The Globe-republican., 1909-06-24

| The state free employment bureau D
Kansas estimates that the state vii
need 10000 harvesters, 10000 Of which
can be used In the next ten days.
Six and one half tons of virgin gold
valued at $3,2OO,0OO, the largest single
shipment ever sent from Alaska ar
rived on the steamer Jefferson from
juneau.
The medals voted to the wright
brothers, inventors OF the flying ma
chine, voted by congress, the legisla.
ture Of Ohio and the city Of Dayton
were presented to the aviators at Day.
ton In the presence Of a great throng
The national medal was presented by
Gen. Allen and the state medal by Gov.
Harmon
The southwest Shippers Traffic as.
sociation meeting at Wichita, Kan, is
preparing to ask the interstate COM
merce commission for general re-
vision OF rates to and from the Gulf
Of Mexico.
1t Is proposed to erect in Chicago
the largest convention hall in this
country with seating capacity Of 49,
900.
The Kansas state board Of railroad
commissioners has ordered the express
companies to reduce the rates on
cream for hauls Of less than 65 miles.
In the hearing before Attorney Gen.
ehal Jackson Of the Standard OH
custer suit at Topeka 1t was shown
that where there were $50 companies
in Kansas producing crude oil three
years ago there is SO now. Evidence
was introduced in an attempt to show
that the methods of the Standard were
responsible for the inactivity in the
Kansas field.
Seven persons belonging to the
regular army stationed at Omaha have
permitted themselves to be inoculated
with typhoid fever serum to test the
effect.
A herd OF buffalos on the Flathead
Indian reservation in Western Mon
tana is to be rounded up and shipped
to eastern parks.
Sam Bitler charged with murder
sawed his way to liberty from the
Reno county, Kansas, Jail with an old
table knife.
The International Railway Fuel as
sociation organized to assist railroad
to solve various problems
relating TO fuel supplies held its first
meeting in Chicago.
The Red Star steamer iceland came
into collision with an unknown vessel
east OF Dover in a fog and the ship
sank Immediately without being iden-
.ified.
Ten persons were killed and 40 in.
ured in wreck on the Chicago Lake
shore and South Bend railroad in
Porter county, Indiana when two OF
he big electric cars heavily loaded
With passengers came together head.
IN while one of them was going 30
niles an hour.
An unknown negro shot and killed
wo brakemen on freight train at
Vail, la. A man answering the de-
'cription of the murderer has been ar.
ested.
Motor car service Is to be establish
ID between st. Joseph and Highland
<an, on the st. Joseph and Grand
sland railroad at once and extended
o other points later.
The worlds automobile record for
. miles was broken at the Readville
rack by Ralph de Palma. His time
5as % minutes 80 seconds. Barney
'ldfeld's old record, 23 minutes 3S 3-5
econds, was made at Fresno, Cali
ornia, December 13, 1904.
At Dayton, o., a great celebration
'as held to do honor to the Wright l
rothers, the successful inventors OF
ying machines.
Eugene Davenport of the University
Illinois in addressing the graduates '
Rhode Island college expressed the |
pinion that in 100 years the popula-
on of this country would reach !, AGO. '
10000 and that even now we had r
cached point where the population r
as overtaking the food supply.
For the first time since the death of i
er husband Mrs. Cleveland appeared r
| public to testify at the trial of :
roughton Brandenburg. She declared I
nphatically that the signature to the +
'ticle sold to the New York Times n
as not that of her husband. !,
Members of the National Cotton
'ngress held their meeting this year
n