The Wahpeton times., 1905-12-28
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Gen. Saussler, former commander.
inschief Of the French army, 10 dead.
Fourteen men were suffocated while
cleaning boilers in the naval steel
works at Home Court, France.
The international fleet, which hac
been making a demonstration in Turk
ish waters, has been recalled.
It is officially announced that the
Franco-Venezuelan incident has been
sealed in accordance with the wishes
of France.
The correspondent Of the London.
Standard at Kobe, Japan. says that
the Marquis Ito has accepted an ap
pointment as resident general in Ko.
rea.
A train which was derailed neal
Gatchina. Russia, is understood to
have had on board $10,00O,000 in gold.
1t is rumored that the crown jewels
have been sent abroad.
A most audacious theft has beer
committed in church at Pescina,
Italy, where the thieves succeeded in
stealing notable work of Luca Della
Robbia, after removing the entire al.
tar.
The Tangier correspondent of the
Echo de Paris says that the pretender
to the Moorish throne. Blu Hamara, is
preparing to attack the sultan's troops
with a numerous army near the Al
gerian frontier.
The bomb found on the train at
Saint Nom la Breteche, on which Pres
ident Loubet was proceeding from
Marley with shooting party, and
which 1t was supposed was intended
to kill the president, turns out to have
been harmless.
A cable dispatch from London saysl
"a dispatch from Rome to the Stand
ard says that after the ceremony at
the recent public consistory the pope.
turning to DR.. Henry Joseph Richter,
bishop of Grand Rapids, Mich, said:
America will have her turn"
General.
Smallpox has become epidemic At
the University of Oregon. Many stu
dents are Ill and more are being
seized by the disease. @
Evangelist William Sunday closed
five weeks revival 1T Burlington.
Iowa. He made $500 converts. The
residents donated $4,000 to him.
Prince Louis of Battenbers has 40
cepted a membership in the Cana.
dian Camp. an organization Of 700
sportsmen and sportswomen residing
in all parts Of the United States.
Thirty-nine sixty-foot new steel mali
cars will be in operation on the lines
Of the Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe
within short time. About half Of
that number are already installed.
Lyman L. Pierce Of Washington
for the past five years general secre-
tary Of the Young Mems Christian as
sociation. has resigned, to take effect
Dec. 81. on account of impaired health.
Prof. 8. Stanhope Orris, professor
emeritus of Princeton university and
one of the foremost scholars in the
United States, died at Harrisburg, Pa,
of paralysis. after an illness of three
years. He was 20 years old.
Owing to the scarcity of American
lead and the large demands for the
metal at the present time. 1t is report
ed that arrangements have beer, made
to import several thousand tons from
England, Belgium and Germany.
]. Wesley Jones. founder and di.
rector Of the United States life-saving
corps, died at his home in Brooklyn.
Col. Jones served throughout the Civil
war, part of the time on the staff of
Gen. G. B. Mcclellan.
A telephone received at Harvard
observatory from Prof. Percival Low.
ell of the Flagstaff (Ariz.) observa-
tory, who is in the East, says that a
comet was found by Prof. Slipher on
a photograph made Nov. 20.
William L. Kestner, president OF
the board Of directors of the Illinois
normal college, died at his home in
Kansas City. He was 67 years old
and had been leader in the Illinois
Republican party ever since the Civil
war.
Under the auspices Of the Actors
National Protective union, 1t is an.
nounced, union of grand opera sing.
ers, including both men and women,
has been formed in New York with
1872 members. The union consists Of
| the members of the chorus. 80
Here's a trust that will get You
while you slumber. It will cost 10
per cent more to sleep on an iron bed
and wire springs after Jan. than 1t
does now, for the Metal Bed and
Spring Bed associations have decided
to raise the prices Of sleeping para.
phernalia.