The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-02-13
NeUs Brief
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The announcement OF a traffic ar
rsngement between the Rock Island
and the Santa Fe has been made and 4
denied on highest authority. 1t ap-
pears now that the Rock Island has a /
close traffic arrangement With the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
CONGRESSMAN Long, United States /
senRtor-eleot, has refused to endorse I
Senator Harris for q position on the /
Panama canal commission All the |
other members Of the Kansas delega-
ton are for him, acknowledging his
eminent fitness. Kansas may lose the
appointment.
It is given out that the senate will
not pass the bill TO authorize a com
mission TO settle the Alaskan bound
airy dispute on the ground that We have
nothing to arbitrate and that our title
is absolute. The attitude Of Great
| Britain in the Venezuelan dispute has
| lost her friends.
President Roosevelt refused to act
as arbitrator IN the Venezuelan diff
Guilty. The case will now 20 to the
Hague tribunal aud when the prOtO-
col is duly signed the blockade Of Vene-
Zuelan ports will be raised. The allies
/ viii come out Of the affair with loss Of
prestige.
j Inc LEaEELEuEAQ huEA-NLueE DlAA UdcaGu
i the house Saturday by q unanimous
Gratis. It gives power to the interstate
/ commerce commission to examine ali
/ books and to tx a fine Of 5000 for re-
Il fusal to exhibit accounts or the with
holding Of evidence
/ Ten million dollars, of the congress
siOnal appropriation for the irrigation
OF arid lands is already available and
| the first work viii be done in Colorado
soon. The location Of the first irrigs
/ ton works will be made in q short
/ time and may be located in the valley
OF the GunnisOn or in Grand River
valley.
The proprietary medicine bill intro
duced in the Kansas senate has fallen
by the wayside. 1t was drastic and IN
reasonable and was formulated by
coterie Of Kansas medicOs. Many Of
the proprietary medicines have merit
and some Of them are used by physi-
clans themselves.
The navy of the United States needs
| q large reinforcement of both men aud
officers. Several naval officers have
committed suicide IN consequence of
over work All this comes about be
cause there is no provision for promo
ton from warrant men to commission
) officers in the navy. No self respect
! ing American youth will put up with
such regulations.
II War has broken out between Guate
mals on one side and Honduras and
San Salvador on the other. Admiral
Glass, of the United States navy. has
been ordered with his squadron to pro-
] coed from San Francisco to Amaps
island, of Honduras, to watch devel-
opponents and to protect American in
terests.
A terrific hurricane in the South
u Pacific ocean in the latter part Of Jan
uary created a tidal wave which
, drowned 1000 people IN the Society
islands. Several Of the islands were
I entirely depOpulsted and much dis
7 tress prevails among the destitute
= people for lack Of food and raiment
The islands are French possessions.
The bill presented in the senate By
Senator Hanna to pension INDECENT
ex-slRves has been favorably received
I in the south. Camp Hardee, of the
J, United Confederate Veterans, recently
! passed resolutions approving the
measure and urging the passage oil
the bill This action was taken at g
meeting Of the organization in Bur
miDgbam, Ala, last Saturday.
The threatened strike of trainmer
on the Missouri Pacific and the Mis-
. souri,, Kansas and Texas has been set
: tied BY an agreement to q raise OF
, wages amounting to % per cent TO the
freight men and u per cent 10 the
passenger men. 1t IS expected that
other roads will settle on the SAME
S basis. The increases already made
and those contemplated amount K
t about 100000 annually.
Senator Patterson, of Colorado, of
e fered an amendment to the Philippine
bill authorizing the president to re
S quest Great Britain, Germany, France
Mexico and China and other nations
d TO appoint representatives to discus,
and devise means to fix the STANDARD
z Of exchange between gold and silvei
using countries and to secure stability
at some fixed ratio.
Inspector Harris, of Atlanta, Ga, wa
2 killed seven miles from Manila Mon
day in battle with insurgents. The
inspector had 100 cOnstsbulary will
: him and the insurgents numbered 200
g ReinfOrcements arriving, the insurg
ents were driven of with the loss o.
e ID dead and three wounded. Beside.
2 Harris one Of the cOnstsbulsry wa,
killed and three wounded
g Governor Taft sent a eablegram {,
the secretary Of war Monday de-
g failing the conditions Of distress in thi
> Philippines, caused by the decline o
J, silver and urged legislation regarding
3 a currency for the islands. The in
sulRr treasury, he said. had lost 81 ,2T7,
9 947 since January I, 1907, on account o
this decline, and business was suffer
, ing greatly.
Ex-Governor ". E. Stanley has de
clined the offer Of President Roosevelt
of a position on the Dawes Indian com
9 mission paying 5000 a year The
. ground of his objection was that i
Al would interfere with his Law practice
but as the position and emOlument
are "Telvet" he may conclude to re
: consider his declinstiOn.
English reports show that while tn
United States has nine times the mile
age OF the railroads of Great Britain
yet the latter carried twice as man,
passengers in 1902 The most interest
ing comparison lies in the number o
passengers killed and injured durinl
the year named Two hundred AM
forty nine killed and 4,l29 injured i
the record Of the Uuited States, while
in Great Britain only 40 were injured