The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-01
SHORT TElEGRAMS.

The house formerly owned by Pres
fdent Kruger at Pretoria has been sold
for $40 900
! A dis atch from The Hague says that
Queen Nlhelmina is expecting an heir
/ to the 'lrgne.
Important improvements are to be
made o. the State University grounds
At Bou Ter next summer
Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, wife of the
former Aravyweight champion pugilist.
died Al her home in Brooklyn New
York, April 18th of pneumonia.
Anon he documents captured from
the Filipino insurgents is one endorsed
in the handwriting of Aguinaldo with
instrucuuns 10 kill General Otis.
Prenler Balfour, in a letter to an
inquire emphatically repudiates any
intention on the part of the govern
ment OF giving home rule to Ireland.
The Twenty-third infantry, 1000
strong, under command of Col. J. NJ.
Thompsuu, left Plattsburg, New York.
April 2o,h. for the Philippines via San
Francis0
ID. W Hitchcock, general agent of
the Un.uu Pacific passenger depart
ment san Francisco, has applied for
retiremrlt under the recently adopted
pension system.
Sir Thomas Lipton says that the loss
of the Shamrock Ill. S mast in squall
will no delay the international yacht
race. The damage can be repaired in
three or four weeks.
An epidemic Of typhoid fever has
broken out at the Stanford University
in California. More than 100 cases
have been reported from the university
ard town of PaIo Alto.
The residence of the late Gen. Philip
H. Shey tan in Washington city, which
was presented to- him by admirers
througAom the country has been sold
by Mrs. sheridan for $4,000.
In its official report of the distress in
northerH Sweden, the central relief
commitlee at Stockholm says the funds
at the disposal of the committee are
suficient, provided the growth of the
pasturage is not retarded.
Senator w. A. Clark has purchased
the Traction company at Los Angeles
as nucleus for the Southern Pacific
syndicate's operations in competition
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In the street railway field.
Ten WOrkmen engaged in making a
tunnel on the Mexican Central exten-
sion AT TuXpam, in the state of Jelisco,
recently lost their lives in a caye-in
caused by several earthquake shocks
comiGp in rapid succession.
A 5nowstorm lasting for thirty hours
covered nearly all middle Europe April
18th and goth. Many ancient trees were
uprooted in the imperial park at Pots
dam some of them dating from the
time Of Frederick the Great.
According to tradition. April 21st
was he 2,65Gth anniversary of the
Foundation of Rome. termed Rome S
birthday. Prince Colonna, the mayor
of Rome, received thousands of tee-
grams wishing the eternal city gor-
ious future
A Hong Kong dispatch says that the
famine in Kwangsi province is killing
tens Of thousands of persons and WOm-
en- there are selling themselves into
| slavery to escape starvation. The
American consul at Canton has inaus-
uratcd a relief fund
King Edward has appointed royal
commi ssion to inquire into the question
of the importation of food in time Of
war and other similar subjects. The
Price of Wales is a member Of the
commission and Lord Baltour of Bur-
leigh is it's chairman.
The correspondent of the London
Daily Mail at Copenhagen says it is
expected that the Norwegian govern
mcn will take steps 10 check the emf
| To l~ INIT tod Ctat ushi iaI,
threatens to denude the country of its
best lass of working population.
The Ohio State Republican central
committee has selected Columbus as
the place of holding the state conven-
ton, and June 3rd and ith as the time
Senator Hanna will be temporary
chairman, and it is understood Senator
Foraker will be permanent chairman
On account of i'll health. Andrew
Whit, former ambassador to Germany
has dcclined to serve as one of the
United States commissioners at the
forthcoming monetary conference, thus
combining the delegation to the three
persons already named, Messrs, Conant
jerks and Hanna.
Serious damage was done by tor
nado at st. Paul. NeOsho county, Kan
sas. on the night of April 18th. Mrs.
David Graham and three members of
a family named Longham were thought
to be iatalIy injured. Near Cherryvale
the two-year-od child of Stanley Fos-
ter was fatally hurt.
The Mexican Monetary Commission
is receiving thousands of replies to
circular sent out asking for state
ment Of the amount Of cash and silver
pesos on hand March 3lst. Up to date
the amount is $5S 900, 900. The general
estimate of bankers is that the amount
of pesos in circulation is $1O5, 5,OOO,OOO.
President Eliot of Harvard Universi-
ty is sixty-nine years oi age. and the
Springfield Republican says that Pres
ident Roosevelt would like to succeed
him as the head of that institution
| when he comes to retire which may