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Show TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. .It is said to be definitely ascertained that the Northern Pacific will build a broad-gauge branch to Butte from Spokane to the mines and extend the Fargo Southern next season. The body of Louis Kiel waa buried yesterday yester-day by Father Andre in the vault underneath under-neath the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Con-ception, at Kegina, and a guard was placed over the remains. The ceremonial was simple sim-ple but impressive. Upon the completion of the Canadian Pa-cifio Pa-cifio road, all transatlantic mails from England Eng-land will be forwarded over that road and a new British line of steamers will be established estab-lished at the western terminus of the Canadian Cana-dian Pacific for Australia. Dr. Barbour, physician at Sing Sing, says that Ferdinand Ward is improving in strength, and is not the broken-down creature crea-ture that some of the reporters have pictured him. Ward says he is being treated well and has no complaint to make. "T. W. Eck lowered the ten mile professional profes-sional tricycle record at St. Louis yesterday afternoon in the presence of a number of tricycle experts. His time was 35 minutes 32 2-6 seconds, beating the best record by Harry Higham by 4 minutes and 28 seconds. Jack Prinoe made the pace. A joint committee from the Chamber of Commerce and Maritime Association of New York left for Washington last night to urge the President and Cabmet to render all possible pos-sible assistance to American shipping interests. inter-ests. One of the objects of the visit pertains per-tains to steam vessels ca-rying the mails. Miss Katie St. John, an estimable young lady of Bellaire, Ohio, fell at the Niagara rink Tuesday night and expired in a few moments. She was about .20 years of age, and her death has caused a great deal of excitement, ex-citement, but the rink did not close. A race and other performances were continued. General Hancock, attended by General Walker of his staff, the historian of the Second Sec-ond Corps. Colonel Wilson, Major Miller, Colonel Batchelder, government historian of the battlefield. Colonel Nicholson, recorder of the Grand Commandery of the Loyal Legion, Le-gion, and others, visited the Gettysburg battlefield bat-tlefield yesterday. General Hancock gave particular attention to the positions of the left centre, where he commanded, identifying identify-ing every point of interest. There is a disagreement between the doctors over the cause of McCullough's death. Dr. Nichols, medical superintendent of the Bloomingdale Asylum, says: "McCullough's "Mc-Cullough's oase was typical of paresis. My impression is, although I dislike to express it, that his treatment after leaving Bloomingdale Bloom-ingdale hastened his death. To take a man whose brain was in the condition of McCullough's McCul-lough's and electrify him and massage him was calculated to hurry him - to the grave." .1 The new oil field around Findlay, Ohio, is attracting much attention. The yield now averages one hundred barrels per day, and when there is a spurt the flow is much larger. The excitement has not decreased, and a half-dozen wells are now in process of borinc People here are asking fabulous prices for their land. One thousand dollars an acre is a low price, and there are many takers at that figure. A host of spectators and scalpers are at work here, leasing lands and imposing on the farmers. Emperor William's speech to the Reichstag yesterday pointed out the necessity of increasing in-creasing the grants to the army and navy, and announces that bills will be presented, dealing with the taxation of sugar and brandy; the extension of the accidents insurance in-surance law; the formation of a canal connecting con-necting the Baltic Sea with the River Elbe and the North Sea. It adds that negotiations are proceeding: with England, Spain. France, Portugal and Zanzibar, regarding the extent to which German transoceanic establishments establish-ments and acquisition will henceforth be placed under the immediate protection or supervision of the German Empire. |