The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-14
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.


The Associated press representatives
at Rome were given an audience by
the new pope.
North Dakota is having August frosts
with but little damage. Minnesota
sends like reports.
1t is said that there are 100000
spindlcs in the cotton mills in the north
because of the price of cotton.
Prime Minister Balfour told the
house of commons of his action to pro-
tect Chinese journalists at Shanghai.
Scores of Chinese reformers are under
sentence OF death, and reign of terror
has caused scores of reformers to hide
Russia is driving from Finland many
prominent Finlanders, also numbers of
studeuts who refuse to enter the mill.
tary service of the Car.
The Panhandle division of the Santa
Ie is to be relaid with heavier rails
after which faster engines will be put
on that line to Amarillo
During fierce wind and rain storm
IA steamer was torn from it's moorings
at La Crosse Wis, and swept through
Il closed draw of a wagon bridge; losing
it's pilot house and upper works.
Russia is said 20 have notified Japan
that foreigners will be barred from
Manchuria now, but when quiet is re-
stored there, say six years hence, the
country will be opened to free COM
merce.
Strikes are prevalent in several in.
dustrial centers in Spain. Most of the
strikes come from demands for the re-
lease of strikers who have been put in
prison for crimes connected with
strikes.
The Port View mills of the McKees-
port Tinplatc works resumed work
without any disorder There was a
crowd of strikers congregated around
the mill gates, but the non union work.
men were not molcsted.
The Idaho Springs, Colo, miners
union asked Governor Peabody for
military protection and protection
against punishment The governor
referred the union to the courts Of
Idaho Springs.
1t is doubtful whether the great labor
problems awaiting adjustment in the
anthracite region will eve: be settled
by the Cancellation board. The opera
tors and the miners each have three
members of the board and so far nearly
every vote is tie.
The general superintendent of the
Rock Island has ordered dispatchers
and station agents to refuse to fur
nish cars TO move wheat from In
dian Territory until the stations and
division points are cleared of loaded
wheat caas waiting to go forward.
A story comes from Omaha to the eff
feet that the Armour Packing company
proposes to build an electric railway
from Sioux City, Iowa to Kansas City,
and will acquire a controlling interest
in the street railways of Sioux City,
Omaha, St Joseph and Kansas City.
Six Chinese reform journalists at
Shanghai are under sentence of death
but they have been taken under the
protection of the British flag and the
English government refuses to surren-
der them to certain death.
Thos- Lowrey, of Minneapolis and
j. J. Hill, of St Paul, now virtually
own all of the thick vein coal lands of
southern Illinois.
The opponents of the Panama canal
treaty at Boeota are flibustering in an
attempt to delay action upon the treaty
until tho time limit Is passed.
General Leonard Wood is to be
placed permanently in command of the
Moro country and governor of the
Moro province.
Indiana lets ont 400 convicts on sealed |
bids; not more than 100 to any one
The proposals received |
are ranging from a to so cents day |
per man.
President Palma, OF Cuba. sent a
revenue cutter TO eject certain railroad |
surveyors who were trespassing on the |
United states naval reservation at !
bay.