Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-10-01
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.


was sent to Belgrade.
The Spanish war veterans at their
session adjourned sine die, after elect
ing James H Nolan, San Franuisso,
chief signal officer.
The most powerful dredge in the
world is that used by the Susquehan-
ma Iron company at Buffalo to dig
through solid rock an inland harbor.
At London the first break in the
steamship rate war occurred when
raised it's steerage rates to New York
to SIS.
c. E. Laid, of Portland, Ore, won
first award in the worlds fair cattle
show in the event for aged herds with
Hampton Ensign at the head of the
harem.
The Breakers Hotel at Long Beach,
Wash, one of the finest summer ho-
tells on the North Pacific Coast, has
been destroyed by fire. Loss, SCI, 900.
There were no guests in the hotel.
All the powers have instructed their
ministers at Belgrade, Servia, to at
tend the coronation of King Peter, ex
cept Russia, whose action has caused
a sensation. King Peter will be crown
ed on Wednesday next.
Orders have been issued for the
final trial of the protected cruiser,
Denver in Hampton Roads on Septem-
Der &c. The Denver is attached to
cruising in the West Indies.
Patrick Calvin, or roadmaste1
of the Illinois Central and now as
sistant to Chief Engineer John F.
Wallace of the Panama canal commits
sion, accompanied by seven assistant
engineers left on the steamer Ellis
for Colon.
The international wireless telegra-
ply conference summoned at the in
itiative of Germany, which was to
have met October 4, has been post
poned at the request of France and
Great Britain, which countries de-
sire more time to study the questions
| involved The German government
hopes the conference can be conven-
ed two or three months later. The
United States government will be not
| flied when a date for the conference
has been determined.
Queen Wilhelmina re-opened the
states general. In the speech from
| the throne the queen said the home
industries of the Netherlands were
not competing satisfactorily with for
| eign enterprise and that the finances
of the Dutch Indies and the Neither
lands needed strengthening. The
| queen announced also the forthcom-
ing introduction of bills providing for
| old age pensions and higher educa-
| ton.
| VIM. G. Ritch, ex-governor of New
| Mexico, is dead at Engle, near which
place he was engaged in ranching.
The Bristol hotel at Cincinnati was
damaged $4,000 by fire. causing a
panic among the ninety guests, who
were aroused from sleep. All es-
capped. Mrs. J. c. Smith of Los Ange-
les, Cal, and two others were taken
| out unconscious from the effects of
smoke, but later recovered. Sever
al were temporarily Frustrated from
fright.
The body OF Prince Herbert Bis
marck will be buried in the vault be-
meath his fathers mausoleum, not
beside the remains of the great chan
cellor, in the chapel
The report in circulation in GER
tain quarters that Major General Or
loft (who had been held to be respon-
sible for General Kuropatkin's retire
ment from Lao Yang, owing to Or
lorff's failure to obey orders), has
committed suicide, is absolutely de,
MED.
Lieutenant General Stoessel, COM
manding the Russian military forces
at Port Arthur, reports by telegraph
that on the night OF September 16.
the garrison repu1sed two attacks on
the redoubt protecting the water
works.
It is asserted by a sculptor that
the human foot is becoming smaller.
The masculine foot of twenty centur-
les ago was about twelve inches long.
The average mans foot of today is
easily fitted with a No. 81 shoe,
which is not more than ten and sew
en-sixteenths inches in length.
While women are allowed to vote
in Australia. no disposition is shown
to elect them as legislators. The
most popular woman at the last cleo
ton received only 10000 votes, a.
against the $1,000 Of the man Iowest
on the list Ct cempetitors.