The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-02
CONDENSED IELEGRAMS

According to the biennial statement
Of President Harper of the University
OF Chicago. the university is now
worth between SIS 100000 and $4,000
900.
Gen. MaXimo Gomez, the Cuban pa
triot. who underwent a serious sur
gical operation recently. is improving
and it is now believed that he will re-
cover.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. the well
known reformer, died at her home at
Melrose, Massachusetts, on the ed OF
heart trouble. She was eighty-four
years old.
william Z. Cramer, editor-in-chief OF
the Evening Wisconsin of Milwaukee.
died May Goth. from pneumonia. after
an Illness extending over a period OF
two months.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.. son OF
President Roosevelt, will spend several
weeks in the Yosemite valley this sum
mer as the guest of Stewart Edward
White. the author.
Joseph Jeffersons birthplace. in Phil
adelphia, has been sold at auction for
$S,l25. 1t is three and one-half story
stone building at the southwest corner
Of Sixth and Spruce streets.
On May 23d over 400 mules perished
in fire that destroyed the sales
stables of Maxwell L. Couch and
Sparks Brothers at the National stock
yards in East st. Louis.
The medical congress at Havana dis
cussed favOrably a resolution suggest
ing the creation of branch of the
health department devoted to the ex-
tinction of infection carrying insects.
Governor Dineen of Illinois has We
toed the bill approprlating $25.OOO for
state sanitarium for treatment OF
tuberculosis patients. Economy was
the ground on which the bill was ve-
toed.
The second chamber Of the states
S2s0.000 to purchase twelve acres on
which to erect the Palace of Peace. for
which Andrew Carnegie donated ST.
100000.
The Boston common council has
adopted a resolution condemning dis
elimination by landlords against fam
lilies with children, and inviting the
Legislature to take some action in the
matter.
More than 300 suits were filed re-
Gently by the Louisian Purchase Ex-
position Company to collect stock sub
scriptions agsregating 100000. Among
the suits was one against former
Mayor Henry Zeigenhein for $1,000.
The accident to the German empress.
Augusta Victoria, who fell downstairs
May 21st, while rather more serious
than at first reported, will not have
any serious consequences. The cut on
her forehead probably will leave a
slight scar.
The trustees of the Mormon church.
at Salt Lake, have purchased forty
acres of farm land in South Royalton,
Va, where they will erect monument
shrine and cottage OH the site OF the
birthplace of Joseph Smith. founder Of
their faith.
While catching in a game OF base
ball in Brooklyn, James Miles. youth.
was almost instantly killed BY
pitched ball. Miles wore no mask
while behind the bat. A very fast ball
which he failed to stop struck him
between the eyes.
Madame Dugast, who attempted to
navigate her autoboat Camille IN tho
-ace from Algiers to Toulon, has sent
1000 to the sailor who jumped into
the sea from the French cruiser Nle-
Der to rescue her during the stcrm
which scattered the racing boats.
With impressive ceremonies the
monument erected by the Woodmsn OF
the World to the memory of Galveston
Woodmen who perished In tlle tidal
wave of 1900 was unveiled May 2lst at
Lakeview cemetery, Galveston. accord
ing to the ritual of the Woodmen.
At Sacramento, California, Chris
Christianson, who, few days before
was released on parole from an Insane
asylum, murdered his aged mother by
cutting her throat. Later Christlanson
shot himself and cut his own throat.
His dead body was found in his bar
ricaded home.
The Postal Telegraph-Cable Com
pany annDunces the completion of its
new cables between Guam and the Zap
and Celebes islands, to the Caroline
islands and the Dutch East Indies.
These cables will be worked in con-
nection with the Postals Commercial
Pacific cable.
The bureau Of forestry OF the De-
yartment of Agriculture has issued a
circular announcing that the mature
timber on the national forest reserve
is to be offered for sale. The super
visor of each forest reserve is autho-
rized to receive applications for the
right to cut timber.
At Natchez. Mississippi. May 10th.
Peter Mathewson, a book agent. shot
and killed A. H. Bidwell and Stephen
Jones, fishermen, and fatally wounded
Mrs. Sue Pruett. his motherinlaw.
The trouble occurred about Mathew
sons child, whom he claimed had been
abducted by its grandparents.
Three-quarters of a million OF people
have already died of the plague in In
dia this year. according to figures fur
nished by Indian Secretary Brodrick
in the House of Commons. The NOR
tality from January 1st to April lat