Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-07-25
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST FEW
DAYS FROM ALL QUARTERS.
Bride Drowned During Her Honey
moon Novel Injunction New Senator
For South Dakota -Uusuccessfnl Trial
Of an Air ship.

American and Danish capitalists pro-
pose to start direct steamship line
from Christiania and Copenhagen to
Chicago.
The Minnesota state pardon board ap-
proved the parole of Cole and James
Younger, who have been in the Still
water penitentiary for the past % years
for completely in the robbery aud MUIR
Ser at the time Of the raid on the North.
field bank
The National Educational association,
at its meeting at Detroit, passed reso-
luton in favor Of establishing national
university at Washington, TO be sup
ported by the government.
Charles s. Young OF Ypsi ant. Mich,
has succeeded in getting Jud q inne
to issue a novel injunction. IL perpetu-
ally restrains Foster Fitzpatrick irom
visiting Mrs. Young or from speaking
10 her, or writing to her or in any way,
directly or indirectly. corresponding
with her through the aid OF third per-
son. He says in his application that
Fitzpatrick induced Mrs. Young TO start
divorce proceedings at one time, but the
case was discontinued. Fitzpatrick has
appeared on the scene again. and Young
says his wife Is growing discontented
once more
The prediction that because OF infe-
riority the negro as a race would die
out in the United States finds no sup
port in the census returns of 1900 IL
ls estimated that the negro constitute
1l.S per cent OF the total population OF
the country as against 1l.9 u decade
ago, the apparent loss being due TO the
greater growth Of the northern states
and not toany loss proportion OF negroes
IN the south.
Tho strike Of the Newport News Ship
building company's machinists wns set
tied by tho unanimous decision OF the
mon TO return to work at the old scale.
Governor Herreid of South Dakota
has appointed A. b. Kittridge OF Sioux
F,l's 10 fill the vacancy caused by the
death Of Senator Kyle, The new sem
ator is n native OF New Hampshire,
having been born in Cheshi.e county
March 20, 1861.
Judge Hall Of the United States dis
trict court H. Salt Lake City, Utah, rem.
derod his decision in the celebrated
Hilton-Park case, the court holding that
the ceremony of Sealing" performed in
1872 was purely "A religious ceremony
affecting the lives of Mrs. Hilton and
Dr. Park only in the hereafter, and was
not a marriage ceremony known TO or
recognized by the laws of Utah. Mrs.
Hilton, claiming by this ceremony to be
II widow Of DR.. Park, had sued for part
of the estate. At tho time whom Mrs.
Hilton (then Miss Armitage) and DIR,
Park were "sealed" she was supposed
to be dying, aud it is Mormon church
doctrine that woman dying out Of the
marriage state does not occupy so high
a plane in heaven as a woman who has
been married.
At the special convention of the SUI
preme lodge Of Knights OF Pythias, held
at Chicago, an address to the members
was issued. The official figures OF the
result OF the examination of the insur-
ance department OF Illinois and Con-
nocticut, ns given in the address, show
that on June /, 1901, the gross assets
upon the books were sG25, 236, of which
the sum OF $500 3J3 was not admitted,
leaving net assets of $33i,S'S The
actual liabilities for the same date were
$500, l43, thus leaving u deficiency of
t225, 267. John A. Hlnsey, as II result
of an Investigation of the affairs of the
endowment rank, has resigned his posi-
ton.
James A. King. whose wealth is esti-
mated ut $40, 900, 900. and who has beau
tiful homes In Chicago and Pasadena,
Cal, and Miss Maude Morrison were
married at the resideuce Of the brides
mother in Morrison, Ills, The bride.
groom is ;a years seld aud the bride is
only 20.
NJ. Santos.Dumont, tho Brazilian
neronaut made the oMcial trial of his
balloon at Paris tn the attempt to win
the prize OF 100000 francs offered by
Henry Doutsoh for a manageable bal.
loon. Failure Of motive power, how
ever, nocossitatod u descent after the
balloon had gone some distance, and 1t
was caught aud suspended in the
branches Of trce. The aeronaut was
not hurt. Ho will resume his attempt
to win the D1utsch prize in few days.
\ London dispatch says; William $.
Wodge, an American, who. with his
bride, an lS-year.o,d London girl, was
spending his honeymoon at Statford-
on. Avon, went boating ON the river
Mrs. Wedge stood up to change her
position, whom she lost her balance and
fell overheard, Wedge dived repeatedly
after her, but could not find her. Ho
Vas found later ON the bank Frustrated
with grief aud exhaustion, His wife's
body was found three hours afterward.
Harry Craven, grandson OF the late
Rear.Admwal Craveu, U. 5, ~, aud a
descendant of the wealthy New York
family OF that name, was eommltted to
the Bloomiugdale IN. W insane asy.
lum as a hopeless lunatie Craven is 10
years old, and i, is said that hazing at
Annapolis Naval academy is the cause Of
/ his madness.
Thomas A. Edison has won his case
against the American Biograph aud
| Mutoscope company, fully sustaining
his claims. Edison 8 pateut Is declared
the pioneer. aud all his claims to the
who'e art OF taking moving pictures is
sustained The decision carries with it
am accounting TO be made 10y the Ameri.
,an hograpn and and Mutosoopo com.
pny, and involves a largo amount OF
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