The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-02-06
NewS Brief
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Cole Younger, the Missouri bandR
serving q life Imprisonment IN the
Minnesota Penitentiary, was granted
full pardon Wednesday on the cOnoi-
ton that be leave Minnesota never TO
return.
John D. Long, ex-secretary Of the
navy is dangerously i'll at St. Msrgar-
cts hospital In Boston In addition /
to kidney trouble he has an attack Of 4
iagrippe and the physicians in charge /
are watching the case closely.
The new White Star line steamer,
Cedrick, Is the largest vessel afioat. 1t |
can carry 10000 tons Of freight and
3, 900 passengers This huge vessel is
700 feet long aud is nearly ready for
sea She is not built especially for
speed.
The proposition to allow women the
right 70 vote for presidential electors
was killed in the Kansas senate last
week. The women suffragists are not
discouraged but viii try again, and
/ VIII 0uttonhOle each and every senat-
or to secure his support Of the bill.
According to press reports German
naval and army officers have been tax
/ ing sOundings Of Havana and other
West Indian harbOrs. This, If a fact,
/ has the appearance that Germany is
getting ready for trouble with the
/ United States over the Monroe doc
/ trine.
It now comes ont that Great Britain
took the initiative inviting a concor-
/ dat Of the powers to push the claims
/ for indemnity against Venezuela The
German government has been blamed
for this, and now it appears that our
dear, friendly British cousins" have
| been Matching up mischief.
/, General Leonard Wood and Fred
Funston attended the Kansas day ban
I Quet at Topeka Thursday night. VII
liam Allen White, of the EmpOria Ga
zstte, presided. About 800 guests sat
I down to the reDast The Knife and
1 Fork club, Of Kansas City, have also
invited General Wood.
A severe blizzard, the worst known
in years, swept over the Middle states
Wednesday, Telegrsphic cOmmuni-
cation was cut of from Cleveland and
Chicago and even street car traffic was
/ seriously hsmpered- A foot of snow
fell, followed by high winds and rain.
The storm reached as far south as
Louisville.
/ A member Of congress from New
York, has introduced bill raising the
presidents salary from $4,000 to $780,
600 year. He must think that the
Office will go a-begging unless the sal
} airy Of the chief executive is doubled.
| When Carnage, Rockefeller and Nor
, gan have such princely salaries $4,000
a year is a beggarly allowance.
The house committee on judiciary
, last week recommended the adoption
Of Waggener's resolution for a consti-
tutiOnal convention. If the measure
L - Iii
I vote Of both branches Of the legisla-
ture and the proposition will then be
: submitted to a vote Of the people at
} the next general election.
Mexico, China and other silver usine
/ countries have urged upon the United
, States the appointment Of a commits
7 sion to fix the rate Of exchange between
(. gold standard and silver using coun
tries and to devise means to prevent
b fluctuations and to recommend the
2 largest possible use Of silver as money
Senator Quay, Of Pennsylvania, who
} IS champiOning the Omnibus state
! ! hood bill succeeded Saturday in bav.
3 ing the bill put upon the agricultural
appropriation bill as q rider. The
proposition was strongly opposed in
the senate but carried by a two-thirds
vote Quay is making stRunch fight
l for statehood Of Arizona, New MexieC
s and Oklahoma
The machinists' strike on the Union
Pacific railroad is Of several months
1 standing and has seriously crippled
o the earning capacity Of the road. Nov
= the Railway Conductors aud Broth
: erhOOd Of Railway Trsinmen, Of the
Missouri Pacific, have made a demand
D for an increase of wages to meet the
increase in the cost Of living. If the
e matter is not adjusted a strike Of large
proportions may occur.
Z A traffic ALLIANCES has been formed
between the Rock Island and the San
IA Fe. The latter road will build from
: Dodge City to Liberal, Kan, and then
= run over the new Rock Island line 81
miles to a common point in New Mex
leo, possibly Santa Rosa, and the ROcL
Island viii use Sauna Fe tracks to Pa
cific coast points. IL the arrangement
is perfected the Rock Island will as
=, the Santa F'e line from Kansas City t
Topeka.
o Baron Speck Won Sternburg, Ger
p man envoy extraordinary and ministe
plenOpOtentisry arrived in New YOrl
lt last Saturday. In an Interview with
e representative Of the New York WOrlt
he disaTOwed any intention on the par
Of Emperor William III. to violate tht
J. Monroe doctrine and emphasized tn
statement that his sovereign had hiRl
admiration for President Roosevelt
= and the warmest regard for Americ
: and Am ericans-
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