The Delta independent., 1902-07-18
SHORT rELEeRAms.

John M. Burke has given the CRY OF
New York 100000 to establish a
home for convalescents.
Corn for delivery in July has been
bid up to 90 cents in the Chicago mar
ket.
During the first six months Of this
year 316,711 immigrants landed at Ell
lis island, port Of New York.
Thomas Mast, the cartoonist, has
sailed to take up his duties as United
States consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador.
An immense amount of damage was
done by q terrific rain storm that
swept over western New York July
9Th.
Eleven cars loaded with Theoretically
sealed jars of butter recently left To-
peka, Kansas, for the eastern navy
yards.
Foreigners will not be allowed to ride
over the Siberian railway without spe-
cial authorization from the Russian
government.
st. Patriek's Catholic Church at
Janesvi!le, Wisconsin, was struck by
lightning and destroyed on the night
of July 9th.
John W. Greeley, a cousin of Horace
Greeley. died at Manchester, New
Hampshire. on the 7th instant at the
age Of eight-six.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
at Salonica. European Turkey, on the
night of July 4th. Many lives are re-
ported to have been lost.
Twenty-Five candidates from the
.Andover Theological Seminary have
been refused admission to the univer-
sity at Princeton, New Jersey, for crib
bling.
Charles NJ. Schwab will built a 81,
10000 residence next to that being
erected for Andrew Carnegie near Riv-
erside drive and Seventy fourth street,
New York
War Secretary Broderick says that
Irish-Americans who were made pris.
oners in the Boer war will be released
on the same lines as other prisoners
similarly situated.
n. X. Cady, editor of the Augusta,
Kansas. Journal, was to-day fined $40
| for contempt Of court for having criti-
cised Judge Aikman for not granting
. change Of venue for Jessie Morrison.
G. W. Bradley. nincty-four years old.
a native OF Lynchburg, Virginia, is the
Oldest living Confederate veteran He
walks with two canes, one Of which
was once the property OF Daniel Boone.
The cotton crisis In Lancashire. Eng
land, is growing more acute and the
trade regards a heavy reduction OF the
output being its only salvation. Spec
| ulators are said to have secured pos
session Of the cotton supply.
The Spanish minister of foreign af-
fairs, the Duke OF Almodovar, has
been authorized to sign treaty Of
commerce with the United States,
which will then be sent TO Washington
for the approval Of the Senate.
Mark Twain's ''Huckleberry Finn"
will he produced ON the stage next No
vember, the first performance to be
| given mt Hartford. Connecticut The
stage version Is being prepared by Lee
Arthur, a young Louisiana lawyer.
Judge Herbert J. Davis OF Chicago.
who was recently appointed a judge OF
the Court Of First Instance in the
Philippines. has resigned his position
and Will remain in the United States.
The resignation is result OF III health.
Major General Lloyd Wheaton. u. 9.
A.. has arrived In Chicago from Ma
Mia. He will retire from active ser
vice upon reaching the age limit of
sixty-four years on July 18th. and in
tends to stay in Chicago with his
family.
Chicago's postoffice has done bust.
| ness twenty per cent. greater during
the year ending June LIST than during
last year. The salaries OF 1.400 clerks
have been raised 500 each and fifty
| new carriers Will be added TO the pres
| cnt force.
The British punitive expedition un-
ded Colonel Swan. sent to Somaliland.
| East Africa, against the Mad MuliRh.
reports that the Mullah is indulging in
wholesale killing OF his followers in or
der to terrify the rest and put Il stop
| TO dcsertions.
At a meeting OF the Hudson's Bay
| Company Lord Strathcona expressed
the opinion, cables the London CORE
spondent Of the Tribune. that In an
other decade Canada would be able to
supply the whole foodstuffs OF the
United Kingdom.
William Clark. the great thread man.
ufacturer OF Passaic. New Jersey. and
Paisley, Scotland. died in England on
July 7th at the age OF sixty-one. His
name was on SO many spools OF thread
that It became household word In
all parts of the world.
The sultan of Bacolod, Mindnnao.
has sent an insultingly worded letter
to the commander of the American ex-
| pedition to Lake Lanno, Mindanao. in
which he threatens to begin operations
In August. The sultan Is at present
strengthening his position.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Walsh OF Brooklyn.
whose donations for educational and
charitable purposes have reached
nearly SSOO,OOO. has given the sum of
$45o,OO0 to establish n fund for the
education OF candidates for priesthood
In the Roman Catholic Church.
President o. L. Miller and Secretary
II. G. Davis Of ST. Luke's Sanitarium,
In Chicago, who were held responsible
by the coroner's jury for the loss OF
| life In the fire that destroyed the san