Willmar tribune., 1904-11-23
CURRENT TOPICS.

fore breaking.
One county in Oregon reports that
its wheat crop will run so bushels to
the acre.
Japan's rice crop for this year is es-
average annual crop.
San Francisco has adopted the plan
of taxing each theater pass ten cents
for the Actors home.
An Englishman has been sent to an
insane asylum through too much study
OF newspaper puzzles.
The city of Simla will expend. $685.
900 on hydro-eleotric plant to i'm.
prove it's water supply.
An automobile hearse is the latest
in the line of adapting the gasoline
motor to everyday uses.
An Englishman has been sent to an
insane asylum through too much stu.
dy of newspaper puzzles.
The oldest newspaper in Venezuela
is Ell Fonografo, of Maracaibo. 1t has
been in existence for 26 years.
Sir Jervoise Clarke, of Australia,
owns the largest sheep ranch in the
world. 1t contains 50,000,000 head.
The number of sick and wounded
soldiers under treatment in Japan to-
ward the end of September was $4,000.
Among the advertisements in re-
this: Wanted-A secondhand grave.
Porto Rico-which pays for neither
army nor navy-is the most lightly
taxed country on earth 1t has NO
debt
At the old royal stables at Versailles
it is proposed to hold an exhibition Of
carriages, harness and liveries of all
dates.
The massed navies of the world in
clude $50 battle ships, All cruisers,
1855 gun boats and 1900 torpedo
craft.
Vast orders for Scottish tweed INA
terials have been placed with various
manufacturers in Scotland by the Jap
anese government.
The Ambidextrous society, of Lon.
don, has been formed with the object
OF encouraging people to use both
hands with equal facility.
sign Of Egyptian economic prog
ress is to be found in the large in.
crease of coin in circulation, from ST.
100000 in 1903 to nearly $4,000 900 in
1904.
There are $4,000 hotels in the Unit
ed States, representing an invested
capital Of over $6,OOO,O0O,OO0. These
establishments employ 3,50O,0OO per.
sons.
The exports of Servia in 1903
amounted to s12,OOO,OOO and the i'm
ports to $11.647,O00. The increase in
the imports over those Of 1902 was
100000.
way left inscribed on the side of one
of the cars: Passengers requested
not to pick flowers while the train is
in notion
1t is stated that an Inner circle of
j. police is to be formed for the protec-
tion of the czar. It will consist of 500
army officers, specially drafted from
the service.
On account of lack of funds, due to
a decrease in the appropriation for
education, about 200 teachers will be
dropped from the teaching staff in the
Philippine islands.
Thirty years ago the cost of ship
ping ton Of grain from Chicago by
railway to New York and then by
steamer to Liverpool was about $16.
The same service is now performed
for about $3.50.
In 1900 Oklahoma contained only
two towns having more than $500 in
habitants, and these contained from
10000 up to $4,000. At least $4,000
have been added to her population
since June, 1900.
One of the largest gold nuggets ever
found in Colorado was recently picked
up at the SnOwstorm placer, In Park
county. between Alma and Fairplay.
Il weighs 129 ounces and has a mar
ket value Of $4,000.
According to the census Of 1900, the
population Of Spain was 1881, ,574, of
which 9,087,821 were males and 9,8O3,-
753 females. The number unable to
read and write, including children, is
given at 100000.
The London Field foresees the end
of fox hunting where q live" rail
runs through the country. It imagines
what would happen should pack of
hounds cross an electric railroad, to
say nothing of the fox.
The present plague Of locusts in
Egypt is very serious. Within ten
days the young insects, though still
wingless, advance in solid phalanx,
sometimes two or three feet deep and
several miles in length.
At present the offices Of II agents
general Of the British colonies are
scattered all over Lon6.n A pro-
posal to have them all in one great
colonial building has been favorably
received in colonial circles.
It will require five years to con-
struct the Ratclitf-Rotherhithe tunnel
now being built under the Thames.
It's length will be 6,SS3 feet, with an
external diameter of 30 feet.
The highest point reached by a rail-
road, built for ordinary commercial
purposes, is on the Oroya railroad in
Peru. This road reaches an elevation
of 1865 feet above sea level.
Thorium nitrate to the amount of
64,52O pounds, valued at $232,155, was
imported into the United States last
year, for use principally in the manu-
facture of incandescent gas-light man.