The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-10-17
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Kansas City is proud of it's Priests Of
Pallas parade on the 18th.
Another fire at Beaumont, Texas, de.
stroyed so tanks and 40 derricks by the
lowest report.
Pennsylvania has the power under
supreme court decision to seize and
operate the coal Mines
American anthracite coal imported
at Hamburg last winter is being re-
bought for the United States.
The Grand Army of the Republic
chose San Francisco as the next place
for holding their encampment.
Yellow fever and dysentery prevail
among the Colombian troops on the
isthmus; especially at Panama.
Prospectors in tents have been
having chilly time in the Colorado
mountains, in furious snow storm.
The Union Veterans Union had a
strenuous time at their last business
session in Washington, resulting in q
split.
The building for railroad exhibits at
ST. Louis is 525 by 1900 feet, covering
over Is acres of ground and having
five miles of railroad track in it.
The Woman's Relief Corps elected as
national officers: Mrs. Lodusky Tay-
lor, of Minnesota, president; Mrs. Ger
aldine Brisby, of California vice presi-
dent.
The New York forest, fish and game
commissioners are promoting the per-
manent improvement of the famous
John Brown house at North Alba,
New York.
Another peasant uprising has &C.
Cured in Poltava, Russia, and in fierce
conflicts between peasants and local
forces many persons have been killed
or wounded.
The trades assembly of Schenectady,
New York, decided that all members
of the militia companies on duty at
Glen Falls should be expelled from
their respective unions.
The Japanese government within the
next six years will have built four bat
tleships, six first class cruisers and
various lesser craft at cost of S10,-
900, 900 annually for the six years.
Girls employed in box factory in
Chicago got into an hysterical fight
and their leaders were hauled off by
the police. 1t was causcd by some of
the girls refusing to strike, two of
whom were severely beaten.
Captain Thomas w. Dohd, attorney
of the Mexican government, has taken
entire charge of the road from Laredo
to Mexico City on account of the strike
on the line 1t is stated that President
Diaz has ordered out the army to pre-
serve order and facilitate the move.
ment of trains.
After having made exhaustive trials
of American and British built locomo-
tives on the government railways the
officials of New Zealand report the
best results from the American en-
gines.
Grand Duke Nicholas entered the
Bosphorus on Russian iron clad war
ship, contrary to the Berlin treaty by
which foreign war vessels are forbid
den to pass the straits. The Sultan,
however, showed his visitor extraor-
binary attention.
A Bombay Parsee proposes to hand
over nearly el,O0O,O 900 to trust for
charitable purpopes The income of
the money is to be devoted to the re-
lief of persons deprived of their means
of subsistence in any country by sud!
den calamity.
The Cuban house of representatives
passed bill requiring all concession
arys to employ at least so per cent
Cuban laborers in their enterprises.
The DalKish government has issued
loan of 500, 900, 900 at 81 per cent
The loan has been subscribed by a
syndicate OF Danish, French and Ger
man banks.
Governor odell, of New York, or
dered the entire Second regiment of
National Guards on duty to protect the
Hudson Valley Electric Railway COM
pany's property.