The Globe-republican., 1904-03-03
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF,

The Russian consulate at Shang Hal
is destroyed by fire. The cause is not
given,
A national convention Of the United
Mine Workers opened at Indianapolis
on February 20.
The Japanese have captured at least
five Russian commercial steamers;
probably more.
The chemical laboratory at the Ohio
state university is totally destroyed BY
fire; loss, 100000.
Drastic measures will be taken by
the United States government to end
anarchy in San Domingo.
The senate committee on pensions
favorably reported bill TO give totally
blind veterans 500 month.
Amsterdam is ready for the mobiliza-
ton of the Dutch army, All leave Of
absence is refused to officers.
Some army wagons shipped from
Minneapolis, Mimi, for Russia, fell
into the hands Of the japanese,
Sixty-eight per cent of all the news
papers published in the world are
printed in the English language.
Six miners have been killed in snow
slide near the Augusta mine, ten miles
northwest Of Crested Butte, Colo.
Of the seven members Of the Panama
canal commission six are engineers.
There is not q politician among them
President Roosevelt has signed an
act authorizing the sale of a part Of
| the Red Lake Indian reservation in
Minnesota.
On and after July the government
will not allow the use of private posta
cards on which is printed United States
| of America
Edward Trevette, of Utica, N, Y.
founder Of the Commercial Travellers
| Association of America, died at West
field, N. j., Feb. "a.
1t is said that the Santa Fe has
man in the Pueblo station whose dut,
it is to remove cinders from the eye
of unfortunate travellers.
The Japanese legation at Washing
ton discredits the reports of the sink
ing of four japanese warships and two
transports at Port Arthur.
The Burlington Route has announced
rate on sugar to the Missouri river o:
2 centsless than the cut rate put int
effect by the Great Western.
An exhibition is being arranged a
ST. Petersburg of all the Russian ar
objects which it was intended to ex
hibit at st. Louis. The proceeds vii
be devoted to the Red Cross Society.
A fire at Utica, N. y, which caused
Sl95,OOO damage occurred in the plan
Of the New York cotton mills com
pany.
The United States mint in San Fran
cisco turned out S91, 100000 for thu
month Of February. The coinage in
cluded sci, $4,000 in gold double eagle
and $4,000 in standard dollars.
The Manchurian railroad is guarded
by detachments of Cossacks of thirty
men each, who occupy high watcl
towers at intervals Of a mile.
Representatives from ninety-two pei
cent of the steel shafting manufactur
ers Of the United States have reaffirmet
the scale Of prices promulgated ont
year ago.
| An effort is being made to abandon
Indian ware houses at st. Louis, New
York, Omaha and San Francisco con
centrating all the business to the Chi
cago ware house.
August W. Machen, late general su
perintendent of the rural free delivery
division, George e. Lorenz, of Toledo
Samcel A. Croft ane Diller B. Croft, O.
Washington, were found guilty as in
dicted" by the trial jury.
Portugal is supplying its army will
new rifles and coast defenses are be
ing overhauled.
The United States court Of appeal
upholdsthe sentence Of Nathan Loomis
Of st, Louis, TO five years in prison
for procuring BY fraud hundreds o