The Red Cloud chief., 1909-08-26
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Complete Review Of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest from All Parts Of
the eIobe-Latest Home and For.
eipn Items.
Domestic.

The annual challenge gold cup races
Of the American Power Boat assoca.
ton began at Alexandria Bay, y. Y,
and will continue until Saturday
The 'wcnty.lhiid annual convention
of the Pennsylvania Society for the
Advancement of the Deaf met with a
large attendance.
A committee appointed to consider
the question of uniform laws for the
different states met at Detroit to pre-.
pare report to be submitted to the
annual meeting of the American Bar
association next week.
Several hundred delegates. includ.
ing city officials and municipal au.
thortics from all over the United
States and Canada. are attending the
annual convention of the League of
American Municipalities now in ses-
sion in Montreal A large delegation
Is here from St Paul TO secure the
next convention.
For the first time in the history OF
the White house the private parlors,
as well as the east room. are open to
The public, and are being inspected
daily by thousands of visitors. The
extension OF the privilege Is due to
President Tart, who has ordered that
Che whole first floor of the executive
mansion he opened to the public.
BY requiring letter carriers to
double up" their routes during the
dull season of July and August. in.
stead Of employing substitutes, Post.
master General Hitchcock expects to
same the government not less than
$25o,OOO in the cost of carriers vaca.
lions during the present fiscal year.
X. w. Thompson, of Washington, ID.
g., now heads an organization, termed
the national negro press association,
which was formed at Louisville. XIV.
during the tenth annual convention of
the national negro business league
The league has reelected Booker T.
Washington as president.
The International Pressmen's union
purchased at chancery court sale the
Hale Springs property, located in
Hawkins county, Tennessee and
about six miles from Knoxville. Ii is
the purpose OF the union to establish
national home for aged and indi.
gent and disabled pressmen and stere.
otypers, The property includes the
Hale Springs hotel and LOO acres,
with four mineral springs.
A telegram from Mammoth Hot
Springs, Yellowstone park. REPORTS
that new geyser has broken out
100 feet north OF Fountain geyser,
playing $50 to 200 feet high. The
eruption lasts generally about one
hour.
Treasury officials are much graft.
fed over the receipts OF the bureau
oil internal revenue for the month of
July-the first month of the new fiscal
year-which shows an increase of
s939,326 over July OF last year. The
receipts during July, 1909. were $22.-
96s,642, and during July. 1908. $22,.
o2O,3l4. In the view of the officials,
this increase augurs well for the gen.
eral prosperity of the country.
Charles Taft, second cousin OF
President Taft, was killed at Prior,
Col, by lightning.
The standard of the Grand Army of
the Repuubulic which has been car.
ried for the past twenty years by the
commandcr'in.chief of the Grand
Army and has been the official banner
az every encampment since 1888 has
been missing ever since the parade of
the veterans August IL, and IL is
feared II has been stolen. When last
seen it was floating over the review
ing stand, The flag was presented to
the Grand Army in 1889 in Milwaukee
Bishop Mta2 OF Denver in the pres.
ence OF large congregation including
many fasteners, at the cathedral in
vested Archbishop Jean Baptiste Pita.
val OF the archdiocese of Santa Eo
with the pallium with imposing cere.
monies. Seventy-fve members of the
hierarchy and clergy from the south.
west assisted
The navy department has decided
that David Williams. mess attend
ant on the battleship Vermont, shall be
surrender TO the Massachusetts au.
thorities. He is wanted for causing
the death of fellow sailor in a box.
ing bout.
Calvin Johnson, Richard Pines and
Eugene Dorsey, negroes, sentenced
70 be electrocuted at Richmond in
September for the murder OF Walter
r. Schultz, a Chicago artist have
been respited by Governor Swanson
until October s. 10 and %. respec.
lively,
The one hundred and thirty.s@cond
anniversary OF the battle of Ben.
nington, when large party of ma.
RAIDERS from Burgoyne's army was
routed by the New hampshire militia
under Colonel STARK. was observed
us a legal holiday throughout Yer.
anont Monday.