The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-14
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF

"A new whisky trust has been formed
which decides to put up prices
One hundred thousand tons of Ala
bama coal has been contracted for to
be shipped to Austria.
W. X. Maxwell, general baggage
agent of the NJ. X. & T. railway, died
in Boston September 4.
The Mexican Central railway shops,
all along it's line, are closed by strikes.
1t may spread to trainmen.
Colonel w. ]. Bryan and Governor
Theodore Roosevelt, spoke from the
same platform on labor day in Chicago.
There is a gas war in Chicago and
consumers get gas at 60 cents per 1,00o
feet, with downward tendency.
Five brothers by the name of Cressey,
who live in five different states, met at
tbs late national G.. A. r. encampment
in Chicago.
Vermont and Arkansas held their
state elections last week. The first
elected Republican ticket of course,
and the last elected Democratic tick
ct, also of course.
During the last year 400 duels have
been fought in Italy and $50 deaths
have resulted. Most of these combats
were between army officers and based
on trivial preteXts
Douglass Macarthur, son of General
Macarthur, stands at the head of his
class at West Point; Ulysses s. Grant.
III stands second. He is the son of
General Fred Grant.
A good many railroads have agreed,
and it seems likely that all will agree,
upon charging $3.50 mile for hauling
special trains carrying candidates and
speakers during the campaign.
The Kansas state election board is
getting out blank ballots and proof
sheets, with lists of candidates, to be
sent to Kansas men in the armies in
the Orient, so that they may vote.
1.-The Flying Scotchman," the limit
ed train operated between Aberdeen
and London, has introduced the Amer
lean style of coaches. American di-
ming cars are also to be used upon this
train.
A cargo of beef and mutton, pre-
served by a new process, and shipped
from Buenos Ayres to Liverpool, was
condemned on inspection. Prepared
meats from South America that pass
inspection bring about half as much
as American chilled meats.
The steamer China. which has sailed
for Hong Kong carried nearly $780,
900 in gold and silver currency for The
United States troops in China.
AT Lincoln, Ncb., during fire works
show in the baseball park, a section Of
the amphitheater, seventy-fivc feet
high, collapsed and injured many
people.
Two st. Louis policemen were killed;
and eleven other officials injured, by
shocks received while they We're using
the police telephone. The wire was
crossed with the electric light wire.
Labor day was quite generally OBJ
served in the cities of this country,
and even Winnipeg, Manitoba, ccie-
brated the day.
The Northwestern Life Insurance
Co., of Chicago has turned over its
business to the Mutual Reserve Fund
Life Insurance Association of New
York
A transport has left San Francisco
for Manila 4S3 horses and the guns and
Announcements of batteries G and NJ
Seventh cavalry, which had sailed tho
previous day.
The Union Pacific company takes
the position that telephone and tclc-
graph companies and private concerns
have no right or authority to string
wires across the tracks of the company
without first getting the consent of
the Union Pacific.
The estimates of the navy depart
ment, to be given TO congress on its
assembling in December, are likely to
amount to $50, 200, 900, for the year end
ing June 80, 1902 The estimates of
the department. for the present fiscal
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