The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-02-12
Chicago Futures.
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

sas -four.
The story that Mrs. Maybrick has
been paroled is now doubted.
Kansas City retailers rejoice over the
starting of delivery wagons again by
packing houses.
John D. Rockefeller has rendered his
resignation as director of the United
States Steel corporation.
King Edward VII opened parliament
on Feb. 2, for what is considered as
most important session.
More than 100000 acres of land have
been opened for settlement by the Col
orado state school land board.
The national treasury is ont of gold
coin. The banks of New York have
larger deposits than is usual.
The schools OF Bloomington, Ill,
have been close indefinitely on account
of an epidemic Of smallpox.
A passenger train which left Denver
for Georgetown was wrecked by "A gale,
and five persons were injured.
A carload of marbles to supply the
boys in the spring, has arrived at
Kansas City local house from Germany.
Fire broke out in the Wholesale dis
trict of Knoxville, Tenn, causing the
death of two firemen and the loss of
$500, 900.
Serious results from boxing matches
in Detroit has caused the mayor to
notify the police commissioner to rln-
vent such contests in the future.
r.. L. Pittman, wealthy farmer oil
Georgia, is another who holds negroes
in slavery and abuses them. He is un-
der indictment in the federal court.
1t is probable that the Sells show
will be taken in by the Floto dog and
pony show, and that the Floto company
will start circus next season,
Lake Village, Arkansas, is almos,
totally destroyed by fire, which burned
% business houses, dwellings, post
office, Masonic temple and many other
buildings.
Thousands of letters containing
money are arriving in Los Angeles in
response to an advertisement in a
Chicago paper, addressed to the Golden
Gate Land company. There is no such
company and officials are tracking the
swindlers.
The East st. Louis & Suburban elec.
trio railway has placed telephones upon
every fifteenth post SO that the men
operating tie cars can connect with
headquarters from any point along the
line.
Trolley lines and telephone and tele-
graph service have been seriously in
terfered with by blizzard that swept
over Michigan.
Since Jan. Columbus, Ohio, has had
723 cases of typhoid fever and there
have been % deaths On January 80
there were so new cases reported.
The gift of s5O,0op by John Hays
Hammond, OF New York, the Mining
engineer, for q metallurgical labora-
tory at Yale, has been increased by
Mr.. Hammond to 100000.
Justice Brown, of the U. S. supreme
court, has resumed his seat on the SUI
preme bench after an absence of sew
eral months on account of danger of
losing his sight
An epidemic Of poisoning is raging
in large territory of Hungary, as the
result of drinking brandy made in
lead-lined stills.
Mexico places pickpockets In the
regular army, in lieu of imprison-
ment.
The Missouri Pacific has also made
lower freight rates for wheat to the
gulf ports
OF the 10000 voters Of Texas only
$50, ool have paid their poll tax of
si.7s each and can vote. The negli-
gent can not vote.
The severest blizzard ever known is
reported 10 extend from Northwest
Wisconsin into North Dakota. High
ways are impossible.