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The Boxer disturbances in China
continue according to a dispatch from
Victoria, B. C. It is reported that
two large cities in the Schuan province
have their gates closed and a state of
seigo has been declared and though
troops have been sent there to raise
tho seige, the attempt has failed.
An interesting dispatch from Chica
go, 111., dated December 17, says: The
office of X-ray expert and electrical
diagnostician of the law department
of Chicago has been created and .will
he filled by Dr. H. Preston Pratt. In
his letter tending the position to Dr.
Pratt, City Attorney John E. Owens
says: "This office has become neces
sary on account of the numerous at
tempts at fraud through the evidence
of X-ray and so-called electrical ex
perts in claims against the city for
personal injuries.
A cablegram of December 16 reports
that the town of Andijan, Ferghana
government, was totally destroyed by
an earthquake today. The number of
fatalities is not yet ascertained.
Shocks were felt in New Marghelan
and surrounding villages and a rail
way at Andijan was destroyed for a
considerable distance. Food and cloth
ing are being sent to Andijan. Andi
jan was a town of Russians, Central
Asia, seventy-three miles from Kho
kand. It had a population of about
30,000 souls. A later report, dated De
cember 18, gives the number of those
lulled as 155 people, with over 300 in
jured and the destruction of about 3,
000 residences.
legcd that he commanded tho Irish
brigade. An Associated press dispatch
says: The lord chief justice, Baron
Alvorstone, in charging the jury, re
marked that it was sixty-two years
since a grand jury had to deal with
such a charge, which was the highest
crime known in law. Colonel Lynch's
trial at the bar is expected to begin
January 20.
An Associated press report from
Concord, N. H., under date of Decem
ber 19, says: The convention for the
revision of the constitution of the
state concluded its labors and l took
final adjournment today. It has framed
nine amendments to the constitution.
Thdse provide for the prohibition of
trusts, for the extension of suffrage
to women, for a tax upon inheritances
and franchises, for an educational
qualification of the suffrage, to strike
the word "Protestant" from the bill
of rights, to establish voting pre
cincts, to place representation in the
legislature upon a new basis, to ex
tend the criminal jurisdiction of po
lice courts and to require the examina
tion of commissioned officers in the
militia.
Gen. George Moormann, whose death
was reported recently, was adjutant
general of the united confederate vet
erans and had served with distinctior.
through the civil war on the confed
erate side. His death took place in
New Orleans.
According to a correspondent of the
Associated press at Caracas, Venezue
la, a copy of the answer made by the
Venezuelan government to the Ger
man note has been secured in which
answer the position of the republic is
outlined and a determination is ex
pressed to deal honestly with all na
tions that hold claims against it It
is also reported that the blockade has
at last been ordered and is to extend
to the ports of La Guayra, Puerto Ca
bello, Coro, Maracaibo, Carupano and
Barcelona.
On December 17 it was reported
from Denver, Colo., that nearly 9,000
Boers, it is said, are preparing to
"trek" to America, and will settle in
Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. The
representative of this movement is
General Pearson, late quartermaster
general of the South African republic,
whose headquarters are in New York.
Colorado friends of the Boers have
been in communication with. the. een-
eral with regard to now lands for tha 1 Subig:
aotflora onrJ flnt-v TV.T TlnVillim-ci mlin I
is now looking over these lands, has
expressed himself as very favorably
impressed wit;h this state.
A cablegram from Manila, under
date of December 19, says: The round
up of Ladrones in Risil province is
proceeding. A large force of constab
ulary is in the field and the Manila
police are co-operating with it. They
are cordoning the north part of the
city to prevent the Ladrones entering.
The United States fleet Is assembled
for the evolutions wMch are to com
mence tomorrow and continue for a
fortnight. They will consist largely
in landing tactics and the seizure, for
tifying and supplying of a naval baso
on tne west coast or Luzon, near
The battleship Kentucky is
On December 19 it was reported from
St. Petersburg that four hundred thou
sand persons are reported to be desti
tute and starving, as a result of the
crop failure in Finland. The Anglo
American church here has undertaken
to feed and clothe thevschool children
of four Finnish parishes, and Pastor
Francis has issued an. appeal for as
sistance in this work. He says' the
conditions today are worse than thoso
of 1867, when 100,000 persons died.
here and the Oregon is expected daily.
A true bill for treason was returned
against Arthur Lynch in London on
December 19. It will be remembered
that Mr. Lynch, who is a member of
parliament from Galway, was arrested
on Juno 11 on a charge of high trea
son on account of tho part ho took in
the South African war where it is al-
On December 19, according to a ca
blegram from Berlin. United States
Minister Tower presented his creden
tials to Emperor William. The mem
bers of tho embassy F'rst Secretary
Dodge, Naval Attache Potts and Mili
tary Attache Biddle were also pre
sented. t
On December 20 it was announced
from Louisiana, Mo., that Gen. David
ju. Henderson, speaker of the house
of representatives, had made a gift
to the people of that village of two
blocks of city property overlooking
the Mississippi river to bo converted
into a park.-. It 'is said that Mr. Hen
derson first began his career in Louis
iana, Mo.
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Fit Cure, book, pxainlnntlon
hart and 1.000 1 amarkablt ur
inee In tho Twelfth Missouri congres
sional district against James G. But
ler, for the seat of representative. No
tice of the institution of proceedings
were served on Mr. Butler tonight The
notice alleges fraudulent voting in the
recent election.
It is expected that the completion
of the Pacific cable between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu will be completed
in a few days and the opening of the
cable will be celebrated as a holiday,
according to dispatches from that
place.
A severe trolley car accident near
Now York on December 20 resulted
in the fatal injury of several passen
gers and the bruising of perhaps sixty
others. The accident was caused by
the collision of the car with a freight
train.
From Des Moines, la., comes the in
formation on December 20 that oil has
been discovered issuing from the
banks of the Coon river near Grant
City in Sac county. A quart of the
oil was sent to Ames college for analy
sis and found to be 80 per cent pure.
The discoverer, a woman, has quiet
ly leased 0,000 acres in the locality. A
representative of the Pennsylvania Oil
company and of Des Moines capitalists
has been endeavoring to buy the lease
contracts.
An interesting cablegram from
Rome, dated December 20, says: The
long standing differences between thr
German Emperor William and the
Vatican, respecting tho training of
candidates for the priesthood of Alsace-Lorraine,
was satisfactorily ad
justed today. Cardinal Rampolla, the
papal secretary of state, in behalf of
the pope, and Baron von Hertling, rep
resenting the emperor, agreed that
the Vatican shall organize a theologi
cal school in connection with the uni
versity of Strasburg under the same
rules as thoso at Benn and Bresslau.
The appointment of the faculty will
bo subject to tho approval of the bish
op of Strasburg. The existing epis
copal seminary at Strasburg, to whoso
pro-French influence the emperor ob
jected, remains intact, but will be dis
tinct from the new school.
President Roosevelt has been asked
to act as arbitrator in the differences
between Venezuela and the European
powers and on December 21 it was an
nounced from London that it is be
lieved there that the president had
consented to act in that capacity. In
view of this statement a cablegram
from Rome, under the- samo date, is
significant. The cablegram says: It
has been learned here that not one
of the allies at present contemplates
submitting the Venezuelan difficulty to
The Hague court The Venezuelan
situation was fully discussed by King
Victor Emanuel and Foreign Minister
Prinetti at their semi-weekly confer
ence this morning, and much satisfac
tion with the more peaceful turn of
events was expressed.
It was announced from Brussels on
December 21 that King Leopold has
concluded negotiations with the Chi
nese government for the cession of a
tract of territory similar to the set
tlements of other European nations.
Belgium has accepted this arrange
ment instead of financial compensa
tion for. the Belgian claims arising
from the recent rebellion.
Reports of a bad railroad wreck
came frpm Martinez, Cal., on Decem
ber 21. The number of killed is twen
ty and the Injured about twenty-two,
the acciddnt being caused by the disre-
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On December' 20 the funeral of Mrs
Ulysses S. Grant took place. Her re
mains were placed in the sarcophagus
beside those of her husband in the
tomb overlooking the Hudson river.
It was reported- from St. Louis, Mo.,
on December 20, that contest pro
ceedings were begun today by George
D. Reynolds, recent republican nom-
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