The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-04
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anarchy.
Lou Dillon will try to lower her 2
minute record.
Villages built over the ruins of Her
culancum were nearly reached by lava
streams from Vesuvins
General Miles is receiving hattcring
attention in the way of rece ptions, dim
ners, etc, in New Hampshire towns.
The Rock Island and the Milwaukee
trains were tied up for some time at
Council Bluffs with washouts east OF
the city.
One thousand feet below the central
cone of Vesuvius the volcano opened
like mouth, out of which belchcd IA
| fiery stream of lava.
The seven international building
trades organizations are said to be per-
fecting arrangements for supporting
each other and arbitrating differences.
Michigan lumbermen are negotiating
for wirlcss biography to connect with
camps for business purposes. The
camps are usually isolated for weeks in
winter.
Official and diplomatic circles at So
fla alike have every reason to fear that
only part of the horrors enacted in
the interior of Macedonia have come to
light as yet.
The cotton trade in England is in u
worse state than for Is years. because
of the short supply of cotton. Heavy
demands are made for the support of
the large number of idle cotton workers.
A massacre of Christians at Adrian
ople followed panic when the forts
opened fire on the insurgents and the
Mohammcdans fell upon the Chris
tians
The Northern Pacific railroad is Of
fcring a trip to Yellowstone nationa,
park and return for September 3, for
$685. 5. This rate includes all neces-
sary expenses and personally con-
Quoted trip.
Commerce between the United States
and It's non-contiguous territory
amounted to over $780, 900, 900 in the
fiscal year just ended. This includes
about SIS, 900, 900 worth of goll bullion
produced in Alaska.
There arc S5 yellow fever patients at |
Merida, Mexico. AT Progresso there |
are 10 patients The sanitary author
tiles are working to prevent the spread |
of the disease to other points in the
Yucatan peninsula.
AT st. Louis men were working on
derailed freight eur and lighted torch
exploded gas escaping from IL bursted
pipe. The men were thrown high up
inlo the air and some badly injured.
The car, loaded with wheat, was
burned up.
II is now considered certain that a
congressional investigation will be in
stituted to uncover the truth concern
ing the Indian Territory scandals.
The department of justice will prob
ably be linked with the interior de-
partment in making Investigations.
Great Britain has an area of 7s,000,-
O00 acres; Kansas has 59,O0O,OOO In
Great Britain 80, 900, 900 acres are used
for farming; in Kansas 10000, 900. In
the United Kingdom 81 per cent of
the agricultural land is occupied by
tenants; in Kansas 70 per cent is farmed
by owners.
According to dispatch from Bel
grade, Servia, many of the soldiers be-
longing to the reserves called out by
Turkey are refusing to join the colors
as the troops in the field have not re-
ceived any pay for months.
The strike on the Richmond, Va,
street railway, after lasting sixty days,
was called off. The company lost si25,-
600, and the strikers lost $4,000 in
wages. The expense of troops and
special police was $1,000. Two men
lost their lives and scores of persons
were injured.
Fire in Budapest, Hungary, started
in four-story building, the two upper
hoars being fats occupied by 800 work.
ing people, of whom only few escaped
without injury. About 100 persons
we're burned 10 death