The state herald., 1904-11-11
CONDENSED 1ELEGRAhs

tion appointing Thursday, NoVcano0
oath. as Thanksgiving Day.
A telegram from John II. Fesler,
consul at Annoy. China, states that the
consulate has b0en burned, with most
OF the records.
Baron Sternberg. the German am
bassador, expects to sail about No
vember ed for few weeks visit at
his home in Saxony.
The supreme council for the United
States, Scottish Rite Masonry. has
elected M. w. Bayliss, Washington, D..
c.. sovereign grand commander.
The attendance at the Worlds Fair
in st. Louis for the week ending Octo-
ber Goth was 749,36S, and the total at
tendance up to that date 15.933,925.
Colonel A. NJ. Flagg, who until q
few weeks ago was editor Of the Du-
luth News-Tribune. committed suicide
at Duluth November 1st by drowning.
Secretary Hays note to the powers
Inviting them to convene In conference
at The Hague has been cordially re-
ceived by the diplomatic corps at
Washington.
The secretary Of the Merchants Ex.
change at San Francisco estimates the
present population OF California at l..
10000. an increase Of 100000 since
the census Of 1900.
The British naval force now At Gfb.
raltar is composed of fourteen battle
ships. thirteen frst.class armored and
other cruisers and a strong 1oulla Of
torpedo boat destroyers.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company on the 3lst ult. reduced the
balance due upon the United States
government loan of s4.600,0 600 to $751;
s51 by deposlting 100000.
In a cock-crowing contest at Paris,
for which hundreds OF roosters had
been trained in all parts of France. a
little bantam won the prize by Growing
thirty-two times in half an hour.
The army general staff has decided
to dispatch American army surgeons
as attaches to the Japanese and Rus.
sian armies operating in the Far East,
providing the consent of the authori-
ties can be secured
The trotting record of Maud s.. a
mile In 2:0S&. was beaten with the
same kind of q vehicle, a high.wheel
sulky. by the trotting champion, Major
Delmar. at Memphis, October 26th, the
time being 2:O7 Hat.
The remains Of former President
Kruger Of the Transvaal republic. who
died In July last were removed from
the cemetery at The Hague October
31st and taken to Rotterdam for con-
veyance to South Africa.
Many cotton mills In the Eastern
states that have been shut down on
account OF dull trade are resuming
operations. At Rugusta, Maine. 1900
operatives went to work at n ten per
cent reduction in wages.
According to the September report
Of the Santa Fe, the road Is in pros
porous condition. The gross earn.
ings were s6,l56.3i0, an increase OF
s2S5.039. The net earnings were
$2,59S.15 an increase OF sl09.039.
The trans.Misslssippl Congress at
st. Louis recommended the appoint
ment of special committee by Con.
gress to investigate the arbitration
laws OF New Zealand and other coun.
tries which may have such laws.
Great discomfort is reported In Co.
lombia. Apparently President Reyes
with his political enemies in the ma.
jority In both houses Of Congress, can.
not control the situation. Paper cur.
rency is being issued in unlimited
amount.
The Supreme Court mas decided.
after six years Of litigation. that the
famous Lopez ranch Of Tamaulipas
rightfully belongs not to Lopez. but to
J. o. Brictson. The value OF the prop.
erty is s3.500.000. Brictson bought tho
ranch In 1898.
NJ. Santos-Dumont snys he hopes IN
n few weeks TO be ready TO tako an
eight-day cruise In the air The new
airship he has had constructed Is larger
than he has hitherto used. II has sleep
Ing accommodations for two persons.
four motors and a boiling apparatus.
According to financial statement
issued November LIST by the Worlds
Fair Company. covering n period from
the opening. April 30. to October l.
there was a balance In the treasury
at the latter date Of ssii.25i. The
total receipts were s22.673,72l and the
total disbursements s2i i.s32.t6s.
France and the United States ex-
meet TO begin the negotiation OF an ar.
bitration treaty ut Washington soon
alter the elections The treaty will be
known as tho IIay,Jusserand arbItra,
tlon treaty. and. according to the pres.
ent program. will follow closely the
lines OF the Britlsh.Frcnch arbitration
treaty.
Adyicos have reached the insular bu-
reau at Washington that by legislation
'nntained In one OF the appropriation
bills recently passed at Manila. the
strength Of the Philippine constabu.
lAry mas been reduced at one stroke
by 200 men. Tho reduction will take
effect nt the beginning Of tho next rs.
cal year, leaving the strength OF tho
force ut 5000 men.
The United States Supreme Court
has ordered a re.argumont In tho case
OF tho crocde a Cripple Creek Min.
Inc and Milling Company. against tho
ulnta Tunnel, Mining and Transporta.
tion Company, Involving tho Little
Mary and Ocean Wave lodc claims, In
tho Cripple Creek district. Tho cAso IN
set for argument January Sd.
In = sermon at Hartford, Connect.
cut. few days hgo. Bishop McCabe OF
tho Methodist church said: II do no,
want war and do not likc them. but
here is Just one war I would like TO
live To SEQ. would iihe 10 sec the
Jnatad States aud the British govern.
msnt form an alllane. and mako Ttir.
key stop her Armenian murdorn"
The monthly comparative statement
OF tho government receipts and ospen-