The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-01-03
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

The mountain states are experiencing
sudden billiards.
The Cudahy Packing company has
had $40, 900 fire at Omaha.
1t is generally admitted that the diff
ficulties between Argentine and Chilli
are ended.
Damage done at Vancouver, B. c.,
by the recent storm is estimated at
about 100000.
The U. S. gunboat Marietta is to go
to protect American mining interests
in Venezuela.
A. A. Lesuer, former editar of the
Kansas City Times, is now banker at
Antlers, l. Il.
| The South Dakota insurance commits
sioner has barred the National Aid AS
ISOLATION from that state.
| Rural free delivery carriers will be
placed under civil service rules and
protection on February 2.
Captain Richard P. Leary, U. 5.
Navy, is dead. He was the first gov
ernor of the island of Guam.
Chauncey Depew was twice married
in Paris, the civil marriage on Deem
| Der and the church service on the 2Sth.
A terrible natural gas explosion oc-
CURED at Kenton, Ohio. One man was
| fatally hurt and six store fronts were
| blown out.
General Russell A. Alger has passed
the crisis of the operation to remove
gall stones and his recovery is said to
be practically certain.
A number of railway trains were
stalled in snow in Denmark and Nor
way, last week Most of the telegraph
wires were broken kown.
1t is estimated that the deaths from
famine in Shenshi province of China
number two and half million people,
OF 80 per cent of the population.
General Taft says that civil gvoern-
ment in the Philippines was never SO
well organized, and that the attitude
of the Filipinos is one of loyalty.
Former President Cleveland has ac-
copied an appointment to the industri-
al department of the national civic
federation, created at the recent peace
conference of labor and capital leaders.
Georgians--" appointment citizens
met at Atlanta to try and secure from
the United States StOO, 10000 to cover
the collections of cotton tax from South
ern people in reconstruction days, and
money from sale of captured or aban-
doned property during the war of tho
rebellion.
The Pope has decided to send COM
mission to attend the coronation of
King Edward
The 125th anniversary of the battle
of Trenton was deliberately celebrated
at Trenton, N. j.
Fog prevented an engineer on an Ohio
road from seeing another train and he
ran into it fnll speed, injuring three
persons.
Colonel Richard ]. Hinton, who died
in London recently, once promised
valuable gift al his death to the Kan
sas Historical society.
The president remains in Washing
ton during holiday week and will Sc
.v;stk0,-c hn trrnanf ann
important business. H. needs rest.
The Mckinley Memorial association
has discovered that there are many END
terprises of commercial nature which
are making capital out of the senti-
ments of affection for VIM. Mckinley,
and have issued a warning against the
grafters.
The German government is prepared
to resort to forcible measures to compel
Venezuela to pay claims.
A tornado has done considerable
damage at Naples, Italy. The river
Arno overfowed its banks causing
much damage at Florence and Plaza
Plans are being made for a trolley
system to connect New York and St
Louis; broader scheme than that be-
ing constructed to connect the cities
on the great lakes.
The Rock Island extension from Lib
eral, Kas., to Santa Rosa, n. NJ, Is
completed. The FL Paso and Eastern,
from White Oaks &c Santa Rosa, win
be finished about January Is.