The Globe-republican., 1900-10-25
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF


The silk waist syvindle has been re-
newed at some western localities.
Since October 1 there have been 11s
cases of yellow fever reported ii
Havana.
Thirteen million feet of lumber and
tv. mills were burned at Oshkosh WIS
consin, recently.
The Chicago and Alton road is to ex-
pend $780, 900 it's general shops at
Bloomington. Ill.
Crown Prince Gustavus has been
named regent during the illness of
King Oscar of Sweden.
The treasurer of the Galveston relief
fund states that the total of contrib-l-
tions to date is sl,o95, 2oa-
The American cereal company's ware
house in Chicago is burned. and
bicycle comPany's plant also.
-Four millions more of gold has just
arrived in San Francisco from Aus
tra1ia- All steamships bring it.
General Wood has authorized the es-
tablishment of % additional public
schools in the province of Havana.
North Dakota sold to the government
last week over million and a half
pounds, gross weight. of beef cattle,
at cents per pound.
Canadians are smuggling Chinese
over the boundary lines between Van
eouver and Whatcom by the hundreds;
and the brown men all smuggle opium
on their trip.
The Pan American Medical Congress
which is to meet in Havana in Decen-
Der, has sent invitations to medical or
CARNATIONS in the United States to
send representatives.
A party of railroad engineers, who
have runs in Oklahoma and New Mexi-
co, are in Chicago enjoying a vacation.
There of them, all old friends,
who go together for good time.
Fifty feet of valuable property is
washed from the bank of the Missouri
river at St Joseph and much other
valuable property is Threatened.
October 16 the last of the Rock
Islands homeseekers' excursions pre-
viously authorized, but a new deal has
been made which continues them ON
every Tuesday in October and Noveu1-
Der.
s. w. Miller. general live stock agent
of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail-
way, with headquarters in Fort Worth
has been appointed assistant general
freight agent of the road, with head
quarters in Chicago
Captain John b. Adams, past com
nnander-in-chief of the G. A. r. dropped
dead at the state house in Boston,
October 10.
Sister Baptista was accidentally kill
ed at boys school in Helena, Mon
tana- Her name was Flynn and she
20 years old. She went to Mon
tana from Leavenworth. Kansas.
The National City bank. of New
York has secured So, 500, 900 of gold in
| South Africa, which represents the
first output of the mines there since
the breaking out of the Boer
The Ohio supreme court has con-
frmed the full validity of the law which
makes man liable to three years in
prison who is found begging outside
of his own county and who refuses to
work.
September receipts of grain in Chi
cago We're So. o72 cars; of which the
Santa Fe took in the largest number;
1,16o cars.
By vote of Is to g the Chicago
board of Education refused TO permit
the use in the schools of a book of
selected Bible readings
The several railroads entering Gal
weston have decided to build a brieasre
over Galveston bay which will be two
and one-half miles long. double tr~.k
and ten feet higher than any of thu
former structures
The Venezuelan governments an.
nonnces that Venezuela will not make
al exhibit at the Pan-A merican exno-
sltlon, to be held in Buffalo in 1901
The sugar market is demoral;zea
fTices are given - and 20 points under
trust prices of short time. ago. re
Quotation Or fine.