The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-23
CONDENSED TELEGRAhs

Earl Gray was officially installed ~
governor general OF Canada December
10th.
Building operations in the twenty
five principal cities OF the United
States for last month show an increase
of about twenty-five per cent. over No
vember. 1908.
Paderewski. the pianist. arrived at
San Francisco on the 18th inst. from
Australia. He is accompanied by his
wife. and will give series Of con-
certs in the United States.
King Edward has approved the ap-
pointment of Admiral Sir Edward Ho-
bart Seymour. G. e. B.. to ne auilifAi
Of the fleet on the retirement Of Ad-
miral Salmon In February.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway Company announces q divi-
dend Of two per cent. payable Janu.
ary 3rd. This makes seven and one
fourth per cent. paid in dividends this
year.
Japan has accepted the American
governments invitation to participate
In second peace conference at Tho
Hague, provided the ruling Of the con-
ference should not affect the present
conflict.
It is reported at Mukden that the
Japanese are largely colonizing south.
ern Manchuria. 1t is said they are
also sending many young Chinese from
Manchuria to Japan, paying their
travelling expenses.
At Coffeyville, Kansas A. B. Hurst
was blown up at an explosion Of mag
azine containing 500 quarts Of nitro
glycerine. Nothing could be found of
the remains of two horses and
wagon or the shooter.
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
with an authorized capital of $30,000,-
600, has been incorporated at Trenton,
New Jersey. 1t will succeed the United
States Shipbuilding Company, now In
the hands of a receiver.
The board Of directors of the Louis
lana Exposition Company has ap-
proved the contract with a Chicago
wrecking company for the removal of
the exposition buildings. The Expo
sition Company is to receive $450,000.
Navigation throughout the st. Law
renee canal closed December 10th.
During the season 1900 vessels passed
through, against 100 last year. The
vessels this year averaged larger and
brought the total tonnage above last
years figures.
Sasoneff, who threw the bomb which
killed the Russian minister of the In
terror, Won Plehve, and Sikorifsky, his
found guilty. The former was SEN
IN fDr mi
hard labor, and the latter to twenty
years Imprisonment.
For the fifth time with two months
the Newport Iron Foundry and Ma.
chine Company's building, Newport,
Kentucky, was dynamited on the
night of December 11th. No lives were
lost, and the workmen In the place all
escaped injury.
A proclamation has been issued by
Governor Toole of Montana, declaring
the adoption of the amendments to the
state constitution relating to child la.
Dor and the eight-hour law voted on
at the recent election, and they are
now in full force and effect.
The November statement of the
London Board Of Trade shows in.
creases of $9,736.5O0 In imports and
$15,377 500 in exports. The increaso
in imports includes cotton, $2,798. .SO5,
and certain manufactured articles,
over $2,500,000. The increase in ex.
ports was mainly in cotton fabrics. ST.
525.S55.
The University of Chicago is the
recipient Of another gift from John D.
Rockefeller, according to a member
of the advisory committee of the Bap-
tist Theological Union. Between ST.
100000 and 100000 is said to be the
amount of the endowment, to be used
for the creation of school Of en-.
cheering.
At Rome, on the 11th inst, in the
presence of 10000 people, Pope Plus
cononized Andre SAUL and blessed Ge.
rardo Meiella. Descendants of Mar.
quises Ambrose, SAUL and Negrotte
assisted in the canonizations, cere.
mony so rare In these times that this
is only the second that has been held
since 1870.
A fight between some Of the recently
imported Chinese laborers and the
Kahirs occurred at johannesburg
few days ago. The Chinese took the
offensive and when the disturbance
was quelled 1t was found that three
Kafirs and one Chinaman had been
killed and eight Kaffirs and twenty-five
Chinese wounded.
The Neafie & Levy shipbuilding
Company Of Philadelphia, one of the
Oldest concerns of the kind in the
country, has made an assignment. The