Hutchinson gazette., 1900-12-20
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

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In the republic OF Mexico there are
printed at present 800 periodical pub
icatlons, of which flfly-ilye ared0ilirs
Eighteen are published In English.
During tue period from Aug, I, 1900
to July 81, 1900. the Mexican Central
Railway expended for the construction
OF new lines and new equipments 3d..
$4,000,
Lawrence VI, Jacobs, who has been
appolELcd,lC.3,lc'an Of the PhmpPlnt
commission, was formerly one OF the
experts I'm The loan and currency dl,
vision of the treasury department..
Smallpox has become so prevelan'
among the lumber camps In northerr
Wlsconss that the stWle board OF
health has recommended that lodging
crews everywhere should be vaccinh
ted.
The supreme court OF Nlassachu
Setts, In passing upon the state II
cense law, has decided ihnt 1t II
illegal for hotels 40 sell liquor, even. tt
guests, between the hours Of II p. NJ
and a, IN.
The gross cummings CT li3 represen
tatlyr railroads for the first nine
months of this year amount to the
sum of SsS3,O0l 900, This is SsO,OO0.
600 more than the same roNds enrned
for the corresponding llmc in 1900.
The LATTE Robert Arlington, an eccCn.
trlc gentleman of Leeds, England,
who lived In II mlserly manner In
order 10 he able TO devote his wealth
TO foreign missions, has left the Lon
don Missionary Society over $1,000
900.
Lord RobeG'ts will take chief com
mnnd Of the British army january ],
He Is an lrIshman, and 1t is n notable
fact that during the time since the Bn-
glish army was organized on lS pres
ent basis, most of the commanders
ln-chief have been lrlshman,
General Russell A. A;gcr, eX.secre.
tary Of war, was quite badly shocked
early Wednesday by II burglar In his
home, West Fort street, Detroit, The
general was awakened by some Onv
prowling about In his residence and
sturted to inyesltlgalle An investiga'
Gion showed $500 worth of silyerware
had been taken.
The house OF commons voted { l6,.
100000 TO carry on u war which Lord
Roberts has daily announced as FIN.
ished" at full scale cost for another
three months, In the liStless manner
characteristic Of Its proceedings when
dealing with finance, and with care
full avoidance of what might turn out
TO he unjustltlable hopefulness,
A special from Los Angeles says g
deal has Just been consumm0ted
whereby the Standard OH CompOnyac
quiNcs all Of the Interests Of the Pacl.
iic Coast OIL Company, The purchase
price Is Said no be in the nelghbor.
hood Of $l,OOO,OOO, The Pacific Coast
Oil Company has been doing business
in California fora quarter of cen
tury.
Virginia ia experimenting with the
dispenSury system of selling liquor on
account Of The state and bOwn Frank
lin having been selected for the eXper
iment, The commonwealth gets one
fonHh of the profits and the town The
remainder, Under this system the
liquor Is sold in original packages amt
must not be consumed on the prem
ises.
Negroes are attempting to establish
line Of steamships between Philn
delpha and the republic of Liberia, tC
be known a3 the West African Trad
ing Company. The Rev. William II
Heard, formerly United StMes consu
general mt Liberia heads the move
| ment. \ meeting for organization i
called to he held In Philadelphia
January TO-
| A Cape Times correspondent has In
terTewed Mrs. De Wei, wife CT thD
IIocr general. She said; "Nou Eng
Ilishmcn will never cNch my husband
lie Is going to win back for the Free
Staters and Transyaalcrs what they
have lost, He has enough foad an,
ammunition to last for three years
and that is just how long the war i
going to last
Inc N'N, " p',,E, VINO mas "sen
member OF tine soldiers nome OF ll'
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