The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-14
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Frederick August Bartholdi. sculptor
of the statue OF Liberty in New York
bay. died at Paris, October 9th OF
tuberculosis.
The Massachusetts Socialists have
placed state ticket in nomination
headed by John Quincy Adams OF
Amesburg for governor.
Mrs. Duncan Thompson. wife of the
actor and author of the old Home
stead,' died at her home in West
Swansey, New Hampshire October I'd
In boxing match at West Bergen,
New Jersey, October I'd, John C. Peters
was almost instantly killed by knock
out blow in the fourth round and died
in the ring.
Alderman John Pound, chairman OF
the London General Omnibus Company.
Limited, has been chosen lord mayor
OF London for the ensuing year. He
was born in 1929
Several Mexican fiscal guards were
killed in a battle with bandits few
days ago in the Sierra Madras. west of
Cases Grandes. Two bandits were
wounded and captured.
Twenty thousand dollars to establish
home for drunkards' wives in Iowa
is one of the bequests Of the ate James
Callahan, the eccentric plilanthropic
millionaire OF Des Moines.
The new battleship Ohio was placed
in commission at San Francisco on the
ith inst. under the command OF Cap
tain Logan. A battle flag was given
the ship by the Ohio Society.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Julius G.. Lay as consul general at
Canton in succession to Robert NJ. Nc
Wade. removed Mr. Lay was merly
American consul at Barcelona.
After careful consideration of the in
ternational points involved. the State
Department at Washington has decided
TO issue temporary eXequateor to Ge-
roimo Ossa as consul OF Chile in the ca
nal zone.
The minister of agriculture estimates
the wheat yield of France ut lOi,522 ,i53
hectolitres, against lbs 3S5 $50 last year.
The official estimate settles the Contro-
yersy growing out Of the recent unotfi-
cial estimates of the National Associa-
tion of Millers.
The new Uintah railway in Utah will
be open for traffic n once, and will
shorten the hau n g hGsne and
Vernal country er a asCnt route
to Price by fifty miles. army sup
plies are to go in and OIL. OF Duchesne
by the new line.
A father may thrash His son until
stripes are raised without teing liable
to arrest for assault. pToy:1ed the boy
is not old enough to have .u. iifnt y
injured, according t. ueeisiull >;
/ Judge 'firYg5t u THE O. ujt Tg2t II
~ nennDlicsa a" >pe.-,s y sa---
Professor Koch, it is said. Will go TO
German East Africa during the winter
for the purpose of continuing his bac-
THEOLOGICAL investigations, particularly
in connection with diseases of cattle,
study of which he began during his
recent soiourn in Rhodesia.
Complete legislative nominations
have been made at Honolulu by the
Republican, Democratic and Home Rule .
conventions. There is a preponderance
of natives on the Republican and DEM
ocratic tickets. The candidates of the .
Home Rule country are all natives. /
A strong shock of earthquake was
experienced October 2nd in the south of .
Italy. accompanied by floods of rain.
The greatest force of the earthquake
was felt at Calabria Three houses fell .
at Soylla and many others were rem
dered unsafe. Fortunately no one was
hurt.
The matter of the arrest of Secretary
Gurney of the British embassy. at Lee,
Massachusetts,. for fast automobile
driving, has been settled to the salts
faction of Sir Mortimer Durand, the
British ambassador. The fine was re-
mitted and a satisfactory apology ten
dered.
L 10 rraanaralI ha
only woman forecast official employed
by the United States government, died
at Hanover, Pennsylvania, October 5th,
aged fifty-seven. Mrs Greenewald was
president of the National Science Club
of Washington and editor of scientific !
journal,
1t seems to be the practice of certain
French specialists to fleece rich Ameri-
cans. George Crocker of New York has
begun a suit in Paris to recover 500
600 paid to Professor Deyn for attend
ing his wife in that city. Mrs. Crocker
had suffered for long time from can
cerous tumor and died in Newport,
Rhode Island at the end of July last.
Surveyors are now in the field run
ming line from Dragon to Fort Du-
chesne and Vernal. Utah. which is to
:
to connect with the Moffat road to the
Ashley Valley country, whirh is one
of the most prosperous sections of east
ern Utah. Dragon is on the Rio Grande
Western in Colorado close to the Utah
line.
The administrators report on the es-
tate of Wilson Waddingham, the ranch
owner who died in the West few
years ago, has been presented in the
Probate Court at Norwich, Connecti-
cut. There is $4,000 in hand to pay
claims approximately 100000. Not
many years ago Waddingham was
rated to be worth from $7,000000 to
$40. 900, 900.
The only Parker and Davis banner in
Esopus, New York, Judge Parker's
home. came near being wrecked by
terrific windstorm. Half the popula-
ton turned out to save the banner,
which was rescued by Rev. Charles Nj.
Hall. Parker's son-in-law, after w. c.
Pullman had fallen from building and