The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-31
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Santa Fe, N. M. Oct. Ex-Governor
Otero has issued a proclamation for
quarantine against cattle from Texas
from November 1 to March 5. owing to
the prevalence of Texas fever in Texas
Ell Paso, Tex, Oct. 31.-Snow fell for
over an hour in FL Paso and vicinity
yesterday afternoon and was followed
by heavy rain. 1t is the earliest snow
storm on record here. The weather has
become much colder
Butte. Mont, Oct. 31-David Horgen
a Butte man, who disappeared from his
claim in Alaska basin, near here, few
DAYS ago. has been found dead in Cen
tennial creek. near Lake View, this
state.
Manila, Oct Ex-Governor Taft has
been sick in the hospital for ten days
past He has undergone a successful
operation and is now recovering.
Leipsic, Oct 31-The police seized an
edition of Count Tolstoi's brochure,
THE meaning of life" at Leipsic pub
fishing house.
New York, Oct. 31.-At a special meet
ing of the stockholders of the American
Bicycle company at Jersey City, it was
voted to reduce the authorized capital
stock from $50, 900, 600 to the amount now
listed at the stock exchange, namely,
$26, 996, 400.
Washington, Oct. 31.-The thirteen
German walters who arrived in this
country early in the present month on
the steamer Monaghan have been order
ed by the treasury department to be de-
ported as contract laborers-
Berlin Oct 31.-Herr Hilderbrandt F.
Hall has presented to Emperor William
his villa at Areca in the Tyrol- His
majesty has accepted it, and it is likely
that the building will be turned into
a sanitarium for German officers
Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 31.-The strike of
the Seattle and Tacoma iron moulderS
which has been on since June has been
finally settled. and the men returned
to work this morning, the Metal Trades
association conceding a SIS hour week,
Rome. Oct. 31.-Yesterday afternoon
an earthquake was felt in many Italian
cities, including Spezzia, Genoa, Bolog-
ma, Bresci and Milan. There were two
severe shocks at Gallarate, where a
number of houses were damaged
New York, Oct 31.-Mr. Cockran's
physician has sent word to the indepen-
dent citizens committee of 100 that his
patient would be well enough by Fri
day night to keep his engagement to
speak of a meeting in Brooklyn as an
nounced before he was hurt
Sioux City, Ia, Oct 31-Twenty In
dams have died from smallpox in the
past ten days on the Winnebago Indian
agency in northwestern Nebraska. The
estimated that from 200 to 250 are
stricken, most of whom will die.
New York. Oct. 31-On board the
White Star line steamer Majestic from
Liverpool and Queenstown We're John
F. Redmond, Patrick A: McHugh and
Thomas O'Donnell, the Nationalist
member of parliament who are on
visit to this country in behalf of the
| Irish cause.
Washington, Oct 31.-Mrs- Grant, the
widow of General Grant, has almost re-
| covered from her recent indisposition-
| She suffers from bronchial a1ection,
which. however, does not confine her
| Grants daughter, has returned to
| Washington, and will remain with her
mother during the winter.
| Berlin. Oct. 31.-The German steamer
| fJerzog has arrived at Hamburg from
! South Africa, having on board 5000
hundred weight of saltpeter- This lat
| ter was ordered by a powder mill Wnlch
| has been making powder and dynamite
| for the Beers in Portuguese territory.
! The British officials forced the mill to
| send the saltpeter back to Hamburg.
T,ondon. Oct. s1-"The papal consis-
| tory that was to have been held in NO
vernber, has been postponed to next
|
| of the Daily Chronicle Consequently,
| Cardinal Martinelli will continue to re-
| side in Washington for a time 1t Is
! officially announced that Most Rev.
| Dimond Falconio, apostolic delegate to
| the Dominion of Canada, will succeed
| Cardinal Martinelli-"
Rome, Oct. 31.-The Italian authorit-
| les took vigorous measures to prevent
| contemplated anarchist demonstrations
| in celebration of the electrocution or
| Czolgosz.
| Tondon Oct 31-The war office sent