North Park union., 1901-04-26
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The coronation Of King Edward
VII. will occur In June, 1909.
vandals did serious damage to the
Thomas A. Hendricks monument IN
tho Indiana state house grounds . rev
days ago.
King Oscar Of Sweden has accepted
the post Of arbitrator on the Samoan
claims OF the United States, Great
Britain and Germany.
The Turkish government has raised
. loan Of $l.O0O.O0O from the Ottoman
Bank, to settle the claims OF the
Cramps and the krupps.
ID. H. Lewis. late cashier Of the now
tnsOlvent Farmers National Bank OF
verHcnnes, Vermont, IL accused OF
having embexxled &i,O,OOO.
Eastern capitalists are forming q
combine which will control all the
dredging work on the great lakes. 1t
will have a capital of $1O.O0O.OOO.
In addition to the gift Of $1,000. 900
to Armour Institute, Chicago, recently
announced, Mrs r. ID. Armour purposes
soon TO erect and equip u new build
Ing.
The engagement of Miss Martha
kiIChOoIu, uuukuteI VI Ahcdk <Aohh !.
Hichborn to James G. Blaine. Jr. Is
announced. The wedding will take
place June 4th.
Secretary Hay will endeayor TO as
certain the sentiments of the leading
members OF the Senate before trying
to negotiate another ship canal treaty
with Great Britain.
A site of 145 acres Is said to have
been acquired In Ireland for the cree
ton of n royal residence. the plans for
the building have been approved and
work will commence shortly.
Miss Ellen Anne Griffin. who died in
New York u few days ago, left $4,000
for the maintenance of her black and
tan dog, DANDY jim" She also re.
membered several nephews and nleces
1t Is reported that Emperor William
has sent his chief cook TO the United
States to learn how to make buckwheat
cakes, and incidentally TO look Into the
American style Of cooking generally
1t Is reported that the Rolled Steel
Car Company OF Pittsburg contein'
plates establishing large plant, to
employ 5000 men, for the purpose OF
building steel cars at Youngstown,
Ohio.
The Cramps Will launch the new
barsleship Maine Memorial Day. Sur.
vivors OF the Maine and widows and
orphans OF sailors killed In Havana
harbor will probably be Invited to at
tend.
The first cable OF the new East River
bridge In New York city was raised
April llth by powerful engine and
drawn taut 100 feet above the water
The actual raising Of the cable tool
Just seven minutes.
Gifts of money for educational. re-
ligious and benevolent purposes In the
United States for 1900 amounted tt
SAT 100000. These are the figures OF
Mr.. Rossiter johnson. editor Of Apple
toms Annual Cyclopedin.
The British wnr office has decided t.
strengthen the fortitications OF ia
mnica. Quick-tiring guns Of the --latest
patterns are being sent out. In addition
10 the heavy guns recently placed iu
the forts about Fort Royal.
The Glasgow. Scotland, municipal
committee has recommended tht
awarding Of big contract to nm Amer
lean steel company for the supplying
OF 3.i5O tons Of rails and fish plate,
for the municipal street railway OF
Glasgow.
After much search three bars Of golt
stolen from the specie room of tn
Nosth German Lloyd steamship. knise
Wilhelm der Crosse. We're found be
hind n cornIce of the corridor of tn
second.class saloon. The thief has no
yet been discovered.
A report from the consul general a
Vienna, Austria, to the State Depart
ment gives the preliminary results o.
the census taken last December II
Austria-Hungary. The present popu
lation of the Austro- Hungarian mon
archy Is about 46,S0O,OOO.
On the Manchuria railroad the rail
have been laid on the Hailar-Zizika
division and the remaining twO-third
of the whole line between Tchita an
vladivostock Is nearly completed. TIL
whole line. 1t is believed. will be opene,
for passenger traffic next month.
A floral parade that will surpas
anything OF the kind ever attempte'
in the West, is one OF the feature
contemplated for the entertainment o
President Mckinley when he visit
| Chicago In June. This novel welcOm
play.
On Captain Schley's return from TIL
South Atlantic II is not expected tha
| he Will be assigned to any f,irthe
duty, as he will retire next October
and there would hardly be time for hi
taking up work Of any magnitud
In the few months remaining Of HI
acting service.
Captain John MCGOWAN has bee
retired with the rank of rear admira
He broke down In health while CON
mandIng the monitor Monadnock o.
the Asiatic station several month
| ago, and has since had short tern
of service In command OF the nava
station ut Key West.
The Postofiice Department at Wasf
| ington has changed some Of the name
In the state Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
in place Of Spokane; Lake kootenai
for Lake KOotenay: "Pend Oreiile
for Pend dOrp1lle; "Ciealum" 70
Gle -Elum; "Sanpoir' for Sans Poi
and "Okinagan" for Okanogan.
Over $50 newly enlisted soldiers 9
the Fourteenth cavalry at Fort Lea,
enworth. Kansas. have recently d.
serted. the ouly reason, so far 9
known, being their belief that tn
war in the Philippines IL over and tbs
they would be likely to have to serv
here at home. which they dislike.
Joseph Chamberlnin's organ. tn
Birmingham Post, learns that the Rui
sian ministers Of war and marine hav
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