The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-26
SHORT TELEGRAMS.

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The Gallon National Bank of Gallon
Ohio. has been placed in the hands OF
a receiver
An imperial edict declares that the
Chinese court has no intention of leay.
ing the capital.
Rev. Anna II. Shaw has been elected
president OF the National American
I Woman 5 Suffrage Association
A St. Petersburg dispatch says
! the directors OF the art section of the
. St. Louis exposition have abandoned
/ preparations.
! Britt and Young Corbert have signed
. another agreement for boxing match
before the Hayes Valley Athletic Club
in California March 3lst.
/ Owing to the occupation of Seoul by
| Japanese troops. the Russian minister
Las left Korea, together with ali Rus
slams who resided at Seoul
/ 1t is officially announced that Ad-
miral AleXietf has been appointed to
the supreme command Of the Russian
land and sea forces in the Far East
1t is reported at Austin. Texas, that
the Cananea. iaqui River 4 Pacific
railroad is To be extended north from
point on the Arizona border to the
coal fields Of southern Colorado
n cablegram from Russia's COM
missioner general to the Worlds Fair
states that, owing to the war in the
Far East, the band OF the imperial
government will not be sent to St
Louis.
Russians in and around Chicago are
tocking back to Russia to enlist in the
war against the japanese. AT the Rus
sian consul's Office recently it was said
that about 800 men had already started
to return to Russia.
The American Automobile Associa-
ton is planning grand tour of auto
mobile clubs from New York city to
st. Louis next August. 1t is estimated
that 2.500 machines will take part in
The trip for all or part of the distance.
At Saginaw, Michigan, Prosecuting
Attorney O'Keefe nolle pressed cases
brought against nine aldermen and ex-
aldermen as the result of indictments
return ed by the recent grand jury In
sufficient evidence was the prosecutors
reason.
George A. Castor, Republican. has
been elected to Congress from the
Third Pennsylvania district to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Henry
Burk. Republican. Castor defeated
Samuel J. Randall, son Of the states
man of the same name
At meeting of japanese merchants
in Honolulu, $4,000 was subscribed to
the Japanese war loan. There was
one subscription of 100000 The mer-
chants will canvass the islands and eX-
pect to raise considerable more money
TO aid their country's cause.
At Frostburg. Maryland. on the 14th
inst, two persons were killed and sew
enty-five injured. twenty-five seriously.
in trolley car accident. The car ran
away on a steep grade. Sixteen were
injured in similar accident at Cha
grin Falls, o., on the same day.
The coroner's jury at Grand Rapids,
Michigan that investigated the cc!-
lison on the Pere Marquette railroad
December 26th. when twenty-five per-
sons were killed. has returned a verdict
charging that the wreck was caused by
neglect and incompetent operators.
A number of the members of the Sa-
cred College. including Cardinals Sat
olli. Frisco. Vincent Vannutelli, Segna
and Martinelli, have written to Cardi-
nal Gibbons expressing their sympathy
with the people of Baltimore on the
losses sustained through the recent
fire.
Henry Germur and George Jensen,
who stole 1000 pounds of silver bull
lion from the National Smelling and
Refining Company at Chicago, were
captured by the South Chicago police
while engaged in digging up the stolen
treasure on the shore Of Lake Mich
igan
The Standard Oil Company OF New
Jersey has declared dividend for the
quarter of SIG a share. reduction OF
81 a share from the rate paid at this
time last year The previous dividend,
paid December 18th last, was $l2
share. The division is payable March
18th.
Frank Jones. a notorious Montana
outlaw, was instantly killed by two
members of sheriff's posse in the
northeastern part of that state on the
1lth inst Jones was the leader of a
gang of desperadoes that for ten years
has terrorized the cattlemen and the
stockmen of that section. Rewards ag-
gregatng 81 500 We're standing for the
capture of Jones. dead or alive.
The situation in the Balkans is Gre
ating great uneasiness in Vienna. The
official denials of the rumOrs of the
mobilization of Austrian troops has
failed to reassure the public and it is
still asserted that the government in
tends to mobilize two army corps pro-
visionaly for the purpose of guarding
the Balkan frontier because of fears
that Turkey will provoke Bulgaria into
war.
At the close of the recent meeting of
the League of American Sportsmen
at Columbus, Ohio. an organization
was effected of the National AS
sociaton of Fish and Game War
dens and Commissioners. The pur-
pose is the prosecution of law
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