The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-02-21
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF

Ex-King Milan, of Servia, is dead.
Chilicothe, Mo-, developed ten cases
Of smallpox last week.
Over 5000 private pension bills have
come before congress at this session
The temperature at Fort Egbert,
Alaska. is reported at SO degrees be-
low zero.
bill to prevent negroes from prac-
ticing law is before the North Carolina
legislature.
The Michigan supreme court decides
that franchises can be assessed and
taxed as property
1t is announced that the Gould in
terests will splice the Katy on the Mis-
souri, Pacific system
Saloon suppression by women has
extended far and wide. Nermillion, s.
D. is late instance.
Grazalema, forty miles from Cadiz,
suffered loss of many buildings by
earthquake, Feb 49,
General s. Il. NJ Young is to succeed
General Shafter in command of the
department of California
Two men are held at Joplin, Mo,
suspected in connection with the
Cudahy kidnapping case.
legislature, after month of dead lock,
agreed to go into caucus and unite
candidate
An oil well just struck at Hartford
City, Ind, flowed oil. which covered
five acres of ground before it was CON
troIled-
The government at Washington
seems to be indifferent to whether
Denmark becomes willing to sell it's
islands or not
The Palmer house, the Great North
ern and the Sherman house in Chicago
were set OF fire about the same time
the other day
1t is becoming a common thing for
the people in Spain to stone the
riages of Jesuits, and throw stones at
their buildings.
General James NJ Ruggles, who
| drafted the first platform of the repub-
| liean party, died in Havana, ILL.,, on
Feb. 10, aged ST.
General George Nancy, of Nashville,
! Tenn, died suddenly in Washington,
of apop1exy. He had been minister to
| Colombia and to Venezuela.
| A scheme is talked about for the
| Mo. Pac., the D. and Rio G., the Col
| Southern, the Katy and the Frisco to
|
General Maybury Prentiss, known
| as the t'Hero of Shi1o'' died recently at
his home in Bethany, Mo, at the age
| of 81.
Two Kansas City boys were gathered
| in by the police because they had a
shot bag containing Ss7o in gold. The
| boys say they saw two men bury 1T in
| Terre Haute, Ind, and they dug it up
| and emigrated-
The Colorado senate acted favorably
on a proposition to amend the state
| constitution to limit work in
| mines to 8 consecutive hours in a day.
| During the present session of con-
gross there have been 1000 bills
referred to the military committee to
remove charges of desertion.
4 Chauncey NJ Depew has purchased q
$50, 900 home in Washington for wed
ding present for his niece who is to
marry Lieutenant John Adie, of the L
s. Navy.
| The session of the federal court al
!, st. Joseph. Mo-, was adjourned be-
cause the jail in which federal prison
ers are kept is quarantined on account
of smallpox
At an intercollegiate oratorical con
, test of seven Indiana colleges, w. O.
r Tyler, negro, took first honors.
Signor Marconi, on the first day OF
| King Edwards reign, succeeded in
| sending wireless messages from the
| Isle of Wight to the Lizard 200 miles
| away Perfect communication be
!, tween the two points has been estab
| lisned.
Carlo, Illinois, has had a fire which
| destroyed two wholesale houses and
: the building and plant of the Bulletin
and several smaller places