The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-21
NEWS NOTES.

LONDON. LINE DUCHESS OF MarlDOr-
ough, formerly Miss Consuelo Wander
bilt, of New York city, gave birth to
son Thursday.
Visalia, Cal.-An earthquake felt
here rocked houses on their founda-
tons, broke crockery and aroused
many people. The door of heavy
safe was closed by the shock.
Jackson, Miss.-The yellow fever
situation is practically unchanged SO
far as the number of new cases is con-
cerned. The thermometer, however,
is ranging in the fifties, and there are
strong hopes that the spread of the in
lection will be checked by the cold
weather, even if there is no frost.
Chicago. - Former Vice President
tation to respond to the toast "The
President" at the banquet to be held
in honor of President Mckinley during
the peace jubilee next week.
Pekin.-The new Italian minister,
Signor MARITIME, has arrived here and
demands the customary audience OF
the emperor. Much interest is aroused
in the part the dowager empress will
take in the ceremony. The emperor is
practically imprisoned in the island
palace, which is strongly guarded. ALI
the DEGREES are now issued by the dow
ager empress, the last pretense of the
emperors power having been abol-
ished.
Leavenworth, an.-Thomas Harris,
a member of company A, Twenty-sec-
ond Kansas volunteers, is charged with
stealing two bicycles from the Bower
Furniture company and selling them.
One of the wheels he sold for SIS and
when arrested by Detective Murphy
was trying to dispose of the second
wheel. Harris lives at Erie, Kan.
HAVANA, Oct. 15.-The Spanish mill
tary commissioners to-day delivered an
official note to the American commits
sioners giving the number of the Span
ish troops shipped to Spain up to the
present time at 6,617, not iacluding
those who GO by the transports Mont
serrat and Miguel Callart, which will
take 1900 additional men.
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 15.-Arthur D.
Spiers of New York has arrived here
from Alaska, where he went as mem
Der of the Pat Calvin expedition, which
drove 1000 head of beef cattle over tho
Dalton trail to Fort Selkirk, where
they were butche red and shipped to
Dawson. Only six head died on the
drive. At Dawson the meat sold at
81. 25 a pound retail and fiftyfve cents
wholesale.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Secretary AL
ger will go to Cuba. The Secretary
said to-day he expects to visit Cuba
and Porto Rico sometime in January
next-He will visit the several garri'
sons in each of the islands and will ac-
quaint himself personally with their
material interests.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-It is not
probable that there will be muster
out of any number of staff officers to
correspond to the number of general
officers ordered discharged few days
ago The department finds, in view OF
the fact that number of officers have
resigned or been honorably discharged,
that the demand for staff officers in
different places makes it almost inn
possible to dispense with services ot
many more at present. A number oi
staff officers are on the sick list and
their places have to be supplied with
others. 1t is therefore thought that
few more discharges will be made.
Hot SPRINGS, Ark, Oct. 14.-Sheiif
Reb Houpt of this county has been ar
rested on an indictment by the grand
jury for embezzlement. His shortage
is said to be $1,000 and Is attributed
by his friends to the failure of Hoga
boom's bank in this city three years
ago. He lost between S12,o0 and
SIS, 900 in the bank.
PUEDLA, Mexico7 Oct. 14.-Thomas
Warren of Texas and g. L. Hever Of
Oklahoma, both wealthy cattle buyers
have arrived here from q tour of the
cattle raising districts of this state
They report that they have purchased
SIS, O0j head of beof cattle, which viii
be shipped from this city to Cubs
and Porto Rico within the next TIVE
months.
Washington-Dr. N. 8. Lincoln, one
of the oldest and best known physi
clans of this city, is dead. He was ont
of the attending physicians upon Pres
ident Garfield during tho long struggle
for life that followed his sho citing b.
Guiteau.