The Globe-republican., 1903-10-08
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF,

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| Of his wives.
Nearly $4,000 foreigners came to the
United States in August.
Mere than 100000 in American cot.
ton goods 80 annually to Abysinnia
Eleven hundred union plumbers OF
Plttsburg, Pa, have struck for more
pay.
Christian Pepper a st. Louis tobac-
co manufacturer left a fortune valued
Ut $4,000, GOO
The lower branch Of the Baltimore
council has appropriated $4,000 for
the determination Of mosquitoes
A l,O00-acfe forest on an estate al
hokitnit, near Benthcn, province Of
silesia, has been destroyed by fire.
The post office department investira
ton has reached the stage of indict-
ments. There are to be several trials,
The present strength Of the organized
militia OF the United States is about
100000 enlisted men and 5000 officers
President Roosevelt has begun his
annual message to congress- The mes
sage TO the extra session will be brief.
Five buildings were destroyed by an
explosion at the Cornell powder mills
at Shamokin, Pa, No one wasiniured.
The University of Porto Rico was
opened with the enrolment of $50 nor.
nal students. 1t is tile first establish.
ed on the island.
Torrential rains extended from the
Rio Grande into the interior of Mexico n
more than 400 miles. Railroads suf- h
fered much in bridges and trestles e
Premier Balfour is experiencing dis. 1
turbing surprises in forming the new o .,
He selects parties who re-
use TO serve; and other disquieting in v
,idents occur
Pressure is made on the president
lot to call an extra session of congress or
o which he replies that the govern. a
lcnt is committed to the earliest pos. VI
ible making effective Of the Cuban WI
eciproclty treaty and this country W
hould keep Its word. ~
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A suit has been brought in the cir. sb,
nit court Of Jackson county, Missouri, sh,
test the validity of the ordinance old
hicn requires that "all printing used hin
nd ordered by the city Of Kansas City
lall bear the imprint Of the recognized
lion label of the Allied Printing I
rades Council OF Kansas City," IND
r. s. Smith, Of South Bend, Ind, has va No
patents for an invention which is r
perator Of steam without the use of had
boiler. 1t saves fuel, does away forr
til safety valves There is 10 stor- yer,
as every ounce Of steam is used us won
1t us generated. tint
The Jewish population Of the United ~.
ties is !, 1928, nearly one half be. A,
residents Of New York. During biu
last year $500 Jewish immigrants able
erred the port Of New York alone. med
re than half Of these were Russian INN
vs.. nan
street car in Chicago crowded a anu
h people returning from the races doo1,
struck by a passenger train at q Won
ising and five people were killed. kiln
ryone in the car was injured The n
dent resulted from wet tracks upon mend
ch the street car slid with locked cured
els. lily b
be balance of foreign trade In favor WIZ WIN
lie United States for the first eight '
tbs of this year was over S2OO,OOO,-
which Is heavier than tile credit A,
nee af any other nation for tile day Ii
} period. mann
the dfty.cighth congress there aau y
} Will be " men who fought In the ~ ~,
y" WV "''o" e'oe' oo Win When
ebcls. In the senate there are an "vou
humber Of union and rebel sol. "Wbe,
10 Of each. couldu
ious riots have occurred at Buda
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Hungary. Striking van drivers
in conflict with the police and 80
us were injured, ten of them ser.
Peruvian government ut Lima
! that the babonic plague has up.
4 at Lima and CalIno. ha $1,000