The Globe-republican., 1909-12-30
Domestic Items.

Three thousand poor people were
furnished with Christmas dinners by
the Salvation Army at Kansas City,
A runaway freight train on the
Great Northern after wild run OF
four miles crashed through the bag
gage room of the st. Paul depot, the
engine passing through the walls and
falling into the basement. Forty cars
were piled up In the depot shed.
The Western Retail Vehicle and I'm
plement Dealers association will hold
its Gath annual convention at Kansas
City January 10. 1t is expected that
1000 persons will attend.
The tallest Christmas tree in the
world was feature of the celebration
at Pasadena, Cal, where pine tree
standing In a mantle Of snow on a
mountain top was dressed in tinsel
and gorgeous trimmings. Around its
base were stacked gifts.
Over 500 horses were provided with
q Christmas dinner of a 5-pound sack
of oats by charitably inclined people
of Kansas City.
The Christmas buying in Kansas
City and its trade territory this year
was far heavier than In any former
year.
A fire that started in the Tabernacle
in East Des Moines, Ia, swept through
the block and caused $60,000 damage.
Ralph Everline OF Garnett, Kan,
was killed In a railroad accident in
Texas.
The Modoc tribe of Indians are to be
moved firm their present reservation
in Oklahoma to new reservation In
Oregon.
The Joplin lead and Zinv district
has broken all records for the pro-
duction of lead and zinc in the last
year.
To man the present American feet
in time of war would require 76,171
officers and men and in time of peace
64,554 would be needed.
The thirty-ninth annual meeting Of
the Kansas State board of agriculture
will be held at Topeka January 12, 13
and IA.
The government will begin January
10 the distribution of 100000 to the
Cherokee Indians as payment for frac-
tional allottments to which they are
entitled.
Thomas M. Casey who pleaded
guilty to forgeries aggregating $780,
900 while cashier of the Salmon & Sal
mon bank at Clinton, Mo, has COM
pleted three-fourths of his five year
term In the penitentiary and has been
released
The Illinois supreme court has up
held the Chicago ordinance requiring
bakers to stamp the weight on all
loaves of bread.
The Santa Fe railroad paid out ST.
100000 In taxes in Kansas. This sum
represents all the state, county, town
ship, school, and city taxes assessed
against the road, less 21s per cent re-
bate This company is the largest
taxpayer In Kanss.
The Rialto building at the corner Of
Ninth street and Grand avenue, Kan
sas City, burned causing loss esti-
mated at 100000 on building and con-
tents.
A farmer from the wheat regions Of
the Saskatchewan went to Detroit to
do little shopping and purchased
30 motor cars for his neighbors paying
100000 cash for them.
The grand jury in session at Tulsa
about two weeks returned As indict-
7nents
Gen. Estrada has announced that he
will assume at once the offensive
against the government Of President
Madriz.
The war spirit again has broken out
in Russia and $4,000 men have been
ordered to Manchurfa while the jap
anese have thrown an army into
Korea. 1t would seem probable that the
struggle for supremacy in the Far East
is to be resumed.
The battleship Utah the largest war
ship Of its class ever built in the Uni
ted States has been successfully
alunched from the yard of the New
FORK Shipbuilding company at Cam
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More than 100000 is the Christ
Mas gift Of the United Steel corpora
fion to Its officers and employees The
amount to each Is determined by his
annual earnings.
The Interstate commerce commits
sion has sent out notice to the rail-
roads that failure hereafter to obey Or
aers of the commission will be treated
! Intentional violation.