The Chanute times., 1897-01-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.

| LILA CuSer UnreW ncrSel1 Under her
husbands engine, and was ground to
pieces at New Haven, Conn.
Carlos A. Miller, an American engi-
neer, is in prison in the City of Mexico
on trumped up murder charge.
c. A. Walsh of the Democratic ma
tiopal committee is in Idaho working
for the reelection of Senator Dubois
Senator Thurston, in speech before
the Chautauqua circle at Omaha, de-
clared for Cuban recognition, war or
or war.
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels
says that he feels no apprehension over
the bank failures which have occurred
of late.
President Cleveland has included the
officers and employees of the federal
pen" at Fort Leavenworth under civil
service rules.
Father Shaw, assistant pastor of the
Holy Angels church, st. Louis, was
held up in his rectory and robbed by
stranger in the afternoon.
Three business men were held up by
two robbers in an elevator in Chicago
| III biOiu udy OHO was ECllCNcu
of satchel containing $40.
Mrs Robert Howard, Madrid, Iowa,
told her husband she was going to
church, then went riding with John
Slick, and was killed, he says, acci-
dentally.
| California fruit growers are going in
force to Washington to plead for
higher duties and southern boards of
trade are uniting in demanding higher
rice duties.
w. b. Cowen was sent to the Ian
sing, Kan, Pc. from Guthrie, OKLA,
for six years for stealing COW, while
Pat johnson, for assault with intent to
kill, got off with three years.
When the silk and cotton manufact-
urers had their inning before the
house, ways and means committee all
argued against ad valorem duties and
asked higher tariff with changes in
| classification.
Wanamal1er has publicly attacked
| Quay, saying he is disgrace to Penn
| sylvania. Mr.. Wanamaker also de-
clares that without good times within
| folr years changes will come which all
the world will feel.
Republican club of New York re-
| fused to endorse the candidacy of
| Joseph II. Choate for United States
Senator. Union Republican club of
Brooklyn and the Progress Republican
club of New York adopted resolutions
endorsing Thomas C. Platt for Sena-
tor.
Columbia National and Washington
State banks, Minneapolis, Mimi, have
been forced to close. Carbonate Ma
tioual bank of Leadville is going into
liquidation Commercial National,
Roanoke, Va, closed. Farmers Trust
company, Sioux City, Iowa, has gone
under.
Bombay's plague is increasing.
Theosophists are to have u temple in
California.
Bank of West Superior, Wis, sus-
pended because of run.
Governor Bradley of Kentucky will
resign because of failing health.
A Guthrie, Okla, admirer of McKin-
ley sent him n handsome ebony gold
mounted cane.
Tom Platt has declared war on
Joseph Choate, republican senatorial
aspirant in New York.
Bryan declined to attend silver
democratic banquet at Indianapolis,
Jacllson's day.
Julio Sanguilly, an American ct-
zen. has been sentenced for life for
conspiracy at Havana.
Gomez and his insurgent army are
moving westward and concentrating in
Santa Clara.
Ii Hung Chang's visit to England
and America has resulted il deter
mination to Anglicise China.
Kentuckys electoral vote will go
10 for Mckinley and l for Bryan, con-
tests having been withdrawn.
La Patrie, Montreal paper, defies
the Catholic church and calls on all
Liberal Catholics to revolt.
Miss Anna N. Stephens, of Denver, is
lying speechless and paralyzed, result
Of sandbagging by foot pads.
James Errison, Tacoma, Wash, had
his wife arrested for holding him up
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Captain William P. Barlow. secretary
of the ex-Confederate Home Associa-
ton, of Missouri, is dead in st. Louis
In landslide at Ratsmore, England,
laborer's house was overwhelmed
und the man, his wife and seven child
| rem buried.
Allen Heuse Downen, Denver foot
pad, will be hanged the third week in
| January for the murder of Joel G. Ash
worth, June 27.
A landslide entirely destroyed the
village of Santa Ana de Palago, Italy,
demolishing 11S houses and rendering
| 13O families homeless
Double-decked ferry boat New
Brunswick, owned by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company, was burned to the
waters edge at New York. Loss,
$120,0OO.
The safe in the postoffice at Hays
| City, Kan. was blown open with dyna-
mite and robbed of $4O0. The burglars
were captured. ,
The Pasteur treatment to prevent
hydrophobia failed in the cases of
three out of eight persons bitten by
mad dog. Two are dead and one is