North Park union., 1901-08-02
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Boer prisoners TO penal servitude for
life at Bermuda.
A new Berlin municipal budget
shows that 800 streets In Berlin are
planted with A. 100 trees, which repre-
sent value OF 100000.
The United States nsh commission
has collected and classified about 2iO
species Of Hawaiian hsh, hfty Of
which are new TO science.
The Navy Department has pur-
chased the lAg floating steel dry dock
in Havana harbor from the govern
nient Of Spain for $ls5,OO0.
On July Goth the town OF Riccville.
Town. with population OF 500 TO L.
600. was practically wiped out by fire.
involving loss estimated Mt $2OO,OOO
II In announced on good authority
thnt the national headquarters OF the
Democratic party will bo removed
from Chicago to St. Louis September
1st.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
Kansas City, Kansas, $4,000 for a
free library. the city to furnish the
site and spend $500 a year IN main
tenancc.
The health officer Of the port OF New
York, DR.. Doty, has decided to take
hold Of the mosquito question In Stn-
ten Island and attempt the extermina-
tion Of the pests.
The lntest directory of Manhattan
and the Bronx. just issued, indicates a
population in the two boroughs OF q
OI5,4JO. or mn incrcnse In one year OF
G.S5O Inhabitants.
Tie plant OF the Michigan Barrel
Company at Grand Rapids, Michigan,
WINS destroyed by fire July 18th. LOSS.
e1OO,OOO. The plant was the largest Of
It's kind In existence.
The National Fraternal Congress.
composed Of representatives OF the
leading frnternal and beneficiary 80
cistics OF the country. meets at De
troit, Michigan, August 9th.
Or. Dclos Parker, lecturer In De-
troit College, announces that he has
proven by exhaustive experiments
TINT baldnexs results from pols8ncd air
caused by improper breathing.
Tie Supreme Tent. knights OF the
Mnccabees, has decided that all old
members must he re-rated on the same
plan ~ new members. nt the age at
which they Joined the order.
The transport Thomas sailed from
Fan Francisco July 23rd for Manila
via Honolulu with the 600 teachers
who are going to accept positions In
the schools In the Philippines.
The British government Is expected
to make n grant OF hnlf Il million dol
lars to Lord Roberts in recognition Of
his services In South Africa and to
enable him to maintain his peerage.
Former Governor Taylor OF Tennes-
see Inns been invited to take part In n
fddling contest between the old set
tiers OF Missouri, which is to take
place At Kahsas City on August 10th.
The Kentucky court of appeals has
ordered the Scott county circuit to
grant ex.Secrctnry OF State Caleb
Powers another trial. 1t Is possible
that tile trial will be held In October.
Five people committed suicide In
New York Monday. The extremely
hot weather 10 believed to have caused
the increase In the number OF suicides
recently.
The BOaton Journal II erecting
new building Into which Its offices will
he moved III September, 1902. 1t will
then have the finest journalistic
home In the world at u cost Of II. 1.OOO.-
900.
In addition to the other bases Of
supplies demanded in the Platt amend
ment. II 10 the Intention Of the admin
Istrntion to permanently retain Moro
castle, overlooking the harbor Of Ha-
vnna.
The directors of the Canadian Pa
ciflc railway at their next meeting will
consider the question OF substituting
electric power for steam engines Oh
NIL high grades In the Rocky Noun.
tnins.
The latest combination to I've formed
In Of filnt glass bottle makers. There
are about fifty In the United States
and every one was brought Into the
combination. The capitalization is
&3O.OO0.OOO.
There has been decrease OF the
Chinese population In the United States
sincc 1850 Of IL .6GJ, the number now
here being $4,000. The Japanese In
creased during the past ten years from
2,0sD to "a, 1900.
Observations have confirmed the
rise OF the coast of the North Sea.
depth OF the water at the mouth of the
Elie Of from sixteen feet to eighteen
feet since 1895.
The word christian" stays In the
bill Of rights in the Virginia constitu-
ton, ns fnr as the constitutional con-
vention In concerned. BY vote Of z
to 4 the committee decided to preserve
the ordinary language.
The steamship Northwestern. the
first ship OF regular line to intake the
round trip from Chicago 10 Europe, en-.
tered the harl,Or on her return amid
II ,ieafening salute OF whistles. The
round trip took eighty-four days.
1t Is reported at Capetown that Gen.
eral Delnrcy has informed the Kloks-
burg commando that there Is no longer
nny chance of European Intervention
and that they must fight the war out
to the bitter end and entirely on theii
own account. -
A census bulletin gives the popuia-
tion OF Kansas as follows: Males.
7GS, Tl6: females. 701.1I9: native, L.
343.s $40; foreign. 12G,64s; white, 1.416.-
$40; colOred, M.1IG. including 52,OO3
negroes, thirty mine Chinese, four JAP
anese and 2.130 Indians.
The Joint commission Of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church. In session at
Sarstogn. New York. has completed
revision of marginal readings of the
Bible. and will present the report to
the tricnnial convention of the church
at San Francisco. In October.