Gilpin observer., 1899-10-05
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.


The International Geographical Con.
gress opened at Berlin on the Both with
1900 members present.
The bubonic plague is spreading IL
the country districts outside Oporto,
and corresponding alarm is felt in
Spain. The epidemic of typhoid fever
in Madrid has been localized in that
city.
The town of Lubaczow. Galicia, n
place of about 5000 inhabitants north
west of Lemberg, was destroyed by
fire the other day Hundreds of fami-
lies are suffering from extreme dcsti
tuition.
Latest dispatches from South Africa
state that trainlOads of Beers are being
hurried to strategic points on the
frontier. The British forces now in
South Africa number 10000, while the
Beers claim that they can muster 50,-
600 men.
The season at Ostend, Belgium, has
been the greatest ever experienced
there. Two hundred and fifty thous-
and visitors have been registered there
during the season. There We're never
before so many wealthy Americans at
that resort.
Beef on the hoof has reached 81 at
the Chicago stock yards, which is the
largest since 1892 and the highest Oc-
tober price since 1854. This price of
81 was for some Illinois cattle, which
gives them supremacy over the lndi-
ana cattle that brought $500 ten days
ago.
The final crop estimates show Can
ada will have an apparent surplus of
5O.0O0,000 bushels of wheat for export,
as against 3O,0OO.O0O last year. But
the actual surplus for export will be
larger. Manitoba's crop. as estimated
by Premier Greenway, is 60,00O,O00
bushels: last year it was 30,000,O0O.
The Warren line steamer Bay State,
Captain Walton. from Liverpool, Sep
tember 25th. for Boston. with general
cargo. is ashore near Cape Race and
will likely prove n total wreck. Her
crew and n number of cattlemen who
were passengers are adrift in boats
which are lost in the fog. One boat
has reached Cape Fuller.
One of the strongest signs of the de-
termination of the French cabinet to
calm public opinion preparatory to the
exposition of 1900 is found in its deci-
sion, not yet announced. in favor of
amnesty Emile Zola's trial next No
vember, accordingly, will not take
place. Ultra friends of Dreyfus are
disappointed, but this is good news for
well-wishers of France, who desire
that calm may follow the storm.
Professor Stiles. the scientific attache
of the United States embassy at Ber-
lin, recently discovered evidence that
several large Antwerp firms did an i'm
mense business in diseased beef and
pork which was put in American pack.
ages illegally obtained. thus giving
them American brand. The professor
il now travelling in Switzerland, Ger
many and Denmark in order to com
plete the chain of evidence for the pur.
pose of prosecuting these firms.
Boston's eight most prominent den.
fists have been sued for $1,000 each for
infringement of the crown tooth patent
and now have keepers placed in their
offices. This is the beginning of a
general onslaught on all the dentists
throughout the country. Every den
tist in the United States is liable and
owners of the patent announce their
intention to push the matter in court
as rapidly as possible. employing at
torneys all over the country to conduct
their litigation.
a rumor is circulating in Madrid to
the effect that the Washington govern
ment has sent Il note to Madrid for
transmission TO the foreign Office pro.
posing revision of the clause i'm arti.
Gle s of the peace treaty favorable to
the Philippine monks. This clause
guarantees unimpaircd property rights
to all ecclesiastical bodies in the
islands at the time of the signing of
the treaty. 1t is believed in some
quarters there that If this article r. re-
vised the Filipinos VIII voluntarily dis.
arm.
In n decision handed down by the
United States Circuit Court of Ap-
peals nj Chicago the verdict of S51.-
600 formerly given against the Worlds
Columbian Exposition Company In
favor of the republic of France is re-
versed and n new trial ordered. The
case resulted from the burning of the
Manufactures building at the Worlds
Fair. in which the French republic lost
many valuable exhibits. Ii was claim-
ed the loss was the result of ncgll-
gencc on the part of the exposition
company, but the court in It's ruling
today declared IL could find no evi.
dence of negligence.
Drivers and conductors employed by
the street railway companies mt Ia-
vana went on n strike Monday to en-
force demand for larger pay for u
siNtecn-hour working day. As soon us
they quit work the company filed their
places with new men. The strikers
became turbulent and stoned the cars.
woundlng two new employees. The ears
are now guarded by policemen. The
strikers threaten to XIII the new men.
but the police promise adequate protcc-
tion. II IL said none of the strikers
will bc taken back. All the new EN-.
ployes are negroes.
About 30 per cent. of the zinc mines
of the Joplin Missouri district have