Free press., 1901-03-16
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF

ury on March 5, amounted to s4se, ,412.-
15S.
Rear Admiral Cervera has been
raised to vice admiral in the Spanish
navy.
The speaker of the territorial house
of Hawaii is half-Chinese and half
Hawaiian.
The German government has ordered
300 barrels of California for use by its
army and navy.
Pope Leo celebrated his 91st birth
day on March 2. He is said to be in
remarkably good health
The Cuban constitutional convention
did not like the action of congress upon
Cuban affairs at first blush
The Chicago & Alton has conceded to
the demand of its shopmen that piece
work system be not established
The city of st. Petersburg is acqui--
ing its street car lines and proposes 10
convert them into electric railways.
TRe diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill provided fund for the
purchase of legation premises in Pekin
a referendum is to be submitted n
New Zealand to decide whether thSt
colony shall join the commonwealth ct
Australia.
Ex-President Harrison has for seTeT.
| al days been quite sick from grip ac3
| intercostal neuralgia His physician
is hopeful.
The drouth in Pennsylvania is Sc
severe that trains have to carry water
to supply the engines, SO many of the
| tanks along the line are without water.
Indiana has new law which vacates
the Office of a sheriff when prisoner
| in his charge is lynched, until he can
h>aw that he has not been renfss in
his duty.
The war department has accepted
the bid of the Northern Pacific railway
fesr warehouse aud wharfng facilities
| at Tacoma for it's Alaska and Philip
| pine business.
The Maryland Legislature is in special
session, with the principal object. of
ascending the election laws so as to
| disfranchise illiterate; a measure which
wal disfranehise 90 per cent of 80, 900
| colored voters.
The Texas panhandle country has
developed as successful producer OF
cotton. The Fort Worth and Denver
railroad has carried out from :f:s
years crop about 81, 900 bales, all ra;set:
north of Wichita Falls
Addison Hadley, who founded the
| Hadley home for girls in his town of
| Handy, Ind, is dead at the age OF 10
The Canadian house of commons. by
! vote of 125 to 10, ask Edward VII
that the portion of the OLD coronas,cs,
oath offensive to Catholics be el.mic-
ated.
Gas supply failure causes much sT,t-
pie who have their employment IN the
shops and factories. The Traction
companies cannot run it's cars for lack
of gas for fuel
Nearly 5000 private pension bills
were introduced in this session of con-
gress, of which 1900. became laws.
This is greater than the record of the
past except that the Fifty-frst coz
gress passed /, ,3s3 of them.
The Kansas delegation at Washing
ton has held a consultation to consider
and try to agree on the patronage
question.
Harvard university has sent So, 900 tc
the Washington and Lee university at
Lexington, Virginia, for the William
L. Wilson endowment fund.
The United States court of appeals
sustairs the sentence of David v
Reiger, of Kansas City. Mo-, for misap
plying funds of the bank of which he
was president. He was sentenced tc
the penitentiary for six years
A large lumber warehouse is burned
at GRANVILLE, Ohio, together with al
the lumber in the yards. Loss, ss5.
600.
After long debate the South D2co
ia Legislature indefinitely postponed a
resolution to remove the state capital
from Pierre to Mitchell.
The river and harbor bill was de
fested by hot air. It's opponents killed
. time and prevented final vote in tn.
senate upon the last conference report
, Work has commenced on the mann
facture of American shoes in Mexico
i Mexican leather is used The capacity
of the factory is 1000 pairs of shoes
) day.
. The Legislators of three states, Deia
ware, Montana and Nebraska. in th'
: last days of their sessions, remained a
, deadlock upon the election of Unites
States senators.