The Globe-republican., 1909-11-18
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.


ing to reports coming in from different
townships where the disease has ap'
peared.
The Colonnade hotel at Seabreeze
at Jackson, Fla, was destroyed by fire
The loss is estimated at 100000.
The second national apple show has
been opened at Spokane, Wash, with
exhibits from Washington, Idaho, Ore
gon. Montana and other parts OF the
United States and Canada. The pre-
miums offered aggregate $25,oOO.
The secretary of the Kansas state
board of health asserts that there is
no record Of any cases of pellagra in
Kansas. McClures Magazine stated
that there were ten cases
Beginning December Is Oklahoma
will offer for sale at auction, at less
than Its appraised value approximately
100000 acres of land, enough for
100000 farms.
Attorney General Major has pre-
pared an official opinion which holds
that "possums," raccoons, rabbits and
wolves may be hunted in Missouri
without the formality of taking out a
license provided that the hunting is
done without gun.
Kansas has more banks per capita
than any state In the union, except
Iowa. Iowa has one for every 1880
inhabitants. Kansas has one for every
$500 inhabitants.
Eight Italians charged with being
members of gang Of black hand
plotters have been arrested at Hazel
ton. Pa.
On October % there had been re-
moved from the Culebrat cut of the
Panama canal 39,OO2,299 cubic yards
of material and there yet remained
like amount to be removed.
Secretary Coburn in his latest crop
bulletin says that never in the history
of Kansas have the three crops wheat,
corn and oats been worth so much in
the aggregate as In 1909 Their COM
bined value amounts to $l69,262.323.
A racing car exploded on the At
ianta, Ga, race track and the driver
was thrown $50 feet over an embank-
ment. He landed on a pile of brush
and was not killed.
A heavy snow has fallen In Colorado,
Wyoming, Utah and northern New
Mexico and Arizona.
The honorary commercial commits
sioners and trade experts Of japan
we're entertained by the Commercial
club of Kansas City. The Japanese
spent an entire day inspecting the
city and becoming acquainted with the
business men.
Secretary Ballinger has issued an
order withdrawing from entry 5000
acres of land in the west which con-
tains valuable water power rights.
Because several girls at Vassar col
lege put one of their number under the
influence Of hypnotism and were un.
able readily to awaken her the prest
dent of the college has forbidden any
more practice in hynotism at this girls
school.
The New York Sun charges that the
sugar trust has stolen from the United
States $S0, 1000 900 and that it was done
with the assistance Of officials employ
ed by the United States.
A correspondence school for minis
terial studies has been started at Chi
cago under the direction of the Con
gregational church.
The president has approved the
recommendation of the Joint army and
navy board making pearl Harbor in
the Eawiian islands the naval base Of
the Pacific.
A running fight between bank rob
bers and citizens occurred at Ben
Arnold, a small town near Waco, lex.
No one was injured and the robbers
escaped with $4,000.
One man was killed and two others
seriously injured when the controller
burned out on a Kansas City street
car near the Stock yards.
Gov. Stubs presided and more than
$500 persons attended the exercised
attending the installation of Henry J.
Waters as president Of the Kansas
State Agricultural college.
A fiye-year-old girl at Roswell, y.
M. crushed thermometer in her
mouth while her temperature was be-
ing taken She swallowed some of the
mercury and died soon after.
The annual meeting of Missouri
State League Of Building and Loan as
sociations was held In st. Louis
On complaint from Kansas City At
torny General Major Of Missouri is in
vestigating an alleged sewer pipe trust.
Custer proceedings may be brought in
the supreme court II evidence is pro-
duced to justify.
Arbuckle Brothers sugar importers
and refners are charged with being
implicated in the frauds practiced on
the government in the matter Of i'm
port duties.
The Kansas state board OF health !
has sent affidayits to county attorneys
for the prosecution Of nine business
men fof violation Of the uure food Ian.