The Glenwood post., 1904-12-10
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oophiZSo dt tHe e(ulllHdl beCeupei I'LL.
Andrew Carnegie has decided to give
$4,000 for the extension of two branch
libraries in Omaha.
Queen Alexandra of England cele--
brated her sixtieth birthday December
1st at Sandringham.
The first snow for two years fell at
/ Ell Paso, Texas, December 4th, for
six hours. 1t was preceded and fol-
lowed by cold rain and sleet.
| Denmark has informally accepted
the invitation OF President Roosevelt
for the powers to reassemble in a sec
ond conference at The Hague.
Nineteen provincial marshals of the
nobility met in Moscow at the resi-.
dence of Prince Troubetzskoi and
unanimously indorsed the Zemst-
voists' memorial.
The official figures of the attendance
at the Worlds Fair have been made
| public. The total attendance was 49,,
| 741,073, and that of the closing day,
| December /, 203,1O1.
Chairman Cortelyou of the national
Republican committee has announced
! the appointment of Gen. John M. Will
son, U. S. A, retired, as chairman of
the inaugural committee
The government estimate of this
years cotton crop is 12, 900 bales,
which is considerably more than was
expected. The announcement occa-
/ stoned a break in prices.
The jury in the land fraud cases at
/ Portland, Oregon, brought in a verdict
/ of guilty for all the defendants except
Miss Marie Ware, the charge being
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| R. o. Woods secretary of the Lima,
Ohio, Home and Savings Association,
who was found guilty of en.bezzling
over $25,000, and who forbade his at
| torneys to try for a new trial. has been
| sentenced to five years in the peniten-
| tiary.
/ George E. Heaton, the inventor and
designer of the airship California
Messenger" made a successful fight
on the 5th inst. at Alameda, Califor-
mia, remaining in the air for an hour
and guiding the airship at will in any
direction he desired.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has
reversed the decision of the Circuit
Court in the case of Caleb Powers,
now in Jail at Louisville under SEN
tence of death for completely in the
D
] gives Powers new trial.
The water of the reservoir of the
Esperanza mine at El Oro, Mexico,
| broke its bounds and rushed with a
roar down the mountain. The only
| structures in its path were small huts
of Mexican day laborers, and with their
| destruction five natives were drowned.
President Roosevelt has indicated
D Ii ;,,tn 10
| Jackson Christian, grandson of Gen
| Stonewall Jackson, the confederate
chieftain, as a cadet to the West Point
military academy. The young man is
a student at the Georgia Military Acad-
/ emy.
| German interest in President Roose-
velt's message to Congress centers par
| ticularly in the sections that deal with
the army and navy and the trust and
| labor problems. The newspapers
print summaries of about 1000 words,
and their comment generally is favor
able.
| King Victor Emmanuel. who was ac-
companied by Queen Helena, reopened
the Italian Parliament November Goth
From his seat in the Senate the king
read the speech from the throne, eX
pressing liberal and peaceful princi-
I pies which were enthusiastically ap-
| plauded.
The first trackless trolley street
railway has begun operations in Ber-
| lin and is apparently success. The
vehicles resemble electric omnibuses,
but derive their power from an over
head trolley. The speed is ten miles
an hour. They are equipped with a
special type of wheels.
A dispatch to London news agency
from Lahore, India, says that the wife
and children of DR.. Benjamin, an
American Episcopal missionary, have
| been poisoned with arsenic. A native
/ Christian schoolmaster, who was re-
Gently reprimanded by DIR. Benjamin,
] is charged with the crime.
Final arrangements it is stated have
been made by the Rio Grande West
ern railway for the taking over of the
| Copper Belt railway in Utah. This is
a ten-mile line, taking in several of
| the big Bingham copper mines, and its
acquisition brings the Rio Grande sys-
TEN into direct contact with these
properties.
Six million fewer bottles Of cham.
payne were drunk in Germany during
the first six months of the fiscal year,
from April 18th to September 31st, and
500. 100000 fewer cigars were smoked,
as appears from the figures which FL
nance Minister Won Stengel has sub
mitted to the reichstag.
The First Night and Day Bank and
Safe Deposit Company has been or
ganized in New York City for the pur-
pose Of establishing a bank that will
| be kept open at all hours of the day
and night to accommodate emergency
customers. Senator e. o. Wolcott of
Colorado is one Of the stockholders.
1t is officially announced that King
Victor Emmanuel has conferred Great
Gordon of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
on ]. Pierpont Morgan in recognition
of Italy's gratitude for the return by
Mr.. Morgan to the Italian government
of the famous cope which was stolen
from the cathedral of Ascoli in 1902
and SnbGpunpntly p,,rrbn b,, M