The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-12-05
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

very SICK man. lie is l II CnlcaBO.
Disorders growing out of the strike
in Havnaa have quieted down and quiet
is restored.
Maine has 200 miles of electric rail
way and 800 miles more will be con-
structed in 1908.
The Moline Plow Works, of Moline,
ILL.,, has increased it's capital stock from
S., 400, 900 to SO, 200, 900.
A heavy earthquake shock was felt
in the province of Leon, Ecuador, on
the night of November 49,
Silver has cheapened in Manila SO
that 81 in gold or United States cur
rency buys So. 70 cents in silver.
Frau Krupp has given $3.50, 900 to es-
tablish benefit fund for the workmen
in memory of her late husband,
The Santa Fe shops at San Bernar-
dino are finished at u cost of $4,000
There will de 1900 men employed in
them.
A 14-year old girl of La Porte, Ind,
skipped the rope 1875 times without
stopping and fell exhausted. She died
the next day.
The blind chaplain of the senate is
to retire. The Rev. Dr. Milburn may
be succeeded by the blind chaplain of
the house, the Rev. Mr.. Conden.
Judge Carpenter in the criminal di-
vision of the district court of Denver
called a grand jury to investigate al
legged election frauds in that city.
The Vermont Legislature has passed
a local option license bill, with refer
endum attached. An amendment to
allow women to vote on the referendum
was defeated 13S to 81.
Great Britain and Germany will act
together to collect claims from Vene-
zuela. The Un;led States government
knows that in taking this course the
Monroe doctrine will be respected.
Sixteen batteries of quick firing field
guns, numbering ninety-siX guns in all,
have been ordered from the Krupp
works as the commencement of the
rearmament of the Turkish artillery.
A bull fight had been prepared to
take place in the Convention hall at
Kansas City. Public sentiment opposed
it as being disgustingly brutal, and
tending to rouse brutal passions in the
youth. The fight was then prohibited
by the authorities and the matter
threshed out in the papers.
Schenectady unions caused the dis
charge of man because lie belonged
to the national guard. The New York
legislature is likely to make it misde-
meanor for any person to discriminate
in any way against any man because
he belongs to the national guard.
1t is said that there are ZOO head of
cattle waiting shipment at Deming and
other points in New Mexico and Texas
are in a like condition. 1t is estimated
that 1000 cars are needed at once to
handle the urgent freight business of
the Santa Fe.
treaty of peace has been signed by |
the revolutionary general Herrera and |
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eminent.
The government case against the So
called "beef trust" has been set for |
hearing in the United States circuit
court on December 1G, before Judge
Grosscnp at Chicago.
The United States has contracted
with St Louis firm for the delivery
to various Indian agencies of 10000
pounds of dried apples and $1,000
pounds of of dried peaches.
In 1sO2 the expenditures OF the pos
tai department were s5l,53O. In 1909
the same item shows sl24, 500, 2l7. Co.
ing it some, chi.
La Soufriere, the volcano of St Vim.
cent, is taking its fifth spasm since
May Z. Towns along the west coast of
ST. Vincent have again been evacuated
by the inhabitants
Ambassador Choate unveiled the
memorial window to Bishop simpson
in wesley's Chapel in London, the gift
of the American Methodists 20 the
mother chapel