The Republican journal., 1900-03-01
NEWS NOTES.

Denmark claims that there is not sim
gle person in her domain who cannot read
and write.
The Dowager Empress of Chi ma has
temporarily abandoned her purpose to
depose the Emperor
The approach of the Paris Exposition
has led to the discovery that war has
nearly always followed big exposition.
Russian newspapers urge that advan-
tage be taken of Britain's war in South
Africa to SECURE ports on the Medterran-
can and the Indian Ocean.
Three hundred Spanish prisoners of the
Fiiipinos dispersed their guard, escaped
and barricaded themselves in a town,
awaiting the arrival of the Americans.
Judge William H. Taft, who has been
appointed president of the new Philip
pine commission, said he would not re-
main in the islands longer than two. years.
italian agents who have been in New
York for couple of weeks past have con-
cluded arrangements for the equipment of
several trolley roads in the leading cities
of Northern Italy.
The Spanish authorities have stopped at
the frontier wagon load of French soil
sent Deroulede, in exile in Spain, by his
admirers in Paris, because they don't
know what duty to levy on the raw mate
rial
President Mckinley, in order to give re-
lief to Hawaii from the plague, will prob
! ably recommend that Congress direct the
Hawaiian Legislature to convene so that
steps may be taken 70 check the spread of
| the bubonic pest
American pork is not popular in Ger
many. The brand prejudices it. The
| Danes, having discovered this, are buying
largely of American bacon, removing the
American label and substituting the
Danish, and stocking the Berlin market.
| A minority report has been made to the
lower house of Congress on the bill for
the election of Senators by the people.
1t concurs with the principle of the bill,
but urges direct elections without await
ing legislative approval for change of
ma jority.
An area of thirteen acres belonged to
the original Kimberley mine, and this was
soon converted into an enormous hole,
/ which has been extended until now it is
about 100 feet deep. The diamonds
come in what are known as "pipes,''
which run down through the layers of
! shale.
| George F. Becker, of the geographical
| survey, who has just returned from a
year S visit in the Philippines, reports the
| outlook for gold and other valuable metal
! in those island as meagre. He says there
| is better chance of getting rich on gold
! in tbt, bar they in tha Dbi1;,,
! pines. He found, however, the islands
We're rich in coal deposits.
| What is said to be the first instance of a
mother performing the marriage ceremony
for her daughter occurred recently in San
Francisco, when Mrs. Kate Heussman
united Miss Mary Violet Heussman to
Felix Drapinski. Mrs Heussman is an
ordained minister under the State charter
issued to the Independent Bible Society,
| of which she is a missionary.
| The lowest point of land between the
two oceans on the American continent is
the grand divide in Nicaragua, where the
elevation is only 146 feet. The lowest
point of land on the Isthmus of Panama, ac-
| cording to the report of the canal commits
sion, is Culebra, which is 1873 feet above
tide water, and is now the scene of active
work by the Panama Canal Company.
Congressman has received the follow
ing suggestions: ''Would it not be well for
the United States Government to prohibit
exploration of mules until our supply has
caught up with the demand? The country
is now being depleted of its mules, and
should any serious trouble occur with any
OF the European nations our means of
transportation would be seriously ham
pered. -
By strange coincidence this is ''mouse"
or rat year, according to the Oriental
zodiac, and rats, as a cause of the spread
OF the bubonic plague in Japan, are at the
same time being killed by the hundreds.
A good price has been ''set on their
heads" The plague is raging chiefly ia
Osaka, where it got good start in the
factories; but Toxic, Yokohama, and
other places are adopting strict precautions
airy measures.
The other evening the electric lights of
Juanta, Cal, failed, and the next morn
ing three suits We're instituted against the
corporation According to one of the
lawyers III the case, ''the parlor was at the
time filled with guests at a children's
| party, many OF whom made use of the
| opportunity for Illicit kissing and romp-
ing, which resulted in the destruction of
costly ornaments, and was harmful to the
moral welfare of those present.
The members of the United States Sem
ate last summer got away with forty-six
boxes of lemons month. A half boz of
lemons, 200 lemons a month, for each Sen
ator averages about six lemons day. Six
lemons will make twelve glasses of lemon
ade or six rickeys. The amount of ice
used by the Senators in one winter was
12O, 6S5 pounds. They used last year 1O6
cases of lithia water, and 251O pounds of
sugar were required to sweeten the bever-
age.
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