The Holly chieftain., 1905-07-21
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fhs Japaness have alreaAy laaAs1
ever 1000 troops at KorsakovAk. islaAA
q aakhalin.
rhs populatioa Of Chicago d a.f73.r
7e0. according to the city directory
for 1905. which has Just bsea con
pleted.
; Mrs. james Brown Pottss. the Amss.
lcaa actress. hAs goas iAto bsnkFuptcy
and had . receiver appointed % her
ewn petitioa In Loadoa.
The lAts Baron Alphonss D. Roths-
child lsft $500. 900 to b sxpeaAed In
charities of various kinds without Aie-
tiactioa of rslisioa-
The II. 900 -toa baftleship Kansas yin
b launched at ths yard of tAs New
York 6hipbuilding Company st Cam
den. New Jersey. August sth.
Amoag the officers slsetsd By the
members q the American Microscopi-
cal Society 1t 6aA1usky, was arst vice
president. A. n. Holmes. Denysr.
The 500 theatrical agencies IN New
York City have been reduced to the
status Of common employment bu-
reaus by the appellate division Of the
Supreme Court. which ordered them b
Sako out licenses.
Lou Dillon and Major Delmsr. the
only two-minute trotters in the world.
will be seen In Q match race during
the Blue Ribbon meeting at Detroit.
the opening OF the grand circuit July
14th to 2Sth.
Returns from the hrst month during
which the new stock transfer tax has
been In operation in New York indi-
cate an annual revenue Of 5000. 900.
which IL greater than sven the most
sanguine advocates Of the law sx-
pected.
The house at. Verona, in which Ju-
liet is said to have lived. and in which
she received Romeo. has been sold af
auction. The bidding began at $1,000.
and the house was finally bought in BY
the city OF Verona for $500.
The Philippine commission has
passed an act granting to John l. Sabin
and Louis Glass Of San Francisco. Call
fornia, . franchise to construct tele-
phone and telegraph systems through.
out the Philippine islands.
B. Hiosawa and T. Hayashi. repre-.
sentatives Of the Japanese govern.
ment, have purchased five highly bred
stations at Lexington, Kentucky, to
be sent to the royal stud. Three are
thoroughbreds and two arc registered
trotters.
Now that the 100000 endowment
fund for the maintenance Of the Amer
ican Academy Of Fine Arts In Rome
has been practically completed by the
subscription OF 100000 by H. G. Frick.
1t IL proposed to raise 100000 more
for library for the institution.
A st. Petersburg dispatch to the
New York World says that the Navy
Department having resolved to build .
powerful new navy. has instructed
Charles NJ. Schawb to make plans fol-
new wharves. giving the exact time In
which the work can be completed.
A protest has been filed with the
Canadian minister OF marine by Cap.
tain Simmons Of the Canadian
schooner Acacia because the port coli
lector. Duane Bump, compelled him to
lower the British flag on his vessel In
the harbor at Charlotte on July 4th.
It is stated that no more gambling
licenses will be issued in the City OF
Mexico after August LIST, when all ex,
Of the Federal district announces that
be Is determined to extirpate gambling
In the city.
At Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, July
10th, the intense heat was responsible
within twenty-four hours for seven
deaths. two OF them caused directly
by the high temperature, and the
others by drowning. the result Of in.
experienced swimmers seeking relief
N the rivers.
John selby. q veteran of the Me1i.
can and Civil wars, died July 10th at
Tacoma. Washington. He was eighty.
seven years old. Mr.. Selby served un-
der Gen. Zachary Taylor In the battle
Of Buena Vista and later was under
the United States troops operating In
northern Mexico.
Gen. Amassa Cobb. brigadier general
Of the volunteers during the Civil War.
veteran Of the Mexican War, ey-con-
gresham and ex-justice Of the Su.
preme Court of Nebraska, died at Los
Angeles July 9Th at the age Of seventy
two years. Cobb was personal friend
Of President Lincoln.
Twenty Victoria Chinese have ap-
piled for admission to the Fifth Regi-
ment Canadian artillery Of Victoria,
British Columbia. AS the militia act
states that all British subjects over
Eighteen years of age are eligible for
admission to the militia. the Chinese
insist they cannot be, refused enroll.
ment In the regiment.
The French Senate by a vote of 243
against IA. passed the government bill
providing amnesty for those con-
demned by the high court In connec.
tion with the revolutionary conspiracy
In 1893. Paul De Roulede. former
member of the chamber. who IL in po-
litical exile in Spain, will now be per
mitted to return to France.
The Venezuelan Congress has &C
cepted the contract signed July 7th in
London by the representatives Of
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