Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-04-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

The condition of the pope has be-
come more serious and bis physicians
fear he will not recover
An attempt was made to assassinate
Hoshi Toru, formerly Japanese Minis.
ter to the United States, recently.
1t is stated that s225, 900 has been
subscribed toward the construction Of
the alumni hall at Yale university.
In San Francisco short, sharp earth.
quake shock was felt April 5. The vi,
brations lasted three or four seconds.
1t is said that Gillett, the abscond.
ing cattle plunger, has gone to South
America to engage in the cattle bust,
ness
Military movements are noticeable in
the northern provinces of Spain in con-
nection with the Carlist's threatened
uprising.
The secretary of the interior has APP
proved the plans of Director Walcott
for the continuation OF surveys in
Alaska during the summer of 1899.
Premier Dupuy, in the course of an
important speech to his constituents at
lie Puy, said the situation both at
home and abroad was eminently salts
factory.
Ninety-four Chinese were killed and
l23 wounded by Russian soldiers in the
recent riot at Talien Wan, China A
Russian interpreter was killed by the
Chinese
Returns from the Irish county coun-
ell elections show that 300 National
lists, eighty three Unionists, one labor
candidate and one Liberal have been
returned.
News has been received at Yokohama
that a French mission has been wreck
ed in the province of Chun Chong,
Korea. The priest in charge was
carried off
Orders have been issued directing
that none of the remains OF yellow
fever victims shall be brought from
Cuba to the United States until cold
weather returns.
yelling, n. 4. dispatches say the i'm.
perial government has accepted the
/ offer of the colonial secretary to dis
i patch a boat to Samoa, but the troops
offered are not required.
Dr. George A. Rawson, who figured
in sensational divorce case in Seattle,
Wash, few years ago, committed
suicide at the insane hospital Indian
apolis, Ind, by hanging.
Four thousand one hundred cans Of
beef have been DESTROYED at the Regla
warehouse, Havana, during the last
three months, without action on the
part of the board of survey
Judge Ortiz, in Havana, insists that
the incommunicadola law is in full force,
like all other Spanish laws which Gen
eral Brooke's proclamation of January
l affirmed were to be unchanged
The plague is still raging in Formosa
According to the latest advices eleven
deaths had occurred in Tainin and one
in Tiakokua, bringing the total num-
berof deaths since January /, up to 232.
Ten men in the mines in the south
ern Illinois coal district have decided
co strike as a result of their employers
refusal to grant a raise of % cents a
day. This will tie up at least 5000
men.
Capitalists from Chicago and other
cities are attempting to secure an OPP
ton on all the laundries of Indianapo-
lis, with a view toward purchasing
them and uniting them into one COM
bine.
Latest adviees from the seat Of hos
tilities in BOLIVIA say the federalists or
insurgents now hold Cochabampa.
Potosi and Santa Cruz, but President
Alonzo has reduced their positions near
Oruro
Nearly all the wheat through CEN
trail Illinois, from Danville to Havana,
considered the best portion of the state,
is dead. There was a large acreage
sown last fall. Farmers are discour-
aged
The agricultural and mineral re-
sources of Manchuria are stated to be
immense, and the Russians are work
ing so as to exploit them for their sole
advantage. Land is being compulsory
acquired.
An effort is being made to secure
for Philadelphia commercial museums
eXpositions next fall exhibits of manu-
featured and raw products of Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philip
pines
At the suggestion of Rear-Admiral \
Bradford, chief of the bureau of equip
ment, a comprehensive scheme has been /
adopted by the navy department under
which eoaling stations will be placed
at strategic points in the West Indies
as soon as possible,
Major-General Wilson, militay gov
ernor of the department of Matanzas,
says, in the course Of private letter,
that all the Cubans formerly in arms
in the Matanzas province are now
understood to be in industrial employ.
ment.
&c. 1, -. . 1z.1.