The Delta independent., 1901-08-16
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tied States.
The Manistee, Michigan. Iron wcE.s
have been burned. Loss, 100000. IN
plant employed 800 men.
Grand Llama Ach Of Thibet ana ~
suite are visiting Japan, and hHo
Buddhist celebrations are being 1o1d
Large sales Of prunes at s cents Pr
pound and upwards are repOrto4 oY
the Cured Fruit Association Of CO.
fornia.
Earthquakes were general throekn
out southern Italy on July 31st. 1ho
strongest shocks occurred at Axe1nnAo
and Portici.
The British Antarctic expl0rat1cn
ship Discovery sailed for the AntaHc
tic regions from C0wes, Isle Of WtGMe,
August 9th.
The directors Of the ,Pan-Ames5oanE
Exposition have decided that the mid
light next Sunday.
Negotiations are in progress for the
Cunard line to build q record breakne
to beat the Deutschland and the Kali
ser Wilhelm der Crosse.
1t 10 believed that the King and
Queen will visit Ireland next April.
and probably open the Internattonal
Exhibition which is proposed in Cork.
Emperor William has ordered that
all the German soldiers who were In
Pekin during the siege are to be pro.
NOTED to the rank Of non-commissioned
officers.
An improved winter service IL 0ched-
uled from White Horse to Dawson ~
soon as the ice Is solid. New and inn
proved models Of sleigh coaches win
be used.
Queen Wilhelmina has ordered the
secretary of marine Of Holland to send
a detail to the United States to exam
inc and report on the submarine boat
Holland.
Negotiations for the consolidation Of
the leading Photographic dry plate fac
tories of the United States and Du-
rope. with . capital Of $3O.O00O00. -
pending.
The Turkish minister of marine has
decided not to order any moro va
ships or materials from Germany, be
cause Of the attacks made upon the
Sultan In the German newspapers
One-Quarter part Of the digging On
the New York rapid transit tunnel was
completed August 1st The gub-con-
tractors probably will be through with
their work by the. early spring OF 1908.
The New York Life Insurance Oom-
pany is said to have paid 100000
marks on policies taken out by bank
ers who committed suicide as q result
OF the recent Leipzeiger bank failure
in Germany.
Attendance at the Pan-American ex-
,,<,ottfov, Av,r5nu ho 0r~f fhrn<> vy10.tnAm
ending at midnight on July 31st. w.
2,7I4,9O6. With the exception Of o.
week the admissions have shown q
steady increase.
The dome Of St Paurs cathedral,
London, has settled % rs to cause sev.
eral large crackA The architect lays
the blame to sewers and underground
ra,lways-particularly to the vibra-
lions caused BY the latter.
The Council OF tho University Of
Birmingham. England, has appointed
william Jones Ashley, professor of
economics at Harvard University, 20
the first or organizing chair OF the fu-
ture faculty OF commerce.
Four months IL the minimum time In
which the new government In Cuba
can be established under the law. The
all citizens, native-born and uaturalized
alike. NO discrimination being made.
Ships of the North Atlantic squadron
have established another worlds record
In the matter Of coaling ships Fol-
lowing are the figures: kearsarge, 219
tons q coal in one hour: the Alabama.
I'D tons, and the Massachusetts, 24S
tom.
Adultefated milk and cream are to
be counscated In future at the receiving
depoes Of all railroads In Chicago. The
discovery Of formaline at the receiving
depots will result In the seizure of the
cans and the dumping Of its contents
into the nearest gutter.
Lord Cromer, British diplomatic
agent In Egypt, dealing with irrigation
projects along the upper Nile, supports
. suggestion that q railway should be
built from Khartoum to the Red sea.
rather than irrigation works.
Coastwise steamships running Oh
New York. including the Ward, Clyde,
Mallory, Old Dominion, Mclaughlin.
and Southern Pacific, have been noti-
fied OF the adoption Of an advanced
wage schedule by the Wage Earners'
Beneficial Association.
The latest notable recipient Of . dec
Grafton at the hands Of Emperor Will
iam II = high dignitary OF Nohamme-
danism. The. Order OF the Crown OF
the first class has been conferred on
the Aga Khan Of Bombay. the spiritual
head Of the Indian Mohammedan Koja
sect.
The eighty-fifth annual report Of the
American Bible Society shows that
there - a slight increase In receipts.
The total issues Of the year at home
and abroad amount to 1.b54,126 OF
these 65O.SlS were distributed in the
United States and 07S,015 in foreign
lands.
General Frederick D. Grant stopped
In Vienna on his way from Russia,
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