The silver lance., 1897-12-24
rELkoaAPHlc sREvlrlks.

TON on lthe 18th.
ThereI was a very heavy snow storm
In Kanaas on the 18th.
Two miners were killed In a snow
slide near Butte on the 9Th.
A New York man has bought the
2-yeartold Hamburg for $4,000.
The three-cent car fare in Detroit,
Michigan, is declared to be a failure.
The three big cracker companies of
the country are planning to combine.
The great six-day bicycle race at
New York was won by Miller Of Chi
cago.
Congressman Bell of Colorado was
Ill during the opening days Of Con-
gress.
The union printers of New York will
probably strike In the near future for
a nine-hour day.
The states of the Greater Republic
of Central America expect to form a
complete union within two months.
As a result of smallpox scare in
Socorro and vicinity wholesale vaccina-
tions are being made by the authori-
ties.
The carpet warerooms of the Dob
sons, in Philadelphia, were gutted by
fire on the 18th, with a loss Of over
$5OO.OOO.
Secretary Alger has recommended to
Congress that 500 reindeer be brought
from Laplqnd to be used in carrying
supplies into the Klondike region.
A party of robbers held up a train
on the Atlantic 6, pacifia faW dQvS
ago, but the men on guard opened
fire and killed one of the bandits. The
others decamped with posse in pur
suit.
L. Warmoles and Edward Book, who
have just reached Calgary, Northwest
Territory, after a partial trip over the
Canadian river route to the Klondike,
report the route the easiest and cheap
est Of all.
Postmaster General Gary has amend
ed regulations so as to require that af-
ter April 1st next the bond supplied by
letter carriers for the faithful perform
ance Of their duties shall be that sup
piled by surety companies.
Bigamy seems to be on the increase
In Canada, and, according to Judge
MacDougal Of Toronto, the absence
Of inexpensive facilities for obtaining
divorces is the cause at present A
person wanting a. divorce In Canada
has to make application to Parliament,
and the cost is about $1,000.
The entire ministry of Hayti has re-
signed. As yet the composition Of Its
successor has not been definitely set
tied, but several well-known names are
mentioned that will command the con-
fidence Of the Haytians and foreigners
alike. The city Of Port au Prince has
now resumed it's normal aspect.
Herr wilhelm Won Kardorff, presi
dent Of the Bimetallic League Of Ger
many, presided at the meeting Of the
league last week, at which 1t was re-
solved to take steps to promote the OBJ
jects Of the league In other countries,
although England's attitude might de-
lay, 1t could not permanently prevent
bimetallism.
There are to be no more bicycles in
the service Of the postoffice depart
ment in Chicago. An order to this ef-
feet has been secured by Postmaster
Gordon from the postmaster general.
Mr.. Gordon has discovered that the
work Of delivering mail can be better
facilitated by the use Of street cars
and elevated trains.
Unrest continues in Bohemia. There
are numerous arrests daily and the
prisons are so full that 1t has been
found necessary to discharge the
minor cases. Slight collisions between
the students and the police have oc-
Cured at Prague, CracOw. and Gratz.
During the present week thirty news
papers have been confiscated in Bohe-
mia.
Religious circles in st. Joseph, Mis-
souri,, were stirred up last Sunday by
the public excommunicaticn of Mrs.
Charles Miller, formerly Miss Rather
inc Moriarity, her mother and all rela
tives and Catholics who participated in
her marriage ceremonies, and the recep-
ton which followed, because the young
woman was married to Protestant
minister
the announcement that all details had
been completed for the construction Of
sixteen river steamers for the Yukon
company. Within two weeks 1000 men
will be at work. The steamers will be
completed and towed to the mouth of
the Yukon by the time the river opens
for navigation. The contract price OF
the steamers is 81 ,OOO,OO0.
Travellers in central Asia report an
extraordinary ferment among the
Moslems of different races. They are
sinking their mutual animosities and
declaring that they are first of all Mo-
hamedans, with the Sultan as their
common chief. 1t is evident that the
slightest pretext would suffice to bring
about an uprising and to plunge Rus
sia into the same sea Of trouble as
India.
The statement of the principal arti-
cles Of domestic exports about 95 pei
cent. of the whole) for the month Of
November, issued from the Bureau Of
Statistics Of the Treasury Department
to-day, shows . total of $S2, 1928 $50, an
increase over October of more than
$5 200, 600 and over the same month
last year of $6,OOO,OOO. The increase