The Dolores star., 1902-10-10
SHORT TELEGRAmS.

$4,000, the highest price ON record.
John d. Long, en-secreiary OF the
navy. has been chosen president OF the
board OF oyerseers OF Harvard Uni
verslty.
The Bolivian foreign minister and the
Peruvian plenipoteniiary have signeda
treaty settling the boundary question
between their respective countries
An official report issued by the min
lister OF agriculture at Buenos Ayres
says the recent rains in the Argentine
Republic have destroyed the crops.
4 fire at Stockton, Cal. September
2Sth. destroyed the agricultural pavil-
ion and several other buildings, causing
loss of about half million dollars.
II is now stated that the bequest TO
Princeton OF Miss Mary J. Winthrop of
New York. which formerly was report
ed to be SJcO.oDo Will amount to ST.
10000.
At 4 wedding celebration In a barn
started by cigarette and over 100 Of
the guests were suffocdted or burned
to death.
y lone hishwayman held up the
Sites Grangeville stage in Idaho coun-
~
six passengers of $3.50 in money and
some jewelry-
Newspapers in Rome announce that
the grand master Of the Italian Free
MasOns has instructed all the Italian
lodges TO open subscriptions in behalf
of the destitute Beers.
The autopsy on the remains of Emile
Zola resulted in an official declaration
that he died from asphyxiatLon caused
by carbonic oxide fumes. This puts at
rest the theory of suicide.
Henry Phipps of New York City was
the donor of the 100000 gift to the
Boer fund recently announced by Gen
eraI Botha, and which was at first
credited by mistake to another party.
MIX has been advanced one-half cent
q quart at wholesale in New York.
This is the third advance from sum-
mer prices, the first having been made
on August /, and the second on Septcm-
Der l.
Frederick Wellington Ruckstuhl of
ST. Louis has been appointed chief of
sculpture of the worlds fair. He will
have active direction of the modelling
of all sculptural effects at the expo
sitlon.
A life size statue Of Louis Kossuth
was unveiled in Cleveland on Septem-
Der 2Sth in the presence of 10000 peo-
pie. There was street parade of
6000 members of allied Hungarian so
cieties.
The ratifications of the treaty tdefin-
ing boundaries and limiting armamentS
and naval construction between Chile
and the Argentine Republic, We're ex-
changed at Santiago on Tuesday, Sep
tember 23rd.
The Circuit Court at Deadwood,
South Dakota, has sustained the action
of the Pluma school board in refusing
to comply with an order of the Board
of Public Health to enforce vaccina-
ton in the public schools.
There will be no strike of the en-
plo,9s of the -four mills of Minneapolis,
for, beginning October 13, the mills Of
Minneapolis will be operated on an
eight-hour schedule, and on wage ba-
sis satisfactory to the men.
The summoning of an automobile
chauffeur in the employ of Premier Bal
four in London before the magistrate
of st. Neoes. for driving n car faster
than twenty-five miles an hour, result
ed in the imposition of fine Of $50.
The London Chronicle gives currency
70 rumor that n movement is on foot
to make President Roosevelt a colonel
In British line regiment The paper
believes that the matter of precedent
for such action is being inquired into.
1t is reported that the totals of chol-
era cases in tile Philippine islands this
season up to September Both are 1O,222
cases and 4S,4O2 deaths. But the act
ual total of cases is estimated to be
about 100000, with deaths in proper
ton.
Secretary Hay has sent urgent in
structions to all the United States dip
lomatic officers abroad to do everything
within their power to secure displays
at the worlds exposition at st. Louis
from the countries to which they are
accredited.
A patent has been secured, says a
London dispatch to the New York
Tribune, covering a novel engine for
marine propulsion. which John Wills,
the inventor, asserts will reduce the
crossing Of the Atlantic to at least
three days journey.
According to an announcement by Of
ficials of the Canadian Pacific railway
the first fast steamer Of the New Allan
line service from st. Johns, n. b., in
connection with that road was to sail
from Liverpool on November 6. Sail.
| ings will be weekly.
There were 1.O71 strikes during 1901
in Germany, involving 141, ,22O persons,
as against ,462 strikes of 29S,S10 per-
sons in 1900. In 200 cases in 1901 the
strikers were successful, In 255 cases
they were partially successful and in
5T1 cases they failed.
For the first time in several years q
case OF leprosy was discovered in Belle
vue hospital, New York, recently, the
| patient being Chinaman who has
been In the United States seven years.
He was removed to North Brother Isl.
| and for isolation and treatment.
| John Kensit, the noted head Of the
anti-ritualistic crusade in the Church
of England, was seriously injured q
few days ago and his eyesight endan.
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