The Holly chieftain., 1904-11-18
CONDENSED 1ELEcRAhs

yember 5th Was 63i. ii2.
The Philippine Commission has
granted the right OF eminent DOMAIN 70
railroad companies holding charters.
The whisky trust has declared war
on the independent distilleries at Peo-
ria. Illinois. and began by cutting the
price materially.
Paul de Cassagnac. the prominent
Bonapartist deputy and journalist. and
once the most notorious duellist in
France, died suddenly at Paris on the
4th inst
The secretary OF state has reeeiyed
word from the Mexican government-0f
its willingness and readiness to enter
into treaty OF arbitration with this
government -.
Jan,es Mari, who died at, I2ncpln, Ne
hraska,- on the eth inst At thAAGe Of
eighty-four years, is said 70 hay8Hs4ae
the original design of the first harfAs
ing machines
Secretary Morton has instructed
Rear Admiral Barker that each vessel
under his command form ships rife
team of twelve men for all vessels hav-
ing complement Of $50 men.
Henry Lodging. right guard for the
high school football team at Green
vile. Michigan, was killed by concus
sion of the brain in match game
with another school on the 5th inst.
Two lionesses, two monkeys, two os
triches and zebra. which were pre-
scented by King Menelik Of Abyssinia
to the President Of the United States.
arrived at New York a few days ago
from London. One lioness died during
the voyage.
A thirteen-year-old Polish boy has
been sentenced to three months Inn
prisonment for lese majestic at LISA,
province OF Posen. While at school,
in conversation with other boys, he is
alleged to have condemned the neu-
trahty of Germany in the Far Eastern
war.
By the explosion of boiler at Leav-
enworth, Kansas, on the sth inst, the
plant of the Kemp Furniture Company,
with contents, valued at $685. 900, was
practically destroyed. Green Nichols
was killed, Thomas Breddweiser was
fatally hurt and four others were more
or less seriously hurt.
Fire that started in the Hearst Free
kindergarten at Lead, South Dakota,
on the Sth inst, caused d small panic
among the children of the institution,
which. together with the Episcopal
church adjoining, was entirely de-
stroyed. The pupils were removed
with difficulty. Loss 100000.
After spirited debate the Vermont
House of Representatives. by close
vote of SO to 81, has refused a third
suffrage to women who are taxpayers.
The judiciary committee had reported
favorably but the measure went the
way of all similar bills introduced for
many years.
A hundred persons were drowned on
the night Of November 3rd, by the
sinking OF the French steamer Gironde.
after having been in collision with the
French steamer A. Schiaffino, near
Herbillon, twenty-three miles from
Bona, Algeria. The Gironde left Bona
with 140 passengers, of whom 100 were
Algerian natives.
The official trial OF the armored
cruiser West Virginia took place on
the Cape Ann course near Boston No.
vember End. The new vessel devss.
oped an average speed OF 22.14 knots
per hour. The contract with the
United States government called for a
sustained average speed for four hours
Of 20 knots per hour.
The estimates of the War Depart.
ment for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1906, aggregate $103,6S6.7S0. This
Is $z2,242,612 less than the War De.
partment estimates submitted year
ago and $3.S32,388 less than the total
appropriations made for the use of the
War Department for the current fiscal
year ending June 80, 1905.
For $1,000 the United States Battle.
ship Maine Salvage Company of Wash.
ington City has bought from the Cuban
government the wreck of the Maine in
Havana harbor. A Golfer dam will be
built around the hulk. which will be
raised. 1t is planned to put a new
bottom on the ship and tow 1t to Coney
Island to be placed on exhibition.
The new Northern Pacific steel
bridge over the Pend d'Oreille river at
Sand Point. Idaho. has been completed
and turned over by the construction
department to the traffic department.
The estimated cost OF the new bridge
is 100000 In its construction 1900
tons OF steel were used. The bridge is
the longest on the line of the Northern
Pacific.
George G. Munger Of Syracuse, New
York, has been appointed receiver fol
the Royal Templars Of Temperance
Supreme Council. The directors have
advised the members that arrange
ments have been made to insure them
at the same rate they have been, pay
ing. less all emergency assessments