The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-07
NEWS NOTES,

disappointed ofiiceseeker, who thel
committed suicide.
Constitutionality of the eight-hou
law, which caused the tie-up of Colo
RADIO smelters, is being tested before
the supreme court of that state.
Charles II. Griffith, druggist
Weatherford, Ok, was shot and killed
by drunken man whom he was try
ing to eject from his store.
Five cranks called at the United
States sub-treasury at Boston and de-
manded that the $1,000, 900 in gold
just received from the mint be turned
over to them. They had to be elected
Chairman II. Ingram of the New
Richmond, Wis, tornado relief com
mittce, has issued an official circular,
which shows the money loss from the
tornado to be $75O,OOo Subscriptions
thus far amount to about $50, 900.
A letter supposed to have been
written 10y Explorer Andree was
picked up off the Norwegian coast. 1t
was in sealed bottle and read: 81
am leaving balloon and provisions. "
This probably confirms the story that
the Arctic explorer is dead.
The attorney general of Texas rules
that corporations cannot be chartered
in other states to do business eXclu-
sively in Texas.
A train load of negroes leaving
Pana fred fusilade from the train
and riddled the office of the Pana Coal
company with bullets, but injured no
one. Free transportation has been
offered them and the blacks are scat
tering away.
Texas pine prices have advanced
sharply on account of the lumber
trust.
Kansas has quarantined against Ill
inois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio and Mich
igan cattle.
A railroad may be the civilizing in
huence to bring the Clay county Ken
lucky, feud to an end. A line is to be
extended into that county
The Bakers are withdrawing from
the scene of the encounters with the
White Howard faction. They have
no leader at present
A Scilian inventor has contrived
device which it is expected to make
collisions at sea impossible. 1t is
called wireless telephone.
Riots continue at Brussels, where
the gendarmes repeatedly charged the
people The troops were finally called
out. Many civilians were injured and
the cry of "Vive la Republiquc' was
heard repeatedly.
Madame Dreyfus' house at Rennes is
guarded day and night, and no person
may enter without first securing her
permission
Governor Lownes of Maryland has
accepted Governor Sayers' invitation
to attend the antitrust conference.
Five men were drowned in the
river near GAINESVILLE Mo They were
EN- ployed by the Mississippi River
Commission and were occupants Of a
skiff which was overturned.
The wages of all the employees on
the Ohio River railroad have been in
creased.
Sedalia has arranged for a street
fair TO be held in the fall.
The official crop report for Kansas
shows better wheat yield than ex-
pected.
Otto Carpenter tried to board a train
near Centretown, Mo-, and was killed
beneath the wheels.
Two prisoners sawed out of the
Plattsburg, Mo-, Jail.
William Anderson has been arrested
near Linn Creek, Mo-, on the charge
of killing his father, George W. An
derson and his housekeeper.
The official government report says
that the weather was exceedingly
favorable for Missouri crops during
the week. Corn is in good condition
and the wheat yield is better than ex-
pected- Oats are being injured by
rust. Much hay has been secured in
good shape. Garden vegetables are
flourshing.
John w. Gates identifies Alexander
Jester as the man who murdered his
brother twenty-eight years ago The
old man wept under his vehement ac-
cusations and said God forgive me-"
Mrs Street says her brother killed
a man in Kansas in 1870.
The negro miners at Pana, ILL.,. have
no money to get out of town and the
operators refuse to aid them.
The St Clair county judges again
the federal authorities and |
transacted business undetected, al
though deputy marshals were on the
lookout for them.
The Goulds will probably esta blish
a new system of steamships in con-
nection with the Texas and Pacific
line and Gulf ports
Miners at Moberly are out on
strike in sympathy with the strikers
in the Indian Territory.
Captain NJ V. Mosley, farmer, near
Troy, No., committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in the forehead at the bed
side where his wife lay sleeping.
Troops have withdrawn from Pana
and another strike is on. The negroes
and non-union men have been dis |