The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-11-16
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF

women VOteu LOT pTesiueub III Aouh
states this year.
A fall Of metecrs is scheduled TO
reach this planet Nov IA.
Coin" Harvey has removed from
Chic ago to Rogers, Arkansas.
Edward Gillette, aged II, was killed
in a foot ball game in Chicago.
New spoutcrs have reduced the price
of crude coal oil two cents barrel.
A monthly mail service has been in
augurated between San Francisco ar |
Tahiti.
Russia is to send an agent to the
United States to study our homestead
legislation.
Cuba will be represented at the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo with
typical Cuban buildings.
The campaign against Jew-baiters
has caused numerous duels in tho
French military schools.
The last of the plague sufferers in
Glasgow have recovered and have been
dismissed from the hospital.
Spanish speaking cigar makers in
Tampa, Florida, have started strike
against American workmen.
Miss Myra Hershey, OF Muscatine.
Ia, will give the site and erect a pub
lie hospital and give it to the city,
Democratic losses in Missouri are
accounted for by the fact that there
was no fusion in the state this year.
Election day was clear and pleasant
in ne rly every portion of the conntrysl
as predicted by the weather bureau.
1t was claimed that there were 5000
names of persons on the Denver regis
tration list who had no right to vote.
Washington elected Republican pres
idential electors and all the state ticket
except governor; also the two congress-
men.
Postmaster General Smith will, in
hi, report, again call attention to
abuses of second class mail matter
privileges.
Chicago packers have raised all
dressed meats n level one cent per
pound and the retailers raised cut
meats from three to five cents.
M. al.,-ol, f,,r;+,ra trrct which
controls the National Furniture works
in Richmond, Ind, has closed the
plant for an indefinite period.
The Standard Oil company's stock
has risen TO 655 since the last dividend.
The company has paid AZ per cent
dividends during the last IL months.
John wanama err has deposited $780,
OOO to be used as fund from which to
paw expenses for Investigations of
frauds against the ballot.
An executive order places all tho
land within the limits OF the military
reservation at Fort Sherman, Idaho,
under the control of the secretary on
the interior.
Admiral Dewey having placed his
collection of gifts in the National
muse m for the benefit of the public
for long time has now removed the
gifts to his own home.
Four handsome Pullmans have just
been placed on the Rock Island for
daily service between Chicago and
Fort Worth.
A Lincoln, Neb., correspondent es-
Inmates that Colonel w. J. Bryan trav-
eled dur ng the campaign 10000 miles
d made 900 speeches.
Tie telephone systems of the Rus
sian cities. hitherto operated by the
state will be sold at auction November
20. 1t is unde stood the st. Petersburg
municipal government will bid for the
local franchise.
The October customs receipts at Man
lila were si.Oss, 900 Mexican; increase
over September s15o,OOo. Total rev
enue for the month was se,soo,OOO
Maine this yclr ships 400 car loads
Of Christmas trees TO New York for
distribution over the country. They
cost is cents in Ma ne and in New York
sell for si.iA
President Cleveland voted early, his
act disproving the widely published
statement that he was going duck
hunting to be gone several days In