The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-30

LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

property owned by the Worlds Fair
company to Chicago wrecking COM
pany for $45O,oOO was signed.
1t is learned here that the sum al
lotted to Luther Burbank by the Car
negie institution for use in the study
and development of botanical life is
100000 To be drawn in annual pay
ments of $4,000 each year.
At Lima, Peru, the senate at a
secret session sanctioned broadly the
governments project for loan,
which, it isssaid, will be negotiated
in the United States, Tor the purchase
of war vessels and armament
The Frigate Constellation, the old
est ship in the American navy, after
having been thoroughly overhauled,
was reconnaissance at the navy
yard in Brooklyn. She will be used as
receiving ship at Newport.
A communication from Secretary
Hay recommending the establishment
of a corps of student Interpreters in
Japan and Korea-five to be provided
for the former country and three for
the latter-was forwarded to the
house
In London Eleanor Robson's fare
well performance in Merely Mary
Ann" at the Duke OF Yorks theater
was the occasion Of a remarkable ova-
'tiOn to the American actress. The
audience refused to be satisfied with
out speech.
Charley Van Dusen, the American
jockey, stands second in the list of
Jockeys in Germany for 1904. He rode
81 winners during this, his first seas
on, on the German turf. Warne, the
veteran English Jockey, was first,
with 70 victories.
A bluejacket belonging to tSt Rus
sian cruiser Askold brutally murdered
a harmless Chinaman on the ;3und at
Shanghai while disputmg payment
for the hire of jinrieksha. The MUIR
struggle with the police.
A telegram from Port Arthur states
that General Stoessel has opened ne
gotiations with General Nogi looking
to the protection Of hospitals within
the fortress. He has furnished Nogi
with ia plan of the fortification indi-
&c No l,e,c fol
The contents of Lieutenant Gener-
al Stoessel's dispatches to Emperor
Nicholas, received have not yet been
communicated to the public. While
particulars are unobtainable, dt is I'M
derstood that the report is NOT couch
ed ia q despairing tone.
At Madrid Premier Ascarraga pre-
scented 10 King Alfonso for his ap-
proval a decree proroguing parliament
sine die.
In st. Petersburg orders have been
issued for the mobilization of the Sec
ond volga regiment and the Terek
cOssacks.
Moritz Shnltz, the German sculptor
whose works are well known in Ber-
lin and Italy, is dead, aged 10 years. 1
At Paris the Acadamic Beaux Arts
has elected Stanhope Alexander For
bes to membership in place Of George
Frederick Watts. who died recent
ly.
Leo Forst, who had been playing a |
leading role in the first production |
Of Oscar Wilde's Duchess of Padua,"
went mad on the stage of the Ham,
burg theater. He was sent to an
asylum.
A bill was introduced by Represen- |
alive Morrell of Pennsylvania pro-
riding for the re-establishment of the
,anteen at army posts.
The foreign bishops now in Rome
ire so numerous that it would take
weeks for the Pope to receive them
ingly. and he has decided to give
hem collective audience.
Berlin has passed the 100000
mark in the population of the city
roper The police register shows
,O0l. 500 inhabitants. The adjoining
uburbs have a population Of nearly
sO.oo0 persons.