North Park union., 1901-01-25
reLsonArn,c saGv,r,ss.

Johann Faber, founder Of the Faoea
lead pencil factory. died recently q
Nuremburg.
John F. Fee, founder OF Berea Col
lege, at Berea, Kentucky, died on the
18th instant.
Four detectives were hired to guard
night and day the French hnderoh'
wedding presents.
A bill making kidnapping a capital OF
tense has been introduced Into the len
nessee Legislature.
A famine Is reported in the province
of Shen 81, China. and 5OD.ooo people
are said to be facing starvation.
March Lamb, a negro Of Vineland'
New Jersey. has lived on hoechkes
most of his life, and is lo4 years oio'
Postmaster General Smith has rec
commended nm extensive pneumatic
tube system for the conveyance VI
mail In Chicago.
No Knife, the last chief of the oma'
ha Indian tribe, died few DAYS hso
on the reservation in Nebraska AT tue
age of 115 years.
1t is rumored in London that LORD
CurZon will resign the vice-royaity Oh
India because the climate does moi
agree with his wife's health.
The taking of the Canadian census
will begin Monday, April LIST. All the
persons living mt midnight Suhuas'
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. n noted lawyer
and former editor of the 81. LOUIS
Globe Democrat, died at Indianapolis
on the 18th inst, aged seventy-two.
1t Is officially reported at Yokohama,
Japan. that 400 fishermen are missing
and That they are supposed to nave per-
ished In storm January 10th OIL the
west cOnSt.
A resolution has been adopted by the
Missouri House of Representatives,
memorinlizing Congress to allow the
FIlipinos TO establish Il government of
their own.
Peter +. Dunno, author of the boo
ley" papers, has recovered suf1ciehtly
to leave the Chicago hospital, where he
was compelled to remain for consid-
cradle time.
Recently an enormous photograph
was taken In the Swift packing house,
Chicago, showing 1000 men ut work.
Twenty pounds of powder were used
In the fiashlight.
Both houses OF the Idaho Legislature
passed unanimously n memorial to
Congress- protesting against the enact
ment of any measure providing for the
leasing of the public ranges.
Trolley cars of suburban electric
railway near st. Louis have n 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
engagements for colonizing about 1OO,-
600 acres of land in Fentress and Nor
gan counties, Tennessee, with Films.
BY n recent collision on the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, near Laurel
Run, n chr filled with black powder ex-
ploded with such force that the report
was heard distance of twenty miles.
Prairie chickens are said to be more
abundant In western Kansas that for
years, and the farmers show disposi-
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
cattlemen of that state to look about
for other fields and some of them will
take portions of their herds to 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 regular quarterly dividend
OF one per cent on It's preferred stock,
payable March 4th.
1t is reported from London that Tom
l.. johnson, the American street rail-
road capitalist. has bought the Baker
Street and 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 Ii
Hung Chang and Prince Ching liz nee
essary for the maintenance Of order at
Pekin and throughout China.
The largest articles of export from
the United States are brcadstuffs. pro-
visions, cotton and petroleum These
four articles aggregated $500, 364, $50
during the calendar year 1900. an in
crease from $693,61O,7I7 In 1897
1t is said that the successor of B. G.
Lennox, late assistant to President
Earling of the Chicago. Milwaukee &
st. Paul road, will be Miss /. q. Car
penter, daughter of the late A. II. v.
Carpenter, for many years general
passenger agent for the road.
The Indiana board of charities has
given out statistics showing that the
total number Of insane In the state Is
$500. In 1880 the rate of insane to the
population of Indiana was 1 In 500.
In 1892 the ratio was to 600. Under
the new census the ratio for 1900 Is l
to 55S.
The latest organization In trades un.
ionism Is an association of school
teachers of British Columbia. This Ia
the first teachers union ever formed
in Canada. 1t comes under the trades
and labor councils union, Just us IL
the union were one of carpenters or
stonemasOns.
Fifty-seven publishing houses and
newspaper owners of Strasburg, Ger
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