The Republican journal., 1901-03-14
NEWS NOTES.

At the revival in Hiawatha, Kan, $40
persons joined the churches.
Cincinnati contractors will put $780,
600 telephone system in Memphis.
The United States imported 100000
more silver from Mexico in 1900 than in
1899.
The Norway people are not afraid of
being in debt. The nation owes about
800, 100000.
Nice for 200 years has been famous for
its violet extracts and perfumes made
from mignonette.
In Cologne automobiles are not allow
ed to run faster than twelve kilOmeters
GA miles, per hour.
Eight million gallons of rock oil are
pumped each year from under the bed
of the Pacific Ocean.
In the early part of the year steamer
line will be established between Port
land, Ore, and Manila.
The militant spirit is dominant in
Nebraska. In the Fourth district in
that state there were 400 applicants for
the West Point cadetship.
A bill has passed both houses of
the Vermont Legislature empowering
women to be town treasurers, town
librarians and notaries public.
The village of Shelby, O., was careless
about bridge. One day it broke down
and injured Anna Puseha, for which
the village has to pay her 81, 900.
Nearly every town of Importance in
India has a qualified woman doctor.
There are also several in China and
South Africa and one in Persia.
The value of the chicle the basis of
chewing gum, that is produced in Mex
leo, is three times as great as that of the
l'cOuntry'S present rubber product.
Throughout France suicide seems to
have been increasing for some time
| In the five years ended January l. 1901,
| the number of suicides was no less than
| 27,00O.
A Russian engineer has invented an
electrical apparatus manipulated from
the stage of a theater, by which, at one
touch. all doors and exits are opened
toward the outside
Mrs. Annie Ray of Oakland Cal,
who lately filed suit for divorce appear
ed as her own attorney and prepared
the necessary papers herself, without
the assistance of a lawyer.
1t took force of auditors a week to
locate discrepancy of l2c between the
the City Treasurer of Philadelphia, in a
sum total of $50, 100000
For some domestic purposes. and par
ticularly for frying vegetables, arachide-
oil-or peanut oils said to be considered,
even in France, the home of the olive,
superior to any other product.
The young King of Italy celebrated
his birthday recently by releasing $1,000
prisoners incarcerated in different parts
of his kingdom for otfenses which he con
sidered had been sufficiently punished.
Australian ladies are accomplished
horse-women, and it is proposed to OF
ganiZe thousand of them as a body
guard of the Duchess of Cornwall and
York at the opening of the Common
wealth Parliament.
Out in Kansas they are still paying
claims for damages sustained in the cele-
brated Quantrell raid. Up to the present
time 1891, ,945.42 has been paid. The
unpaid outstanding claims amount to
$75, ,642.35.
The New York City League for Social
Services is taking deep interest in re-
Gently launched movement to have the
city acquire property and erect on it
model tenements, to be rented by the
municipality.
BY means of small boxes, called ''grace
before meat boxes-put on the table for
the receipt of coppers as a thank-offering
! for meals-the total amount collected by
the Salvation Army last year in England
| was Gil, 900.
Life Guards.