The Globe-republican., 1904-05-12

LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Maryland and Delaware report much
damage to fruit by severe frosts.
The U. 5. treasury collected beer and
spirits duties last year amounting to
Sl7S,OOO,OOO
The company that owns the st. 10.
scph, Mo-, Morning Gazette is to start
an evening paper
The Pecos valley is reported as badly
in need Of rein, the drouth being the
most serious since 1885.
Rich Hill, Mo-, is prepared to put
down four holes 1000 feet deep if oil is
not found at less depth.
B. A, Lane, of Bingham, Mass, has
been appointed as temporary secretary
of the isthmian canal commission.
The clerk of the Hawaiian house Of
representatives has been found guilty
Ct destroying vouchers for expenses.
There is good prospect for settlement
Of strikes in the Southern Colorado
oil fields by June !, concessions being
made by both sides.
Port Arthur has only coal sufficient
TO last the warships for six weeks
The food supply there will feed 5000
men three months only.
After a sensational debate the Meth.
odist general conference defeated set
of resolutions condcmning the attitude
of the Roman Catholic church against
the public school system of the coun.
try.
The French astronomer Touchet, by
using an ingenious method first EN-.
ployed by Warren de la Rue, has sue.
ceeded in making stereoscopic pictures
OF Neptune, the planet farthest from
the earth.
In 1887 congress chartered Lincoln
monument association and there was
raised 100000 by 81 subscriptions
from oil parts Of the country. There
is now discussed the question of what
became Of the 100000.
Hundreds Of boys from the Denve,
juvenile court will be sent into the
sugar beet fields near Longmone. Colo
RADIO, 10 work this summer. The BOYS
will be sent out in parties Of twenty.
five each, in charge of probation Off.
Ger, and will be equipped with tents
and canning outfits. They can earn
from $1,9O to 50 day.
The use Of Roentgen rays in the hos.
pitfalls of Germany has opened up q
new field Of work for women. The
service OF nurse for patients treated by
X-rays and as assistants at the use of
them Is of Il very delicate nature and
Berlin courses OF instruction to X-ray
nurses are to be instituted.
The current in some parts of the
Tigris river is SO strong that the Brit
ish steamboats, running on it some.
times can make no Roadway for hours
and are occasionally turned around
completely.
A Toxic newspaper sold many ex.
tras the other day on the headline,
Mobilization Of the staff" Purchas.
ers of extras found that the staff re-
ferred to was that of the paper, which
was to be increased in view of the
great demand for news.
Although Bogota is son miles from
the Atlantic and only $50 from the Pa
cifc, it is less accessible from the Pa
cific because of the Andes. The town
is situated S,T60 feet above the sea
level, and the weather is springlike all
the year round.
Several members OF mob which
lyncbed man at Belleville, Illinois,
last summer have been fined $50 each.
The plague has broken out among
the Chinese collected at Kowloon for
transportation to the Transvaal The
charters of steamers engaged to con-
vey the coolies have been cancelled.
High water Is reported from Kansas
City again and 1000 people were driv.
en- from the low lands to higher places
Of safety. Many bridges are in danger
Of being washed out and street and
railway traffic Is greatly retarded