The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-03-05
OLIO OF EVENTS

Hon David B. Hill has put himself on
record as being opposed to lending his
face for adornm ent Of cigar ADVERTISE
ments, etc.
With congress and 40 legislatures
working on the trust problem, 1t is
probable that we will soon know who
is running the country.
Senator Jones of Arkansas is pushing
q bill to prohibit guessing contests.
Senator Jones has never hit the bulls
eye once, and he is tired of trying.
Captain Francis Marion Schell, the
famous scout and plainsman, has just
died He took the first wagon train to
California in the gold excitement CT
1S49.
Albert Shells principal Of New York
public school, has been O2rcd the prin-
cipalshiD OF the Normal school which
the Argentine republic is about to or
ganize at one Of it's principal cities.
Richard Croker is charging his Eng
lsh estate at Vantage, having just pur-
chased two new properties adjoining
the lands CT his country seat. The es-
tate now amounts to about $50 acres.
Samuel Cruel, CT Wells county, Ind,
one Of the oldest Democrats in that
state, claims he originated the rooster
rs the party emblem by writing to an
Indianapolis editor to Cheer up and
print rooster in his paper.
The red deer of New Zealand are
estimated to number between 1000 and
5000 individuals, the offspring of two
stays and six kinds that were turned
out in 1868.
Cheiro, the celebrated palmist, has
| just purchased the American Register,
published in Paris. The Register was
made famous by the late DR.. Evans,
when it was the only English paper in
| the French capital.
The irrigation works recommended
| by the Geological Survey give interest
| to the report on the irrigation works.
| in India. The net revenue to the gov
eminent was 1856 per cent on an out
lay of $4,000, 600. The value Of the
crops raised on the irrigated area dur
| ing the year is estimated at 81 1888 600
| 600, sum III excess of the capital out
| lay.
A competition will be held at the
| Duetsche Seewarte, Hamburg, on April
1, 1903, for the best continuance to-
measuring wind pressure. The cOmpeti-
| ton will be open to foreigners, and
prizes of 81 $50, $3.50 and $3.50 will be
awarded. An additional prize of S75G'
| will be awarded to the contrivance'
which is judged the best after a certain
time for trial.
There is movement on foot among
the wholesale dealers m, and the i'm
porters of birds, monkeys and other
| Gagged animals to form combination,
through which all the smaller dealers
are to be supplied. The principal
houses of that kind are in New York,
| Philadelphia, Chicago, st. Louis and
San Francisco, and these are all inter
| eSted in the scneme. It is proposed to
have capital of 100000
r. Masujima distinguished Japan
csc attorney of Tokyo, has arrived at.
San Francisco on the way TO Albany,
N. Y. to attend the annual meeting Of
the New York State Bar association on
| Jan. %. He is one of the most highly
| educated men of Japan. and, owing to-
| hsi reputation as a jurist, was invited
to attend the bar association meeting,
where, by request, he will deliver AN
address on '"The Present Position OF
Jananese Law and Jurisprudence.
Wilhelm Forster, the eminent Ger
man astronomer, celebrated his 10th
| birthday on Dec. 16. Apart from his
l astronomical services, he has become
widely known through his successful
| efforts in behalf of the metric system
Since 1891 he has been president of the
| commission Internationale du Metre.
| He was also the founder of the scien-
titic periodical Pranis, and one of the
| founders Of the German branch of the
| American Society for Ethical Culture
The bicentenary of the birth of John
| Wesley is to be deliberately celebrated
| at the beginning of the next commence
| ment week of Wesleyan university, at
| Middletown, Conn. The last three days
| in June will be devoted to it. It is con-
| fidently expected that the occasion will
| bring together the largest assemblage
of the alumni of the university ever
| gathered there, and the faculty urges
| that every class plan to have re-
union at some time during the week.
Jerry Simpson, for years representa-
tive in the national legislature of
| Kansas district, is in Kansas City in
attendance at the stockmen's conven-
ton. Jerry has nothing of a sockless
| appearance about him nowadays On
the contrary, he is about the best dress
ed man in the convention. In fact, he
ulISuI dIluOSL U0 SCI uOWu DIS u lGu1Sso
man. He is prospecting in his New
Mexico home and is a strong advocate
of statehood for the territory.
The wild dove has been nearly exter-
minated in Indiana, although it is said
to be one of the most useful birds i'm
the state to farmers, as it feeds on the
Hessiann fly and other destructive in
sects. But a foolish game law allows
its indiscriminate slaughter, while 9TH
er birds which are destructive to crops
are protected. Indiana farmers have
started a movement for the revision of
the game law to suit their wants and
interests without regard to the wishes
of sDOrtsmen.
The two Chinese students who had
been ''held up by the San Francisco
immigration officials, under their inter-
probation of the Chinese ex clusion law,
and who were released on Monday by
the decision of the treasury department.
were the first Of a number of imperial
DEGREES issued last year, made provision