The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-06-06
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending May 81.

Michigan democrats will hold their state
convention in Detroit July 80.
Seventy-eight bodies have been recovered
from the mine disaster at Ferne, B. C..
A distinct earthquake shock in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, caused houses to tremble.
Kansas democrats have nominated w. II.
Craddock, of Kansas City. for governor.
"A score of business blocks and residences
were destroyed by fire at Johnstown. o.
Five thousand union men employed in
the building trades in Denver went on a
strike.
The sealing schooner Hattie, of Victoria.
-. C.. is reported lost with her crew Of
80 men.
NJ. Benjamin Constant, the famous
French portrait artist, died in Paris, aged
81 years.
Gov. Yates issued a proclamation des-
ignating Saturday, June IA, as Flag day
in Illinos.
Noah Brookway Beacon, aged 102 years
and five months. died at his home in Des
Moines, Ia.
The democrats in Tennessee have NOM
mated James H. Frazier, of Chattanooga
for governor.
N. F. Graves, a mining man, shot and
killed his wife and fatally shot himself at
Salt Lake City.
The republicans of the Eighth Michigan
district have renominated Joseph w. Ford
ney for congress.
Great Britain is strengthening her fleet
in Asiatic waters by sending vessels from
the Pacific station.
Thomas A. Edison has Invented a storage
battery to enable automobiles to run 100
miles without recharging.
The forty-fourth general assembly of the
United Presbyterian church of North Amer
lea convened in Pittsburg, Pa.
Fire practically wiped out the business
section of Ravena, Mich. Is store buildings
being destroyed, causing $lOO, coo loss.
TIL United States commission has intro
duced English as the official ~languag OF
courts and customs in the Philippines.
Severe storms, causing floods in the pam
handle along the Red river in Texas, have
resulted in great damag e to property.
Gov. Jefferson Davis. of Arkansas, has been
expelled by the Little Rock Baptist church
on charges of drunkenness and gambling.
Rev. DR.. B. M. Palmer, the best known
preacher in the Presbyterian church In the
south, died in New Orleans, aged 50 years.
The war department announces that the
military force in the Philippines will be re-
duced to Is, 00 men in less than two months.
Col. Baldwin reports inability to estab-
lish peace in the Lake Land district, Phil
ippines, unless defiant natives, are wiped
out.
Judge James NJ. Smith, of Cincinnati.
died on a train while en- route home from
the Presbyterian general assebly in New
York.
Paul ]. Sorg, former congressman anu
multimillionaire tobacco manufacturer,
died at his home in Middletown, o., aged 6a
years. .
A circus tiger escaped and entered a car
with thirty draft horses near Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. A battle followed and the tiger was
killed.
Immigration is now at highest point In
history of United States, and is said to be
due to country's great commercial pros
perity. =
A train on the Wabash road made a rec-
ord-breaking run from Montpelier, O., to
Detroit, Mich, a distance of 81 miles, in IS
minutes.
First reports from scientists in the In
dies show that volcanoes gave warning Of
approaching activity, which were ignored
by islanders.
President Mitchell is said to be in doubt
as to- the wisdom of calling a general coal
strike, fearing the attitude of the bitum-
nous workers.
The Cuban congress has voted to fix the
salary of the president of the repuD11c ar~
So 5000 a year and that of members of con-
gress at $500.
Final notifications have been made in the
eXtraGition treaty with Chilli, thus closing
one of the principal places of refuge for
American criminals.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
hold up a Burlington express train on the
outskirts of st. Joseph, Mo, the engineer
disregarding the signal.
An organization of colored men, head
ed by Bishop Turner, of Georgia, will ask
congress for $500, OO0, 1000 to assist negroes to
leave the United States.
The tobacco trust has acquired three Of
the largest concerns dealing in Cuban cf-
gars and tobacco. This will practically
control the whole Cuban output.
Jesse L.. Blount, of Fort Wayne, Ind,
a trainer, was killed by an elephant in a cir
Gus at Brooklyn, N. Y. that he had leased
by burning with a lighted cigar.
Lord Roseberry warns Great Britain that
she is not concluding peace with a crushed
foe, but must treat the Beers literally II
satisfactory results are expected.
Extension of the Gould railroads to tide
water at Baltimore will cost $40, 600. 900. The
mileage will soon exceed the Vanderbilt,
Pennsylvania. or Hartman systems.
Congressional nominations: Michigan,
Second district. Charles E. Townsend
rep.); Sixth. Sam w. Smith (rep.). Wis
consin. Seventh district, John ]. Esch (rep.).
The funeral of Lord Pauncefote, British
ambassador, was held in st. Johns Epis-
copal church in Washington. An American
warship will carry the body to England.
President Roosevelt will appoint a ma
tional commission to study the tramp
problem. The charities and correction o
ference at Detroit is given a hin that he
Is willing and will make the request.
&c.