The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-05-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.


around.
DR., Joseph $. Goodmanson of PEN
der, Neb., gets life sentence for
poisoning his wife.
Cincinnati has two mayors, Caldwell
refusing to turn over the Office to Gus
Tafel before July T, and the latter
claiming possession at once.
Jerry Simpson attacked Speaker
Reed again for not appointing the
House committees. The speaker APP
pealed to the House and was sustained
by decisive vote, the Baileyites vot-
ing with the Republicans
stantly killed and Fireman Charles
Pardoner, both of Slater, Mo-, so bad
ly injured that he died shortly after.
ward by the explosion of the boiler
of Chicago & Alton locomotive at
Kansas City.
Silver leaders in Washington believe
that Bryan expects to be the nominee
in 1900.
President Mckinley will hold up the
consular appointments until the tariff
bill has been passed.
The President has nominated Cen
eral Benjamin M. Prentiss to be post
master at Bethany, Mo.
The Joseph Calm Clothing company
of Kansas City is insolvent.
Belgium has officially established the
1 to "a o'clock principle.
Alvin Byley, near Blues Point, Ark,
killed his mother with board.
Zack Davis was killed near Smith
field, Ind. Ter, while resisting arrest
for robbery.
lobe Lanahan was convicted at JEFF
ferson City, Mo-, of the murder of
Willie Gaines.
Miss Mary L. Leggett of Topeka has
been admitted to study divinity at
Harvard college.
The Juniata river in Pennsylvania is
out of its banks and doing great dam
age TO growing crops.
jim and Lewis Riley quarreled near
Nowata, |. r., and Lewis killed his old
father for interfering
At Gallup, n. NJ, the Atlantic and
Pacific railroad was sold at auction for
ST. 600 00O Receiver Walker of the
Santa Fe bid it in for his company
Two persons were burned to death
in Detroit fire.
During April the public debt de-
creased $'',7lS,06S.
United States Senator Earle of South
Carolina is seriously ill from kidney
trouble.
John Gibson, colored, was hanged at
Greenvilie, Miss, after having been
sentenced to death seven times.
Secretary of the Navy Long, Post
master General Gary and Public Prin-
ter Palmer recommended radical
changes in the civil service law.
Ex-Congressman Tom l.. Johnson of
Cleveland is a Democratic candidate
for the United States Senate from Ohio.
John r. Mclean of Cincinnati also
wants it.
Four wagon loads of dynamite eX-
ploded in the centerof San Salvador,
causing many deaths and wreclling
two blocks of buildings.
The Grand Duchess of Hesse, grand
daughter of Queen Victoria, has left
her husband, to whom she was mar
ricd in royal state three years ago.
The faculty of Central college,
Fayette, Mo-, object to ex-senator
Ingalls, delivering the commencement
address because of the part he took in
the Carson prize fight. He accepted
the invitation before the prize fight.
The Austrian ambassador to Ger
many says that Austria, Germany,
Russia and France will not allow En-
gland to annex the Transvaal or de-
stroy its independence.
Miss Hattie f. Baxter of Sedalia adj
vertised for a husband in matri-
monial paper eight months ago. Sun
day she was married to David L. Bird
of Spokane, Wash, a rich mine owner.
He answered the ad.
Extraordinary pressure is being
brought to bear on the President to
pardon Sugar Trust Broker Chapman
of New York, who is under sentence
for refusing to testify before Senate
investigating committee.
President Mckinley started by tele-
graph from Washington the machinery
of the Tennessee Centennial eXposi-
ton. Exercises at Nashville included
parade and speeches by Major j. W..
Thomas and Governor Taylor.
John w. Wall, late cashier of the
defunct Farmers National bank of
Portsmouth, Ohio, went to prison at
Columbus voluntarily to serve out a
five years sentence for concealing
overdrafts of the presidedt.
Fayette Phone, 81, Will Gates, 80,
and four Thomas brothers, Louis, 90
Ben, Is, jim, IA, and Aaron, 10, were
hung by mob at Sunnyside, Welter
county, Texas, for killing Henry and
Marie Daniels and a little 7-year-old
girl, after assautting the girls and
burning their home All parties are
negroes. Will Williams, one of the
gang, is believed to have been shot to
death.
Rev. Isaac s. Hopkins of Atlanta,
Ga is slated for minister to Greece.
Mckinley has refused to pardon Jo-
seph r. Dunlop, the Chicago pub
Usher.
Oshkosh Wis, is to have a factory to
make binding Irvine from marsh grass.
An engine and fourteen cars of a
freight train went through bridge
near Warrcnton, o., and plunged into
creek. Engineer James Garsletter