The state herald., 1905-06-16
CONDENSED TELEeRAMs

The British ship Afghanistan, from
Hamburg for San Diego, had collision
with the British man-of-war Caesar, the
former sinking with twenty-three OF
her crew.
A Kansas banker, who declines to
permit his name to be disclosed, has
given $25,000 to Emporia College, a
Presbyterian institution at Emporia,
Kansas.
A cotton crop bulletin issued by the
Department of Agriculture shows that
the acreage of the entire belt has de-
creased 11.4 per cent. The average
condition is given as 77.2.
A Toxic dispatch says that the Rus
sian cruiser Admiral Nahkimoff, Mo.
nomach and Dmitri Donskoi having
sunk in comparatively shallow water.
1t is possible to raise them.
Hoke Smith, secretary OF the interior
under President Cleveland and at one
time editor of the Atlanta Constitu-
tion, has announced himself as can
didate for governor of Georgia.
The Transmississippi Commercial
Congress will meet at Portland. Ore
gon. August 10th, and the National
Irrigation Congress will convene at the
same place August 2lst. f
Governor Bell of Vermont has
granted a second reprieve to Mrs.
Mary M. Rogers. who is under SEN
tence of death for the murder of her
husband. 1t extends to June 23d.
The cruiser Colorado, which had
been in Boston harbor for several days,
and has Just sailed for Povincetown for
her final acceptance trial, has lost 200
men by desertion. Ulpopularity of Of
ficers Is the cause.
Brig. Gen. George r. Davis has been
reappointed judge advocate general OF
tie army for term Of four years from
May 23d last. General Davis was first
appointed to that Office by President
Mckinley in May. 1901.
The President has established for
est reserve in southern Colorado to be
known as the San Juan reserve and
to contain about 100000 acres. The
Payette reserve of about the same size
has been established In Idaho.
The Mexican Light and Power Com
pany, Canadian concern, has pur-
chasel all the light and power plants
in the City of Mexico. The total ex-
pend'tures of the company when work
is completed will be $40.000,00o.
The Pennsylvania railroad will
shortly establish the fastest long
distance train In the world. It will be
new limited between New York and
Chicago, and will make the run in
ea.x direction in eighteen hours.
The last will Of the late ]. Montgom.
cry Sears, Boston's largest taxpayer,
g,1, ~ tntn nf 0h
$25, 5000 900, has disappeared. Mr..
Sears attorney turned the document
over to him, 1t is said, several months
ago.
The National Club OF Budapest,
Hungary, has decided to erect here n
statue in honor of Washington. as evil
dence OF its appreciation OF the action
of the citizens of Cleveland. Ohio. in
erecting statue in honor OF Kossuth
in that city.
Secretary Taft has denied The appli-
cation of the state Of Missouri to take
possession of the Merchants bridge
across the Mississippi river at st.
Louis on the ground that there has
been no violation Of conditions OF the
charter.
The Kansas Board Of Railr Dad Com
missioners issued an order to-day re-
quiring the Union Pacific railroad to
reduce its rates on grain II ON Chap
nan to Kansas City. The order de-
clares that the Union Pacific has been
guilty OF discrimination In grain rates.
The commissioner OF the General
Land Office has issued In. tructions to
registers and receivers Of land offices
a.. h.
In the future that no one person shall
be permitted to acquire more than 32O
ncres of non.mineral public land under
existing laws.
Negotiations are being completed
Cor the erection of n s5.00o.o0O hotel
In Herald Square. New York City. be-
tween Thlrty.second ana Thirty-third
streets and Broadway. Sixteen stories
high. II will have capacity OF 600
rooms and In general appointments
will rival the most elaborate hotels In
the city.
A great storm which has swept over
Pinetown, the center of the tea and
sugar plantations Of Natal, South AZ
rica. caused the reservoir to over.
flow. resulting In the drowning OF
many Hindoo laborers. The entire
loss OF life estimated at 500 Hindoo
laborers and so Europeans.
New incororations In tho eastern
states In May. together with Increases
In capital. show the largest totals
since 1903. Those involving 81 100000
or more aggregate s2t9.250.000. This
Is the heaviest monthly total since
May, 1908. when II stood Mt 1907 &C.,
900. The April figures were &lS0.l11.'
900.
The Reclamation Bureau recently
gave out the statement that the
formal contract with Samuel II. II.
| Robinson for tho construction Of tho
irst part OF the work ON the Belle
Fourchc irrigation project had been
executed, II provides that by July LIST
n sufficient force and plant shall be
on the ground TO complete tho work
by March !. 1906.
The viii Of William Zeigler. the pm.
,ron OF Arctic explorations. has been
filed In New York City. The estate In
estimated 10 be worth t30.o00.00O and
after provision In made Of 100000 an
nui,y to Mrs Zciglcr. together with tho
use of the Zclgler city and country
homes, the residue Of the estate N be.
euonihcd to Mr.. ZciHlcr's adopted son,
william Zolglcr. fourteen years OF
ngc.
A meeting Of the stockholders OF the
Virginia A. Truckcc railroad In Ne
yndn Will be held June 2tth nj Carson