, 1900-09-27
rELEoRAPHIc RREvITIEs.

Lieutenant HODSOn oil MeTTlHldc ldIhe
has returned from the Philippines.
A bill has been Introduced in the
Mexican Congress providing for an ap-
preparation of 10000 for the Galveston
sufferers.
The population of Butte, Montana, is
3O.4TO. as aginst 1O,T23 in 1890, an in
crease of 1914, or 1916 per cent.
Senator Hanna, encouraged by the
reception given his speech ut the Com
mercial Mckinley Club meeting, Chi
cago, has decided to 90 up the stump
during the last two weeks of the cam
paign.
1t is announced hat the Diamond
Match Company, on account of the SEN
timent in Illinois and the attitude of
the courts toward corporations, has de-
cided to move its general offices to
New York within six weeks.
The Lily of the North, which left
Halifax last summer with supplies for
the Peary Arctic expedition, is lost.
The loss is reported from Cape Breton,
but nothing additional, save that the
crew was saved, has reached Halifax.
Spring Lake, New Jersey, a summer
resort near Sea Girt, was destroyed by
IRE bl lHt l'lh. AiipiE Nv puiiNihS'
burned were three of the largest hotels
in the place, eleven fine cottages and
several stores. The total loss is esti-
mated at $250,O00.
The electoral commission has thrown
out 1000 alleged fraudulent votes cast
in Havana province, thus causing the
defeat of ~eX-Secretary of State Tonnage
and other prominent followers of Cen
eral Gomez. The action of the commits
sion has caused n great sensation.
1t is reported in the West River dis
trict that Chinese troops are visible in
every town and they are actively drill
ing. A Chinese gunbOat is again pa
trolling the river and' 1t is expected
that some action is contemplated. The
S%andpiper, which has been %patrolling
the delta, has proceeded to Canton.
The Merchants and Painters oil
mill, one of the largest cotton oil man
ufacturing and refining concerns in the
Houston. Texas, vas totally destroyed
by fire Sunday afternoon. Loss esti-
mated at S35o,O0O and 100000; insur-
ance, S252.OOO. Three hundred and fif-
ty men will be thrown out of work.
The State Bank of Burton, Kansas,
was entered by burglars and looted
| tHTlN SulltliN lIibIllHE. III Hilt was
blown open with nitro-riycerine and
the robbers got away with 5000 in
cash and $4,000 iw securities. The
bank carried an insurance of $1,000 on
Its contents. There is no clew TO the
robbers.
Clara Barton, president of the Red
Cross, who Went to Dallas, Texas, some
time ago, to minister to the victims of
the storm, was stricken down while ut
her work Wednesday, according TO ad-
vices received at New York. Miss Bar
ton is seriously i'll, it is said, and will
nave to give up work in Texas and re-
turn North.
The treasure steamer C. II. Hamil-
ton, from Dawson to st. Michael, with
$50 passengers and $1,50O,OOO in dust,
was driven on the beach on the Yukon
fat September 9th during n severe
storm, but later got off and made st
Michael. Seven vessels were wrecked
and three men drowned in he recent
great storm nj Nome.
The Michigan State Board of Tax
Commissioners has added nearly S4O,-
100000 to the assessed valuation OF
Houghton county, the heart of the Lake
Superior copper district. This gives
an assessed valuation of $40, 900
for the county. the highest value per
capita of any county in the United
States.
The long-cxpected change in the per-
sonnet of the associate justices of the
Audlencia Mt Havana has been made.
In an extraordinary edition of the Of
fetal Gazette. Senior Gener, the newly
appointed secretary of justice, charges
the associate justices with inettiCiency
and suggests things even worse. Gov
ernor Wood follows with Il notice of
the removal of four of the Judges.
There is considerable excitement at
WinOna. Minnesota. over Il number of
valuable pearls hat have been found
in the Mississippi lately. Mr.. T.. j. Nc
Namara recently found one which was
sold for $500. but the climax came
when Benjamin Il. Dayton of that city,
while looking over II quantity of clans.
discovered Il large pearl of exceptional
beauty II luster. The gem is cstimat-
ed by various authorities TO be worth
from $1,000 to $1,000.
Manager Fillmore of the Southern
Pacific recently authorized the state.
men that work III the bridging of Salt
Lake for the Compauy's cutoff will
soon be under way. 1t Is expected that
fourteen miles of road will be finished
this fall. The preliminary work for
the bridge will be continued through
the winter. Another year is to see the
success or failure of this unique engi-
neering enterprise If the new manage
ment of the Southern Pacific does not
decide against its prosecution to a fin
ish.
The controversy between the Mich.
gan State Board of Health and Detroit
doctors over the reporting of eases of
consumption to the local health officers
has been passed upon by the Supreme
Court. The lower court held the law
relative TO contagious diseases does not
owe consumption. and ruled out the
testimony offered to prove Cunsump.
tion n disease dangerous to public
health. The Supreme Court says there
is no danger line that the courts can
take judiciul notice of, II that this Is
a question for n jury 10 decide. A new
trial was ordered.