The Delta independent., 1902-10-31
SHORT TELEoRAMs.

The Northern Pacihc's North Coast
Limited" train will run throughout the
winter.
Prussia is determined to acquire six
| of the principal railroads remaining In
private hands.
John Dalton, who murdered the sher-
If at Marysvale, Kansas. three years
ago, has been convicted.
General Firmin. leader Of the Hay
| ten revolutionists. has left the coun-
| try and early peace is promised.
The pending Cuban treaty does not
cover the Isle of Pines or coaling
station at Havana. These matters will
come up later.
The National Association Of Retail
Liquor Dealers has decided to take act
i've measures to secure q reduction OF
the government tax on whisky.
The Austrian government is prepar-
ing a bill for the purpose Of combat
ing drunkenness. The measure pro-
vides for the imposition Of severe PEN
alties upon dipsomaniacs.
It is said unofacially that the Eng
lish government will ask parliament
to authorize Transvaal loan Of $780,
100000 or more. to be guaranteed BY
the imperial government.
Rear Admiral Charles Beresford.
now in the United States, has been pro-
NOTED to the rank of vice admiral. a.
the result of the retirement Of Earl
Clanwilliam. admiral Of the feet.
General Zinzar Mascovics has formed
q new cabinet in Servia in succession
to the ministry which resigned Octo-
Der 18. It is composed of Independent
radicals. with himself as premier.
With the assent Of the powers the
Chinese government has ordered Sir
Robert Hart, director of the imperial
maritime customs. to inaugurate the
the new tariff schedule October 81.
P. A. McHugh. NJ. p. from ireland.
and editor Of the Sligo Champion, has
ben sentenced to two months impris-
onment at hard labor. after having
been convicted of conspiracy and intim-
idation.
Company d. Twelfth regiment. N. g.
N. Y, has unanimously elected Corne-
ben identified with the regiment some
time as second lieutenant OF Com
pany g.
A strong effort is being made In Ten
nessee, Mississippi. Louisiana and Ar
Of any Importance into the Hardwood
Manufacturers Association Of the Unit
ed States.
Another international combination
has been formed in the storage battery
business. which practically controls the
patents and manufacture Of storage
batteries in this country. England and
:he continent.
~ III Ioh TNIn NJ ~
agent In Egypt, has telegraphed that
Cairo is practically free from cholera.
The total number OF cases in Egypt
was 100 daily, and the disease was ex-
pected to cease It's epidemic form about
November LIST.
The new viceroy OF SEE Chuen prov
ince, Tsen Chun Suan. reports that tbs
boxers have not been suppressed q
Cheng Tu and two other centers. and
he asks the ministers and missionaries
to refrain from travelling In central S1o
Chuen At present.
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis Of Califor-
mia, who has Just returned from Msx-
leo, will furnish the first test case Of
the recent treasury department ruling
allowing an American resident to bring
into the United States, exempt from
duty. presents for his family.
A French deputy has announced that
he will interpellate the government on
the arbitration of the Plus fund case
between the United States and Mexico
at The Hauge. He urges that France
should be the first European country
to follow America In utilizing The
Hague tribunal.
A sixteen-story apartment hotel will
be erected on Fifth avenue. between
Sixty-fourth and Sixty-flfth streets. in
the heart OF the so-called millionaire
row." New York City. Frank J. Gould
purchased recently residence at S34
Fifth avenue. for which he 10 said to
have paid 100000.
News has been received at Seattle
that the little Unalaska schooner J. P.
Ward IL q complete wreck in Ianudah
bay. Uniwak island. BsrinE Sea. Her
passengers and crew escaped through
the greatest good fortune. Five Of the
number came near starving to death
after reaching land.
The United States government has
filed notice in the Federal Court st To-
peka Of an appeal Of the N. X and T.
land case to the United States Supreme
Court. The government In its appeal
CiAlulb thht thc foou, W HAVea1 VI hSoo
and Misrepresentation. obtained
great deal of land under the grant
United States Judge Kohlsaat has ap-
pointed William M. Booth special mas
ter to take evidence In tho civil pro-
ceeding through which the government
is trying to recover 100000 which Cap
tain Oberlin M Carter IL said to have
received through conspiracy with
contractors at Savannah. Georgia.
Business depression continues in Ger
many and the winter will be hard on
the laboring class. The cities expect
more calls on public charity than last
winter. and the mayor of Frankfort-on-
the Main has announced city appro-
priation Of $1.000.0 900 for relief work OF
various kinds to assist the laborers.
The great American coal strike re-
fiected in London in the placing Of