The Delta independent., 1900-12-28
TELEoaApn,c saEvIr,Es.

rELEoRAShIc BREviTiEs.
Asetylsps gns y nov used for the
AghfnS Of railroad caxA
Major General John @. Parke died at
Washington. Dsssnber, ,1eth-
Heasa Kollar, ~ eaasbsated deaf.
hind and heretofors dumb student. -
laAFnkng - speak ,yw0c
Richard Croker, ths Tamnany politi-
eiaA, has bought q hns residence near
Wansase IN mgiand
The Fowler Bicycle and Carriage
vueis 1t Chicago were burned On the
13tA Instant LOss, $4,000.
A sat ON the New York Stock Ex-
change was sold a few days asD for
o6O.OOC. tho highest price on record.
Ths total vote q Wisconsin was 49,
lS1: AeKinleyb plurality, 1O6,5Sl; La
Folistts RSp). plurality for governor,
10AIA
TIE annual football game between
Oxford and Cambridge was won this
ysar hy Oxford BY two goals TO . goal
and ~.
Emperor wilhaD has awarded the
Queen Of Portugal q lifesaving medal
for recently aving the life OF . Ger
man marine.
A sneak thief put his hand into one
Of the stamp windows at the Chicago
postofiice. grabbed $1,000 worth Of
stamps and disappeared in the crowd
A bill has been prspared for submis-
son to the next AinaDts Legislature
releasing the Younger brothers from
shs penitsnttar. OF that state on parole.
The American Forestry Association.
In session ~ Washington. adopted .
resolution favostpy p1rchase Of . re
serve containing the California big
treeA
Selma 6chnApkA. be woman who at
tempted to Kill Emperor william No
vembeS losA, by throwing Q hatchet at
him. aas been placed in a Insane asy-
bum.
The corporation of HmeE3ek has con-
fefred the freedom Of the eity upon
Mr.. kru.ef. The two mem6eRU who
opposed The prqosA wefs howled
down.
Flre o. the l5th iastent alDeGt com
pfetely Destroyed the Stewart Pump
and Pow work. n CAspeHie, Psansyl-
vaAia. Loss $4,000. TAe plant will
be rebuilt
The Senate Of ths United States has
agreed to give Its adhesion to the con.
vention to regulate the Importation Of
Intoxicating liquors into certain re
gions Of Afr1ca.
Tie koktelk vladuct. on the Shan
hills, In British Burmah. the highest
railroad bridge in the world. has been
successfully completed by ths Peansyl-
vania Steel Company, ..
A dispatch to the London Daily NJ.
preas frcm Vienna reports Pscent Mo-.
lem exceoDes against the Christian D0p.
ulation In the central provinces sf Tar.
key. where zoo CHRISTIANS have boen
killed a.--.
In the House of C0m0o0O Mr..
Chamberlain said Great Britain pro
posed to establish chsspR postass
with the United StateA 6at Hashing.
/ ton was not prepared 70 anteftAln u
matter. r-a4a -.
An earthquake shock lase1ng osAsly
. minute occurred at 1:45 on the morn.
ing OF December 14th at Joplin, Mis-.
souri,. The motion was from north to
south and OF a quivering nature. No
1amage is reported.
The work Of purifying RaS1a. to
which the police are giving apsc1al at.
tention. In view of the aboormAi cYimi.
nal conditions following tie close Of
the exposition. continues and there
have been 4s0 new arrests.
Commencing January LIST. the Calu-
ment & Hecla Mining Company will in
crease the wages OF its 400 employees
two and one-half per cent Last
March the company raised the wages
OF its employees ten per cent
In the House OF Commons. Powell
Williams. former financial secretary OF
the war office. said Is. .4dO horses and
mules had been landed in South Africa
during the war. He ignored the Ques-
ton as to how many asses had been
sent there.
Hon. W. ]. Bryan. who Win b ~
principal speaker nt the annual han-
quet st the Jacksonian Club. In Omaha.
Monday evening. January 7th. has an
nouncc,i that he will on this occasion
tan about the future policy q the
Democratic party.
The official report Of the finances Of
the Paris Exposition shows a loss of
2.OoOGO francs. The total Of expendi-
tures IL 1i6. .5OoOO francs. The receipts
amounted to 115.JOo.GO francs. The
loss Is less than in the case Of either Of
the preceding expositions.
The French government has decided
that al objects. unless material of
war that have been seized or shall Be
seized by the French expedittooary
forces In China. shall be restored.
whether belonging TO the Chinese gov
crnment or to private individuals.
I,rivat, letters from China rcccived
In Berlin assert that the reason the
Empress hates Emperor Kwang Su is
that the latter has actually become a
Christian. having been converted by
British and American missionary books
that came under his eye.
The Oregon Historical Society at its