The state herald., 1902-09-05
SHORT TELEeRAms.

Il
ing e1erted at Rome to have Arch
bishop Ireland made a cardinal.
A fire in the business and residence
sections of Rossland. British Columbia,
on August 25th did $4,000 damage.
Mount Allomonte, in Calabria, Italy,
has been In eruption since Aug. 22nd,
emitting showers of stones and flames.
Sir Thomas Upton, of yachting fame,
had an automobile smashup a short
time since, but escaped with something
of shock and n few slight bruises.
The British transport Staffordshire
has sailed from Hamilton, Bermuda.
for Cape Town with 1000 Beers who
had been prisoners in the detention
camps on that island.
Eight thousand harvesters have ar
rived in Wnnepeg. OF the number
about 200 have gone to North Dakota,
and it is said the alien labor law ma
chinery may be set in motion.
1t is reported that the recent expert
mental shipment of two carloads of
Georgia peaches to England was high.
ly successful The fruit arrived in fine
shape and brought handsome prices.
a territorial charter has been granted
to the Guthrie, Shawnee and Coal Gate
Railroad Company, with 81 100000 cap
' ital. to build n line from Guthrie west
ward to Beaver, n distance of 100 miles.
Astronomer William II. Wright of the
astronomical stan of the Lick observa-
tory has been chosen TO take charge of
the ID. o. Mills expedition now being
outfitted at Mount Hamilton, to spend
two years In Chile.
The Cuban government has recog-
nized the contract made by the Ameri-
can military government of Cuba with
Mgr Sbarretti, formerly bishop of Ha-
vana, in settlement of questions OF the
ownership of church property.
The Chinese government has issued
an edict that the murderers of an Eng
lish missionary named Lewis. and an
Australian missionary named Bruce be
punished. The crimes were committed
at Chen Chou, in Hu Nan province.
Colorado has n rival as presidential
hunting ground. When President
Roosevelt visits North Carolina this fall
he will be given bear hunt under the
leadership of big Tom" Wilson, the
champion bear hunter of the state.
town seven miles west Of Waycross,
Georgia. was burned on the night OF
August 25th. The town was formerly
the home of the Ruskin commonwealth
colony of socialists from Tennessee.
The White Star line steamer Cedric
of q, 200 tons, the largest liner aiioat.
was successfully launched at Harland
Il Wolff's yards at Belfast, Ireland, Au-
gust 2lst. Her carrying capacity Is
1S,400 tons and She has accommoda-
tions for 5000 passengers
According 10 a recent survey ap-
proved by the Department Of the Int
rior the important railroad town of
Chlckasaw is located in Oklahoma in
stead OF Indian Territory. An appeal
will be made to the Supreme Court and
protracted litigation is expected.
At South Norwalk, Connecticut, Aug
ust 22nd the worlds wagon record ON
a half mile track was broken by a pair
OF horses driven by their owner, l.. n
Bedford OF Green's Farm. The time fog
the mile was 2:l5h Tho previous reel
ord was 2:lGh, made In Toledo, Ohio. y
Hiram Cron, the only soldier OF TN
War Of 1872 on the pension rolls, is dy1
ing OF old age at Dunbrook, OneidN
county, New York, in his 103rd yea
! For the past two years he has bee(
drowlng pension OF $50 n month ul<
der n special act, having previously r.
ceived but IS.
The annual report of Wilder s. Ne
calf pension agent n. Topeka. Kanss1
shows for the first time In the hlstol
OF the office falling on in the amou
| OF money paid out for pensions. n
/ total amount dlsbursed from TopeDU
for the fiscal year ending June GOT
, was Sl5,ooj, 1859 F
The largest shipment OF cattle evc|
taken across the Atlantic left Portlan
Maine. August 23d, on the steamal
| Norsden OF the Dominion line. In
there were l,lI0 head OF cattle and.
sos sheep. The ship carried eight
car loads OF hay and grain 10 feed
stock ON their ten days passage to
erpool.
The city OF Tamplco, Mex leo. In
| junction with the state of TamauI
and the federal government, has
| pleted arrangements for the const
tlon OF sewer and waterworks systcrnk.
and has appropriated S3,OO0OCO for
general street improvements. The con.
tract for both systems has been let TO a
New Yorker.
A determined effort to Increase the
stock OF chinook salmon In the Colum.
bla river is TO be made by the state
and United States authorities. Fish
Warden Van Dusen announces that
/ during the coming year GO,o0o,000
young salmon viii be turned loose from
the hatchcrlcs along the Columbia and
It's tributaries.
The Rome correspondent Of the Lon,
don Daily Mall relates curious story
or n recent agrarlan riot nt Cassano.
murgc, near Bari. where 400 peasants
seized large estate and began dividing
the lands Ia accordance with their ideas
/ OF socialism. The rioters only fclln.
/ qulshcd their booty after n sharp con.
illct with the military authorities. In
which one OF their number was killed.
skagwny dispatches say that al.
though the Skagwny.Juncnu cable Il
not broken, the government crew OF cx.
per,s have dropped operations toward
repairs and given up the proposition IN
despair, The Insulation has been broken
In 10 many plncos that mn entire new
cable seems necessary. The line N 100
miles long, II was laid last fail hut
has been operated only few weeks.
An order has been received at Butte,
Montana, from Washington withdfn a.