The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-09
CONDENSED TELEeRAms

The supreme Court of the United
States granted the motion to advance
the case of Senator Burton Of Kansas
and set the hearing for April I'd next.
Frederick VIII. was formally pro-
claimed King of Denmark, January
Goth. to succeed the late King Chris
tian lX. He was received with much
enthusiasm.
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt has been
sued foG $4,000 by Edward kinsella, a
London solicitor. as commission TO.
securing; her present American engage
| ment for her.
The first passenger train, carrying
notablcs and officials, passed through
The Simplon tunnel January 25th amid
artillery sa,utes. There were NO
other noteworthy incidents.
The Duke of Abruzzi, cousin of King
Victor Emmanuel. has almost COM
pleted arrangements for tour of ex-
ploration into the heart of Africa. The
duke will start early in the spring.
The Pennsylvania Central railroad
is considering plans to do away with
the celebrated horseshoe bend and its
steep grades by tunnel nine miles
long under the Allegheny mountains.
Representative Burke Of South Da-
kota introduced a bill in Congress au-
thorlZlng the secretary Of the interior
20 lease 5000 acres of public domain
to be used exclusively as pasture for
the native buralo.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt have
issued the invitations to the wedding
of Miss Roosevelt and Representative
l.ongwolth OF Ohio. which is to take
place at noon February 18th, as al
ready announced.
Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl-
vania has approved joint resolution
of the special session Of the Legisia
ture providing for Il sweeping investi-
| CATION of charges of illegal retention
OF fees by insurance commissioners for
years past.
A party of Santa Fe railway engi-
neers have started from Los Angeles
| TO locate direct line of railroad into
Searchlight, Nevada. The proposed
route will be a feeder from Barnwell,
about twenty-six miles. The proposed
line will be rushed
Former President Cleveland was
asked about Il report that he is think
ing of giving up his post as arbiter of
rebates for the insurance companies
and dictated this statement: There
Is not particle of truth in the re-
port, nor any excuse for its circula,
ton"
Gustave A. ConZman, former cashier
of the Figo County National Bank at
Terre Haute, Indiana. has been SEN
fenced to eight years in the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas,
on his plea of guilty to embezzling the
funds and talsifying the books 'of the
bank.
The transport Sheridan sailed from
San Francisco January 25th for Hon
Olulu, Guam and the Philippines, with
the officers and men of the Twenty
fourth infantry, colored men. The
steamer also carried number OF
, cabin passengers and full cargo Of
mill supplies.
The Melbourne correspondent OF
the London Chronicle says: Bush
fires are raging throughout Victoria
and great stretches of country have
been devastated. wall Of fire hun.
dred feet high, which was driven by
gale, passed with appalling swiftress
over Mount Fatigue, killing at leass
fifteen persons.
The proposed race from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu. matter of 2,1O0
nautical miles, is fixed to start May
5th. The contest is open to yachts
from forty to ninety feet over all
Contestants are required to belong to
some recognized yacht club and there
will be no restrictions as to sails, num-
Der of crew, professional sailors or
navigators.
In the past six months taps have
been sounded over the graves of &C.,
COG pensioners of the Civil War, ac-
cordlng to statement of Pension
Commissioner Warner. This, he says,
Is an evidence of the rapidity with
which the veterans are diminishing.
The total number of pensioners on
July l, 1905, was GS4,G0S. On Decem-
Der it 31st it was G79,234.
Fear among Chicago University Off
cials that Prof. Frederick Starr, the
noted anthropologist, had been eaten
by African cannibals whom he was at
tempting to study, has been relieved
by the receipt of letter from him
written on the kasai river steamer
and mailed at Leopoldville, which is
about 1900 miles from the sea. He
will investigate several cannibal tribes
and the Batwa pygmies.
The United States Steel Corporation
has just declared quarterly dividend
of one three-fourths per cent. Net
earnings for the quarter ended Decem-
Der 3lst last We're $35,72S ,CSS, an in
crease of $13,S19,9 ,954. as compared with
the same quarter year ago. Unified
orders on hand December 3ist last
were 7,C05,0SG tons. an increase of g.
OOS,SS3. The untitled orders December
3lst broke all records of the corpora
ton.
In the State Senate of New Jersey
Mr. Minturn introduced a resolution
calling for the institution of legal pro
caedings In the name of the state
against the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey and its subsidiary corpora
tionS in the state. for the purpose of
annulling and forfeiting the charter of
the company on the ground of the al
legged violation of the common law re-
lating 70 monopolies and of the Elkins
law and laws relative to interstate
commerce.
At the Ormonde-Daytonia automo
bile races in Florida January eth,
with the tire of his rear wheel gone
and before the Jrtieth mile running
on the bare rim. ut top speed and
cheered by thousands on the beach
side, Clifford carp, In ninety-horse-