The Globe-republican., 1906-03-29
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Congressman George r. Patterson
of Pennsylvania died suddenly OF
heart trouble.
King Alfonso has refused to accept
the resignation of the Spanish minis
tiers. The King leaves for the Canary
Islands for visit.
Reports Of the illness of William
Rockefeller of the Standard Oil Com
pany, who Is now in Europe, were de-
MED by his son, William G. Rookie
Teller.
President Roosevelt may veto the
bill opening to settlement 100000
acres of pasture lands and a wood
reserve of $4,000 acres In the Kiowa
country, Oklahoma.
Alton B. Parker's call to the South
to bring forth candidate for first
honors in the Democratic national
convention in 1908 has stirred up the
leaders of the minority party.
The South African compensation
committee, examining claims for Boer
war losses, has completed its labors.
The claims aggregate $310,000,000,
for the settlement of which SAT 100000
has been allowed.
His physician having testified that
II. Clay Pierce Is too i'll to take the
stand, the Missouri custer hearing
was adjourned in st. Louis to be re-
sumed April, 5 when it is promised
that Pierce will appear. u
From Washington comes the report
that the aggregate amount that the
Pope will invest in America includes
$H0O0,0O0. paid to the Philippine
frairs for their church lands and now
on deposit in this country.
The first smoking car ever reserv-
ed for women in Great Britain left
big London terminus for Liverpool.
The windows bore a label reading,
Ladies Smoking" The innovation
attests the spread Of smoking among
English women during recent years.
The British house Of commons re-
jected by 37S to 10 votes motion
of Joseph Chamberlain, formerly col
onial secretary, recommending the ap-
pointing of royal commission to in
quire into the economy and moral
effect of Chinese labor in the Trans
vaal.
A section CT the press Of st. Peters
burg is continuing attacks upon the
of Baron Leicq De Lobel,
representing the American Trans
Alaskan Siberian Company, for the
of tunnel under Boring
straits and a railway 5000 miles long,
from East Cape to Kansk, to form
junction with the Siberian railway.
AT Omaha Pat Grove was made de-
'endant in divorce suit filed by his
wife, Mrs. Harriet Murphy Grove,
who asks alimony and the right to re-
,ume her maiden name. They were
married in 1883 and Mrs. Grove al
eyes that her husband has contribut-
I'd nothing to her support for fifteen
fears. Their three children are all
lead. S,s NWj
The United States Supreme Court
leld special meeting at Chief Jus.
ice Fuller's home. The utmost Sc
,recy was preserved. 1t Is assumed
hat the lynching Of Ed Johnson, a
legro, at Chattanooga was discussed.
)nly matter II the gravest import
nee calls the members together dur
ng recess of the court. Such a ses-
ion Is almost unprecedented. loa
The seats to be occupied by mem
ers of the Russian national assembly
/
n the Tauride palace here have been
quipped with electrical apparatus
imilar to the system proposed sew
raj years ago for use In the house Of
representatives at Washington by
,hich the members press buttons and
egister their votes at the clerks
esk, thus avoiding the delays Of roll
alls.
Forty acres Of land at Webb City,
wned by the Bradford-Kansas City
lining Company, was sold to an
,astern syndicate for $150,0OO This
the highest price ever paid for min
lg land in the Missouri-Kansas lead
nd zinc district.
The battlesh, Oregon which is re.
lrning to San Francisco for repairs,
as arrived at Honolulu from the
rient, and 1t Is reported structural
'eakness has developed under the
Sc OF the heavy guns. For some
me there have been orders not to