The Columbus journal., 1904-05-25
Brief kilograms

di6ereat meaningn.
The Filipinos eat large quantities
Of dried grasshoppers and also Pc
pare them in conlect1on0.
J. C. Doyle was nominated lor con-
gress BY tho republicans of the Tweo-
tieth Illinois congressional district
Fire at Montreal did damage oe
$25O.OOO to the carriage factory q
b. Ledoux 4 Co. On Osborne street
The winnings of the bank 1t Moate
Carlo are said to average nearly as
. minute, or about $6,z50.000 . year.
Much OF the country through which
the Siberian railway passes had new
er been traversed By white men be-
fore the surveyors came.
The consistory Of Lauterbrunnen,
Switzerland. has made the announce
ment that the old custom OF smoking
In church will no longer be tolerated.
The total cost Of the German fed
eral telephone system, operated IN
connection with the German federal
telegraph system, u 10000, 900 mp to
date.
The st. James Gazette informs its
readers that New York soap manu-
facturer Is advertising . new soap
called "Parsifal, Because It Ii %
Pure"
The best after dinner speaker I
ever heard" says Senator Depew.
was Gladstone 1t so. and next In or
der, in my opinion. was Simon Cam
eron at go"
Among the names for new streets
in Berlin approved by the kaiser are
Carmen Sylvia. Pasteur, Turk, Dane
and FlOt0w.
Chief Master-at-Arms Timothy MUIR
ray and the only one of the II! 900 par
ticipants In the battle of Mobile Bay
still In active service In the navy. has
applied for his retirement
Simultaneous raids on twenty-five
alleged pool rooms and pool room ex-
changes were made by the police at
New York, acting under orders from
Police Commissioner McAdO0.
Mrs. Maybrick's figure in wax.
which has been for many years In
Nine. Tussaud's exhibition in London,
has been withdrawn. Whitaker
Wright's has taken its place.
A census bureau irrigation bulletin
Is devoted to Montana and shows that
In 1902 there were l.140.694 acres un-
der irrigation in the state. covering
1856 farms and costing $5.576.9 .975.
Miss Mary Gallagher, who has made
q bust of Edgar Allen Poe which has
attracted some attention in Baltimore.
owns up that one of the implements
used by her In her work was . hair.
pin.
In the British museum is IN Id
vertisement Of . reward for . rum
away slave. The "ad" 10 written on
papyrus and is 5000 years old. 1t
was exhumed from the ruins OF
-lebes.
Roulette and sale of lottery tickets
within the canal zone have been sus-
pended since the issuance OF Cover
nor Davis proclamation Thursday.
This suspension does not apply to
the cities of Colon and Panama.
The Canadian government will have
an ice breaker built in England this
summer for the purpose of trying to
keep the St Lawrence open later
during the fall and also to break mp
the ice earlier In the spring. It Is
claimed that the shipping season at
Montreal could be heightened BY at
least . fortnight In the fall and about
the same In the spring.
Judge Amos NJ Thayer. In the cir
cult court of St. Louis. handed down
q decision granting injunctions
against the sale of non-transferable
tickets by the ticket brokers engaged
in business In St Louis. These In
functions. which affect ten firms. were
granted ON application Of the Louis
vile Z Nashville Railroad company
and the Mobile Z Ohio Railroad COM
pany.
Colonel A. A. Pope held Q bicycle
experience meeting ut Chestnut Hill
Reservoir. Massachusetts,. On Sunday,
May 1, at which some i've thousand
cyclers put In IN appears. after the
fashion Of the good old days Of the
wheel. General Nelson A Miles,
obliged his friend Pope BY appearing
in the colonel's touring car and stand
ing with the Wheelmen for q group
picture.
President Clowry of the Western
Union Telegraph company said that
the abolition Of the company's racing
department, announced by him On
Thursday, is to be permanent He
also said that the company Vim not
lease wires to pool rooms. The
company's branch ofices at the race
tracks will be maintained for the
transmission Of such messages - may
be offered In the ordinary course Of
business.
Female slavery stin prevails In
China Out Of population Of about
100000. 900 nearly 10000 900 girls or
women are slaves.
The wholesale textile firms of Leip.
zig. Germany. have determined to
have bargain sales On stated days q
the year.
The Rev. Byron Alden, Who On No
vember 8 last celebrated his 97th
birthday. and was said at that time
to be the Oldest living minister in
the world, both in age and continu-
Gus service. has just died It Streatoe,
III.
The Independent Booking Agency.
formed two years ago to oppose the
syndicate. which controls practically
all the leading theaters east Of the
Rocky mountains. has been dissolved.
Papers to this end were signed and
the Independents Win hereafter look
after their booking - individuals.
Rev. 8. C. Bartlett, who for the last
nine years has been located at Tot
fOFi IN tho IanaMA~a go . $1,000