The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-01
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Argentine ports have been declared
free from the bubonic plague.
Pirates increasing in Chinese
waters and are more active than usual
Leslie E. Kelley, the inventor of the
Kelley cure for the liquor habit. is
dead.
WI Ting Fang is a direct descendant
of Confucius. seventy generations ~
moved.
The president directs that che new
military post near Seattle il to be called
Fort Lawton.
The mines near Kialberiey are to be
worked again, since that place has
been relieved.
Illinois carr.ka the prize at the
lincoln, Neb.. bnttermN $Sers' sssoeia-
ton meeting
Five hundred and fifty mules have
been shipped from San Francisco to
South Africa.
late rumor is current to the effect
that General Cron je has broken through
the British lines.
There is bill before congress to
provide the patent office with new
fire proof building
Chicago railroads are proposing to
build an immense union station to
cover two entire blocks.
French officials still cling to the hope
that America will adopt their Panama
route for the isthmus canal
Secretary Root approves General
Woods policy of reducing the force of
United States troops ia Cuba
/ The Union broom company held a
meeting in Chicago and pushed up the
price of broom corn another notch
| Conference committees the finan-
| cia1 bill, reported to each house
| agreement which had been reached.
| The Union Pacific railroad is drop
| ping off its employees who are over
Ecertain age. The age is not stated.
/ A musselman mob surrounded the
British consulate, at Sidon, and
wounded the son of the vice consul.
Frank Cell, of washburn college, took
first place at the annual oratorical con-
| test of the associated Kansas colleges
| Gen. Fred Funston is now stationed
at San Isidro with three infantry
regiments and is in reality the mill
tary governor of the province.
| A company is organized with CAPT
| tai of Sc, 900, 900 to carry out the con-
| tract for the construction of the Rapid
Transit railway in New York city
The transferring of public works in
| Havana from military to civil control
| causes alarm among employees, who
! fear that only Spaniards will be em-
| ployed-
The investigation of the Idaho labor
troubles practically places the state
officials on trial and the governor o.
Idaho asks to be represen ted by attor.
| neys.
| Harry Vardon, golf champion of Eng
land recently defeated William Smith,
| the American champion, and is now
champion of the world
| The industrial commission, having
heard the trust officials, will now listen
/ to workmen, superintendent and trav-
cling statesmen A sub commission will
visit industrial centers for this pur-
pose,
! The batt1eship Wisconsin is nearing
completion at San Francisco, and will
probably be ready for trial trip be-
fore July I.
Returned soldiers deny the reports
| that Manila has more saloons than
under Spanish rule They say there
are as many frst-class places but that
| the low groggeries have been squeIch-
ed
| WI Ting Fang, the Chinese ministers
to this country, has had conferred upon
him the degree of Il. L. D. by the
University of Pennsylvania.
Princess Cantacuzene, who was Julia
Dent Grant, granddaughter of General
o. s. Grant, is i'll with typhoid fever
in St Petersburg. Russia.