The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-03-20
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Upper Mississippi Is hlgher LOT
this time in the season than for years,
The 1000 miners of the Massillon,
Ohio, district decided to strike on
April 1.
Director of the Census Merriam has
rendered his resignation to take effect
on May Is.
While in Washington General Fun
ston accompanied President Roosevelt
on a long ride.
Ira d. Sanlsey, the singing partner
of Evangelist Moody, is now blind, at
his home is Brooklyn.
The next house of representatives
will have 2s5 members, an increase OF
IS over the 57th congress.
The Illinois operators and miners i'm
joint conference signed an agreement
for the year commencing April o, 1903.
Several distinct seismic shocks were
felt in Tacoma on the evening of March
H. Al Olympia at the same time BALD
ings were shaken so that people ran
Unto the streets
The consul at Calcutta reports to the
state department that his estimate of
the cotton crop of India is 100000
bales; an increase of 100, 900 bales over
the crop of last year.
The freight Blockade has cansed the
closing of four Minneapolis -four mills
and others were forced to close the
next day. Some will store four and
others will stop grinding until cars
can be had.
oIn the first mining district of Iowa
new scale has been fixed at $1.O
ton for screened coal; an increase of
ten cents. The same provision is made
for mine-rua coal when it is sold on a
mine-run basis.
In special message sent to the sem
ate Governor Garvin declared that bril-
berry was common in many towns in
Rhode Island and that many members
of the legislature occupied seats OBJ
tanned by purchased votes.
Extremes of violence are occurring
in connection with the strike of street
ear men at Waterbury, Conn. The
strikers enter cars at isolated points at
ends of lines and murder the men who
are running them in cold blood
B. Hawley, of Pioneer, Iowa, has
started on horseback for Bridgeport,
Conn, to ride one horse the entire dis
lance. He expects to make the entire
Journey in less than two months
Hawley will make the trip for the out
door exercise and for pleasure.
The New York superintendent of
factories, with "A party of inspectors,
closed fifty clothing factories in Brook
Ign, on account of their sanitary con-
dition. A number of children under
the age required by law were sent
home.
BY mutual agreement between the
United States and Mexico, unsealed
packages which contained in sealed re-
ceptacles articles which cannot be
safely transmitted unsealcd will be adj
mitted to the mails between the two
countries.
The Missouri legislature has provided
for binding Irvine plant at the state
penitentiary and the governor has APP
proved the bill.
The legislature of Missouri has passed
an act to prohibit the selling of
cigarettes or cigarette paper to children
under is years old.
A solid gold invitation has been sent
to President Roosevelt to attend the
Black Hills mining congress next Sep
TENDER The invitation is upon a gold |
plate six inches by three inches and an
eighth of an inch thick.
There is a scarcity of bananas in
Jamaica and Costa Rica, which is due
to an increased demand and to dry
weather.
Alexander Hilton, general passenger
agent of the st. Louis and san Fran
cisco railroad has been rendered the
same position by the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas system.
A convention Of ice dealers met at
Kansas City on March -, with dele
gates from Missouri, Iowa, Kansas,