Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1898 — SHORT SPECIALS. [ARTICLE]

SHORT SPECIALS.

A. M. Soteldo, for several years minister from Venezuela, died at Washington Tuesday. Aj-oyal decree has been gasetted In Italy suspending the duties on cereals until June 30. Prince Victor Emmanuel, count of Turin, nephew of th«_ king of Italy, arrived In New York Tuesday. Dr. EUabcth H. Bates, of Port Chester, N. Y., has made a bequest of *135,000 to the University of Michigan. Col. C. P. Eagan has been appointed commissary general of subsistence of the &£my to succeed Gen. William H. Nash, who has retired. The British consul at Santiago de Cuba is said to have been attacked by a mob, to have killed a Spaniard and to have been Imprisoned. The secretary of the navy sent the senate a deficiency estimate of *20,975,500 for the remainder of the present fiscal year, and of the fiscal year 1899. The latest advices from Puerto Rico show that the disturbed condition of the island continues. People are leaving and political arrests are being made. It is reported that 20 Indians are dancing on Marshall prairie, *0 mlies from Tacoma, Wash. The country is sparsely settled and the whites are alarmed, fearing an outbreak. Steps have been taken to reorganise the five new regiments In New York city to take the place of those who have gone to war. Within a week there will be an entirely new national guard at work In the armories. The president announced Wednesday he would shortly pardon Capt. John D. Hart, of the filibustering steamer Laurada, now serving two years’ sentence In the penitentiary for hla Cuban filibustering operations. There Is no evidence to Indicate that the recent explosion in the powder mills at Santa Crus, Cal., was caused by Spanish spies. The output Is now 5,000 pounds of smokeless and 1,200 pounds of brown powder dally. Part of the Passiac rolling mills at Paterson, N. J., was blown up Wednesday. One man was killed and three Injured. The explosion occurred In the holler and gas section of the building. The damage to the works was *71,000. Orders have been issued by the United States postmaster-general to establish a post office In the Cuban port first occupied by the United States. Eben Brewer, of Pittsfield, Pa., has been appointed special agent in the organization of the work. The situation created by the defeat of the Spanish fleet at Manila Is regarded as being deeply interesting to Japan, as It is taken for granted that It presages tha downfall of the Spanish power in the east and the freedom of the Philippine Islands. The German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Qrosse, which has arrived In New York from Bremen, made a day's record run of 680 knots. This beats the liner’s best previous performance last September by ten Anots. The run was accomplished at an rerags of 23.30 knots an hour.