The Glenwood post., 1905-03-11
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

Clarke exposition.
A. NJ. Palmer, the noted theatrical
manager, died in New York City
March 7th of apopleXy. He was sixty
seven years of age.
The Kaiser sent a personal letter
containing an invitation for the kiel
week to the American ambassador,
Charlemagne Tower.
me Union elevator at Council Bluffs
was burned on the night of March 9th,
together with 100000 bushels OF grain,
mostly corn. Loss, 100000.
At Batoum in Caucasia on the 9th
inst. Cossacks broke up an outdoor
meeting at which speeches were deliv-
cred, chased the audience into the
courts of houses and killed or wound
ed seven men and one woman.
In the name of the city of Seattle,
Samuel Hill, member of the board OF
Overseers of Harvard University, has
subscribed $4,000 to a special fund OF
$l,00O,000 to relieve the annual def
cheney existing at the institution.
1t is announced that DR.. John Alex
ander Dowie has definitely decided to
establish new Zion near the City
of Mexico, where he may take up his
residence, as the climate of Chicago is
too harsh for him in his old age.
The Canadian camp ate a rhinoceros
dinner March Sd at the Hotel Astor in
New York City. The menu cards an
nounced that the "fillet of rhino" had
been prepared from a rhinoceros pre-
sented by Prince Henry of Prussia.
immigration statistics show more
than 130 per cent. increase of new
comers during the month of February
over the corresponding period of last
year. The arrivals of the month were
53,4G0, as against 23,410 in February.
1904.
A Christiana dispatch says that a
special committee of the storthing has
decided by sixteen votes to three to
submit a bill to the storthing provid-
ing for the establishment of a separate
Norwegian consular service by April,
1906.
General Booth of the Salvation Army
started from London March 1st on his
first visit to Jerusalem, where he will
hold an open-air meeting on Mount
Calvary. From there the general will
go to Australia and New Zealand on
a farewell visit.
The Mexican National Sugar Rein
ing Company, incorporated under the
laws of New Jersey, has filed incorpo-
ration papers in the City of Mexico.
The company is capitalized at $1,000
600 gold and purposes to erect mod
ern sugar refinery at Vera Cruz.
1t is officially announced in London
that Earl Cawdor will succeed Lord
Selbourne as first lord of the admi-
rally. The appointment is somewhat
of a surprise, he having since his ac-
Cesslon TO the earldom taken no active
part in politics and being absorbed in
railway management
The plant of the American Cereal
Company at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was
destroyed by fire on the night of the
18th inst. The works were said to be
the largest of the kind in the world
and the loss is estimated at 81 10000
on which there was $1,000,O00 insur.
ance.
Governor Hoch of Kansas received
telegram from an independent oil re.
tnery company of Humboldt, saying
tnat the freight charges on car of
oil just shipped were S50.74 less under
the newly enacted maximum freight
rate law. The telegram was read in
both me Senate and House.
James Nick. Gordan, aged thirty, an
agricultural expert and specialist in
the growing of celery, committed sui.
eide at Chicago on the 7th inst. by
leaping from the fourth floor of Nc.
| Coy's hotel to the street. He had
shown signs o. insanity while on a
train with his wife coming from Cali
| tornia.
AS a result of inquiries which were
commenced in December last it has
been discovered that in upper Hun
gary there has been system of falsi
tication of records, such as the chang
ing of names, false entries of deaths
etc, by which many thousands OF
young Hungarians have avoided obli
gatory military service.
Existence of gigantic combination
controlling the drug trade of the
United States and costing the consum
ers $40,O00,OOO annually, is held tt
have been proved by the hearing just
| concluded before Special United States
| Commissioner Marshall E. Sampsell al
| Chicago. The amount of business con
| trolled by the combination is placed a
$4O0,O00,0OO yearly.
A ten per cent. increase in wage.
was granted to the employees of tn,
| H. C. Frick company in the Pennsylva
mia coke region on the 1st of March
General good times is given as the rea
son for the advance. w. j. Rainey ant
the Cochran company, independen
coke operators, promptly announced
that they would pay the same scale
! the increase altogether affecting 10000
men.
Ben Daniels, superintendent of the
| Arizona penitentiary, former mem
ber of the Presidents regiment O
| Rough Riders, and member of tn,
| picked escort of the President inaug
ura'ion day, presented to the Presi
dent handsome cane beautifully fash
! ioned from COW horns by a convict il
| the Arizona prison. Secretary Loci
was given a similar cane by Mr.. Dan
| iels.
A memorandum of the British navy