The Globe-republican., 1901-08-08
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THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Rear Admiral John Irwin, retired,
died July 80, aged 60 years
Fire did $50, 900 damage in the Boecl1-
Ter Lumber company's yards in St.
Louis.
Emperor Nicholas has ordered the
organization of army of Dos, 800
cruits.
Eighteen of the twenty railroads
entering Chicago have alp owed of
plans for a union station
Manitoba and the northwest terri
tory expects a wheat crop this year of
from SIS to 60 million bushels.
There are reports of serious damage
to crops in Sweden from the hot weather.
Forest fires burning in several up
land districts.
The Santa Fe is about to double the
capacity of its shops at San Bernardino
and to increase the force from 500 to
about 900 men.
General Miles has ordered the organi-
cation of nine more companies of coast
artillery, making LOG of the 126 compa-
MES provided for by law.
Cotton spindles of South Carolina in
creased 800, 363 in the past two years
That state now takes second place in
the manufactured cotton output.
Fire in Chicago destroyed the plants
of the Simplex Railway and Appliance
csmpany, the Western Rawhide Tan
ming company and the Hammond Buggy
company.
In Norway, where saloons per-
mitted only beer, the saloons are closed
| on Saturday afternoons, which is the
| general pay day, and savings banks
| are open until midnight
| The name of the transport Samoa has
| Leen changed to Dix, in honor of Gen
T eral John A. Dix. who gave the famous
| order: eff any attempts to haul
| down the American flag, shoot him on
| the spot
| The manufacturers at Tampa, Fla,
| representing over $40, GOO, 900 capital,
| have issued a manifesto declaring that
/ they would move elsewhere if the citi-
| zens of Tampa did not suppress the
| archist leaders and protect them in their
| business
| The editor of the Cincinnati Price
| Current says that so cents a bushel for
| corn at Chicago is all that can reason
| ably be expected He figures on the
| total supply from the present crop and
| old stock about equal to the annual
| consumption export demand not taken
| into consideration.
| Secretary Long cautions naval Off
| GERS against giving any public utter
| ance of their sentiments regarding the
| Schley-Sampson investigation.
| An oil company, with paid up cap
| ital of 81 500, 900, has incorporated in
Utah. The company has 5000 acres in
| the Green River, Utah, oil fields
| The Frendenblatt the organ of tho
| Austro-Hungarian foreign office,
1 m he rronoSa6 tar
| law, says: eff Germany wishes tariff
war, Austria, Russia and the United
| States will be ready to undertake it. -
Probably majority of the people oe
Kansas have believed for 25 years that
the Blenders were killed and buried
near Cherryva1e.
prehistoric city has been found on
the Navajo reservation between Duran
go, Col, and Pennington, n. M, in
which is palace of thousand rooms,
older than the Aztecs.
The American Forestry association
will hold a summer meeting at Denver
August 1922 Tt is expected that
James Wilson, Secretary of AgrscuI-
ture, will preside
T. D. Skinner, the oldest travelling
man in the United States. has just cele-
brated his golden wedding at ST. Jo-
seph, Mo-
The Columbus has sailed the Consti-
tuition out of any chance to meet Sham
rock IL.
A Kanass City firm bought 100, 600
bushels of oats on the market at Min
neapolis, Minnesota
The British house of lords has voted
a half million dollars to Lord Roberts.
who commanded in the South African.
war.