The silver star., 1901-03-22
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Count Leo TolstoTs has been excom'
municated by the orthodox church OF
Russia.
The Democrats OF Chicago have nom
mated Carter III. Harrison for mayor
for the third time.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Nation
ut Wichita. Kansas, failed to agree,
and We're discharged.
The Dominion government has de-
| cided to reduce the royalty on gold
from ten to five per cent.
The Republican nominees in Topeka
| for city officers are all pledged to fully
enforce the prohibition law.
1t is found that agricultural machin-
cry is not affected by the recent appli-
cation of the Russian tariff law.
Nelson Morris. the millionaire pack
! err. is planning the erection of ST.
100000 packing house at Honolulu.
There was n severe rain and hail
storm in Kansas on the 9th instant,
covering nearly all parts of the state.
Exceptionally cold weather is report
ed in the Klondike, and there have
been number of deaths by freezing.
The Thirtieth U. $. volunteer infan-
try arrived Mt San Francisco. on its
way home from Manila, March 18th.
The building of the Shamrock II.
n Glasgow is advancing so rapidly
that her launching is professionally fix
ed for April Goth.
The Terre Haute. Indiana, Gazette
has adopted plan under which all
regular employees can obtain an inter
est in the business.
The estate of Sir Francis Cook, the
husband of Tennessee Clatiin, who
died in London. February 18th, was
sworn at 100000.
The House of Representatives of
Missouri has adopted resolution IA
voring the election of United States
senators by the people.
Mrs. Nation has again given bonds,
and was released from the Topeka
Jail. Her bondsmen are j. b. Moore,
who is her brother, and ]. b. Elroy.
1t is reported that Joaquin Miller.
the poet. has Just bought 700 acres of
farm land in Neuces county, Texas,
and Will make his future home there.
Advices from Algeria state that the
Moroccan tribes in proximity to French
territory are in full revolt. anil rein
forcements have been sent forward.
John E. Dubois. a wealthy lumber
man and mine owner of Dubois. Penn
sylvania, has given Sl,OOo,00O to the
Durham Medical Institute at Chicago.
In Salt Lake a few days since Lorin
Farr, eighty years of age and the IA
Their of thirty children, was married to
a blushing bride only forty-two years
old.
A bill prohibiting the use of artificial
sweetening, such as saccharine. except
when used for reasons of health, has
been submitted by the federal council
| in Berlin.
Emperor William has pretty nearly
| recovered from the injury occasioned
| by the piece of iron thrown at him by
an insane man, but he was hurt much
worse than was at first supposed
In a letter of just six lines Andrew
| Carnegie gives Davenport, Iowa, $75,-
600 for public library building. The
, city is required to make an appropria
ton of $500 year for its support.
Rear Admiral Schley has been order
| ed home from the South Atlantic sta
| ton. He will be succeeded by Rear Ad-
miral b. ]. Cromwell. Schley's new
assignment has not been announced.
In 1900 the total output of lumber in
Michigan-pine, hemlock and hard
wood-was 2,293, 051,91s feet. The
highest production ever reached was
in 1Sss. when the output was 1892
1s9,914 feet.
In February the New York custom
house made appralsement Of importa-
tons of precious stones and pearls to
the value OF S1,776073. Rich people
are devoting an increasing amount Of
money to personal adornment.
The jobbers' association has given
the American Window Glass Company
at Pittsburg an order for 775,OOO boxes
and the price to be paid the highest in
the history OF the window glass indus
try. The order amounts to 50, 100000.
At the Yale observatory 1t is reported
| that the new star recently discovered
in the constellation Perseus has dImin-
ished In brilliancy to the third magni-
tude. One observer thinks the star is
slightly redder in color than hereto
fore.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
$4,000 for public library building for
| vancouver, i. c.. the only condition
being that the city furnish n suitable
site ana agree TO contribute 5000 m
nually for the maintenance Of the H.
brary.
Andrew Carnegie has given the fol.
lowing sums TO Indiana towns for
libraries: Muncle, $4,000; Wabash.
$4,000; Peru, $4,000; Elkhnrt, 500.
600. In each case the city must pro.
vide site and sufficient sum for main.
tenance.
A. Il. stillwell, president Of the pro.
5ected Kansas City, Mexico Il Orient
railway and Of the United States and
Mexican Trust Company, II going Ia
Europe Mt once. It In said, to place We v.
eral millions Of the securities of the
Orient railroad.
The Philippines commission has
passed a bill providing nm additional
$l.OOOOOO (Mexican currency for the
Improvement Of Manila hnrbor, and no
act empowering General Macarthur "a
organize municipal governments n
those towns where none now exist.
The College Of Medicine md liter.