The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-21
CONDENSED TELEcRAlls

lbtS fOStmA6LeI-General WllSOn, wa
drowned at Virginia beach. Virginia
October 9th.
I Mrs. Florence Maybrick has written
to her attorneys at Washington posi-
lively denying reports that abs In
tended going on the stage.
DR.. Leo. Vogel, q Swiss lawyer and
secretary Of the Swiss legation at Ber.
lin. has been appointed minister to the
+: United States.
4 Scotch whaler returned from Da,
! Wis Strait brings news OF the safety
Of Captain Amundsen's artic expedi-
tion which left Christiana June IT,
1908.
1t is reported that the Armstrong;.
the English gunmakers. have bought a
large tract of land in Russia with the
intention Of erecting upon 1t extensive
gun works.
About onet hundred miles Of the
Long Island railroad system will be
equipped with electricity, 1t is stated.
and be ready for operation, with that
power next spring.
Albert J. Adams. tho former policy
king Of New York. was released from
Sing Sing prison on the 11th inst. after
serving eighteen months Of year and
nine months sentence.
The Italian war Office has recalled
under arms the reserves of 1908. ex.
| cept the cavalry and artillery. This
action places about $4,000 more troops
at the disposal Of the government.
Sons Of Marcus A. Hanna are to
erect 100000 mausoleum on the
fay t1vy lot (vr oJr
Cleveland, to contain eighteen cata-
combs for members Of the Hanna fam
lily.
George Washington Murray the
colored representative Of South Car.
olina district in Congress, was ap.
pointed fourth-class postmaster at
Huger, village in Berkely county.
South Carolina.
Lord Miner has resigned tho high
commissionership OF South Africa. on
account Of Ill health, brought about BY
the prolonged strain in graphing with
the situation, which is daily becoming
more difficult, owing to the financial
and racial troubles Of the country.
The princes OF the house of Orleans
from Havre, Prince Louis d'Orleans ct
Bragance and his brother, Prince An.
tome d'Orleans ct Bragance, arrived In
New York on the 8th inst. and expect
to remain six weeks in this country
visiting st. Louis. Chicago and other
cities.
who left Chicago in thirty-flve horse
power automobile on the 4th inst. rode
the entire distance to New York City
In nd ,rnlr
utes, beating the best previous record
by thirteen hours and thirty-eigh
minutes.
The Prince Bishop of Ascoli. Italy.
who has written to ]. P. Morgan, ask.
ing for the return of the cope stolen
from the cathedral at Ascon in 1892,
and subsequently purchased by Mr..
Morgan, has requested Pope Plus to
use his influence to secure the return
of the cope.
DR.. Bessie, the alienist, after q visit
to Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg, de
clared that he found in her no trace
of the insanity which has been alleged
as a reason for keeping her under re-
straint. He added that he found
marks Of violence upon the body Of
the princess.
Mrs. John Angel, who created =
sensation few years ago by bringing
suit against the heirs Of Jay Gould,
saying she was the widow Of the multi.
millionaire, and demanding a share
Of his property, died few days ago
at Rouse's Point, New York. She was
about seventy years old.
The official statement issued by the
Co hat hn
dance on Chicago day, which was OBJ
served October Sth, was 163,317, and
an attendance for the week ending
Saturday, October Sth, of S60,945. The
total attendance since the opening Of
the exposition to that date was 49,.
376.456.
Lou Dillon, the Worlds champion
trotting mare, owned by C. X. G. Bill
lings, broke all records for trotting
horses today, by circling the course at
the Memphis. Tennessee, driving park
in 2:01s. The former workout rec
ord of 2:O2 was held by Lou Dillon and
established at Cleveland September
2Sth Of this year. No wind shield
was used.
The will of the late Postmaster-Gen-
eral Henry c. Payne has been filed for
probate in Milwaukee. The estate es.
timated in value at 100000. Of which
100000 is personal and 100000 real
estate Is left in trust, chiefly for the
benefit of his wife. Mrs. Lydia w.
Payne, and his sister, Mrs. Imogene P.
Cameron. There are number Of
minor bequests.
One of the first acts of Prince Svia-
topolk- -Mirsky after assuming the Of
flee of minister of interior of Russia
was to discharge, with three months
salary, ninety detectives of the late
Minister Plehve's personal bodyguard
He says that his health demands long
walks and he doesn't propose to be
annoyed by continual shadowing.
w. Schamp, secretary of William
Ziegler, and who had charge OF the
unsuccessful Frithjof party sent to