The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-01-04
NEWS SUMMARY.

advanced the price ON all winao"
glass IS per cent
A dispatch from warshnw says that
nfty-two Poles have been arrested
there, accused of participation in a
political conspiracy.
There Is persistent rumor that ex-
Gov. Merriam OF Minnesata, Director
Of the Census, will be given place in
che Cabinet after March ith.
A plan Of recruiting sailors for the
United states navy from the farms
and country towns is now under con-
alteration at the Navy department.
From Queensland news 6, received
that prospector named =. Killane
had been killed aud eaten 10y the
blacks, whom he engaged to pack for
him.
A. II. Pierce, the rich Texas cattle
man died Wednesday at Pierce station,
Texas. He w.. many tiiucs n million
airc. with large variety Of interests
In Texas.
The commissioner Of publ c lands Of
Hawaii. J. X. Brown is In Washington
to consult with the department re-
gardirg the public lands questions Of
the islands.
The Capc.to-Cairo telegraph line Is
now In operation to point litiy miles
north Of Kasanga and hundred miles
beyond the southern end OF Lake
Tanganyika.
An American company has gained
control OF the Guatc.halnu railroad
known as the northern branch. eNtcnd-
ing from Porto linrrlos to vi Rancho,
a distance of'i35 miles.
The war department IL considerably
embarrassed by the failure ofCongress
to make provision before the recess
for the relief oi the military situation
In the Philippines.
Peru aud Bolivia must look else
where than to the United States for
help In resisting the claims Of Chile to
the provinces Of Tacua aud africa, says
n Washington dispatch.
The Government Of Chile, which
recently invited tenders for iO1 freight
cars, has accepted 300 from Dnsche &
Co.. aud 100 from W. u. Grace q Co,
all OF American manufacture.
Nocnsc ofycllow fever Among Amer
leans has been reported In Havana for
several days, and there are Ia the Las
Animns hospital only ten persons, all
Spuniards, suffering from the disease.
II Is reported that discoveries Of rich
quartz mines have been made on liO-
nanza aud elsewhere In the klundiko
district Many samples assay over $50
to the ton. None 20 less than siO, and
one 500.
The amended platform OF the re-
Gently organized autonomy party Mt
Manila advocates that half Of tho
Territorial senators shall be elected
and half appointed by the Tic Gov
ernor-GeneraL
Smallpox has almost disappeared ut
Dawson aud there are but two cases la
the district. Five thousand Vaccine
poi hts reached Dawson Drceml,e' 18th,
and compulsory vaccination vas im-
mediately started.
Sir John William Lime, PREMIER OF
New South Wales, who wa, recently
requested by the goyrrnor-f,'neral of
the commonwealth Of Australia to
form the nrst federal ministry, has de-
elinrd the task.
Governor pingrec has issued a rcqui-
sition on the governor Of Cuba for
Charles Jrnncr Thompson, who Ia
wanted In Detroit for forgery, This
Is said To be the frat requisition ON
Cuba ever issued
The river and harbor bill, MS II will
be reportercd from the House COM
mittcc soon after the rcconyenirg OF
Congress on the sth Of January will
carry provision abolishiug tho
Missouri river commission.
Assistant Secretary OF War Meille-
John has been granted leave of absence
for thirty days and will at once begin
formal canvass for the Nebraska Sem
atorship made vacant by the retire
ment of Senator Thurston.
Governor Allen OF Porto Rico ccle-
bratcd the holiday season by extend
ing executive clemency To twenty-four
prisoners la Porto Rican jails. Ito
pardoned seventeen murderers aud
homicides and seven thieves
Emma Goldman says in an interview
In New York that the anarchists had
decided not TO kill any more kings or
crowned heads. She said that Ut
recent conference OF anarchists In
Paris the above course had been agreed
upon.
The shipment Of ore from Rossland,
H. C., for 1900 aggregated aao,Oll tons.
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