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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
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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
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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
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