The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-29
news OF The WORLD
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PABTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

At Kansas City 500 brewery workers
employed at the different breweries
are on a strike for more pay.
The senate has passed the southern
Appalachian and White mountain for
est reserve bill.
Secretary Taft, when he returns to
Washington, will make a full report
to the president of his conference with
the Panama officials.
President Roosevelt has accepted
the presidency of the International
Congress of tuberculosis, which will
be held at the national capital in the
autumn.
Residents of Evanston, Ill, were
startled recently when it became
known that Mrs. James A. Patton,
wife of the grain magnate, and herself
a leader in club and society life in the
suburb, had been swindled out of $780,
900 by a canvasser.
Read Admiral Charles Whiteside
Rae, engineer in charge Of the navy
and chief of the bureau of steam navi-
cation of the navy department, died at
Washington recently.
In case w. ]. Bryan receives the
democratic nomination, his daughter,
Mrs. Ruth Bryan-Leavitt, will take the
stump in Colorado, Wyoming and sew.
eral other western states and will cam.
paign for her fathers interests.
Michael Mulcahy, the last survivor
of the three aides who accompanied
General Phil Sheridan OF his famous
ride to Winchester, died recently il
Cleveland, Ohio.
A decree of absolute divorce in ia
vor of Fritizi Scheff, the actress, ha!
been signed. Miss Scheff was mar
ried to Baron Won Badeleben in 1903
The great sundry civil appropriation
bill, carrying a total of about $780, 900,
900, has passed the senate.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau
Railway company will operate entirel,
it's own telegraph lines from one en-,
of its system of 10000 miles to tn
other.
= A bill appropriating $780, 0 for
l memorial to Abraham Lincoln on tn
SlLS VI the hlnCOln VII NhpAoCC III AOA
lucky has passed the senate.
Colonel Sam Parker, his son in Law
Prince David of Hawaii, and job
Baker have arrived at Frisco froI
Honolulu. They have come t. hun
e bear in Washington and Oregon.
! The senate has passed a bill givin
q to owners of letters patent a right I
recover reasonable compensate
" when their patents are used by til
United States without their consent {
authority.
Rear Admiral George A. Bickne
= has been placed on the retired list
| the navy after 49 years of actiN
service.
w. J.. Arkell, well known in Rem
!" New, and once a prominent stoC
broker 1t Manhattan, New, is a ban
rupt. His liabilities are $279,040.
Directors of the Standard Oil col
70 pany Saturday declared a quarter
oil dividend of 50 per share.
v The health of former Preside
ST Grover Cleveland is improving We
4 slowly.
m The keels of two monster battleshi
mr. larger than any now in existence W
be laid at the Japanese ~shipyards
June, probably at Kure and Yokosur
Each vessel will be over 1900 tons,
er The old plant of the Omaha Packi
of company, South Omaha, was destroy
id. by fire recently, together with thr
million pounds of meat, involving
loss of 100000
m A resolution denouncing the use
ITS whiskey in the medical profession h
10 been adopted by the West Virgin
,er Medical association.
I'll Ulmer Green, a prominent orcha
VS. list, and Howard Cook, formerly c
ma ployed by him, killed one another
d pistol duel recently on Gree
I'M ranch near Freeport, II miles fir
.ly. Sacramento, Cal.
an The Minneapolis Storage compan
md central warehouse on First str
ON north, was destroyed by fire recent
the Loss 800, O00.