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Am61er0Am, Holland, 10 about to p0'
on ~ electric cars.
elgnor Francisco Crispi. former pre-.
mier OF Italy. died August l1th
Vice President Roosevelt will visit
Camp Lincoln, Illinois. August SOth.
The schley court Of inquiry will
convene at Washington September
18th. ..-1.-
The Pacific cable bill has passed its
third reading In the English House oi
Commons.
Nearly half the Chinese seeking ad
mission to this country ut San Fran
cisco are refused.
The corporation Of Glasgow has de
cided to confer the freedom OF the city
on Andrew Carnegie.
Count Won Waldersee, recent COM
mander OF the allied forces In China,
has arrived In Germany.
The Rock Island Railway company
has ordered the building of twenty
new depots In Oklahoma.
Count Tolstoi Is going to the Crimea
shortly. and the ministry Of railroads
liz placing a special car Mt his disposal.
The tricnnial conclave Of knights
Templar Will BE- held this yeart at
Templav will be held this year at
9th and 2Sth.
The British Board OF Trade state
ment for July elbows nm Increase OF
$13. .2S3 500 In Imports md u decrease
of $4,000 In exports.
1t In stated that nearly every school
teacher who Is going to the Philip
pines hns married the girl of his heart
and will tnke her with him.
Four-fiffhs OF the town OF Fnrsund,
Sweden. on the North sea, has been
destroyed by fire. About 100 peo-
pie were rendered homeless.
TIE Kansas City Stock Yards Com
pany has been granted n certificate an-
thurlzing nh increase OF the cnpitnl
stock from &1.5OO,OOO to $S.25OOo0-
Pierpont Morgan is to be temporary
resident Of San Francisco soon, while
heels attending the Episcopal triennial
council, which begins October md.
The doctors have ordered the Mar
IuIs Ito. The former Japanese premier,
to take sen voyage for his health.
He will go to America for short
stay.
The National Association Of Dentists
has passed resolution for the appoint
ment Of a committee on ways and
means to tight so-called bogus diplo-
ma mills
A <omparntlve statement OF the net
earnings of the Union Pacific for the
fiscal year Just closed shows an In
crease OF $1.13G.127 over the preced-
Ing twelve months.
The contract providing for the Ma
Mia hnrbor improvements have, been
signed, and work will begin immedi-
ately. The cost OF the Improvements
win amount to $l.5O0,OO0.
Ireland's greatest drain Is emlgrn-
tion md America IL getting the finest
of our race declared Michael Davitt-
the Irish leader, who hns come to Chi
cngo to address the United Irish So
cieties.
The main business portion of Lime
Springs. Iowa. was wiped out by fire
August Sth Loss, $1JO.OOO. Fourteen
business firms We're burned out. Two
bnuks and a hardware store nre still
standing.
Civil Governor Tnft. In the immedi-
nte future. will reduce the police force
of Manila by one-hnlf. At present
there nrc 300 policemen for the city.
whose population numbers only 2oO.-
900 sonls.
United States Judge Hawley has rem
iereti his decision In the Nevada rnil-
road tax case, granting the injunction
prayed for by the Southern Pacific
company against the State Board Of
Assessors.
The packing firms of Armour & Co.
and Swift 4 Co. have become Joint
owners of the stock yards at Fort
Worth. Texas. and Will soon expend
| Sl,OOO.OOO In building branch plants
at that place
Governor Taft has addressed n let
ter to the new justices, urging that the
Philippine courts be 10 conducted as
to create good Impression. The M
tive first offences should he treated
with paternnl elemency.
The viceroy of India reports that
the famine prospects have been much
improved by a heavy rain In Bombay
presidency. and that the government
liz considering the advisability Of re-
ducing somewhat the famine relief.
Miss Estelle Reel, national superin-
the Indian school service. The course
pleted uniform course of study for
the Indian school esrvice. The course
treats OF thirty-0ne subjects. design
ed to train the Indian to become self
supporting.
The law passed by the Wisconsin
Legislature last winter nppropriatlng
$:,O,O 600 to lmy innocent purchasers Of
county orders. issued under the Kelley
Cure law of 1895, declared invalid by
the Supreme Court, Is now declared to
he unconstitutional.
The total imports Of manufactures of
silk into the Philippines during 1900
were $685.. 1854, ns against $1S3,OOO for
1850, an increase OF Ill per cent. The
imports OF this commodity from the
United States Increased PIG per cent.
in the same period.
The department store Of Anthony
Hortiern & Sons In Sydney, Australia,
burned July 18th. They were among
the largest in the world. employing
over 1900 hands and serving an av-
erage OF 10000 customers daily. The
loss was over $3,0O0,OOO.
Discoveries hive been made at San-
Ia Barbara. California, which are be-
lIeved to establish cOnSluslvely that
Wholesale smuggling of Chinese from
British Columbia into the United
States through Santa Barbara has
been carried on by lumber vessels.
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