The Globe-republican., 1903-05-07
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

kissed each other in public at Rome.
The semi-annual assemblage Of the
N. .. Bishops Of the world is in session
at Meadville, Pa.
The mercury dropped seven degrees
below freezing point in Colorado and
Wyoming Oh April 30.
The Illinois house Of representatives
killed the bill to legalize trading in
puts and calls on the Chicago board Of
trade.
The widely extended frost did dam
age to fruit trees and early vegetables
in Northern Ohio; also in Central and
Western New York.
The disaster at Frank, N. W. Terri.
tory, is now said to have been not an
earthquake nor an explosion, but a
huge landslide, 1900 feet long.
Braddocll, Pa, and Vicinity has suf.
fered a million dollar forest fire loss.
Watson and Simpson, where there are
oil wells, are reported destroyed.
Governor Cables Of Laguna province
and party Of volunteers captured
Rios, the fanatical Filipino leader in
that part Of the island Of Luzon,
Westpoint, Virginia, has had a dis
astrous fire which destroyed the York
river terminus of the Southern railway,
as well as other valuable property
President Springer Of the National
Livestock association, is the head Of a
movement to organize an association
to fight the beef trust. An unlimited
amount Of cash is behind the move
ment.
The Crescent powder plant at Cain
sock, Pa, was wrecked by powder
explosion, and of the thirty employees
nine were killed and all the others
badly injured.
The members Of the subcommittee
Of the United States Panama Canal
commission is returning from Colon,
Columbia to New York. The engineer
corps remained to complete the pre-.
liminary work.
In March there were $685. first class
letters in the Chicago postoffice with
no address whatever on the envelopes,
and other thousands improperly or IL
lcgibly addressed. And March is not
an exceptional month either.
Two negro stableboys and thirty
two valuable horses were burned TO
death in fire which destroyed tile
stables on W. Gould Brockaws estate
at Great Neck, Long Island. The
financial loss will amount to between
$40, and $50, 900.
The war department has decided to
issue service medals to all the officers
and men of the regular army who par.
ticipated in the Spanish war, the Phil
ippine insurrection and the Chinese
About $4,000 medals will
be required.
Every school in Joplin, Mo-, was
closed on circus day by order of The
school board
Emperor William sent trainload Of
horses and carriages, with a large ret
inue of attendants, to Rome, for his
use and service while visiting there.
All the school teachers in the Philip
pine service have been included within
the classified civil service,
A hundred girls employed in cigar
factory at Huntington, Va, were dis.
charged because they joined q union
Half Of them repthted and were taken
back.
Horrible brutalities are reported to
have occurred in recent riots at Kis-
cheneff, Bessarbia. Many women and
children were victims Of the mob which
included even the better classes Of the
Many Jews escaped.
The citizens Of Oregon have present.
ed Admiral G. y. Clark, who brought
the Oregon around Cape Horn, with u
sword.
Direct communication between The
United States and the Philippine ISL
ands over the Pacific cable will com
mence by July 4 of this year.
The linemen's strike at Omaha Is de.
clared off, About 800 men were in.
yolved, An advance Of wages was
conceded but the demand for shorter
t9urs and recognition Of the union