North Park union., 1902-05-23
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| Inc Kansas wheat belt
There was heavy snow storm at
Saranac lake. New York, on May 9th.
There Is serious talk OF removing
Andover Theological Seminary from
Massachusetts to Chicago.
Andrew Carnegie. who sailed from
New York April 3Oth on the steamer
st. Louis arrived In London May Sth.
II is stated that Bret Hartc left suf-
| hcient literary material FOR the publ
| cation OF new volume OF condensed
| novels.
President Loubet OF France gave
2o.OOO francs to the fund for the relief
OF the sufferers from the Martinique
disaster.
an expedition to Martinique 10 inves-
tigate the causes. character and physi-
cal results Of the eruption.
King Victor Emmanuel has contrib
uted 25,Oo0 lire to the fund 9eing
raised for the relief OF the sufferers
from the Martinique disaster.
1t is reported that President Roose-
welt may spend I part of his next sum-
er's vacation In n hunting trip In the
Big Horn mountains OF Wyoming.
The Liverpool Journal Of Commerce
asserts positively that j. T.. Morgan
has arrived ut some arrangement with
the Manchester Ship Canal Company.
Serious riots have occurred in several
French cities because Barnum X Bal
ley's circus tents are not large enough
to accommodate the crowds that seek
admission.
According to a telegram received
by the Japanese authorities, the Rus
sian Pacific squadron will be rein
forced during the present year by
eleven ships.
1t is expected that Sir Thomas Lip
ton will receive pecrage in recogni
tion of his work in connection with
the Kings dinner To 50O,o0O poor ON
coronation day.
The fivemasted ship Prussein. said
to be the largest sailing vessel In the
world. was launched recently at II
German port. She is of $500 tons
dead weight capacity.
The intercollegiate strength test at
Cambridge was won by Harvard with
total Of I4.596.1 points; Columbia sec
ond, I2,0S.T; University of Minnesota
third, 66,Sl3.2; Amherst fourth, 3D.
3OII.
The death has just occurred near
Southend, England, of Alfred Mat
thews, aged as, Il naval veteran, who
was present throughout the siege OF
Sebastopol, and fired the first gun In
the siege.
The United States Steel Corporation
will eNpend SG0.opo.OO0 In making im.
provemcnts 10 Its present holdings, and
instead of building one large tube mill
in the vicinity of Pittsburg, three Will
be erected
King Edward has intimated his de
sire to the lord mayor of London that
the coronation offerings OF the citizens
of London should take the form of n
substantial addition 10 the Kings hos
pital funds.
The northeastern cell block OF the
state reformatory mt Pontiac. Illinois.
was destroyed by fire May Sth, entail
| ing loss of S2DO,OO0. The inmates
We're removed 10 another section of
the building.
| 1t is rumorcd In London that Wi.
liam Waldorf Astor will be made n
peer in June. or s.';c Mr. Astors gifts
10 scientific, cd,sN i!onni md patriotic
Institutions in Great Britain have been
large and numerous.
The Munisins Paper Company, limit.
ed, which has just been organized with
capital of S1,oOO.OOO, viii build the
largest pulp and paper mills In til,
! United States at Munising. Michigan,
| in the upper peninsula.
The American forces In the province
of Batangas, In southern Luzon, have
been concentrated ut several towns in
the province. This action Is taken be
cause armed insurgcnt resistance in
the province has ceased.
The Kansas and Oklahoma Millers'
Association have initiated n movement
to purchase three coasting steamers to
carry their products 900 barrels of
flour per day-to Cuba and the eastern
seaboard from Galveston.
AT the meeting of the Police Chiefs
Association of the United States and
Canada. held in Louisville. May 9th,
Richard sylvester of Washington was
chosen president and New Orleans Sc
lected for the next place OF meeting.
The case against Mrs Carrie Nation
for joint smashing came to trial in the
District Court ut Topeka. May 18th,
and was dismissed on n technicality.
Mrs. Nation has one more trial so face,
resulting from her raids Of more than
year ago.
The government of the Netherlands
has ordered the Dutch warship kon-
ingen Regcntes to proceed from Cura-
Goa, Dutch West indies, to the island
of Martinique, nj full speed. in order
to assist the sufferers in the Mont Pc
lee outbreak.
The Spanish Cortes has just ap-
proved the new railroad project under
which IL Is proposed TO construct about
3,1O0 miles of narrow gauge railroad
at n total cost of S.O.UO,OOO, the state
guaranteeing four per cent interest on
the capital required.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has decided to take under Its
management all of the eating houses
and lunch places on its entire railway
system of more than 5000 miles IN
California. Oregon Nevada. Utah, Ari
zona, New Mexico, Texas and Louis
lana.
For the first time in the history of
the Congregational Church the degree
of bachelor of divinity has been con
ferred on woman. Miss Florence A.
Fensham of Constantinople, Turkey.
was honored with that title at the re.
cent annual convOcation of the Chica-
go Theological Seminary.
The new bread tax is very unpopu-
lar in London. Ten thousand people
took part in a recent demonstration in
which trades unions, democratic bodies
and friendly societies marched from all
parts of London to Hyde park. Ban
ners We're borne with inscriptions such