The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-08
che LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF,

III La LOt I'VE y I'm OhiEfs
Pope Leo was 90 years old on March
md.
Six cases of plague and one death
aave occurred at Alden
Russia has crowded England away
rom having influence with Persia
President Steyn of the Orange Free
state is said to favor a speedy peace.
Major General Shafter has gone to
.ssume his new command in California
Kaiser Wilhelm's new play was put
IN the stage in Berlin and was Missed
Municipal officers in Germany re-
'eive severe sentences for talking too
much to newspaper reporters.
w. c. Paber, of Denver, read the
poem required by the National IGditori-
III association program, at New Or
leans.
The recent earthquakes in Mexico
prove to have done more damage to
life and property than first accounts
indicated.
New York cities may direct by vote
that public lighthouses shall be estab-
lished- Buffalo provided one in 1897 at
a cost of S14, 500
Before the entry of Butler into Lady
smith the British wounded had been
left out for thirty-six hours. The Beers
gave them water.
The United States Milling company
the flour trust-has gone into the hands
of receivers The bonds of the trust
could not be f1oated
The Sheldon issues of the Capital
has already broken all the postoffice
records of the city and the state Hun
dreds of money orders are daily paid
TO the Capital.
Major General Brooke, late governor
general of Cuba, is to succeed Major
General Merritt in the military de-
partment of the East on June 1, when
General Merritt will retire.
Archbishop Chapeue seems to be
constantly misconstrued in Manila. A
great fuss was raised when it was
stated that the friars would be REIN
stated, which, of course, was untrue.
Nineteen years ago, on February 27.
.Ss1, General Joubert drove a few
companies of British troops from Ma
:uba hill. which was turning point
n that war. Cronj e's surrender was
IN the same day, in 1900.
The Japanese minister at Washington
as been transferred to st. Petersburg
The Missouri Pacific offered ST. so a
,ay and wanted 500 men, to shovel
now between independence and Sc
ta1ia- Could not get man in INDIE
,endence.
The commission appointed to inves-
igate the prisons in the Havana dis
riot has finished it's Iabors Out of
r03 persons waiting trial the committee
las recommended 80 for liberation
md 136 who We're under conviction
ave been recommended for liberation.
2Tae state of Vera Cruz Mexico.
vhere corn is virtually the staff of life.
las a very poor crop this season Sc
we're drouth is the cause
The bubonic plague has appeared on
the Cozumel island, off the coast of
\ ucatan- Quarantine officers in the
Gulf states and the West Indies are
directed to observe a strict quaran-
tine
The first cargo of hemp from Manila
has reached New York by the way of
APE Horn, after tedious passage of
LS7 days
The army estimates of the British
var office show total expenditure of
s3O7, 517 900, an increase over last wear.
'f S2o4, 1920 The total number of
'fhcers and men is placed at 43o. Ooo.l
In increase over last year of a45,147.
Predictions regarding the probable
Increase in bank note circulation
'ange all the way from $50, oOo, 900 to
he 5000, 900, 900 possible Many state
banks are contemplating taking ONT.
'harters as national banks in order tn
FRONT by the circulation feature of the
law.