The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Ine recent Uerman elections snow
socialist gains.
Cholera has crept into the Forbidden
City in Pelsin.
Five hundred Chicago bakers have
struck for more pay.
Since 1889 there have been sent from
Kansas City 1914 army recruits.
Mont Pelee continues its eruptions,
sending out quantities Of stones and
cinders.
The change of climate by irrigation
in Egypt is disintegrating the Egypt
ian Sphynx.
Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan, for
% years in charge of the archdiocese
of Chicago, is dead.
Deaths and prostrations from heat
are reported from many of the larger
cities of the country.
A car load of flour was distributed
to the flood sufferers along Salt creel,
south of Lincoln, Neb.
The Rock Island fircmen object to
keeping their engines clean and are
asking for change in the orders.
A sewer gas explosion in the Jamaica
Plain district of Boston wrecked some
houses and injured several persons.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
in Persia last week. The governors
house at Bnnder Abbas partially col
lapsed.
During the week there have been a
remarkably large number of deathsr
from lightning in all parts of the
United States.
The Chalmette stock camp is to be
reopened for the purchase of horses,
mules and CATTLE for restocking farms
in South Africa.
Captain Il. NJ. Spivy has been APP
pointed chief inspector of the Santa Fe
system of Harvey eating houses. HI
left Mt once for Albuquerque.
Captain Reisinger, who was in COM
mand of the U. S. cruiser Philadelphia,
died of Panama fever while his vessel
was enroute from Panama to San Fran.
cisco.
A severe typhoon passed over the
southern islands of the Philippine
archipelago, in which the U. S. customs
steamer Shearwater was lost. Nine.
teen of the crew, including three
Americans were drowned.
DIR. Delipise, an optician of Houston,
Texas, chided his office boy for mat
tention to business. The boys father
and two brothers went to the doctors
office and opened up quarrel in which
the doctor was shot and killed.
Canadian Northern trainmen de.
manded recognition of their union
inside of SO hours. The owners of the
railroad say they will spend S1,0O0,00O
before any organization is recognized.
Russell Sage has bought 10000 acres
of long leaf pine in Mississippi. He
will hold it for corner" on that kind
of lumber.
The Daly-West stock dropped on the
Salt Lake exchange from $54 to $4S
share. a loss on the entire holdings OF
over 81, 900, 900. The recent explosion
in the mine was the cause of the drop.
A. A. Robinson, president of the
Mexican Central, has been called to
London to confer with some of the big
English stock holders of that road.
New Mexico has has had copious
rains at last. The long drouth has
damaged the cattle interest in many
WAYS. The calf crop will fall below
so per cent.
SinSo Hattie, wealthy Japanese
now residing in New York, has been
appointed by his government to make
thorough study of tea growing con.
ditions in South Carolina.
John E. Perrier, wealthy bachelor
of Springfield, Ohio, left by his will
So, 900 to the Masonic lodge of which
he was member, aud the rest of his
estate to his cousin, Miss Maggie Stur-
geon, who had long had charge of his
house and cared for him and his par
ents.
July 10 was the hottest of the year
in Denver. The mercury reached 100
in the shade.
Would you believe it? Chicago has
only 1850 Smiths while the Johnsons
of that village number full 5000.