, 1902-03-13
SHORT

at Hot Springs, Ark, Of dropsy.
Pope Leo XIII. celebrated the TWEEN
ty-fourth anniversary of his pontificate
on Monday.
The floods which threatened to en-
gulf Cincinnati have been stopped by
a cold wave. The river reached the
forty-eight-foOt danger point but came
no further.
Charles Broadway Rouss. who of
fered $1,OOO,OO0 for n cure for his blind
ness. is dead. He was a New York
merchant of peculiar and in some re-
spects penurious ways.
A prairie fire near Doxie, in Roger
Mills county, Oklahoma. in addition to
great damage to property, burned to
death the ten-year-old daughter of JOS
eph Rogers, a homesteader.
In st. Mary's Hospital. in Brooklyn.
Neil Bryant, the last Of the old-time
Ministries, awaits death. Within the
last few days he has weakened a great
deal and his end Is expected at any
time.
]. Pierpont Morgan has given $1,000
600 to the University of the South Mt
Suwanee, Tennessee. This is one of
the foremost institutions in the South,
having an average attendance of GOO
students.
The youngest bride in the country is
Mrs. James Irwin, aged ten years, of
C~enterville. Hickman county, Tennes-
see. She has just been married. Her
husband is between forty-ive and fifty
years of age.
The centennial of the Incorporation Of
Cincinnati was celebrated Wednesday
with appropriate exercises by the mu-
nicipal authorities, both executive and
legislative, the Chamber of Commerce
and other organizations.
In a test Just made n train crew 400
miles from Chicago talked over h tel
egraph wires to Chief Operator Par
sons, of the Illinois Central railroad, ut
the Twelfth street depot. AS n result
the railroad telephone was declared to
be n success.
With ''The Candidacy of Mr.. Hlll' as
n text, William ]. Bryan made 1t plain,
in n statement given out to the press
as an extract from n forthcoming is
sue of his paper, hat he would oppose
to the end David b. Hills ambitions
and nomination for President.
The steamer Libertader, now opernt-
ing in the interests of the Mato's rev.
olrtion against President Castro of
Venezuela, and whose name was re-
Gently announced to have been changed
to Bolivar, bombarded the Port Of
Guira for the purpose of protecting the
landing of insurgent forces there.
The jury Mt Chicago In the case of
DR.. Orville s. Burnett last night re-
turned a verdict of guilty and cor
mended that the defendant be sent to
the penitentiary for fifteen years. Bur
mott p-os fnttnI UuiItt- 81 tIn nprIar ~
Mrs. Charlotte Nicoll. He entered into
a contract with her that the two,should
commit suicide.
Prince Henry carries n policy of
S900,00 o insuring him against assassi-
nation, and is said to be the only man
in the world so insured. His brother,
the Emperor. has n life insurance pol
Icy for S5,000,O00. King Edward VII.
is insured for 100000. The Car of
Russia and his immediate family are
insured for S. 10000.
Commissioners of Indian Affairs Jones
at Washington has authorized the use
of taxes collected in the Cherokee ma
ton on hay and merchandise for the
relief of destitute and starving full
blood Cherokee Indians. Last years
drouth ruined the Cherokees' crops and
left the Indians without food or even
clothing, and many are actually starry
ing.
The following have been appointed
cadets: Ralph Earle Sampson, son of
Rear Admiral w. Il. Sampson, princi-
pal; Woodward Philip. son of the late
Rear Admiral Philip, first alternate; o.
w. Howard, son OF Major General
Howard, U. S. A., second alternate.
and PRESLEY Morgan Taylor, son of
Rear Admiral Henry c. Taylor, third
alternate.
Denials have been made by financiers
and railroad officials interested in the
Northern Securities Company that 1t
Is proposed to incorporate n company
under the laws of Canada, legally
equipped to protect the interests of
shareholders in the railroad merger In
the event of embarrassment owing to
President R~oosevelt's instructions to
Attorney General Knox.
Major NJ. j.. jenkins, the Rough
Rider, has written a letter to Lieuten-
ant Governor Tfllman of South Caro-
lima declining the sword which II had
been intended to. present to him
through the agency of President
Roosevelt, but which Invitation to the
President had been withdrawn by
Tfllman on account of his action In the
Ttllman-McLaurin affair.
Francis Warner, one of the best
known detectives In the West, died yes
terday in Chicago. He was the father
Of Gray Warner of Denver. Mr.. Warn
er vas for twenty-five years superin.
tendent Of the Chicago office OF the
Pinkerton detective agency. and was
one of h men entrusted with the pro-
lection of President Lincoln or the trip
to Washington for his first inaugra-
ton.
In a test just made a train crew 400
miles from Chicago talked over the
telegraph wires to Chief Operator Par
sons Of the Illinois Central railroad at
h Twelfth Street depot. AS a result
the railroad telephone was declared to
be a success. The inventor asserts II
makes no difference whether or not
Geographic messages are being flashed
over h wires simultaneously with the
telephone message.
A heavy southeast storm passed oyer
San Francisco Sunday. Communica-
ton with Interior points and the East
was absolutely cut off for several