La Junta tribune., 1902-03-08
SHORT rGLEoRAMs.

Oh Mouuay.
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 S1.OoO.OuO for "A cure for his blind
ness. Is dead. He wns New York
merchan, 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. hOmesteader.
In ST. Mary's Hospital. in Brooklyn.
Neil Bryant, the last of the old-time
minstrels, awaits death. Within the
last few days he has weakened great
deal and his end Is expected ut any
time.
]. Pierpont Morgan has given $1,000
OOo 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
Centerville. Hickman county, Tennes-
see. She has just been married. Her
husband Is between forty-five 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 n test just made, II train crew 400
miles from Chicago talked over the tel
egraph wires TO Chief Operator Par
sons. of the Illinois Central railroad, at
the Twelfth street depot As result
the railroad telephone was declared to
be success.
With 'The Candidacy OF Mr.. Hill' as
a text. William j. Bryan made IL plain.
in statement given out to the press
as nm extract from forthcoming is
sue OF his paper. thar he would oppose
to the end David Il. Hills ambitions
and nomination for President.
The steamer Libertader. now operat-
ing in the interests OF the Nato's rev.
olution against President Castro of
Venezuela. and whose name was re-
Gently announced to have been changed
to Bolivar. bombarded the Port OF
'uiu iot tie BuiI IoSt VI ptOttNtihk tiiN'
landing OF insurgent forces there.
The jury at Chicago In the case OF
DIR. Orville $. Burnett last night re-
turned a verdict OF guilty and recon-
mended that the defendant be sent to
the penitentiary for fifteen years. Bur-
nett was found guilty of the murder of
Mrs. Charlotte Nicoll He entered into
contract with her that the two should
commit suicide.
Prince Henry carries policy of
5000 900 insuring him against assassi-
nation, and Is said to be the only man
in the world 80 insured. His brother.
the Emperor. has life insurance pol
Icy for $5.OOO,00O. King Edward VII.
is insured for x}.GOO.OOO. The Car OF
Russia and his Immediate family are
insured for $S.75O.O0O.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones
at Washington has authorized the use
OF taxes collected in the Cherokee ma
tion 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 starv-
ing.
The following have been appointed
cadets: Ralph Earle Sampson, son of
Rear Admiral w. 4. Sampson. princi-
pal; Woodward Philip. son of the late
Near Admiral Philip. first alternate; o.
". Howard. son OF Major General
Howard, U. 8. A., second alternate
andN PRESLEY Morgan Taylor. son Of
Rear Admiral Henry c. Taylor, third
alternate.
Deniahs have been made by financiers
and railroad officials interested in the
Northern Securities Company that il
Is proposed Mo incorporate company
under the laws of Canada, legally
equipped to protect the interests Of
shareholders In yhe railroad merger in
the event OF embarrassment owing to
President ROoseveAt's instructions to
Attorney General khpx.
Major NJ. ]. Jenkins. the Rough
Rider. has written letter to Lieuten-
ant Governor Ifllman Of South Caro-
lima declining the sword which 1t had
been intended to present to him
through the agency OF President
Roosevelt, but which Invitation to the
President had been withdrawn by
Tillman on account OF his action In the
Tillman-AicI.aurin 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 was for twenty-five years superin-
tendent Of the Chicago office Of the
PfnkertOn detective agency. and was
one OF the men entrusted with the pro-
lection Of President Lincoln on the trip
to Washington for his first inaugra-
ton.
In 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
the Twelfth Street depot. As n result
the railroad telephone was decared to
be a success. The inventor asserts 1t
makes no difference whether or not
telegraphic messages are being flashed
over the wires simultaneously with the