North Park union., 1900-12-28
rsLEoRApH,c saEvIriEs.

Acetylene gas Is now useu io1 'As
lighting OF railroad cars.
Major General John G. Parke died AZ
Washington, December 18TH.
Helen Keller. the celebrated ueh,, T.,
blind and heretofore dumb STUDENT -
learning to speak. 49,,
Richard Croker. the Tammany poi.i.
clan, has bought a fine residence neA'
Vantage in England.
The Fowler Bicycle and Carriase
works at Chicago were burned Oh ene
18th instant. Loss, <SO.OO.
A seat on the New York Stock EN-.
change WIS sold few days ago io'
$JO,OOO, the highest price on record.
The annual football game between
Oxford and Cambridge was won thls
year by oxford by two goals to a goai
and try.
A sneak thief put his hand into one
Of the stamp windows mt the Chlcaeo
postofiice. grabbed $1,000 worth oi
stamps and disappeared In the crowd.
A bill has been prepared for submis-
sion to the next Minnesota Legislature
releasing the Younger brothers from
the penitentiary OF TINT state on parole
The American Forestry Association
in session at Washington, adopted
resolution favoring purchase of re-
serve containing the California DIG
trees.
Selma Schnapka, he woman VINO at
tempted to kill Emperor William NO
vember 18th. by throwing hatchet at
him, has been placed In an insane asy-
lum.
The corporation of Limerick has CON
ferred the freedom Of the city upon
Mr.. Kruger. The two members VINO
opposed the proposal were howled
down.
Fire on the 18th instant almost COM
pletely destroyed the Stewart Pump
and Plow works Mt Carnegie, Pennsyl.
vania. Loss, $175,OOO. The plant Will
be rebuilt.
The Senate of the United States has
agreed to give Its adhesion to the con-
yention to regulate the importation OF
Intoxicating liquors into certain re-
gions OF Africa.
The Kokteik viaduct. on the Shan
hills. In British Burmah, the highest
railroad bridge In the world, has been
successfully completed by the Pennsyl-
vania Steel Company.
A dispatch to the London Daily Ex-
press from Vienna reports recent Mos
lem excesses against the Christian pop
ulation In the central provinces OF Tur-
key, where 200 Christians have been
killed.
In the House of Commons Mr..
Chamberlain said Great Britain pro-
oh ,Ln n o. n
with the United States, but Washing
ton was not prepared to entertain the
matter.
An earthquake shock lasting nearly
n minute occurred Mt T:4o OH the mOrn-
Ing OF December 14th at Joplin, Mis-
souri,. The motion was from north to
south and of quivering nature. No
damage is reported.
The work of purifying Paris to
which the police are giving special at
tention. in view of the abnormal crimi-
nal conditions following the close of
the exposition, continues and there
have been 4SO new arrests.
Commencing January LIST. the Calu-
ment & Hecla Mining Company will In
crense the wages OF its 1000 employees
two and one-half per cent. Last
March the company raised the wages
of Its employees ten per cent.
In the House Of Commons, Powell
williams. former financial secretary OF
the war office, said 1S2. 400 horses and
mules had been landed In South Africa
during the war. He ignored the Ques-
tion as to how many asses had been
sent there.
De-. r,-1,,, n tl,c
principal speaker mt the annual ban
quet at the Jacksonian Club, In Omaha,
Monday evening. January 7th, has an
nounced that he will on this occasion
talk about the future policy of the
Democratic party.
The official report Of the finances OF
the Paris Exposition shows loss OF
2OOO,O 600 francs. The total OF expendi.
lures Is 1l6.5OO.OOO francs. The receipts
amounted to ia. 100000 francs. The
loss Is less than in the case of either Of
the preceding expositiOns.
Private letters from China received
in Berlin assert that the reason the
Empress hates Emperor Kwnng Su is
that the latter has actually become a
Christian, having been cOpverted by
British and American missionary books
that came under his eye.
The Oregon Historical Society Ct its
recent annual meeting adopted resolu.
tions recommending that northwest.
ern Industrial exposition be held a,
Portland In 1905 to commemorate the
centennial anniversary OF the Lewis
and Clark expedition to the Pacific
coast.
The vice president Of the Federal
Council, Ernest Bremen of Bale, has
been elected president Of Switzerland
for 1901 in succession to Walter Haus
er of Zurich. DIR. ]. Zemp of Lucerne
who was chief of the department Of
posts and railroads, was elected vic.
president.
Micael G. Mulhall, the statistIcian
Ia dead. He was born In 1896, and
founded in 1861 the Buenos Ayre.
Standard. the first English daily paper
printed in South America. His prin
cipal works were the Dictionary OF
Statistics" the Progress of thu
World" and the Industries ant
Wealth Of Nations"
The New York Board of Trade ant
Transportation has adopted resolu
tions asking Congress to make the vol
ume of currency more responsive II
the requirements of traffic to ensure tn,
perpetuity of the gold standard Tn,