The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-12
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

IL is OlHCldIly duuUuuCcu tHdI Ii
new cases of cholera, six Of which
proved fatal, occurred in Poland DC,
tober 5.
A mail train bound for Vladikavkaz
left the rails and was wrecked. TWEEN
ty-seven persons were killed and
thirty-fve injured.
But three printing houses were af-
fected by the strike Of union printers
which was inaugurated in Omaha.
About thirty men are out.
Following a meeting of Dayton
typothetae open shop notices were
posted by nine more employing print
ers in Dayton, o., and the men walk
ed out.
Doctors in the hospital at Bordeaux
to the number of 100 struck owing
to the refusal Of the directors to sat
isfy claims. The authorities are call
ing on private practitioners to under
take the care of patients.
At Annapolis the authorities Of the
naval academy announced the situa-
ton in regard to the diphtheria among
the members of the fourth class mid
shipmen is now we'll In hand and that
no further danger is anticipated.
G. c. Coleman, attorney general OF
Kansas, is in Washington to make a
motion before the Supreme court for
the advancement of what is known
as "the Kansas-C Colorado case" In
which the state of Kansas seeks to
prevent the state of Colorado from d.
verting the waters Of the Arkansas
river.
Governor Folk says he can not ac-
cept Lawson's invitation to serve on
the committee Of governors In the In
surance disclosures. The governor
wired Mr.. Lawson saying he appre-
ciated the invitation. but his official
duties would not permit him to en-
gage actively on such committee
and that he could not accept without
knowing more about what was to be
done and what other governors would
be on the committee.
Word comes from Washington that
Secretary Of War Taft has approved
the finding of the chief engineer
which denied the request Of the South.
ern Pacific railroad to construct a
drawbridge across Carquines straits.
The secretary holds that the only
kind of bridge that could be built
there is a pier bridge sixty feet above
the water. The construction OF the
bridge would considerably shorten the
running distance of the Southern Pa
cifc between San Francisco and Sac
ramento
Because of the hostility shown by
Kansas and Missouri to the Standard
Oil Company, the company threatens
to abandon the Sugar Creek refinery
at Kansas City, Mo-, the largest in
the country. The refinery operates
exclusively on Kansas and Territory
| OIL and the Kansas trouble. is familiar
to everybody. Missouri Is now suing
| to GUST the company from the state.
In Minnesota a man may marry his
adopted daughter. This decision has
been reached by members of the
county attorneys force after due ant
careful deliberation. Acting upon 1t
Herman Dahm, 60 years old, and Az
mes Dahm, his 22-year-old adopted
daughter, have been made man ant
wife at Dayton.
The strike movement at Moscow
Il causing uneasincss among the au
thorities, not only on account Of thu
threatening nature Of the demonstra
| lions at Moscow, but also owing Il
| the probability Of their extending t
list Petersburg and other cities ant
| starting a wave Of labor troubles simi
| lar to that which followed in the walk
Of the January disorders.
| Captain F. J. Drake has been dc
tached from duty as captain Of tn
yard Of the Mare island navy var
and ordered to the command Of IN
battleship Captain Richardson Clt
yer, who has completed his tour Of Sc
duty.
1 AT Berlin the government has X
ceived an answer from General Vo
Trotha, commanding the Germa
| forces of Southwest Africa, 70 cable
request for Information concernln
the reported Boer plot TO oFerthro'
the German rule II Southwest Afric'
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