The state herald., 1901-11-08
TELEeRAPHIc BREvITlEs.

San Francisco for China October 23rd
Thomas A. Edison's iron ore compa-
ny has reduced its capital, finding the
separation of iron by magnets unprofit-
able.
The Scottish Rite Masons unveiled n
monument to the late grand master,
General Albert Pike, at Washington,
October 23rd.
Miss Helen Gould has announced
that she will accept the position OF
vice president If the Mckinley Memo
rial Association.
A. b. Cummhis, Republican candi-
date for governor of Iowa, is bedfast
at his home in Des Moines and COM
PEELED to cancel speaking dates lnden-
nitely.
| Joseph ShaiIer, twice tried and twice
convicted Of murder in the first degree
md twice sentenced to be hanged, has
been granted new trial by the Su-
preme Court of Montana.
Captain w. w. Diehlenberg of the
Kosmos liner Rameses says that San
Diego and San Francisco are to be
made ports of call for the Hamburg
American line of steamers.
The German press is discussing in
lively fashion the following utterance
attributed to Emperor William: IF
no commercial treaties are negotiated,
l shall smash everything to pieces"
The King Alfred, the largest cruiser
In the world, was successfully
launched at Barrow-in-Furness October
2Sth. The King Alfred cost $5,05S, ,I95.
She will have speed of twenty-three
knots.
Judge Wheeler of Iowa has declared
unconstitutional the law passed by the
twenty-eighth General Assembly, pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor shipped into
Iowa from other states in original
packages.
An Austrian paper reports a serious
inundation at Broussa, near the sea of
Marmora. The water rose with terri
BILE suddenness in the night time.
eighty persons being drowned and 1I6
houses destroyed.
The annual report of General James
A. Dumont. supervising inspector gen.
eral of steam vessels, shows that the
total loss of life on steam vessels last
year was $40, an increase of liO over
the previous year.
King Edward has purchased Benja-
min Constants portrait of the late
Queen Victoria, which was so promi-
nent at the last royal academy exhibit
ton. 1t will be hung in the royal din
ing room at Windsor castle.
The total number of cases of typhus
officially reported in Belgium is 1899.
Thus far there have been twenty-seven
deaths, while only 1872 have complete
ly recovered. The epidemic has spread
to Bachem and Ludenscheid.
p. d. Scott, national worlds fair
commissioner mt st. Louis, has re-
ceived a telegram from Miss Helen
Gould in which she accepts the ap-
pointment of lady manager of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Ernest Seton-Thoinpson, the writer
on wild animal life, viii In future be
known as Ernest ThompsOn-Seton. A
petition recently filed for a change of
name has been granted by judge OF
the District Court in New York.
According to dispatch to the Novoc
Vremya from Nladivostock the Russian
General GrodOkoff. accompanied by
the Russian assistant minister OF
finance. NJ. Rom, noff. will soon open
the Manchurian-s Siberian railway.
Lee Chop. perhaps the wealthiest
man In New Iork's chinatown" is
going back to China TO live out his old
age In luxury which can be purchased
with the fortune of SlJ0.O00 he has
amassed In merchandise In America.
Heavy SHOWS have been falling In
various parts OF northern Arizona. Ten
inches has fallen at Williams and in
the extreme north II is even deeper.
II is OF immense yalue in providing
water on dry sheep and cattle ranges.
The Supreme Court OF Montana has
! decided that II Is not lawful to give
union firms the advantage over non
union firms In the matter OF bids for
supplying furniture for the new state
capitol. All citizens must be treated
, alike.
Henry Wlseman. In Jackson, Michi-
gan. prison, has confessed that he mur-
dered Mrs. Ellen Huss In the woods
near Royal. Oklahoma. where her body
was found several weeks ago. The
murder was committed In October.
1900.
The Independent Home Rul ,rs. po.
lltlcal party largely composed OF ma
,ives and half whites, have lndorsetl
Robert w. Wilcox for governor of Iia-
wall. and sent resolutions TO that ef.
:ect 10 President Roosevelt. Wilcox is
Hawaiian delegate TO Congress.
Henry Clay Hall. for thirty consec,
utlye years consul In Cuba and min
lister 10 Central America. died ut hi
home In Millbury October 10Th, aged
eighty.one years. lie was known n
the father OF the Nlcarlguan canal
and drafted the first treaty for tn,
building OF II.
Tho divorce proceedings by which
Frederick NJ. Gebhnrd and Louise ceb
hard are legally separated. were con
cluded at Sioux Falls, South Dakota
by the order OF the court that Mr.. Gcb
hard pay his former wife Sis5 900 ant
make over TO her his New York resi-
dcncc.
Chile, replying TO request from III,
Argentine government FOR an cxplnna
ton OF the Chilean occupation OF III,
disputed territory In the cordillcrns
nss.rts that the sole purpose OF III,
Chilean government IL To make neccs
snry ronds with n view OF fncilitnt
Ing the work OF the British arbitration
commissioners.
Resolutions approving the course oI
President Roosevelt IN having Booker
r. Washington. the negro educator
dine with him nt the. White House
were adopted by the national cncnmp
msni Of the Union Veterans Union
| The chief executives action wa. chnf