The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-03
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Inc Wisconsin legislature mas paSScu
drastic anti cigarette bill.
twenty-barrel oil producer has
been struck at Roseville, Ohio.
The fee for joining the United Mine
Workers union has been raised from
81 to $40.
The Missouri Pacific has commenced
work at Kansas City which is to cost a
million dollars.
Crude oil is advanced three cents n
barrel in the oil fields at Lima, Ohio,
and South Lima, Indiana.
The Nebraska legislature has APP
propriated So, 900 for relief of famine
sufferers in Sweden and Finland.
A strike at lion, N. Y, throws out
of work about 1000 people employed at
the Remington typewriter works.
Governor Mcbride, of Washington,
vetoed the bill providing for bounty
of one cent per pound on beet sugar.
About the last action of the Arizona
legislature was TO adopt resolution
protesting against joint statehood
with New Mexico.
Edward Vandeventer of Mound City,
Mo-, was using dynamite to kill fish in
tine Missouri river and had both arms
mud l,nth lars b1ntyp off
Work of extending telegraph lines in
Alaska is seriously affected by the de-
sertion of men who leave to go to the
latest discoveries of gold fields.
Prominent merchants of Chicago pro-
pose to put in operation IA line of 100
five to ten ton auto-truclss, The dray.
mems strike induced this action.
Franlifort-on- the Main no longer in
herits the for tunes OF strangers who
die there. The Prussian supreme court
decides that Prussia is entitled to them.
Two distinct shocks of earthquake
occurred last week in Derbyshire, Eng
land. In the town of Derby walls of
buildings swayed and considera BILE
damage vas done
The volcano of Soufriere is again in
violent eruption. The country people
are terri fed. The arrow root produ
GERS have lost their crop while an the
driving wires, which is spoiled by vol
canic dust.
The Illinois appellate court has de-
cided that when Il man is sent to prison
for the murder of his wife he is judi
cially dead and his children are entitled
to he insurance on the life of the muir
Aered woman, even if it was taken out
IN favor of her husband.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company
OF New York has received check for
SO 40 80 from Mr.. III. e. Cary, of Salt
Lake City, Utah, being "A single pre-
MUM for insurance, protection and i'm
mediate income. One of the provisions
of this contract is that Mrs. Cary shall
receive an annuity of $500 per annum
during her life.
A company at Joplin, Mo-, is said to
produce annually Il $50, 900 crop of GIN
scng from three-acre lot. There is
merger forming to combine every gin
scng farm in the United States.
The Texas legislature has passed and
the governor has signed an act to rro-
hibit betting on horse races, even at
tracks where races occur.
A French commission has been APP
pointed to study the falls in the Alps
and Pyrenees, with the view of utili-
zing their power as is done at Niagara
Falls.
A fire at Akron, Ohio, caused $3.50,
600 loss by the explosion of can of
gasoline, to the American Cycle COM
pany and the India Rubber company
Miss Clara Barton is to retire as the
active head of the American National
Red Cross society. but she is to remain
the honorary president for life" The
nctive president is to be Rear Admiral
William X. Van Reypan, retired, former
surgeon general of the navy.
When President Roosevelt reaches
Des Moines, Iowa, he is to be greeted
by l6. 900 children on the state house
grounds, which is gradual slope.
The children will wear colors and be
50 arranged as to-spell the wors Roose-