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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
HAVING DESIRED EFFECT.
Negotiations With Turkey With
Responsible Authority.
HAVE DONE ARTFUL DODGING.

Constantinople, Aug. 23.-The sharp
reminder of United States Minister
Leischman to the porte is having the
desired effect of Fastening the carrying
out of the latter's engagements for the
settlement of pending questions. One
of the minor American demands, here
tofore disregarded, namely, the return
of a package of insurance policies
seized by the authorities, has been
complied with, while indications point
to the porte being DESTROYS of prevent
other matters, including the rebuilding
of the American mission house at
Kharput, Turkish Armenia, destroyed
at the time of the Armenian massacre
there, and the granting of permission
to Armenian women and children to
join their husbands and fathers who
are naturalized Americans.
Washington.-No additional infor-
nation concerning the relations be-
tWCCh Vic " hiOCu obdISS ICY dIiOh anu
the Turkish government has been
received at the state department.
Among otLer difficulties which Minister
Leischman has encountered, not re-
ferred to in the cable dispatches, is in
negotiating with responsible author
ity. His intercourse has been with
the minister of foreign affairs, with
whom he has reached an agreement on
nearly every question at issue, but the
grand vizier revolSes or annuls the
action of the foreign minister, and
negotiations come to naught. Minister
Leischman is insisting that the person
with whom he deals in the matter of
adjusting the various questions must
be responsible, SO that agreements
reached will be carried into effect
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Figuring the Cost.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. est is es-
timated that the coal and iron police
men now guarding the idle collieries
in four counties of the anthracite re-
gion number 5000. The employment
of so many special guards has neccssi-
tated an expenditure by the companies
to date of s1,sOo,OOO Besides paying
the special policemen a daily wage, the
companies supply them with food and
lodging. Every coal company in the
anthracite district and nearly every
washery has its quota of police. The
commissions are all granted by Gov
ernor Stone at Harrisburg and cost the
companies 81 for the granting and re-
cording of each commission; of this
sum So goes to the state ana S. to the
county.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Throws Ont 10000 Men.

Chicago, Aug. 22.-Following the In
ternational Harvester company's public
declaration that economy in the manu-.
facture and distribution of agricultural
machinery was the motive for effecting
the $l20, OO0,O0o merger, several of the
Chicago companies in the combine have
issued letters to their agents through
out the country ordering reduction
of about three-fourths in the number
of employees representing the field.
Ten thousand men in all are expected
to lose their jobs.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
FIERCE WIND AT lola.
Wrecked Houses end Factories and In
jured Two Persons.

lola, Kas., Aug 22.-The heaviest
rain and windstorm lola ever expert
enced passed over the city at o'clock
Wednesday evening. 1t came suddenly
from the north, and in an instant the
streets were filed with water from a
cloudburst The rain was accompanied
by fierce wind that blew down out
buildings, wrecked several houses and
factories, and injured two persons.
The damage will amount to several
thousand dollars The heaviest dam
age was to the Aurora foundry and
machine works and to the plant of the
New Jersey Zinc company. At the
former factory, the pattern room, the
foundry building and several smaller
structures were blown down.
At the New Jersey Zinc company's
plant, two blocks of furnaces were
blown down and they caught fire.
A passenger train on the Katy was
blown from the track just north of the
United Chemical Company's plant. A
coach and the baggage car were
wrecked. One man, passenger, was
injured
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
PILLSBURY HIDES HIS SHIPS,
HIggInson Stays in Port And Is Nom
plussed.


Roclsport, Mass, Aug. 23.-At mid
night thirty-six hours had passed of
the possible 100 for the naval conflict
between the attacking squadron, COM
manded by Rear Admiral Higginson.
The night, thick and cloudy as it
was, with the moon quite obscured,
developed so many confusing situations
and SO many extraordinary reports
that the Higginson squadron has just
cause for grave uneasiness. Somehow
the feeling grew that it would not be
such difficult attainment after all for
the three auxiliary cruisers of the
White squadron to slip in and anchor
at some harbor, protected as they
would be by the inviting darkness
which prevailed.
The complications which developed
in the shape of undoubted news that
Commander Pillsbury had secretly
landed some of his officers ashore to
spy upon the movements of the Blue
squadron, served only to increase the
perplexity of Admiral Higginson's po-
sition.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
WITHDRAWING Land From Entry.

Butte, Mont, Aug. 5.-A special to
the Miner from Great Falls says that
an order has been received from Wash
ington withdrawing another 1000, 900
acres of land in the Great Falls dis
trict from entry. This order is in line
with the intcntiop of the government
to push forward the st. Mary's canal
irrigation project as rapidly as pos
sible
Three million acres have now been
withdrawn, and further Withdrawals
recommended within thirty days.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
News From West Indies.

Kingston, Jamaica, Aug.-The Brit
ish steamer Trent, from West Indian
ports, brought news of an alarming
increase of cases in the second out
break Of smallpox at Barbados where
the bodies of the dead are being thrown
into the sea. The Trent also brought
details of the murder of Mayor, the
ScotchmaD- by $50 riotous immigrants
in the British Guiana. During the
rioting which followed the military
were forced to fire, killing 81 persons
and wounding over forty The Incl
dent created great excitement Mt De
Mara.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
NAVAL MANEUYERS BEGIN.
Pillsbury to Attack; HigginsOn to
Defend Coast.
IT is A GAME OF STRATEGY,

Rockport, Mass, Aug. 22.-The New
England coast from Portland harbor to
Cape Cod is on a war basis The men
who are the most interested are the
officers and crews of the vessels of the
North Atlantic fleet which Rear Ad-
miral Higginson commands
To put the situation in few words
is TO say that somewhere in the Allan
tic is fleet, supposed by the North
Atlantic fleet, to be hostile one,
which, by strategy purely, intends
reaching the New England shore. On
the other hand, Rear Admiral Higgin-
son is to use his feet to stop that en-
envy. 1t is war game to be worked
out with real men manning actual
fighting machines, under unavoidable
conditions of wind and wave, with the
probabilities of fog and storm, and,
what is more important, the ever-pres-
ent danger of disaster on the reefs and
shoals which naturally guard most of
this coast line
The war game began at noon, when
Rear Admiral Higginson moved his
feet out of the harbor of refuge, here
and went in search of the enemy.
BY telephone connection the flag
ship can be informed of the appear
ance of any strange vessel off the coast,
and in such an event the admiral can
quickly assemble his fleet to that point
and endeavor TO crush the enemy.
All was activity on the defending
squadron although the night was one
of the most beautiful of the summer,
making it almost certain that Commo-
dore Pillsbury would not be so rash as
to attempt to run in to the coast when
his craft could be seen miles away.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
The Porte VIII be Good.

Washington, Aug. 25.-The state de-
partment has received dispatch from
Minister Leischman saying that ami
cable relations have been re-established
between the legation and the porte.
of the agreements between Minister
Leischman and the secretary of foreign
affairs be carried out. These agree
ments were annulled by the grand
vizier. Minister Leischman has re-
sumed negotiations with the secretary
of foreign affairs upon subjects that
had not been settled when the inter
course between the minister and secre-
tary ceased.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
From Memphis to Fort Worth.

Fort Worth, Aug. 25.-An official Of
the Rock Island denied report that
the company would build to the gulf
via Dallas, Tex. A large force of work
men is pushing the extension of the
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf to Amarillo,
Tex. There remains only about Is
miles to complete the line between
Memphis, Tenn, and Amarillo. The
line will cross the Southern Kansas
three miles east of Washburn. The
Choctaw trains are now running into
Amarillo over the Southern Kansas
and Fort Worth and Denver roads.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Santa 70 Men Let out.

Topeka, Aug. ol.-Thcre have been
100 men laid off from work in the
locomotive department of the Santa Fe
shops, for the reason that there is
nothing for them to do. All old en-
gines have either gone to the scrap
heap, been sold or repaired. The COM
pany has 300 new engines, which are
good for a years service without re-
pairs. The Machinists Union is
charging that among the 100 discharged
men are the officers of the Union, and
it is charged that these men were
picked out to go.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
That Denver Extension.

Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 2O.-It is an
nounced that the Missouri Pacific is to
build its line through Hoxie, Kan, to
Denver at once. This will give the
shortest line from the Missouri river to
Denver and, in connection with the st.
Pau's short line from Chicago to the
connection at the river, will give the
shortest between the lakes and the
Colorado gateway to the mountains.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
TWO TRAINS 20 PERSONS.
In Smash Up At Kansas City
Cable Car Incline.
as DEGREE SLIDE 300 YARDS.

Kansas City, Aug. ga cable car,
crowded with passengers, got away
from the gripman at the top of the
steep Ninth street incline at the Union
station here aud dashing to the bottom
at terrific speed, crashed into train
that had been stalled there. The pas
sengers were hurled in every direction
and the grip car on the runaway train
and the rear coach of the other train,
were reduced TO a mass of twisted iron
and splinters.
One man, w. b. Taylor, the gripman
on the first train, was killed instantly,
and at least twenty persons were in
jured, perhaps six of them seriously.
The incline, which has been the
scene of several fatal accidents is 300
yards in length and starting at the top
of the bluff at Pennsylvania and Ninth
street, overlooking the railway station,
descends at an angle Of forty-five de-
grees to an elevated platform.
Cars from the top only start down
the incline after giving the bell signal,
but before the way was cleared and
this had been given, train appeared
at the approach to the descent heavily
laden with passengers, hurrying to
catch outgoing railway trains at the
depot. The gripman had lost control
of the car and in an instant eighty
passengers were hurled down the hill
side at lightning speed. A panic en-
sued and many in their fright jumped
from the sides of the cars, turning over
and over as they struck the trestle-
work. Az the bottom of the incline at
the same moment three score men and
women were stricken with terror as
they caught a glimpse of the train
dashing toward them. In wild
scramble to escape many were trampled
upon.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
That ChIckasaw Tax.

Washington, Aug. 2l.-Application
was filed in the supreme court of the
district for an injunction preventing
Secretary Hitchcock from compelling
cattle owners to pay the fee of rs cents
imposed by the Chiclsasaw nation for
each head Of stock not belonging to a
member of the tribe grazing on their
lands and restraining the officials from
selling the cattle now grazing on the
Indian lands in violation of the act of
the Chiclkasaw legislature. 1t will be
heard Sept. 10.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Boys. Saved the Building.

New York, Aug. 25.-A fire OF I'M
known origin started in the tower of
the main building of the Catholic pro-
tectory in Westchester and did $500
damage. Owing to insufficient water
pressure, the building was for some
time in serious danger, but the ere de-
partment Of the institution, composed
of fifty boys, held the fire in check I'M
til the arrival of the engines when the
fire was soon extinguished AFTER it had
spread to one of the upper dormi-
tories.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Anthracite $40 at Wholesale.

New York, Aug 23.-The wholesale
price of anthracite has jumped to $40 a
ton for stone coal and S11 for egg.
Attracted by the high prices ruling in
Manhattan, dealers in towns up the
state have been making offers to, the
New York men to supply coal, some of
the offers coming from Troy and Utica.
So far as could be learned the dealers
were not in favor OF closing with these
offers, as the cost of transportation
and handling would be added.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
The Great Pawnee Reservoir.

Sterling, Colo, Aug. GA large
corps of government surveyors began
making preliminary survey for a
ditch to carry water from the Platte
river TO the great Pawnee reservoir,
which it is believed the government
will build. 1t will require from two
to three weeks to complete the survey,
and it is estimated the cost of the ditch
will be fully S1,OOO,Oo The ditch
will be seventy-five miles long, six feet
deep, fifty feet wide at the bottom and
seventy-fve feet wide at the top.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
strikers Shoe, From Ambush

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 25.-The But
Ter washery and the Dodge Colliery of
the D. L. s. w. Co., in which opera
tions had recently been resumed, were
closed by striking miners. At the
Butler washery the men marched out
in body. 1t is asserted by the men
that all through the night strikers in
ambush kept up continuous fire on
the washery and the shed in which the
workmen slept Not being afforded
sufficient protection, the men say they
decided to suspend operations.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Not Coming to Fort Riley.

Junction City, Kas., Aug. 25.-In
answer to an invitation from the Geary
County Republican club to President
Roosevelt to be present at Republi-
can meeting here should he visit Fort
Riley during the fall maneuvers, Secre-
tary George B. Cortelyou sent the fol-
lowing message:
"The report as to the presidents visit
to Fort Riley is erroneous, as his en-
gagements are such that it will prob
ably be impossible for him to go there
this year.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Memorial Services,

Buffalo, N ", Aug. 25.-Mayor
Knight has issued proclamation sug-
costing that On Sunday, Sept. IA, the
first anniversary of the death Oh Presi'
dent Mckinley, memorial services be
held in all of the churches in Buffalo,
and that the city be draped with the
flag of our cOGntry. He has appointed
a committee to arrange for other spec
ial observanees fitting the occasion. He
further suggests that on the day fol-
lowing the anniversary special eNer'
cises be held in the public schools.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Wireless. Telegraphy a Success.

Denver, Colo, Aug. 25.-A dispatch
received at the headquarters of the Pa
cific Wireless Telegraphic company in
this city announces that the offices at
White Point, Cali, have been opened
for commercial business. The Pacific
company's wireless system between
Catalina island and Whites Point,
thirty-six miles, is reported to be work
ing perfectly, messages being sent as
rapidly as over a wire.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
President at Fort Riley.

Washington, Aug. 21.-The war de-
partment has in course of preparation
an order for the army mancuvers to
take place at Fort Riley, Kan.r in the
latter part of September. The maneu-
vers will be timed to suit the president
who will review the troops that par
ticipate in them. Several Thousand
regulars and volunteer soldiers will
appear in the maDeuvers including two
regiments. of United States infantry,
several batteries Of United States ar
tillery and the militia organizations of
Kansas and Nebraska.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Police Breaks Out Again.

Castries, Island of st. Lucia, Aug. 25.
Officers of the steamer Dahome,
which arrived here, reports a severe
eruption of Mont Pelee on the Island
of Martinique. The eruption was fol-
lowed by total darkness five miles
away from the volcano. 1t was twen-
ty minutes before it again become
light. The Dahome was obliged to
change her course to escape the vol
canic dust, which fell heavily upon her
deck.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Tariff Treaty with China.

Washington, Aug 2o.-The state de-
partment has received dispatch from
Z. S. Sharrets, the treasury expert
who was commissioned by the state de-
partment to negotiate tariff treaty
between the United States and China
stating that the treaty was signed on
the 18th inst.
This brings to a successful con-
clusion negotiations which have been
in progress for many months for
tariff treaty between China and this
country
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
sn,ke netwsen switch Rails.

Fort Scott, KS, Aug. 25.-The Frisco
southern limited train, southbound,
was derailed at Edwards Junction,
near here, while running thirty miles
an hour, some one having driven a
spike between switch rails. Engineer
and fireman were injured, but none of
the passengers were hurt. Detectives
are working on the case. The engine
was. derailed and the baggage car was
thrown across the tracks, but the
coaches and Pullmans remained on the
track.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Passions Paid at Topeka.

Topeka, Aug. 23.-General Metcalf's
report shows the payment of claims
at this agency to have amounted .to
SIS, oO5, 1855 during the fiscal year
closing June 80, 1902. This is a de-
crease in the amount of money paid
out in this district 1t shows the first
falling off noticeable in twelve years
since the passage of the pension law
of 1890. There is material falling off
of pensioners in every class but that OF
the Spanish American war and of that
created by the law of 1890.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Kahn I'm Northern Kansas.

Atchison, Aug. 25.-A rain which
was general all over Northern Kansas
commenced to fall about o'clock A. m.
and continued fully four hours. From
Atchison to- Concordia a heavy, soaking
rain fell. At Lenora and Edmond
there were also heavy rains. At Be-
lott, Glen Elder and Stockton the rains
were only moderate
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
The Negro Confesses.

Fort Scott, Kan, Aug. 25.-Jasper
Scott, the Kansas City negro arrested
for assaulting Mrs. w. H. Taylor, COM
fessed that he had committed the crime.
The town is mach excited and lynch
ing is imminen& The colored people
declare that if am attempt is made to
lynch Scott, they will fight for his life.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Don't Want Their Money.

Wichita, Aug. ga law was passed
in 1877 giving municipalities the right
to call in bonds issued by them at their
pleasure Sedgwicls county townships
called for bonds amounting to $4,000
which were held in New York. The
holders are resisting the call, as they
prefer holding them to receiving the
cash for them. This is only one Incl
dent of many showing the popularity
among investors of bonds from Kan
sas
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
King of Spain Craxy.

Madrid, Aug. 23.-The story is again
revived here that the explanation of
Spain is to be found in the fact that
the youth is mentally unsound. Mad
rid gossip says that the king often
roams about the palace unclothed and
that his acts of independence are
really deeds emaDating from a disor-
dered brain. Queen Christina is re-
ported to be sorely distressed and has
consulted with the emperor of Austria
on what is necessary to do.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Terrific storm in North Dakota.

Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 2c.-A
terrific storm passed over the eastern
part of this state. Reports which have
been received from Rolla say that
four deaths occurred eight miles
cast of there as result of a lorna
do
The house of settler, whose name
is unknown, was blown down and his
wife and three children were killed.
The country about there is sparsely
settled and no other casualties are
reported.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Crude OIL In wichita.

Wichita, Aug. 95.-The railroads
have made cheap rates on crude oil,
in order that experiments may be made
with crude oil in the factories here
looking towards its introduction gen.
orally as fuel.
This is what the manufacturers OF
this city wanted, something that
would lessen their fuel bills, and if the
crude oil and the atomiser machine
would do this, they were willing tc
adopt it If satisfactory rates could be
secured.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Gar Nicholas Threat tened.

Vienna, Aug. 2O.-A newspaper Of
Cracow, Galicia, published a report
that the czar of Russia recently found
on his desk missive from revolu-
tionary committee threatening him
with death unless he conceded consti-
tutional government to Russia. The
car, according to the Cracow news
paper, was greatly alarmed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Commissioner Wares Plan.

Washington, Aug. 23.-Commissionei
of Pensions Eugene L. Ware has set
apart a day during the G. A. r. re-
union in October, for the holding of a
reception to the old veterans in the
pension building. The commissioner
further stated that he would prepare a
souvenir card, in the form of stains
card, upon which the veteran can fill
in certain blanks and shortly after his
return can be furnished with an Off
cial statement as to the condition of
his claim before the bureau.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
win Shin AnthraoIte Sent. I.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug 19.-Indications
point to the settlement of the anthra-
cite coal strike on or before September
1. Major John Biddle, engineer COM
missioner, District of Columbia, is au-
thority for this statement In passing
through here Major Biddle said an
agent of the anthracite operators in
Washington quietly told dealers there
to prepare for shipments of anthracite
coal after September 1. The operators
will make concessions and the miners
also will make sacrifice.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Be Running by November |.

Vinita, L. L. Aug. 23.-The Ozark &
Cherokee Central has placed an order
for 400 box ears of regulation size and
strength; ten locomotives of the CON-
pound make but not as large as the
moguls used on the "Katy;" four bag
gage cars, four combination mail cars
and twenty chair cars. All of this
equipment is to be furnished by No
vember /, 1902, and the company ex-
poets to run its trains from Fayette-
vile, Ark, to OlSmulgee, /. T., by that
date,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-29
Boer Generals Barred,

London, Aug. 25.-It is announced
here in special dispatch from Brussels
that the Belgian government has re-
quested the Boer generals, Botha, Dc
Wet and Delarey, not to enter Bel
GUM, and that the station master at
the Northern railroad has been in
structed to summon troops to keep
order in the event of his receiving
notification of the presence of the gen.
erals on board a train in Holland.