The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-11-23
NEWS NOTES.

In theatre fire at Hong Kong, on Octo-
Der 3, fifty persons lost their lives,
Lime manufacturers of the South will
be organized into 81, 500, 900 combine.
The Rev. Miss Sowles of Prospect, Wis,
began preaching before she was II years
old
In New Jersey the Republicans retain
control Of the Legislature by an increased
majority.
Bremen took 1, 100, 900 Of the II $1,000
bales of cotton raised in the United States
last year.
1t is said there is more ''champagne''
drank in one year than the champagne
districts produce in seven.
United States Senator Carter of Mon
tana was arrested in Helena and fined 81
for splitting on the sidewalk
England renounces all her claims in
Samoa in return for the Tongas, Savage
Island, and two of the Solomon group.
Berlin newspapers have revived the
prophecy of Napoleon that South Africa
will be the grave of the British Empire.
A dispatch from Luxembourg says that
the Boer campaign was planned in Europe
by General of European reputation"
Mrs. George Hillson, who has fallen
heir to Sc, 900, 900, says she will use the
amount in providing homes for friendless
people.
The Indianapolis Min isterial Associa-
ton has adopted resolution asking Con
gress to expel Congressman elect Roberts
of Utah.
Yaqui Indians, near Bacam, Mex, have
killed an American named y ttleton,
oVerseer Of a ranch, and wounded Ger
man named RossicE, his companion.
The uncertainty regarding the results Of
the election in Kentucky continues. Both
sides claim victory, and the courts or
the Legislature will eventually determine
the cont est.
Gen. William Ludlow, military COVER
nor of Havana, who is at his home in
Flushing, L. l., says the greatest draw
back to the improvement of the Cubaus
is their illiteracy.
Ohio elected Judge Nash, Republican,
for Governor by about GO, 900 plurality
over John r. Mclean, Democrat. Jones,
indepe ndent, got nearly 100, 600 votes out
of the 920, 600 cast.
Miss Helen Long, second daughter of
the Secretary of the Navy, is said to be
hopeless invalid She is suffering from
pulmonary trouble, and will be taken to
Colorado for the winter.
A Hoboken citizen, who backed him
self to eat more than great Dane, beat
the dog in gastronomy by four plates of
frankfurters on Saturday night. He de-
voured ten TO the dog S six.
j. Morgan Smith, who says he is a
nephew of j. Pierpont Morgan, squander
ed $500, 900 and then shipped on a whaler
to the Arctic sea, has deserted and is wait
ing to hear from wealthy rel atives.
Senator Davis of Minnesota, in an arti-
Gle on arbitration and international prob
lens, says the United States have AGO uir
ed the Philippines, will hold them, and
that an enormous increase in trade will be
the outcome.
The attention of the State Department
has been called to the case of Mark Ever
EFT, an American miner, who, it is alleged,
was kidnapped into Canada by Canadian
officers, to answer charge of stage rob
berry.
After twelve years liti cation the title
of ex Postmaster General Don M. Dickin
son of Detroit, Mich, to Stromness ISL
and, in the ST. Clair River, which Con
gress attempted to dedicate as national
park, has been declared valid.
Dock Master William G. Cramp has sew
cred his connection with the Cramp Dry
dock Company Of Philadelphia He was
the best known expert in his line in the
country, and had locked thousands of
vessels without single mishap.
DR.. Leyds, the representative in Europe
of the Transvaal Government, repeats
President Kruger's assertion that if the
republics must eventually belong to Eng
ladd, the latter will pay price for them
that will astound the world.
The New York papers figure UP state
inheritance tax on the late Cornelius Van
derbilt of over 81, POO, 900 and federal
inheritance tax, under the war revenue
act, of over 81. 100, 600. The total sum is