The Holly chieftain., 1903-07-03
SHORT 1ElEGRAMS.

| OF the university OF virginia
/ According to the Novoe Vremya. the
Russian-Chinese Bank has been auth
| orized to open a branch at San Fran
\ cisco.
King Edward has ordered the Brit
| ish court to go in mourDing for fort
| night for the late King Alexander Of
| Servia.
| The Great Western Glass Mannfac-
| turing Company has been organized
| at Ottawa. Illinois. with 81 600, 900 cap
| ital to manufacture plate and window
glass.
A trolley car running out OF May
wood New Jersey. has established
what is to be new scedule record by
| travelling one mile in ! minute and Is
seconds.
Reports have reached ST. Petersburg
that 200 lives were lost at AZoff, June
9Th, as result of the collapse of
gangTay there while pleasure party
was landing from a steamer.
The International Printing Press
men and Assistants. Union at their
meeting in Cincinnati elected Martin
p Higgins, Boston, president. Among
the vice presidents is R. J. Unger,
Denver.
Charles Dick of Akron has been Sc
lected by the Republican state central
committee to direct the campaign in
Ohio this year. General Dick was
elected chairman of the state execu
tive committee.
The newspapers Of Toxic say the
Manchurian convention, drawn up by
the Russian minister at Pekin. Nj. Les
sar. and Prince Ching, president of the
foreign board, was signed by those Of
ficials June goth.
Fourteen men were killed and thir
teen injured by an explosion in the
lyddite factory at the Woolwich ar
senal near London June 18th. Sew
eral of the victims were literally
blown to pieces.
On June Goth lightning struck
house stored with 5000 pounds of dyn-
amite at the mines of Senecayille,
twelve miles from Cambridge, Ohio.
Six men were killed and more than
score others injured.
The Nippon Yusen Kashai has pur-
chased the feet of steamers on the
Yangtse of the McBain Navigation
Company for $1,500000 and the Japa
nese line will make this connection
of the American service.
st. Stanislaus' College at Bay St.
Louis, Missippi was totally destroyed
by fire June 22nd. The flames spread
SO rapidly that the students generally
lost their trunks and clothing Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $3S,600.
Bishop Hartzell of the Methodist
Episcopal church, sailed this month
on his seventh tour of inspection of
the African mission field. The trip
will be 10000 miles long aud it will
take until next April to accomplish it.
George Howard Mcdonald, Boston
| laborer, is said to have been positive
| ly identified as the sole heir to S2000,-
600 cash and gold mining claims valued
at many times more, left by an uncle,
| William Mcdonald, who died recently
| in California.
Reports from the west of Ireland,
Lancashire and other points, state that
| thousands of acres of potatoes have
been ruined by the recent frost and
rain. 1t is feared that the failure OF
the Irish potato crop will entail much
hardship on the peasants.
| The ninety-second anniversary of the
battle of Tippecanoe was observed at
| ial services were held on the battle
ground and the soldiers graves were
decorated. An address was made by
Gen. John S. Black of Chicago.
| The State Department, after con-
| sidering the questions arising out of
the seizing of the railroad between Por-
to Cortez and La Pimienta by the gov
ernment of Honduras, has referred the
matter to Mr.. Combes. our minister,
who will request an explanation.
Maj George B. Davis, chief commits
sary, Department of Colorado, who will
be relieved by Mai. b. X. West, assist
ant commissary general. has been or
dered to the headquarters of the De-
partment of the District of Columbia
to become its chief commissary.
A statement has been given out in
New York as coming from Mr.. Schwab
that he has no intention of resigning
the presidency of the United States
Steel Corporation. 1t was added that
Mr.. Schwab was in excellent health
and was at the Steel Corporations Of
| fees daily.
The International League of Press
| Clubs, at its recent meeting in Atlantic
| City, New Jersey, denounced the Salus-
Grady libel law of Pennsylvania Res
olutions attacking the law were adopt
ed by unanimous vote. They called
upon all newspaper men to work for
the repeal of the act
| Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son delivered an address on agricul
| trral educatiOn at the dedication Of