The Red Cloud chief., 1910-10-13

ornor by the democrats Of New York.
The president withdrew 400 acres
Of land from the public domain In
Montana.
China is believed to be on the
verge OF an upheavel similar to that
Of the boxers.
Necessity OF frequent examinations
! OF banks was made at the Los Ange-
les convention.
Rear Admiral Charles II. Rocker,
retired, died in Washington, aged
sixty.nine years.
A republic has been proclaimed at
Lisbon, Portugal, and a provisional
government established.
The independence league Of New
York declined to endorse the nomi.
nees of the republicans.
Former Congressman Thomas Up.
degraf from the Fourth Iowa district,
| died at his home in McGregor, la.
The German ministry OF war an.
nouncod it would give $4,000 as a
| price for an overland aviation com
petition.
Elwin, ~three.year.old son OF G. A.
Johnson, republican candidate for
governor Of North Dakota, was
burned to death.
Diplomatic relations between Vene.
zuela and Colombia which were re.
Gently severed because Of a boundary
dispute have been restored.
Walter Brookins, the hero Of the
Chicago.to.Springield will attempt a
flight continuously from Springfield to
st. Louis, a distance of eighty-fivc
miles.
A $40, 000, 900 merger OF all the
powder companies in Canada with the
exception OF the Giant Powder com
pany, branch factory at Telegraph
Bay, has just been effected.
Because OF the cholera scare in
Europe, two incoming transatlantic
liners the Lapland from Antwerp and
the Perussia from Naples. were de
tanned at quarantine for inspection.
By an order issued oy the postofiice
department land grant railroads here
after will receive only 1889 for
each 1000 pounds OF mail carried In
excess of $4,000 pounds. The old rate
was $l7.1O.
The commission named by Presi.
dent Taft to determine how the gov
eminent may best supervise the is.
suance OF railway securities will hold
It's first session In Washington No.
vember 2S. Quarters will be opened
there at once and a force Of clerks
hired.
The state OF Missouri has a popula.
ton Of 1928 1886, according to the en-
umeration made during the thirteenth
census, statistics OF which were an.
nounced by the census bureau. This
is an increase of 1S6,570, or 6 per
cent over the population in 1900 OF
3.1O6. sos.
The Los Angeles Times building
vas wrecked by dynamite and subse.
quently destroyed by fire. Twenty or
more lives were lost and a great
printing plant utterly destroyed. The
outrage is attributed to labor
troubles. the Times having for a
long time been IN open office. So
far there Is no clue to the guilty
parties.
The Standard Oil company through
Its official publicity representative, j..
|. G. Clarke, has announced that the
company has inaugurated a cam
paign to increase the worlds cor
sumption OF refined Oil" and is lower.
ing prices Of kerosene In Europe and
the far east. This action follows that
4 nf Anv1Gf 1oCf yyhnn thn Standard oil
company reduced refined oil in bar.
rels l cents a gallon from 9a to
S& cents at the refinery, and refined
oil in tanks from 6h to 51a cents a
| gallon. In part the statement reads:
"The Standard Oil company has in.
augurated a campaign to increase the
worlds consumption of refined oil.
The level Of prices for refined oil to-.
day in the United States Is lower
than at any time during recent years,
and as a direct result of these prices
the consumption of refined oil in this
country Is increasing. The same pol.
icy is now being actively pursued
abroad"
AS a tragic sequel to the death OF
Edmond Poillt, the French aviator,
his ~iancee. who had shown almost
uncomfortable grief went to his grave
Sunday and fired a bullet into her
heart. Poillot was killed on Sep.
TENDER % while making a flight with
a passenger. While at a height of
ninety feet q wing collapsed and the
machine fell backward.
The executive committee Of the
brotherhood Of machinists. through
Secretary Robert NJ. Lackey. sent to
the interstate commerce commission
a protest against the recent petition
presented to the commission by of.
hcials of various organizations OF rail.
road employees urging that the pro
posed advance Of freight rates should
be approved.
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