The state herald., 1901-03-15
rELEoRAPHlc HREv,rlEs.


The Queen regent of Spain has
signed decree appointing Rear Ad-
mlral Cervera to be vice admiral.
Russia and other powers have ad-
dressed remonstrances to the Sultan of
turkey against the Macedonian disor-
ders.
The Germans expect to have IN elec-
tric railway line between Berlin and
Hamburg with cars running every ten
minutes.
Roslyn Ferrell, the murderer Of Ex-
press Messenger Charles Lane, was
"electrocuted" at Columbus, Ohio,
March 1st.
The fourth annual convention of the
Pacific Northwest Wool Growers AS
ISOLATION met at Pendleton, Oregon,
March 9th.
While in Germany, King Edward
VII. visited the sanitarium for con.
sumptives at Cronberg and talked with
the patients.
1t is reported from Buenos Ayres
that according to trustworthy data the
export of surplus maize will amount to
100000 tons.
An order Has been issued by the War
Department placing General James ii.
Wilson and General Fitzhugh Lee on
the retired list.
The public library and high school
building at Grand Haven, Michigan,
has been destroyed by fire, entailing a
loss of 100000.
Smallpox is reported from nearly ev-
cry section Of the country and radical
measures have been taken In many
places to suppress it.
The influenza epidemic in Sweden is
becoming more severe, Prince Berna-
dotte, second son Of King Oscar, is
among the sufferers.
There is bill before the Arizona
Legislature to put the great United
Verde mine and the camp of Jerome in
n county by themselves.
Alfred Dreyfus has returned to Paris
from Switzerland after having correct
ed the proof of the book he has COM
pleted, entitled give Years of My
Life" dealing with his Imprisonment
on Devils island.
1t is believed the delay in payment OF
the first installment on the cruiser Or
dered by the Turkish government from
the Cramps of Philadelphia, is caused
solely by present poverty of the treas
ury, but will shortly be made.
Charles Il. Yerkcs, the street railway
magnate, has sold all his interests in
the Chicago elevated roads and is con-
centrating his energies and capital on
the four and one-half mile underground
road that he is constructing in London.
On the occasion of the Inauguration
ceremonies, Mrs. Mckinley wore II
white satin gown and Mrs. Roosevelt
wore white silk gown. Their respec-
tive husbands were attired in their of
fetal dignity rs well as some kind OF
clothes.
Fifteen ex-insurgent leaders and 800
followers have taken the oath of allie
glance to the United States at Concep-
cion. island of Panay, and 200 more
promise soon to swear fealty. This
extinguishes the rebellion In that dis
trict.
An epidemic of smallpox among the
Cocopah Indians south OF Yuma, Ari-
zona, is spreading rapidly. Over fifty
Indians are infected and four deaths
have occurred. The disease bids fair
to extermlnate the tribe, which is Ill
thy and degraded.
-Four thousand five hundred insur-
gent prisoners have been held Mt Ma
Mia. The new prison on Grande is
land, In Sublg bay, sixty miles west
of Manila, has been completed and
n thousand prisoners Were to be sent
there from Manila March 7th.
The lower house OF the Wisconsin
Legislature has passed bill providing
that on petition OF ten per cent. OF the
voters OF any city In that state any
franchise which may have been grant
ed by the City Council shall be sub
mitted to n vote OF the people.
The founding of n great cooperative
agricultural colony OF old soldiers,
which Is expected TO have n member
ship OF upwards OF 21,000 and TO oc-
cupy n large tract OF land In Okla
homa, Is the object OF an organization
NJ Nubusn, ihui'ihhi i'N'hhs ih'oipo-
rated.
BY vote OF 20 to 80 the lower house
OF the Indiana Legislature adopted
the Neal Joint resolution for n constl-
tutlonal amendment providing for
woman suffrage. The friends OF the
measure say that they have made
canvass OF the Senate and are sure OF
It's adoption there.
The memorial to Queen Victoria sug-
gcsted by thc committee OF ministers
and former ministers and approved by
King Edward, IL TO be monument,
the most prominent feature OF which
will bc a statue OF tbc Queen. to be
erected near Westminster Abbey or
Buckingham palace.
A Phoenix dispatch says the first
trains have gone over the Morcnci
Southern railroad. narrow gauge
winding about the mountains from the
great Morcncl copper mines TO Guth-
rIe on the Arizona and New Mexico
line. The Morcncl Southern is n mar
vcious piece OF engineering work.
All the Spanish military officers In
the Philippine islands have been or
dcrcd. through the Spanish consul gen.
cral nt Manila 90 return to Spain. There
are probably seventy OF these officers
who. on account Of business were per.
mlticd TO remain In the islands after
the Spanish troops were sent home.
Roobennu. the Berlin electrical cx.
pert. who " studying the applicability
OF electric traction 10 the Trnns.Sibcf.
ian railroad. declares That within ten
years we VIII be able TO go around the
world IN twenty-five dnys
Premier Dunsruir Of Victoria. II. c.,
has received telegram from ottawn