The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
CONDENSED IELEGRAMS

encampment at Minneapolis next Sep.
.ember.
DR.. Joseph G. Montfort, for many
years editor Of the Herald and Pres
byter. died February lst at Cincinnati.
aged ninety-five.
Harvey b. Hurd, wEo revised the H.
linois statutes, and was known as the
Father of the Drainage Canal" has
just died in Chicago.
The organization formed to estab-
lish a national theater in New York
City has purchased plat OF ground
for site at cost of $75O,0OO.
Midshipman Ned Leroy Chaplin. first
class, and appointed from California,
has been dismissed from the naval
academy at Annapolis for hazing.
Lady Grey, wife of Sir Edward Grey.
British foreign minister, died on the
4th instant frcm injuries resulting
from being thrown from her carriage.
The new census of the German EN-.
pire, taken on November goth, shows
that Berlin has increased eight per
cent. in five years, now having 2,034,.
900 people.
The proposed combination of the
window glass manufacturers OF the
country under the name of the Ma
tional Window Glass Company has
been abandoned.
The Populist state central commit
tee of Kansas will hold state conven-
tion at the call Of the state chairman.
when the future policy OF ,ae party
will be decided on.
The President has pardoned Mid
shipman John Paul Miller OF Kentucky,
recently convicted of hazing at Annap-
oils Naval Academy. Miller's superior
record was the reason.
Miss Helen Gould's mail has grown
to such proportions as to be burden
some, but she makes it a rule to never
acknowledge begging letters, except
from charities with which she is in
touch.
President James of the University
of Illinois has announced the estab-
lishment at Urbana of a new school OF
railway engineering and administra-
ton, said to be the first of the kind in
the world.
Double tracking the railroad across
the 1sthmus of Panama is progressing
rapidly and 1t is expected that both
tracks will be ready for service in
July. Steam shovels are cutting the
side embankment.
Both houses of the Ohio Legislature
adopted the Senate joint resolution
urging Congress TO submit a constitu-
tional amendment providing for the
election Of United States senators by
direct vote of the people.
At meeting of the sectional bud
get committee at Toxic delegate
representing the government said that
Japan expected to increase the ton
mage Of her navy to 100000 tons by
the end of the fiscal year of 19O7-0S.
A fire at Panama February LIST In a
four-story house known as the Concor-
dia, in the Carrcra district, destroyed
large block Of wooden houses be-
tween Constitution, Dolego and Caddas
streets. The losses are estimated at
100000.
It has been discovered by the city
authorities that the forgeries of the
late l.. W. Prior of Cleveland, in con-
nection with the Canton waterworks
extension bonds amount to $50o.000 in
sledu VI 9SV".ouV DIS picNiouois al
nounced.
Only daughters of officers in the
Civil War are eligible for member
ship in the new patriotic order krDwn
as the Daughters of the Military Or
der of the Loyal Legion. just organized
in New York City with Mrs. w. Il.
Hotchkin as president.
The Supreme Court of Missouri has
affirmed the decision of the lower
court in finding Lord" Seymour Bar
ring:on guilty of having murdered
John p. McCann two years ago, and
fixing the date of his execution as
March 18th next.
The South Carolina Chamber of Dep.
uties has passed the Morgan dispen-
sary bill. The bill abolishes the state
dispensary and provides for state pro
hibition with local option to counties
TO establish their own dispensaries
under county management.
DR.. Harry Pratt Judson, who has
been made acting president of the Uni
versity of Chicago, has been connected
with the institution for twelve years.
He is the author of several historical
and educational works, and is co-editor
of the American Historical Review.
The Harper memorial Aommittee OF
the board of trustees of the University
of Chicago have recommended TO the
trustees that the memorial take the
form of a general library building to
cost $l,2OO,OO0. All the friends of
President Harper will be asked to CO.
operate in securing the funds.
At Manila January 31st, Major Gen.
eral Corbin rclinluished command Of
the military division of the Philippines
to Major General Wood and sailed for
Hong Kong. accompanied by his per
sonal staff. The transfer of command
was made with impressive ceremonies
at Fort Santiago.
Travelling men at Columbus, Ohio.
have begun a clean-shect crusade by
drafting a bill which one of the mem
bers of the Travellers Protective As
sociation who is member of the Leg
islature will introduce, requiring hotel
keepers to change the bed linen be-
fore assigning room to new guest.
Letters received in San Francisco
from Guam, in the Ladrone islands,
state that one of the severest typhoons
in the history of the islands visited
Guam on November 7th. lasting
through November Sth. and the unpre-
cedented amount of thirty-one inches
of rain fell within twenty-four hours.
Roads, bridges and wharves were de-
o,,I t,nU