Free press., 1903-08-15
Wichita Grain
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Associated press representatives,
at Rome were given an audience by
the new pope.
North Dakota is having August frosts
with but little damage. Minnesota
sends like reports
1t is said that there are 1000, 600
spindles in the cotton mills in the north
because of the price of cotton.
Prime Minister Balfour told the
house of commons Of his action to pro-
tect Chinese journalists at Shanghai.
Scores of Chinese reformers are under
sentence of death, and reign of terror
has caused scores of reformers to hide
Russia is driving from Finland many
prominent Finlanders, also numbers of
students who refuse to enter the mill
tary service of the Gar
The Panhandle division of the Santa
Fe is to be re1aid With heavier rails
after which faster engines will be put
on that line to Amarillo
During fierce wind and rain storm
a steamer was torn from its moorings
at La Crosse, Wis, and swept through
a closed draw of a wagon bridge; losing
its pilot house and upper works.
Russia is said TO have notified Japan
that foreigners will be barred from
Manchuria now, but when quiet is re-
stored there, say six years hence, the
country will be opened to free COM
merce.
Strikes are prevalent in several in
dustrial centcrs in Spain. Most of the
strikes come from demands for the re-
lease of strikers who have been put in
prison for crimes connected with
strikes.
The Port View mills of the McKees-
port Tinplate works resumed work
without any disorder There was a
crowd of strikers congregated around
the mill gates. but the non-union work
men were not molestcd.
The Idaho Springs, Colo, miners
union asked Governor Peabody for
military protection and protection
against garnishment. The governor
referred the union to the courts OF
Idaho Springs.
1t is doubtful whether the great la Dor
problems awaiting adjustment in the
anthracite region will ever be settled
by the conciliation board. The opera
tors and the miners each have three
members of the board and so far nearly
every vote is tie.
The general superintendent of the
Rock Island has ordered dispatchers
and station agents to refuse to fur
nish cars to move wheat from In
dian Territory until the stations and
division points are cleared of loaded
wheat caas waiting to go forward.
A story comes from Omaha to the eff
feet that the Armour Packing company
proposes to build an electric railway
from Sioux City. Iowa to Kansas City,
and will acquire controlling interest
in the Street railways of Sioux City,
Omaha, St Joseph and Kansas City.
Six Chinese reform Journalists at
| Shanghai are under sentence of death
but they have been taken under the
| protection of the British flag and the
English government refuses to surren-
der them to certain death.
Thos. Lowrey, of Minneapolis, and
! j. j. Hill, of ST Paul, now virtually
own all of the thick vein coal lands of
southern Illinois.
The opponents of the Panama canal
treaty at Boeota are flibustering u an
attempt to delay action upon the treaty
until the time limit is passed
General Leonard Wood is to be
placed permanently in command of the
Moro country and governor of the
Moro province.
Indiana lets ont 400 convicts on sealed
bids: not more than 100 to any one
contractor. The proposals received
are ranging from A to so cents a day
per man.
President Palma. of Cuba. sent a
revenue cutter to eject certain railroad
surveyors who were trespassing on the
United States naval reservation a.
Guantanamo bay.
A number of officials of the California
& Northwestern railroad were badly
injured by premature blast while in
specting the new line.
Lunacy in England has increased to
a great extent and now statistics SHOW
that the proportion of population of in
sane persons is one in sac.
The Monarch Investmess company
of Kansas City has had its mail held up
by a fraud order from the postofice
department, ~hiclprules that the plans
of the company in opening townsitez
in Oklahoma it in effect > lottery.