The Dolores star., 1902-07-04
SHORT TELEGRAMs.

second only to Great Britain as a mar
ket for American flour.
The Momons claim TO have 1900 mis-
sionaries in the field and to have made
last year fully 10000 converts.
One person was killed and many in.
jured by the collapse of the ST. James
hotel at Dallas, Texas, June 25rd.
The Wisconsin Prohibition state con.
vention has nominated a full state tick
eft, headed by f. w. Drake of Milwau-
kee, for governor.
General Louis Botha is going to
Dresden. where his family had taken
refuge. for the purpose of taking them
back to South Africa.
Oxford university has conferred the
honorary degree OF doctor OF civil law
on Joseph II. Choate. the United
States ambassador to Great Britain.
Andrew Carnegie has been chosen
vice president of the society of Ameri-
can Authors to ill the vacancy caused
by the death of DR.. Thomas Dunn
English.
The practicability of telephoning and
telegraphing from moving trains is TO
be tested soon by representatives of
the Association of Railway Telegraph
Superintendents.
Correspondence OF the Associated
Press indicate that the revolution in
Venezuela is gaining ground and Presi-
dent Castro is in danger of being ulti-
mately defeated.
A new York physician states that a
single coat of paratiine will prevent
what is known as an Nray burn. this
M n, snf Ia n rho r.
in medical examinations.
The Metropolitan Street Railway
Company of New York has adopted n
plan for pensioning all superannuated
employees whose annual wages have not
exceeded S1.2oo a year.
The wireless Telegraph system is
about to be re-opened between Honolu-
lu and the islands of Maui and Hawai-
and the recent tests Indicate that the
system will work very well.
Fire caused by the overthrowing OF
lantern in a stable at Madison. Illinois.
on the night of June 23rd, wiped out
practically the entire town at midnight.
The damage was estimated at 100000.
Prussian railroads have ordered two
locomotives of especial construction
which are TO be capable of running
eighty miles an hour. for the purpose
of conducting high speed experiments.
Andrew Carnegie, in giving $1,000
for library at Merthyr-Tydvil, Wales.
said he rendered the gift because of
his Indebtedness to the Welsh element
in America, many of whom had rem
dered him service
IN ne I'D.
ward and Queen Alexandra gave Il
grand dinner party in buckingham pal
ace to seventy royal personages, who
practically represented the sovereigns
Of all the monarchies of the world.
The New York Retail Butchers Pro-
tective Association is forming a COM
pany to fight the beef trust, and it is
claimed that it has already been prom
ised the active support of the $4,000 re-
tail butchers in greater New York.
The New York Court of Appeals has
confirmed the judgment of the lower
court in the case Johann Most, SEN
fenced to one year in the penitentiary
for printing an incendiary article at
the time President Mckinley was shot.
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., of the sec.
ond form, was awarded n prize for
punctuality at the graduating exercises
of the Groton school, says a Groton.
Massachusetts,. special to the Herald.
Miss Alice Roosevelt. his sister, was
present.
Governor Heard has been noGheu by
the British consul that Louisiana cat
tie will be shut out of South Africa.
This is believed to be in retaliation for
Heards protest against mule ship
ments and the British camp at Port
Chalmette
A dispatch from Madrid says that
the Carlist chiefs will shortly meet at
Barcelona. and that it is expected that
they will decide to recognize Alfonso
as the lawful king of Spain, and re-
nounce further attempts to bring about
an uprising.
The meteorological department of
India predicts deficiency of rain al
most everywhere in the Bombay presi-
dcncy, particularly at Jugerat, and
warns the government to prepare for a
severe famine.
The last vestige of the Illinois anti
trust law has been declared unconsti
tutional by Judge Hanecy, in de-
cision affecting fifty-four cases brought
by the attorney general of the state
against members of the Illinois Manu-
facturers' Association.
During commencement exercises at
Smith College, Northampton, Massa-
ehusetts, the announcement was made
that John d. Rockefeller had offered
the institution 100000 on condition
that the friends Of the college sub
scribe a like sum.
Basket weaving is to be introduced
into the curriculum of the school for
Industrial training supported by the
Presbyterian board in Sitka, Alaska
Sewing. dress-making, cooking and do
nestle science alread! are well estab,
lished branches Of the school.
Plans for the art building, which is
to form the central feature of the ST
Louis worlds fair, have been complet,
ed. OF the bids received all were
above $1.OOO,0O0, the amount appor
toned for the construction of the ar,
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