Willmar tribune., 1899-10-11
4 FOREIGN !, &, 5INTEl,LLIGENCE. X, i !. e

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
While proceeding from Hong Kong
to Manila under an American charter
the steamer White Cloud found
and seven men were drowned. S
On September 9 q buoy marked
"Andree Polar Expedi dition, = with an an
schor attached was found on the north
coast Of King Charles island, and twas
the buoy which Andree arranged to
dropif he succeeded in passing theipole.
A cablegram from London says it il
reported that the Beers have com.
menced fighting and have captured
Dundee. #s= -.ss sess. 8.s,|Sz1:s Ssz1:sS 3 &
7 Further reports show that 1900 per.
sons perished in the earthquakes in Asia
Minor, around Aidin. @2 II.
From Skaguay, Alaska. the Canadian
government telegraph line has been
completed to Dawson. .-.s@s.s. s.
The Anglo-Venezuelan boundary ar
bitration commission by the decision
in Paris gives Great Britain a vast re-
gion in Venezuela: p. '~>
The steamship Bay State, valued at
$7oo, 600, from Liverpool for Boston
went ashore near Renews, north, OF
Cape Race, and went to pieces. No lives
were lost. <~.... ...
A Manila dispatch says that Gen
Lawton has organized general move
ment to clear up the country between
linus and Bocoor, taking the personal
command.
The Indian government must spend
$500, 900 rupees to relieve famine in the
central provinces.
LATER NEWS.
At Montgomery, Mo-, Frank Wake,
and his bride were murdered by
Charles Rankin, a disappointed lover,
who Immediately killed himself. A
child was seriously wounded by the
shots. All were prominent residents
of Montgomery county.
All the machinists and filters on the
Canadian Pacific railroad from Fort
William to Vancouver struck because
the company failed to recognize the
union.
The Thirteenth Minnesota was mus
tered out at Camp Presideo, San Fran
cisco, the 4th.
The Philippine commission will meet
in Washington in November.
Admiral Watson reports that tht
''tinclad" Urdaneta has been raisct
and will be refitted.
The second attempt of the yachts
Shamrock and Columbia to prove su
periority resulted in failure, there
being no wind. The race was declared
off.
The Mallory line steamer Leona wa
burned and sunk at her wharf in Eas
river, New York. Her cargo, consist
ing of tobacco and 5000 bales of cotton
valued at $500, 900, is total loss, ant
the boat is little better than wreck
Ex-United States Senator James Har
Ian died at his home in Mt. Pleasant
TO-, the 5th, aged 79 years. He wa!
United States senator from Iowa from
1855 to 1865. was secretary of the in
terror in Lincoln's second cabinet
1SG5-66, and was again United State
senator from Iowa from 1866 to 1878.
Judge Allen, of the United State
district court at Springfield, ILL.,, hold
that under the bankruptcy law mort
cages do not hold. " 49, ~E@ q. >
~ The Carnegie Steel company will
build two new blast furnaces at Ran
kin, Pa The proposed furnaces will
have a daily capacity of l,4oo tons o
iron.
The American board of foreign mis-
sions has voted to meet in st. Loui
next year. j
The Archbishop of Manila notifie
General Otis that there was plot o.
foot to burn the residence of the Cover
nor general and the archbishop, to
gether with several government build
ings and banks, but the plot failed t.
materialize, possibly because of dis
play of force.
Gen. Otis has informed the war dc
partment of the arrival of the trans
port Athenian with detachment q
the Third cavalry and horses. Their
were no casualties on the voyage.
The secretary of war has issued a
order discontinuing the military dc
partment of the gulf and merging
into the department of the east, unde
command of Major General Wesle
Merritt, headquarters at New York.
AWAIT THE THIRTEENTH.
The Visitors to the Twin Cities will be Care
for by the Reception COMMITTEES.