The Globe-republican., 1899-06-15
NEWS NOTES.


Northwest territory. has brought TO
light the horrible practice of canni-
balism among individual members Of
the tribes
There is decided revival of Nor
monism and belief in polygamy in
Utah.
Governor Poynter and Attorney
General Smyth of Nebraska have &C
cepted Governor Sayer's invitation to
| attend an antitrust conference Of
governors and attorney generals at
st. Louis on September 20.
The postmaster at Mansfield, Texas.
was wounded and his assistant killed
by j. G. Murphres without warning.
Dreyfus, aboard the cruiser Sfax,
sailed for France from the He du Dia.
be.
Lawtou. with 4. 800 men. secured the
Paranaque country, driving out tho
Filipinos. Many Americans sue
cumbed to the terrific heat, but the
| advance was a success
Captain Nichols OF the monitor Mo-
nadnock, in Manila bay, was sun
struck and died.
Lieutenant Westnedgc. surgeon. at
tached to General Otis command At
Manila. died Of typhoid fever.
The Dewey home fund shows total
of over Sl2. 900, and OF this Missouri
tributed $500; Kansas, 81, 500; Ne
braska, 81, 300; Oklahoma, SlOO; Indian
! Territory, $500
Ten-year-old Nellie Ferguson was
struck dead in her fathers yard by
lightning at Nevada, Mo.
A man. believed to be Otto Matthes,
the murder of State Senator Wall o.
Staunton, ILL.,, is under arrest near
! Shawneetovn.
! Congressman Sherman of New York
is coming West for a conference with
Congressman Henderson Of Iowa The
latter now is assured OF the speaker
ship of the House. n succession to
Reed.
The freshmen class at the Wabash
college has been expelled because it
painted the chapel red
The Bunker Hill and MayHower
mines in California, formerly estimat-
ed to be worth s3n0, 900, were sold for
$40. 900
| The London press is beginning to
seriously talk of the imminence OF
war between England and the Trans
vaal.
| 1t is reported from Manila that
Aguinaldo has proclaimed himself die
tator and dissolved the Filipino con-
gress
1t is reported that all the civilian
members of the United States Philip
pine commission will make tour of
the archipelago for the purpose of in
tcrv:ewing leading natives
Germany is nego:i%.iEg with Spain
for the purchase ot the Island of Fer
nanda Pc.
The civil tribunal Of the Sein
granted divorce to Countess Ester.
hay.
DIR. I. n. Johnson. n member Of the
Pennsylvania legislature. was arrest
ed, charged with perjury before the
recent legislative bribery committee.
| lie was 1uInittctl To OdlA-
Bicycle frame fIers at Peoria, ILL.,,
are out on a strike because of re.
duction of wages
| Marcus Il. Mayer. the theatrical
manager, was publicly horsewhipped
by Actress Ida Orme. Oil the deck of
the American liner ST. Paul.
| Russia's scheme IN relation to inter-
national arbitration mas been further
disclosed to The peace conference. It
contemplates permanent tribunal.
1t is reported that a temporary
Alaskan boundary line has been de
termined upon to prorent border
clash until lasting treaty can DO
drawn up.
The rumor is revived in Picking that
the emperor of China il dead.
Paderewski says he is not married
I and not about to 0c married"
Chancellor Mclean of Nebraska uni
versity, has been elected president q
the University of Iowa. TO succeed
| President Charles a. ShaEer, Who died
last September.
The American Steel company OF
| Pittsburg, Pa, has announced a gen.
eral advance in wages at all its
plants All skilled workmen will re-
| ccive an increase of 10 per cent.
Grey Stone. The country seat Of tho
late Samuel J. Ti:den at Yonkecs, N.
! Y, was sold in accorda nee with an
order of the supreme court. Samuel
| Untermeyer xas the purchaser at
sl71. ZOO.
The Wisconsin United States court
| of appeals handed down an important
decision affecting the alien labor law.
The decision interprets the law so As
to apply solely to common iaborers,
exemptiug clerks and all kinds Of
skilled artisans
Two young men swindled Louis
Vile bank cashier out of 5,OO0 by
telephone.