The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-04
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died suddenly At Columbus October
2Sth OF heart failure
The president has issued proclama-
tion appointing Thursday, November
2ith, Is Thanksgiving Day.
A telegram from John H. Fesler
consul at Annoy. China. states that the
consulate has been burned. with most
Of the records.
Baron Sternberg. the German am
basssdor. expects to sail about No
vembsr 22d for q few weeks visit at
his lome in Ssxony
| The supreme council for the United
States, Scottish Rite Masonry, has
elected N. ". Bayliss. Washington. d.
c.. sovereign grand commander.
Colonel A. NJ. Flagg. who until a
few weeks ago was editor OF the Du-
luth NewsTribune, 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 EN-
change at San Francisco estimates the
present population of California at l.
7o6.000. an increase of 100000 since
the census Of 1900.
The British naval force now at Glib
raltar is composed of fourteen battle
ships. thirteen first-class armored and
other cruisers and a strong hotilla of
torpedo boat destroyers
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company on the 31st ult reduced the
balance due upon the United States
government loan of $4,600.OOO TO $751;.
SOL by depoEiting 100000.
In cock-crowing contest al Paris.
! for which hundreds of roosters had
been trained in all parts of France. q
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 2:0Sa. was beaten with the
same kind of vehicle, a high-wheel
sulky. by the trotting champion. Major
Delmar. at Memphis. October 2Gth the
time being 2:O7 fiat.
The remains of former President
Kruger Of the Transvaal republic, who
died in July last. were removed from
the cemetery at The Hague October
3lst and taken to Rotterdam for con-
yeyance 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 ten per
cent. reduction in wages.
According to the September report
OF the Santa Fe the road is in a pros
porous condition. The gross earn
ings were Se,156.340, an increase of
$285.039. The net earnings were
s2.59S,l52, an increase Of $109,O39.
The Mississippi Congress at
ST. Louis recommended the appoint
ment Of a 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
not control the situation. Paper cur
rency is being issued in unlimited
amount
The Supreme Court has decided.
after six years of litigation, that the
famous Lopez ranch Of Tamaullpas
rightfully belongs not to Lopez. but to
J. o. Brictson. The value of the prop
erty is $3,5OO,00O. Brictson bought the
ranch in 1898.
NJ. Santos -Dumont says he hopes in
4 few weeks to be ready to take an
eisht-day cruise in the air. The new
airship he has had constructed is larger
than he has hitherto used. 1t has sleep
ing accommodations for two persons,
four motors and a boiling apparatus.
The report that Maurice Barrymore,
the actor. Is dying. is denied by the
authorities at the Long Island home, Of
which he Is an inmate. That there is
no hope Of his recovery has long been
understood. but his condition at pres
ent is the same as it has been for
months.
The Ontario elevator at Buffalo, New
York, collapsed a few days ago, and
sank into the waters OF the Evans slip.
bushels OF barley, a large portion of
which lies at the bottom of the slip.
The loss on the grain and the building
is estimated At $350.000.
According to financial statement
issued November 1st by the Worlds
Fair Company. covering a period from
the opening. April 30. to October l.
there was a balance in the treasury
at the latter date OF $841,254. The
total receipts were $22.673.721 and the
total disbursements $21 1.S32,46s.
France and the United States ex.
pect to begin the negotiation of an ar
bitration treaty at Washington soon
after the elections. The treaty will be
known az the Hay-Jusserand arbitra-
ton treaty, and. according to the pres
ent program, will follow closely the
linee ~ tho prjtiS h. French arbitration