The state herald., 1905-11-10
CONDENSED 1ELEeRAms

oCAt SAliCk YAohCCutOA VI tu0 4AO4y
Synod, of Russia, has resigned.
The dome of the great cathedral at
Monterey. Mexico. fell October 27th,
crushing the church. which was erect.
ed in 1892. n'
1t is reported that disease which
has attacked pine forests in various
parts Of Mexico Is likely to cause
heavy losses.
The Mexican Central railroad has
5000 men at work on the extension o:
its line to Colima from Tuxpan, In the
state Of Jalisco.
The Spanish armored cruiser Car
dinal Cisneros foundered of Villanova
October 2Sth, after striking rock. All
on board were saved.
The Russian government is slowly
removing the mines placed by the Jap
anese around Vladivostok, which now
render access to that port dangerous
Secretary Hitchcock ordered the dis
missal from service of four clerks In
the Pension Bureau, accused of loan
ing money at usurious rates of in
terest.
The convention OF the supreme
lodge and the encampment OF the Uni
form Rank, Knights of Pythias, will
be held at New Orleans the third Tues
day In October next.
The Japanese Foreign 'Office, Octo
Der 2Sth, accepted Emperor Williams
suggestion that the powers withdraw
their troops from Peking. excepting
the legation guards.
An immense subterranean channel
which promises to surpass in size and
beauty the famous Mammoth cave, has
been discovered near Glasgow juno
tion, Barry county, Kentucky.
The Isthmian Canal Commission has
issued an official statement of the re
ceipts and expenditures under the ap
preparation of $l0,000,000 for canal
construction from June 2S, 1902, To
June 80, 1906. 1t shows n balance at
that date Of SG,0S3.415, making a total
expenditure of si.009,573.
Governor Pennypacker OF Pennsyl
vania commuted to life Imprisonment
the death sentence of Mrs. Catherine
Danz, the Philadelphia woman who Ia
alleged to have poisoned her husband
with powders procG>ed from George p.
Hossey, 'voodoo" doctor. Hossey Is
under sentence OF death for similar
oifense.
Each of the church organizations oil
Lead, Central and Terraville, South
Dakota, has Just received n check for
$500 from Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. Mrs
Hearst remembers every year these
churches and the amount of her an
nual contributions to them is over
$4,000. She has done this for a mum
Der Of years.
Cae of New Yorl, City's most con
spicuous ventures In municipal own
crship was inaugurated few daya
since. when The new ferry limo be
tween the Battery and Staten Island
was put into operation. It is owned
and operated by the city and its five
splendid ferry boats are the largest In
New York harbor.
The Southern Cotton Association has
issued a statement complied from the
reports OF 1900 correspondents
throughout the cotton belt. estimating
the present crop at 9.ii4.3li bales
The statement estimates that GLIB per
cent OF the crop had been picked and
that 5i.7 per cent ginned October 2lst
The Santa Fe Railway company has
asked the court In Muskogee TO ap
point an appraising board to condemn
n right OF way from Tulsa, Indian Ter.
ritory, to Shawnee. Oklahoma, l20
miles. This will connect the branch
between Independence. Kansas. and
Tulsa and the Oklahoma lines In
Shawnee.
An official denial has been made at
Berlin of the report originated in Lon.
don that Germany proposed to Russia
to partition Austria. The Associated
Press Is Informed auihoritatiyely also
that Germany hns made no proposals
TO Russia for an alliance In any form
nor has an interchange OF Views there.
on taken place.
An overland march OF more than
1000 miles has been planned for the
Twenty-second battery of light artil
lery. now at Fort Douglas. Salt Lake,
aud the Nineteenth light battery. now
at Fort Riley. Kansas. which have
been ordered to exchange stationB.
The distance will be made In abou,
seventy days.
HAVING OttuslDn 10 Secure twenty
flve additional officers for the Philip
pines constnbulary. the places paving
sl.l00 to begin with. Captain Mcln.
tyre. acting chief OF the insular bu'
reau. invited one hundred state mill.
tary institutes and agricultural col.
legos TO name candidates for the
places from among their graduates,
Less than twenty applications were
received.
The Mexican government has ex
tended tho time OF the construction OF
the Mexican Ccntrals branch from
coilma TO Manzanlllo. on tho Pacific
Coast. 10 october, 1909. There is al
ready n narrow gauge road between
these two points. which belonged for
mefly 10 the Mexican National Con
sirucilon Company. but which was re
Gently acquitted by the Mexican Cen
trail This road will be made standard
gauge.
Tho annual report OF Gen. George
n Davis. Judge advocate general OF
the army, showR that OF the commits.
stoned officers tried during the last
year by general cour,.mnrtlal. thirty.
aiy were convicted and thirteen nc.
quilted. Three cadets and i.3g3 en-
listed men were convicted. while 3bG
men were acquitted Tho total mum
Der OF trials before general courtmnT'
tial OF $500 oaFoa shows nn increase
Of 55i cases over last year.