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MANY MEN EMPLOYED.
In the Construction of the Road
Between Surf and El1wood.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Oct. 3O-ln the
eighteen railroad construction camps
along the route between Surf and Eli
wood over ], 100 men are now employed,
Gaviota cannot be reached before May
lst. There are two viaducts to be built
and one tunnel 500 or 800 feet in
length to be driven. This tunnel is
located about six miles above Gaviota.
Beyond the Santa Anita ranch and ex-
tending to Jalima Creek, through the
Colo ranch, a distance of several miles,
there is much work still to be done,
including the completion of the largest
fill on the line, said by some TO be the
largest railroad fill in the world. Rails
are now laid to Jalima Creek, south
from Surf, and few miles north OF
Point Conception.
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Exciting Boat Race.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30-An ex-
citing boat race was roWed to-day on
the bay from Hunters Point to the
flagship Iowa 1t was between two
picked crews from the warship, and
fully $4,000 changed hands on the re-
suit The officers were as much inter-
ested as the men, and the band Of the
flagship played See the Conquerlng
Hero Comes,' as the winners, the Third
Division crew, passed the stake boat.
The course was four miles long and
the winners covered it in p minutes
% seconds and the losers in % minutes
fat.
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Tragedy in Ohio.

IRONTON, Oct. 30.-C. P. Moore of
Green River, KY, resisted arrest for
disorderly conduct this afternoon, and
a running fight ensued. Moore emptied
a 3S-caliber revolver, and one bullet,
which went wild, passed through the
window of q residence, killing Mrs. l..
o. Thorne, wife of a clothing salesman,
who was watching the fight. Moore
was finally captured after he had re-
ceived slight wounds.
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One Of the Jurors Insane.

SIOUX FALLS Is. d., Oct. 3O.-The
trial of Joe Kirby a prominent Sioux
Falls attorney, on the charge of having
received stolen postage stamps, came
to sudden end to-day through the
temporary insanity of a juror, G. G.
Suber, a farmer. He was sent to the
hospital at the expense of the Govern
ment, but the case must be tried again
for the fourth time. The case went
to the jury Saturday. The jurors stood
IL to l for conviction. Suber favored
conviction.
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Ia Fontise the Winner.

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-Mose La Fon-
tise of Denver, easily defeated George
Kirwan of Chicago tonight. The bout
was to have been for six rounds, but IN
the first minute of the second round
Kirwan was put out by swing on
the Jaw La Fontise had the best OF
the fight all the way, and nearly put
Kirwan out in the first round, the
bell sounding in time to save the Chi
cago fighter.
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Charles Gil1ert's Body Recovered.

SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 30.-The body of
Charles Gillert was found floating in
Bolinas Bay to-day by Richard Thomp-
son. Young Gillert was a cash boy IN
a San Francisco dry goods store. on
the afternoon of September 18th ne
was washed from the Olympic Club
pier, near the Cliff House, where he
was fishing. The body is we'll pre-
served and has been fully identified.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
Fish Laws Violated.

SEATTLE, Oct 30.-The United
States revenue cutter Perry, Captain
w. F. Kilgore, returned to-day from a
five months cruise in Alaskan waters.
Captain Kilgore says he found several
fragrant violations of the fish laws and
regulations on the part of certain can
merry corporations; that they have
fenced one particular stream prevent
ing the salmon from reaching their
spawning grounds. The matter has
been reported to the Government.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
Wool Mixed
Underwear, 75c.

This is medium weight nat
ural gray wool mixed under
wear; soft, warm garments, with
a plain substantial finish; shirts
with ribbed tail and cuffs; all
sizes; 75c the garment.
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Theater before the stockton Athletic

Theater before the Stockton Athletic
Club.
While Referee Frank Crowley called
1t a draw, as there was not sufficient
difference between the men to give u
decision either way, Hellman had
slightly the best of the go, and would
have finished his man had he had a
few more rounds. He was the stronger,
and landed oftener in the fifteen
rounds.
Recconi Knocked out Stewart in two
rounds, and the Heresy and Nassano
preliminary was called a draw, as it
was stopped by the police.
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Rainfall in the Interior.

LOS ANGELES, Oct 30-A shower
which fell early this morning yielded
.09 of an inch of rain. The sky has been
overcast all the morning, and more rain
is apparently coming,
SAN JOSE, Oct 30.-The rainfall for
the storm which began yesterday after
noon up to 8 o'clock this morning was
.52 of an inch, total to date $40 inches,
same date last year 2.0S inches. Light
showers have fallen to-day.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Oct. 30.-Half
an inch of rain fell here in a heavy
shower this morning injuring grain.
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Rooseve1t,s Proc1amation.

ALBANY IN. W. Oct go In his
proclamation designating November
Both as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer issued to-day, Governor Roose-s
Welt says.
''It is right that we should give.
thanks for the prosperity that has come
20 the nation, and for the way in which
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Prosperity in California.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3O.-The
twenty-f1rst annual report of the Cali
fornia Bank Commissioners has been
submitted to the Governor. The pros
perity of California is evidenced by the
fact that the increase in deposits for
the past two years has been S50, 0,3S2,-
795.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
TORPEDO BOAT DAHLGREN.
Report of Captain Emory of the
Naval Trial Board.

WASHINGTON, Oct 30-The Navy
Department has received the following
report from Captain Emory, a mem
Der of the Naval Trial Board, upon the
speed trials of the torpedo boat Dahl
gren:
Bath, Me-, Oct 10th
"Dahlgren speed trial completed For
sixty-six consecutive minutes she de-
veloped a speed of thirty knots. The
machinery, seagoing and maneuvering
qualities satisfactory"
The Dahlgren was to have made
thirty and one-half knots under the
terms of the contract, but provision is
made for her acceptance If she should
not fall more than half a knot below
that speed, though with a slight de-
duction in that case from the contract
price.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
A Travelling Salesman Suicides.

PLATTSBURG (MoD, Oct. 30.-J. p.
Lourey, a well-known travelling sales
man of St Joseph, committed suicide
at La Clede Hotel here to-day. Lourey
was infatuated with Plattsburg
young woman, and when she refused an
offer in marriage Saturday night he
attempted to kill her. To-day Mar
shall went to- the hotel with a warrant
for Lourey's arrest. When the officer
raped at his door Lourey told him to
wait a minute, and shot himself in the
head.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
The President Invited to Nashville.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-A delega-
tion from Nashville visited the Presi-
dent and the heads of various depart
ments to-day, and invited them to visit
Nashville on the occasion of the recep-
tion to be given the First Tennessee
Regiment, which is now on its way
home from the Philippines
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His Injuries Proved Fatal.

E. Sweeney, blacksmith, living near
Union Park, while driving from his
shop to Colma, about 8 this morning,
was struck by an electric car, receiv-
ing injuries from which he died this
afternoon.
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A Steamer Fireman Suicides.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 30 = John
Erickson, Swedish fireman on the
coast steamer Ruth, committed suicide
Sunday morning by jumping overheard
at sea off Port Orford. The body was
recovered and brought to this city.
The record-union., 1899-10-31

FRESNO Oct. On. johnson, a weli
known merchant and member OF the
firm of Gracf 4 Co, killed a man named
Dan Folkner this evening.
Johnson found Folkner in his barn,
and ordered him out. Folkner reIuseu
to go out, and the men scuff1ed. After
leaving the shed Folkner hit Johnson
with a pine stick, knocking him down.
johnson retaliated, and Folkner tell
dead.
An examination showed that his neck
had been broken, probably in the fall.
johnson was arrested for murder, and
released on $1,000 bail. Folkner is
woodchopper, and it is not known how
he happened to be in Johnson's barn.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
Admiral Dewey.

Dewey took possession to-day of his
new home. The last of the furniture
was arranged in the new house to-day,
and the Admiraps trunks were brought
up from the apartments he has been
occupying at the Everett.
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Molina Must be Hanged.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 30.-In De-
cember, 1897. Y. Molina killed A. Ra-
mos in Kern County. He was convicted
of murder and sentenced to be hanged.
He appealed to the Supreme Court.
which to-day affirmed the judgment of
the lower court, declaring that Molina
must be hanged.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
UnShrinkable
Underwear, $1.5O.

This wear is heavy enough to
meet any demand; it's made of
selected wool in the natural
gray color and besides being ex-
ira heavy the shirts are double
back and front; all garments are
substantially made and well
finished.
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A Marin County Citizen Missing.

SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 30.-A. G. Grant
of Ross Valley, Marin County, who
was spending a few weeks here, has
been missing since last Saturday. He
started for a walk along the cliffs,
and has not been seen since.
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Suicide in British Columbia.

GREENWOOD B. c., Oct 30-Last
night Dave Bryan, an old timer and
we'll known prospector, shot and killed
himself in the house of Annie Moore,
one of the demi monde.
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Forty-Ninth Infantry.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-Orders have
been given for the Forty-ninth Volun-
teers. a colored organization. to start
from Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, on the
18th of next month for San Francisco
where they will take ship for Manila.
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Little Held to Answer.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.-James
Little, rancher from San Jose,
charged with assault with deadly
weapon upon Attorney w. A. Bowden
of that city, was to-day held to answer
before the Superior Court in $1,000
bonds.
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a Mi1I DESTROYED bv Fire.

MILLBURY (Mass.), Oct. 30. - The
Aldrich Satinet Mill here was DESTROYED
by fire to-day, causing loss of $50
600, and throwing 130 persons out of
employment.
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FATAL AFFRAY
AT FRESNO.
A Woodehopper Named Folknsr
Dies of a Broken Neck,
The Result Of an Encounter With a Proml-
nent Merchant Of That City.

Deceased Entered the Barn OF the
Merchant, and Being Ordered
Out, Attacked the Owner with
a Piece of Wood, the Latter Re-
ta1iating, FolkneE Meetlng
With Death, Supposedly From
the Fall on Being Knocked
Down.
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Fatal Quarrel in Washington.

SPOKANE (Wash), Oct. 30-John
CASTOR was killed last night in the Let
zig saloon, at Waverly, in a quarrel
with Charles Adams, foreman of the
Crobin beet sugar factory.
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this great people in the first flush OF
its mighty manhood is moving forward
to meet it's destiny, and to do without
f1inching every duty with which that
destiny brings it face to face"
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HELLMAN-AsT FIGHT.
A Pretty Glove Contest Which
Was Decided a Draw.

STOCKTON. Oct 30.-A. Hellman of
Sacramento and Fred Asst of San Fran
cisco put up one of the prettiest fights
ever seen here tonight at the Avon
The record-union., 1899-10-31
Lunt Sent to the Asylum.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 30.-Amos F.
Lunt, late hangman at San Quentin
Prison, was to-day committed to the
insane asylum at Napa.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
Mems Wool Socks.

Mems cotton and wool mixed
socks, light and dark gray,
light and heavy weights, seam
less, warm and comforta BILE.
Priced, 1212c and 1890 pair.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
Damaee by Storm at Havana.

WASHINGTON, Oct 30.-General
Greeley received cablegram from
Havana this afternoon saying the hur
ricane there had done great damage
to property.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
Germany's New Postage Stamps.

BERLIN, Oct. 30,-The new postage
stamps from January 1st will bear a
bust representing Germania in place of
the present imperial eagle.
The record-union., 1899-10-31
One Drawback.

"a glass of soda water is about all
profit, isn't it?''
mo, indeed" replied the druggist.
I'VE break a glass every once i'll
awhile
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ITEMS Wool Socks.

Heavy, a11-wool, seamless and
non-shrinkable socks, we show
in colors tan, natural gray, vi
cuna, camefs hair, at 25c the
pair.
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rIaherty Knocked Out.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Tim Kearns
of Boston knocked out Martin Flaherty
| of Lowell, Mass, In the second round
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Ribbed Fleeced
Underwear, soc.

This is a new line just received
of the ribbed sort; they're good,
heavy garments, form-fitting
and heavily heeced ON the inner
side; the neck of the shirt An
1shed with French roll and large
pearl buttons down fly, and
drawers reinforced; all sizes;
soc the garment.
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OF THE CORRECT SORTS AT THE CORRECT PRICES.
Gray Fleeced
Underwear, soc.

Fleeced underwear is as soft
and warm as wool. This item
tells of a new line just in; nat
ura1 gray in color, and well
made garments; the best soc
goods shown; shirts can be had
In sizes up to 4S, and drawers to
A. Priced, soc the garment.
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JUST ARRIVED

at the Hercules Club Brooklyn. to-
night, with a terrible left blow on the
heart.
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Heavy Gray
Underwear, ST..

This is a non-shrinkable nat
ura1 gray, a1l-woo1 underwear;
both shirts and drawers are reg
ular In make, soft, warm and
comfortable; they're a heavy
weight and will prove most serv-
iceable.
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COLLISION IN new
YORK HARBOR.
The FerUhoat Chicago, Running to
New Jersey,
Cut In Two by the Steamer City Of Augusta
Early This Morning.

The River Graft Goes to the Bot
tom Within Seven or Eight
Minutes After the Accident
Between Thirty and Forty Peo-
pie Aboard - Supposed That
Several Were Drowned.
The record-union., 1899-10-31

In the Diesel gas engine, which is
now attracting much attention in Ger
many, the mixture of air and gas which
moves the piston is nos suddenly ex-
ploded when it takes fire, but burns
slowly enough to impart a more grad
ual impulse to the engine. A 1000
horse power motor of this type is prom
ised for the Paris Exposition of 1900
Hope is a fiatterer, but the most up
right of all parasites, for she frequents
the poor mans hut as we'll as the pal
ace of his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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Gray Wool
Underwear, ST.

This is a value which must be
seen to. be appreciated; it's nat
uraI gray and of heavy weight;
the shirts are double back and
front, and both shirts and
drawers splendidly finished;
they're Of selected wool, soft
and comfortable garments; all
sizes; 81 per garment.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
|RUSS|ES --LATEST LANDGRAB'
Car Said to Be About to Seize
Asiatlc Territory
RUSSIAN TROOPS GATHERING

LONDON, March IA dispatch
from Allahabad, capital of the north
west province of India, says it is re-
ported there from Yarkand, Chinese
Turkestau, that large force of Rus
sian troops has arrived at the Russian
post, Fort Murghabi, on the Murghabi
river, in the Sari (Great) Pamir, with
the intention of selling Sir-i-kel, the
hundred mile stretch of territory north
of the Mastagh mountains, which was
left underlined by the Pamir boundary
commission in 1895. Its seizure by
Russia would cause complications with
Great Britain.
The Pamirs, great and little, are an
extensive tableland of Central Asia,
called by the natives the roof of the
world" They are bounded on the
south by the Hindoo -Koosh mount
aims, and the plateau forms the CEN
trail node whence radiate the principal
mountain ranges OF Asia The tract
Is mainly under Russian authority,
but Sir-i-kel, in which is Lake Sir-i-
KEEL, the head waters of the Oxus river,
has remained disputed ground since
1895
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
DESTiTUTl0N IN DAWSON.
United States Consul MoCook Says the
Situation is Becoming Serious.

Situation Is Becoming Serious.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE United
States consul at Dawson, Mr.. j. G.
McCook, under date of January 81, in
forms the department ST state con-
corning the condition of the people
there as follows:
1.-The situation rs to persons who
will be out of food in a couple of
months is becoming very serious.
Many hundreds will be so situated,
and will have to be helped out when
navigation opens
"The relief committee at this place
is unable to extend any more aid, as
all funds collected have been ex-
hausted, and they are some So, 900 in
debt.
"The greatest evil, however, will be
the large number of people who have
exhausted their supplies and who will
fail to succeed in getting paying
claims.
81 know it is not customary for any
nation to provide for destitute citi-
zens out of their country; still feel it
is my duty to put this matter before
you to take whatever action you may
deem best"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
$4,000 in Public requests.

CHICAGO, March lin the will Of
John Quincy Adams, which was filed
for probate yesterday, the sum OF
$15O,OOO is bequeathed for public pur.
poses OF this amount the American
Sunday School Union gets $50, 00o
Rockford college, Rockford, ILL.,, $780,.
900; Red River Valley university,
Wahpeton, N. d., $4,000 and the
American Bible society, SlO,O0 The
remainder is divided among local SEM
inaries and societies. Mr. Adams was
prominent member of the Chicago
board of trade. He was born in Mass
achusetts in 1924.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
DOUBLE HAN CLING.
Man and Woman Executed at Quebec,
sgs-. Canada.

Man and Woman Executed at Quebec
sgs Canada
ST.. SoHoLAoTIc, Quebec. March H.
Mrs. Cornelia Poirier and Samuel
Parslow were hanged here this morn
ing, back to back, with q heavy black
curtain between them. Their crime
was the murder of Isadore Poirier,
the ;--oman's husband. :
Mrs. Poirier was firm and collected
throughout. She took part in the
mass said at o'clock, and on the scat
fold shook hands with the hangman
without tremor. The crowd inside
the Jail jeered at her, but even then
her composure did not desert her and
at the suggestion of the hangman she
turned and faced the jeerers and
stood erect and prayed to the last
Parslow exhibited much less courage
and was moro dead than alive when
the drop fell. six hundred men who
had remained up all night witnessed
the hanging.
Outside the Jail there were 1000
more who, with beam, tried to bat
ter down the gate of the Jail yard and
desisted only when the provincial po-
lice fred their revolvers in the air.
The behavior of the crowd inside was
such that one of the priests, the Rev.
Father Meloche, had to repro We them
from the scaffold.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
Wages Going Up.

New YORK, March 11.-R. G. Dun
& Co. Review OF Trade says:- By far
the best assurance of good business in
the future is found in the general rise
of wages. The general advance in
earning of cotton mill operatives, in
most cases 10 per cent, of iron and
steel workers generally 10 per cent,
and tin plate and sheet workers from
to 10 per cent, and of coal miners in
some large districts about as much,
has set pace which most establish
ments will follow which have reduced
wages in the past years of depression.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
Contract Labor From japan.

TACOMA, Wash, March 11.-Labor
circles in the Northwest are much agi-
tated over reports that hundreds of
Japanese contract laborers are brought
into Puget Sound cities. Every month
from 500 to 1000 Japanese laborers
are landed at Tacoma, Vancouver and
Portland. Practically all pass inspec-
tion, the Requirement of which are
sound body and $50 in cash. 1t is said
that hundreds of these men are find
ing employment on the various rail-
road lines
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
No Prohibition for Canada.

TORONTO, Ont, March 1.-THE sec
rotary of the Dominion Alliance has
received from Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the
premier, the answer of the govern
ment to the request Of the alliance
that u prohibition measure be intro
duced into the dominion parliament
following upon the plebiscite of last
fall. The premier announces that the
expressions of public opinion recorded
at the polls in favor of prohibition do
not represent such proportion of the
electorate as would justify the intro
duction by the government of pro-
hibitory measure.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
Bold Robbery Frustrated.

NEosHo, Mo-, March ia boil dat
tempt was made to loot Noel, Melon
aid county, last night by an organized
band of robbers, but the citizens had
been warned, and the affair was
nipped in the bud by Louis Smith, a
saloonkeeper, shooting and killing one
of the bandits The man entered the
saloon as Smith was closing, but
Smith shot him through the heart
upon his demand to hold up his hands.
A pal in waiting outside was arrested
by citizens. There was nothing found
on either man to identify them.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17

JEFFERSON CITY, No., March IL
The Senate passed four House bills Of
Importance to miners. They were in
troduced by Wright of Randolph. TIC
prevent fraud in the weighing of coal,
and thus the underpayment of miners
one Of the bills provides that all scales
must be within 100 feet of the mouth
of the shaft. The state mine in.
spector is made Inspector of the scales
used at coal mines. The miners
are given lien on the property of
the operators for all labor performed
in and about the mines. AS a safe
guard against the injury of miners AL
mines which employ twenty five or
more must keep a competent man
posted at the top of the shaft to con
troll signals and see to the safety OF
miners in going up and down the
shaft. Whenever six men ask to be
raised or lowered cage must be fur
nished at once Penalties for the vic.
lation of this latter act are fixed at a
fine of from 500 to $500, or imprison'
ment from thirty TO ninety days, OF
both.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
Does Not Go to Interrere.

WASHINGTON, March lit is de-
MED positively at the state depart
ment that Rear Admiral Kautz ha:
gone to Samoa on the Philadelphia tc
restore the status quo existing before
the last emute, to depose Mataafa and
restore Malietoa .Tanus, even if force
is necessary to accomplish these OBJ
jects. 1t is said that the admiral has
gone to Samoa to meet the treaty OBJ.
legation that is imposed upon the
United States to send a warship there
at least occasionally as an evidence OF
the interest held by the United States
in the islands.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-17
smallpox Endemic In Toxns.

AUSTIN, Texas, March !1.-Governor
Sayers has declared quarantine against
the city of Laredo and the counties of
Webb and Encinal on account of the
alarming prevalence of smallpox there.
There have been about 500 cases of
smallpox officially reported in Laredo
city since the outbreak of the disease
some weeks ago.