The Globe-republican., 1904-01-21
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

LATEST NEWS IN BRlEf.
A receiver has been appointed fol
the Gill Lumber company Of Cleveland
Ohio.
The weekly report of deaths from
pneumonia in New York City gives the
number at $50.
The Russian government is said tc
have threatened to occupy Pekin should
China aid Japan.
The Legislative, executive and ju.
dicial appropriation bill, as passed by
the house, carries s20,7l1 ZOO.
The Carnegie furnace and steel mills
at Newcastle, Pa, are reopening with
a reduction in wages Of nearly 50 pei
cent.
George Francis Train died January
| is from heart disease at Mills hotel No.
| |, New York, where he had lived fol
some years.
The Colorado State Federation of La.
Dor adopted resolutions denouncing
the state administration for calling
out the militia.
The Vredenburg Lumber company OF
Springfield, ILL.,, has lost its large lum.
Der yard by fire. Eight herses were
burned to death.
There is q species of brook trout
found in Nebraska which are more
hardy and thrive better than those
from the hatcheries
Private Blake, of the 18th United
States artillery, committed suicide at
Santiago, Cuba. He hanged himself
by his belt in railroad cut.
The cheapest postal service in the
world Is that Of Japan, where letters
are conveyed all over the empire for
two sen-about 7-1Oths of a penny.
1t is stated that Of the nearly GOO
who lost their lives in the Iroquois
theater fire, nearly one-fourth were
teachers or pupils Of the public schools.
People Of pekin, ILL.,, has filed suit
against Chicago for $4,000. They
claim that the opening of the sanitary
canal has caused the Illinois river 10
overflow and ruin crops.
Nathan Perry Beers, for sixty-six
years a teacher in the schools of New
York, has just retired. During his en-
tire career he never administered cor.
poral punishment to pupil.
The lower house of congress commit
tee on judiciary fixed February "a, rs
and 20 as dates for hearing Of the
Grosvenor anti-union bill. The oppo.
nents Of the measure will be heard
first.
The National Wool Growers Con-
vention at Portland, Ore, filled the
theater there with sheepmen from the
western states and representatives of
allied interests from all over the coun-
try.
The celebration Of the formation Of
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
is to be held at Omaha on May 20 next,
the fftieth anniversary Of that event.
Unless congress relieves manila
hemp from export duty, France will
impose a tax on other goods shipped
to that country.
The Rock Island road has contracted
for IA acres at Tucumcari N. M, at$l95
an acre, for terminals Of the Choctaw
extension from Amarillo, Texas.
Ex-Congressman briggs, of Brooklyn,
has been sentenced to day in Jail and
fine Of $1,000 for accepting money to
promote a contract with the postotlice
department, .
Commodore William DUNCAN, U. S.
N, retired, died at his home in Balti-
more. During the Spanish war he was
member of one Of the navy depart
ment advisory boards.
The Pennsylvania coke trade has
started upward again. In week 4,40G
more ovens were fred at Scottdale.
Brigadier Frederick D. Grant has as
sumed command Of the department Of
the Lakes in accordance with the ter
ritorial redistricting army act recently
passed by congress
II either Russia Or Japan should &C..
quire q dominant position in Manchu-
ria as the result Of war, the United
States will still insist on retaining
whatever privileges in Manchuria were
conveyeato her by China by treaty.