The Brit
lsh troops on its borders and threaten
ing war if no satisfactory answer is
received. Any moyemat of British
troops toward tie border meanwhile
will be interpreted IS an act of war.
The New York Shlpbuildlug Com
pany, with 100000 capital, has been
incorporated at Trenton, n. ].
A dispatch from Webster City, Iowa,
said that W. j. Bryan was very ILL., and
might have to abandon his tour of
speechmaking.
President Mckinley received at Chi
aago Premier Laurier, of Canada and
Nice-President Mariscal, of Mexico
with their suites
Advices from Johannesburg are TO
the effect that the iaWless element is
getting beyond control, and anarchy
Is threatened.
The magnitude Of Great Britain S
war preparations suggests that she
either fears native uprising in South
Africa or wishes to impress continental
Europe.
GOV. Pngree, of Michigan, in an in
terview at Detroit, said he would sup
port Admiral Dewey for President if
the latter would consent to be a can
didate.
a body of Filipinos near Laloma
Church, four miles from the heart of
7 = In
tantry but retreated after fight of
nm hour.
President Mckinley. in the presence
Of his Cabinet and Of diplomatic guests
from Canada and Mexico, laid the
cornerstone of ChiCago's new Federal
building. A parade followed In the
afternoon.
The United States Supreme Court
convened at Washington. Cases as
signed for next Monday will be post,
poned until December owing to the
absence of Chief Justice Fuller and
Justice Brewer, in Europe.
President Callaway, OF the New York
Central Railroad. was before the In
dustral Commission, at Washington,
to give testimony relative to railroad
transportation. He favored the pool
Ing Of railroads when properly carried
on.
Gen. otis reported that Schwan's
forces cncounD cred heavy opposition at
Old Cavite, but drove the enemy, cap
turing two guns and inhctng heavy
damages. Capt. SaGfold Of the Thir-
teenth Infantry, was killed, and Capt.
McGrath, of the Fourth Cavalry, scri-
DUGlE WonpIoH