The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

number s,sos.O0O.
The British house Of lords has passed
the Australian commonwealth bill.
All the missionaries. some sixty in
number. in the shan Tuug district,
are safe.
The British Grst-class cruiser Argo.
maui, with crew Of 0s7 men, has left
sheerness Tor China.
Imports Of dry goods aud merchsn.
disc ut the port Of New York last week
were valued at s., 400. 1O5.
The imperial government has &C.
copied Victoria's offer Of naval con.
tingent for service 10 China.
II Is said the cruiser Philadelphia,
now at Astoria, will leave within a
few days for Chinese waters.
Senator Hanna will 20 to New York
aud open the national headquarters 10
that city on or about July 25th.
Five deaths in ten days from yellow
fever is General Woods report in bis
latest casualty list from Cuba.
II Is the intention Of the war depart
ment to ask congress for standing
army OF not less than $4,000 men.
The suffering at Kumassi is reported
as terrible, the mortality from starvA-
ton being thirty persons per day.
Twenty two hundred Japanese
troops, with fifteen guns, have ar
rived at Taku aud 500 more are ex-
pected.
The bubonic plague quarantine Tex
ne has enforced against San Francisco
for two months, has been modified to
some extent.
The consul.generAl at Dresden re-
ports the exports from there for the
past six months at sl.i3o,1 oi, an In
crease OF sis0,72s.
The steamer BundesrAth has arrived
at Antwerp with gold valued Z
$50. 900 consigned by Trausvaal BANK
ers 10 Holland bankers.
Harry Perry OF San Francisco has
been arrested on charge Of passing
counterfeit silver dollars. lilo ia said
10 have made u confession.
A detachment Of COO marines and 100
artillerists started from Brest for Tou.
ton yesterday to embark for China.
Crowds OF people cheered them OF.
IL is announced that General Dodds,
the hero Of the DAhomey Of the cam.
paign, has been appointed to the com.
mand OF the French expedition 10
China.
A detachment Of signal corps men
has been ordered from Seattle to Port
Valdez, Alaska, 10 construct a tele'
graph line from Port Valdez 10 For,
Egbert. Alaska.
The pay proper Of enlisted men serv'
ing In Porto Rico. Cuba, the Philippine
islands. Hawaii and In tho territory OF
Alaska has been increased 90 per cent
over aud above the regulation rates OF
pay.
Reliable diplomatic sources say that
despite repeated official assurances tn,
entente between the powers Ia rather
shaky, especially between Russia and
japan aud England and Russia, respeo
lively.
IL Is stated ut the quhrtermaster
generals office that there are now ri
Manila facilities for the transportation
OF $500 troops to China, with no greater
delay than Ia necessary in their EN-
barkation.
On the charge Of having set FIRE &c
the tenement In lloboken, the de
struction OF which on Tuesday morn
ing last caused loss Of thirteen lives
Henry Vagt, a saloonkeeper, has beer
arraigned.
Exports Of gold and silver from New
York TO all countries for last week ng'
gregated s709, 5ss, silver bars aud coin
and $1,000 gold. The imports o.
specie were sl5,O57 gold and $50, so7
silver.
A summary OF the weeks work ia
the patent Office shows that the cash
receipts TO have been 1885, e2s, 4
larger sum than in any previous fisca
gear. The total number OF patents
2G,5iO, also breaks the record,
The political events OF last week In
London were the defeat OF the govern
ment In the house OF lords by its owl
supporters over the proposition 10 ap
point commission to inquire into the
losses sustained by the Irish landlords
Bowser, the Chicago man who pro
posed TO run the whirlpool rapids, MIA
CARA, In his lifeboat, did not succeed
in launching his craft. Preparation
were made to put the boat In tn,
water, but the Canadian police inter
fered.
Rome Tribuna says the expedition
AIRY force to China will be composed Of
battalion OF infantry and one oil