North Park union., 1905-12-01
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An Ohio judge has decided that
merely getting drunk every Sunday
does not make q man . habituai
drunkard.
1t has been decided that the Presi-
dents forthcoming annual message TO
Congress will be submitted TUESDAY,
December 9Th.
A fire at the Overholt distillery, near
Connellsville, Pennsylvania. November
goth. destroyed 100000 worth OF
whiskey and other property.
King Edward has given $10.6oo and
the Prince of Wales $3.50 to the fund
for the aid of the unemployed which
was started by Queen Alexandria.
The Spanish embassy at London
says there is absolutely no truth In
the statement that King Alfonso Is to
marry Princess Ena of Battenburg.
Lord Mount Stephen has contributed
$4,000 to Queen Alexandra's fund for
the unemployed This is the largest
individual subscription thus far re-
ceived.
William Travers jerome. the newly
elected district attorney OF New York
City, has filed his declaration OF cleo
tion expenses. He says that he didn't
put up cent.
Secretary Taft denies the report
that matters pertaining to the Philip
pines are to be transferred to the State
Department He says IL is absolutely
without foundation.
Rev. j. S. Lord of the Yale class OF
1881, said to have been for many years
the Oldest living alumnus OF Yale.
died November goth, at Laingsburg.
Michigan, aged ninety-seven.
The Marquis of Downshire has
agreed to sell his agricultural lands in
County Down. Ireland. to the tenants.
The estate is the largest in Ireland and
Is valued at about $16,O00.OOO.
Lord Brassey has offered to erect at
his own expense large number OF cot
tages of English style for sufferers
from the recent earthquake in Italy.
| The Italian government has accepted
his offer.
| President Roosevelt has appointed
Judge Charles E. Wolverton, associate
Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.
as United States district Judge of Ore
gon, in succession to the late Judge
Charles B. Bellinger.
The Standard Oil Company has just
| declared quarterly dividend OF $lO
share. The previous dividend was ~
a share. This last declaration brings
the total dividend for the year to $40
a share. Last year 1t was $36.
Read Admiral G. w. Baird, superin-
tendent Of the State, War and Navy
| Department building. has asked to be
relieved of duty. Out Of the forty-three
years of service in the navy. he has
been on duty only four months.
The Census Bureau has issued bull
letin placing the amount OF cotton
ginned to November 14th at 7,49S,1G7
bales. Texas leads with 1,S22.942
bales, Alabama being next with III
7 tie more than half that amount.
Alexander Mclean, Canadian COM
missioner at Yokohama. says the re-
| cent agitation of life insurance mat
tiers in New York has seriously al
fected the Japanese business OF both
American and Canadian companies.
1t is stated that the New York Cen
trail and Delaware l. Hudson interests
are about TO purchase the United Trac-
,ion Company of Albany, controlling
the street car lines in Albany. Troy.
Rensselaer, and Cohoes, for $7,500,oOo.
Tie loss of lie stock, grain. hay
and fai.a buildings on account OF the
recent FIRE near Aberdeen, South Da-
kota, is estimated at 100000. An area
that covered five miles wide and
twenty miles long was swept by the
| fire.
The Nicaraguan Court Of Cessation
has confirmed the sentence of thirty
two months for William s. Albers, the
American found guilty of resisting the
execution Of legal process in Nicar-
aqua and with insulting President Ze-
laya.
In big poverty parade" at London
last week red flags were seen and ban
ners bearing such devices as Curse
Your Charity; We Want Work." and
There is Limit to Human Endur-
ance," indicated the temper of the pro
cessionists.
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Tre-
mayne, one Of the few remaining sur
vivors of the charge of the Light
Brigade at Balaklava. in which he was
wounded and his horse shot. died at
Cornwall few days ago, aged sew
enty-eight years.
The Toxic correspondent OF the Lon
don Daily Telegraph understands that
| an Anglo-Thibetan treaty has been
signed and that 1t provides that Great
Britain shall acknowledge Chinese SOW
ereignty In Thibet in return for which
China will pay an indemnity.
The Southern Cotton Association
has perfected plans for the taking on
the market of 100000 bales Of cot.
ton by means Of series of pledges
which the farmers will sign them
selves. The cotton held will not be
sold for less than is cents pound.
The students OF the Nebraska Cen
trail College have decided by unani-
nous vote to eliminate football from
the list of college sports. They as
sign as a reason for their action a de-
sire for self-supporting athletics. for
clean sport and for noble manhood.
David Bell Parsons, a cousin of Con-
sui General Parsons In Mexico City,
and native of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
has been killed in the state Of Pueblo.
Mexico, by Indians. He quarreled with
them over the purchase of some corn
and at night they murdered him.
The new battleship Virginia, a prod
uct Of the Newport News Company, in
her screw standardizing tests made
one dash over the measured mile of
Owls Head at the speed OF 1874 knots
an hour, a new American mile record
for ships Of her class and 81 parts OF
knot faster than that made by the