, 1901-01-24
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Nuremburg.
John +. Fee, founder of Berea Col
lege. at Berea, Kentucky, died on the
18th instant.
Four detectives were hired to guard
night and day the Frcnch-NnnderDift
wedding presents.
A bill making kidnapping a capital of
Tense has been introduced into the Ten
nessee Legislature.
A famine is reported in the province
of Shen 81. China, and 5.O0O.OOO people
are said to be facing starvation.
March Lamb. a negro of Nineland,
New Jersey. has lived III hoecakes
most of his life, and is 1o4 years bic
Postmaster General Smith has rec
commended an extensive pneumatic
tube system for the conveyance OF
mail in Chicago.
No Knife, the last chief of the Oma-
ha Indian tribe. died II few days ago
on the reservation in Nebraska ut the
~ of 10 years.
1t is rumored in London that Lord
Curzon will resign the v~ice-royalty OF
India because the climate does not
agree with his wife's health.
The taking of the Canadian census
will begin Monday, April list. All the
persons living Mt midnight Sunday,
March 31st, will be counted.
james a. Mount, who had just re-
tired from the office of governor of In
diana. died suddenly of heart disease
at Indianapolis on the 10TH inst.
Mr.. w. p. Fishback, a noted lawyer
and former editor of the st. Louis
Globe-D Democrat, died at indianapolis
on the 18th inst, aged seventy-two.
1t is officially reported at Yokohama,
Japan. that o fishermen are missing
and that they are supposed 10 have per
ished in Il storm January 10th off the
west coast.
A resolution has been adopted by the
Missouri House of Representatives,
memorializing Congress to allow the
Filipinos to establish Il government of
their own.
Peter f. Dunno. author of the "Doo-
ley papers, has recovered sufficiently
to leave the Chicago hospital, where he
was compelled to remain for Il consid-
cradle time.
Recently an enorm photograph
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Chicago, showing 1000 men mt work.
Twenty pounds of powder were used
in the flashlight,
Both houses of the Idaho Legislature
passed unanimously Il memorial to
Congress protesting against the enact
ment of any measure providing for the
leasing of the public ranges.
Trolley cars of n suburban electric
railway near st. Louis nave Il com
plete telephone outfit whereby their
crews are able to converse with the
headquarters office on occasion.
A. f. Dreutzer of Chicago and Olaf
Gergstrom of Nebraska have made ar
rangements for colonizing about 10O,-
o acres of lane in Fentress and Nor
gar counties, Tennessee, with Firms.
BY a recent collision on the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, near Laurel
Run, n car filled with black powder ex-
ploded with such force that the report
was heard n distance of twenty miles.
Prairie chickens are said to be more
abundant in western Kansas that for
years, IL the farmers show n DISPOSE
ton to give the birds n chance to null
tiply by keeping a check on the hunt
ers.
The growing shortage of good pas
ture lands in Montana is causing the
cattlemeD of hat state to look bon
for other fields II some of them will
take portions of their herds 10 Alaska
in the spring.
w. ]. Bryan's new paper. The Com
moner, is to appear on the 23d instant.
The Northern Pacific company has
declared Il regular quarterly dividend
of II per cent. on its preferred stock,
payable March Ith.
1t is reported from London that Tom
l.. Johnson. the American street rail
Dad capitalist, has bought the Baker
Street II Waterloo underground rail
road from the London and Globe FL
nance Corporation, Limited.
Japan strongly opposes the transfer
of the peace negotiations to Europe, on
the ground that the presence of Lii
Hung Chang and Prince Ching is nee
eSSary for the maintenance of order ut
Pekin and throughout China.
The largest articles of export from
the United States are %breadstuffs, pro-
visions. cotton and petroleum These
four articles aggregated SS32,364 $50
during the calendar year 1900, an in
crease from SG93, go, al in 1897
1t is said that the successor of Il. G..
IennoX. late assistant to President
EarlinE of the Chicago. Milwaukee Il
st. Paul road, will be Miss |. c.. Car
penter, daughter of the late a. IL. v.
Carpenter, for many years general
passenger agent for the road.
The Indiana board of charities has
given out statistics showing tina the
total number of insane in the state is
400. In 1880 the rate of insane to the
population Of Indiana was / in 300.
In 1892 the ratio vas l to GOO. Under
the new census the ratio for 1900 is 1
to 55S.
The latest organization in trades un
loniSm is an association of school
teachers of British Columbia. This is
the first teachers union ever formed
in Canada. 1t IN under the trades
and labor councils union, just as if
the union We're one of carpenters or
| stOnemaSonS.