The Globe-republican., 1904-04-21
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Panama railroad shows net
earnings for 1903 Of $l,T4G,Gss.
The Bank Of England has reduced
its rate of discount from to 31l per
cent.
The bubonic plague is spreading
along the west coast OF South Amer
lea.
The Roosevelt boys have been
brought home from school with the
mumps,
The seth year of John Picrpont
Morgan, which ended on April Is, was
the most disastrous OF his life.
The recent pension age order" of
the pension bureau does not allow ad-
ton to pensions heretofore allowed
The big plant of the Westinghouse
Air Brake company, of Wilmington,
Pa, resumed operations in full, en-.
ploying $500 skilled men.
Among many valuable relics cxhib-
tied in the government building at the
worlds fair is Thomas .Jciferson's sun
dial, made by Jefferson himself,
Amar Nath, an Indian prince, from
Lahore, India, was knocked from u
bicycle and probably fatally injured
Nath is student at Pcrdue university.
at Lafayette, Ind.
The White House is connected with
the exposition grounds at st, Louis, at
o'clock Of Saturday April SO, by
which the president will start the ma
chincry Of the fur.
Captain Bocddie, whose steamship,
the Kotic, was at Nagaski when the
war commenced and was seized by the
Japanese, will sail from San Francisco
to some Russian fort
Ireland is to have an exhibition at
the Worlds fair which will be the
most comprehensive illustration ever
made Of the actual industrial and
social conditions there.
The grand jury in the federal court
at Topeka brought in 81 indictments
of which ~ were against Kansas City
liquor dealers for shipping whiskey to
individuals without paying the rev.
enuc tax.
A Russian company will establish an
agricultural implement factory at
Tomsi, Western Siberia. During the
first year they propose to make 1000
plows, 500 threshing machines and rs
many winnowing machines as pos
sible.
Chas. \. Smith, chief dispatcher for
the Rock Island Mt Dalhart, Tex. has
placed in operation u new form Of
wireless telegraphy.
A Denver judge decides that Colorado
has no law to punish election frauds.
New York city experienced a mid
April storm for the first time in many
years.
The Russian plans are prcdicated
upon Napoleous's dictum that God
fights on the side of the heaviest bat.
talions, and the army is to be raised
to q half million men.
Russia has received satisfactory as.
surances from China regarding the
japanese instructors and officers in the
Chinese army,
The signing Of the Anglo-Irench
colonial treaty confirms and adhercs to
the treaty of 1888, with its provision
for the passage Of the Suez canal. This
lets Russian warships through.
The United States transport Sleri-
dan from Manila, via Nagasaki and
Honolulu brought 900 native constabu.
larry Of the Philippine Islands and their
band to 60 to the st. Louis exposition
The czar las chosen Admiral Siey-
dlotf to succeed vice Admiral Makarofi
as the head OF the navy in the far
east.
Nome, Alaska, sends out warning
that there are ut Nome more skilled
mechanics than can take care of the
work in prospect
The strike on the Panama railroad
is ended with no change Of old condi.
tions.
At Findlay, Ohio ten-year-old
school boy was killed on his birth day
while being haaed BY the older boys.