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

HCSuH4uS - 6pOuI1uB lava WHICH at
at night is magnificent spectacle.
Two buildings were wrecked by an
explosion in Pueblo of ammonia II.
P. Winn was killed
The Turkish cruiser built at the
Cramp shipyards at Philadelphia was
launched Cd June 25
Five hundred firms in the City of
Mexico have been found guilty Of
evading the stamp tax.
An explosion in the tower of dis
tillery at Terre Haute, Ind, destroyed
the entire plant by fire.
The clergy of Kishineff, Russia, have
been instructed to labor 20 aliay the
anti-Semitic religious hatred.
The Irish land bill has passed it's
first reading in the house of lords.
The second reading was fixed for Aug
ust 3.
Negroes are migrating to the south
from Illinois and Indiana, in large
numbers, on account of the recent
riots.
Kingdom. Oldest son of George ].
Gould, is to enter Columbia university
to train himself as a mechanical en-
gineer.
The Oceanic Steamship companys
steamer Sierra has sailed from Sydney
for San Francisco with 81, 500, 900 III
gold on board.
For the first time since 1898 there has
been complete suspension of work on
extensions of the Choctaw system, and
great numbers of mon were idle.
An official of the state department
asserts that all obstacles to ;he opening
of the ports of Manchuria to the mar
l1ets of the world have been removed.
The construction company which IS
building the Orient railway has in
creased its capital stock from 81 600, 900
to $40, 600, 900 to provide for building
branch lines.
Four more indictments have been re.
turned by the grand jury against A.
w. Machen, the former general super
intendent of free delivery service of
the postoffice department..
When Judge Hook took his position
three years ago there were 5o4 cases on
the docket in the Kansas district.
There are now only $50 cases. Most Of
the old cases have been disposed of.
The battleship Kearsarge crossed the
Atlantic ia nine days, coming from
Portsmouth, England, to Bar Harbor,
Maine. This closed Il cruise of $500
miles without a single accident to ma
chinery.
Russia has not only notified the
United States that she will raise no
objection to the opening of ports in
Manchuria to the trade of tie world,
but she has said the same thing to
| England and Japan and it is believed
to every otner power
Nat w Newell, who was ma jor in
the Union army during the civil war,
just died at Pine Bluffs. Ark. at the
age of SO. Though entitled to an $50 a
month pension he would never take q
cent. He was schoolmate and boy
hood friend of VIM. Mckinley.
The steamship Mongolia, built for
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
was launched at Camden, n. j. The
| Mongolia is the second largest ship
ever built in the United States She
is to be used in the Philippine and
China trade. Her sister ship, the Man
cluria, will be launched in October.
A. B. Youngson, who succeeded p
NJ. Arthur as the mead of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. died at
Meadville, Pa. on July 80. Before his
dea9h he named Nj. II. Shay, of Youngs-
town, Ohio, as lis successor.
The board of governors of the Build
ing Trades employers association Of
New York ordered all members of the
association to start work on buildings
at once, using any housesmiths, hoist
ing engineers and shorers who would
individually sign their plan of arbitra-
ton.
At the end of the fiscal year the state
ment of the treasury balances in tie
general fund, exclusive of the $50. .0OO,-
600 gold reserve in the division of re-
demption, shows: Available cash bal
ance ser. sO7, ,o0a; gold SOS, ,91e. 42o.
A report is current that John Mitch
ell is aiding the movement to depose
Samuel Gompers from the presidency
OF the American Federation of Labor
The price of jumpers and overails
used by workingmen is to be advanced
all over the country. This is stated by
the Union Garment Makers associa-
tion.
After being ont on strike since July
Il, the 159 machinists and helpers at
the Minnequa Steel Works of the Cole.
RADIO Fuel and Iron company Of Pueblo.
haze vas,,rnef1 "a, work