The Grit-advocate., 1905-10-06
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

Inc losses IN inc recent b!e ilt a.
Butte are now estimated az sCVg..pv,
with Insurance Of s52@.ou0
The Russian burtIeshjg Reivizan,
which was sunk at Port Arthur. mas
been retoated by Japanese engineers.
The California supreme Court Eaf
decided that the anti-trading stamp
law passed in 1904 is uncunsutuuolLal.
The board of review has fixed IN"
total cash value OF real estate and per
sonal property in Cook county, which
contains Chicago. Il, s2.0l4,O7S,i2@.'
It is stated that while the visi, of
King Alfonso OF Spain TO Berlin has
been fixed for November 9th the date
will be changed should cholera spread
in Germany
In his annual report Brig. Gen. Will
lam S. MCCaSkey, commanding the De
partmont of Colorado. recommends N"
Te-es adjustment OF the caItcvn iea-
ture of the exchange
a Copenhagen dispatch says that
Mylius Erickson is preparing DANISH
ship and slcdre party for an expedition
to the hitherto uneXpiCTcd regions oi
the northwest coast Of Greenland.
The work Of the civilian physicians
in examining recruits of the army has
proved SO unsatisfactory Jhat their SOY
vices Will be entirely dispensed win IN
that capacity after september Goth.
Reports from the famine districts in
Spain show that the workmen threaten
to burn and sack if they are not fur
nishcd with food. Appeals have been
sent to the government TO distribute
rations.
The sixth game of the chess match
of eight games at NuremburS was be
gun by Tarrasch and after seventy
moves was declared a draw. The
score: Tarrasch, :, Marshall. y:
drawn. 4.
The students Of the St. Petersburg
University have decided by a large ma
jority 10 resume their studies be
cause an open university Will be NOR"
dangerous to Imperialism than uni
versiIy on STRIKE
The Mexican branch Of H." y. VI. G.
A has u,cu inau-Urared a. The 'itE of
Mexico with Vic. President Corral ai
honorary president OF tn" association.
Thee Is also a branch for English
speaking Young men.
United States Senator j. L. Burtnn's
trial has again been postponed. VII.
nesScS for the government have been
notified that tn" case will he called
October 2irh. The first suDpoeuas is
sued in the rc-rial werc lUr October
Sd.
Within a year from now the Rock
Island system wiiI have The entire
length of its main lin" 10 Colorado
laid with S5pUund steel and heavily
ballastcd. That means that it will
have 10 relay probably about $50 miles
Of steel.
The census bureau has issued bull
letin on central light and power sta
tions for the year ending June 80.
1902, showing there were in the United
States $3.50 such stations. with 4 cost
| of construction and equipment Ui 500
| 740.&52
The conrroi Of The National Car
/ Wheel Company at Pitrsburg has
| passed into the hands of James D..
| Rhodes of pitrsburg and William Bon
nell Of Cleveland. This company owns
| four plants, and IS capitalized at nearly
| S2,OoO,OUO.
| Fifty Filipino students arrived IN
| Chicago from Washington a few days
! ago. preparatory 10 registering III Va
rious western colleges and uniVcrsi-
ties. The students were in charge OF
| w. a. Sutherland, an attache OF the
| Department OF the Interior.
| On Bcatty's ridge, in Switzerland
county, Indiana. on September 10Th,
| George Ford. who IS believed to be
| insane, CrcmaIcd his wife and three
! children by setting fire 10 the house in
which they We're asleep. All four per-
ished in the flames.
The London Daily TcIcgraph's To
! kto correspondent says thC British far
| Eastern sQus drou will assemble III To
| tio bay carly In October after the rati-
ticatiun of the Russo-.lapancSc pcac"
! treaty. and tha, The japanese fleet VIII
also assemble At the same plac".
Much damage was done to the bust.
ness section Of Spokane. WASHINGTON.
Scpte mber -Gth by a nrc which do
stroyed $gQU.oou worth of pruper',
the heaviest losers being the Booth
Ni'N I4l' '''k company, w ublNSdl' II u
ceries, twOs Jory building and contents,
100000: tho Cudahy Packing Com
pany, stock &t",""'.
The next great ship that is to conc
from the Mcck'onburg yards. where the
North German lloyd lecls ar" lid
will be named after Washington in.
stead Of some German prince. as has
been the inyariaJl" rul" Of the com
pany heretofore. The Washington is
to be a l1,0o~,on ship, one Of the larg-
est atlOat. and Will be completed in the
fall of 1907. It Is declared that some
OF the interior plans will rJavJlc The
shipbuildius world.
Commanding officers OF the Catholic
/ Knights of America and Of the Knights
Of -. John are rrrleCJinG arrange
moN..3 for ii" amaIgamaJion Of all I'll,