The Red Cloud chief., 1909-09-09
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN eRleFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
At HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
Domestic.


persisted in the foods of southeastern
Java. The damage to property ant
crops has been enormous.
Count Hermann Osheim, former
heir Dresumptive TO the grand duchy
or SaXe-Weimer, who renounced his
right to the succession. was married
in London before the registrar The
bride signed her name as Wanda
Paola Lottero, and gave her age as
twenty-five years. She is the daughter
OF late captain in the merchant
service.
Former Queen Liliuokaani. who
reached the age of seventy.one Thurs
day, combined with her usual custom
OF receiving native Hawaians on her
birthday reception to the visiting
congressional delegation. The former
queens birthday reception was the
largest ever held in her honor. Up
TO noon she had shaken hands with
more than 1000 persons.
The Aero club of St. Louis has
cabled Glenn II. Curtiss. tie aviator,
who won at Rheims last week. an in.
vitation to give fights during tho
centennial celebration in October.
Wilbur Wright is expected to reply
definitely this week to an invitation
made recently.
Capt Seth Bullock. United States
marshal, and the intimate friend of
ex-President Roosevelt had added to
his other talents that OF a literary
man. One of the leading magazines
or the county announces to appear at
an early date Capt. Bullock's explain
alton OF the name. Horse OF the
Range given by the Sioux Indians
to Mr. Roosevelt.
The taxable wealth of Missouri as
hxed by the state board of equaliZa-
ton is $1,549,763 ,347, an increase over
1908 of $34,S50.109. The valuation of
the real and personal property is ST..
379,64S,573 and OF corporate property
s17O.114,674.
The month OF August was decid-
eddy inactive one for the minis OF
the United States, the monthly coin.
age statement issued by the mint
bureau OF the treasury department
showing that only $29i,79O was coined
during the past month. OF this
amount $4,000 was in silver dollars,
and SlS2,79O in the new Lincoln
pennies.
Students with an agricultural train
ing, who are familiar with laboratory
and field work and with classes and
varieties of cereals, are in demand
by the government. with the salaries
ranging from $1,000 and $4,000 a year.
The civil service commission has an.
nounced an examination on Septembe
~, next for position as assistant in
grain Standardization in the bureau
OF plant industry of the department
of agriculture.
The body OF Mrs, Edward Lukes.
wife OF timekeeper at the Hull
Packing company, was found in a
clump OF weeds at Pittsburg, Kans.
The woman's head was badly beaten
ana beside her lay a large iron bolt
covered with blood. HUI declared 10
the police that his wife left home
Saturday night after a quarrel, say.
ing she was going to her fathers
home in Joplin, Mo-
Emil Victor was found guilty at
Aberdeen, S. D.. of the murder of
j. w. Christie, the latters wife and
daughter and Michael Ronayne on
July 3, and the penalty was fixed at
death. He will be sentenced nv
Judge McNauter September 80. The
trial has been on for a week the
defense setting up a plea of insanity.
Victor was farm hand near the
Christie home and killed Christie in
a hold.up.
Believers in the early dawn OF the
millennium are gathering at Saratoga.
n. Y, from several states for their
annual conference. The followers of
the sect believe that in 1914, "after
times of great trouble" the world is
20 be transformed into a paradise.
In their search for regular occupa.
ton for Harry X, Thaw, the Mattea-
wan authorities have appointed him
librarian.
The Maryland Steel company OF
Sparrows Point submitted the lowest
bid at the navy department. for con.
the naval collier authorized
by the last congress at a cost not 10
exceed 100000 The company sub
mitted two bids, the lower being
$SS9,600.
A record, three knots faster than
that OF any ship in the United States
navy, was scored by the Bath. built
torpedo boat destroyer Flusser in a
STANDARDIZATION trial. Her fastest
mile was made at a rate of 33.7 knots
an hour, The average of her five
top speed runs was 1927 knots.