La Junta tribune., 1900-11-03
rELEoRAPH.c sREviriEs.

The contributions for the rcitef OF
the Galveston flood sufferers received
10 October 9th were x2,14O.1is.
The transport Idaho. with the home
coming Canadian soldiers from South
Africa, was welcomed at Halifax with
roaring cannon.
Fully 5000 people attended the Chi
cago horse show In one night. which Ii
the most successful affair Of the kind
ever held In the city.
The French cruisers In Sieile and La
Souchet, the former the flagship OF Ad-
miral Richard. are In Baltimore harbor
and VIII stay week.
Major Henry J. Hearsay. editor Of
the Daily States nt New Orleans, and
one OF the strongest newspaper writ
ers in the South. Is dead. aged sixty.
william ST. John Lyme. premier Of
New South Wales. says the Australian
people would like to see Queen Victoria
asuurne 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
v. urea "i~'pbSih.
October 3oth, after lingering illness
resulting from appendicitis.
Mary voeIkcr. waitress nj the Man
haitian hotel, Wichita. Kansas. has fall
en- heir to a property OF $4,000. She is
descended from the Bekkers OF Hol-
land. The estate is in India.
The Rev. Henry Russeli-Pritchard.
the oldest minister of the Christian
Church in the United States, died sud-
denly at Chesterfield. Indiana, Octo-
Der 2Sth. aged eighty-one years.
A Cleveland dispatch says the price
of steel plates has been advanced from
IL to l.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, mt 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. Miiierand. the French minister of
commerce. has obtained President Lou
bets signature to a decree prolonging
the Exposition until November 18th.
and fixing November 1th as II free day
for the poor.
W. :. Robson. one of the most extern
sive cotton planters OF Texas. has
gathered statistics from the Brazos
and Colorado valleys and declares that
the boil wcavIl has destroyed S6.ooo.-
coo 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
81 or So. which beats the previous rec
ord made by Stinson by II 1-5 sec
onds.
a dispatch received nj the War De-
partmcnt announces the arrival mt 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 .t9.52l each. The po-
| lice have received reports of scores of
| victims
Avondale, the estate of the late
Charles Stewart Parnell. was sold at
auction October 31st. by the land
| judges court. The purchaser was Mr..
| Boyiand. 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 bc opposed by
the United States, says n Washington
| special to the New York Herald. Such
action would be in violation OF the prin-
| ciplcs OF the Monroe doctrine.
According to correspondent of the
London Daily Mail. the Beers have 49,
600 men in the field nearly half OF
| whom are in Orange River Colony
| These are divided into commanders OF
some 800 men ench. but are capable of
combination for large operations.
/ Experimental excavations ut various
points along the route of the Charing
Cross. Euston Il Hampstead railway.
i in London. whose franchise was re-
Gently acquired by Charles L. Yerkes.
have been commenced. and the work
| will be continued without Interrupt
tion.
The London Sportsman announces
that the Prince OF Wales has cancelled
his retainer to Tod Sloan for 1901. The
| announcement IL ms 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 X Grand Trunk railroad
WINS sold at Port Huron, Michigan, Oc-
tober 31st. under first mortgage pro-
ceedings. General Manager Charles NJ.
Hays and f. W. Meredith OF Detroit,
representing the stockholders OF the