The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.


employees to prevent a strike.
The Orphans home at Berne, Iowa
was destroyed by fire, and three o
the inmates lost their lives.
Bad Elk, the Indian who shot pc
liceman who attempted to arrest him
at Sioux Falls, S. d., was sentenced
to be hanged June 1G,
Doctor A. Chapman, who was sup
posed to have been put to death by
President Zelaya's forces in Nicara
qua, has arrived at New Orleans.
Two women were fatally burned in
their farmhouse near La Grange, Mo
Texas business men are aroused
over the antitrust bill pending in the
Legislature
The Rev. Josiah McCrary, the Oldest
Mason in Missouri, died at Nevada
aged 90 years.
The Missouri crop bulletin says that
the favorable weather of the last week
has helped farming operations coRsid-
erably. The outlook is very bright
for apples.
The cruiser Chicago has started on
%, OOO-mile voyage around Africa.
War claims running up into the mil
lions have been filed against the United
States at Manila.
Emperor William has sent to Prcsi-
dent Mckinley brief history of Chris
tianity, in commemoration of the
Kaiser's recent tour to the Holy Land.
Some of the Filipinos appointed by
the rich natives to confer with the
Americans regarding peace proposals
are under sentence of death by Aguin-
aldo for their advocacy of peace.
A Kansas bridegroom fred upon a
charivari party and mortally wounded
one of the merrymallers.
The governor of Kansas says he will
make no demand for the recall Of
troops in the Philippines.
A monument association has been
formed at BRENNAN, Texas, to per-
petuate the historic memories of the
state.
Reports from Illinois show that the
wheat crop this season will hardly be
large enough to supply the home de-
mand and seed
The Arkansas legislature passed
finally bill which would compel life
insurance companies to pay the bcnc-
Il al a rios NJ SIinidaS
C. G. Jesse, who recently killed cdi-
tor Frank Griffin at Maryville, has
been indicted on the charge of murder
in the first degree.
One person was killed and several
others injured in a terrific hailstorn
in Texas.
William Beatty of Cincinnati, in a
fit of jealousy, shot and killed John
Madden and wounded Mabel Day.
Late reports indicate that crops in
Nebraska will not be damaged to the
extent that had been feared.
Director Merriam of the Census Bd-
reau is engaged in perfecting a system
for taking the census Of 1900
Heavy rains throughout Texas great
ly benefited cattle ranges and farming
districts.
Secretary Alger announces that ho
will not resign, and he is confident
that he will not be forced out of the
cabinet
The United States cruiser Raleigh
and escorts from Manila were enthus-
iastically welcomed by thousands of
New Workers Sunday.
Miss Viola Horlocker of Hastings,
Neb, will face the charge of having
attempted to kill Mrs. c. f. Morey by
sending her box of onions contain
ing arsenic She has returned to
Hastings,
Germany is strengthening her
forces in Samoa by the addition Of
several vessels.
The Red Lion Inn, the London re-
sort made famous by Charles Dickens,
is being dismantled.
General Henry at San Juan has is
sued warning to Porto Ricans that
any uprising will be promptly
crushed.
The hoop plant at Helena, Ark, was
burned The loss is $50 The
antitrust law left it without any in
surance
Senator Morgan of the Foreign AT
fairs committe says that the solution
of the Samoan problem lies in the par
tition of the islands by the three
powers interested
The largest contract for dressed
beef ever placed by the United States
government has just been awarded
the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger com.
pany of Kansas City. The contract is
for 100000 pouncs of best export
dressed beef to be shipped to the
Philippine islands for the United
States government troops.
A prize fighters union is the latest
in the way of trusts. The Chicago
boxers are pushing the scheme. Here
after they will not fight for less than
a purse of SIS.
The law firm Of McGrew, Watson &
Watson, of Kansas City, obtained a
verdict in the federal court at Topeka
against Wyandotte county for S3l,2
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