The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-07
OLIO OF EVENTS


connective for experimental purposes.
Mr.. Jochelson, chief CO the Jesup
North Pacific exploring expedition,
states that the tribes which he studied
in Siberia all possessed characteristics
in common with the Indians of North
America.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the London Times says that the two
anniversaries Of the liberation Of the
serfs and the treaty of San StefanO
falling on the same day, they were cell
ebrated with unusual enthusiasm this
year.
An underground railway will be con-
structed in Berlin to cost 55,000,000
marks The line will be eight miles in
length, and will be built by the munich
pality of the German capital There
will be Is stations in all, including the
termini. Electricity will be the motive
power.
Bills before the Massachusetts legis-
1ature provide that certificates Of honor
shall be issued to the original members
of the First Massachusetts regiment Of
volunteers and that medals shall be
given to the veterans of the Sixteenth
Inc SOlQl0TS W UO IuuS
fought in the civil war
Colonel John r. Russell, the famous
horse breeder, announces himself as a
candidate for governor of Virginia and
says his campaign slogan will be "Look
out for the Honey Bee" One of his
horses, the Honey Bee, won first honors
at the New York show last fall, fact
of which he is exceedingly proud.
thN Of hn w
press Gazette, it appears that there
were % train robberies in the United
States in 1902 In the past 13 years,
according to the same authority 328
railroad trains have been ''held up in
this vicinity, and SO persons have been
killed and 107 injured, mostly by gun
shot wounds, in the preparation of the
crimes.
Experiments to determine the effica-
cy of various disinfectants made by the
New York board of health show steam
to be the most valuable. 1t not only
destroys quickly all disease germs. but
has the power of penetrating and disin-
lection not possessed by fOrmaldehyde
or sulphur fumes No other agent is
effective in the disinfecting of closing
and bedding
Pupils in Michigan must hereafter go
directly home after the close of school.
The supreme court of the state has de-
clared that such rule is valid and
may be enforced by the principal. Fur
thermore, il principal sees fit, he may
enter store and order the children he
finds there to leave and go home, and
the owner of the store cannot get dam
ages on the ground that the principal
has driven away trade and injured the
business of his store.
A few days ago negress school
teacher was appointed to the George
Francis Train public school, one of the
largest in Omaha At noon the pupils
reported the matter to their parents.
The attendance for the afternoon was
only SO per cent Of the normal On the
next day still more deserted, and the
ultimatum has gone forth to the school
board to take away the negress or We
will close the school in which she teach
es by keeping our children away"
"A daughter of the famous Sioux
chief American Horse has applied to
the Indian bureau in Washington for q
position as matron or any similar place
in the Indian school service. She is a
graduate of the Carlisle Indian school
and looks every inch the daughter OF
noble red man, as, indeed, she ought
to, for veterans of the regular army
regard her father as the finest living
specimen of the American Indian.
The Missouri legislature has killed
the Irritation bill,' designed to stop
f1irtatio.s in places where female SEM
inaries are located, although it was
asked for by the president of the female
college at Lexington and Endorsed by
letters from nearly every female col
lege in the state. 1t is said that the
conditions at Lexington were almost
intolerable, as the girl students could
not go on the street without being sub
jected to ungentlemanly conduct on the
part of the boys and some OF the older
residents, and for this reason the pres
ident of the institution appealed for
relief through legislation.
A large number of Cornell students
who nave left Ithaca on account Of the
typhoid fever epidemic have applied for
admission to Columbia university eth
er for the purpose of completing their
course of study or of keeping up with
their work while they are compelled to
stay away from Ithaca. President But
Ter has instructed the several commit
tees who are in charge of the admis-
sion of students to show every posi-
BILE courtesy to the applicants. Cornell
students wishing to remain at Column
bia for onlv a few weeks will lbe treat
ed as CUES IS of the university by the
direction of the president, and will re-
ceive every facility for carrying or
their work.
The physical counterpart of King Ed
ward startled great many observers
in Washington last week in the person
Of William Ross, member of the Can
adam parliament and resident of Port
Perry, Ontario. He was escorted into
the senate chamber by Dolliver, of
Iowa. and was warmly welcomed. He
was able to give the American states
men a piece of information in regard
to matter then under discussion A
difference of opinion had developed as
to whether cloture rules were in force
in any of the Canadian parliamentary
bodies. Mr.. Ross said no such rule was
known in either house of parliament in
Ottawa, and Mr.. Hoar thereupon an
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