The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-09-15
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.
The United States cruiser Baltimore
sailed for Genoa where she will dock
preparatory to starting for China and
Japan.
-Four persons were burned to death
and six were injured in fire which
destroyed the three upper floors Of a
five story tenement in New York.
At Washington the Panama canal
commission called for proposals for
eleven steam shovels for canal con.
strlction and directed the purchase of
large quantity of dynamite and pow
der.
Miss Margaret Wilson left Chicago
for India, where she expects to re-
main seven years as a missionary for
the United Presbyterian church. She
is a niece Of the secretary Of agrtcul.
ture.
1t is understood that Russia Is
trying to negotiate for the purchase
Of the British steamer Calchas cap.
tured by the Vladivostok squadron
while on her way from Puget Sound
to Japan.
The Sultan Of Turkey, is to be sure,
little slow in the payment of his
debts, but we should remember that
the poor man has big bunch of wives
and that the fall styles of millinery
are very attractive
The secretary of the interior has
rejected all bids for the construction
Of a public building at Moberly, Mo-,
the lowest being very much in excess
Of the appropriation Bids will be
advertised for again.
Commissioner of immigration Sar-
gent will leave Washington on the
18th on a tour Of inspection which
will include points on the Mexican
border and on the Pacific coast He
will be gone about four weeks.
The commander of the French mail
steamer Oceanion, on arriving at Mar.
settles from Yokohama, complained
that his vesesl was held up by four
Japanese warships outside Of Yokoha.
ma and that she was detained and
searched for five hours.
The treasury department began
sending out checks to the officers and
men Of Admiral Dewey's fleet in pay
ment for the awards Of prize money
made for the victory Of the American
feet at Manila bay. The check to
Admiral Dewey Is $1S,515.
The Hamburg-American line says
the Cunard line has not yet replied to
the proposition Of the allied companies
relative to the passenger business,
and, consequently, the reports of
complete rupture Of the peace nego-
tiations and Of a resumption Of the
date war are incorrect.
1t developed that Father Ambrose
Aguis, the new delegate to the Philip
pine islands, will not be accompanied
to the Philippines by Dr. Lopez, a
Spanish benedictine, but by an ltal-
ian secular priest, who has not been
chosen.
Meetings Of the steel plant, beam |
and billet pools were begun at New
York and probably will continue for
several days. 1t was given out that
no statement Of proceedings would |
be made until after the final adjourn
ment According to a Wall street
report the meeting will result in a
Of from 81 to 81 per ton on
heavy material or declaration Of an
open market.
Papers have been notified that, ct.
lective October !, a war duty Of ten
cents per sack will be taxed on -four
Japanese ports.
Postmaster Robert Carley, Of Col.
len, N, M, has been shot and perhaps
'atally wounded by an unknown per-
ION, who made good his escape, The
shooting occurred as Carley was leav.
ng his home Carley Is part owner
II the famous Gold Standard mine
,ver which there has been much lit
cation. ". X. \
Reports Of the apple crop received
" the large dealers in New York In
licate that the American yield will
70 about 80 per cent larger than last
rear and IA per cent above the aver.