The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-05-07
NEWS BOILED DOWN.

Governor Pingree of Michigan vetoed
the Donavan curfew bill
Senator Vest wants the Mississippi
foundations carefully looked into.
The Schmidt hotel and the Mineral
Spring. Park hotel, Milwaukee,
burned.
Three small Mexican towns near
Guadalupe were destroyed by water
spout.
Chicago gossip says Marshal Field is
engaged to marry Phil Sheridan's
widow.
Deb's latest scheme is to lead an I'M
employed army" to Utah to form a
socialistic colony.
Greece has a new cabinet, the out
come of dissatisfaction with the prose
cution of the war.
President Mckinley will be invited
to Salt Lake City to attend the Jubilee
celebration in July.
The Turkish minister of marine has
been stealing millions every year from
the Turkish naval fund.
Senator Platt of Connecticut and
Mrs. Jennie p. Hoyt of Upper Mont
clair, N. j., were married.
John NJ. Fisher, the big Pittsburg
coal operator, confessed Judgment to
his wife on notes amounting to SIS
37S.
Daughters of the Confederacy I'M
yelled their statue at Dallas. Ex-Sen-
ator Reagan made the address.
Greece has assured the British and
French ministers at Athens that the
Greek fleet will not lombard Salonica.
Ed Newcomb, leader of a noted band
of Oklahoma outlaws, has been caught
and lodged in Jail, and the band
broken up.
Maryland Steel company's plant at
Sparrow's Point, Md, will resume
work with 1000 hands, after three
years idleness.
Japanese newspapers talk of send
ing war ships to Hawaii to enforce the
landing of undesirable Japanese inn
migrants.
Banquet hall in the Monongahela
house, Pittsburg, was swept by fire
caused by an explosion in photograph
ing it for the American club.
William p Nichols, president of
the defunct Bank of Commerce of New
Orleans, was convicted of the embez-
Element of 100000
Emil Sohlerns, Chicago saloon
keeper, was shot and instantly killed
by one of three men who entered the
saloon for the purpose of robbery.
The Westinghouse Air Brake COM
pany has posted notices in it's foundry
department announcing reduction of
wages ranging from 20 to 40 per cent.
Upan receipt of dispatch from
Weyler stating Western Cuba had
been pacitied the queen regent of
Spain signed the decree granting Cuban
reforms.
Senator Allen of Nebraska has in
troduced a proposed amendment to the
tariff bill for the abrogation of the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty on July
/, 1898.
All the conductors, engineers, brake
men and switchmen on the Philadel-
phia 81 Reading and New England
railroads have been notified of ten
per cent reduction.
Three steamers landed 500 Irish
girls, most of them between IS and ~
years of age, at Ellis Island. Repre-
sentatives of Catholic mission looked
after them. Many of the girls will
come West.
McKinley's bimetallic missionaries
expect to sail from New York for
Europe May s.
The election of Deboe in Kentucky
will not affect the plan for reorganiza-
ton of Senate committees.
Lieutenant Wise of the army has in
vented Il device for signaling at night
to forces ten or twelve miles distant.
Rev. Mr.. Spanbower of Lafayette,
Ind, has been arrested at the instance
of Miss Deborah Scott, who charges
criminal libel
Four persisted in a New York tene-
ment fire. Mrs Barnett, to save her
children from the flames, dashed them
from window They were killed.
DR.. II. S. Tanner, the celebrated
faster, has issued a challenge to the
world for fast to a finish for $1,000
a side.
Flood situation is bad at Keokuk,
Iowa.
bankers, assigned.
General Merritt has three months
leave of absence to visit Europe.
Over 1 800 Irish girls have arrived at
New York.
Congressman Henderson of Iowa
will have to lose his leg from erysip-
elias.
NJ. Averoff Greek millionaire phi
lanthropist has given Sc, 600, COO to the
war fund.
Colonel Finley Anderson was thrown
from horse in the Grant parade and
fatally injured.
General Miles and Captain Mans will
sail for Europe May ) and Alger will
then be in command.
Three pound hail stones fell in the
Rio Verde valley in Mexico and forty
.one people were killed.
DIR. w. j. Deboe (Republican) was
finally elected to tho United States
senate from Kentucky
Carlos Garcia of the Spanish army
butchered the seventy inmates of an
insurgent hospital near Trinidad.
W. j. Calhoun of Springfield, ILL.,, is