La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
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Harvard has cancelled the proposed
athletic meet between the eastern
track team Of the University OF Cali
| fornia and the track team OF Harvard
university.
The Katy Railroad Company has an
nounced to the citizens OF Fl Reno
and Anadarko it's intention TO build
through those cities from Guthrie and
on southwest into Texas. distance OF
| 100 miles
Nearly 1900 delegates 70 the student
, voluntecr movement convention are In
Toledo. The convention opened We'd
nesday and the many visiting dele
gates from the United States and Can
sdn were given hearty welcome.
February 10Th was the cOidesl day
ever recorded In Honolulu, the Their
mometer registering as low as 52 de
grees above zero In the morning and
showing the greatest fuctunion ever
known there, for IL rose "a degrees
during the day.
Henry g. Marquand. for many years
president Of the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art, and until his retirement head
OF the banking house Of Marquand q
Parmly, died at New York on the 10th
He made many notable gifts and loans
to the Metropolitan Museum Of Art
A daring and foolhardy attempt Was
made February 10Th to rob the Lon
don and Mexico bank. one OF the
strongest financial concerns in the City
OF Mexico. by m unknown robber.
who. after killing the cashier and sets-
Ing that he would be captured. blew
out his own brains.
The veteran journalist Of the Black
Hills, Albert w. Merrick. died at
Deadwood on the 26th OF pneumonia
He was sixty-two years old and vet
eran Of the war OF the rebellion. He
started the Deadwood Pioneer In 1876.
when there were no otlscr papers IN
that part Of Dakota
The woman suffrage measure intro
duced by Senator Allyn has passed the
upper house Of the Iowa Legislature
by a vote OF % to 16. with SIX mem
bcrs absent or not voting. Ii was In
the Senate that the greatest opposition
was expected. the House having voted
favorably two years ago. the senate
afterwards killing the bill.
Memorial services were held in the
Tombs prison on the 23rd for Mrs. Re
beccn Foster, known as the "Tombs
angel" who was burned to death in
the Pnrk Avenue hotel fire. For
twelve yeart Mrs. Foster seldom had
missed q Sunday In the Tombs. Many
Of the convicts who had come to love
Mrs. Foster wept at the services.
DR.. Charles II. Gilbert. head Of the
geological department Of Stanford uni.
versity. and party, Will sail In few
days from San Francisco on SIX
months scientific expedition to Ha-
wall, where he will take charge OF the
United States Dish commission that
was conducted last year by David
Starr Jordan and DIR. Oliver p. Jen-
kins,.
A letter received from an important
business house at Carthagena, Colon
bia, says that large number Of In
fiuential people, Including merchants,
are turning TO the support OF the LIB
erals. through conviction that the pres
ent government Of Colombia is doing
all possible to block the sale OF the
Panama canal property to the United
States.
In spite Of the bulletins OF victories
over the insurgents published by the
Venezuelan government. advices from
Caracas indicate that the revolution Is
gaining ground daily. New uprisings
are ItVOIttu ia uiAlOnh AAA qua - Va hAAS
country, notably In the Tachira dis
trict on the Colombian frontier and in
the vicinity OF Barcelona, where the
insurgents are concentrating,
The New Jersey assembly, after
long and humorous debate. has passed
the mosquito extermfnating bill by q
vote Of 4S to o. The bill nppropriates
$4,000 to the state experiment station
for the purpose OF making scientific
investigation of the habits, origin and
breeding places OF the mosquito and
its relation to malarinl and other dis
eases. The money IL to be expended
by the state entomologists.
Sixty-four men are reported to have
been Killed or wounded during fighting
which occurred on the Aontenegrin
frontier between Albanians and Turk
ish regular troops. The trouble was
due to the recent assassination OF an
Albanian chief, Mulaxeka. The lnttcr's
clansmen demanded the surrender OF
the murderer, failing which they MT
tackled a force Of Turkish frontier
troops. The fighting continues.
The series OF festivities to celebrate
the centenary Of the birth Of Victor
Hugo opened at Paris ON the 20th with
grand ceremony within the Pam
theon under auspices OF the govern
ment. President Loubet. Premier Wal
deck -R0sseau and the other members
OF the Cabinet, the members Of the
Senate and the Chamber Of deputies,
representative delegations from the In.
stitute and other state bodies were
present.
The postofiice at Campton, Delaware
county, Iowa, is to be discontinued. 1t
has unique record. September ].
1857, A. V. Brown was appointed
postmaster and has held the office ever
since His commission has never been
revoked; the men who signed his bond
are still alive and ON his bond. His
wife has been his deputy through all