The state herald., 1900-11-09
TELEoRAPHIc sREvlTlEs.
The contributions for the relief Of
the Galveston flood sufferers received
to October 25th were 50, 14O.36S,

| the Galveston flood sufferers received
to October 25th were $2,14O,36s.
The transport Idaho with the home
coming Canadian soldiers from South
| Africa, was welcomed ut Halifax with
roaring cannon.
Fully 6,O0O people attended the CHI
cago horse show in one night, which is
the most successful affair Of the kind
ever held In the city.
! The French cruisers La Selle and La
Souchet, the former the flagship of Ad-
miral Richard, are in Baltimore harbor
and will stay week.
William st. John Lyme, premier of
New South Wales, says the Australian
people would like to see Queen Victoria
asuume the title Of Queen of Australia.
From the Santa Fe general offices in
Chicago $500 kilograms were recently
sent out In one day, which ought to
have kept both the wires and the Oper-
ators hot.
Norman Brokaw, one of the most
prominent paper manufacturers in the
country, died at Kankawna, Wisconsin,
October 30th. after lingering illness
resulting from appendicitis.
Mary Voelker, n waitress at the Man.
haitian hotel, Wichita, Kansas, has fall
en- heir to property of $4,000. She is
descended from the Bekkers Of Hol-
land. The estate is in India.
The Rev. Henry Russell Pritchard,
the Oldest minister OF the Christian
Church in the United States, died sud
denly at Chesterfield, Indiana, OctO-
ber 2Sth. aged eighty-one years.
A Cleveland dispatch says the price
of steel plates has been advanced from
IL to 1.25 cents, by agreement among
| the manufacturers, who have recent
ly been comforting upon the subject.
Edward Dewey, brother Of Admiral
Dewey, died at Montpelier, Vermont,
October 2Sth, at the age of seventy-One
years. He served in the Civil War as
quartermaster of the Eighth Vermont
regiment.
In the Court Of Appeals at Frankfort,
Kentucky, the Judgment of the lower
court In the contests over the minor
state officers was affirmed, thus estab-
fishing the title of the Democratic In
cumbents.
NJ. Millerand, the French minister of
commerce. has obtained President Lou
bets signature to n decree prolonginG
the Exposition until November 18th,
and fixing November 7th as free day
for the poor.
w. s. Robson, one of the most extern
sive cotton planters of Texas, has
gathered statistics from the BraZOs
md Colorado valleys and declares that
the boil weavil has destroyed $G,OOO,-
900 worth Of this years cotton crop.
At Boston few days since Harry
Elks broke all bicycle records from
twelve to twenty-five miles, inclusive.
his time for twenty-five miles being
1902 3-5, which beats the previous rec
ord made by Stinson by II 10 Sec
Dnds.
A dispatch received at the War De-
partment announces the arrival at Ma
Mia of the transport Hancock with
three companies of the Fourth and four
Of the Twenty-fifth infantry and three
officers and 100 men of the marine
corps.
A band Of American confidence men
has successfully done Berlin and other
German cities, passing Confederate SO
bills, which have been readily accept
ed at forty marks ,l0.52) each The po-
lice have received reports of scores OF
victims.
Avondale, the estate OF the late
Charles Stewart Parncll. was sold at
auction October 3lst, by the land
judges court. The purchaser was Mr..
Boyland, friend Of John Howard Par
nell, brother OF the famous Irish
statesman.
Any attempt on the part OF Germany
TO establish n coaling station In terri
tory OF Venezuela will be opposed by
the United States. says Washington
special TO the New York Herald. Such
action would be In violation of the prin-
clples OF the Monroe doctrine.
According to correspondent of the
London Daily Mall. the Beers have To-
900 men In the field, nearly half of
whom are In Orange River Colony.
These are divided into commanders OF
some 800 men each. but are capable OF
combination for large operations.
Experimental excavations Mt various
points along the route OF the Chnring
Cross, Euston 4 Hampstead railway,
In London. whose franchise was re-
Gently acquired by Charles 4. Yerkes.
have been commenced. and the work
viii be continued without Interrupt
tlon.
The London Sportsman announces
that the Prince OF Wales has cancelled
his retainer TO Tod Sloan for 1901. The
announcement IL ns follows: The ar.
rangement by which Sloan was TO be
The first Jockey to the Prince of
Wales next season Will not be carried
out"
The Chicago & Grand Trunk railroad
was sold at Port Huron. Michigan, Oc-
iobcr 3ist. under first mortgage pro-
ceedings. General Manager Charles NJ.
Hays and Il. W. Meredith OF Detroit,
representing the stockholders OF the
road. bought. the road being sold TO
them for S5,70s.I0i.
In the earthquake mt Caracas. San
Casimiro. Qua and Chnrailnno were en-.
tlrely destroyed. An islet mt the mouth
Of the Ncveri river has disappeared. At
Tacarigua. Brochco aud Curiepc the
damage done was considerable. There
are many dead and injured. ltilroad
and telephone service between Cara
marc and Rio Chico is interrupted.
The United States attorney general
has given mn opinion to the secretary
OF war that state authorities have no
legal right 10 enter military rcscrvn.
lions of tho United States over which
exclusive Jurisdiction has been ccdcd
by the state wherein the same is 10.
Gated, for the purpose OF serving pro.
cess, either clvil or criminal. unless the
state In cedlng such reservations re-
served TO Itself that right.
The Russian government for see.
ond time within two months. Inns I'm.
posed n special r,x for the benefit OF
The Ited Cross society. III" first was
n tax Of from . 10 10 roublcs upon II.
ccnscs 10 travel abroad. according 10
the length Of tim. for which the II.