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

Governor Pingree of Michigan wants
railroad taxes increased.
Julian G. Hedrick, city treasurer of
Sherman, Texas, killed himself.
The Arkansas Senate has defeated
Governor Jones Railroad commission
bill.
George Harris lost his damage case
against the Modern Woodmen at Du-
buque, Iowa, for injuries received dur
ing initiation.
Milwaukee and Chicago brewers pro-
pose to fight the increased tax on beer
Editorial staff of FL Continent Ameri-
cano, City of Mexico, has been ar
rested for insulting Spain.
The Itasca Warehouse Co.. s building
at Minneapolis, Mimi, was destroyed
By fire. Loss, $250,000.
The Standard Oil trust has just de-
clared a per cent quarterly and
per cent extra dividend.
Judge Birdsell of Iowa holds that
railroad has the right to compel pas
sengers to show tickets before enter
ing trains.
Harry Stout and Ernest King fought
ten round prize fight in the Delaware
state house. Members of the legis-
lsture who promoted it were repri-
manded.
The Senate added to the sundry civil
bill an amendment abrogating Cleve-
lands forest reserve proclamation.
The House adopted resolution pro-
viding for only Monday and Thursday
sessions until otherwise ordered.
Payment to Cherokee freedmen by
Agent Dickson has been stopped. An
army officer will disburse the rest of
the money.
Senator Bacon of Georgia has intro
duced joint resolution declaring that
the policy of the United States is in
favor of the arbitration of interna-
tional differences.
DIR. j. H. Hollander has been APP
pointed secretary of the International
Bimetallic Conference commission. He
is professor of economics at the Johns
Hopkins university.
James N. Tyner of Indiana has been
appointed assistant attorney general
for the postoffice department.
Colonel Hopkins, manager of Dan
Creedon, hiss deposited a forfeit of
81, O00 10 biz M Itch with Kid Nc
Coy.
Ecuador has revolu ton now.
Governor Black has signed the
Greater New York charter.
Indian troops are not success and
the company at Fort Sill is to be aban-
doned.
Ona Melton and other Competitor
prisoners are to be tried at Cnce at
Havana.
There is more talk of Justice Field
of the United States supreme court re-
signing.
Albridge Gerry Spaulding, father
of the green back is dead at Buffalo,
N. Y, aged SO.
Mayor Strong of New York is dis
tributing 1,0Op bricks from Grants old
tomb to G. A. r. posts.
Chicago building strike is spreading
to st. Louis, Columbus, O.. Syracuse,
N. Y, and Worcester, Mass.
A. G. Fontani, who ran an Italian
savings bank in New York, has abb
seconded with all available assets.
Jacob s Johnson, a colored preacher,
was hanged at Somerville, N. j., for
the murder of Annie Beekman.
James Monroe Haskell, grandson of
President Monroe attempted suicide in
New York by inhaling gas.
Hawaiians in Washington are kick
ing at the Senate tariff bill for abro-
eating the reciprocity treaty with
Hawaii.
During the month of April there
were $50 deaths from smallpox in
Guira De Melra town of 4,500 in
habitants in Cuba,
In addition to lis shortage of about
$50, 600, it is found that County Clerk
George Hobson of Cincinnati is also
guilty of forgery.
Gustave G. Pabst, Margaret Ma
theirs former husband, is to marry
Miss Hulda 7. Lemp, daughter of the
millionaire ST. Louis brewer.
Dan Bailiff of Lima, Ohio, knocked
out Gus German of San Francisco in
the fourth round in prize fight in
church yard ut Muncie, Ind.
The proposed 10 cents tax on tea
will add millions to the revenue and
give the consumer better tea for his
money, says James r. Davies, u New
York tea expert,
The Senate refused, AZ to &c, to rat
ify the arbitration treaty with Eng
land Only Vest of the Kansas and
Missouri Senators voted for the treaty.
England's recent policy is responsible
for the treaty's defeat.
Webster Davis of Kansas City has
been appointed assistant secretary of
the interior
1t is said to be probable that de-
partment of commerce and manu-
features will be esta bliShed.
Actor Edwin f. Thorne is dead.
Mrs. Arthur H. Blair of Chicago sent
trusted man servant to her safety
deposit vault to deposit some money.
He ran away with fortune in dia-
monds and money.
People are starving in Cuba.
Colorado is to have labor party.
Bread riots are reported in Argen-
tine
Gold shipments recently aggregate
IS, 900, 900.
The free homes bill passed the SEN
ate AZ to H.