Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-24
BITS OF INFORMATION.

Pftncess Hohenlohe, wife of the German
imperial chancellor. Is dead. She was g
years Of age.
The Oakland (Cal) board Of trade has
adopted resolutions In favor Of the Ha.
waiian treaty.
The expectation Of raw cotton from the
southern states to Japan. by way Of Pa.
cine coast ports, is practically double what
1t was last season.
Secretary Long will recommend to con.
gress IN few days that modern cruise,
be built to take the place on the lakea al
the Anticipated Michigan.
Mrs. Ann Kelly, aged IS years, and Miss
Mary Baird. aged 80 years. inmates Of the
poorhouse at Plainffeld. N. j.. are dead
from drinking wood alcohol
special dispatch from Melbourne, Aus
900 (s4.25o.ooo). The cause of his troubles is
said to be the bursting Of the land boom.
The German admiral commanding at
Kiao-Chou bay refuses to admit newspn per
men within the German lines There have
been no further developments at Kiao.
| Chou.
E. Brown. e. F.. Gerald and William G.
Mahoney, appraisers Of the estate Of the
| late Charles f. Crocker. Tuesday filed re.
port placing the value OF the property at
$7,032,12s.
The British bark Blairlog!e, Can't.
Mackay. from Delagoa bay for Portland.
Ore, has been lost with her cargo of the
island OF Matahiva. belonging to the Tua-
moth group.
A dispatch from Greytown. Nicaragua,
announces the safe arrival at that port of
the United States gunboat Newport with
the members of the Nicaragua canal COM
mission on board.
Serious strike disorders have occurred at
Moreso, Spain. where band of strikers
have attacked the nonstrikers Several
persons were wounded. Gendarmes are pa
trolling the streets.
Despondent over Ill health and poverty,
William Hanson, 6 years old, an English
anarchist belonging to the school Of Benz
Jamin H. Tucker, committed suicide In
New York by swallowing prussic acid
While District Attorney Youhgs, Of
Quenns county. N. Y, is non-committal
upon the matter, 1t is understood that he
has finally decided to allow Mrs. Mack to
plead guilty to manslaughter In the frst
degree.
The chambers of commerce at Portland.
Ore, and Tacoma, WASH, have appointed
committees to urge President McKinley's
attendance at the trans-Mississippi con.
gress next fall which will be held at WITCH.
ita, Kan.
Vessels for the Australian trade are al
most unobtainable. There are now three
cisco to Sydney. Melbourne and Adelaide,
and ship to take them over cannot be
procured.
AS result of the freight wreck which
was caused by runaway train on the
Pennsylvania railroad near Altoona, Mon.
day, three men lost their lives and damage
to the extent of $4,000 was done rolling
stock Of the company.
The big. man-killing elk which killed two
men in Lincoln park, Chicago, and was
afterward sent to st. Louis, where 1t killed
Its third victim, was shot Sunday morning.
The animal had grown 80 cross that 1t was
necessary to dispose OF him.
Post Office Inspector Mercer, Of st. Louis,
has positively identified Charles Robinson.
alias Sporty Blackeye." who was arrested
at Fort Scott. Kan, Saturday, as a noted
post office and bank burglar. wanted for
numerous crimes in Missouri.
The funeral of William Terriss, the actor.
who was stabbed to death on Thursday last
outside the Adelphi theater by a super,
named Prince, took place Tuesday al
Bromton cemetery. London. There was an
immense crowd Of people present.
Notices have been posted at Fiskdale cot.
ton mills, in Sturbridge, Mass, that on
January 8 the wage scale will be lower Il
Is understood 1t will be between ten and
seven per cent. or about the same as that
contemplated by Fall River and New
Hampshire mills.