The Delta independent., 1902-05-09
SHORT TELEaRAMs.

Tor cape Town from New orleans Win
LOO horses.
United States Consul General Will
liam Mckinley Osborne died in Lon
don April Goth. He was a cousin Of
President Mckinley.
Philippine cholera statistics up to
April Doth are as follows: Manila, COS
cases and 4S3 deaths; provinces, 1,764
cases and 1,2S1 deaths.
Sol Smith Russell, the noted actor,
died at Washington April 2Sth, at the
age Of fifty-four. He is said to leave
an estate valued at $2,O0O,O0O.
The American Cigar Company and
the Continental Tobacco Company
have practically consolidated and are
said to aim at the control of the to-
bacco output Of Cuba.
An explosion occurred April Goth on
the submarine boat Fulton, en- route
between Brooklyn and Norfolk, by
which half a dozen of the officers and
crew were more or less injured.
The petition of lecture bureau for
an injunction to restrain Miss Ellen NJ.
Stone, the missionary, from lecturing
under rival management, was denied
by Judge Richardson at Boston.
Emigration to America from the
west of Ireland is assuming what is
called in London alarming proper
tions." Two special trains recently
carried 1900 emigrants to embark at
Cork.
According to dispatch received in
Hamburg from Mexican banker,
President Diaz of Mexico intends to
ask the Mexican Congress for leave Of
absence to make trip to Europe this
spring.
The Pope has decided to hold con-
sistory earlier than he previously in
tended. 1t will now be held in the lat
ter half of May. No new cardinals
will be created and only few bishops
will be appointed. FL
The great street railway strike at
San Francisco was won by the en-
ployes. The company agrees to pay
fiat rate of % cents an hour, or 23lA
cents an hour with bonus for long
service, as the employees may elect
The "blue laws" wen4 into effect in
Boston Sunday, April 9th. Even the
newsboys were driven from the street
at noon time. Fruit stands We're
closed, although it is reported that
few Illicit sales of fruit were made by
peddlers.
At stormy sitting of the municipal
council 1t was decided that BARGE
Iona, Sicily. would hold no fetes in
honor Of the approaching coronation of
the King. Persons present at the sit
ting applaudea this decision with en-
thusiaSm.
The battleship Gaulois, which is to
bring to the United States the French
mission which will represent France Mt
the unveiling of the Rochambeau mon
ument in Washington, May oath, is
expected to arrive at her destination
May 21st.
The viceroy Of India, Lord Curzon of
Kedleston, telegraphs that heavy ben
eficial rains have fallen in Bengal and
Assam and that there have been local
showers in Burmah and parts OF Mad
ras. The prices of grain are generally
stationary.
Orders have been given to make spe-
cial arrangements for the ROchambeau
mission. which is to sail from Toulon
for the United States May 5th on the
battleship Gaulois. The excellent band
Of the Mediterranean fleet will accom-
pany the mission.
The Dominion government has under
consideration reduction OF the roy
atty on Yukon gold from five per cent.
to either three per cent. or two and
one-half per cent. 1t will be collected
In the future by an export tax and
there will be no exemption.
Seven companies of the Third infan-
try, U. S. A., commanded by Colonel
]. II. Page, which sailed from Manila,
March 18th, and reached San Francis
co April 18th, have arrived at Fort
Thomas. near Cincinnati, Ohio, where
they will go into peace quarters.
The Omaha City Council has passed
a resolution demanding that the Union
Pacific railroad retain It's iron foundry
in that city and that II be reopened at
once, in accordance with contract In
which the railroad agreed to maintain
It's shops perpetually in that city.
The Merchants Trust Company of
New York has become the owner OF the
leading electric light, railway and pow
er companies Of Richmond, Virginia,
and consolidation of all the COM
panies in that section will follow as a
result. About $2O,OOO,OOO is involved.
The Chamber of Commerce of San
Francisco has arranged for the secur-
ing of supplies of food for the many
people rendered destitute by the re-
cent earthquakes in Guatemala. All
steamship lines running to Guatemalan
ports will transmit goods free Of
charge.
The United States Supreme Court
has rendered an opinion in the case Of
the United States vs.. A. A. Green and
others, involving land grant In Pima
county, Arizona. The claim was for
10000 acres, but the court adjudged
the grant valid for only fraction Of
that area.
The remains of the late Major Cen
eral w. s. Rosecrans. U. 3. A., VIII be
disinterred at Los Angeles, California,
about May 10th, and conveyed for in
terment in the national cemetery Mt
Arlington, near the city of Washington.
where elaborate ceremonies will occur