The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-05-09
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.


races at Newmarket.
President Roosevelt has signed the
Chinese exclusion bill.
J. Sterling Ntorton's weekly paper at
Nebraska City will suspend.
Eleven hundred more horses left
New Orleans for Cape Town on April
%.
All the republic of Santo Domingo
except the port of Puerto Plata. is i'll
the hands of rebel forces
Five prominent men at Denver were
generating gas for stereopticon views
and were all painfully injured by an
explosion.
George Leach, of Topeka, was elected
president of the International Orators
cal association at its meeting IN ST.
Paul, Minnesota.
The United States minister to Swc-
den, w. w. Thomas, furnished the $40
oratorical prize awarded at Lindsborg,
Kas., to Sven Lagerstrom.
Richard A. Clearwater, u mail car
rier of Indianapolis, Ind, was brought
home to Hutchinson, Kansas, very sick,
and he died soon after his arrival.
Minister WI Ting Fang has declined
an invitation to deliver an address at
school commencement in Millcdgevillc,
Ca, on account of recent criticisms OF
himself in the senate.
The New Jersey Central railroad
announces that it will run hourly
trains between New York and Phila-
delphia, leaving New York on the even
hours from a. III. to p. m.
The transport Logan took 5000 tons
of supplies for the army to Manila;
starting from San Francisco May !. 1t
also carried 81 900, 900 in specie for the
troops and 100 tons OF supplies for
Guam.
A new division OF the Western jul
dicial district of Missouri will prob
ably be created, when terms of the
o. S. circuit and district courts will be
held at Joplin in January ana June OF
each year.
Admiral George Dewey is to sal,
under his flag for the first time since
his return from Manila. He sails of
the Virginia capes to inspect the North
American squadron, which is returning
from its winter cruise.
A party OF Russian capitalists arc in
Texas studying American methods OF
handling cotton and cotton seed pro-
ducts They contemplate establishing
a seed crushing plant ir Russia usiEg
American machinery and methods.
The Kings Daughters homo at Oak
land, Cali, has been nearly destroyed
by fire, supposed to have been started
by the overturning of Il lighted lamp
by an inmate, John Bray, ut one :inc
a New York editor, while III IN epi-
legtic fit. Bray was burned to death.
Ancient silver mines have beer dis.
covered in the state of Sonora, Mexico,
by American prospectors. Near one
entrance there was heap of silver.
ingots, stone tools and 20 skeletons OF
large size. The mines indicate that
they had been worked for centuries.
The San Francisco chamber of com-
merce took prompt measures for the
relief of people rendered destitute by
the earthquakes in Guatemala.
The wyrkmen of Berlin celebrated
May day by holding 46 meetings at
which eight-hour resolutions were
adopted. They also demanded that
the government withdraw the tariff
bill.
The Metropolitan National bank Of
Chicago, when merged with the First
National, divided 1000 among its
employees.
During the day of the hurricane
which covered several states the use of
lights was nearly as general as at
night. The clouds were intensely
black and the wind blew 20 miles. an
hour.
Robert Mason Winthrop has been
appointed secretary of the legation
Of the United States at Brussels, Bel
GUM.
Cattle receipts in Chicago during
April, 1909. were about 10000 head
less than in April 1901, Jet thousands
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