The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-03
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS


mines.
Andrew Carnegie has given Fair
mount College at Wichita. Kansas.
$4,000 to erect library building.
The Cleveland Leader says it is be-
lieved that Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick
has million dollars safely hidden.
Rear Admiral F. G. Wild. United
States navy. has been retired from act
i've duty after fortythree years ser
vice.
A rate OF one cent mile will be
made by all the railroads in the cOun-
| try to the national encampment OF the
G. A. r. in Denver next September.
The legislature of Washington has
passed a bill providing for a submis-
sion of the question of the removal of
the state capital from Olympia to
Tacoma
The government has appointed a
commission of military men to make a
report on a new explosive invented by
a New York man who has offered the
exclusive use thereof to Mexico.
Major Darlington of Manila, who
was convicted of falsifying vouchers
of the civil government to the amount
of 81 800, has been sentenced to total
of sixty years and five days imprison-
ment.
The validity of the antitrust law is
upheld by the Supreme Court Of the
! United States in an opinion by Justice
Brewer in the case of Edmund J. Smi-
ley. plaintiff in error. VS.. the State OF
Kansas.
In the Orel college sports at OK
ford, Young, OF South Dakota, won
three events, the long jump. 20 feet,
10R inches; the 120-yard hurdles, 20
seconds, and the high jump. five feet
two inches.
A message sent by President Roose-
| welt to Emperor Nicholas contains
strong expression of the adherence
with which both the American govern
ment and people view the crime per-
petrated at Moscow on Friday.
Because his white stepfather. Eli
Pettyjohn. was abusing his squaw
wife, the latter's son. Harry killed
Pettyjohn and then rode over 100 miles
over rough country in most inclement
weather to give himself up to the In
dian agent at Miles, Washington.
Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, Chinese
| ltttHlls DltStHltu " ttoi-
dent Roosevelt an oil painting of the
doWager empress of China. The pres
emation was attended by the formal
exchange of felicitous address by the
| Chinese minister and the President.
The one-hundredth anniversary Of
the beginning of the public school sys-
ten in New York City was celebrated
February Goth in all the schools Of the
city. New York, at the present time,
has SAG school buildings and other
school property valued at $50 900.
At Rochester. New York. February
18th, Miss Susan B. Anthony celebrat
| ed her S5th birthday. She received
| greetings from political equality clubs
in Finland, Switzerland, Holland. Aus.
tria. Germany. South America and
from all quarters of America and Mex
leo.
In the trial OF Charles Kratz. for
mer member of the St. Louis Munich
pal Assembly. charged with accepting
bribe, Judge Depson issued an order
to compel the St. Louis Trust Com
pany to produce in court the 100000
bribery fund which the state has i'm
pounded.
Information has been received at Es-
Ouimalt, British Columbia. that the de-
fenses there and at Halifax will be
taken over without delay from the i'm
perial government by the Dominion OF
Canada 1t is estimated that $4,000.
600 a year will be expended on the de-
fense works.
The Montana House of Representa-
tives, by vote of &C to %. to-day
passed railroad commission bill
| which provides for three commission
ers and a secretary. The commission
is vested with authority to fix rates
and compel adequate service. and for
failure to comply with its orders fines
are provided.
In order TO increase the cavalry rep
resentation in the inaugural parade
and at the same time recognize the col
ored troops of the regular army, Lieu
tenant General Chaffee chief of staff.
has directed that the first squadron OF
the Ninth cavalry at Fort Riley, Kan
sas. proceed to Washington to take
part in the parade.
Henry Victor McClelland, the Eng.
lish lecturer in the Commercial Col
lege at Moscow. who was assassinated
| February 9TH by student, met his
death because he did not give the lat
ter high enough marks. 1t was claimed
that McClelland imposed in this fash.
ion upon boys who declined to make
him presents Of money.
!Nter a trial consuming seventeen
days Prof. T. I. Clifford. accused of the
crime of murder at Decorah. Iowa, was
pronounced by the jury not guilty, but
insane. Prof. Clifford killed his neigh
Dor. S. A. Bigelow. on Nov. 8. 1904
He'was a prominent educator of Deco
rah and leading member of the Meth
odiss church. He was sent to an lsy-
lum.
Senator Shdlovski, president of the
commission appointed by Emperor