The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
CONDENSED 1ELEGRAms

The National Irrigation Congress
will meet at Portland. Oregon. August
2lst to 24th.
| Crops in the northern peninsula Of
Michigan were badly injured by frost
on the night Of July goth.
. Toxic is preparing grand reception
for Secretary Taft and his party,
which includes Miss Alice Roosevelt
The French minister of marine has
decided to send squadron to visit
the United States at the end of Octo-
Lcr
1t is announced that 475,246 men
have been called to perform military
service in Russia during the present
year.
". T. Hancock, the well known mill
ionaire plow manufacturer, was killed
in an automobile accident at Los
Angeles July goth.
President Roosevelt has induced
Governor George B. Carter OF Hawaii
10 reconsider his resignation and con.
sent to remain as governor.
A landslide at Naples, July 22nd.
destroyed the dry basin which was
otherwise caused great damage.
The secretary of the interior has
withdrawn from entry 5000 acres OF
land in the Tucson. Arizona. land dis
trict for forest reserve purposes.
Two-thirds Of the business section
of the little town Of Connell. in Wash
ington. was destroyed by fire July 25th
and nine families were rendered home
less
Reports from the immigration ste-
tons for the month Of June show that
during that month 311 Chinese applied
for admission and that 300 were ad-
mtted.
The first bale Of new cotton for
this season was sold at Savannah July
21st for 30 cents pound, which is a
new record price for the first bale in
that city.
Announcement is made by Congress
man E. w. Martin of South Dakota
that he will be candidate for the
United States Senate to succeed SEN
ator Gamble.
Much damage is reported by truck
farmers in New Jersey owing to the
recent heat and lack Of moisture.
Peaches are dropping from the trees.
and other fruits are being affected.
San Francisco is to have an eight
or ten-page daily morning paper pub
lished in the Chinese language. The
paper is to represent new political
party formed in China and this coun-
try.
The President has issued an order
consolidating the Tucson. Prescott and
Phoenix, Arizona, land offices, with
headquarters at Phoenix. The consol-
idation is due to the falling off of bus
mess.
On July 22nd at Miles City, Montana.
lightning struck the roof Of the girls
building at the state reform school,
causing a fire that destroyed the build
ing. All the inmates escaped. Loss,
100000.
The secretary Of the interior has
ordered the withdrawal from entry of
140, 900 acres of land in the Los An
geles district and 100000 acres in the
Tucson. Ariz., district, on account of
irrigation projects.
HI. Handy. the Y. M. c. A. swim
mer of Chicago won the mile contest
at the Portland Exposition in twenty
eight minutes and twenty-one seconds,
defeating Galley OF San Francisco and
Mackie of Portland.
1t is reported that Wild Bill Miller,
head of a gang of desperadoes that
operated in Colorado, New Mexico and
Oklahoma several years ago, has been
killed by deputy United States mar
shals in the Indian Territory.
A fire at Little Rock, Arkansas, on
the night of July 23rd destroyed the
, Arkansas democrat Company's three
story building and printing plant.
causing loss of $1S0,000. Dan D.
Taylor stereotyper, was burned to
death.
Samuel Harper, father Of President
Harper of the University of Chicago,
died at Chicago July 25th, aged 81
years. He recently came to Chicago
on a visit from his home in the East,
resulted in his death.
Invitations have been sent from New
York to the governors of all the states
| to appoint ten delegates each to at
tend a national conference upon immi-
grafton, to be held in New York De.
cember 9th and 7th, under the auspices
of the National Civic Federation.
Colonel Kremarenko, chief of police
at Helsingfors, Finland, was shot and
| killed July 21st by man named Pro
cope, who was arrested and has been
| ideltified as an accomLlice OF the man
who recently attempted to assassi-
! nate former Governor Missojedoff.
Two German scientists announce
the discovery Of new anaesthetic
having all the virtues of cocaine. with.
out the latter's secondary i'll effects.
The new substance is called "ally-
pine. 1t deaGens pain 3y lc.al appli-
cation, and does not contain poison.
A big convention of policy holders