The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-06-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF.
Mrs W. c. Norris Of Harwell, No,
committed suicide. She saturated her
clothing with gasoline and set fire to
it.
Men who advanced their money for
Missouri at the Omaha Exposition are
left with the bag to hold for two more
years. Bill was killed by clerks mis-
take
Bloodhounds have been put on the
trail of the Union Pacific train rob
bers
j. H. McManagal, who killed Cap
tain Thomas Young Of Lexington,
Mo-, year ago, attempted suicide at
Warrensburg, Mo.
The negro who assaulted the 7-year-
old white girl near Tice, Texas. was
captured. The mob's nerve failed and
he was not lynched.
The Yukon river is open for naviga-
ton from Lake Bennett to Dawson
City.
The property decided to Stanford
University by Mrs. Stanford is esti-
mated to be worth s3s. 200. OOo
The Philippine Commission at Ma
Mia gave gorgeous ball with the
purpose Of fostering the good feeling
between the Americans and the ma
tives in that city. 1t was brilliant
success
| Major Bell surprised and routed q
party OF Filipinos, who, being re-en-
forced, turned upon the Americans
and chased them to cover.
The Hague Peace Conference may
adopt the American plan of arbitra-
ton, but no other result is expected.
1t is found impossible to agree upon
method of checking ornaments.
Spain. it is announced, has coded to
Germany the Marianne Caroline and
other Pacific islands. This is regard
ed in Washington as another evidence
of the aggressiveness of Berlin in the
Pacific.
| Dupuy's cabinet has decided to pros
ecute all officers found to have been
concerned in the cabal against Drey-
fus. Picquart, who was sent to prison
because he tried to expose the con-
spirators, will be released
Springfield. Mo-, is making an effort
to secure the new institution for fec
ble-minded persons, to be erected by
the state.
Treasurer Pitts report shows bal
ance in the Missouri treasury to date
of 81, O9o, sea OF.
Governor Poynter of Nebraska was
forced to give up the home which he
has been occupying at Lincoln, be-
cause the landlord wanted it in a hur-
ry. The board appointed to select a
mansion is divided over which house
to select.
! Ex-Governor Baxter of Arkansas
died at Batesvillc on Wednesday. He
occupied prominent place in the pol
itics of the state.
Major Marchand. the African cx-
| plorer, reached Paris, and was re-
ceived with wild demonstrations Of
admiration by the French people.
! Captain Rockefeller Of the Ninth in
fan.ry, who disappeared near Manila
on April 2S, has not turned up and it
| is surmised that he either is a prisoner
| in the insurgent ranks or dead.
1t is announced that Queen Victoria
will elevate Sir Julian Paunccfotc to
. the peerage.
The American plan for mediation
was unanimously adopted by the Ar
| b;tration Committee of the Peace Con-
ference. 1t will be submitted to the
| en- tire conference later.
Eight hundred wagons were burned
| by a mysterious fire in the Smith
| wagon works building at Pekin, Ill.
The will of Sam T. Jack, the late
| theatrical manager, has been fled in
| New York. 1t divides an estate Of
$50, 900 among his relatives and re-
quests that his widow and his brother,
James C Jack, shall become husband
| and wife.
The month of May was a record
breaker for Cripple Creek district,
Colo, the gold production amounting
to 81, 625, 600
Two American officers in a sailboat
! became bccalmed in Manila bay.
Their boat was surrounded by Fil:-
pinOs and they were captured.
Filipinos report that friendly ma
tives are being killed by the Tagals,
who are returning from towns from
which American troops have been
Withdrawn.
NJ. Maneau, rrocurator general, de.
clared to the court of cessation that
he believed no act of treason had beelk
committed in the Drcyfus ease and
that the artillery captain was made
martyr by some mysterious hoax.
Louis Hammer OF Chicago died in q
cemetery, suddenly, while attending
decoration exercises
Decoration day was celebrated in