North Park union., 1901-12-27
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Japan will, next year, begin develop
ment of the sugar industry.
The third Sunday in January VIII De
set aside rs Mckinley Day amons
churches Of Indiana
The differences between capital anu
labor are assuming aggravated proper
tions ut Budapest, Hungary.
An inventory Of the personal estste
of the lite Pierre Lorillard shows
valuation of less than $2,OOO,OO.
A distinct earthquake shock was feit
Mt Salem, Oregon, ut 1880 a. IN. De
cember 18th, but no damage resulted.
The G. A. r. executive council I'D
iourned without definitely settling the
date for the next national encamp-
ment.
Seth Low took the oath of office as
mayor of New York December loth'
He Will assume office at noon Janu-
ary LIST.
Victer Hugo's only grandson. Georges
Hugo, has applied for permission 10
put the prefix Victor before hfs faln'
lily name.
Three thousand bales of cotton have
been sold at Mckinney, Texas, Tor
shipment to st. Petersburg, Russia,
and Rotterdam, Holland.
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company
has declared the regular quarterly div
Idend of 21a per cent. and an extra
dividend Of 81 per cent.
John Swinton, for many years an
editorial writer on New York daily pa
pers, died mt his home In Brooklyn De-
cember 18th, aged seventy.
During the recent cold weather
deaths from freezing were reported
from Wisconsin, Alabama, Tennessee,
| Kentucky, Ohio and New York.
A Paris paper asserts that Command
ant General Botha has reported to Mr.
Kruger that he has 24,OOO armed men,
10000 being Cape Colony recruits.
The transport Warren sailed from
Manila December 18th with I56 short
term enlisted men and Generals Rob
| ert p, Hughes and Frederick Funs-
ton.
At Portland, Oregon, grent exposi-
tion will be held in 1905 in cOmmemo-
ration of the work accomplished and
made possible by the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
The transport Hancock sailed from
San Francisco December 10th for Ma
nila with twenty-one officers and 6o3
men of the Fifteenth cavalry, seven
officers and 3GO recruits.
Earthquakes were felt on the night
| of December 10Th in the province OF
| Catanla, Sicily, and In the southern
Italian provinces of Calabria and
Lecce.
The engagement is announced Of
Captain Richmond =. Hobson, U. 5.
Springfield, Ohio, n niece OF ex-Gov-
| ernor Bushnell The marriage Will be
In February.
DIR. William Rainey Harper, presi-
| dent Of the University of Chicago, has
decided that he cannot accept the post
| OF director of international congresses
of the worlds fair.
| Jasper Tulley, NJ. p, for Leitrm,
md John O'Donnolly, member of par
lament for South Mayo, will be prose-
cuted under the crimes act for making
intimidating speeches.
Sir Thomas Lipton's cup challenger,
Shamrock H., narrowly escaped being
destroyed by fire ut Brooklyn on the
night of December 18th. AS 1t was
she was badly scorched OH one side.
1t Is announced that the total cost of
| the Yerkes system of electrification OF
London for both systems is estimated
ut S1OOOO,OOO. Mr.. Yerkes proposes to
build the biggest generating station in
the world.
Rear AdmIrals Evans and Glass, Cap.
tains Cooper Harrington and Thomas,
Lieutenant Commander Stoney. Sur
geon Blackwell and Captain ]. L.
| Myers of the Tilley court-martial, have
| rnftu.ua1 from Snmna
The st. Petersburg Gazette an
nounces that modified state of Siege
has been proclaimed in Il score of
towns throughout Russin. Strikers
and students riots are responsible for
the action taken by the authorities.
The Messagero, of Rome, says that
| Father Gushing, the American priest
who had difficulty here with the Rt.
Rev. Nicholas c. Matz, bishop Of Colo
RADIO, has commenced legal proceedings
against Bishop Matz for Illegal arrest.
Eight prominent cattlemen were mr.
rested a few days ago by order of the
| Oklahoma Live Stock Sanitary Com
tempted to drive diseased cattle across
| the territorial and federal quarantine
lines.
| 1hSAuuluS lLlN lCICpuOAS
| les in the United States there are 4,311
exchanges in operation with 2,27S,T17
telephones in use. The total capital
invested ls nearly S5OO,OOO,OOO. One
company employs $4,000 persons and
handles two billion calls per year.
The Lincoln avenue car barns Of the
| Chicago Traction Company were burn
| ed on the morning of December 10th.
More than 160 cars were destroyed, in
Guiding nearly all the grip cars and
trailers used on the Lincoln avenue
line. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
A protocol has been signed for
treaty with Nicaragua, Salvador and
Costa Rica which provides for the ad-
mission of flour, wines under fourteen
| iegrees, fresh and dried fruits and pre-
erved products from the United States
nto Nicaragua free of duty.
There has been a meeting of doctors
ind veterinarians at Manila to consider
what means are possible to prevent the
ravages now being made by surra, nn
East Indian disease of horses. Over
5000 American horses and mules have
died from this disease since last July.
London Truth, in referring to the re-
ported Ill health Of the German crown
prince, asserts that he has totally col