The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-04-01
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Inc mayor OF Centralla, Mo-. has
resigned to become rural mail car
rier.
Citizens of Rich Hill, Mo. have sub
scribed literally to Il fund to sink a
prospect well.
Senator Burton in his testimony in
the bribery ease denies all wrongdo-
ing in his acts as charged.
The Indian appropriation bill is sus-
pended until it is known whether all
of the Dawes commission will resign.
The Fruit Growers association. at
Gentry, Ark, is trying 20 find 1000
berry pickcrs. Gentry has only 800
people.
The report of health department OF
Kansas City shows that pink eye" is
the most prevalent malady among the
people.
a horse buyer at the Kansas City
stocl1yards is under arrest for securing
$500 at indianapolis, Ind. by alleged
Representations.
The Russian general in command in
| Manchuria reports to the general staff
| that there troops are in splendid health
and that spring weather prevails.
Filipinos, about 800 of them, were
enroute to the worlds fair on a special
train, which stopped at st. Joseph. Mo.
| to place number OF Filipinos in the
hospital there.
man at Ramona. !. r.. drilled for
oil but got none. He bought 81
worth of crude oil and poured it into
the hole. Experts pronounced it a
| great find A sucker was found to buy
| it.
The San Francisco mint is making
| United States coin for the Japanese
| government, from gold sent here for
such coinage, TO be used for buying
supplies for the Japanese army and
navy.
Nenia. Ohio, built an electric light
| plant costing 100000. The cost of
lighting was Sl03 per lamp II year.
| The plant has been sold for 81 500 the
buyer contracting to furnish light at
| SOB per lamp.
The two so-called Jim Crow" bills
passed by the Maryland legislature
have been approved by Governor
Warheld They provide for separate
accommodations for negroes on rail
road trains and steamboats,.
Kaiser Wilhelm is touring the cities
along the Mediterranean, receiving the
homage which seems to delight him.
Gov. Cummins of Iowa has been sick
from n severe attack of pneumonia. but
| his chances for recovery are improving.
The New Mexican Cattle Growers
association, in session at Roswell
| adopted resolution favoring a ma
tional leasing law.
Projectors of independent packing
packing plants hold options which run
until May on the Kansas City plant
Of the bold company.
The Santa Fe is building oil tanks
and reservoirs for oil ut division points
in California. Some of these will each
hold 5000 900 gallons of oil.
a Russian of the consulate at st.
Louis says that the middle class Rus
SLAMS are not in favor of The war. and
the peasants do not know tina; there is
war.
In the luilding trades in New York
city it i estimated tina; cocoa men are
ont of work. and the number is in
crcasing daily; all from labor dis
putes
Hand and tourist cameras. not on
tripods, viii be permitted to ie used
at the Worlds fair
A windstorm did damage CT March
% in Christian county, Ky. amounts
ing to thou ands OF dollars.
The birth rate among The fcreign
born in Massachuset's s 81 per 200;
among the nativc-hcrn 1t IS IL.
The United States curt OF appeals
sitting at ST Louis has issued iujune-
tons against railroad ticket brokers,
10 prevent sealping Worlds fair eN-
cursion tickets