The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-03-29
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF

That $50, 900, 900 tin can trust is COM
pleted.
The Minnesota legislature has passed
an anti-cigarette bill.
Fresh cases of the plague continue
to appear at Cape Town.
There are several parties who have
invented new plans for opening the
new country to settlement and have
patented their plans.
The entire village of Memphis, Ind. :,
place of sou residents, was destroyed
by fire on March 10 and most of the
people were without shelter
If all the cities which confidently
expect to be on the itinerary of the
Presidents trip are visited by him, he
will not get back to Washington be-
fore autumn.
The British house of commons has
passed on second reading the bill pro-
hibiting the sale or delivery of intoxi-
cants to persons under l6 years of age.
The vote stood 372 to 81.
All documentary and revenue stamps
in the hands of purchasers on Suly 1
will be redeemed by the government.
They should be returned to the revenue
officer from which they were purchased.
The Presidents trip to the Pacific
coast is scheduled to pass over the
Southern Pacific, and a meeting be-
tween President Mckinley and Presi-
dent Diaz of Mexico at Ell Paso is
being promoted.
Carthage, Mo-, has had fire with
losses approaching 100000 to a dozen
places of business, including the Press
office. 1t was evidently the work of
burglars, as a safe in one of the stores
had been blown to pieces.
Among Mr.. Carnegie's library ap-
preparations before starting for Scot
land was one of 81, 100000 to St. Louis,
one-half for central library building
and the other part for branch libraries
in various parts of the city.
The report that Senator Wolcott, of
Colorado, is to succeed Secretary Hitch
cock in the department of the interior
is denied in Washington, where it is
alleged that Secretary Hitchcock has
no intention of resigning.
The Eleventh volunteer cavalry has
been mustered out and the soldier boys
have reached their homes scattered in
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and New
York. AS the trains carrying them
passed Kansas City there was no sick
ness among the party.
The volunteer Porto Rican regiment
is to be discharged under the law COM
polling all volunteers to be discharged
by July 1; but a new regiment will be
formed, probably mostly from the
present one.
L. d. Parker is dead at Evanston,
Illinois He was for eighteen years
general superintendent of the Postal
telegraph system.
It is officially estimated that the
wheat crop in Australia will yield H.
740, $50 bushels, or an increase of p
552, G2s upon last years yield.
The steamship carrying visiting
Shriners to Honolulu made the quick
time of five days and ten hours The
Shrincrs were handsomely received. A
local temple will be installed during
their visit.
1t is estimated that there are 10000 |
cases of leprosy in the Philippine ISL
ands. Their segregation and isolation
is being effected.
A s7s,ooO,OOO tin can consolidation
Is being formed in New York city. |
can companies are taking
stock Of the trust for their plants.
The speaker of the Hawaiian legis-
atures rules that English is the Off
,ial language whether members under
stand it or not
Suits are common in England against
members of the aristocracy; the larger
he claim the longer the creditor has
o wait, and usually at the end of
edious litigation
Authorities at Vancouver, b. C., for
Did the hosting Of a green flag over
he city hall because it had no harp on
{, which made 1t Fenian emblem and