The Glenwood post., 1908-03-21

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Grande shops have gone on strike.
The Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru,
siezed by China ON the charge of SNUG
Cling arms and ammunition to Chinese
revolutionists has been released on
terms proposed by Japan.
Gov. Hughes has appointed com
mission to take tesimtny in connec-
| ton with the charges recently filed
against District Attorney Jerome Of
New York city.
| England, Germany and France have
each sent war vessels to Haiti to pro-
tect their interests there where gen
eral massacre of the white residents
is feared.
The bank at Tyro, Kan, was recent
ly entered by two masked men in
broad daylight, who held up the Of
ficials and employees present and sue
ceeded in getting away with all the
cash in sight. The bandits went south
into Oklahoma.
Banker Charles w. Morse and AL
fred II. Curtis pleaded not guilty to
30 counts in an Indictment in the
| federal court at New York. They are
charged with conspiracy and false
entries.
China has conceded all of the jap
anese demands in settlement of the
Tatsu Maru incident including the pur-
chase of the arms aboard the steamer
and a salute by Chinese warship to
the Japanese flag when it is re-hoisted
on the Tatsu.
The American torpedo boat fiotilla
| arrived at Panama from Callao three
days ahead of the time expected.
| The new battleship New Hampshire
has been ordered placed in commission
at the League Island navy yard.
1t is announced that Japan is find
| ing it's nationalized railroads burden
too heavy to carry and proposes to
lease them to private interests for a
! term of years.
Chancellor MacCracken of New
York university will take up a course
of lectures at Copenhagen university
on the subject of American Univer-
stiles.
| Emperor William of Germany sent
warm personal congratulations to
President Roosevelt on the arrival of
the fleet at Magdalena Bay ahead Of
schedule time
The supreme court of Missouri has
rendered decision that the second
division of the Jackson county criminal
court is constitutional. The decision
is victory for the Kansas City thea
trical people.
The itinerary of the battleship fleet
on its return from the Pacific, is an
nounced as follows: Leaving San
Francisco on July 6, the vessels will
visit Hawaii. Samoa, Melbourne and
Sydney, Australia, thence to Manila.
and from there to New York through
the Suez canal. stopping only at such
ports as are necessary for coaling
purposes.
Timber, Mont, was recently wiped
out by the most disastrous fire in the
history of the state. Three hundred
families were rendered homeless
The old wagon in which John Brown
usei to make his pilgrimages during
his crusade against slavery was re-
Gently destroyed by fire at Iowa City,
Iowa.
The program of the Nebraska Re-
publican state convention at Omaha
went through without hitch. Gov.
Sheldon. Senator Norris Brown, Vic
tor Rosewater and Judge A. W. Field
were elected delegates at large and
unanimously instructed for Secretary
Taft.
The wages of 5000 cotton mill oper-
atives in Massachusetts have been cat
10 per cent
The Porto Rican house of delegates
has passed bill authorizing a lottery
to be conducted by the insular treas
urer. The bill provides prizes aggre-
eating 100000 per month.
The Oklahoma Republican state con-
| vention elected B. S. MCGUIRE, Dennis
Flynn, Patrick Dow and ]. A. Harris
as delegates at large and instructed
them to vote for Secretary Taft for
president
The Kansas conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church exonerated DR..
j. 7. Mcfarland. formerly of Topeka,
of the charge of heresy brought by DR..
George A. Cooke of Troy, N. Y.
The coroner's verdict in the school
horror at Collinwood. Ohio, says that
existing conditions in the building
were to blame for the great loss of
life, but no fault is charged to anyone
The house subcommittee of fortifi-
cations has cut the estimates of the
war department on the fortification
bill from $3s,443,945 to $S,21O.611.
Personal.
Ambassador Bryce of England has
announced his intention of attending