The Globe-republican., 1901-09-05
THE LATEST NEWS lii BRIEF,

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! Scranton, Green county. Iowa. lost
| It's business section by fire:
/ A band of Mormon missiona ries ara
attempting to plant their faith in
| Japan
I Fifteen shops in New York city en-
| Ploying 1000 sewing girls. are. tied mn
| by strikes
Gen Fred Grant has sailed for the
Philippines after his three months
leave of absence.
Austria has at last sent a minister
pden1potentiar.y to Mexico; the first since
Maxinailian was shot
The state of Pennsylvania has,pur-
chased 100, 900 acres of denuded. land
for reforesting purposes.
The total postoffice revenue of Eng
land was, in 1900 Els, 995 40 and the
expenditure was e1O, O64, 9O3
A corner of the stone base of the
Hendrix monument in Indianapolis,
was torn off by bolt of lightning.
Turkey has settled the claim of the
home Is ad 60 -
Fire did $50, 900 damage to the plant
of the Kansas & Texas Coal company
at Hun ellington, Ark, besides destroy
ing other property.
The United Typothetae of America
is opposed to compelling all trades to
use union labels on the ground that it
would infringe upon the personal lib
| erty of citizens
Fire at the ST. Louis fair grounds
| track consumed a dozen stables and
burned to death number of valuable
| horses The police believe the fire was
caused by a cigarette
Five hundred of the Thousand is
| lands in the St Lawrence river are to
| be placed on the market They are
small, being from acres to Is acres,
| and only two will be sold one Pur-
| chaser
Miss Coleman Woods is dead. She
was pronounced the most beautiful
woman in America by a committee from
the Pan-American exposition and her
profile is all the medals issued by
the board of awards
The Santa Fe system is to be divided
into two grand divisions, with a general
superintendent for each. The western
division, with J. E. Hurley in charge,
is to extend from Newton west and over
the Panhandle division The supervi-
sion of Grneral Superintendent Resi-
que will extend from Purcell and New
| tom to Chicago.
land department thus far aggregate 93,-
44o acres, against 1000 acres sold
| in July. The drorrtEa had depressing
effect upon sales generally during last
month
Up to August &c there had been two
| deaths from yellow fever in that month
| Havana. During the previous eleven
years there has. been average of
more than fifty deaths during August.
The II 200, 900 marks left by the
| dowager empress Alexandra is equiva-
lent to 3, 612. 500 of federal money
The secretary of war has apportio1ed
' the 81 ,Ooo, 900 appropriated by congress
1 | for the national guard among the or
5 | CARNATIONS in the states and territories
1 The Kaiser is making himself, first a
| laughing stock before the nations o1
t the world; that sentiment in all cases
e | cooling down to of Indignation
: | and contempt He demands that no
t b1es of high rank from China who have
come to make apology for the act OF
S the boxers, shall hurnble themselve:
r | before him and knock their heads nine
times the floor
Kaiser William has told the Chimes
n envoy, sent to apologize for killing b,
e the Chinese of the German Ambassador
l. to stop in Switzerland until the EN-
Il peror fix ap his program of cere
d mony and etiquette Pish.
II The government has engaged all tn
n teachers 1t is proposed to send to tn
It Philippines, yet applications are still
L pouring in.
e Turning from Manila was met in Chi
It eago by his wife and son whom he ha.
not seen for three years.