The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-08-02
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.
The telegraph line to Dawson will
be completed on August 1.

The telegraph line to Dawson will
be completed on August 1.
The uniform temperature in Man,
moth cave is 55 degrees. Think of it.
The congressional delegation to the
Philippines arrived at Gibraltar July
90.
There were in Kansas City on July
90, eight deaths from heat and 10 pros
trations.
Six deaths and nineteen prostrations
! from heat occurred in Kansas City on
July "a.
Politics in Hawaii now centers on
the proposition to annex the islands to
California.
The strike of the steel workers has
raised the price of the plate from 20 to
80 per cent.
A heavy general rain fell in the Mis-
sissippi valley in Minnesota and re-
lieved the heated spell.
The Orient grading gang which has
been at work in Emporia is now at
work in Chase county.
During heavy rainstorm at Chilli
Gothic, Mo, several buildings were
damaged by lightning.
The heat on Saturday, July 20, beat
the record in nearly all the states ex-
cept on the Pacific coast.
Fruit and produce dealers of Phila'
delphia receive many orders from Sec
tions of the middle west.
A big dry goods store in Sioux City,
Iowa, was burned by u fire started by
the sun in n show window There
were several people injured.
In the U. S. court ut Omaha the city
of Beatrice is held for the payment of
bonds which were issued in excess OF
the statutory percentage limit
The striking machinists and car
builders of railroad shops in New Jer-
sey want to return to work in body
but are told that they must apply as
individuals.
The appellate division of the New
York supreme court declares the law
invalid which >forbids parties other
than authorized agents to buy and sell
railroad tickets.
Mt
washed away ten miles Of the Texas
Central railroad. An engine went
through bridge and engineer Thos.
Beene was killed.
London streets were flooded by rain
and hail with incessant lightning. The
water entered buildings over sidewalks
and the underground railroad trains
were stopped by water.
The Chicago and Alton has been nm
able to secure sufficient water for its
engines and much freight has accumu-
lated in its yards.
A Tennessee friend of Pension COM
missioner Evans says that Evans would
be glad to give up his Office but will
not leave it in the face of the fight be-
ing made against him.
Ottawa university is TO have a new
SIS, 900 building to contain chapel
room, four recitation rooms and three
society halls. This is in addition to
the new college building.
In st. Louis there was reported 40
deaths and rs prostrations from heat
during the "a hours ending at II p m.
of July "a.
An Egyptian boat, supposed to be
4, 500 years old, was dug out of the
bottom of the Nile and shipped by ex-
press to New York, whence it went by
rail to the Carnegie institute at Pitts
burg. 1t is about 20 feet long.
Secretary of State Caleb Powers, Of
Kentucky, will have new trial by
order of the court Of appeals. The
trial will probably occur in October.
Riceville, Iowa, has been practically
wiped out by fire.
Pettis county, Benton county and
the cities of Carrollton and Kansas
City, No, report good rains on Mon
day, July % On Sunday all Missouri
observed the governors proclamation
to pray for rain.
General Jacob S. coxey, apostle of
i,bor 4. ~ tha hoad Of a no~ stact
corporation, being the chief stockhold-
er Of plant just starting at Mount
Vernon, Ohio He says he supposes he
viii have trouble with the unions