The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-20
SHORT TElEGRAMS.

Mark Twain accompanied by his
VIE and daughters. reached Genoa. It
a.S, November 9th.
It IS said that King Edward has ap-
proved the engagement Of Prince Alex
hAler OF TeCk to Princess Alice OF Al
bauy.
Tin platers in South Wales have Or
a.Ted 100000 tons of steel bars from
lAo United States Steel Corporation.
The price is given as $50 ton.
IAe German consul at Cape Town
te.rEraphs tha [ the BOndezwarts
tHDesmen have inyaded Cape Colony
and have had an encounter with the
tgye police.
When George b. Mcclellan becomes
mayor on January LIST, he will have it
IL his power to deal out SAC, 100000 OF
patronage among the followers OF Tam
many Hail.
During a recent meeting of scientific
societies in hall in the province OF
Murrla, Spain. the building collapsed,
kALng seven persons and injuring
twenty fatally.
The King of Italy, who is clever
mechanic, has invented a small caliber
rifle, which has been referred to a mill
tary commission. that can hardly ven
tuTe to reject it.
SiguOr Marconi has begun work at
Rome on the immense power machine
Will which it is expected wireless COM
muuIcation will be established with the
Argenttne Republic.
. The general land Office has with
drawn from settlement ninety-three
townships in the Great Falls, Montana,
land district, for inclusion in the Teton
irrigation project.
. A London dispatch says that J. Pier
pom Morgan has acquired Alderman
house from Mr.. Van Raasland and in
tends to make the place his residence
during considerable part OF the year.
The recognition by the United States
OF the independence of the lsthmus Re-
public has caused great rejoicing
among EcuadoreanS and the attitude OF
President Roosevelt in the matter is
app.auded by the press of Guayqul.
James Van Horn, a day laborer who
los. all of his property in the great
hooG at Des Moines last spring, has
fallen heir, through his wife, to an
eighth interest in the $l0OO0,00O es-
tate Of John SheIlenbarger of Oregon.
Lolita Armour. whom DR.. LorenZ of
Vienna treated at Chicago for hip dis
ease is SO far recovered that she is
able to dance. She has entered pri-
vate dancing academy and will soon be
d5le to move with all the freedom OF
other children.
In the county Of Surrey, England,
drinking trough and fountain has been
erected by local parsonage in mem
Dry of 40U.0Oo horses killed and wound
ed during the South African war, from
1899 to 1902, in cause of which they
anew nothing"
The President has accepted the res
gnation OF Oliver +. Shiras. judge OF
he Federal Court OF the Northern Dis
trict Of Iowa, to take effect November
/. In accepting the resignation. the
President expressed himself in COM
p!imentary letter.
Statistics prepared by the Geological
survey show that the production OF
precious jewels in the United States
amounted to S33S 900 III 1902, while
%25.412.77G represents the total value
Of such stones imported into this coun-
Try in the same time.
General Greeley. chief of the signal
Office, U. S A.. i'll his annual report to
he secretary of war, shows that dur
ing the year the system OF military tel
graph lines and cables in Alaska au-
IAoriZed by Congress has been complet-
ed and consists of ,74O miles.
General Greeley. chief signal officer
Of the United States. in his annual re-
port says efforts are being made with
prospects OF success in 1904, 70 estab-
Ilsh communication by wireless teeg-
raphy between st Michael and Nome.
acI oss Norton sound, a distance OF lOS
miles.
Professor Willis L. Moore, acting Sec
rc,ary of agriculture, has made appli-
cation to the War Department to have
Inc Alaskan cable touch at Taloosh
ISLAND near the entrance to San Juan
De Fuca strait The island is used as
vessel reporting station and wealth
CT observatory.
In memory Of the Best of Moth
ers-in-Law' is Queen AleXaudra's trib-
uIe to the late Queen Victoria, in
scribed on the national mansoleum.
The memorial is beautiful statue of
the Savior, seventeen feet high, sculp-
rIrcd and sent from Denmark at the
cNucnse of Queen Alexandra.
The Chicago City Council has passed
an ordinance prohibiting the sale of
toy pistols in Chicago. The measure
provides a penalty of 500 for any one
Who shall sell. loan or furnish any
to- gun, or toy pistol, or toy lowIlng
u. G or other toy firearm In which any
explosive substance can be used
A strange and fatal disease has be
come epidemic in the manufacturing
village OF Helmlet, New Jersey The
disease is accompanied by symptoms
usual in scarlet fever cases, But is
progress is much more rapid In some