The Globe-republican., 1909-09-02
Domestic Items.

The millers of the country VIII,
bleach -four with nitrogen peroxide
are collecting fund of $4,000 to b'
used in defense of millers prosecuted
by the government
Iowas corn crop according to esti
mates made by the state crop bureal
will be 2S6, ,464,S00 bushels.
The National bank of Marion, Kan.
has filed demurrer in the bank guar
antee suit in the supreme court of the
state.
The golden anniversary of the drill
ing of the first oil we'll was celebrated
at Titusville where so years ago the
first artisan oil was obtained
Before the "a hour automobile race
at Brighton Beach had gone on for five
hours one man was killed by two cars
coming into collision.
The delegates to the State and Ma
tional Food and Dairy departments
meeting at Denver were pledged to
urge more drastic pure food laws in
every state.
Explosion of a gasoline tank in a
canning factory at Waverly, Iowa.
caused panic among the 300 en-
ployes and one man was killed and
several persons injured.
With the selection of Mobile, Ala,
as the meeting place for next year
and the election of officers, the fortieth
annual convention of the National In
surance commissioners at Colorado
Springs closed
The convention of advertising clubs
at Louisville, KY, elected C. S. Dobbs
of Atlanta as president and selected
Omaha, Neb., as the next meeting
place.
The Perkins excursion party while
cruising along the Alaska coast dis
covered a new glacier emptying into
Prince William Sound. The ice river
is two miles long and 200 feet high in
front.
The convention of the Association of
State and National Food and Dairy
departments by resolution approved
the use Of benzoate of soda as a food
preservatiye.
The Union Pacific railroad will
establish a school for employees and
prospective employees where all
branches of the service will be taught
free by experts.
The steamer Ohio with 1923 passen-
gers and crew of 50 struck a rock
off Steep Point, Alaska, and went
down soon after OF those on board
five were drowned the balance being
picked up by other steamers called to
the rescue by wireless before the
Ohio sank.
Attempts are being made to run the
plant Of the Pressed Steel Car COM
pany at Schoenville, Pa, with i'm
ported workmen while the strikers are
held in subsection by the mounted
police.
Judge Porterfield continued the
Incubator baby" case when it came
before him on habeas corpus pro-
ceedings brought by Mrs. Barclay in
her effort to prevent being returned
to Kansas on requisition Of Gov.
Stubbs to meet the charge Of kidnap-
ing. The case will again be heard
September I. In the meantime the
little girl will be kept in charge of
Clarence ]. Trigg, clerk of the
juvenile court until that date.
In order to more successfully sup
press violations of the prohibitory law
the police of Nashville, Tenn, have
been ordered to report for duty In
plain clothes and without clubs.
A contract has been signed with
Wilbur Wright to make an aeroplane
fight at the Hudson-Fulton celebra-
tion on the Hudson. Glenn H. Curtiss
is also expected to make fight. q
Iowa has over 1890 rural carriers
being second only to Illinois In the
number of rural routes. ~ g
Fishermen at Beaufort N. c., caught
100000 pounds of Mullets In one morn
ing making the greatest catch of that
fish ever secured on the Atlantic coast.
The thirteenth annual convention of
the Association Of State and National
Food and Dairy Departments is In
session at Denver.
A negro appeared in the street of
Monroe, La, with shotgun and shot
at every man In sight and had
wounded 20 before be was killed.
Eastern Nebraska is again ex-
periencing heat wave and the corn
crop will suffer serious injury from
the heat and lack Of rain.
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