The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-07
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.


President Roosevelt was A years old
October 81.
Russia is preparing to supply London
markets with beef.
The laying of the cable from British
Columbia to Australia is completed.
Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans has
assumed command of the Asiatic squad
ron.
Lieut.. Gen. Miles has arrived at
Manila and is housed in Governor
Taft's palace.
King Leopold, says Brussels cor
respondent, has promised Commission
err Walsh to visit the st. Louis expo
sition.
An American anarchist has been ar
rested at Lcghorn, Italy charged with
placing bomb on the steps of the
bishops palace.
In one day and night Is long trains
passed through Reading, Pa, with
nearly 20, 900 tons of anthracite. There
were 700 cars.
1t has been decided to establish wire
less telcgraphy apparatus at all sta
tions and on all passenger trains on all
Italian railroads.
j. Ost, of the Santa Fe has been ap-
pointed general purchasing agent of
the Colorado Southern, with head
quarters at Denver.
Most of the 1000 men employed in
the shops of the Pennsylvania & Read
ing Coal & Iron Co., at Pottsville, Pa,
have returned to work.
The roundhouse and shops of the
Santa Fe at Beaumont, Texas, and
three or four locomotives are destroyed
by fire. The loss is about SIS, 900.
There are now pending in the courts
of Kansas City, Mo-, fifty-fve damage
suits, aggregating s494,5l5, all the re-
suit of injuries received on defective
board walks.
Preparations were made by the
twenty-five Japanese students at Yale
to deliberately celebrate the birthday
of the MilIado on November 3 when Re
is so years of age.
Smallpox in the Barbados is spread
ing fearfully. Sometime ago the num-
Der of cases was reported to be 1900.
The other islands have strict quaran-
tine regulations
A notice has been posted at the fac
tory of the American Tin Plate COM
pany, of Elwood, Ind, notifying the
employees to report for duty. The
order affects 1000 men.
Railroads centering in Chicago held
a meeting of the officials to consider
the demands of the men employed in
their yards. They are not willing to
grant all of the demands but would
give the 10 per cent increase of pay
asked for.
The Scotch miners have demanded an
increase of 1219 per cent in wages.
About 20, 900 miners are affected.
Minister Wu wants the question of
the payment of the Chinese indemnity
in silver to be submitted for arbitra-
ton to the Hague tribunal.
Four doctors and six of the negro
ghouls who robbed cemeteries at In
dianapolis are indicted and have given
bonds in various amounts. The doc
tors trials will occur first and their
bonds are large.
Glass factory operations at Pittsburg
Pa, are tied up by strike of the la
boring men for a 20 per cent advance
in wages.
The trustees of the soldiers orphans
home at Bloomington, ILL.,, commenced
an investigation of charges of cruelty
to inmates.
Much gold will go TO Europe during
November. New York financiers owe
loans in. Europe amounting to about
$50. 900, 900 contracted for floating
great enterprises over there and their
paper is coming due. The treasury is
not uneasy, being better equipped for
gold shipments than it ever has been.
Sixteen of the boodling members of
the ST Louis house of delegates are
now on trial separately.
Two Michigan lumbermen have
closed the purchase of $4,000 acres OF
timber land in Oregon for $500, 900.