North Park union., 1901-03-01

Tor two years, nt least. gambling can
pot be conducted openly in Idaho.
Mrs. John Jordan OF Dresser, Indi-
Ana, died on the 10th Instant from par
nlysis. She weighed GIG pounds and
was the mother of thirteen children.
The rowing committee of the UnIver-
sity Of Pennsylvania unanimously vot-
ed to send an eight-oared crew to Eng
land to compete at the Henley regatta.
Bishop Whipple OF Minnesota was
the only bishop of the Episcopal
church In America who was ever grant
ed private interview with Queen Vic
toria.
The Grand Duke of Saxc-Weimar
has signalized his accession TO the
throne by proclaiming comprehen-
sive amnesty, including political Of
lenses.
Germany and the Netherlands are
planning to lay new cable to connect
with the Dutch East Indies and make
them Independent of the British cable
syndicate.
Utah cattlemen are planning to de-
scend on Denver seventy-tive to 100
strong ut the time OF the American
Cattle Breeders Association meeting,
March 9th.
Afmudu in British East Africa, the
headquarters of the Ogadun Somalis.
has been occupied by British puni-
tive expedition, and the Sultan is Il
prisoner.
Mrs. Nations example is catching.
At Port Huron, Michigan, Mrs.
Charles Rhodes smashed n saloon be-
cause the proprietor sold her son whis-
Ky after being warned not to.
Andrew Carnegie has written to the
Galesburg, Illinois. library boprd that
he will give the city $4,000 for new
library building, providing the city ap-
proprintes 5000 year to sustain it.
There was sufficient fall of snow in
the City of Mexico on the 11th of Feb
ruary to whiten the ground. 1t was
the first snowfall for nearly half Gen.
tury and greatly astonished the ma
tives.
A contribution of quarter of n mill
lon dollars by John ID. Rockefeller to
Brown University was announced at
the annual dinner OF the Brown Uni
versity Alumni Association of New
York.
A Copenhagen dispatch denies the
statement published In London that
the sale of the Danish West Indies to
the United States has been abandoned
On the contrary, negotiations are ad-
rancing.
A Curacao dispatch says the asphalt
controversy has been temporarily ad-
justed by the diplomacy of the United
States minister to Venezuela. Francis
i. Iloomis. and the matter will doubt
less so TO the courts.
The executors of the will of Coils
p. Huntington have paid to the state
Of New York $GG7, 900. that being the
amount they estimated as due to the
state rs an inheritance tax on the
property left by Mr.. Huntington.
The American Linseed OIL Company
has filed $6,OOO,OOO mortgage at Oma.
ha. The mortgage covers forty-four
mills in thirteen states. runs five years
Mt five per cent. and is in favor OF the
Martin Trust Company, New York.
A movement is on foot to establish
at New Rochelle public park in men,
Ory of Robert G. Ingersoll. Steps to-
ward acquiring the land are now under
way. The park will bear the name of
Colonel Ingersoll and will provide also
A Seattle dispatch says that one OF
the largest salmon cannery combina-
tions In the history Of the industry on
the Pacific coast is about to be closed.
The deal. 1t Is stated will include fif-
teen canneries and will involve the in
vestment of S3,0O0,O00.
Mrs. Addie Smith In second trial
has been awarded S5.4OO damages
from the estate of the late President
Hayes, nt Fremont, Ohio, for injuries
sustained in n runaway caused by n
dog kept by the Hayes family. In
former trial she got $500.
Mrs. Jane Adams of Hull House.
Chicago, will build large model tene-
ment this spring in one of the poorer
streets of Chicago. Mrs. Addamss
cousin, Reginald de Koven, the com
poser, is interested in the plan. as Is
also Jacob a. Rls. the sociologist.
At Chicago few days ago General
John Il. Gordon was robbed OF his
oyercoat. in n pocket Of which were
passes which entitle the former Con-
federate general to transportation over
all the principal railroads, and checks
and papers which he values at - 900.
Margaret Daily, wife of the late Mar
Gus DAILY, is the chief stakeholder In
two bank and trust companies charter
ed In Montana to take up the banking
business of her husband in Butte and
Anaconda. The new interpretations
will be known as the DAILY Bank and
Trust Company.
A Scranton, Pennsylvania. dispatch
says: Every silk mill In the Lacka-
wanna valley is now idle by reason of
strikes. excepting the Klotz mill ut
Carbondale, where the employees con-
tinue working pending the arbitration
of difficulties by Rev. Father Coffey.
The strike affects 1900 girls and men.
At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Confederate reunion to bc
held at Memphis the resolution ex-
planning why President Mckinley was
invited to be present OH the occasion
of the Confederate reunion In May
next, was rescinded and the original
resolution inviting the President to
Memphis stands.
Chicago capitalists have organized a
81 900, 600 corporation known as the
Central Sugar Company, to compete |
with the huge American trust in the |
home supply. Contracts have already
been closed by the newly organized
company for the erection Of u beet su- !
gar factory at Shelby,