The state herald., 1902-08-29
SHORT TELeeRAMs.

$2,00OOO0.
Seventy-eight profit-sharing schemes.
affecting 53,526 work people, were In
operation last year in this country.
Prof. Alexander Agasslz, the natural
list, has been appointed n member of
the civil division of the Order Pour lie
Merite.
The Assumption Day collection of
Peters pence in all the churches in
Rome aggregated only 5000. much
less than had been expected.
According to the Brussels CORE
ypondent Of the London Standard
France has rejected Russia's proposal
for fresh sugar conference.
Cholera continues to spread In Man
churia and isolated cases have been re-
ported in Siberia outside Of Blagovet-
chensk, where 1t has firm hold.
DR.. Whitman Gross Of the United
States geological survey will spend n
portion of the year investigating the
volcanic phenomena OF the Hawaiian
islands.
President Palma has appointed Gen
eral Maximo Gomez and General Maya
Rodriguez, formerly mayor Of Hava-
ma, q commission to revise the Cuban
army lists.
The office of the chief dispatcher Of
the Colorado division of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific road has been
transferred from Goodland, Kansas, to
Colorado Springs.
A company, entitled the Austro- Mex
lean Commercial Association. has been
~;
of the extension Of commerce between
the two countries.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to do
nate S150,000 for the establishment of
free libraries in the borough Of Mary
lebone on condition that the borough
provide for their maintenance.
A plan is on foot to form a combina.
tLon of the outside distillers in Ken
lucky and the outside spirit distlllers
in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, to be
known as the "Distilllng Company OF
America"
Successful tests have just been made
of the turf or bog of the New Jersey
lands around West New York to ascer-
tain whether 1t can be used as sub
stitute fuel in place of coal or coke for
the winter season.
The postmaster general Of England
reports that fresh experiments with
motor cars showed that they cannot be
relied upon TO carry heavy loads of
mail matter with the same regularity
as wagons drawn by horses.
A rainfall at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on
the night OF August 18th Of 1.T0 inches
did damage estimated at from 100000
to 100000. washing out street railway
tracks, lawns, bridges and sidewalks
and flooding Easements and cellars.
The Federal Council of Switzerland
has decreed the active enforcement OF
an article of the constitution forbid
ding the establishment Of new con
vents by religious orders or the re-es-
tablishment Of suppressed congrega-
tions.
Non-execution by the Turkish govern
ment OF agreements reached long ago
OH several questions affecting the In
terests OF American citizens, has led TO
somewhat strained relations between
the United States legation and the
porte.
A leading German professor OF po-
litical economy advises an agreement
between Germany, Austrin. Switzer-
land, Belgium and Holland and the
erection OF common tariff barrier
against the United States and Great
Brita!a.
The planet Eros. which disappeared
Nay !. 1901 and was redlscovcred on
August 2, 1902, by Professor Ling Mt
the Cha amberlin observatory In Den
yer, has also been seen and photo.
grnphed at the Harvard station In Are
quipa, Peru.
A Missouri brewing company has
been awarded $500 damages for the
destruction OF joint fixtures and lhi-
uoPs owned by them at Norcatur. Kan
sas. The citizens who were defendants
In the case have appealed TO the Su-
preme Court.
A hospital for the treatment Of
emergency cases will bc established
on the grounds OF each OF the twenty
two plants OF the American Steel and
Wire Company at total cost 10 tho
company for buildings and equipment
Of nearly 100000.
NJ. Victor Klotz, the well-knowp
head of the Parfumerie Ed. Pinaud.
Paris. has been raised TO the dignity OF
Office OF the Legion OF Honor by the
French government This high dis
tinction is very seldom obtained by
business men In France.
The viii OF the late John W. Mackay
has been filed by his widow and son at
virginia. Nevada. In the will Mr..
Mackey declares that all the property
he left belonged equally To himself and
wife. He leaves all OF his share to
his son, Clarence II. Mackey.
A dispatch from ST, Petersburg 20
the London Daily Express says: Dur.
Ing the mnneuyors near here n squad
ron OF cavalry was ordered suddenly
to charge. II gallopcd into river AMI
nifty men are reported TO have been
drowned. Details OF the affair are dif.
ficult TO obtain.
Official and other reports from In.
dia declare the famine situation
there IN becoming more serious, owing
to the lack OF rains throughout almost
the entire country. snd especially In
the Bombay presidency. There has
been grent increase In the number
Of natives TO receive relief,
The annual report OF the British
| postmaster general shows that the
large total OF s3.3T5Uco was found In
letters unJclivcred during the past
ycnr. The undellvcrcd letters to,nleJ
no less thnn 100000. while the deliy.
cred inlssivc~ amounted TO 2.ii5.bOo,.
600, mn average OF $50 for each person
In the United Kingdom.