The Globe-republican., 1900-09-13
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF


A new whisky trust has been formed
which decides to put UP prices
One hundred thousand tons of Ala
bama coal has been contracted for t..
be shipped to Austria
w X Maxwell. general baggage
agent of the NJ. X. & T. railway, died
in Boston September 4.
The Mexican Central railway shops,
all along its line, closed by strikes
1t may spread to trainmen.
There is gas war in Chicago and
consumers get gas at Go cents per 900
feet, with downward tendency.
Colonel w j. Bryan and Governor
Theodore Roosevelt spoke from tho
same platform on labor day in Chicago.
Five brothers by the name of Cressey,
who live in five different states met at
tbs late national G. a. Il. encampment
in Chicago.
Vermont and Arkansas held their
state elections last week. The first
elected Republican ticket of course,
and the last elected a Democratic tick
ct also of course.
During the last year 400 duels have
been fought in Italy and $50 deaths
have resulted Most of these coinbats
on trivial preteNts-
Douglass Macarthur, son of General
Macarthur, stands at the head of his
class at West Point: Ulysses s. Grant
Ill stands second. He is the son of
General Fred Grant.
A coed many railroads have agreed,
and it seems likely that all will agree.
upon charging SID mile for hauling
special trains carrying candidates and
speakers during the campaign.
The Kansas state election board is
getting out blank ballots and proof
sheets, with lists of candidates, to be
sent to Kansas men in the armies in
the Ori~nt, SO that they may vote.
ssThe Flying Scotchman,- the limit
ed train operated between Arberdeen
and London, has introduced the Amer
lean style of coaches. American d.
ming cas- are also to be used upon this
train.
cargo of beef and mutton. pre-
served by a new process, and shipped
from Buenos Ayres to Liverpool, was
condemned on inspection Prepared
meats from South America that pass
inspection bring about half as much
American chilled meats.
The steamer China, which has sailed
900 in gold and silver currency for the
United States troops in China
At Lincoln, Neb.. during a fire works
show in the baseball park, a section of
the amphitheater, seventy-five feet
high. collapsed and injured many
people
Two ST. Louis policemen were killed:
and eleven other officials in iured, by
shocks received while they were using
the police telephone. The wire was
crossed with the electric light wire.
Labor day was quite generally OBJ
served in the cities of this country.
and even Winnipeg. Manitoba. cele-
brated the day
The NGrthvves tern Life Insurance
Co. of Chicago has turned over its
business to the Mutual Reserve Fund
Life Insurance Association of New
York.
\ transport has left San Franchises
for Manila 433 horses and the guns and
accoutrenaents of batteries G and NJ
Seventh cavalry. which had sailed the
previous day
The Union Pacific company takes
the position that telephone and teIe-
graph companies and private concerns
have no right authority to string
wires across the tracks of the company
without first getting the consent Of
the Union Pacific
The estimates of the navy depart
inent, TO oe given to congress on its
assembling in December. are l;l-af, :.
amount to $50, 900, 600, for the year end
ing June 80, 1902 The estimates re
the department. for the present fss..1
year amounted to s14, a45,5oo.