The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-03
Condensed rElEeaAns

received II . football eaDo.
TIE sttsndance At the Lsvie and
Clark Exposition vas 3,6Sl.1oA. q
whom LSsoISlz paid and s7l.lss were
tree
John Q. Stevens. chisf snsinssg ee
tAo Panama canal. emphattcally T.
nles the TuDar that he 10 about - ~
sisn ths POSITION.
The reorganization bill nov before
the Philippine commission providing
for reducing the departments Of the
government will save e1.260.000 (gola)
annually.
TAs est1Se hnstness section Of A.
tnras. Califnsnia, ESQ miles north o(
Reno. Nevada. has been destroyed by
hre. tweafySeren business houses and
tvo residenees being consumed.
II 10 said the Canadian side Of Mia
gAca Falls has receded 800 feet durins
the last eighty years, and an investi-
CATION will be made BY the Interna,
national Waterways Commission.
A statement Of the foreign trade Of
Germany for the past nine months
shows Imports valued at 81. .257, SOC, 900,
an increase of S52. .O00. 600; and exports
Of l,02s.500. 900. m increase of $685.
25O.O00.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has
handed down decisions sustailAng the
constitutionality OF the anti-cigarette
law. the inheritance tax law and the
law to punish Dissertation Of the Ameri-
can nag.
The presbytery OF the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church In Bohlin. Ken
lucky. has decided that all women
members Of the PresbyteTy shall give
to charity all eggs Laid by their hens
on Sunday.
John ]. George OF the Fifteenth bat
terry Of Fort Sam Houston. Texas. was
killed October 18th by cannon wheel
striking a boulder and capsizing while
the battery was practicing on the Fort
Sill reservation.
The shortage of the Mexican wheat
crop is greater than was estimated .
few weeks ago, and millers are looking
for the entire removal Of the duty on
American and Canadian wheat by the
frst Of the year.
At the state Republican convention
in Rhode Island. Governor George H.
Utter, was renominated by acclama.
tion, together with all the present state
ofIicers. The platform declares
strongly for protection.
A dispatch from Santiago. Chile.
says that about fifty persons were
killed and 500 wounded during the re-
cent rioting there. The trouble was
caused by the opposition Of the people
to the import tax on Argentine cattle.
A general council" to consider the
proposed union of the Congregational
(67O,00O members), United Brethren
(250,0OO) and Methodist Protestant
(1S0,0O0) churches has been called to
assemble at Dayton, Ohio, February z.
1906.
The discharge Of employees of the
pension bureau who have been lending
money to their fellow employees at ex-
orbitant rates of interest, sometimes az
high as ten per cent. per month, will
be recommended by Commissioner
Warner.
The Sorbonne University at Paris
has sent two young women on a trip
around the world as a reward for max
ing the best records in their studies.
They will come to the United States
first and visit some Of the leading uni
versities.
According to advices from Man
churia, General Linevitch, on receipt
of the notifications Of the ratification
of the peace treaty, ordered the de-
struction of the barricades and other
Of communication with
the neutral zone.
More coal was taken from the mines
of the United Kingdom during the last
year than in any previous year on rec
ord. The total, according to the return
issued by the home once, amounted to
232, ,42s,272 tons, being 3,0s3,S03 tons
more than in 1903.
The French parliament will be asked
to offer 100000 prize for cure for
consumption. The project has the ap.
proval of the government and there
fore its adoption Is assured. The dis
cussion at the tuberculosis congress 10
responsible for this prize.
Sir Thomas Upton expects to chal-
lenge for the Americas cup in 1907.
He declared recently that he was AZ
keen as ever and that while too late
to challenge for 1906, II all went we'll
he would be at Sandy Hook with
new challenger the following year.
It is denied by the Department Of
Justice that the voluntary testimony
of the beef packers given in the De-
partment Of Commerce and Labor In
quiry ~ to the cause of the high price
Of beef has been used In tho intune-
ton suit brought against the packers.