The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-30
SHORT TElEGRAMS.

upoL us uullcS as secretary OF war.
I'll Narconi system of wireless
teiee ply has been inaugurated be-
tween Pekin. China, and the coast
81 Henry Irving and members OF
his theatrical company arrived in New
fork October 2Oth on the steamer
MINI apolis from London.
Gen. Russell Alger, ex-Secretary Of
War and Cornelius Bliss. exSecretarX
OF the lnterlC". have been travelling
extensively in Arizona.
Ma. Gen. Samuel $. Sumner has
arrahgod to assume command OF tho
DopaI lment of the Missouri, with head
quarters at Omaha, November 10th.
Theodore Betram, baritone of the
roya! opera at Berlin is under contract
to make tour OF the United States.
He will receive s50,000 for q two
months engagement.
The President has accepted the res
ignatIOu OF Rear Admiral X. b. Brad
ford as chief OF the Bureau OF Equip
ment. Capt. George A. Converse takes
charge Of the bureau.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has issued orders to cut down
the Earce in the Altoona shops ten
per cent, which will nccessitate the
suspension of 500 men.
The st. Louis Law School a branch
of tn Washington University, has re-
fused ~ receive as a student Charles
f. kelley. a former speaker of the
House Of Delegates, convicted OF brib'
cry.
Silyer and lead bullion to the value
OF SlUOu 900. which was lost in Staten
Island sound September 27th off the
deck OF a barge. has been recovered
through the work Of divers and a
dreds
The Audubon Society of Washing
ton has just held a birdless hat show
at which the leading miliners Of the
city had exhibits wholly free from the
taint Ui bird slaughter. President
Roosevelt is one of the vice presidents
Of the society.
Gordon Mckay, aged Cighty-two
millionaire inventor of shoemaking
machinery, died at Newport, Rhode
lsland, October 18th. By his death
it is understood that Harvard univer
sity becomes enriched by something
like $4,000 .Oo-.
Through sleeping car service be
tween Chicago and Los Angeles ant
San Francisco and between Chicago
and gelvcston has been established
py t.le Wabash. New hrst-class Pun
man cars have been provided for th'
California service.
official figures of the board OF healtl
! covering a period OF three years show
tAut the number of persons killed an
nually in the streets Of New York /:
| Increasing in an alarming degree. IL
the year 1901 there were i32 person:
killed by vehicles and street railways
John Morley. NJ. p. the former Lib
eIal CHIEF secretary for Ireland, who
has been in semi-retirement while
writing his Life OF William Ewar
Gladstone" has returned to politica
life for the purpose Of fighting agains
tn protectionist policy of the present
government.
The steamer South Portland, which
sailed from Portland, Oregon, Octo
bcr 18th. with wheat for San Fran
cisco, struck on Blanco reef on the
evening of October 18th at 3 O'Clock
during a heavy fog and speedily sank
ont of thirty-six people on board eight
cen were rescued.
Rear Admiral Royal B. Bradford re
liuquished the administration OF the
Bureau of Equipment and Repair OF
the Navy Department October 10Th
and was succeeded by Captain George
Converse. who now assumes the title
of rcar admiral. Admiral Bradford has
b,pn given command OF the battleshiI
Illinois.
While digging for coal in an aban
d0ued mine near Dravosburg, Pennsyi
vauia, recently Daniel Sorg dlscov
cred about $1,000 worth OF clothing
dry goods. hardware, etc. The police
believe the goods were placed IN inc
miue by band of thieves operating
suCy essfully in the Monogahela val
ley or year.
owing to en- attachment for quar-
ter Of million dollars placed on the
plant of the Household Sewing Ma
chine Company at Providence, Rhode
klng estate, the machine works nave
been shut down. The attachment
covers notes valued at S23o.ooo
claimed as due the estate.
The President has Commuted, 20 eX'
piru Immediately, the sentences OF Ma
riUu Marshall, Cyrus Raines and Bur
ton Iarper. coal miners who were con
yj.ud in West Virginia of resisting
lifted States deputy marshal. lhey
were sentenced June II last MarshaIi
an Harper to imprisonment for eight
multh and Raines to Imprisonment Tor
five months.
The annual report OF the Chicago
Burngton & Quincy railroad for the
yeur anding June 80, just issued, shows
an ucrease in gross earnings OF 50
gS@ 3S. The surplus was Increased
hy S&,22S,1i9. The report calls at
teur.1n to the fact that the length