The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-02
CONDENSED TELEcRAhs

SniteO oL3IeS ana cWitZeFlenu nA8 Deoo
signed.
J. Pierpont Morgan has been elected
president Of the New York Metropoli-
tan Museum OF Art.
Secretary Of War Taft will b. In
command Of the naval forces Of the
lsthmus of Panama while he Ii there.
Commander Booth Tucker, who for
eight and . half years has been 1t the
head OF the Salvation Army In this
country, recently sailed for England
Gen. Louis Palma Di Cesnola, d.
rector and trustee Of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. New York City, died
November 21st at the age Of 70 years.
Orders are being prepared opsninx
to commercial business the naval coast
wireless telegraph stations At Yerba
Buena. California. and Mare Islaad
navy yard.
Joseph Brown. son of the late Gov
ernor Joseph n Brown OF Georgia,
wants all the southern electors to east
their votes for Roosevelt, making his
election unanimous.
Col William c. p. Breckenridge died
at Lexington, Kentucky, November
18th from the effects of 4 stroke OF
paralysis three days previous.
The American Sheet and Tin Plate
Company has opened its eight-mill
plant In Pfttsburg and IL said to be ar
ranging to start eighty-four idle tin
plate mills early in December.
In the foot ball game at New Haven
November 18th Harvard was beaten by
Yale by . score of IL to 0, being the
same score made by Yale In her vic
tory over Princeton week before.
Twenty-one department stores in
New York City have entered into an
alliance to prosecute shoplifters. Losses
OF half . million dollars from this
source have been suffered during the
past year.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
Turkey is ordering a hundred new bat
teries Of artillery from German, French
and English factories at the cost OF
SIC, 100000. The Krupp company gets
the largest contracts.
Queen Liliuokalani and former Dele
ggate Kalanianole came over from
Honolulu recently to attend to the
queens project Of securing an appro-
priation from Congress to pay her for
the former crown lands.
Secretary Taft left Washington No
vember 18th for New Orleans on his
way to Panama. where he goes as the
special representative Of President
Roosevelt to present message Of am
ity and good will to President ANA
dor.
Pat Grove. for whose capture Cud-
ahy, the millionaire packer, is reported
to have offered a reward Of SIS, 900 as
the kidnaper of his little son, is
thought to be in the City of Mexico,
and the police are endeavoring to To-
cate him.
A forest fire in the Illinois bottoms.
seven miles north Of Peoria, Illinois.
has devastated seven square miles of
territory. The countryside was fllled
with small game driven from their laira
by the flames. Several farm buildings
were destroyed.
Miss Anna s. Peck, the American
mountain climber, arrived at New York
recently from Colon. Miss Peck, who
left New York last June, has been in
Peru, where she succeeded in ascend
ing Huascan mountain to height OF
21.O00 feet. Immense crevasses pre-
vented her reaching the summit.
In sensational finish on the Associa-
tfon track at Oklahoma City, Novem-
Der 18th, Dan Patch lowered the
worlds record for pacing mile on q
half-mile track, the official time being
2:03 fiat. The previous record. held BY
Dan Patch himself. was made at Bir-
mingham, Alabama, last year. being
2:03A.
J. p. Storm, former county treasurer
Of Yavapai count, Arizona. who was
found bound and gagged ip the vault
OF his office on November 9th, and who
reported that he had been robbed Of
$4,000 by two men and then placed In
the vault, where he claims he was for
fourteen hours, has been arrested on
the charge Of embezzlement.
An automobile train with four cars
was successfully tested at Berlin few
days ago by the German War Depart
ment. By means Of special couplings
the cars were drawn after the auto
mobile round sharp curves. keeping
the same track. The velocity was flf-
teen miles an hour. The train went
over meadows at the rate of eight miles
an hour.
President Roosevelt has announced
the appointment OF Francis d. Leupp
to be Indian commissioner. vice Will
liam A. Jones, resigned. Commissioner
Jones resignation and Mr.. Leupps ap-.
pointment will take effect January 1st.
Mr.. Leupp IL Washington correspond
ent of the New York Evening Post and
has been identified with Indian Affairs
for many years. t1...
6pelterini, a prominent balloonist, to-
gether with two members of the Aero