The Monte Vista journal., 1899-01-14
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dangerously sick with the grip.
| Admiral Dewey will soon have .
fleet Of thirty ships under his COM
mand.
| The volunteer troops now at Ma
for some time
The railroads having lines west Of
Chicago are making very fast time In
an effort TO get the mail contracts.
| A tremendous landslide In British
Columbia damned the he'd Of the
Fraser river and changed its course.
| Archbishop Ireland has been SUM-
moned 10 Rome for the purpose. Il In
supposed. Of advising the Pope about
the Philippine situation.
! Governor Smith OF Vermont has ap-
pointed Benjamin F. Fifield OF Mont
| pelier Ms successor to the late Senator
Justin y. Morrill,.
| Nurses In one OF the division hos
pitals near Havana complain strongly
against the lack of comforts which
they and their pnticnts suffer.
Mr.. Bryan delivered addresses he
Fore Democratic clubs at Cleveland
and Chicago last week. In which he
urged the dangers OF expansion.
a closely contested twenty four hour
bicycle race at New York was won by
Louis Giinm OF Pittsburg. who COW
cred 40 miles He ended only wheel
length ahead OF the second man
| II is said that Senator Teller may
| withdraw from the ways and means
| committee OF the silver parties owing
TO ill-health and other duties. G. A.
Towne OF Minnesota will take his
place.
| IL Is announced by the American
Steel and Wire Company officials that
the various steel and wire interests In
| this country are to he consolidated Isi-
to n new corporation. to be- known as
the American Steel and Wire Com
pany Of New Jersey
The tin plate combine ha. announced
an advance Of - cents on each stand
| ard 1p-pound box, and the jobl,erI
have put prices MP 30 cents. thus
| jumping from S,lV 10 $40 within
twcnty-four hours. II 4. believed quo
tations WHY advance until 500 Is
reached
| General Ludlow. military governor
of Havana. will soon issue n decree
against vagrancy. 1t Is the intention
OF the authorities to use the old bar
racks Of the Orden Publico In Compo-
sela street ns n prison for yagrants.
who will be- compelled 10 work at
! cleaning the streets.
News has lust been received from
Leopoldvillc. Congo Free state. that
the rcvol,ed Bcteteln tribe defeated
the Congo forces at Sungnla November
18th. killing 100 native soldiers and n
number Of Belgian. Swiss and Danish
officers. Ten days later the mutineers
captured the town of kiramba In the
Upper Ubanghi.
The Chinese government has just
concluded defining the limits OF tn.
Russian concession in llnnkow. and
has Included In the area property
owned by British subjects The latter
have received notice To quit. but they
have refused TO leave. ana have pro-
tested against the governments action,
calling on the British authorities To
support them.
The statistics Of emigration 10y way
OF Bremen, now the chief port Of EN-
harkaiion In Germany for that class
OF travel. which have Just been made
public, show that -. I.2SO emigrants sail
ed from that port for America during
ls3s. as against A.l71 In the year pre-.
rIou.. M this number onc-sixth were
Germans and the remainder chiefly
Austrians and Russians.
Confined In the South Piii.burg, Ten
nesse". jail is a woman prisoner. Jane
Amhert. who taught her male asso-
cintcs n lesson In nerve. sunday she
secured an Iron bar and broke the lock
I ..I .W..I a.
cells Of III. other prisoners. sma shed
the locks and set them NJ liberty. Six
escaped, but tn. woman and two Of
III" men w-r. r-capturct.
Dr. Kraus. n German traveller In Az
rlca. has caused u sensation here 10y
his memorial address to the reichstag.
charging the Imperial officers manag-
Ing III. German colony Of Togo. south
west Africa. with conniving at slave
dealing ON the coast. In three days. Ia.
says. h. saw more than 15,bp slaves
sold In the town Of kctc alone. These
sensational charges lie mainly against
Governor Jc-ko won ruitkamer. who
has been Involved In other colonial
scandals.
Secretary Lon: on the !rd cahled or
d"rs TO Commander Il. NJ. Berry OF
Ils suninhi 'asIlut NJ huNuHH 10
start as soon ar possible To join .Ad-
miral Dewey nt Manila. proceeding by
way Of the Sucx canal. This makes
the NTH vessel selected for duty Ia
the Philippines by the Navy Depart
mcnt Ia III. last few weeks. When
: the vessels already ordered to the
A-latic station reach their de-tinati Ion
Admiral Dewey Will command the
largest squadron In the American
. navy, consisting Of twenty ships.
The Pullman Palace Car Company
hns accepted the decision Of the Su.
prrinr Court OF lllinol. ani has In
strucicd It, attorneys 10 close til" suit
: defending th. town. tn. streets OF
Pullman VIII bc given over 10 III. au.
fhoriii.s of th" city OF Chicago aud
! III" water works also viii pass into
; 'h" control OF the city. Its property
VIII M longer figure on the assessor .
; books n ".lJu ncrcs with the improve
m"nts thereon" In III. scheme of dis.
: posing OF the vast and multiplied In.
; t-rcst Of til" company. preference viii
: -. given To the employees II they wish
! To purchas. I'll. homes which they now
occupy.
. shsrk-y whips Mccoy.
, Lcpox Athletic Club. New York. Ian.
1i.-Tom shnrkcy. the American sail.
, or. stand. tonight III" only heavy.
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