The Glenwood post., 1907-02-09

1he japanese government mas
made an appropriation of 100000 to
cover the expense of representatives
of the army and navy who will par
ticipate in the exposition at James
town. Va.
The damage to shipping in Buffalo
harbor alone is $1,5OO,OO0. Five great
lake steamers aground tell that part
of the story. Thirteen others make
ing brave attempts to ride out the
storm may add to it.
The epidemic of diphtheria and
scarlet fever has become So violent
in Chicago that the health commits
sioner has requested the citizens to
cancel all social engagements for the
present.
The Mississippi river at Memphis,
Tenn, reached stage of 40.2, being
the highest ever recorded, the former
high mark being 40 l in 1908.
The mayor of Cananea, Mex, and 40
: American have been Jailed at Hermo-
sillo for gambling at Cananea after the
governor had ordered it closed.
Dispatches to the state department
declare that 100000 persons are in
starving condition in the famine
stricken district of China. Fears are
entertained of the outbreak of an epi
demic.
Three hundred guests attended the
annual banquet Of the Kansas Day
| club at the Topeka Auditorium. S..
H. Brandon, of Butler county, was
elected president for the ensuing
year.
The suit of the receiver of the Bay
State Gas company of Delaware
against H. H. Rogers in connection
with the ownership of the Boston Gas
company has been. settled by agree
ceivers $1,50O,000.
The Mexican government has been
formally requested by the United
States to aid in preventing undesirable
immigrants from crossing the border
from Mexico into the United States.
/ Motion to quash the indictments
against John d. Rockefeller and as
sociates have been filed at Findlay
| Ohio.
Secretary Shaw was the guest of
honor at the annual banquet of the
Missouri society in New York. He
spoke on Pending Financial Legisla-
ton"
After nine days of work a jury of
twelve men has been secured to try
Harry X. Thaw for the murder Of
Stanford White in New York.
President Roosevelt has written a
letter to the navy department COM
mending Rear Admiral Davis for his
action at Kingston, Jamaica. at the
time of the great earthquake disaster.
business district of Harrisburg, Pa,
were recently destroyed by fire caus-
ing loss of nearly Sl,000.000.
The flood in the lower Mississippi
phis has broken causing a portion Of
the city to be flooded. Damage was
reported from various points in Mis-
sissipi, Arkansas and Missouri.
The Oklahoma constitutional con-
vention, by 4 vote of So to Is adopted
an amendment providing for separate
submission OF the prohibition question
at the time the constitution is voted
on.
For more than 40 days the thermom-
eter has not registered as high as zero
in the northwest and the destruction
of range cattle is considered complete.
While a freight train on the NJ, K.
& T. railroad was crossing a bridge
near Deerfeld, Mo-, the structure col
lapsed precipitaing II cars into the
stream. A boy named Minton, of
Pilot Grove, Mo-, was killed.
An anti-pass bill has passed both
houses of the South Dakota legisla-
ture, which permits the exchange of
newspaper advertising for transporta.
ton.
The thermometer registered 40 de-
grees below zero at Seperior, Wis.
recently.
Lieut.. Ralph W. Drury and Private
John Dowd, of the Ninth United States
infantry, were acquitted of a charge
of murder, at Pittsburg, Pa, for the
killing of w. H. Crowley.
The president has approved the first
500 bids for land in the big pasture"
the average price being over $12 per
acre.
In statement made at the White
House it is emphatically denied that
William j. oliver is to be given the
contract for construction of the 18TH
mian canal.
The recent meeting of the Kansas
State Bar association at Topeka was
addressed by Attorney General Hadley
of Missouri, on the subject Of