The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1909-09-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from all
Parts Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft of Our Readers.
Domestic Items.


They were to have been sent aloft
carrying registering instruments.
A Tulsa, Ok, bootlegger was con-
victed of breaking into car and
stealing liquor consigned to himself.
He was sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary.
The Hudson-Fulton celebration at
New York opened with great bril-
fancy. An international naval fleet
OF 70 vessels was at anchor in the
Hudson river. The Half Moon sent by
Holland and the reproduction Of Rob-
ert Buttons Clermont led the parade.
The board Of prison inspectors has
let contract for 1000 suits of gray
clothing to replace the striped uni
forms now worn by convicts in the
Missouri penitentiary. In the future
no stripes will be worn except by
prisoners who break prison rules.
A heavily loaded street car at the
Seattle worlds fair grounds became
uncomfortable and while going at a
speed of 30 miles an hour left the
track and dashed into building.
One man was killed and so injured.
The fortieth anniversary of the
formation Of the Prohibition party was
celebrated In Chicago by a great pa
rade.
The heavy duty levied on print pa
per by the Payne tariff bill may cause
Canadians to so restrict the exporta-
ton Of pulp wood as to require many
American mills to move to Canda.
An order has been issued directing
all the property in Texas Of the
Waters-Pierce Oil company, valued at
$1,750,000 to be sold at public auction
by the state.
The 30 members of the crew Of the
Japanese sealing schooner Kaisen
Maru, arrested early in June for al
legged poaching, were acquitted by a
jury in the United States court, the
evidence against them being deemed
insufficient.
In test of speed by the cruisers of
Pacific squadron the Philadelphia
made the best record with 21S5 knots
per hour.
The Arctic Club OF America gave a
banquet to Dr. Cook at the Waldorf
Astoria at which the explorer made
speech telling Of the things which
made his accomplishment possible.
The Republicans of New York have
formed an alliance with all the indie
pendent reform forces except the In
dependence League and nominated
Otto T. Barnard for mayor.
Miners returning from Alaska bring
encouraging reports from the new
gold fields in the Innoko country.
The armored cruiser squadron Of
the Pacific fleet after making a stop
OF three weeks at the Hawaiian Is
lands has sailed for the Orient.
Enid, Ok, by a majority of two to
one approved a new charter providing
for government by commission.
Southern France, especially Prov
ence, has been visited by heavy storms
accompanied by earth shocks. Con-
siderable damage has been done.
United States torpedo boats destroy
er Smith made the remarkable speed
Of 80 knots an hour, four knots more
than required by the contract in the
Standardization run off Delaware
Breakwater.
The bank at Ames, Ok, was burglar
ICED and 5000 was carried away.
In riot at Omaha, Neb., caused by
the strike Of the street car company's
employees one man was shot, several
Others were hurt and eight cars were
demolished.
In the vicinity Of New Orleans alone
It is reported that 80 persons have
lost their lives in the hurricane that
swept the coast.
President Taft In his speech at
Colorado Springs cautioned the people
that in the era Of prosperity they must
not forget to carry forward to COM
pietion the reforms started my his pre-
decessor, Theodore Roosevelt. He said
his administration was pledged to such
measures as would carry the Roose-
welt policies to fulfllment.
A man travelling through Canada
and the east has victimized many
manufacturers by giving large orders
for firms he pretends to represent and
then chashing forged drafts.
The feature of the weeks session of
the sovereign grand lodge of the indie
pendent Order OF Odd Fellows at Seat
tie was the parade OF 10000 members
headed by the patriarchs militant In
full regaha.
The Democratic state committee OF
Missouri has called conference of
Democrats to meet at Kansas City
November 10 to discuss party prob
lens.
The east dome of the capitol build
ing at Jackson, Miss, was crushed in
BY the recent hurricane and hundreds
Of buildings were unroofed.
The latest estimate Of the number
who lost their lives in the gulf coast
storm Ii 100.
The third international conference
On state and local taxation under the
auspices Of the international Tax as
sociati0n was held al Louisville. KY.