The Delta independent., 1900-10-05
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Dovie froO AaAsne3d, Ohio.
The Greot NoesheFD's tunnel near
Spokane Was completed On the 2D0-
II 10 two and Q half mIies In Isogth.
Thirty-oae .ev cases OF yellow fever
have been sOcially rep0rted At IA.
vana, making sesriy 100 now under
treatment
Queen Victoria has appointed the
Duke Of ARlboeonGh lord Lieutenant
Of Ireland, to succeed the Earl OF Cad
0G1n, who retires On account OF W
health.
Lightping struck . kiln af the Clen
Carbon brick yards In IlliDOis. denoI-
| ishing the kiln and buryinG hve men
uader tons Of brick. -Four were taken
out dead
Adviess from Sksg~ay tell Of new
strike il the Forty Mile district The
md was On Rock creek and II said to
have been rich. one nugget alone being
taken out that Was worth $50.
Lord Roberts repssts that General
Ian Hamilton found At the Crocodile
| river. neaT Hector SlEuit. thirteen
guns. including several lost BY the
| British. They were almost destroyed
General John n. Palmer. ex-United
| States senator from Illinois, died Tues
day from heart failure. aged eighty.
three years. He was an honorary pail
bearer At General McCkrLands funer-
al the previous Saturday.
| Fer the ,rst time since April. 1890.
bar silver, on the 2sah. reached -
| pence per ounce In London. which 10
| equivalent TO 81 q cents In New York.
American money. The actual New
York quotation Was tyis cents.
mil
vice consul Mt Hamburg. has been
ssntenced TO fifteen month"; imprts-
onment for misappropristing 2a.5O
marks, part Of an Inheritance which
he received for two American women
Secretary Root writes. that his con-
dition 10 Improving. but gives 10 indi-
cation Of . purID-e to return to WASH
| ington soon. He IL nj his summer
home At Southampton. L. l., and -
c0uvalercing from . severe surgical
operation.
An 1910 gallon water tank on the
Rock Island rad collapsed. nooding .
steel wire plant NJ Joliet, suspendinG
| work and destroying f2.UO worth Of
product. Telegraphic wires went down
and traffic was delayed The estimated
damage Is $500.
| General Wood. governor Of Cuba. de-
ciares the wreck Of the Maine IL IN OBJ
struction TO navigation. lie desires to
| remove the ship. and now that Sscre-
I tary Long has no objection, inasmuch
- the vessel is OF NO value, this action
will BE- taken
Mrr, Elizabeth Van lev. who during
| the war bet " een the states furnished the
CnjOn forces valuable Information Of
the Confederate army and aided Pris-
onerx In escaping from Libby prison.
and who. after the war. was awarded
by General Grant the pOstmastership
at RSchmond. died here today At an
advanced age.
In 4 number Of the cities adjacent
4 ~ eoal supply n eettiAg low and
1 0an9 families have beea ,uoahas ts
purchase ewes small quantities. II
seena an sXtraors1inary state Of thinEs
| for this section Of the country. wbere
| ordinarily tons Of cal can br picked
up along the railroads.
The hoard II rsGentx Of the Cniver-
sity Of Idaho has selected Professor
]. A. Mclean prexidrat Of that insti-
tuition. Professor Mclran now 01ls
the chair of J,hiloeophy and history In
the Univer.ity Of Colorado. He 10
graduate Of Columbia college and
comes highly recommended by Presi-
dent Seth Low Of that institutioa-
Al the .sasiou Of the United Typo
thetae Of America 1t kanaas City the
| exeevtivc committee made It's report.
which expressed ~nmity 10 tbe union
label system. and recommended that
| II BE- fought through the c"urta. The
committee also rerommeotIed that 500
he Appropriated 10 help the employing
peintess Of Fan FranciarO carry %
their fight against the union label.
A srrrrt circular has heen aent out
by Joannicius the metropolitan Of
kielI. to all the Russian archbiahop~.
virtually accommodating Tolstoi. the
Ruesian novelist and sDcial reformer.
II declares that T0lstoi is an avOWel
enemy Of the church. and that. therr-
fore. unlees he recants the holy synoti
VII prohibit tne eelebration Of all d.
vine srrvicrs and expiatory n,asses in
the event q his death.
In the ccuroe Of It's investigation OF
the pcesibse origin ce plaques. the San.
itary CommiasSou at Antwerp has de-
cssletl that rats and mice are the moat
daneerous peopaeators Of disease and
offer preaiuus for dead ro0entD. II
also recomUends . similar cour~e 10
the Authorities In all other ports. II
10 snaperted that both the recent
plague at Opcrto and that stiil existent
In G,aagow took their origin from in
fected rats.
The Mexican government 10 At pres-
eat actively eaeaGed In massine truope
In Runora and otherwise extensively
preparing for the winter campaign
aeaiRst the YaQui lnriians occupytnG
the Haccstete mountains. II b het
hkely that peace win he made.
% the Mexira1s olfef % terms except
uncooditional surrentSer aud ~ naay
WARRIOR who WEIR made psisosers arr
reported 10 have bee0 pat to death the
lnAlana fear tn laY down their ana.