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WMim wiwMWi ' i The Commoner. 11 VI. a, No. 5f; 'gpijw"niipiw,jiui I & i-jvr V JS - -T 777 3 iggpji rr (sue. t aa VTOLgS -k'p An accident on a branch of the Grand Trunk railway near London, Ont, caused the death of twenty eight persons and the injury of many others. The accident is said to be due to some mistake in the orders of the dispatchers and on account of the severity of the weather at the time the accident took placo, the injured suffered severely. tlonal banks of this city. The bank will bo known as the Commercial Na tional and it is likely that its capi tal and surplus will amount to $100,-000,000. From various provinces in China come reports of a grave state of af fairs as regards the activity of the rebellion. It is said that the people are not only suffering lrom the de predations of the rebels, but also suf fer from the destruction of property :by the imperial troops, in some places this destruction being carried on so wantonly that it is feared that a famine nlay ensue. A concern known as the Alabama Steel and Wire corporation of Hart ford, Conn., has recently been incor porated at that city, with an amount of capital stock estimated to be $5,-000,000. On December 27 It was reported from St Thomas, one of the islands of the Danish West Indies, that the cable ship Newington, which arrived at St. Lucia, B. W. L., yesterday, re ported having passed Mont Pelee, isl and of Martinique, at 10.30 Tuesday morning. The volcano was then in violent eruption. Dense clouds of gray smoke and dust were pouring out of the crater and ascending to an enor mous height Other advices say that the cone was luminous during the night A special dispatch from Monterey Tjy way of Laredo, Tex., says: Gen eral Pearson, the, Boer commandos who became famous during the war between the Boers and the English by appearing at New Orleans and oppos ing the sale of mules to English agents, is in Monterey as the agent of tlia thousands of his - countrymen who propose to establisa colonies in southwestern Texas or Mexico. A committee of Boors is expected to ar rive at New Orleans January 15. A cablegram from Tokio, Japan, dated December 28, says: The im perial diet reassembled today. The house of representatives was imme diately dissolved by imperial order and the house of peers was prorogued. The elections have been fixed for Feb ruary. The dissolution of the diet is due to the opposition of the party leaders to the government's plan to raise the money for the naval pro gram by increasing the land tax The leaders refused the government's of fer to compromise by reducing this tax. The opposition desired that the land lax be abolished F.nd that thfj funds for the naval increase be se cured from other sources. Later advices from the scene of the recent earthquake disturbances in Russian Turkestan report the destruc tion of eleven villages around Andijan and that 6,000 houses are in ruins. The disturbances continue with more or less severity. On December 29 severe volcanic eruptions were reported from the Samoan group of islands, and it is said that the eruption vas accom panied by thirteen earthquake shock?, occasioniug some property damage. The sultan of Morroco is finding a great deal of trouble these days in attempting to cope with 'a serious sit uation in his empire. It appears that his claim to the throne is contested and in a battle on December 22 the imperial army was routed in great disorder. The situation is regarded as critical in the extreme and Eu ropean residents of the city are pre paring to flee. The Spanish go em inent has ordered a cruiser to Tangier lso troops are to be sent to Malaga, Cadiz and Algeciras in case of needed re'inforcement of the garrisons in Morroco. Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of General Fremont", died on Decern- Tva. 0.7 nf lint l."fcvw it T jr. AMn.AlH Cal., at the age of 78 years. Mrs. Fremont was the daughter of Thomas A. Benton, for thirty years a member of the United States senate. Considerable Interest has .been aroused by the celebration of the gold en jubilee of the Passionist Fathers in Pittsburg, Pa. The meetings are at tended by delegates from all over the United States together with -many not able church dignitaries and priests. The Bulgarian government is fac ing a critical situation in the move ment of the Macedonian refugees. The hope is expressed that Turkey will give better treatment to these people and so render unnecessary any gen eral movement in their behalf. The situation is being closely watched by Europe. It was recently reported from Ma zatlan, Mex., that the bubonic plague there is abating, although a etriot quarantine is still being maintained. An Associated press d'spatch from Havana, under date of December 29, says: United States Minister Squires has formally begun negotiations in the matter or securing a coaling station ?? thTG ,?sl of Pines ! is said that the United States asks for one naval and three coaling stations. According to the Times of Now York city plans are being made to effect Sp ti ?Vt time th0 consolidation " mu mei cantiie wa it was announced from London on December 27 that an agency dispatch from Belgrade, Servia, predicts that the first result of thjB visit of Count Lamsdorff to the Servian capital will be a ministerial crises; that some of the cabinet has already resigned ani that the remainder will probably fol low the example. The dispatch adds that the Russian foreign minister's visit will lead to an approachment bo tween Russia and Servia and that i visit of the king and queen of Servia to the czar will certainly follow. tho charter the road could charge 3 pnntq n. milo nasseneer fare and oaid "a specific tax on gross earnings iu lieu of other taxes. Under general law it can charge only 2 cents a mile and is subject to an ad valorem tax on its property, which is 'doubling its annual taxes. The damages of six million aro alleged to bo for one year. It was recently reported that France and Guatemala have agreed to sub mit to the international arbitration Court at The Hague the French claims against Guatemala. They are similar to those against Venezuela. The terms of tho protocol are now being discussed. The depression in the industrial sit uation in Germany still continues ac cording to the report of tho Hamburg chamber of commerce recently pub lished In conclusion this report ad dresses an energetic appeal to the German press to refrain from attacks on Great Britain and urges that in an economic respect and especially in re gard to her colonies, Great Britain must continue to be the model which Germany should strive to imitate. mains, and while his rightful portion is allotted him. It was announced from Muskogee, I. T., on December 30 that tho Indian territory statehood convention held at Eufaula today was participated ;n by, representatives of ten towns and cit ies. Resolutions were passod favor--ing admission with Oklahoma under the Beveridge bill, with delegates and constitutional rights, but opposed to it under any other conditions. Ar rangements were made for a largo delegation from Indian territory to attend the Oklahoma City convention. A conference of anthracite coal operators and their attorneys was held at Philadelphia, Pa., on Decem ber 30 for the purpose of arranging for the presentation of the mine own ers' side of the controversy to the commission when that body recon venes shortly. An interesting cablegram from Capetown, under date of December 30, says: General Schalkburgher, former acting president of the former Orange Free State, in an open letter, pub lished in Onsland, appealB to the gov ernment to be merciful to those who suffered as a result of their devo tion to the Boer cause and to re move the grievances which now make it impossible to live up to the motto, "Forgive and Forgot." In conclusion General Schalkburgher expresses tho hope that tho people will show that the power of the rule in South Africa lies in the Africander, who will re main loyal while righteousness re- The annual meeting of the Panama Canal company took' place in Paris on December 30. The negotiations for the sale of the canal to the United Stat33 were discussed and the hope was ex pressed that the sale would soon bo consummated. A movement has been started at Chattanooga, Tenn., looking to tho combination of seventeen of the lead ing malleable iron companies in tho United States with a combined stock of from $16,000,000 to $20,000,000. It is rumored that the Erie, Lehigh and the Reading railroads will &oon be consolidated. It is said that tho merger will be planned after tho man ner of tho Northern Securities com pany, the stocks of the companies to be pooled and held as a basis for the issuance of a large amount of com mon shares, which will take as their names the title to be given the con solidated companies. A cablegram from Rome, dated De cember 30, makes the announcement that under the Franco-Italian agree ment in regard to tho Mediterranean, under which Italy undertakes to re spect French aspirations in Morrocco in return for analogous French un dertakings regarding Tripoli, Italy has no direct interest in the Morroc can situation. It also can be said that Italy has no intention of occu pying Tripoli unless obliged to do so in order to prevent other powers from Subscribers Advertising Department On December 27 a suit was insti tuted in Michigan by tho Michigan Central railway against the state for' $6,000,000 for damages resulting from the revocation of the rali road's spe cial charter by the special session of the state legislature just at the close of Governor Pingree's administration. Tho stato, in revoking the charter, gave its consent to bo sued. Under This department has been estab lished for the benefit of The Com moner's subscribers who may have something to sell or exchango, or who may want something that may be pos sessed by others. Advertisements will be accepted for this department at 6 cents per word per insertion, and cash must accompany the order. This is the lowest advertising rate made in the paper. The publisher reserves the right to reject any advertisement or dered. 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