The Dolores star., 1903-12-25
SHORT TELEeRAMs.

| he Norwegian Parliament has IN
animously rejected the bill comforting
the franchise on women
The Norwegian Authors Association
has passed a resolution in favor o;
concluding copyright agreement with
the United States.
The temperature at Chicago fell TO
II degrees below zero on December
18th. the coolest day Tor Jhis season
OF the year since les.
King Christian of Denmark. follow
ing the Recommendation OF his minis
ters, has recognized the republic OF
Panama as an independent state
Major General Leonard Wood has
proclaimed in Moro island an anti-sla-
very law passed in October last by the
Legislative Council Of the Moro prov
inces.
Attorney Folk Of St. Louis is quoted
as saying that the recent decision OF
the Missouri Supreme Court will not
| permanently release any boodIeF now
under charge.
II is announced that the manuscript
| Of Millions Paradise Lost" is in the
market and will be sold a auction in
! March next unless previously disposed
Of at private sale.
I I-DEu -LdlAHs D4 tALNI4s I4t4 d. A-tlE-
! don December 10th Of pneumonia. He
4 was born in 1877 and was educated as
a Roman Catholic but later he en-
braced AIohammedanism
Clara Barton, head Of the Red Cross
relief work o. the world. reached the
/ typhUid-stricken city OF Butler. Penn
J sylyania. December 18th, together
| with members Of her staff
/ D. A..r.g- r-yr-ezr,1r,Ear, Of
/ the Matin Of Paris announces that
within a week an expedition led by
Jean ChaTcoot will start to explore Ora
| hams land, en- route Tor the South
| pole.
| The will Of the late Gordon Mckay.
| Of Newport Rhode Island, who be-
Queathed several millions to Harvard
/ University, will be contested by Nettie
/ S. Abbott. distant relative in New
/ Hampshire.
The STANDARD Oil Company is said
/ to be meeting with so much opposition
| in RoCrnsula that il has given up the
\ attempt TO combine existing concerns
! and will devote It's efforts to develop
| ing new fields.
Crown Prince Frederick William OF
I Germany was required by his father to
4 remain in his room for three days, after
/ having raced in steeplechase against
J the Emperors wishes. The race took
place at Potsdam three or four weeks
ago.
! Commander Augustus Able, United
! States navy. retired. died at PhiladeI-
: phia December 10th Of paralysis. Com
mander Able entered the navy in 1860
and served throughout the Civil War.
In 1864 he became chief engineer and
/ was retired few days ago.
A Berlin dispatch says that there is
! no indication that third operation on
the Emperor's throat will be neces-
sary. Further matter taken from the
wound was submitted to twenty-five Of
the greatest specialists in internal
/ growths, every one Of whom reported it
| 10 be benignant.
! Three Americans and seven natives
were Killed on the 11inst by the fumes
from the blast Of dynamite in quarry
Of the Atlantic 4; Pacific company at
4 Mariveles, near the entrance to Ma
Mia bay. Among the dead We're Jo
/ seph Law, superintendent, and Thorn
az Strader engineer.
The transport Sherman arrived at
San Francisco on the 18th inst from
i Manila, by way OF Nagasah and Hon
olulu, bringing the men of the Thir-
! tieth infantry. two companies of army
engineers and a number OF passengers.
The troop ship left Honolulu Decem-
Der 1th, after days stop at the island
( port.
! James Cheney. said to be the wealth
/ lest man in Indiana, his fortune being
estimated at s25,000,000. died at Fort
| Wayne December 18th, aged eighty-six
q II. IL
Gould in financing his affairs in Ohio.
| Indiana and Illinois. AT the time of
| his death he was heavy stockholder
of Wabash and Nickel-riate.
| The London Mail announces that
! successful experiments have been
made with the system OF recording of
conversations over the telephone by
combination Of the telephone and
| phonograph. The system is the inven-
tion OF f. G. Craven, an English cleo
trician, who was formerly one OF
Thomas A. Edison's assistants.
Dispatches received at Paris from
Indo-China report the massing of
/ French troops on the Siamese border
in anticipation OF war. The officials of
| Indo-China are quoted as saying that
the occupation of large slice of Siam
has been decided upon. The authori-
ties in Paris do not believe that rup-
ture with Siam will occur and say the
measures are merely precautionary.
Half an hours hearing in the London
| Diyirce Court sufficed to secure for
Countess Mabel Russell, who sued her
husband. William Brown, former
coachman, for divorce, decree nisi
The countess testified to the cruelty
and misconduct of Brown, who married
her in December. 1902, under the title
of Prince Aphrobald Stuart de Modena.
alleging he was Bavarian nobleman.
Following an agreement made with
the local electrotypers and stereotyp-
ers' unions by tie United States Print
ing Company, an Ohio corporation do
| ing business In BROOKLYN. that after