The true northerner., 1900-11-23
BRIEF DISPATCHES.

Gen. Wood, Secretary of War Root
and Mr.. Roots son arrived at Santiago
de Cuba Sunday
The steamer Mariposa. which arriv-
ed at San Francisco Friday from Aus
tralia. brought SO 900 900 in gold
Joseph Parker. father of Gilbert Par
ker. the well known novelist. died at
Belleville, Ont. Friday. aged 93 years.
American capitalists. IL is asserted.
are projecting an underground elec.
trio railway from the west end of Lon.
don TO Putney
Brooks Story. the celebrated express
robber. escaped from the Mississippi
penitentiary at Jackson Monday This
is his fourth escape.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
Friday morning in the island OF Cur.
acoe. Venezuela Only Slight damage.
however, was done
THE Indian government" says the
Simla correspondent of the Daily Mail,
lis about 70 spend e2,500.000 on new
guns for the lnuiln army
Frederick w. hoyce, widely known
as an inventor electrician and veteran
telegraph OPERATOR, dropped dead rom
apoplexy at Washington Friday
The United States transport Sheri-
dan sailed f.om San Francisco Friday
for Manila with 210 recruits She also
carries .arge number of civilians.
Major Willard S. H. Matthews, sur.
geon L. S. ", has been honorably dis
charged from the service of the Unit
ed States. his service being no longer
rGuired.
Lord Wolsley, it is asserted, intends
as soon as the opportunity is afforded,
TO visit the scenes of his campaigns in
Canada (S67) South Africa QS79)
and Egypt (1SS2).
A Chicago dispatch says that Robert
j. Stell, secetary-treasurer of the Mon
adnock Loan & Investment Co., has
disappeared It is said his books show
a shortage Of $4,000.
Mr.. John Lionel Fegan, secretary for
mines and agriculture of New South
Wales, asserts that the recent down
pour of rain has largely improved the
prospects OF the wheat crop.
The United States supreme court
Monday sustained the Tennessee law
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes by a
very narrow margin, four of the nine
members giving a dissenting opinion.
There is considerable commotion
here" says the Hong Kong CORE
spondent of the London Daily Mail "in
consequence of a report that Great
Britain intends to send out flying
squadron"
The billet mill and converters of the
Illinois Steel works at Joliet, resumed
operations Sunday night, after a
three weeks shut down. About 1000
men resumed work. The outlook is
good for long run.
The A. b. Frank Co., wholesale gro
GERS, and Gold, Frank & Co., wholesale
dry goods, at San Antonio. Texas, suf.
fered fire Monday which inflicted
loss of over $250000. The damage is
covered by insurance.
General Weyler denies the state
ment published in Paris and cabled to
the United States that he had told an
interviewer that if he had remained
in Cuba he would have ousted the
Americans fvOm the island
An outbreak of bubonic plague is re-
ported among the natives OF Szinoyka,
near King Wi.iiamstown, South Africa.
Precautions are beins taken TO prevent
the spread Of the disease among the
whites
The naval board of construction
Thursday considered proposed change
L
although no decision was made the
board probably will recommend the
change.
Martin Irons, who was once leader
of the union labor organizations and
who was director of the great Mis-
souri, Pacific strike in the eighties.
with headquarters at St Louis, died
Saturday at Brucevile, 90 miles south
AS the German first class battleships
Kaiser Friedrich III and Kaiser Will
helm II were entering Kiel harbor Sat
urday they collided, both vessels be-
ing slightly damaged. Divers have
been examining the extent of their in
juries.
Fire Friday in the Alabama Com
press & Storage warehouse near Riv-
erside Park, Montgomery, destroyed
one of the four sections of the building
together with between 500 and / 900
bales of cotton. Loss $4,000; fully in
sured
About 400 clerks in the census bu-
reau will be dismissed between now
and December /, owing to the dimin-
ishing of the work This will leave a
force of about 5000 at that time and
the number will be materially reduced
at intervals.
The situation in the labor troubles
at Tampa, Fla, between the organiza-
tions in the cigar trade remains un-
changed. No settlement of the diff
culties has yet been reached and the
laborers are generally in an unsettled
state of mind.
The United States cable ship Burn
side, carrying the full equipment Of
apparatus designed 20 establish tele-
graphic communications between Ma.
Mia and all the military stations In the
Philippine archipelago arrived at Co.
lombo Monday.
An Official of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Co. stated Monday that the Rd.
journed special meeting called TO sc.
lect successor TO the late Coils p.
Huntington probably would be held
Wednesday at the regular quarterly
meeting OF the board.
The Kunch Kong Koi of Hong Kong
was recently held UP by pirates on the
West river and all the passengers loot.
ed of money. clothing and jewelry, The
pirates also secured IA boxes OF specie
of the value of $4,000
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