Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-12-27
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.


long since extinct, is to be re-estab'
lished.
The report Is current in Chicago So
ciety that Mrs. George M. Pullman
widow of the palace car magnate, is
soon to be married to Gerald Barry, a
New York artist.
A deal has just been consummated
whereby the Standard Oil company ac-
Quires all the interest of the Pacific
Coast Oil company. The purchase
price is said to be $1,000,000.
Western railroads have been unable
to agree on the interchangeable mile
age question, and there Is little pros
pect that the minimum mileage to be
sold will be raised above 1000 miles.
The state department has rendered
an opinion to the effect that the United
States government cannot decide in
favor Of Porto Rico in the matter OF
her claim against Cuba for $2.500,000.
1t is said at the navy department
that in the fire at the Norfolk navy
yard Sunday, the money loss is of Sec
ondary Importance; the fire destroyed
valuable records that cannot be re-
placed.
A question put to the government in
the house OF commons elected the
statement that there had been is, ,625
cases Of typhoid fever among the Brit
ish troops in South Africa. and that
of this number 3.642 proved fatal.
The Illinois Stats Zeitung was sold
at auction at Chicago to Mrs. Marga-
rita, widow of Herman Easter, who
Cd of hA 70
1890. The property was bid in for
$4,000, subject toa mortgage for $780,
600.
The Salvation Army Of New York
City will provide on Christmas day a
dinner for $4,000 poor people in Madi-
son Square Garden. In the morning
10000 uncooked dinners will be dis
tributed to poor families in 5000 bas-
kets.
Twelve hundred men and boys at
Natalie colliery at Shamokin, Pa, op-
Grated by the Shamokin Coal company,
have struck because fifteen black
smiths and carpenters had not been
given the 10 per cent increase in
wages.
It appears from bulletin No. II of
ital of the COWS. 1t has only six to the
100000, whereas ST. Paul has 723 and
Kansas City 100. But st. Paul has only
forty-seven goats, whereas New oYrk
has seventy-three to the 100000.
La Crosse, Wis. druggists will seek
to apply recent decision of the United
States supreme court in a case arising
in Massachusetts. to local business. It
relates to the prices of proprietary
medicines and holds in brief that re-
tailers cannot cut the prices of a pat
ent medicine if the maker will not
consent.
The award of contracts for supply
ing the United States army with
khaki material was made at New York
City. The J. Spence Turner company
received a contract calling for 1000
yards on bid Of 2095 cents a yard.
Boessner, Broesel & Co. received two
contracts, one calling for 350,000 yards,
for which 21.7S was bid. and 10000
yards, at 21.15 cents yard.
Senator Hanna has hired the Cham
Der Of Commerce building at Cleve-
land, o., for New Years night for the
coming-out party of his pretty daugh-
ter Ruth. The party will be more ma
tional in its character than any similar
event, for invitations have been sent
al lover the country. and the young
lady will have one of the largest COM
ing-out parties ever enjoyed by an
American debutante.
One hundred citizens and heads Of
families living in the vicinity of the
Weldon farm, the retreat of George
Jacob Schweinfurth, near Rockford,
ILL.,, have joined in petition demand
ing that the false Messiah be removed
from the community. It is understood
that Col. Schweinfurth still holds the
balance of power with certain MEM
bers of the Weldon family, and that
he has settled down in his old retreat
for time indefinite.
Robert T. Tighe, who established the
first telegraph system in South Amer
lea, is dead at New York City. At
the outbreak of the civil war he en-
listed in the F'ortieth New York regi-
ment. In 1866 he went to Chill and
Peru, where he established telegraphic
systems.
Citizens of Topeka, Kan, raised $25,-
It's by popular subscription at a law
be dsed to suppress joints and is
placed in the hands Of special COM
mittee with authority to use the
money in securing evidence and en-
ploying counsel where necessary to
convict joint keepers.
The conversion of the Philippine
and Cuban debts Of $3.50, 0,000, 900 into
Spanish interior per cents is COM
pleted.
A charter was filed in Recorder Si-
mons Office at Chicago Incorporating
the John Cudahy company, with a cap
ital stock Of $500,00O.
The servant girls of Minneapolis are
being organized into a union by the
Trades and Labor Council. Already
large number Of the women have
agreed to become members and it is
I believed that nearly all will join. The
object Of the association is to correct
alleged abuses and secure privileges
and better wages for the girls.
Minneapolis will have one<hank less
after January 1. for on T. S#date the
Nicollet National and the First Ma
tional, two of the best known and
strongest financial institutions in. the
northwest, will be consolidated. Which