La Junta tribune., 1900-11-17
TELECRApHIc sREviTiEs.


Carthage, New York, Were almost de-
strOycd 10y FIRE ON the sth instant. Loss,
S25O,OuO.
The population OF Maine Is officially
given out as GDf, ,iGi, us against C6l..
usG IN 1890. an Increase of $3.50. or .
per cent.
Lord Raglan. u grandson Of the Cri-
mean general Of that name. VIII he
appointed under secretary OF war in
the English Cabinet.
Il. G. Dun. founder OF the mercantile
agency Of Il. q. Dun * Co. died in
New York city on the 10th instant at
the age of seyenty-four years
Judge Wayne Bailey OF Rutland.
Vermont. is Uclicycd to own the lars-
est dog in the world, German-EnG-
lish Iuastlf that weighs 2sJ pounds.
The Inquest into the death OF William
VI. Rice. the Texas millionaire, has
bon indefinitely adjourned at the re-
quest Of Assistant District Attorney
osborne.
The population OF Massa chusetts, as
officially announced hy the census bu-
rcau. Il 2.Snj3 3iG. as against 2.23s,oi3
Ia 1890, an increase Of $50, iu3, or -
per cent
Vernon VI. Davis to-day accepted the
presidency Of the Society Tor the Pre-
ycntIon OF Cruelty to Children. to sue
cecd Elbridgc Gerry, and VIII take Of
flee January 1st
Labor men in Vancouver, Il. G., are
advocating the placing OF q heavy tax
Ou male domestic servants, the idea be-
Ing TO diminish the employment Of Chi
ucsc and Japanese.
Judge Mclhoru. at Marysyillc. Ohio,
has sentenced Rosslyn II. Fcrrell 10
be cIecIrUcutcd Friday. March LIST, for
the murder 0f Express Messenger
Lane, August 10th last.
Between 1000 and 1900 engineers
ana urcmen Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
* ST Paul railroad system have re
ccIved material concessions IN the way
of pay and working time
The military department Of Porto
Rico has been discontinued. HerCaft-
cr the island will he included in the
Department OF the East and known as
the district OF Porto Rico.
EIbrldge T. Gerry, founder OF the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
10 Children, ana Tor the past twenty
one years AT its head. has resigned as
president Of the organization.
The mayor of Lcavcnworth, Kansas,
has offered a reward FOR the arrest OF
the murderer OF Pearl Forbes, the
twenty ycar-old girl whose body was
found In n Favlue near her home.
The Kentucky State Board OF Assess
ment ana Valuation mas liked the tax
valuation OF whisky nj SO ii barrel in.
stead Of 81 n barrel. which has been
the assessment for several years past.
The Russian government intends To
send an agent To the United States TO
study the homestead and prc-emptlon
laws. with the view of their partial
application TO the peasant communi-
ties
The twenty, annual conyCn-
don, of the National womun's Chris
tian Temperance Union has been called
to meet at Washington, -. g. Novem-
ber 3Oth and continue in session until
December 18th.
The American Steel and Wire Com
pany has bought the fleet Of the Amer
lean Steamship Company of Duluth,
paying SI25n,Uo0. There are twelve
ships, including the four largest YES
sells on the lakes.
Ii Is likely Sir Wilfrid I.aurier will
recommend Sir Charles Tupper, the re
tired Conservative, for II pcerage for
his work In bringing about the confed-
Grafton of Canada and for the introduc-
tion OF free schools.
Jerry Lynch. aged seventy-two, be-
lieyed to be the last surviving member
of the crew of the Confederate battle
ship Alabama, died at his residence In
Iuman Park, Atlanta, on the Sth In
stant. He left large estate.
The preshytcry of Philadelphia voted
against a revision OF the Westminster
faith and recommended to the general
assembly that the whole matter OF re-
vision OF the faith be dismissed. The
vote stood 20 against 81 for revision.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt is arranging
for her husband an album. containing
many snap shots which We're taken Of
him on his tour through the country
during the campaign, newspaper clip
pings. cartoons and reports of his
speeches.
A Joint resolution has been intro
duced in the Vermont Legislature ask
ing Congress to take some recognition
Of the distinguished services OF Cap
tain Charles Clark of the United States
battleship oregon during the Spanish
American war.
The whaler Dundee has returned To
Scotland from Davis strait with n par
" Of Arctic scientific explorers. in
Guiding Messrs. Stein anG Warmbath,
Americans. and Dr. Kann. an Austrian.
who secured important Information as
to Ellesmcreland.
The Russian minister of agriculture.
NJ. Yermolen, after visiting the coal
deposits recently discovered on the
Black sea coast, in the government Of
Kutais. estimates that they will yield
1.G4o,OOo tons annually for sixty years.
He considers the quality excellent
Navy expenses are increasing. The
comparative statement of estimates
and appropriations for the navy for
the fiscal years Of 1901 and 1892 show
that the total appropriations for the
.-.nr lasll xyern SCI lsn 1ll md the