The Harrison times., 1908-10-10
NEWS OF THE Week
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma
ton. and Particularly from the
Great Southwest.

ernment and the ProVlnclal Govern
ment of Canada in setting aside a
tract of land 60 feet wide to mark the
international boundary between the
two countries involves no legal
features to which Uncle Sam is unac'
customed. Such strip has existed
for quite number of years. 1t eA-
tends along the southern boundaries
of Arizona and New Mexico, and is
known to the American residents there
as the neutral strip. The one decid-
ed upon by Uncle Sam and John Bull
is to be called the buffer strip.
Congratulatory kilograms have been
received by officers Of the lnterna-
tional Congress ON tuberculosis from
Nathan Straus, the New York phllan-
thropist who for sixteen years has
been fighting the white plague by
distributing pasteurized milk in his
city, and presenting pasteurizlng
plants to other municipalities.
The Prohibition National party is to
receive $4,000 to carry on its work
against the liquor traffic, according to
an announcement from the Chicago
Headquarters. The fund probably Will
be available for this campaign.
The formal announcement was MADE
that the next tuberculosis congress
will be held in Rome in 1871.
Prof Eric Doolittle assistant pro
fessor of astronomy at the University
of Pennsylvania said at the university
observatory that the spots on the sun
could not be held accountable for the
recent drought,
Friends Of DR.. Frederick f, Cook,
well-known Brooklyn explorer are
seeking his financial backer John r.
Bradley, to urge him to fit out an eX-
pedition to search Cor the explorer be
lieyed to be lc5t n the Arctic
The proclamation of Bulgaria as an
independent kingdom was formally
made at the ancient Bulgarian capital
at Tirnoya, Authentic reports indl-
cate that Ausuia.Hungary is mobiliz-
ing two army corps on the Bulgarian
border to prevent any encroachments
into the territory Of the empire,
Bishop Tierney Of the diocese Of
Connecticut died as the result of an
apopletic stroke.
That repetition of the fatal Hub
bard expedition into Labrador barely
was averted in the Arctic regions bor-
dering the mouth of the Mackenzie
River Alaska, last month, became
known when three letters from WIN
jahlm Stefansson and Dr.. r. Nj. An
derson leaders of the Alaskan-Arctic
Ethnological expedition of the Amerl-
can Museum of Natural History were
received by the museum authorities
One fireman killed and four injured,
one seriously, with property loss OF
between $4,000 and 100000 was
the result Of fire which ragged in
Dallas, Tex
A special dispatch from Rome says
that the Duke de Abru2zi and Miss
Katherine Elkins, daughter of Senator
Stephen b, Elkins of West Virginia,
will be married on or about Dec. lO,
Official notification Of the wedding
will be given out in November
The proceedings Of the opening ses'
sion of the Sixteenth National lrriga'
ton Congress which met in conVen-
tion hall at Albuquerque, n. NJ" Tues
day, were impressive, and the specta-
tors who crowded the galleries were
moved to repeated demonstrations OF
approval. Two letters and telegram
were read to the congress from Prest
dent Roosevelt
Conducting one days campaign in
South Dakota Monday William D.
Bryan poured yolleys Of criticism into
the Republican platform Mr., TAFT and
President Roosevelt He covered q
good deal Of ground In the state and
Monday night stopped In Sioux city
Iowa. and left Tuesday morning for
Rock Island, ILL.,
That the suit for civil damages
which GOV Charles A. Haskell prom
ises to bring against President Roose'
welt in connection with the Hearst
charges against Haskell that the
President took up as his own, may
delay Rooseyets proposed hunting
trip Immediately upon his retirement
as chief executive is the dcclarauou
made TUESDAY by several of HasEelrs
friends.
Two children Of J, f. Thompson
were burned to death in Are caused
by a lamp explosion which destroyed
the family home at Mosollo, just north
of Iiattesburg Miss The mother OF
the children met death In q cyclone
last April,
Judge De Lacey In the United
States Supreme Court has rendered a
decision maintaining the constitution.
ality of the act TO regulate child labor
IN the District Of Columbia, and De.
cided that newspapers, in the sense IN
which they are named IN the act, are
not merchandise