North Park union., 1900-12-21
r1lEoaApHlc snEvfT,Es.

new tOfk was 175,UO.
Ex.President Harrison visited Presi
dent Mckinley ut the White House OF
the 11th instant.
The census returns show Berlin ha,
n population Of 1,SS4.34j compared
with 1877 ,304 In 1898.
The Duke and Duchess of York VII
visit the United States on their return
journey from Australia via Canada
Topeka has begun Il crusade agains
vice by subscribing $4,000 as funt
for the prosecution OF saloonkeepers.
Many wealthy Americans, among
them W. II. Vanderbilt, have gone ovel
to England to spend the Christmas hoi
idays.
Hog packing In Chicago since No
vember 1st aggregates 1.O1S.UO head
against 1.OO2.OO0 last year. an increase
Of 5000 head.
Professor William c. Campbell. act
Ing director OF the Lick Observatory
IL to succeed the late Professor james
keeler as director.
The proposed bull fight mt Phoenix
Arizona. awakened 30 much opposition
that the management compromised Oh
a wild beast show
In the House of Commons Henry
Labouchere expressed the opinion tha'
the present guerilla warfare In South
Africa may last for two years.
Henry Russell, composer OF over sOt
songs. including "A Life On the Ocean
Wave and "Cheer Boys, Cheer died
in London, December 9Th, aged eighty
seven years.
Finley Peter Dunno. author Of the
''Dooley" papers. who has been seri-
ously i'll with typhoid fever. Is pro
crossing favorably toward recovery n
st. Luke's hospital in Chicago.
The Iorain Steel Company. of Lo-
rain, Ohio. resumed work few days
ago at its blooming. converting, finish
ing and shape mills, with more than
1900 men employed in the entire
plant.
Major Henry Sweeney, U. S. A.. re-
tired. is dead, aged sixty-nine. He en-
tered the army In New York In 1854.
Last year he was chancellor OF the
California commandery OF the Loyal
Legion.
General Russell a. Ayers residence.
Detroit, Michigan, was burglnrized
December 18th. The general grappled
with the burglar and was thrown vio-
lently. Some $500 worth Of silverware
wns taken.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica have an.
nounced their Willingness to grant II
Inn Tr.,tt tntu for n
OF 200 years of the territory necessary
for the construction OF the projected
Nicaragua canal.
The Nansen fund. which was started
In Norway after the return OF DIR. Nan
sen from the Arctic to promote scien-
tific explorations. now amounts to L.
100000 kroner. and no further collec.
tlOns will be made
The Iron Ore Association, composed
of concerns which own ore properties
in the Lake Superior district, Will fix
the price of ore for next years deliver
les January 18th. when Il meeting will
be held Mt Cleveland.
President Mckinley il again consid-
ering proposition to visit the Pacific
slope in April on the occasion OF the
launching of the battleship Ohio. II
he goes he will make the often prom
ised visit to Denver.
A question put to the British govern
ment In the House OF Commons ellie.
tied the statement that there have been
15,G25 cases OF typhoid fever among
the British troops in South Africa. and
that Of this number 3,Gi2 proved fatal.
1t Is proposed to erect statue in
Nuremburg to Peter Henelein. or Hele,
who is said to have invented the
watch toward the close Of the fifteenth
century. His pocket timepieces were
oval and We're known as Nuremburg
eggs.
Governor Roosevelt has appointed ns
delegates nt large to represent the
state OF New York ut the National
Live Stock Association to be held in
Salt Lake City January 18th to 18th.
Isaac V. Baker. Jr., John Dwight and
Carl s. Burr, Sr.
Another serious landslide has oc-
cured In Heligoland. Thirty houses
have been engulfed and IA considerable
water. Thus far 1t has been impOssi.
not yet been determined.
The British war office announces that
a gratuity will be paid to every officer
and man who has served In South AZ
rica since October 10, 1889. The least
amount will he $25. 1t is roughly es-
nmated that 1t Will take $5,0OO,OOO to
complete the payment.
The presidents of the railroads in.
cluded In the trunk line associations,
and the central, western and south.
western traffic associations. have de-
cided to postpone further consideration
of the proposition to do away with free
transportation until next year.
A dinner was given at the Ylldiz
palace at Constantinople In honor of
the officers of the United States battle
ship Kentucky. now Mt Smyrna, pre-
vious to which the United States
charge d'affaires. Lloyd c. Griscom,
introduced the officers to the Sultan.
1t Is authoritatIvely stated that the
Duke of. Westminster is engaged to
marry Miss Shelagh West, daughter
OF Colonel CORVALLIS West. By the
marriage the duke will become the
brother-in-law of Mrs. George Cornwall
lis West Lady Randolph Churchill)
Recent municipal elections In Massa-
chnsetts show a large anti-license gain.
Out OF 300 and more cities choosing
municipal officers and expressing an
opinion scarcely one shows gain in
the license vote, while the additions to