, 1900-10-11
TELEoRAPrirc sREvITiEs.

ers employed by 115 firms in Pittsburg
struck for uniform wages.
The Dayton shoe factory, valued at
100000, was burned at Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, on the 2nd.
1t is announced that the entire
amount of Swedish bonds consigned
for sale in his country has beer dis
posed of.
British Columbia Mineralogist Rog-
ers, who has returned from Porcupine,
reports rich finds of gold in that dis
trict and predicts II big rush there.
General Leonard Wood, commanding
United States forces in Cuba, has made
recommendation that all the troops in
Cuba be mounted.
The Mosquito fleet built for the Unit
ed States customs service in Cuban
waters sailed on the Bird en- route for
Cuba by the inside route.
Letters from Havana indicate that
much apprehension exists among the
Americans there regarding the yellow
fever, as the conditions grow worse in
stead of improving.
The first lot of the 0 Galveston inc
coast country orphans which Il An
tonic families nave agreed to adopt
| ilIlN'h llltlt Nloll'liN III "tlt given
homes in well-to-do families.
Martin KinGman. a millionaire manu-
facturer at Peoria. says Bryan re
cei"ed $4,000 from Colorado silver
men for his refusal to accept a nomina-
ton other than on n silver platform.
Returns from the Connecticut town
elections show n net Republican loss
of seven towns. OF the 162 towns vOt-
| fnnr III 1,,t 5000. ,,~. Hon. hon 81 ZION
They stand: Republicans, lis; Demo
cratic, ~.
The puddlers of the Norristown,
Pennsylvania, mills held II meeting yes.
terday and decided to accept n cut of
81 a ton in wages. Fires were lighted
in the afternoon after an idleness of
six months.
The Michigan Supreme Court. in an
unanimous opinion, declared the act
granting n bounty of l cent per pound
on all beet sugar manufactured in the
state unconstitutional. The act was
passed in 1897.
People at the Presbyterian head
quarters in New York. who have been
keeping tab on the action of the Pres
byterians, predict the overwhelming
defeat of the movement TO revise the
creed Of the church.
Lord Wolscley asks the public wish
ing 10 honor the returning soldiers ito
refrain, while extending them II hearty
welcome, from offering them intoXiCat-
ing liquors ms, like all of us, they are
open TO temptation"
The fifteenth annual encnmpment of
Union Veterans Union opened at
Washington on the md with an at
tendance of fully 100 delegates. The
WOman's Relief Corps is holding IL
simultaneous meeting.
Famine and suffering among the In
dams on the SacatOn reservation
grows greater. Recent reports from an
authoritative source stated that 5000
Pimas and PapnEoes are already dcs-
titute and in dire want.
-Four more fishing vessels with crews
a~ggrogating thirty-five men have been
posted in New Foundland as having
been lost during the great gale IF Sep
TENDER 18Th. This is likely to com
plete the list of local disasters.
The Peruvian Congress has passed n
vote of censure against the late bin
as a result of the recent financial dis
closures. a new cabinet has been
formed with Senior Almcnara as pre-
mier and Senior Osma as minister of
foreign affairs.
The recent rain storms in the south
of France nave destroyed utterly the
late crops, and have greatly damaged
the wine crop. The Rhone has over
flowed and is flooding the villages
along its Course. Several railroad
washouts have also occurred.
The Postofiice Department has is
sued n tabulated statement of the
money order business of the country
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900.
During the year 33,163,O5O money or
derS We're issued for 2JJ.6TO.OTT, an
increase of $62,30G,9i9 over last year.
At Baku, on the Caspian sea, n fierce
fire has destroyed the property of eight
oil companies, including ninety-seven
wells, ten reservoirs containing 10000
900 pounds Of naptha, aud any quanti-
ty of buildings and machinery. The
whole loss will he tremendous. The
fire was still raging on the LIST.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of bust
ness September .. 1900. the debt. less
cash in the treasury, amounted to ST.
Jog, lJ6.GT1, which is accounted for by
the increase in the cash on hand and
the redemption of the two per cent.
bonds.
Father Fitzpatrick Of the Holy Fam
lily Cnurch, omaha, Fought a deSpcr-
ate battle with a burglar Mt the chancel
the other night, subducd the culprit.
called the police and sent him to jail.
The priest doe not give the details OF
the struggle, but told the officers that
he brought the thief to submission, and
that he begged for mercy.
British steamships and railroads are
expected to burn American smOkeless
soft coal soon. Negotiations for 300
600 tons have practically been COM
plcted between n Chicago firm of BIZ
luminous coal mine operators and an
agent of n London brokerage firm. 1t
is believed this marks the beginning
OF Il regular dcmghd by British con
Germs FOR American coal.
The Chicago City Council has passed
an amended ordinance for the leasing
of power created by the drainage ca
nal. The contract will give the city
the use of power generated 10y the
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