North Park union., 1900-09-28
rELEoRAPH,c eREvIriEs.

TELEoRAPHIc BREviTIES.
Marcus DAILY Of Montana is very NJ
At New York.
Count Won waldersee has reached
Hong Kong.
Lieutenant Hobson of Merrinac fame
has returned from the Philippines.
A bill has been introduced in the
Mexican Congress providing for an ap-
preparation Of $50. 600 for the Galveston
sufferers.
The population of Butte, Montana. is
30 O47O, as aginst lO,I In 1890, an In
crease Of 1874. or 1916 per cent.
Senator Hanna. encouraged by the
reception given his speech Mt the Com
mercial Mckinley Club meeting. Chi
cago, has decided to go up the stump
during the last two weeks of the CAM
paign.
II is announced that the Diamond
Match Company, on account OF the sen
timent in Illinois and the attitude OF
the courts toward corporations. has de-
cided to move Its general offices to
New York within six weeks.
The Lily of the North, which left
Halifax last summer with supplies for
the Peary Arctic expedition. Is lost.
The loss Is reported from Cape Breton,
but nothing additional. save that the
crew was saved, has reached Halifax.
Spring Lake, New Jersey. n summer
resort near Sea Girt. was destroyed by
fire on the 10Th. Among the buildings
burned were three of the largest hoteis
In the place, eleven fine cottages and
several stores. The total loss Is esti-
mated at S2j0.OOO.
The electoral commission has thrown
out 1900 alleged fraudulent votes cast
In Havana province. thus cnusing the
defeat of cN-Sccre,ary Of State Tonnage
and other prominent followers OF Gen
eral Gomez. The action of the commits
, sion has caused n great sensation.
1t is reported In tho West River dis
trict that Chinese troops are visible In
every town and they are actively drill
ing. A Chinese gunbont Is again pa
trolling the river and II Is expected
that some action is contemplated. The
Sandpiper. which has been pntrollinS
the delta, has proceeded to Canton.
The Merchants uf1 Painters oil
ufacturing and refining concerns In the
Houston, Texas, was totally destroyed
by fire Sunday afternoon. Loss esii-
mated Mt $35OOOO and S40O,OO0: insnr-
nncc, .S252.O Three hundred and fif-
ty men will be thrown out OF work.
The State Bank of Burton. Kansas.
was entered by burglars and looted
early Sunday morning. The safe was
blown open with nitroglyccrine ana
the robbers got away with 5000 In
cash and 100000 In securities. The
bank carried an insurance OF $4,000 on
its contents. There Is no clew to the
robbers.
Clara Barton, president Of the Red
Cross, who went to Dallas. Texas. SOME
time ago, to minister to the victims of
the storm, was stricken down while ut
her work Wednesday. according 10 adj
vices received ut New. York. Miss Bar
ton is seriously i'll, 1t is said and Will
have to give up work In Texas and re-
turn North.
The treasure steamer c: ii. 1Iamil-
ton, from Dawson to st. Michael with
$50 passengers and S1,'DO.UO In dust.
was driven on the beach on the Yukon
flats September 9th during II severe
storm, but later got of and made 81.
Michael. Seven vessels were wrecked
md three men drowned In the recent
great storm ut Nome.
The Michigan State Board of Tax
Commissioners has added nearly $4O.-
OOO.OOO to the assessed valuation OF
Houghton county, the heart OF the Lake
Superior copper district. This gives
. ,f
for the county. the highest value per
capita OF any county in the United
States.
The long-expected change In the per-
sonncl of the associate justices of the
, Audiencin at Havana has been made.
In an extraordinary edition of the OF
fetal Gazette. SeEor Gener. the newly
appointed secretary of justice charges
the associate Justices with inefiicicncy
and suggests things even worse. Gov
ernor Wood follows with n notice of
the removal of four of the Judges.
There Is considerable excitement at
Winona. Minnesota, over number of
valuable pearls that have been found
In the Mississippi lately. Mr. 4. j. Me
Namara recently found one which was
sold for $500. but the climax came
when Benjamin +. Dayton of that city,
while locking over quantity of clans.
! discovered large pearl of exceptional
beauty and lustcr. The gem Is estimat-
ed by various authorities to be worth
from 81 800 to $1,000.
Marag ger Fillmore of the Southern
| Pacific recently authorized the state
/ ment that work on the bridging of Salt
Lake for the company's cutoff will
soon he under way. 1t is expected that
fourteen miles of road will he finished
! this fall. The preliminary work for
| the bridge Will be continued through
the winter. Another year Is to see the
| success or failure OF this unique engi-
neering enterprise II the new manage
| ment OF the Southern Pacific does not
| decide against Its prosecution to I'm
| ish.
The controversy between the Michi-
gan State Board OF Health and Detroit
doctors over the reporting Of cases of
consumption to the local health officers
|, has been passed upon by the Supreme
Court. The lower court held the law
! relative to contagious diseases does not
cover consumption. and ruled out the
| testimony offered to prove consump-
I tion n disease dangerous to public
health. The Supreme Court says there
Is no danger line that the courts can
take judicial notice of. and that this is
. question for a jury to decide. A new