Woodville Republican., 1903-07-18
NEWS In BRIEF.
CUmpilsd from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


The thermometer in Lincoln, Neb.,
stood at 90 degrees, on the sth, the
hottest Of the year.
The FIRST national Anti-Alcohol con
,srence closed two days session in
Denver. Col, on the sth.
Arthur saadden, prominent young
r,sDter. who lived four miles south Of
fTlsceola. Ark, was shot and killed, on
the sth. by negro tenant on his
farm.
The viii of the late Mrs. Harriet
Lane Johnstone, of Washington, ID. c.,
the niece of President buchanan, was
fled for probate on the sth-
Forty farmers stopped a Missouri
Pacific train at Bison, Kas., on the
night of the sth, and went through it
searching for harvest hands.
The navy department, on the sth,
decided to allow the European squad
ron to remain about week longer
than was intended in English waters
Red river, in Arkansas, is still ris-
ing. The levee on the Hiram G. San
derson place broke, on the sth, and
hundreds of acres of that and adjoin-
ing plantations were inundated.
The syndicate formed last summer
by Kuhn Loeb & Co., of New York, to
underwrite sl2,0OO,0OO four-per-cent.
bonds of the st. Louis Southwestern
Railway Co., was dissolved on the sth.
Mine workers from Missouri. Kan
sas. Texas. Arkansas and Indian ter
ritory, embracing Districts IA, 21 and
25 of the United Mine Workers of
America. convened at Pittsburg, Kas.,
on the sth.
At meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Co. held in New York. on the
9TH, August Belmont resigned his pO-
sition as chairman of the board. Hen
~ Walters was unanimously elected
in hir stead.
Secretary Hitchcock, on the 9th.
designated Assistant Secretary Ryan
as chairman of each of the two com
mittees to take charge Of the exhibits
to be made by Alaska and Indian ter
ritory at the st. Louis exposition.
One of the fires started by light
ming, on the eth, was in the plant of
the Empire Aattrass Co., 912 West
Madison street, Chicago, and during
its progress four firemen were more
or less seriously injured.
After talking with Gov. Durbin over
the telephone, ON The 9th. Brig Gen.
Mckee ordered all troops removed
from Evansville, Ind.
The secretary of the interior, on
the 9th. approved a new code OF regu-
lations for the sale of surplus lands
owned by Indians.
There were six deaths from heat, ON
the 9th, in New York, six in Brooklyn
and fully two score of prostrations.
Ii was the hottest day since July 2,
1901, when it was 90 degrees. On the
9th it ran TO "a degrees.
The American Smelling and Rein
ing Co. announced that the Globe
smelter at Denver, Col, would be re-
opened on the 9th, but no men APP
Piled for work, and the company was
unable to resume operations.
". j. Anderson, president of the
Livingston waterworl<s, Helena, Mont,
a'ed, on the 9th, at johannesburg,
south Africa. He was an officer in
the British army during the Boer war.
Al family reunion held, on the 9th,
At the home Of James D. Arnold, in
Monroe township, Ind, % persons
were poisoned by eating ice cream.
Nlne are not expected 10 recover.
The plant Of the Aetna Powder Co.
~ Milier's station. Ind, was demol-
ished by an explosion, ON the 9th,
from unknown causes. The loss was
10000. Nobody was hurt.
South-bound Missouri Pacific pas
senger train No. rs, from Kansas
1ty, coliided with the rear end Of a
local freight at Nevada, No, or the
9th.
Eastern Iowa was visited by a de-
stfuetiye cloGdbnrst on the 9th. The
loss to crops was heavy and much
uamage was done by lightning.
The treasury department purchased.
On the 9th, 250,000 ounces of silver for
account Of Philippine coinage, at an
average Of 55.4s cents an ounce.
barney Oldfield. on tsae 9Th, at Marion,
ma. established new worlds record
~ driving an automobile mile on a
nan-mile track in 1915.
ehicago has passed the 1000, ,00J
marx. and its present population is
-'<sl'oOc according to the publishers
~ me Chicago city directory for 1903.
John Griffith, aged 81. noted Mon
ana pioneer, died at Helena, Mont,
IN ,he 10th. He was a native Of st.
..ou's. and went to Helena soon after
me discovery Of gold.
ine president and Mrs. Roosevelt
reached Oyster Bay. I. r. on board
.he government yacht syIpb at 1895
= M: on the 1Ith, from their trip up
as hudson river % the hcne of John
a'roughs. They were taken By car
mage 70 Sycamore Hill.
central Illinois. on the 10th. re-
.ssa some relief from the infense
hsas when heavy rain fell i
wreck on the Milwaukee road
Z. eoatn Amana, Ia.. on the l0tk. TWO
gefxcns were kiasd.