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Verdi, the composer, y dangerouaay
~ At Milan.
Robert J. Gamble las been elected
Senator from South Dakota TO succeed
=. r.. Pettigrew.
The French council Of state has re
5ected Count Esterhaxy's appeal
against the decree cashiertnx him
from the army.
Kansas has elected J. r. Burton
Senator to succeed Luc1en Baker.
Ssnator w. J. Seweu of New Jer-
sey, has been reelected.
The frst grandson Of President Diaz
OF Mexico was born ON the seven
teenth Inst. The father " Captain
Diax Of the Mexican army.
President Gruger is said to have NO
intention Of coming to America At pres
ent, though pressed with invitations
He may consider the subject later.
Terrific snow storms have been rag
ing on the South Alaskan coast and
the White Pass K Yukon railway has
been blockaded for several days.
The bill to amend the constitution
Of Nevada to permit the licensing Of
4 lottery company has been defeated
by the Legislature at Carson City.
The state entry Of Queen wilhelmina
and the future prince cOnsort. Duke
Henry of Mecklenberg- -Schwerin. into
Amsterdam, has been fixed for March
9Th
The oil from the big Texas well re-
Gently sunk at Beaumont; will be
plped to Port Arthur and stored there
In tanks. Thence It will be shipped
in tank steamers.
Recent sales of real estate In Gal
weston show that current property
values are held ut only about one-half
the figures prevailing prior to the
storm.
A cable dispatch from COnstantin-
opie, announces the death on January
18th OF Rev. DIR. Elias Riggs, the old
est missionary Of the board, aged
ninety.
Hon. F. NJ Simmons. chairman Of
the state Democratic committee. has
been elected United States Senator
for North Carolina to succeed Marion
Butler.
The Jury In the Jennie Bosschieter
murder cnse at Paterson, New Jersey,
returned verdict OF murder In the
second degree. This means life impris-
onment.
A party OF sixty-five Portuguese ar
rived at San Francisco from Mnssa-
chusetts and Rhode Island and sailed
Oh the Zenlandia for Honolulu, few
days ago.
Minnesota has reelected Knute Mel
son to the United States Senate for
the full term and Moses +. Clnpp to
succeed Cushmun X. Davis for the
short term.
A royal commission, under the presi-
dency OF Lord Kelvin, has been mp
pointed In England to investigate the
recent widespread outbreak OF arsen-
ical beer poisoning.
At Montreal G. +. Little undertook
to throw Louis Cyr, the Canadian
strong man, Grneco- lto.hnn style In
twenty minutes. He accomplished
the task In four minutes. Cyr weighed
$40 and Little 100.
Dispatches from various cities in the
South tell Of the general observance
| Of General Robert f. Lees birthday
january 10th. by closing of state and
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and public meetings.
A Brussels paper has received In
formation thnt bubonic plague is rag
Ing among the British troops at Cap.
Colony, and many deaths that are at
tributed to enteric fever and dysen
terry are really due to plague.
Samuel II. Warwick, aged seventy
Inventor of root beer, and who's,
wealth twelve years agO was estimat
ed at over 1000 900, died penniless ir
the hospital attached 10 the aims hOust
In Philadelphia few days ago.
Some of the students Of the STANFORD
University are MS bIgoted MS the man
agement. They seized G. ID. MOntgom
cry, a Junior from Kansas. who hat
criticised the action of President Jor
dan, and threw him into a lake.
Andrew Carnegie has notified thu
! managers OF the Goshen, Ind, lIbrar,
sssocia tion. that he will donate $15,
600 toward the building of librar,
building In that city. Goshen is thu
smallest city he has ever assisted.
Yale graduates propose that thu
bones OF Elihu Yale, which are In
TERED in Wales, be removed to thii
country for interment on the Yal'
campus. the suggestion is made b!
Percy l.. Lang, Yale, rs, Of WAyerly
n. Y.
william II. Croker OF San Francis
co has offered to defray the expenses
of solar eclipse expedition to be sen
by the University OF California from
the Lick observatory TO Sumatra Il
observe the total eclipse Of the SUI
on May 18th.
Governor Hunt Of Idaho has sent Il
the Legislature message urging Ii
strong language the adoption of a me
mortal TO the United States Senat
asking for nh amendment to the con
stitution providing for the election o
the United States Senate by a direc
vote Of the people.
1t IL reported the Santa Fe will pu
into effect second class rates from
Chicago to Pacific coast points. Th'
second class rate Is now $3.50. Unde
the reduction II will be $50. This will
bring the rntes from Missippi rive
points down to <27.5O and from tn,
Missouri river to &25.
The death of Murray Hall. keeper o.
an intelligence office In New York
member OF the lroquois Club and 1
voter for thirty years. brought to ligh
the fact that Hall, though woman
had successfully posed as a man TO
more than twenty-five years. Hal